Xi’an
PreeChina · City Guide Xi’an The ancient capital where China’s history begins in earnest — where the First Emperor’s 8,000-strong […]
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Kaifeng
PreeChina · City Guide Kaifeng The Northern Song Dynasty’s imperial capital — once the largest and most cosmopolitan city on
Luoyang
PreeChina · City Guide Luoyang Capital of thirteen dynasties, birthplace of Chinese Buddhism, and home to the peony — China’s
Zibo
PreeChina · City Guide Zibo Where the ancient Qi State forged Chinese civilisation over five centuries, Pu Songling wrote the
Jingdezhen
PreeChina · City Guide Jingdezhen For over a thousand years the porcelain capital of the world — where imperial kilns
Quanzhou
PreeChina · City Guide Quanzhou The city Marco Polo called the greatest port in the world — where mosques, Hindu
Lishui
PreeChina · City Guide Lishui Zhejiang’s last great wilderness — where primeval forest covers mountain ranges untouched since the last