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Kashgar’s resplendent past survives in redevelopment

THE dawn crow of roosters, the shouts of street hawkers, the hum of rhythmic chants and the aroma of pancakes and mutton... Awakening in the exotic city of Kashgar, I felt the buzz of excitement and ...

November 16, 2016, Wednesday

A panoply of sights and sounds to explore

GRAND Bazaar The word for “bazaar” in the Uygur language means “market and trading place.” At present, there are more than 20 large bazaars in Kashgar. The largest, located at the East Gate of the Old ...

November 16, 2016, Wednesday

Peasant art draws on folk crafts for vivid rural scenes

In 1972 during the cultural revolution (1966-76), a group of urban artists was sent to the countryside to “learn” from the peasants. Cheng Shifa, Han Heping, Wu Tongzhang and others went to live in Zhonghong, ...

November 9, 2016, Wednesday

Foreign students sample delights of rural life

A group of Fudan University students from 15 countries recently took a day tour to Jinshan in outlying Shanghai to experience the Chinese countryside and meet a local colony of peasant artists who capture ...

November 9, 2016, Wednesday

Mountain town holds peaks of Portuguese culture

AFTER a short drive inland from the airport in Lisbon, I started my Portugal vacation at Sintra, a picturesque town nestled at the foot of the Sintra Mountains. Sintra has long been a favorite summer ...

November 9, 2016, Wednesday

Weekend getaway steeped in scenery, legends

WITH a history dating back to AD 696 in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) — or much earlier if you consider the legends of the Yellow Emperor and the dragon Chiyou — Jinyun County in east China’s Zhejiang ...

November 2, 2016, Wednesday

An old Italian favorite for food, historyand beaches

WITH its exquisitely preserved architectural wonders, spectacular food and wine scene and soul-stirring coastal and hilly landscapes, it is no surprise that the region of Emilia-Romagna has been a favored ...

November 2, 2016, Wednesday

The world’s largest milu reserve beckons

ON the way back from the zhiqing farm, you can take in the world’s largest reserve for Père David’s deer, or milu as it is known here, as well as the Dutch flower garden. Milu, nicknamed “the four unlikes,” ...

October 26, 2016, Wednesday

An unusual farm that is actually a museum

TRACE a bit of Shanghai’s history and head north to Dafeng District in Yancheng City of neighboring Jiangsu Province, home to a big zhiqing (intellectual youth) community. Zhiqing were the vast majority ...

October 26, 2016, Wednesday

Fireflies light up the forest in Mexican park

IN the village of Nanacamilpa, tiny fireflies are helping save the towering pine and fir trees on the outskirts of the megalopolis of Mexico City. Thousands of them light up a magical spectacle at dusk ...

October 26, 2016, Wednesday