Penglai Pavilion Guide: The Immortals’ Tower on Shandong’s Northern Cliff
Penglai Pavilion is the reason the small coastal town of Penglai, in Yantai on the northern shore of Shandong Peninsula, has been famous for more than a thousand years. A…
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Laoshan Mountain Guide: Qingdao’s Taoist Peaks Rising Straight From the Sea
Laoshan is the mountain that gives Qingdao its mythic backdrop: pale granite peaks that rise straight from the Yellow Sea, wrapped in pine forest and threaded with Taoist temples. A…
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Yulin Travel Guide: Shaanxi’s Desert Great Wall and the Yellow River Wave Valley
Yulin sits in the far north of Shaanxi Province, out where the Loess Plateau meets the edge of the Mu Us Desert and the Great Wall once marked the frontier…
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Chifeng Travel Guide: Ulan Butong Grassland and Keshiketeng Rock Forests
Chifeng sits in the eastern corner of Inner Mongolia, where the grasslands of the north meet the mountains and farmland of Hebei Province. A good Chifeng travel guide has to…
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Mudanjiang Travel Guide: Jingpo Lake Falls and China’s Snow Town
Mudanjiang sits in the far southeast of Heilongjiang Province, where the Changbai Mountain range spills across the border with Russia and the climate turns properly Siberian. For most foreign travelers,…
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Jilin City Travel Guide: Rime Ice on the Songhua River and Beidahu Skiing
Ask most foreign travelers about Northeast China and they mention Harbin or Changchun. This Jilin City travel guide makes the case for the province’s namesake city, a frosty riverside town…
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Zhangjiakou Travel Guide: Chongli Ski Resorts and the Bashang Grassland
An hour by high-speed rail from Beijing, Zhangjiakou is where the North China plain meets the Mongolian plateau — and where two very different trips begin. In winter, the Chongli…
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Shijiazhuang Travel Guide: Zhengding’s Ancient Temples One Hour From Beijing
Shijiazhuang is rarely the first name that comes to mind when foreigners plan a China trip — and that is exactly why it rewards the curious traveler. A pragmatic provincial…
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Yancheng Travel Guide: UNESCO Yellow Sea Wetlands, Cranes and Milu Deer
When travelers think of Jiangsu, they usually picture gardens and canals. This Yancheng travel guide introduces a different side of the province: a vast coastal wilderness where the world’s rarest…
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Lianyungang Travel Guide: Monkey King’s Mountain and Jiangsu’s Only Seaside
Most foreign visitors who plan a trip to Jiangsu province head straight for Suzhou, Nanjing, or Yangzhou, drawn by classical gardens and canal towns. Yet tucked into the far northeast…
