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sichuanHuanglong UNESCO Scenic Area Guide: Coloured Pools, Altitude & Combining with Jiuzhaigou
Huanglong Scenic Area in Sichuan — the UNESCO-listed travertine pool cascade rising to 3,577m, how to visit, altitude acclimatisation requirements, combining with Jiuzhaigou, and why most visitors say it surpasses their expectations despite the altitude.
Updated May 2026
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Fujian Tulou Hakka Earthen Buildings: Insider Guide to Living History
Discover the Hakka earthen buildings (tulou) of Fujian — UNESCO-listed circular and square fortress-homes housing entire clans for centuries, with the best clusters near Yongding and Nanjing, insider tips for staying overnight inside a tulou, and the fascinating Hakka culture that created them.
Updated May 2026
Read →Wuyi 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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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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guizhouFanjingshan UNESCO Guide: Guizhou's Sacred Mountain & Mushroom Rock Formations
Climb Fanjingshan in Guizhou — the world's newest UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, famous for the extraordinary mushroom-shaped twin rock formations at the summit, ancient Buddhist temples clinging to vertical cliffs, and some of the richest temperate forest biodiversity in China.
Updated May 2026
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Longmen Grottoes Guide: Luoyang's Buddhist Masterpiece & Giant Vairocana Buddha
Explore the Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang — one of China's greatest Buddhist cave complexes, featuring the magnificent 17-metre Vairocana Buddha, over 100,000 carved figures spanning 400 years of Tang dynasty Buddhist art, and the Yi River canyon setting that makes it unique among China's Four Great Grottoes.
Updated May 2026
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