Eastday-Ancientroyal

A performer wearing costume of an emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) acts during a rehearsal of a performance presenting the ancient royal heaven worship ceremony in the Tiantan Park (Temple of Heaven) in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 16, 2012. The Temple of Heaven, first built in 1420 and used to be the imperial sacrificial altar during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties, will hold ...

Naha gardens within a garden

Amere 10-minute walk across busy Route 58 from the polyglot sidewalks, hotels and souvenir shops of Kokusai-dori, the faintly grubby, undulating Chinese boundary walls of a green enclosure announce the presence of a garden known as Fukushu-en. Somehow it doesn't feel in the slightest bit incongruous to be visiting a Chinese garden in the city of Naha. Okinawan emissaries sent from the Kingdom of ...

Get ready to celebrate the Year of the Water Dragon

TO prepare for the year of the Water Dragon, Guinness Anchor Berhad (GAB) recently organised a media tour to Beijing, capital of the Land of the Dragon.

On the dragon trail

A powerful symbol and an auspicious number dominate GAB’s festive campaign that has its roots in the land where the descendants of the dragon roam.

Taj To Open Two Hotels In China’s Kunming Expo Garden

The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) has signed a Memorandum of Co-operation for a Joint Venture with Yunnan Tourism Co. Ltd to engage in development, construction, operation and management of two hotels in Kunming Expo Garden, situated in Yunnan province of southwest China. Kunming is a gateway to China, connecting Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa, and is just a ...