Deep in the mountainous interior of Hubei Province lies a sprawling wilderness that feels worlds away from China’s megacities. This Shennongjia travel guide is for travelers who crave pristine forest,…
Tucked into the northeastern corner of Zhejiang Province near the city of Wenzhou, Yandang Mountain is one of eastern China’s most dramatic landscapes. This Yandang Mountain travel guide is written…
Just off the northeast coast of Hainan, a short boat ride from the resort city of Sanya, sits one of the most beautiful marine escapes in southern China. This Wuzhizhou…
Kaiping is a county-level city in Guangdong, China, famous for its diaolou — fortified multi-story towers that blend Chinese building traditions with Western columns, domes, and crenellations. Built by overseas…
Mount Jiuhua — Jiuhuashan — is one of China’s four sacred Buddhist mountains (see Wikipedia overview), rising in Anhui, China, with ninety-nine peaks said to mirror the lotus throne of…
This Lushan mountain travel guide covers Mount Lu — Lushan — a mist-wrapped granite massif in Jiangxi, China that rises sharply above the Yangtze plain. It is famous for its…
Mount Wutai — Wutaishan — is a cluster of five flat-topped peaks in Shanxi, China, and one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism, dedicated to the Bodhisattva Manjushri….
This Qinhuangdao travel guide covers the coastal city of Qinhuangdao in Hebei, China, where the hills of the northeast flatten into the Bohai Sea and the Great Wall finally runs…
I have stood on theviewing platform above the world’s largest hydroelectric dam and felt the mist off the Yangtze hit my face, and I still think Yichang is one of…
Some of my favorite days in Guangdong have been spent in Foshan, a manufacturing powerhouse that quietly guards southern China’s martial and ceramic soul. This Foshan travel guide covers the…