China is a vast country located in East Asia, with a population of over 1.4 billion people. It is the fourth largest country in the world by land area and has a diverse range of landscapes, from mountains and deserts to forests and coastlines.

Shanxi Museum is the largest museum and cultural building in the province of Shanxi, China. The museum, located in Shanxi's provincial capital Taiyuan, is home to about 400,000 cultural relics and 110,000 old books. The collections mainly come from the archaeological excavation since 1920s and what has been collected in the past 100 years.

The Mengshan Giant Buddha is a stone statue located in the north peak of Mengshan Mountain, Taiyuan and built during the Northern Qi dynasty. Initially discovered in a 1980 census, the statue was found to have its head missing. From 2006 to 2008, people constructed a 12-meter tall head for the statue. The site opened to the public on October 2008.