Top 5 Enchanting Places for Traveling to China

Autumn is the best time for making a China travel. As a country with a long civilized history, China is also one big oriental country full of modern vitality, not to mention its unique, rich and varied tourism resources. Here beijinglandscapes.com well elaborates 5 most charming destinations around the country for traveling. 

Ejin Banner in Inner Mongolia

Located in the westernmost part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ejin Banner has one of the three extensive Euphrates Poplar tree forests in the world, with a total forest area of 30,000 hectares.

When autumn comes, the leaves turn yellow and the whole area of Ejin Banner becomes a sea of golden leaves. With beautiful scenery, thousands of tourists and photograph lovers flock into Ejin Banner. 

Shangri-La in Yunnan Province

As a fictional and permanently happy land, Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise but particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia, isolated from the outside world.

About 3,300 meters above the sea level, the weather in Shangri-La is dry and crisp, and temperatures varying both at night and during the four seasons. The best seasons to go are spring and autumn, specifically May to July and September to October.

Nyingchi in Tibet

3,000 meters above sea level, Nyingchi has humid climate and beautiful scenery, so it also named "the Switzerland of Tibet". Besides, Nyingchi is one of the important cradles of ancient Tibetan civilization.

With green mountain slopes, snow-capped peaks and crystal-clear rivers, Nyingchi looks just like heaven on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Its unique ethnic living customs, music and dances, sports and tournaments and so on are attractive for tourists come to travel in China.

Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province

With an area of 9,516 square kilometers, Zhangjiajie enjoys subtropical moist mountain climate, the average temperature of 16 degrees Celsius, it is pleasant all the year round. Thus for visitors it is an ideal place to spend one's holiday. The people of Zhangjiajie are all very hospitable and visitors immediately feel at home.

Xian in Shaanxi Province

Has been a bright pearl along the Silk Road for 2000 years, Xian is in a favorable geographical location surrounded by water and hills. With semi-moist monsoon climate, there is a clear distinction between the four seasons.

As the first capital of a unified China, Xian was one of the most important cradles of Chinese civilization. Any experience in this ancient city will bring you fun and possibly a little surprise.

Enjoy a wonderful China travel.

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Jiuzhai Valley in Sichuan Province

Jiuzhai Valley is noted for its picturesque and enchanting natural scenery. Praised for its natural beauty, Jiuzhaigou is known as Heaven on earth and a fairyland of colors. The scenery in Jiuzhaigou differs with the four seasons. In my mind, every season is the best time to visit Jiuzhai Valley.

Beijing

With rich and long history, Beijing is one of the world's truly imposing cities. Beijing has become one of the most significant cities of the world not only because of its splendid historical heritages such as The Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven, but also for its extravagant building projects of Olympic Games 2008.

Kanas Lake in Xinjiang Province

Born around 200,000 years ago, Kanas formed as a result of glacier movement. The Kanas is a magical and appealing place for all ages. It is an enchanting Mongolian name which means "a lake in a gorge".

Changbai Mountain in Jinlin Province

With splendid scenery during four seasons, Changbai Mountain has a large crater lake at its center, Lake Tianchi, which sits in the caldera that was formed about 2 million years ago.

Changbai is also home to lesser waterfalls and to a large number of thermal springs, many of which have an ideal temperature for bathing.

The landscapes on Mount Changbai are of the picture-postcard variety and the view from any of Mount Changbai's 16 tallest peaks is intoxicating. 

Shigates in Tibet Autonomous Region

Sits at an elevation of 3800 meters, Shigates is one of the least Chinese influenced towns in Tibet and is worth a visit for this reason alone. As an ancient city, it has a history of nearly 600 years and its Tibetan name, Xikasangzhuz and Xikazi for short, which stands for' a manor of the most fertile soil'.

China is an ancient civilization with more than five thousand years of history. If you have never been to China, why not make a China tour?

Top 10 Fascinating Places to Visit in Yunnan, China （2）

 Kunming (昆明)

 Lugu Lake (泸沽湖)

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture (怒江傈僳族自治州)
 

Stone Forest (石林)
 

Tengchong (腾冲)
 

Top 10 Fascinating Places to Visit in Yunnan, China (1)

As a mysterious land of great natural beauty, Yunnan has an unique array of fascinating ecotourism resources, including mountains and glaciers snow-capped all year round, lakes and hot springs, alpine landscapes, primeval temperate woodland, and tropical rain forests where elephants and monkeys roam . I would like to recommend some famous attractions for your Yunnan China tour.

Old Town of Lijiang

As a fairyland far from the bustling metropolises, Lijiang attracts a great number of visitors from home and abroad. Splendid landscapes, the exotic ways of the Naxi ethnic group and the precious Dongba Culture make up the unique city of Lijiang.

Shangri-La

In the Tibetan language, Shangri- La means a place of good fortune and luck. Shangri-La is a sacred scenic region with distinguishing features.

Dali

Dali is famous for the many types of marble it produces, which are used primarily in construction and for decorative objects. In fact, Dali is so famous for the stone that the name of marble in Chinese is literally "Dali Stone".

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

For centuries, Xishuangbanna had been a hidden land and it was almost inaccessible. Xishuangbanna is famous for its typical tropical rainforests, various wild animals and plants, unique Dai-style architectures and it is regarded as an ideal tourist destination for travelers from home and abroad.

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

As one of the most biologically diverse regions in Yunnan, Mountain Jade Dragon Snow-capped had been an important plant-hunting ground since early 20th century.

Famous for its steepness, vagary, beauty and elegance, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain has majestic manner and graceful posture. With the changes of seasons and climate, the scenery looks different in cloud and mist, the white dragon is sometimes visible and sometimes hidden.

There is a Chinese old saying: "It is better to see once than hear a hundred times".One of the favorite songs of hospitable and simple Yunnan people is" Guests from afar, please stay! " Yunnan is an ideal destination if you make a China tour.

The Profound Culture of Tea in China

Tea, originally a kind of tree in south of China, is the contribution of ancient people in China south to Chinese cuisine culture and also the contribution of Chinese people to global cuisine culture. As a famous healthy drink, tea shares the name of three non-alcoholic beverages with cocoa and coffee, and is the top one of these three drinks.
In recent years, in order to let more foreigners know about this kind of culture in China, local Beijing travel agency always arranges some tour routes to visit Hangzhou as well as tasting West Lake Longjiong Tea.
China's tea culture is the culture of making tea and drinking tea. As one of the must-do 7 things in life, drinking tea is very ordinary in ancient China. Lu Yu, the Tea Sage in Tang Dynasty, proposed the China's tea culture in history. From that time, the spirit of tea permeated into the imperial court and society, and went deep into poet, painting, calligraphy, religion and medicine. During thousands of years, China accumulates not only the material culture about the cultivation and production of tea, but also the abundant spirit culture of tea, so it is the proper culture of tea in China.

China is the hometown of tea, and is the earliest country finding, planting and cultivating tea tree. Tea has the drug therapeutic effect to fitness and healing, owns the temperament and interest of enjoyment, and is used for cultivating taste. People like to drink all fond of the Chinese tea art. And China's tea art enjoys great popularity in the world, and afferent into Japan in Tang Dynasty. Since antiquity, China stresses on the tea art, and accumulates abundant experience from the set of tea to the skills of making tea.
How to make a cup of great tea? First, know about the characteristics of tea; second, master the scientific skills, to let the inherent quality of tea send out adequately. Chinese people think enjoy different kinds of tea in different seasons. For example, enjoy flower tea in spring, enjoy green tea in summer and autumn, and enjoy black tea in winter.

Among so many kinds of green tea, West Lake Longjing Tea is the most famous one. For most tourists, one of the things to do in Hangzhou tour is to taste the Tea. So, Hangzhou is famous all over the world owing to not only the West Lake, but also the Longjing Tea which gets its name because of native to West Lake in Hangzhou. West Lake Longjing Tea is one of the famous Ten Teas in China, with long history of 1,200 years, was listed into top grades in Ming Dynasty, and listed into tributes in Qing Dynasty. Longjing is the name of tea, spring and place, and what it brings to China is the proud Longjing tea culture.
People who fond of the Longjing tea always like to explore the Longjing culture by tasting the tea, visiting the spring and place. So, what Hangzhou travel takes is an impressive enjoyment to Chinese tea culture and the world famous spots.

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Discovery China Highlights (3)

Xi’an:  Famous for the awesome Terra Cotta Soldiers. Early in the morning, we took a bicycle along the city wall. Besides, we enjoyed the tea ceremony and the very entertaining Tang Dynasty show.  Once we walked in the rain through the Muslim Quarter.

Chengdu:  Well known for Pandas. Wu Hou temple and the restored old Jinli Street were also visited.

 

Hong Kong: A modern city with Victoria Peak, the Star Ferry, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen Harbor. We gone Shopping and had lunch by the water at Stanley Market.  Our evening harbor cruise is to see the lights along the shore. Later we view of the city and laser show and our farewell dinner at the Hutong Restaurant. Also we had Listen to jazz at Ned Kelly’s Bar.

In summary, our itinerary offered a wide variety of sights and experiences that were of interest to all the different generations of our family. It was enjoyable to experience them again with our children & grandchildren though my husband and I had seen most of the representative sightseeing before.

There is large change since my husband & I last visited most of these same cities 15 years ago.  The people enjoy considerably more economic freedom, and there are many signs of conspicuous consumption. Autos have now take place of the bikes that once thronged in the streets. The traffic is so heavy, especially in Beijing, that the government has taken measures such as banning certain cars from the city on certain days of the week—depending on a number on the license plate. Many of the old Hutongs have been razed to build skyscraper apartment buildings, but the government seems to be more aware of the importance of preserving some of the old areas. One thing that had not changed was the friendliness we encountered everywhere.

China is the most attractive country for travel, among those many different countries I have visited in the past few years.