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sichuanDujiangyan Guide: The 2,000-Year-Old Waterworks Near Chengdu
How to visit Dujiangyan, the ancient irrigation works that made the Chengdu plain fertile: what to look at, how it works, and where to eat afterwards.
Updated Aug 2026
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anhuiHongcun and the Huizhou Villages: A Guide to Anhui's Water Village
A guide to Hongcun and Xidi in southern Anhui: the ox-shaped water village, its Ming and Qing merchant houses, the seasons and dodging the coach crowds.
Updated Aug 2026
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shandongYantai Travel Guide: Penglai Pavilion, Island Ferries and Wine Coast
A guide to Yantai on the Shandong peninsula: Penglai Pavilion and its immortals, the Changdao islands, treaty-port villas, seafood and Chinese wine country.
Updated Aug 2026
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hunanHengshan Guide: Climbing Hunan's Sacred Southern Mountain
How to climb Hengshan in Hunan, the southern sacred mountain where Taoist abbeys and Buddhist monasteries share one ridge and pilgrims still walk up.
Updated Aug 2026
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hebeiQinhuangdao Guide: Where the Great Wall Meets the Bohai Sea
A practical guide to Qinhuangdao on the Bohai coast: Shanhaiguan's Great Wall fortress, Beidaihe's beaches and birdlife, Nandaihe's dunes, and when to go.
Updated Aug 2026
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yunnanShuhe Old Town Guide: The Quiet Naxi Canal Village Beside Lijiang
A practical guide to Shuhe Old Town near Lijiang: cobbled Naxi lanes, Tea Horse Road heritage, where to stay, what to eat and what you can safely skip.
Updated Aug 2026
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