Chongqing Hot Springs: Soaking in the City’s Old Geothermal Seam
Chongqing’s hot springs run from 60-yuan public baths to 1,200-yuan resorts. Here’s where to soak, what it costs, and how to get there without a tour.
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Chongqing Food Streets
Chongqing’s food streets from breakfast noodles to midnight hot pot: where locals eat in the mountain city, what to order, and which tourist strips to skip.
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Day Trips from Chongqing: Gorges, Carvings, and Hot Springs
Chongqing is a launchpad for Wulong karst, Dazu carvings, and riverside hot springs. Here are the day trips that work, with train times and costs.
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Chongqing Citywalk: The 8D City
Four walks through Chongqing’s 8D city: the riverfront, the stair terraces of Yuzhong, Ciqikou, and the Nanbin Road sunset, with fares and tips.
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Chongli Ski Resorts: Beijing’s Olympic Snow
Chongli ski resorts near Beijing hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics and now offer the closest serious skiing to the capital, with three resorts and a base village.
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Chinese Wedding Banquets: A Guest’s Guide
Chinese wedding banquets run on red envelopes and a fish you must not flip. How much to give, what to wear, the course order, and surviving the baijiu toast.
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Chinese Vegetables: A Visual Field Guide
Greens, gourds, roots, and fungus you will meet in China: what bok choy, gai lan, bitter melon, and lotus root taste like and exactly how they are cooked.
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Chinese Tofu: Types and Dishes
A field guide to Chinese tofu: silken versus firm, stinky and fermented, tofu skin and puffs, plus the dishes to order and the names to say at market stalls.
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Chinese Teahouses: How to Visit One
How to visit a Chinese teahouse: Sichuan park houses, Beijing show rooms, Cantonese morning tea, gongfu ritual, prices, and the etiquette to know first.
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Chinese Spices: What They Are and What They Do
A field guide to Chinese spices: Sichuan pepper, dried chilies, star anise and cassia, cumin, the blends, and how to buy, toast, and store them.
