Shangqiu
PreeChina · City Guide Shangqiu One of China’s oldest continuously inhabited cities — the capital of the Shang Dynasty’s ancestral […]
lantern-streets
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
Zibo
PreeChina · City Guide Zibo Where the ancient Qi State forged Chinese civilisation over five centuries, Pu Songling wrote the
Yichun
PreeChina · City Guide Yichun Where granite peaks float above seas of cloud, mineral hot springs warm the mountain mist,
Fuzhou
PreeChina · City Guide Fuzhou, Jiangxi The cradle of Chinese literary genius — birthplace of the playwright Tang Xianzu, the