Datong
PreeChina · City Guide Datong Where a Northern Wei emperor carved fifty thousand Buddhist figures into a sandstone cliff 1,600 […]
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Xinzhou
PreeChina · City Guide Xinzhou Home to Wutai Mountain — one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains of China, a
Changzhi
PreeChina · City Guide Changzhi Perched on the ancient Shangdang plateau at the heart of the Taihang Mountains — a
Linfen
PreeChina · City Guide Linfen The legendary cradle of Chinese civilization — where Emperor Yao founded his capital 4,000 years
Taiyuan
PreeChina · City Guide Taiyuan Shanxi’s capital and one of China’s oldest cities — where a 3,000-year-old spring feeds the
Jinzhong
PreeChina · City Guide Jinzhong Home to China’s best-preserved ancient walled city, the grandest merchant mansions ever built, and a
Hengshui
PreeChina · City Guide Hengshui North China’s hidden wetland gem — where vast reed marshes shelter rare migratory cranes, craftsmen
Handan
PreeChina · City Guide Handan One of China’s oldest continuously inhabited cities — where Warring States earthen palaces still rise
Hangzhou
PreeChina · City Guide Hangzhou China’s most poetic city — where mist-draped pagodas rise from a UNESCO lake, ancient tea
Beijing
PreeChina · City Guide Beijing Six centuries of imperial power, the world’s greatest palace, and a street-food culture that thrives