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The Last of the Steam Locomotives.
It’s a bumpy ride, and it takes over an hour to go 12 miles.
But the trip from Shixi to Huangcunjing in rural Sichuan is one of the last regular passenger steam train services in the world – and a lifeline to locals, who could not travel to nearby towns without it
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Villagers ride a local coal powered steam train at a station in the town of Shix
A railway engineer preps a coal powered steam train before departing Shixi.
See more Images via Last of the locomotives: China’s steam train line – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian.
Two White Tiger Babies, Yunnan Zoo.
Two of a group of white tiger sextuplets are photographed at the Yunnan Zoo in Kunming, China.
Image Credit: Photograph by Veg/Getty Images,
According to the zoo, white tigers usually give birth to two or three cubs, and the sextuplets are considered very rare.
via 22 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week
The Magic of Perfectly Timed Photos.
by Dovas
Street photography requires a knack for catching quirky and unexpected details that others might miss, and this is a talent that self-taught Chinese street photographer Tao Liu has in spades.
As a water meter reader in the city of Haifei, he spends his days on the streets, where he can capture warm, unexpected and sometimes funny moments.
Liu’s hobby began three years ago when he bought a Fujifilm X100 and started shooting during his commutes and lunch breaks.
He looked up videos by other photographers and read books to improve his art.
His work went viral in China towards the end of 2014 and is now spreading all over the world, so check out what all the fuss is about!
More info: Facebook | Flickr | Lofter (h/t: petapixel, time)
via Self-Taught Chinese Street Photographer Takes China By Storm With His Perfectly Timed Photos | Bored Panda.
The Ruins of the City of Shi Cheng.
(Images: Chinese National Geography via china.org.cn)
In its article Underwater Wonders of the World, WebUrbanist wrote that “China’s submerged Lion City may be the most spectacular underwater ruins of the world, at least until more of Alexandria is explored.”
Known locally as Shi Cheng, the ancient city lies in 85-131 feet of water beneath Qiandao Lake (aka Thousand Island Lake).
But these images don’t represent some chance find by divers. The valley in which Shi Cheng is located was actually flooded in 1959 for the massive Xin’an River Dam construction.
Only in China, you might think!
But on the positive side, the sunken city, which covers an area roughly equivalent to 62 football fields, has become a serious tourist attraction.
Tour operators offer boat trips and weekend diving packages, and various concepts such as suspended floating tunnels have been submitted to allow more casual tourists to explore the ruins of Lion City.
Built in the shadow of Wu Shi (Five Lion) Mountain during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-200 AD), Shi Sheng boasts 265 arches and spectacular relief sculptures preserved within the submerged ruins.
Eerily complete, divers and international archaeologists have termed the ruins a ‘time capsule’ – a term often used in relation to abandoned places and ancient ruins, but in this case well worthy of the title.
via Urban GhostsThe Magnificent Underwater Ruins of Shi Cheng City | Urban Ghosts.
The Rain Room of Shanghai.
The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including one of China’s Rain Rooms.
