Breathtaking Landscapes along 'Belt and Road' Route
China's State media Xinhua Agency recently compiled a series of photographs showing the incredible sights that can be seen along the Belt and Road Initiative countries and regions.
From natural vistas to ancient cultural relics, the pictures below reveal those beautiful views, enticing visitors to feast on the wonders to be found along the fabled Silk Road route.
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Pagodas in Bagan in central Myanmar, renowned as the country of 'Thousands of Buddhas' [Xinhua/Wu Ang] |
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Night views in the city of Budapest [Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang] |
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Ljubljana Castle in Slovenia [Xinhua] |
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The famous That Luang Stupa in Vientiane, capital of Laos [Xinhua/Chen Duo] |
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Hot air balloons rise from the rocky landscape of Cappadocia, Turkey [Xinhua/He Canling] |
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Reggie Square in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, one of the oldest inhabited places in Central Asia. [Xinhua] |
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The pyramids of Giza situated near Cairo [Xinhua/Pan Chaoyue] |
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Tourists visit Agra Castle in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh. [Xinhua/Zheng Huansong] |
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Hunza region in northern Pakistan is a mountainous valley at an altitude of around 2,400 meters. It is also called the Shangri-La of Pakistan. [Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi] |
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Zebras at a National Reserve Park in Kenya [Xinhua/Pan Siwei] |
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Inside a mosque in Iran [Xinhua/Mu Dong] |
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Ha Long Bay in northern Vietnam [Xinhua/Yan Jianhua] |
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Lovers' Cliff in Bali, Indonesia [Xinhua/Du Yu] |
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An aurora seen from the state of Murmansk, Russia [Xinhua/Lu Jinbo] |
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Visitors at the Kremlin Palace in the city of Kazan, capital of the Republic of Tatarstan [Xinhua/Jiang Kehong] |
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Interlaken Mountains in Switzerland [Xinhua/Yu Yang] |
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Qiantang River Bridge in the city of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province [Xinhua/Xu Yu] |
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Crescent Spring in northwest China's Gansu Province [Xinhua/Chen Bin] |
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China's ancient town of Suoyang in Gansu, a crucial location on the historic Silk Road, has been recorded in the World Heritage List since 2014. [Xinhua/Zhao Wensheng] |
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A caravan of camels pass the ancient Bell and Drum Tower in the city of Zhangye in Gansu after arriving from the county of Jingyang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. [Xinhua/Wang Jiang] |
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The snow-covered Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the city of Xi'an in Shaanxi [Xinhua/Tao Ming] |
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Weizhou Island in the city of Beihai, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region [Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang] |
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The ancient town of Lijiang and a distant view of Yulong Snowy Mountain in southwest China's Yunnan Province [Xinhua/Lin Yiguang] |
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A woman walks on Luoyang Bridge in the city of Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. [Xinhua/Jiang Kehong] |
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Pigeons at Quanzhou's Kaiyuan Temple, which was founded in 686 and is the largest temple in Fujian Province [Xinhua/Shen Bohan] |
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A seaweed plantation in the town of Sansha, Fujian Province [Xinhua/Jiang Kehong] |
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People walk on a wooden suspension bridge in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. [Xinhua/Zhao Ge] |
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An apricot farm in Xinjiang's Xinyuan County [Xinhua/Zhao Ge] |
(Source: Women Voice/Translated and edited by Women of China)
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