Scenic in China

China Scenic

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Great Wall Land, Nature

Famous for: Scenic Beauty


As one of the greatest wonders of the world, the Great Wall of China was enlisted in the World Heritage Site in 1987. Zigzag through deserts, grasslands, mounts, and flat terrain, the ...

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Ancient City Ping Yao Heritage, Nature

Famous for: Architecture


Once a business and banking center, the Ancient City of Ping Yao in China now gains most of its income from tourism. During the epoch of the Quing Dynasty, the Ancient City of Ping Yao in China ...

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Dazu Rock Carvings Nature

Famous for: Carving


The Dazu Rock Carvings in China is an exemplar of the convergence of religion, craftsmanship, values and art in China. It is an epitome as a testimony of the fused cultural legacy the builts up ...

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Huang Long Valley Nature, Water

Famous for: Lakes & Jungles


Ghostly mountains adorned with snow, mystifying murky valleys, dense jungles and untouched lakes; if these are the things you are longing for, then the Huang Long Valley in China is the place fo...

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Mausoleum Of The First Qin Emperor Heritage, Nature

Famous for: Museum


The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in China, now the "Museum of Qin Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and Horses” is one of the 20th century's supreme historical relics....

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Terra Cotta Warriors Heritage, Nature

Famous for: Museum


The Terra Cotta Warriors in China have to be the most revolutionary and out of this world discovery of the 20th century in China. The Terra Cotta Warriors in China were revealed in 1974, during ...

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Great Silk Road Nature

Famous for: Scenic Beauty


Of all the renowned trade itineraries in the world, the Great Silk Road in China features in the zenith of the list. Attractive by the West, and found and pretend in the east, the Grea...

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Gyantse Nature, Pilgrim

Famous for: Monastery


One of the more lovely townships around Tibet, Gyantse, situated in the Nyang-chu Valley, is celebrated for the Gyantse Kumbum, the largest chörten in Tibet. The white chörte...

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Lhasa Nature, Pilgrim

Famous for: Monastery


Lhasa, the secluded abode of the Dalai Lamas, entity of pious pilgrimage and heart and soul of Tibet, is still a metropolis of wonders, in spite of the large-scale encroachments of modern C...

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Sakya Nature, Pilgrim

Famous for: Monastery


The Sakya town is southeast of Shigatse is famous for the Sakya Monastery, which, like Shalu, is a high-walled monastery multifaceted is christened the ‘Great Wall of Tibet&...

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Shigatse Heritage, Nature

Famous for: Fort


About 250km southwest of Lhasa, lays Shigatse (Rikaze), Tibet’s second-largest township and the traditional capital of Tsang region. Shigatse is an extensive place, with grimy, r...

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Yarlung Valley Land, Nature

Famous for: Mountain


Yarlung is said to be the cradle of Tibetan civilization. It was from Yarlung that the early Tibetan kings united Tibet in the 7th century and their gigantic entombment mounds still di...

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Stone Forest Yunnan Nature

Famous for: Scenic Beauty


Known in Chinese as the "Shilin", the Stone Forest Yunnan in China is located in the Lunan Yi Nationality Autonomous County. Distanced from the Yunnan Province capital, Kunmi...

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Hainan Nature, Water

Famous for: Scenic Beauty


It’s been more than 2000 years, but the Chinese have at last on track to see HÇŽinán Dao (Hainan Island) as more than a ‘Gate of Hell’, a place to which unruly bureaucra...

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Shangri La Nature, Pilgrim

Famous for: Temples & Scenic Beauty


Shangri-la (also known as Zhōngdiàn) is abode to secluded temples, rocky scenery and the start of the Tibetan world. And while travelers have hit their way to northern Yunnan’...

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Shanghai Heritage, Nature

Famous for: Scenic Beauty


The most energetic metropolis in the world’s fastest- shifting country, Shanghai is an exciting, ever-morphing city that isn’t just living China’s dream, but is location t...

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Beijing Heritage, Nature

Famous for: Fort


Stop–start capital ever since the Mongol Yuan dynasty, BÄ›ijÄ«ng is one of China’s authentic ancient fortresses. It is also a contender, secure and contemporary city that seems ...

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Mt Kailash Land, Nature

Famous for: Piligrimage


The 52km circuit of Mt Kailash (6,714m) is one of the most significant pilgrimages in Tibet as well as in Asia. A religious haven since pre-Buddhist times, a hike here amazingly integrates the r...