Also called "dikengyuan" in Mandarin, which means "pit courtyards," the homes are a type of cave dwelling ("yaodong") commonly found in the Loess Plateau in northern China. "Academic literature ...

The Loess Plateau in north-central China once buried the ores or metals under layers of heavy windblown dust. The mining alone required an immense workforce, not to mention the demanding ...

Huangling County is located on the Loess Plateau of northwest China in Shaanxi Province. It is known for the Yellow Emperor s tomb, hence the name Huangling of the county. Yellow Emperor is the ...

A team led by IGGCAS researcher, Tungsheng Liu, a CAS member, has traced the history of aeolian dust sediments in northern China to tens of millions years ago by surveying the Loess Plateau and ...

Between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago, the Earth experienced significant climatic changes, including the rapid retreat of ice ...

Terraced fields spreading across the Loess Plateau in Linfen, one of the highly recommended destinations in Shanxi province.ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY/LI YU/LI XIANJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY Shanxi is ...