The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a fine example of “bracket” architecture, as well as a magnificent monument to Buddhism.

The statues number over fifty thousand, carved in seventy separate sites along with a hundred thousand characters. Altogether the hills are a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1999.

China’s largest bell is a bronze monstrosity house in the Great Bell Temple, and not to be missed.

Guangji Temple, with its precious sutras, is the only Buddhist temple in downtown Beijing.

AP - China's secretive communist government said Tuesday it has approved rules boosting official transparency but added that state secrets have to be safeguarded and social stability preserved.