Picture Perfect

Famous landscapes and monuments across China have been featured in several recent feature films. This is the first in a series about these star attractions.

Karst pits of Wulong, Chongqing in Curse of the Golden Flower (Mancheng Jindai Huangjin Jia)

In director Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower, there is a thrilling scene in which a group of assassins silently descends on a palace in a pit-like valley ringed by high mountains. The valley is located in the town of Houping in Wulong county of the Municipality of Chongqing.