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Dongting LakeDongting Lake and Yueyang Tower Guide: China's Second Largest Freshwater Lake
Guide to visiting Dongting Lake and the historic Yueyang Tower in Hunan Province. The famous classical essay, migratory birds,君山Island, local cuisine and how to visit from Changsha.
Updated May 2026
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fujianWuyi Mountain Fujian: Rock Oolong Tea, Nine-Bend River & UNESCO Scenery
Explore Wuyi Mountain in Fujian — birthplace of famous Da Hong Pao and other rock oolong teas, bamboo raft trips on the Nine-Bend River, ancient Taoist heritage, and stunning sandstone peak scenery in one of China's most distinctive UNESCO World Heritage landscapes.
Updated May 2026
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XiamenXiamen Coffee and Café Culture Guide: China's Best Coffee City
Guide to Xiamen's extraordinary café and specialty coffee scene. Why Xiamen has the best coffee culture in China, the Zhongshan Road area cafés, island café hopping and the best local roasters.
Updated May 2026
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gansuDunhuang Yardang National Geopark: Moon City & Desert Landscapes
Explore the Yardang National Geopark near Dunhuang — China's most dramatic desert erosion landscape, where wind-carved rock formations create an alien cityscape nicknamed Moon City, the backdrop for countless photography expeditions and the ideal partner to the nearby Mogao Caves.
Updated May 2026
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gansuMaiji Mountain Grottoes Guide: Gansu's Cliffside Buddhist Sculptures
Explore the Maiji Mountain Grottoes in Gansu — the fourth of China's Four Great Grottoes, with extraordinary clay and sandstone Buddhist sculptures from the Northern Wei through Song dynasties, carved into vertiginous cliffside galleries connected by ancient wooden scaffolding walkways.
Updated May 2026
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gansuMaijishan Grottoes Gansu: China's Most Dramatic Buddhist Cliff Sculptures
Discover Maijishan in Gansu — one of China's four great Buddhist grotto complexes, carved into a sheer 142-metre cliff since the 4th century CE, with 7,200 clay sculptures visible on open-air walkways bolted into the rock face above a forested Silk Road valley.
Updated May 2026
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