China Attractions

This Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) built street, 1,273 meters in length, was a major commodity distribution center in Anhui Province during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It has been well preserved by local residents and is now a shopping precinct in Ming and Qing architectural style. Rambling along Tunxi Old Street, tourists will feel as if they were in a street of the ancient times. It is paved by the maroon ...

Shexian County is located under the southern foot of the famous Mt. Huangshan in southeastern part of Anhui Province. Situated in upper reaches of the Xin'an River, the county is surrounded by mountains and streams. Full of cultural relics, residences, memorial temples, and memorial arches, Shexian county is an art museum of classical architecture. Ever since Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Shexian has outgrown other areas in Southeast China in economic and cultural ...

Hongcun Village is located at the foot of the southwest side of Mt. Huangshan, only 11kms away from Yixian town. It is a unique, buffalo-shaped ancient village in the ancient village. The locals liken Leigang Hill as the 'head', two huge trees on the hill as the 'horns', the residences in the village as the 'body', a winding stream as the 'intestines', a crescent pond as the 'stomach' and the ...

Xidi Village, World Cultural Heritage, is a very beautiful village located near Mt. Huangshan in Anhui Province. It is the perfect place for visitors to see typical folk houses, where residents have lived as they have for centuries. It gives visitors the rare opportunity to explore China’s ancient culture and arts. There was a relay station in the west of the village, so it was named Xidi (‘di’ means ‘pass missive’ ...

If there is a mountain integrates all the possible beauties, Yellow Mountain should be the very one. You can use any word to describe Yellow Mountain and there will be such kind of scenery. Elegant mountains, arduous rocks, fairyland-like clouds, peculiar pines---all of these made Yellow Mountain  so charming that millions of people poured into the scenery spot to marvel at its beauty. Yellow Mountain located in the area with subtropical monsoon climate, ...

Jiayuguan or Jiayu Pass (simplified Chinese: 嘉峪关; traditional Chinese: 嘉峪關; pinyin: Jiāyù Guān; literally "Excellent Valley Pass") is the first pass at the west end of the Great Wall of China, near the city of Jiayuguan in Gansu province. It has also been called "Jiayuguan Pass"; however, this form is redundant since "guan" means "pass" in Chinese. Along with Juyongguan and Shanhaiguan, it is one of the main passes of ...

The Dunhuang Yardang National Geologic Park, situated 180km northwest away from Dunhuang City, is the largest one of that kind of Yardang Landform found so far. With the largest scale, it is the most mature in geologic configuration and has the highest value for enjoying. This scenic zone is divided into two parts: the northern and the southern, extending for 25 kilometers long and 18 kilometers wide. It features the ...

Yumen Pass (simplified Chinese: 玉门关; traditional Chinese: 玉門關; pinyin: Yùmén Guān), or Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate, is the name of a pass located west of Dunhuang in today's Gansu Province of China. In ancient times, this was a pass through which the Silk Road passed, and was the one road connecting Central Asia and China, the former called the Western Regions. Just to the south was ...

Yangguan, or Yangguan Pass (traditional Chinese: 陽關; simplified Chinese: 阳关; literally "Sun Gate"), is a mountain pass that was fortified by Emperor Wu during the Western Han Dynasty and used as an outpost in ancient China. It is located approximately 43 to 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Dunhuang, in the Gansu province of Northwest China, which was in ancient times China's westernmost administrative center. It was established as a frontier ...

Crescent Spring is 6km south of Dunhuang in the Singing Sands Mountains and is quite literally an oasis in the desert. The Spring's name derives from the crescent moon shape the small pool of spring water has taken between two large sand dunes. Although the area is very dry, the pool doesn't dry up as one might expect. Crescent Spring can be called a natural wonder in the Gobi Desert. Some ...