Attractions

Mount Heng, known as Nanyue or the Southern Sacred Mountain, is the southernmost of China’s five sacred peaks and the most devoted to living worship. It rises in the Nanyue…

Jigong Mountain, or Jigong Shan, is the old foreign summer resort that time forgot. Straddling the Henan-Hubei border above the city of Xinyang, it was built a century ago by…

Dinghu Mountain, or Dinghu Shan, is the green escape that Guangdong residents have relied on for decades. It rises just northeast of Zhaoqing in western Guangdong and protects one of…

Laojun Mountain, known in Chinese as Laojun Shan, is the peak that broke the internet with photos of golden Taoist temples floating above a rolling sea of clouds. It sits…

Most visitors know Hainan for its coastline, but the island’s green heart is just as remarkable. This Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park guide takes you past the resorts and into…

Qianshan Mountain, known locally as Qianshan or “Thousand Lotus Peaks,” sits about 20 kilometres southeast of Anshan in Liaoning Province and ranks among the most rewarding day trips in China’s…

In the loess hills of Shanxi, China, the Wang Family Courtyard is the largest and most imposing of the province’s famous merchant compound mansions — a walled hillside warren of…

Deep in the west of Inner Mongolia, China, the Ejina Poplar Forest turns the desert gold for barely three weeks a year. For photographers and autumn lovers it is one…

Tucked into the southeast of Yunnan, China, Puzhehei is a calm, water-bound landscape of isolated karst hills, lotus-covered lakes and Yi minority villages — a softer, slower alternative to the…

If you enjoy landscape photography, the Dongchuan Red Land in Yunnan, China is one of the most photogenic places in the country and one of the easiest day or overnight…