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Shenzhen City Experience: From Special Economic Zone to Megacity
A fast-paced urban exploration of China's original Special Economic Zone, from ultramodern skyline to coastal hikes.
Chongzuo Hidden Gems: 3-Day Borderland Journey
A 3-day route through Guangxi's borderland, featuring Asia's largest transnational waterfall, karst canyon, and ancient rock-art heritage.
Xi Jiang Qianhu Miao Village
The world's largest Miao settlement - 1,468 stilted homes on a lush hillside, ablaze with ten thousand lamps at night.
Xiaoqikong Scenic Area
Emerald rivers, 68 cascading waterfalls, and a glass-bottom lake in southern Guizhou's UNESCO karst landscape.
Huangguoshu Waterfall
Asia's largest karst waterfall — a 67-m, 101-m-wide cascade documented by Xu Xiake in the Ming dynasty.
Chishui Danxia Tourism Area
Red-rock Danxia cliffs, a 100-m waterfall, and bamboo forests in northern Guizhou — UNESCO World Heritage since 2010.
National Scenic Spot of Wanfenglin
20,000 cone karst peaks rise from rice paddies in southeast Guizhou. Xu Xiake wrote: 'nowhere else do peaks form forests.'
Kuanzhai Alley Citywalk Experience
Chengdu's most walkable old city — Qing-dynasty alleys, courtyard tea houses, and a Sui-era Buddhist temple, in 3 km.
Mount Fanjingshan
A sacred Buddhist mountain in northeast Guizhou, granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 2018 for endemic species like the Guizhou snub-nosed monkey and the dove tree. The summit's two peaks rise like islands above sea-of-cloud mornings.
Dunhuang & Mogao Caves
An oasis town on the ancient Silk Road, home to the Mogao Caves — 735 grottoes of Buddhist murals carved between the 4th and 14th centuries — plus the singing sand dunes of Mingsha Shan and the crescent-shaped Yueya Spring.
Dali Old Town & Surrounds
A walled 1,000-year-old Bai-minority town between Cangshan mountain and Erhai lake. Slow alleys, tile-roofed cafés, and a 250 km² freshwater lake you can circle on a rented motorbike.
Zhaoxing Dong Village
China's largest Dong-minority village in southeast Guizhou — five drum towers, five flower bridges, and 1,000 wooden stilted houses, still inhabited daily by a Dong-speaking community.
Juyongguan Great Wall
A 1-hour drive from central Beijing — the quieter alternative to Badaling. A complete Ming-dynasty fortress with both east and west wall sections, a Yuan-dynasty marble gate (Cloud Platform), and a circular trail you can walk in 3 hours.
Shanghai Bund Citywalk
A 90-minute riverside walk through 22 colonial-era buildings (1850s–1930s) facing the futuristic Pudong skyline. Free, accessible 24 hours, and arguably China's most-photographed urban scene.
Shaxi Ancient Town
The only surviving Tea Horse Road market town in China — listed by the World Monuments Fund among the world's 100 most endangered sites. Stone-flagged streets, a Ming-dynasty temple, and a Friday market that has run for 600 years.
The Imperial Palace (Forbidden City)
The Forbidden City is the heart of imperial China — the largest and most complete wooden palace complex in the world, home to 24 Ming and Qing emperors across nearly 600 years and now the Palace Museum.
Terracotta Army Day Route
A full-day trip from Xi'an to the Terracotta Army — thousands of life-sized warriors guarding the tomb of China's first emperor — paired with the bronze chariots and burial-mound trail of Lishan Garden.
The Old Town of Lijiang
A car-free Naxi market town of grey-tile rooftops, red cobble lanes, and spring-fed canals below Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the most atmospheric old towns in China.
Tianmen Mountain Skyline Trail
A one-day route up a single karst slab above Zhangjiajie — the world's longest passenger cableway, a cliff-hugging glass skywalk, the giant Tianmen Cave arch, and a switchback road descent.
Wuzhen Water Town
A 1,300-year-old Jiangnan canal town of stone bridges, lantern-lit waterways, and Ming-Qing timber houses, an easy escape from Shanghai or Hangzhou. Best after dusk, when the tour buses leave.
Kunming
Yunnan's capital and gateway, nicknamed the Spring City for its remarkably mild year-round climate. A laid-back highland metropolis of lakes, parks, and Yunnan flavors, and the springboard to Dali, Lijiang, and the Stone Forest.
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