Xiapu Mudflats: Fujian’s Working Coast for Photographers
Xiapu’s tidal flats, bamboo poles and seaweed farms reward photographers who plan around the tide table, and this guide covers the viewpoints, seasons and logistics
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Lingering Garden Suzhou: The Compact One That Beats Its Size
Lingering Garden in Suzhou: the four quarters, the 700-metre corridor of framed windows, the Cloud-Capped Peak, and how to visit without the crowds
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Fujian Tulou: The Round Hakka Earth Buildings
The Fujian Tulou explained: rammed earth clan fortresses, Yongding versus Nanjing clusters, 2024 ticket prices, sleeping inside one, and the Hakka dishes to order
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Baotu Spring Jinan: The City Built Over Its Own Springs
Baotu Spring in Jinan: how the karst aquifer works, when the jets actually run, the free springs along the moat, and the Shandong dishes to eat nearby
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Zhujiajiao: Shanghai’s Water Town You Can Reach by Metro
Zhujiajiao by Metro Line 17: the Shanghai canal town you can reach in 40 minutes, what to see and eat, when to arrive, and how it compares with Wuzhen
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White Horse Temple Luoyang: China’s First Buddhist Temple
White Horse Temple outside Luoyang carries the claim of China’s first Buddhist temple, and this guide covers what survives, what costs extra attention and how to pair it with Longmen
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Lama Temple Beijing: The Working Monastery You Can Actually Tour
Beijing’s largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery still houses resident monks and a single-piece sandalwood Maitreya, and timing decides whether you notice either
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Beihai Park: Beijing’s Oldest Imperial Garden
Beihai Park in Beijing: the White Dagoba, Nine-Dragon Wall, Round City and Kublai Khan’s jade bowl, plus 2024 tickets, best times and where to eat nearby
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Jokhang Temple Lhasa: The Spiritual Heart of Tibet
Jokhang Temple in Lhasa: the Jowo Rinpoche statue, Barkhor kora, permit and afternoon-entry rules, photography limits and what the visit really involves
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Yangtze Three Gorges Cruise: What the Trip Is Like
A Chongqing to Yichang river cruise runs three or four nights past three gorges and one enormous dam, and this guide covers ships, prices and trade-offs
