a chinese city bigger than most american
cities
was closed off to foreigners until 1992.
no wonder it's been called china's
secret city
and for a good reason with a strategic
military port that russia and japan were
fighting over
to breathtaking architecture beaches
mountains
and medieval castles just as stones
threw away
across the yellow sea from north
korean's pyongyang
stands a mysterious city of dalian
surrounded by the yellow sea dalian is
one of china's most cosmopolitan cities
dalian is a mix of the past and present
with a stunning seaside 20th century
architecture
and mountains a complex and powerful
military history
enchants visitors to visit dalian
dalian is a city with two identities the
old town of
zhangshan square and the new dalian
former lives in peace with its water
views while
the latter attracts local and visitors
to marina bay
for a one-of-a-kind cafes and shopping
lining its beautiful shores
of the marina bay dalian is a city with
a great number of squares
the most in china by far it is said
that a russian designer who is keen on
paris laid out the whole structure
of dalian city and then the city was
built
so that it resembled paris
this is a port city also known as venice
of the east
after it was rebuilt following an
earthquake that took place
in 1950 and left more than half of
dalian city
submerged underwater the marina district
showcases some of china's best features
including the venice-like zone
where there are tree-lined streets
brightly colored houses
and rows of cafes lining the shores of
marina bay
the ambition of the chinese is proven
here china
first launched the project of building a
replica of venice
all the way back to 2011 and awarded
a group of french architects budget of
u.s
725 million dollars to build it
over four kilometers of water canals and
over 200 european style buildings
cloning the architecture of venice all
the way to the clone
renaissance paintings that's a great
idea
when you can't travel today dalian is a
popular destination
for both chinese and foreign tourists
alike
a monument to imagination luxury
and immaculate detail the castle hotel
a luxury collection hotel in dalian
china
is inspired by early european castles
and glimmering countrysides situated
atop lianhu mountain the castle hotel of
dalian
is an impressive structure reminiscent
of medieval architecture
surrounded by majestic scenery while
offering opulent
accommodations dalian is home to the
largest financial district
in northeast asia with a population of
more than 7 million people
and it is a special economic zone which
means
that there are favorable tax and
investment policies
in place a long list of fortune 500
companies
now call dallian their home delian
is also the home to one of the largest
military bases
in asia giving it an interesting history
of sense of secrecy
china's only military base built in its
own city center
by foreign power russia dalian was a
major russian naval base
until the end of the second world war
when it came under chinese control
today the dalian naval academy is known
for its
strategic position since established in
1949
and even though russia's occupation of
dalian
was relatively short it still managed to
wreck several grand buildings
on what was called engineer street and
today
russian street and the influence can be
seen
everywhere in the architecture from
buildings to street signs
which are all written in both english
and cyrillic script
dalian ticks the boxes of everything you
want in the city
it has a coastline of over 1 906
kilometers
and ginsee beach national holiday resort
is the best seaside holiday resort in
northern china
and no this is not another castle this
is the hilton dalian style a humble
four-star hotel
completely renovated in 2018 that will
set you back
100 us dollars with golf beaches
and amusement parks just a stone's throw
away
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dalian zhinghei bay bridge is a
three-span earth anchor suspension
bridge
it is the first steel truss flexible
suspension bridge
with a double deck in the country and is
also
the first suspension bridge with a
double anchorage built
in the sea in china this landmark bridge
took over four years
of construction it has a total length of
6.8 kilometers
with eight lanes
as day turns tonight dalian skyline
starts to sparkle
as the night lights appear let's take in
this rare aerial footage
from above
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and a square is simply majestic it is
the largest city square
in the world covering a total area of
1.1
million square meters which is four
times the size of tiananmen square
completed on june 30th 1997 built for
celebrating
the return of hong kong
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