Shangri-La
Shangri-La (formerly Zhongdian County) is the capital of the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan’s far northwest, bordering Tibet and Sichuan. It sits 315 km north of Dali and 659 […]
Shangri-La (formerly Zhongdian County) is the capital of the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan’s far northwest, bordering Tibet and Sichuan. It sits 315 km north of Dali and 659 […]
Dali Ancient City dates to 1382, during the Ming Dynasty, and has been listed among China’s top historical cities since 1982. Sitting between Erhai Lake and Cangshan Mountain, it was […]
Yunnan means “the place south of the colorful clouds.” The province borders Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar, and neighbors Guizhou, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, and Tibet within China — making it a meeting point of many landscapes, ecosystems, and ethnic groups.
History The town was built between the end of the Southern Song (1127–1279) and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368), at the place where the Jade River splits into […]
Not every great story in Beijing has a happy ending — and the Yuanmingyuan Gardens are proof of that. Once considered one of the most breathtaking imperial gardens ever built, […]
Few structures on Earth capture the imagination quite like the Great Wall of China. Snaking across mountains, deserts, and grasslands, it wasn’t built as a single wall at a single […]