Posts Tagged ‘Shenzhen Attractions’

Shenzhen’s Mangrove Nature Reserve

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Shenzhen’s Mangrove Nature Reserve is a significant environmental reserve featuring the red mangrove. Its abundant birdlife attracts many visitors.  Find out more in James Baquet’s Shenzhen Daily article Mangrove Nature Reserve.

Shenzhen’s revolutionary history

Friday, July 1st, 2011

On 1 July 2011 China celebrated the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). If you are visiting Shenzhen you can learn about Shenzhen’s role in the history of the CPC by:

Historic watchtowers in Shenzhen’s Nanshan District

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

The Shenzhen Daily article Watchtowers found in Nanshan reports that a recent cultural relics census has identified 21 historic watchtowers in Shenzhen’s Nanshan District. The 21 watchtowers were built between 1910 and the 1920s.

Two Shenzhen temples

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

James Baquet profiles two Shenzhen temples in the Shenzhen Daily articles Huaguang Temple and Temple at Xili Lake.

An historic Shenzhen market site

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

In the Shenzhen Daily article Guanlan Market James Baquet reveals how to find the site of a market that played a key role 100 years ago, once one of the four main markets of Shenzhen.