Baishuiyang, Fujian: The Flat Riverbed Water Plaza
Why Baishuiyang Fujian Is Unlike Any Other Water Park I have taken families to a lot of Chinese scenic areas, and Baishuiyang Fujian is the one that makes adults act…
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Chaji Village, Anhui: Ming-Qing Scholar Houses in the Huizhou Hills
Why Chaji Village Anhui Beats the Famous Old Towns I guide a lot of visitors to the Huangshan area, and almost all of them have heard of Hongcun. Few have…
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Nuodeng, Yunnan: A Thousand-Year Bai Village and Salt History
Why Nuodeng Yunnan Stays on My Yunnan List Most visitors to western Yunnan rush from Dali to Lijiang and miss the small places that actually explain the region. Nuodeng Yunnan…
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Napahai, Yunnan: Seasonal Lake and Shangri-La Grassland
What Makes Napahai Yunnan Different From a Normal Lake On my first drive out of the Shangri-La town center I made the mistake of expecting open water and found a…
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Ailao Mountain, Yunnan: Terraced Rice and Sea-of-Cloud Forests
Why I Keep Sending Travelers to Ailao Mountain Yunnan I have spent three monsoon seasons guiding independent travelers through Yunnan, and the stretch of Ailao Mountain Yunnan between Xinping and…
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Niubei Mountain, Sichuan: 360-Degree Sea of Clouds and Snow Peaks
Niubei Mountain (Niubei Shan) rises to 3,666 m in Yingjing County, in the Ya’an region of western Sichuan, and it is one of the few places in the province where…
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Munigou, Sichuan: Twin Lakes and Travertine Cascades Near Huanglong
Munigou sits in Songpan County, in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, about 15 km from the famous Huanglong scenic area. At 2,800–3,500 m it shares…
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Hegang Travel Guide: Riverside Coal City and the Longjiang Three Gorges
Hegang sits at the top of Heilongjiang Province, on the bank of the Amur River that forms the border with Russia. It is famous abroad for one odd reason —…
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Shuangyashan Travel Guide: Qixing Peak Forest and Coal Mining Heritage
Shuangyashan sits in the east of Heilongjiang Province, close to the Russian border and a long way from the China most guidebooks describe. The name means “Twin Ducks Mountain,” and…
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Puyang Travel Guide: Dragon Totem Relics and the Yellow River Levee
Puyang is a county-level city in the northeast corner of Henan Province, wedged against the borders of Shandong and Hebei. Most foreign travellers have never heard of it, and that…
