Huaihua
PreeChina · City Guide Huaihua Where China’s most complete ancient commercial city preserves the merchant world of the Ming and […]
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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
Zhangye
PreeChina · City Guide Zhangye The city that holds the most visually astonishing geological formation in China — where 24
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
Dali
PreeChina · City Guide Dali The Bai people’s ancient capital between mountain and lake — where Erhai’s crescent waters mirror
Lijiang
PreeChina · City Guide Lijiang The ancient Naxi town beneath the snows — where UNESCO-listed cobblestone lanes and willow-lined canals
Kunming
PreeChina · City Guide Kunming China’s eternal Spring City — where the 1,900-metre elevation keeps temperatures mild year-round, where black-headed