Meizhou
PreeChina · City Guide Meizhou The World Hakka Capital — where the circular Weilongu fortress houses rise from the rice […]
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Zhaoqing
PreeChina · City Guide Zhaoqing Where seven karst peaks rise from the Star Lake in a landscape that has been
Chaozhou
PreeChina · City Guide Chaozhou China’s most completely preserved ancient city and the cultural capital of the Chaoshan people —
Yueyang
PreeChina · City Guide Yueyang Where the Yueyang Tower has watched over Dongting Lake for fourteen centuries, where Fan Zhongyan’s
Hengyang
PreeChina · City Guide Hengyang The gateway to the Southern Sacred Mountain — where Nanyue Hengshan’s forested peaks shelter Buddhist
Xining
PreeChina · City Guide Xining The last major city before the road climbs onto the Tibetan Plateau — where China’s
Dunhuang
PreeChina · City Guide Dunhuang The Silk Road’s greatest surviving treasure — where Buddhist monks painted the walls of 492
Lanzhou
PreeChina · City Guide Lanzhou The city where the Yellow River runs through the heart of the provincial capital, where
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
Xishuangbanna
PreeChina · Destination Guide Xishuangbanna China’s tropical paradise at the bottom of Yunnan — where the Lancang River (upper Mekong)