The Yangtze River, which is honored to be the cradle of Chinese civilization, is the longest river in China and the third longest in the world. It flows 6.300 kilometers from the snowy heights of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the East China Sea, just north of Shanghai. The Yangtze River is the most densely-populated and most economically prosperous region in China. Thanks to its long history, it boasts splendid culture and varieties of scenic spots which attract a lot of experts and visitors at home and abroad.

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The Silk Road is the collective name given to a number of trade routes linking the Chinese and the West and it greatly promoted the friendly exchange and cooperation between Chinese and the courtiers in Asia and Europe. China is the hometown of silk and among all the Chinese exports to the West, silk is the most representative, thus these trade routes were called the Silk Road, which tells many mysterious stories of that time and displays thousands of cultural heritage and historical sites.

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The Yellow River is the second longest river in China and the fifth longest in the world at 5,464 kilometers (3,398 miles). Originating in the Bayankala Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China, namely Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong Provinces and empties into the Bo Sea. The Yellow River gains its name for its major color that is the color of sand, because the river is the highest sand-capacity one in the world. 

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