Yuanyang Rice Terraces: The Best Light in Yunnan
Yuanyang Rice Terraces in Yunnan: the Hani people’s flooded mirror fields, the Duoyishu sunrise and Tiger Mouth sunset viewpoints, the best months, and how to reach them from Kunming.
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Yichang Travel Guide: Three Gorges Embarkation Point
Yichang in western Hubei is the embarkation point for Yangtze Three Gorges cruises and home to the giant Three Gorges Dam. Here is how to plan your stop.
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Yellow Crane Tower Wuhan: One of Three Great Towers
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan is the most famous of China’s Three Great Towers, with a famous poem and a wide Yangtze-Han river view. Here is how to visit.
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Yanji Travel Guide: Korean-Chinese Border Markets and Cold Noodles
Yanji in Jilin is China’s Korean border city, famous for Naengmyeon cold noodles, kimchi markets, and views toward North Korea. Here is how to plan a visit.
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Yangzhou Travel Guide: Slender Lake and Slow Breakfasts
Yangzhou in Jiangsu is a slow canal city famous for Slender West Lake and its elaborate morning tea breakfast. Here is how to plan a relaxed visit.
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Xidi Ancient Village: The Merchant Houses of Anhui
Xidi is a living Ming and Qing merchant village in Anhui with carved stone gates and quiet lanes. Here is how to reach it from Huangshan and why it rewards an overnight stay.
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Wuzhen Water Town: Canals, Theatre, and Night Lights
Wuzhen blends 1,300-year-old canals with a tightly run scenic zone: East Gate museums, the lit West Gate at night, the Muxin museum, and an autumn theatre festival.
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Wuyuan Countryside: Jiangxi’s Rapeflower Villages
Wuyuan in northeastern Jiangxi is a county of a hundred Hui-style villages and spring rapeflower terraces. Here is how to time your visit and which villages to pick.
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Wulong Karst: The Sinkholes the Movies Keep Using
Wulong Karst southeast of Chongqing: the Three Natural Bridges, Furong Cave, and the Houping sinkhole, why films shoot here, and how to reach it by high-speed train.
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Wuhan Travel Guide: Rivers, Breakfast Culture, and Night Trains
Wuhan is three cities on the Yangtze with a fierce breakfast culture and night trains to everywhere. Here is what to eat, how to ride the metro, and where to stay.
