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Visitors crossing the grand courtyard of the Forbidden City in BeijingBeijingForbidden City The Gate of Heavenly Peace at the north end of Tiananmen Square, seen across the trafficBeijingTiananmen Square Autumn foliage along the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall near BeijingBeijingGreat Wall · Mutianyu Kunming Lake seen from Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace, pleasure boats out on the waterBeijingSummer Palace Tiered blue-and-gold roof of the Temple of Heaven in BeijingBeijingTemple of Heaven Red lanterns strung above a quiet hutong alley in old BeijingBeijingShichahai · Nanluoguxiang The painted gateway at the entrance to the Lama Temple, visitors walking through beneath itBeijingLama Temple Golden Forbidden City rooftops seen from a hilltop pavilionBeijingBeijing Central Axis · Jingshan Park Bauhaus factory hall with sawtooth skylights and contemporary artBeijing798 Art Zone Vast museum atrium with a giant bronze ritual vessel on displayBeijingNational Museum of China Lantern-lit Chinese fantasy village inside a theme park at duskBeijingUniversal Studios Beijing A hand lamp lighting a 600-year-old gilded Buddhist mural in darknessBeijingFahai Temple The painting on silk depicts the heaven (upper part), the human realm (middle part), and the netherworld (bottom part).ChangshaHunan Museum (Mawangdui Han Tombs) Yuelu Academy has been a famous institution of higher learning as well as a centre of academic activities and cultures sChangshaYuelu Academy A two-tiered pavilion with green glazed roofs and red pillars, a gold-lettered red plaque beneath the upper eaves, stone benches around a stone table inside, and bare winter branches on a misty wooded slope behindChangshaYuelu Mountain & Aiwan Pavilion Young Mao Zedong statue is located in Orange Isle, Changsha, Hunan, China.ChangshaOrange Isle An ornate timber opera stage with an upswept black tiled roof and gilded carving stands in an open square, a whitewashed gable lettered in Chinese above the shopfronts to the right, a stone archway leading away to the left, and a glass tower rising beyond the rooftopsChangshaTaiping Old Street Quite probably one of the gastronomical icons in Changsha - by the way, this temple of fire god was formerly called QianChangshaPozi Street & Huogongdian Wenheyou is most popular restaurant in Changsha, Hunan, China. It is located in Tianxin District of Changsha.ChangshaSuper Wenheyou Photo of the Du Fu Jiang Ge on September 27, 2010. Du Fu Jiang Ge or Riverside Pavilion of Du Fu, is a Chinese pavilionChangshaDu Fu River Pavilion White geometric museum reflected in a calm wetland lakeChangshaLi Zijian Art Museum & Xie Zilong Photography Museum (Yanghu) Granite-slab lane with brick mansions and small cafe lightsChangshaChaozong Street Historical and Cultural Block 1910s classroom with dark wooden desks in an arched schoolhouseChangshaHunan First Normal University (Mao Zedong & First Normal School Memorial Hall) Giant panda munching bamboo leaves at a Chengdu panda baseChengduPanda Breeding Base A souvenir cart hung with painted gourds and red tassels in front of a grey-brick shopfront in Kuanzhai Alley.ChengduKuanzhai Alley A round moon gate opening off a dark corridor at the Wuhou Shrine, ChengduChengduWuhou Shrine and Jinli Thatched buildings and bamboo reflected in a pond at Du Fu's Thatched Cottage, ChengduChengduDu Fu Thatched Cottage A bronze mask from Sanxingdui, in the National Museum of ChinaChengduSanxingdui Museum The head of the Leshan Giant Buddha carved into the cliff, visitors on the stairway beside itChengduLeshan Giant Buddha Traditional teahouse signs hanging over an old lane in ChengduChengduTea at People's Park River splitting at an ancient stone levee between green hillsChengduDujiangyan Irrigation System & Mount Qingcheng Massive carved stone rhinoceros in a bright museum hallChengduChengdu Museum Steam locomotive beside red-brick factory halls and graffiti wallsChengduEastern Suburb Memory (Dongjiao Memory) Lantern-lit covered boat gliding past light projections on old wallsChengduNight Cruise on the Jin River (East Gate Pier) Gold sunbird ornament with swirling rays on a dark backgroundChengduJinsha Site Museum Hongyadong and Qiansimen Bridge lit up at night along the Jialing River in ChongqingChongqingHongya Cave · Jiefangbei An elevated road curves toward Qiansimen Bridge amid Chongqing's night skylineChongqingTwo-river night cruise A monorail train passes through a residential building at Liziba station, ChongqingChongqingLiziba monorail A Yangtze cableway car crossing the river with the Chongqing skyline behind itChongqingYangtze cableway Crowds passing under the Yinglongmen gate at the entrance to Ciqikou old town, ChongqingChongqingCiqikou A carved Buddha face in the rock at the Dazu rock carvingsChongqingWulong · Dazu Grand museum atrium with ancient bronze vessels on pedestalsChongqingChina Three Gorges Museum Red-brick factory lane with art installations on a hillsideChongqingTestbed 2 (Erchang Cultural & Creative Park) Long stone stairway descending through stacked old-style housesChongqingShibati Traditional Scenic Area Old teahouse interior with kettles, benches and worn wooden tablesChongqingHuangjueping Graffiti Street & Transport Teahouse The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple reflected in a pond below the Cangshan range, DaliDaliDali Old Town The three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple standing above the trees at DaliDaliThree Pagodas Street in Dali Old Town with whitewashed Bai houses and Cangshan rising behindDaliCangshan mountains Xiaoputuo Temple on a tiny rock island in Erhai Lake, DaliDaliErhai Lake Whitewashed Bai houses and willows reflected in a pond at XizhouDaliXizhou old town Erhai Lake with wooded hills and a village on the shore near ShuanglangDaliShuanglang Red-sandstone market square with an old theatre stage and locust treeDaliShaxi Old Town (Sideng Street market square) Flagstone horse-road lane between stone farmhouses under the mountainsDaliFengyangyi Village (Youfeng Courtyard & Tea Horse Road) Indigo-dyed cloth with white patterns drying in a Bai courtyardDaliZhoucheng Village (Bai tie-dye workshops) Locals at the seaside promenade of Xinghai Bay, a small islet rising from the calm water behind them.DalianXinghai Square & Binhai Road The entrance plaza and exhibition halls of Laohutan Ocean Park under a wide blue sky.DalianLaohutan Ocean Park Sea-carved cliffs and clear green water at the Jinshitan national geopark coastline.DalianJinshitan (Golden Pebble Beach) The neoclassical stone hall of the Lushun Museum behind a blossoming tree and mown lawn.DalianLüshun (Port Arthur) The small rocky islet of Bangchuidao seen across calm water from the pebble shore.DalianBangchuidao The green gate of Dalian's Russian Street glowing in late-afternoon light over the pedestrian lane.DalianRussian Street & Zhongshan Square The colossal seated Buddha of Cave 20 at the Yungang GrottoesDatongYungang Grottoes The Hanging Temple clinging to the cliff of the Hengshan gorgeDatongHanging Temple & Mount Heng The five-storey Yingxian Wooden Pagoda rising over the temple roofsDatongYingxian Wooden Pagoda The pine-framed hall of Huayan Temple inside Datong's old townDatongHuayan Temple The Jin-dynasty main hall of Shanhua Temple under a summer skyDatongShanhua Temple The gate tower of Datong's city wall above the festival streetDatongThe city wall & Nine-Dragon Wall Glazed tile dragons on the Ming-dynasty Nine-Dragon WallDatongDatong Museum Nine-story temple facade of the Mogao Caves carved into a cliff near DunhuangDunhuangMogao Caves Camel caravans crossing the Mingsha sand dunes near Dunhuang under a blue skyDunhuangSinging Sand Dunes Aerial view of Crescent Lake oasis and its pagoda amid the dunes of DunhuangDunhuangCrescent Lake Lit stalls and crowds along the Dunhuang night market street after darkDunhuangNight market The rammed-earth fort of the Yumenguan Pass alone in the Gobi under a wide skyDunhuangYumenguan Pass Wind-carved rock ridges standing out of the desert in the Dunhuang yardang parkDunhuangYardang landforms Han-style frontier gate and beacon tower alone in the GobiDunhuangYangguan Pass Thousands of phone lights dotting a huge sand dune at nightDunhuangMingsha Shan "ten-thousand-voice" dune concert Excavated Han relay-station ruins in the desert beside low boardwalksDunhuangXuanquanzhi Post Station Relic Park Cliff-face grottoes above a green river valley in the desertDunhuangYulin Grottoes Replica painted cave interior with Buddha figures in a museumDunhuangDunhuang Museum The ornamented roofline and grey brick front of the Chen Clan Academy, GuangzhouGuangzhouChen Clan Academy Restored 19th-century European buildings under big banyans on Shamian Island, GuangzhouGuangzhouShamian Island Shopfronts and hanging signs along a pedestrian shopping street in GuangzhouGuangzhouShangxiajiu · Beijing Rd The red tiered Zhenhai Tower standing in Yuexiu Park, GuangzhouGuangzhouYuexiu Park Canton Tower and the Zhujiang New Town skyline at dusk in GuangzhouGuangzhouCanton Tower A night cruise boat on the Pearl River with the lit-up Canton Tower and skyline behind, GuangzhouGuangzhouPearl River cruise Twin granite spires of a Gothic cathedral above old-town rooftopsGuangzhouSacred Heart Cathedral (Shishi) Stone tomb chamber with a silk-and-jade burial suit on displayGuangzhouNanyue King Museum Long white museum building curving along a river promenadeGuangzhouBaietan Greater Bay Area Arts Centre Giraffes under an aerial cable car crossing open savannaGuangzhouChimelong Safari Park Arcade street with grey-brick shophouses and a garden opera stageGuangzhouYongqingfang & Cantonese Opera Art Museum Elephant Trunk Hill, Guilin's landmark karst arch on the Li RiverGuilinElephant Trunk Hill Rice paddies and karst hills in the Yangshuo countryside near GuilinGuilinLi River cruise · Guilin → Yangshuo Li River curving through karst peaks at Xingping near GuilinGuilinXingping Karst peaks reflected in the calm Yulong River near Yangshuo, GuilinGuilinYulong River valley Stalls and shoppers filling West Street in YangshuoGuilinWest Street · TV Hill Terraced rice fields curving around the hillsides at LongjiGuilinLongji rice terraces Lone limestone pinnacle rising behind Ming palace walls and old treesGuilinSolitary Beauty Peak & Jingjiang Prince City Gold and silver pagodas lit up on a dark lake at nightGuilinTwo Rivers and Four Lakes night cruise Cable cars crossing above a sea of karst peaks at dawnGuilinRuyi Peak cableway Colour-lit stalactites reflected in a still underground poolGuilinReed Flute Cave A century-old white qilou facade with arched balconies, wrapped in restoration scaffolding on the old street.HaikouQilou Old Street The white cave-like Cloud Cave Library by the sea, visitors scattered on the lawn under a cloudy sky.HaikouCloud Cave (Wormhole) Library Forest-covered volcanic cones rising over lava fields at the Leiqiong geopark.HaikouLeiqiong Volcanic Geopark The entrance facade of Hainan Provincial Museum, its name in gold above the glass doors.HaikouHainan Provincial Museum Palm trees lining the golden sand of Holiday Beach, a lone walker by the calm sea.HaikouHoliday Beach & Wanlv Park The sweeping wave-shaped roof of Haikou International Duty-Free City above its approach road.HaikouHaikou International Duty-Free City Traditional dragon boat on misty West Lake in Hangzhou with Leifeng Pagoda on the far shoreHangzhouWest Lake The tree-lined path of the Su Causeway crossing West Lake, HangzhouHangzhouSu Causeway · Broken Bridge Leifeng Pagoda rising above autumn woods on the shore of West Lake, HangzhouHangzhouLeifeng Pagoda Buddhas carved into the rock face at Feilai Feng beside Lingyin TempleHangzhouLingyin Temple A path running between clipped tea bushes in the Longjing hillsHangzhouLongjing tea villages Wooden shopfronts along Hefang Street in HangzhouHangzhouHefang Street Hand-rowed boat sliding through reed channels in a green wetlandHangzhouXixi National Wetland Park Stone arch bridge over the Grand Canal with an old-style water busHangzhouGrand Canal (Gongchen Bridge · Qiaoxi & Xiaohezhijie) and the 3-yuan water bus Ancient handscroll painting in a long glass case in a dim galleryHangzhouZhejiang Provincial Museum, Zhijiang Branch Grassy ancient-city terraces with grazing deer and rice fieldsHangzhouLiangzhu Ancient City Archaeological Park (and Liangzhu Museum) Ice castles and a Ferris wheel at sunset during Harbin's Ice and Snow World festivalHarbinIce and Snow World Translucent carved ice palaces at Harbin Ice and Snow World in daylightHarbinSun Island snow expo Saint Sophia Cathedral illuminated at night in central HarbinHarbinCentral Street Floodlit dome and spires of Saint Sophia Cathedral, Harbin, at nightHarbinSaint Sophia Cathedral A lit ice arch at the Zhaolin Park ice lantern display in HarbinHarbinZhaolin Park ice lanterns Harvested ice blocks on the frozen Songhua River with Harbin's skyline in the distanceHarbinSonghua River Siberian tiger beside a caged safari bus window in the snowHarbinSiberian Tiger Park Ornate baroque facade with Chinese motifs above a lantern-lit streetHarbinChinese Baroque Historic District (Laodaowai) Steam rising from breakfast stalls at a snowy dawn marketHarbinHongzhuan Street morning market Groomed ski runs dropping through snow-laden birch forestHarbinYabuli Ski Resort Snow-buried wooden houses glowing with red lanterns at nightHarbinChina Snow Town Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong's skyline seen from Victoria Peak at sunsetHong KongVictoria Peak A Star Ferry crosses Victoria Harbour toward Central and the IFC tower in Hong KongHong KongCentral & SoHo A green and white Star Ferry at its pier in Hong KongHong KongStar Ferry Victoria Harbour and the Hong Kong Island skyline seen from the Tsim Sha Tsui promenadeHong KongTST Promenade Stalls under awnings at the Temple Street night market, Hong KongHong KongTemple St market The Tian Tan Buddha seated at the top of its stairway on Lantau IslandHong KongBig Buddha · Lantau Modern bronze-toned museum atrium with imperial ceramics on displayHong KongHong Kong Palace Museum Inverted-T museum tower glowing beside the harbour at duskHong KongM+ Giant panda cub chewing bamboo on a rock in a leafy enclosureHong KongOcean Park & its six giant pandas Worshippers with incense before a red-and-gold temple hallHong KongWong Tai Sin Temple Basketball court on a rooftop framed by rainbow-coloured housing blocksHong KongChoi Hung Estate rooftop basketball court Fairy-tale castle and a snow-capped mountain land at duskHong KongHong Kong Disneyland A granite peak of Huangshan rising through the cloud seaHuangshanHuangshan scenic area A lone pine clinging to a mist-wrapped Huangshan cliffHuangshanSunrise & the West Sea Grand Canyon Geese on the stone quay of Hongcun's pond under dark cloudsHuangshanHongcun village The white walls of Xidi reflected in the village pondHuangshanXidi village The stone paifang gate and shopfronts of Tunxi Old StreetHuangshanTunxi Old Street A bridge over the stream in Emerald Valley's bamboo gorgeHuangshanEmerald Valley Lane in Kashgar Old City with a tiered brick tower rising above the rooftopsKashgarKashgar Old Town The painted wooden colonnade of the Id Kah Mosque in KashgarKashgarId Kah Mosque A street of the Kashgar old town with shopfronts and people walkingKashgarHandicraft street Carpets and dresses displayed at a bazaar stall in Kashgar Old CityKashgarSunday Grand Bazaar Traders and stalls at the Kashgar Sunday marketKashgarLivestock market Muztagh Ata reflected in Karakul Lake along the Karakoram Highway near KashgarKashgarKarakul Lake · Karakoram Highway Green-tiled domed mausoleum with minarets under a desert skyKashgarXiangfei Park (Afaq Khoja Mausoleum) Mud-brick houses stacked on a loess cliff above the modern cityKashgarGaotai Minju (High-terrace cliff dwellings) Smoky night-market grills under strings of lights in the old townKashgarKhan Bazaar night market (Han Bazaar) Tall grey limestone karst pinnacles rising from a still reflecting pond in the Stone Forest (Shilin) near KunmingKunmingStone Forest A stone arched bridge crossing the calm green water of Cuihu Park with willow trees and paddle boats, KunmingKunmingGreen Lake The Buddhist temple hall with upturned tiled roofs and red pillars reflected in the pond at Yuantong Temple, KunmingKunmingYuantong Temple Black-headed gulls wheeling over open water at Haigeng dam on Dianchi Lake, KunmingKunmingDianchi Lake A stone walkway and cave shrine carved into the cliff face of the Western Hills above Dianchi Lake near KunmingKunmingWestern Hills Rolling hills striped with iron-red soil and bands of green and gold farmland in the Dongchuan Red Land, YunnanKunmingDongchuan Red Land Mountains of fresh roses on night-market tables under bright lampsKunmingDounan Flower Market Bronze altar table of an ox attacked by a tiger, spotlightedKunmingYunnan Provincial Museum Clear boat over white sand in a turquoise mountain lakeKunmingFuxian Lake & Chengjiang Fossil Site Piles of wild mushrooms and tropical fruit at a wet-market stallKunmingZhuanxin (Daguan) Farmers' Market Pilgrims and shoppers on Barkhor Street in the old town of LhasaLhasaBarkhor pilgrim circuit Gilded rooftops of Jokhang Temple with flower beds, LhasaLhasaJokhang Temple Potala Palace rising above its square in Lhasa under summer cloudsLhasaPotala Palace Monks debating in the tree-shaded courtyard of Sera Monastery, LhasaLhasaSera Monastery debates The white buildings of Drepung Monastery stacked up the hillside outside LhasaLhasaDrepung Monastery The turquoise water of Yamdrok Lake between bare mountainsLhasaYamdrok Lake Gilded palace pavilion among tall poplars in a Tibetan gardenLhasaNorbulingka Gilded Buddhist statues and thangkas in a hushed museum hallLhasaTibet Museum Turquoise sacred lake under snow peaks with prayer flags on the shoreLhasaNam-tso Lake The lit rooftops of Lijiang old town at nightLijiangOld Town (Dayan) Suocui Bridge and pavilion at Black Dragon Pool with Jade Dragon Snow Mountain behind, LijiangLijiangBlack Dragon Pool Tiled rooftops of Lijiang Old Town beneath the peaks of Jade Dragon Snow MountainLijiangJade Dragon Snow Mountain The gateway and courtyard at Baisha village near LijiangLijiangBaisha murals A timber courtyard building among trees at Shuhe old townLijiangShuhe old town The Jinsha River forcing its way between boulders in Tiger Leaping GorgeLijiangTiger Leaping Gorge Tiered palace roofs along a central axis above old-town rooftopsLijiangMu Mansion (Mufu), the Naxi chieftain's palace inside Dayan Old Town Turquoise travertine pools below a snow-capped peakLijiangBlue Moon Valley, Ganhaizi & the Glacier Park cable car (all inside Jade Dragon Snow Mountain) Wooden canoe on a mirror-calm alpine lake at sunriseLijiangLugu Lake Stone cottages beneath a snow peak along a glacier-stone laneLijiangYuhu Village & Joseph Rock's Former Residence Staircases climbing the cliff face of grottoes at Longmen, LuoyangLuoyangLongmen Grottoes The trapezoidal hall of the Luoyang Museum behind its steps, a gold-topped column in frontLuoyangLuoyang Museum The reconstructed Yingtian Gate lit up at night, LuoyangLuoyangYingtian Gate A painted guardian figure in one of the halls of the White Horse Temple, LuoyangLuoyangWhite Horse Temple A bronze horse-and-chariot monument outside the Eastern Zhou chariot pits museum in LuoyangLuoyangMuseum of Luoyang Eastern Zhou Royal Horse and Chariot Pits Visitors on the paved approach to a pavilion in Wangcheng Park, LuoyangLuoyangWangcheng Park Visitors in Tang hanfu beneath lantern-lit towers at nightLuoyangLuoyi Ancient City Golden Taoist temples on a cliff above a rolling sea of cloudsLuoyangLaojun Mountain Stone tomb passage leading to a painted burial chamberLuoyangLuoyang Ancient Tombs Museum The carved stone facade of St Paul's standing alone at the top of a long flight of steps, with visitors spread across them.MacauRuins of St. Paul's Crowds cross the black-and-white wave paving of Senado Square, past pastel shophouses with green shutters and iron balconies.MacauSenado Square & the Historic Centre The stone gateway of A-Ma Temple under a green-tiled roof, hung with two red lanterns and flanked by carved stone lions at the top of the steps.MacauA-Ma Temple The lit Macau Tower and its observation ring above a cable-stayed bridge, with the Cotai skyline and its reflections behind.MacauMacau Tower The grey stone frontage of the Macao Grand Prix Museum, with a chequered-flag emblem and the museum's name in Chinese, Portuguese and English.MacauMacao Grand Prix Museum A replica Rialto bridge and brick campanile in front of the Venetian's striped hotel block, with clipped hedges and a crossing in front.MacauThe Venetian Macao A narrow lane packed with people under walls of neon and lightbox signs in Chinese and Portuguese, bakery and jerky shops on both sides.MacauTaipa Village & Rua do Cunha A wide stretch of dark sand under an overcast sky, with a tiled promenade in front and green headlands across the bay.MacauColoane Village & Hac Sa Beach White lighthouse and chapel on a green hill above the cityMacauGuia Fortress, Guia Chapel & Guia Lighthouse Pastel colonial facades around a cobbled Portuguese-style squareMacauThe rest of the UNESCO Historic Centre: Mandarin's House, Lou Kau Mansion, Largo de Santo Agostinho, St. Lawrence's Church, Praça de Luís de Camões Old cannons on a fortress terrace overlooking dense city rooftopsMacauFortaleza do Monte & the Museum of Macau Visitors walking the tree-lined avenue that leads up to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, NanjingNanjingSun Yat-sen Mausoleum Snow-covered Jiming Temple pagoda glowing at sunset in NanjingNanjingMing Xiaoling Tomb Golden sunset over Xuanwu Lake and the Nanjing skyline crowned by Zifeng TowerNanjingXuanwu Lake Tour boats moored on the Qinhuai River beside Nanjing's Confucius TempleNanjingNanjing Massacre Memorial The Ming city wall and moat at Zhonghua Gate, Nanjing, with a boat passingNanjingZhonghua Gate Shopfronts and hanging lanterns in the Confucius Temple quarter beside the Qinhuai RiverNanjingQinhuai River & Confucius Temple The stone gatehouse of the Presidential Palace in Nanjing, Roman columns flanking the arched gate and gilded Chinese characters 总统 府 across the lintelNanjingPresidential Palace Recreated 1930s street with rickshaw inside a museum basementNanjingNanjing Museum Walkway atop a Ming city wall between a lake and forested hillsNanjingNanjing City Wall (Ming) — walking the ramparts, not just Zhonghua Gate Golden domed palace rising from a quarry cliff on a forested hillNanjingNiushou Mountain & the Foding Palace Bookshop aisles running down a converted car-park rampNanjingLibrairie Avant-Garde (Wutai Mountain flagship) Zhanqiao Pier stretching into Qingdao Bay with the octagonal Huilan Pavilion at the endQingdaoZhanqiao Pier St Michael's Cathedral with twin spires above the rooftops of Qingdao's old townQingdaoOld town & St Michael's Tsingtao Beer Museum in the 1903 red-brick brewery buildings on Dengzhou RoadQingdaoTsingtao Beer Museum Bathers on the golden sand of No.1 Bathing Beach on a Qingdao summer afternoonQingdaoNo.1 Bathing Beach European-style villas in Qingdao's Badaguan scenic area behind a screen of treesQingdaoBadaguan villas Mount Lao granite peaks rising above the sea near Qingdao, with mist on the higher slopesQingdaoLaoshan mountain Red spiral sculpture on a waterfront with sailboat masts behindQingdaoMay Fourth Square & Olympic Sailing Centre (Qingdao OSMC Area) Grassy islet with a lone tree above rust-red coastal rocksQingdaoXiaomai Island Park (Wheat Island) Courtyard house with arched verandas mixing Chinese and western stylesQingdaoDabaodao Liyuan Courtyard District The main hall of Kaiyuan Temple behind a bronze incense burnerQuanzhouKaiyuan Temple & West Street The giant Song-dynasty stone Laozi of Laojun Rock under the treesQuanzhouQingyuan Mountain & Laojun Rock A temple in Xunpu village hung with red lanterns and festival decorationsQuanzhouXunpu fishing village The porcelain-mosaic roof of Guanyue Temple above the incense burnersQuanzhouGuanyue Temple on Tumen Street The stone arches and gate of Qingjing Mosque, one of China's oldest mosquesQuanzhouQingjing Mosque The long stone beams of Luoyang Bridge stretching across the estuaryQuanzhouLuoyang Bridge Red lanterns across the carved gate of Quanzhou's Tianhou PalaceQuanzhouTianhou Palace The Maritime Museum's modern halls with a historic ship moored outsideQuanzhouQuanzhou Maritime Museum The calm turquoise water and white sand of Yalong Bay on Hainan IslandSanyaYalong Bay Aerial view of Wuzhizhou Island's clear water and coral reefs off Haitang BaySanyaWuzhizhou Island The 108-metre Sea Guanyin statue at the Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone near SanyaSanyaNanshan Cultural Tourism Zone Granite rocks carved with characters at Tianya Haijiao on the Sanya coastSanyaTianya Haijiao A canopy walkway through the tropical Yanoda Rainforest near Baoting, HainanSanyaYanoda Rainforest The Luhuitou deer-turning-back sculpture overlooking Sanya Bay at duskSanyaLuhuitou Park Granite sea cliffs and carved rocks above a rocky bay on the Sanya coastSanyaDadongtian Scenic Area Surfboards and small fishing boats in a sheltered crescent bay at duskSanyaHouhai Village Glass walkway on a forested cliff above a wide turquoise baySanyaYalong Bay Tropical Paradise Forest Park Vast curved glass atrium of a tropical duty-free mall with palm treesSanyacdf Sanya International Duty Free City Fishing boats at a village pier with clear turquoise shallowsSanyaXi Island Historic art-deco buildings along the Bund promenade at golden hour, Pudong skyline across the Huangpu River, ShanghaiShanghaiThe Bund Shanghai's Pudong skyline lit up at night along the Huangpu RiverShanghaiLujiazui towers Rockeries, a pond and pavilion roofs inside Yu Garden, a modern tower rising behindShanghaiYu Garden · City God Temple Neon signs and evening crowds on Nanjing Road, Shanghai's main shopping streetShanghaiNanjing Road Plane trees shading a street corner in Shanghai's former French ConcessionShanghaiWukang Road Shops and studios lining a narrow shikumen lane in Tianzifang, ShanghaiShanghaiTianzifang Ancient bronze ritual vessels in a softly lit museum galleryShanghaiShanghai Museum (East & People's Square) Fairy-tale castle across a lagoon with evening lights coming onShanghaiShanghai Disneyland Stone arch bridge over a canal lined with old wooden housesShanghaiZhujiajiao Water Town View from a sky-high deck over twisting towers and a river bend at duskShanghaiShanghai Tower “Top of Shanghai” deck / Oriental Pearl Tower Restored brick synagogue interior with wooden benches and quiet lightShanghaiShanghai Jewish Refugees Museum Grey-brick shikumen lanes with cafe terraces under plane treesShanghaiXintiandi Plane-tree avenue with 1920s garden villas behind low wallsShanghaiHengfu Historic Area (the “plane-tree district” beyond Wukang Road) The octagonal Dazheng Hall with a golden roof and twin dragon columns, the Mukden Palace's earliest throne hall.ShenyangMukden Palace The red ceremonial gate of Zhao Mausoleum set among centuries-old pine trees inside Beiling Park.ShenyangZhao Mausoleum (Beiling Park) A grand early-20th-century Western-style residence with arched windows inside Marshal Zhang's Mansion.ShenyangMarshal Zhang Mansion The modern grey-stone facade of Liaoning Provincial Museum above a broad entrance plaza.ShenyangLiaoning Provincial Museum Crowds drifting between shopfronts and snack stalls on Zhongjie, Shenyang's old commercial walking street.ShenyangZhongjie The white Buddhist stupa of the West Pagoda rising over the streets of Xita, apartment towers behind it.ShenyangXita (Korea Town) The Long'en Hall at Fuling Tomb, with a golden-yellow tile roof and red columns, approached by a stone-paved courtyard.ShenyangFuling Tomb (East Tomb of Nurhaci) The entrance of the '9.18' Museum in Shenyang, with the museum name in gilt characters and a stone calendar monument showing 1931 and 18 September behind it.Shenyang'9.18' Museum of the Mukden Incident The scale replica Eiffel Tower rising above flowerbeds at the Window of the World theme park in ShenzhenShenzhenWindow of the World Traditional Chinese temple roofs and courtyard houses reflected in the lake at Splendid China Folk VillageShenzhenSplendid China Folk Village Red-brick former factory buildings with a colorful mural and chimneys along a tree-shaded lane at OCT-LOFTShenzhenOCT-LOFT View from Lianhuashan Park across the lawn toward the Civic Center and the Ping An Finance CentreShenzhenLianhuashan Park The Ping An Finance Centre tower tapering into a hazy sky above the Shenzhen CBDShenzhenPing An Finance Centre Golden sand and thatched umbrellas at Dameisha Beach on a summer dayShenzhenDameisha Beach Corridors of electronics stalls glowing with screens and gadgetsShenzhenHuaqiangbei Restored Lingnan gate tower above narrow creative-district lanesShenzhenNantou Ancient City Wading birds on mudflats with a glass skyline across the bayShenzhenShenzhen Bay Park & Futian Mangrove Reserve Sweeping steel curves of a futuristic museum under a blue skyShenzhenShenzhen Science and Technology Museum (new building) Huge dinosaur skeleton in a bright new museum hallShenzhenShenzhen Natural History Museum A pavilion standing over the water in the Humble Administrator's Garden, SuzhouSuzhouHumble Administrator's Garden Aerial view of a classical Suzhou garden, its tiled pavilion roofs winding around a lotus pondSuzhouSuzhou Museum A canal running beside the lane at Pingjiang Road, SuzhouSuzhouPingjiang Road Rockery, water and timber halls in the Lingering Garden, SuzhouSuzhouLingering Garden Whitewashed houses along the canal at Shantang Street, SuzhouSuzhouShantang Street · Tiger Hill A stone-banked canal and old houses in a water town near SuzhouSuzhouTongli · Zhouzhuang Yellow temple walls and a pagoda beside an old canal bridgeSuzhouHanshan Temple & Maple Bridge Scenic Area Lantern-lit garden pavilion with musicians beside a moonlit pondSuzhouMaster of the Nets Garden — Night Garden (Kunqu by lantern light) Gate-shaped skyscraper and skyline across a wide lake at duskSuzhouJinji Lake & Suzhou Industrial Park Kunqu performer in flowing water-sleeve costume on a small stageSuzhouKunqu Opera & Suzhou Pingtan A red-brick 1920s mansion on a leafy corner of the Five Great Avenues, shared bikes parked outside.TianjinFive Great Avenues A white Italianate villa with a curved balcony and clipped hedges in the Italian Style Town.TianjinItalian Style Town The Tianjin Eye ferris wheel lit pink over the Yongle Bridge, its reflection stretching down the Hai River at night.TianjinTianjin Eye & the river at night The altar of Tianhou Palace with painted deity statues and offerings under carved wooden canopies.TianjinAncient Culture Street & Tianhou Palace Statues set into wall niches entirely crusted with blue-and-white porcelain shards at the Porcelain House.TianjinPorcelain House The sweeping white curves of the National Maritime Museum lit at night above its entrance plaza.TianjinNational Maritime Museum & Binhai Library A tour boat crossing Heavenly Lake under the Tianshan peaksUrumqiHeavenly Lake (Tianchi) The modern halls of the Xinjiang Regional MuseumUrumqiXinjiang Regional Museum The Grand Bazaar's viewing tower lit gold over the night crowdsUrumqiXinjiang International Grand Bazaar Yurts scattered across the green Nanshan pasture valleyUrumqiNanshan Pastures The snow-covered ridges of Bogda Peak from the airUrumqiBogda Peak & the Tianshan wall The gate of Hongshan Park in central UrumqiUrumqiHongshan Park The five-tiered Yellow Crane Tower seen head on, golden tiled eaves at every level, a black plaque under the top roof, visitors along the balconies and red lanterns hung belowWuhanYellow Crane Tower Glocken im Hubei Privincial MuseumWuhanHubei Provincial Museum Ostsee in Wuhan - East Lake in WuhanWuhanEast Lake Cherry trees in full bloom arch over a path through Wuhan University's campus during blossom seasonWuhanWuhan University in blossom season A crowded food-stall lane in Hubu Alley, Wuchang, strung with red lanterns and steaming snack potsWuhanHubu Alley Ships and Ports of Wuhan Ferry.WuhanYangtze River ferry Luohan Hall in Wuhan's Guiyuan TempleWuhanGuiyuan Temple Gude Temple Wuhan in wuhanWuhanGude Temple Wedge-shaped red-brick Russian-era apartment building on an old streetWuhanHankow Historic Concession District: Bagong Mansion & Lihuangpi Road Restored city wall on a hill above old lanes and a church spireWuhanTan Hualin Historical and Cultural District Suspended monorail train gliding above fields of flowersWuhanOptics Valley Sky Rail (Guanggu Konggui / "Guanggu Photon") Retro steamship glowing at night with costumed actors on deckWuhanZhiyin Hao (the drifting theatre ship on the Yangtze) Xiamen skyline and harbor viewed from Sunlight Rock on Gulangyu IslandXiamenGulangyu Island The arcaded pedestrian street of Zhongshan Road, XiamenXiamenZhongshan Road The lotus pond and pagoda in front of Nanputuo Temple, with the hills behindXiamenNanputuo Temple Twin Shimao Straits Towers rise over Xiamen's coastline, seen from a rocky beachXiamenXiamen University Old buildings around the harbour at Shapowei, Xiamen, with the new city behindXiamenShapowei art quarter The palm-lined coastal Island Ring Road running along the Xiamen shoreXiamenIsland Ring Road Sunbeams through mist over a rainforest path beside giant cactiXiamenXiamen Botanical Garden (Wanshi Mountain) Round earthen tulou buildings clustered among green tea hillsXiamenFujian Tulou (Nanjing & Yongding earthen round houses) Visitors in flowing hanfu crossing a lantern-lit heritage streetXiamenYujian Minnan · Time Fantasy (immersive Minnan culture park) Red-brick tower with swallow-tail roof ridges above a tidal poolXiamenJimei School Village (Tan Kah Kee architecture) Rows of Terracotta Army warriors standing in the excavation pit near XianXianTerracotta Army Ming-era city wall and corner watchtower reflected in the moat at dusk, XianXianXi'an City Wall Xian Bell Tower illuminated at night above passing trafficXianBell & Drum Towers Evening crowds beneath neon signs in Xian's Muslim Quarter food streetXianMuslim Quarter The Tang-style halls of the Shaanxi History Museum behind its forecourt poolXianShaanxi History Museum Giant Wild Goose Pagoda rising against a blue sky in XianXianBig Wild Goose Pagoda Tang-style boulevard blazing with lights below a giant pagodaXianTang Dynasty Never Night City Ancient carved stone steles standing in rows in a quiet galleryXianXi'an Beilin Museum (Forest of Steles) Costumed actors in an indoor Tang-styled street hung with lanternsXianChang'an Twelve Hours Themed Block Glass walkway suspended over Han burial pits of small figurinesXianHan Yang Ling Mausoleum Museum Sheer sandstone towers wrapped in subtropical forest, photographed from the clifftop path just above the Bailong Elevator's upper station.ZhangjiajieYuanjiajie Cable cars climbing towards Tianmen Mountain while the city of Zhangjiajie spreads across the valley floor far below.ZhangjiajieTianmen Mountain Crowded walkway on a suspension bridge with a transparent glass deck strung between sandstone cliffs above a forested gorge.ZhangjiajieGrand Canyon Glass Bridge Tall quartz-sandstone peaks standing above dense green forest under a bright, partly clouded sky.ZhangjiajieGolden Whip Stream Wide panorama of stacked stone pillars receding into pale haze above the forested Huangshizhai plateau in Wulingyuan.ZhangjiajieHuangshizhai Colourful flood-lit stalactites rising from the floor of a vast limestone cave, with a walkway tracing an underground pool.ZhangjiajieHuanglong Cave Visitors gathered under the ancient ginkgo tree in the Shaolin Temple courtyard, its trunk held by wooden supports.ZhengzhouShaolin Temple The distinctive pyramidal main hall of Henan Museum against a pale sky.ZhengzhouHenan Museum Aerial view of the vast walled courtyards of the Unique Henan theater complex beside its wheat field.ZhengzhouUnique Henan (戏剧幻城) The bare granite dome of Mount Song rising over the tree line under drifting clouds.ZhengzhouMount Song The colossal twin-headed statue of the Yan and Huang emperors carved into the riverside mountain.ZhengzhouYellow River Cultural Park The twin pagoda towers of Erqi Memorial Tower rising over the city square.ZhengzhouErqi Memorial Tower The grass-covered rammed-earth Shang dynasty city wall rising beside a modern street.ZhengzhouShang City Ruins A grey-brick courtyard gate hung with red lanterns inside the Kangbaiwan manor.ZhengzhouKangbaiwan Manor