Who does not want to guard mountains like sheep? One could simply move them from A to B and change entire landscapes. I would immediately move some of the most beautiful mountains next to my house and go climbing. Jinfen Ruoga possessed this ability. Like a flock of sheep, he led the mountains of Luliang […]
Under suspicion? It started with a harmless encounter in the Tiger Leaping Gorge, a picturesque canyon in western China. Coming from the Himalayas, the Jinsha River forms the upper part of the Yangtze River. Its huge volumes of water rush into the valley with an indescribable force and cause a deafening rumble. The amount of […]
Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan in western China. The city is known for its breeding programs of giant pandas. In Chengdu, the surrounding towns and communities it is teeming with figures, posters, plushies and bags of pandas. At each street corner, I look into faces of pandas. I am torn but I decided not […]
I cycled on the old city wall of Xi’an City. It is over 13.6km long and at the base 18m wide and 12m high. It is the largest city wall in China. It took me about an hour to cover the whole distance on the old paving stones. I can see the old and the […]
When I arrive in Nanjing I am finally greeted by sunshine instead of rain and the cherry blossom. I will meet Tom, my former roommate, and his family in the former capital of China. They are responsible, that I was already in China six years ago. In addition to a traditional wedding in Germany, they […]
