Zhengzhou
PreeChina · City Guide Zhengzhou The gateway to Henan and the heart of Chinese civilisation — where the Yellow River […]
lantern-streets
Kaifeng
PreeChina · City Guide Kaifeng The Northern Song Dynasty’s imperial capital — once the largest and most cosmopolitan city on
Zhoukou
PreeChina · City Guide Zhoukou Where Chinese civilisation begins — the birthplace of Fuxi, creator of the Eight Trigrams, and
Shangqiu
PreeChina · City Guide Shangqiu One of China’s oldest continuously inhabited cities — the capital of the Shang Dynasty’s ancestral
Luoyang
PreeChina · City Guide Luoyang Capital of thirteen dynasties, birthplace of Chinese Buddhism, and home to the peony — China’s
Zaozhuang
PreeChina · City Guide Zaozhuang Where China’s most complete Grand Canal ancient town glows with lantern light above stone arch
Jinan
PreeChina · City Guide Jinan The City of Springs — where 72 named natural artesian springs have surged from the
Weifang
PreeChina · City Guide Weifang The kite capital of the world — where the sky fills with colour each April,
Jining
PreeChina · City Guide Jining The birthplace of Confucius and Mencius, where the philosophy that shaped two thousand years of
Qingdao
PreeChina · City Guide Qingdao Where German colonial villas climb forested hillsides above China’s most beautiful harbour, sacred Taoist peaks