China.
Fenghuang
A photogenic county town in western Hunan, set among the Wuling Mountains near the Guizhou border, with a walkable centre along the Tuojiang River full of ca…
Lincang
A multi-tiered pagoda rises above a green lakeside park at the heart of this sprawling southwest Yunnan city, where traditional architecture meets a modern s…
Sanqing
This Taoist sacred mountain in Jiangxi Province, Mount Sanqing takes its name from its three main summits — Yujing, Yushui, and Yuhua — representing the Taoi…
Nanxun
A well-preserved water town in Zhejiang province, Nanxun grew wealthy during the Ming and Qing dynasties as a centre of silk production and trade, with merch…
Quanzhou
Once the world's busiest port under its Arabic name Zaiton, Quanzhou was praised by both Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta as among the greatest trading cities on e…
Chizhou
Mount Jiuhua, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism, sits within Chizhou's boundaries in southern Anhui Province, making this large Yangtze-si…
Gulangyu
This UNESCO World Heritage island off the coast of Xiamen, Gulangyu is a pedestrian-only zone where cars, motorcycles, and bicycles are banned — making it qu…
Zhouzhuang
Zhouzhuang is a canal town in Jiangsu province whose architecture dates back more than 900 years, with around 60 original brick archways and 100 original cou…
Yongchun
Yongchun White Crane Kung Fu, a martial art founded in the 17th century, traces its origins to this county in western Quanzhou, Fujian province, which remain…
Tsaparang
Tsaparang, the ruined capital of the ancient Guge kingdom in western Tibet's Ngari Prefecture, rises on a pyramid-shaped rock at the end of a narrow spur abo…
Linhai
County-level city on the banks of the Lin River in eastern Zhejiang province, Linhai is one of China's designated National Historic and Cultural Cities.
Zherong
Zherong, known historically as Zhùyáng and also called Liucheng, is a mountain county in the northeast of Fujian province, bordering Zhejiang to the north an…
Zhujiajiao
A water town on the outskirts of Shanghai, Zhujiajiao was established around 1,700 years ago and served as a trading hub for the surrounding countryside.
Zhangzhou
A large coastal city in Fujian facing the Taiwan Strait, Zhangzhou pairs a working harbour dense with fishing boats and pleasure craft with historic churches…
Qujing
A large Chinese city on the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau, where a grand historic gate tower with traditional curved rooflines anchors a broad boulevard cutting thr…
Guiyang
Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province in southwest China, sits on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau at high elevation, surrounded by mountains and forests, with…
Leshan
The Leshan Giant Buddha — carved into a clifftop at the confluence of the Dadu, Min, and Qingyi rivers during the Tang dynasty — draws visitors to this large…
Guigang
This large city in eastern Guangxi known historically as "Distinguished Harbour," Guigang sits where the Yujiang and Qianjiang rivers meet to form the Xunjia…
Hongcun
A UNESCO World Heritage village in southern Anhui Province, Hongcun preserves the architecture and canal-laced layout of a rural feudal Chinese settlement wi…
Zhaotong
Zhaotong is a large city in the northeast corner of Yunnan province, where the Jinsha River forms the boundary with Sichuan and several other rivers cut thro…
Longyan
Longyan is a large city in south-western Fujian Province designated as a national Hakka cultural heritage conservation zone, where Hakka and southern Fujian…
Baoshan
A large city in western Yunnan with a walkable centre and a dense café and restaurant scene, Baoshan sits on the southern edge of the Hengduan Mountains, whe…
Hanzhong
Hanzhong, a large city in southwest Shaanxi, gave its name to the Han dynasty — China's first imperial golden age and the origin of the name for the country'…
Wenling
This coastal city in southeastern Zhejiang facing the East China Sea, Wenling sits where mountains meet a shoreline of some 170 islands and extensive tidal f…
Lüshun
Lüshun, on the southern tip of Liaoning Province's Liaodong Peninsula, carries one of northeast Asia's most contested military histories: the port changed ha…
Tongren
Fanjingshan (Mount Fanjing), the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2018, lies within this prefecture-level city in…
Jingdezhen
Porcelain has defined Jingdezhen for at least a thousand years, earning this Jiangxi city its reputation as China's ceramics capital.
Mianyang
The Fu River (Fujiang) runs through the heart of this large city in northern Sichuan, China's second-largest prefecture-level city in the province and the co…
Shantou
A large coastal city on the eastern shore of Guangdong, Shantou was one of the treaty ports opened to Western trade in the 19th century and later became one…
Pingxiang
A southern Guangxi border city where a colonnaded colonial-era building amid palm trees and forested hills signals an intriguing mix of architectural heritag…
Wuzhou
This large city in eastern Guangxi with more than 2,000 years of history, Wuzhou sits at the confluence of the Xijiang and Guijiang rivers and serves as the…
Diaoyucheng
Diaoyu Fortress, a walled stronghold on Diaoyu Mountain in Hechuan District, Chongqing, is known as the site where Song dynasty forces killed the Mongol Grea…
Zhuhai
One of China's original special economic zones, established in 1980, Zhuhai sits where the Pearl River meets the South China Sea on Guangdong's southern coas…
Yuhuan
Seafood, beaches, and working fishing ports define this island city on the southeast coast of Zhejiang Province, where the surrounding sea accounts for the g…
Shaoguan
This large city in northern Guangdong Province where the Zhenjiang and Wujiang rivers meet, Shaoguan has a walkable centre with a real café and restaurant sc…
Kowloon City District
One of Hong Kong's 18 districts, Kowloon City sits along the waterfront in central Kowloon and takes in a range of well-known neighbourhoods — Ho Man Tin, Hu…
Wuyishan
Wuyishan, in the northwest of Fujian province, is home to a UNESCO dual World Cultural and Natural Heritage site — one of the few places in China to hold bot…
Yuxi
This city in central Yunnan known as the heartland of China's tobacco industry — earning the regional title "homeland of Yunnan tobacco" — Yuxi also carries…
Liuzhou
Karst peaks rise around Liuzhou, a large industrial city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with minority villages — Zhuang, Miao, Yao, and D…
Panzhihua
Sitting at the confluence of the Jinsha and Yalong Rivers in far southern Sichuan, Panzhihua is the only city in China named after a flower, and its tropical…
Jiaozuo
Jiaozuo, a large city in northwestern Henan on the northern bank of the Yellow River, is the birthplace of tai chi and the hometown of the Three Kingdoms str…
Nanyang
Nanyang, in southwest Henan Province, is a large Chinese city historically associated with four celebrated figures: Zhang Heng ("sage of science"), Zhang Zho…
Nanchong
The Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, runs through the heart of this large city in northeastern Sichuan, shaping its geography as it flows south thr…
Shuangqiao
The central district of Chengde, Hebei, Shuangqiao sits alongside water with mountain scenery in the surrounding area and a small core of cafés and restaurants.
Jingzhou
Jingzhou, on the banks of the Yangtze River in southern Hubei, holds one of China's longest-continuously-occupied ancient city sites — a walled historic cent…
Pu'er City
Pu'er, a large city in southern Yunnan Province, China, is the source of Pu'er tea — a dark, aged tea that has shaped the region's economy and identity for c…
Qinyang
This county-level city in northern Henan where a well-preserved traditional courtyard complex with grey-tile roofs and red-lacquered halls sits amid everyday…
Huizhou
Large city in eastern Guangdong designated as a national historic and cultural city in 2015, Huizhou has been known since ancient times as a prominent seat o…
Guiping
Sitting at the confluence of the Qian and Yu rivers — the two primary tributaries of the Xi River — Guiping is a large city in eastern Guangxi where water de…
Dingxi
Dingxi, a large city in central Gansu province, sits at the junction of the West Qinling mountains and the Loess Plateau, where the Tao River runs through it…
Zhuji
Known across China as the "hometown of pearls," Zhuji is a city in Zhejiang province that has long been a major freshwater pearl producer.
Zaozhuang
The 1938 Battle of Taierzhuang, one of the major engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War, took place in this large city in southern Shandong Province, an…
Yichun
A forest city on the Songhua River in northern Heilongjiang, Yichun sits along a stretch of the Amur River that forms the border with Russia.
Guilin
Guilin's karst landscape — rivers threading between limestone peaks — has made this large city in Guangxi one of China's most visited destinations for centur…
Liaoyuan
A broad riverside promenade lined with stone balustrades leads the eye toward a wooded hill crowned by a multi-tiered pagoda, with a cable-stayed bridge and…
Sanming
Sitting along the Shaxi River between the Wuyi and Daiyun mountain ranges in western Fujian Province, Sanming is a large Chinese city that serves as an impor…
Hengyang
Straddling the Xiang River at the foot of Mount Heng in central Hunan, Hengyang is a large city in southern China known historically as "Wild Goose City" — a…
Ya'an
Mengding Mountain, within Ya'an's territory, is recorded as the earliest site in the world where tea was cultivated, making this large Sichuan city a signifi…
Yulin
Large city in northern Shaanxi where the Maowusu Desert meets the Loess Plateau, Yulin sits along several tributaries of the Yellow River and served as one o…
Xikou
Xikou, a town in Zhejiang province west of Ningbo, is the birthplace and ancestral home of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China, and of…
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