Top World Hertiage Sites Cities to Visit in China ?

Do you want to enjoy a China tour? As a professional travel agency, we elaborate five days trip to Buddhist Grottoes city Datong and the Unesco World Heritage Site Pingyao city, including various famous attractions of Datong and Pingyao to visit in China. 

Yungang Grottoes in Datong

Built against the mountain and extend about 1 km from east to west, Yungang Grottoes represents the outstanding achievement of Buddhist cave art in China.

Yungang Grottoes is considered as a "masterpiece of early Chinese Buddhist cave art and represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asia with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices".

Hanging Monastery

Built halfway on the cliff at Jinlong Canyon, Hanging Monastery is one of China's most unique and remarkable feats of wooden architectural complex. The landscape of the mountain is a combination of manmade and natural designs.

Nine Dragon Screen

As the largest screen of its type anywhere in China, Datong Nine Dragon Screen is by far the oldest, biggest and most artistic. The Nine Dragon Screen is a world famous attraction and tourists should not miss during their China tour to Datong.

Pingyao Ancient City

With a long history of more than 2700 years, what is unique in Pingyao Ancient City is the city wall, temples, streets, shops and local houses remain in almost the same condition as their original appearance. Every street or building here has numerous stories to tell about the past one-thousand years.

With a high fame, each year there are lots of foreigners have a trip to Pingyao Ancient City during their holiday in China. 

Shuanglin Temple

Originally founded in the 6th century, Shuanglin Temple is a time-honored Buddhist temple, as well as exquisite ancient architectures. Known as "Museum of Clay Sculpture.", the temple is particularly noted for painted sculptures. 

Qiao Family Courtyard House

Qiao Family Courtyard House was the home of a powerful trading family with significant commercial influence. Viewed from outside, the Qiao Family Courtyard House is serious and grand, with long yards; viewed from inside, it is splendid and orderly, reflecting the residential style of big families in feudal society in North China.

Jinci Temple

With a long history and many historical scenic spots, Jinci Temple is not only an ancient Buddhist temple but also one of the symbols of Shanxi Province attracting a lot of foreign tourists.

Shangxi is a long history city in China , this top world hertiage sites city to Visit in

China . Datong , Pingyao , Yuncheng etc. is very beautiful and understanding .

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.

Top 3 Famous Highlights in Anhui Province , China

Covering an area of nearly 140,000 square kilometers and has a population of 68 million people, there are many famous attractions in Anhui. Among those well-known resorts, I selected 3 most visited by tourists.

Fengyang Royal Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty

Built during the second year of the reign of Emperor Hongwu, this mausoleum is the tomb of the parents of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dyansty. It is rank first among all the existing royal mausoleums and has a great influence upon the consequent buildings in structural arrangement, scales, skills and styles.

As time goes by, most of the buildings have been seriously damaged. Being a majestic complex, there are three walls surrounded the mausoleum. Hundreds of houses were built for officials to rest when they held their ancestor cult there.

There are 32 pairs of stone carvings left and they were vividly sculpted and reflect the exquisite carving techniques of the Ming Dynasty. Most importantly, they are of great historical and cultural value and have become the national key cultural relic protection units.

Tianzhu Mountain

Tianzhu Mountain, also known as the Wan Mountain, is situated within the boundaries of Qianshan County, Anhui Province of China. Also it is the source of Anhui. It got its name for the reason that it looks like a giant pillar soaring into the sky and the literal meaning of “Tianzhu” in Chinese.

The main scenic spot covers 82.46 square kilometers. The peaks here are all majestic, stones are all odd, and rivers are all elegant. In addition, it is also rich in man-made scenery and it was the place where the story “peacocks flying to the southeast” occurred that makes you lost in wild and fanciful thoughts.

Tourists who travel to Tianzhu Mountain will be stunned by the natural landscapes.

Chaohu Lake

As the fifth largest freshwater lake in China, Chaohu Lake covers a circumference of 400 kilometers and located in the middle of Anhui Proince. With a bird’s nest shape, it is reputed as the Oriental Geneva for its location in the golden Triangle of Anhui.

Chaohu is a scenic spot of national level, and it concentrates a vivid description of the picturesque landscapes of this famous and time-honored lake.

The aquatic resources in Chaohu are abundant, the silver fish, small shrimps and crabs are popular both at home and abroad. Chaohu has exquisite scenery, with mists and waves stretching far into the horizon.

If time permit, you’d better visit all of them during your Anhui China tour.

Top 5 Grand Mausoleums in China

To the Chinese Mind, many people believe the spirit lives even after we die. In order to meet the requirements and protect them in their afterlife, lots of ancient mausoleums are left. When you tour in China, 5 grand mausoleums you must visit.

Genghis Khan Mausoleum

 

Located in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, Genghis Khan Mausoleum is the beautiful prairie and mysterious scenic spots.  

Green trees and grass connected with the beautiful and prosperous Bayinchang prairie cover the Mausoleum. They create a special view of natural scenic and human landscape. The rich connotation of history and culture of the Mausoleum tells the rises and falls of Mongolians and Genghis Khan`s great spirits.

Ming Tombs

Seated in Changping District of Beijing, Ming Tombs are mausoleums of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Ming Tombs is the largest clusters of imperial cemeteries in China. With long history and the high fame, Ming Tombs has become one of the key attractions in Beijing. After the tour to Ming Tombs, tourists will both enjoy the ancient architecture style and learn more about its history. It is a must when you have a Beijing tour.

Mausoleum of First Emperor of Qin Dynasty

The Qin Dynasty existed only 15 years, but leave over an enormous mysterious underground kingdom- The Mausoleum of First Emperor of Qin Dynasty.

With large scale, this mausoleum is regard as the ancient miracle. The mausoleum began to build before death and spent about 39 years. There are more than 700,000 people were arranged to build this mausoleum, the number of which was 1/10 of national total population at that time.

There are huge pottery figures of warriors and horses around mausoleum. The main part of the first emperor of Qin dynasty mausoleum has not been excavated yet so far. It is still a mysterious to us.

Qianling Mausoleum

Situated in Shanxi province, the Qianling Mausoleum is one of the Tang Dynasty tombs. The mausoleum is renowned for its many Tang Dynasty stone statues located above ground and the mural paintings adorning the subterranean walls of the tombs. Several royal family members of Li were buried in this location.

Mausoleum of Yellow Emperor

The Yellow Emperor is the legendary ancestor of Chinese people. Praised as the First Mausoleum in China, the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor is the most important ancient mausoleum in China. It is definitely the must-see when people tour in China.

These incredible mausoleum will bring an impressive experience to you if you travel to China.