Wuling Mountains News Today

Located on Mount Fanjing in China, the Temple of the Buddha and Maitreya Temple sit impossibly atop a spindly rock formation, more than 7,600 feet (2,336 meters) above sea level.

Storyline:In Zhonglu, a small town in the Wuling Mountains of southwestern China, whenever someone dies, funerary singers will beat gongs and drums to bid farewell to the departing soul. Starting at night and ending at dawn, the dirges consist of ancient wisdom as well as anecdotes about those who have passed on. Singers wander through the darkness with their gongs and drums. The documentary follows them into different families, each facing with the loss in their own way. Together these stories ...

Vine tea, or Ampelopsis grossedentata, is a medicinal plant, and locals call it meicha. It has both nutritional and medicinal properties.

Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of Veronicastrum in central Chinas Hubei Province, according to the Wuhan Botanical Garden under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

New Veronicastrum species discovered in central China-

© Provided by Xinhua by Xinhua writer Zhang GeCHANGSHA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Displaying a tea caddy in front of the smartphone, Li Chunyan enthusiastica

30 (Xinhua) -- Displaying a tea caddy in front of the smartphone, Li Chunyan enthusiastically introduced the special "vine tea" grown in the Wuling Mountains, to promote sales online.

Across China: Medicinal plant brews up sweet life for locals-

29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have discovered a total of three new plant species of Impatiens and published the relevant findings in the international journal Phytotaxa.

BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have discovered a total of three new plant species of Impatiens and published the relevant findings in the inte