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Show Zong Zi A foreigner shows a "Zong Zi", a kind of glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, he made at an event held for foreigners ahead of China's Dragon Boat Festival in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 17, 2012. The event, the first of its kind, invited more than 50 foreigners from 12 countries to join in the celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival in the Hongqiao community in Nantong. The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival, is traditionally celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It falls on June 23 this year. 

Three Chinese astronauts floated into the cabin of an orbiting module Monday afternoon, becoming the first group of Chinese to enter an orbiter in space.

1 Contestant Mate Laszlo performs Diabolo acrobatics, or Kongzhu in Chinese, during the 5th Chinese Bridge competition, the Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students, in Hungarian capital Budapest on June 13, 2012. Eleven students from nine schools took part in the competition on Wednesday. 

Mount Hua — Huà Shān  Mount Hua (Chinese: 华山; pinyin: Huà Shān) is located in Shaanxi Province, about 120 kilometres east of the city of Xi'an in China. Also known as Western Great Mountain, it is one of China's Five Great Mountains, and has a long history of religious significance. Originally classified as having three peaks, in modern times the mountain is classified as five main peaks, of which the highest is the South Peak at 2154.9m.

Travelers will enjoy discounts when buying business-class tickets and premium seats on Beijing-Shanghai high-speed trains from June 27, according to the Ministry of Railways.

As a member of the crew for China's latest space docking mission, Liu Yang became the country's first female astronaut entering space when Shenzhou-9 blasted into space atop a Long March-2F rocket on Saturday evening.

Mount Tai–Tài Shān Mount Tai (Chinese: 泰山; pinyin: Tài Shān) is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of Tai'an, in Shandong province, China. The tallest peak is the Jade Emperor Peak (Chinese: 玉皇顶; pinyin: Yùhuáng Dǐng), which is commonly reported as 1,545 metres (5,069 ft) tall, but is described by the PRC government as 1,532.7 metres (5,029 ft).

Xi'an — Xī'ān Xi'an (Chinese: 西安; pinyin: Xī'ān) is the capital of the Shaanxi province, and a sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China. One of the oldest cities in China, with more than 3,100 years of history, the city was known as Chang'an before the Ming Dynasty.Xi'an is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, having held the position under several of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, including Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang.

Heaven Lake — Tiānchí Heaven Lake (天池 (Tiānchí) in Chinese) is a crater lake on the border between China and North Korea. It lies within a caldera atop the volcanic Baekdu Mountain, a part of the Baekdudaegan mountain range and the Changbai mountain range. It is located partly in Ryanggang Province, North Korea, and partly in Jilin Province, northeastern China.