Located at the Overseas Chinese Town in Shenzhen is the China Folk Cultural Village, taking you through China’s minorities cultures.

 
I’ll start off with one of the really impressive shows they run on the park showing a live battle between the Qing and the Ming…

 
Watch the following videos to "feel the atmosphere"…

 
 
The best show doesn’t [...]

 
Seeing China has never been easier. Splendid China Folk Culture Village in Shenzhen promises to deliver the highlights of China with a walkable amusement park. Splendid China exhibits mini-versions of all the main natural and historical attractions of China.
Precise miniature of Xian Terra Cotta Warriors, The Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City, The Old [...]

Planning a tour of the eastern part of Kaohsiung County we began our drive through the odd landscape of Moon World.

 
Which was once perhaps a center for lively tourism with Moonscape World park and the likes, but now is completely deserted. The few folks left living in the area seemed unmotivated.

 
Still, up on the mountain [...]

Meinong (美濃鎮) of Kaohsiung County (高雄縣) in southern Taiwan is an area famous for its traditional Hakka folk culture with over 90% the population of Hakka ethnicity. A few weeks back I went with John to explore a bit more of “The Real Taiwan” (:P).
Hakka is one of those things in Taiwan that I wish [...]