Attractions

A Huangguoshu Waterfall guide has to start with scale, because numbers fail. At its summer peak this is the widest waterfall in China — about 80 meters high and more…

Nanji Island lies off Pingyang County in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, a granite dome of grassland and clear water that China protected as a marine nature reserve in 1990 and that UNESCO…

The Shengsi Islands sit at the mouth of the Yangtze, the easternmost county of Zhejiang and a scatter of more than four hundred islets governed from Zhoushan. Most travelers land…

Six kilometers from the county seat of Shexian, in Huangshan City, the Tangyue Archway Group stands as the finest surviving row of imperial memorial gates in the old Huizhou heartland…

Perched on a terraced hillside in Shuyang Town, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou, the Tianluokeng Tulou cluster is the most photographed earthen settlement in Fujian and one of the clearest expressions of…

Tucked into the hilly border where Henan meets Shanxi, Wangwu Mountain, Henan, is one of China’s oldest Taoist sacred peaks and the quiet hero of a famous fable. This is…

About 130 kilometers southwest of downtown Chongqing, Simian Mountain, Chongqing, is the city’s best answer to travelers who want falling water, red cliffs, and quiet lake boats instead of skyscrapers…

Rising above the haze of Chongqing’s southern suburbs, Jinfo Mountain, Chongqing, is the city’s only UNESCO World Heritage natural site and one of the best places in western China to…

A few kilometers northwest of Shexian town in Anhui, the Chengkan Ancient Village is the finest place in the Huizhou region to see a traditional settlement laid out by strict…

Hidden in the loess hills of Jiexiu, Shanxi, the Zhangbi Ancient Fortress is one of the most unusual surviving fortifications in northern China. Most foreign travelers know Pingyao, but few…