China Travel PhotographyMapsSite Map Location ListWelcome.King Wong Photography focuses on travel and stock pictures of China — its people, landscape, architecture, scenic attractions and historical sites. All pictures are available as stock photos for commercial licensing,  and as fine art prints for display.  You will also find travel informations, travelogues, maps, local arts and crafts of the various destinations that the Chinese people had created and developed during their more than 5,000 years of China's civilization. The China pictures are drawn from an archive of 5,000 hi-res images that are continuously added on regularly.  See  list of locations and tourist spots that I had visited.NEW - July 21, 2010苏州市Suzhou CityThe beautiful city of Suzhou, with its large network of canals and an easy-paced living style, is one of the most desirable places to live in.   Since I started traveling in China back in 2001, I had never missed a visit here.I sat down for lunch at one of the food stalls along the 天子山Tianzishan mountains. The woman recommended that I tried one of these little wild chickens (or some sort of quail), call 野斑鸡. I can't be sure that it is wild, but its size won't fill me. On the stone steps I saw the more familar chickens running freely. So I asked for one of those. But unfortunately those goodies are reserved for themselves.Wonder what this might be?This is the bowgun found in the tombs of 马王堆Mawangdui.  Mawangdui is a burial site in 长沙Changsha, the provincial capital of 湖南Hunan.   Three tombs from the 西汉朝Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 8 BCE)were unearthed in 1972, and most of its artifacts are now housed in the 省博物馆Hunan Provincial Museum.   Among some 3000 priceless objects is this 2100-year-old Han weapon.   It is a modular design made of three components: The wood gunbody, the casted three-piece metal trigger (which is inserted into the gunhandle), and the bow (which attaches in the front of the gunbody).Candle lighting at the 凤凰城Feng Huang's Old Town.   The old woman sold paper pedals with candles for one yuan each.   I brought a green and a red one, and threw them on the river, but the pair never seem to be able to go far.   People push the water to move them outward, but you really need a boat.Check your bags — or baskets.   The 土Tu people carry baskets to hold their goods.   Here at a supermarket in 张家界Zhangjiajie, the baskets are checked at the counter.These beautiful 苗Miao ladies with their exquisite silver headdresses and necklaces generously pose for me atop the 天子山Tianzhi Mountains.Thieves, bats, chilly winds —  an overnight stay at the 司马台长城Simatai Great Wall.   I will tell you all about it later.Local Arts and Crafts:Everywhere one travels there are local products that one can take home to remember.  This intricate and entirely hand-sewn bag is from the old town of 凤凰城Feng Huang.北京BeijingCapital of China. Beijing is easy to travel, and its long history guarantees a ho