Sanzhaolun Forest Park: Jiangxi’s Bamboo-Sea Eco Retreat
We send overheated city travelers to Sanzhaolun (三爪仑) every summer and watch them exhale. This is Jiangxi’s green lung: a national forest park in Jing’an County (靖安县), under the city…
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Fairy Lake (Xiannü Hu): Xinyu’s Mythical Freshwater Lake
We’ve floated Fairy Lake (仙女湖, Xiannü Hu) with honeymooners, with skeptical teenagers, and with a retired couple who just wanted quiet water — and the place delivered for all of…
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Dajue Mountain: Jiangxi’s Zen Peak and Glass Walkway
We first ran a Dajue Mountain Jiangxi trip for a group of nervous glass-walkway skeptics, and by the end every one of them was leaning out over the gorge grinning….
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Shizhong Mountain: Poyang Lake’s Cliff-Top Temple in Jiangxi
We’ve taken travelers to Shizhong Mountain (石钟山) more times than we can count, and yet the moment the boat rounds the spit of land where the Yangtze River crashes into…
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Guifeng Scenic Area: Jiangxi’s Turtle-Shaped Danxia Peaks
If you are traveling between Shanghai and the mountains of Jiangxi and want a stop that looks like nowhere else in the province, Guifeng is the one. Its name means…
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Yangliuqing Ancient Town: Tianjin’s New-Year Woodblock Art Village
Most visitors treat Tianjin as a quick stop between Beijing and the coast, but just west of the city center lies Yangliuqing, a canal town that has been famous for…
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Sanhe Ancient Town: Anhui’s Water Town Near Hefei
If you are based in Hefei and want a dose of old-world canal life without the long haul to Jiangnan’s famous water towns, Sanhe is the answer. This thousand-year-old town…
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Heping Ancient Town: Fujian’s Ming-Dynasty Walled Town
When travelers think of Fujian’s old towns they usually picture the round Tulou or the coastal ports. But tucked into the hills of northern Fujian, near the city of Shaowu,…
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Peitian Village Guide: Fujian’s Best-Preserved Hakka Clan Village
Most travelers who plan a Fujian trip head straight for the round earthen towers of the Tulou, and they are rightly spectacular. But if you want to understand how the…
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Xingping Ancient Town: The 20-Yuan Li River Landscape in Guangxi
Pull a RMB 20 note from your pocket and you’re holding Xingping ancient town in miniature. The green karst peaks and calm river on the back of that bill were…
