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The luxurious Banyan Tree Sanya is located at Luhuitou Bay, Hainan island, China. The hotel has 49 lavish pool villas set in the tropical lagoon of the Sanya vacation resort, this 5 star hotel in Sanya features a spa and hydrotherapy development, signature dining outlets, and extensive conference facilities.
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The Aman Summer Palace merges seamlessly with some of the original buildings, gardens and gazebos of Beijing’s old imperial residence. It offers a sanctuary in which to take sumptuous refuge from the Beijing bustle, only 15 km from the city centre. The rooms and suites that surround the internal courtyard, formal gardens, and pathways evoke the elegance of the Ming dynasty. There is a sense of mystery throughout: a feeling of looking back to a different, more tranquil time.
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Honeycomb’ is located in a commercial complex building that includes a movie theatre, shops and a skate rink in Shenzhen, China. The restaurants is mainly for young couple and families, people from 20 to 35 years old. During the weekends there are a lot of couples and families in this complex. This restaurant has a lot of private rooms to accept all those people.
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Bug Dome is a small covered dome for underground bands, poetry reading, and discussions, inspired by insects. The building is constructed in wasteland of a ruined building site in-between the Shenzhen City Hall and an illegal workers camp, intended to reveal the human connection with nature. The architectural control has been given up in order to let the nature step in. The materials of which the cocoon is made of are bamboo, wood, gravel, recycled concrete.
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The Harbin Festival is one of the largest ice festivals in the world, along with Sapporo Snow Festival and Quebec Winter Carnival. The festival covers 400,000 sq. m and uses 120,000 m³ of ice and snow on Sun Island on the Songhua River in Harbin. It is held annually from January 5 and lasts for over one month. During this period the temperature can drop down to as low as -30°C. One of most popular winter destinations in China, Harbin attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world brave the sub-zero temperatures to admire the ice sculptures.
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Lies over 3,000 m above sea level in Minshan Mountains the Huang Long Valley is one of China’s natural heritage sites. Huang Long Valley means Yellow Dragon Valley in English and covers an area of about 700 sq. km. The area includes colorful lakes, Snow Mountains, spectacular glaciers, limestone formations, waterfalls, hot springs valleys and virgin forest. Remarkable for its landscapes it was included in the UNESCO world heritage list in 1992.  
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While there are no mountains to climb in the city of Shanghai, you can have a heightened experience climbing Lupu Bridge. Choose a clear, sunny day and hop in a taxi to the bridge that straddles the Huangpu River. This is longest arch bridge in the world with its 550-meter-long arch span is 32 meters longer. The length of on-site welding totals more than 40,000 meters—comparable to the total length of the inner-city elevated freeway of Shanghai.
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