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Nánkǒu Village
This quiet village about 16km west of Méizhōu is where you’ll see fine examples of wéilóngwū (围龙屋) dwellings nestled between paddy fields and the hills like dragons in repose. If you make your way to the back of Dōnghuā Lú (東華盧) and Déxīn Táng (德馨堂), youll see rooms arranged in a s
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Suōpō
Dānbās nearest village with watchtowers is a 30-minute walk along the river. An enterprising family has rebuilt the wooden base levels of a tower next to their home. Visitors can climb up the inside from their rooftop (¥15). Don’t worry about finding them. They, or a ‘friend’ of th
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Niújiē Mosque
Dating back to the 10th century and lively with worshippers on Fridays (it’s closed to non-Muslims at prayer times), Běijīng’s largest mosque is the centre of the community for the 10,000 or so Huí Chinese Muslims who live nearby. Look out for the Building for Observing the Moon (望
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Jīnshā Site Museum
In 2001 archaeologists made a historic discovery in Chéngdū’s western suburbs: they unearthed a major site containing ruins of the 3000-year-old Shu kingdom. This excellent, expansive museum includes the excavation site and beautiful displays of many of the uncovered objects, which
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Huáqīng Hot Springs
The natural hot springs in this park were once the favoured retreat of emperors and concubines during the Tang dynasty. It’s now an obligatory stop for Chinese tour groups, who pose for photos in front of the elaborately restored pavilions and by the ornamental ponds. Thought a pre
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Sam Tung Uk Museum
This well-tended museum aims to portray rural life as it was lived in this late-18th-century Hakka walled village, the former residents of which (the Chan clan) were resettled in 1980. Within the complex a dozen three-beamed houses contain traditional Hakka furnishings, kitchenware
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Tengye Ling
This obscure and little-visited Nyingmapa-sect temple is dedicated to the central red-faced deity Tseumar, as well as Pehar (a protector linked to Samye) and Tamdrin (Hayagriva). The crates of báijiǔ (rice wine) stacked in the corner are there to refill the silver cup in Tseumar’s
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Underground Fortress
In the mid-1930s, during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, this network of tunnels was constructed by the Japanese army in the grasslands north of Hǎilā’ěr. The site now contains a museum, a monument and old tanks and artillery guns to climb on. Inside the freezing, spooky tunn
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Amah Rock
This oddly shaped boulder southwest of Sha Tin, like many local landmarks in Hong Kong, carries a legend. For many years a fisherman’s wife would stand on this spot in the hills above Lion Rock Country Park , watching for her husband to return from the sea while carrying her baby o
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St Nicholas Church
A short walk west along Gaolan Rd from Fùxīng Park is rewarded by the distinctive shape of the vacant, and now derelict, St Nicholas Church, one of Shànghǎi’s small band of Russian Orthodox houses of worship, built to service the huge influx of Russians who arrived in Shànghǎi in t
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Hepo Ri
Hepo Ri is the hill some 400m east of Samye, where Guru Rinpoche vanquished the demons of Tibet. King Trisong Detsen later established a palace here. Pilgrims honour it as one of the four sacred hills of Tibet (the others being Gangpo Ri at Tsetang, Chagpo Ri in Lhasa and Chuwo Ri
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Ancient City Gates
Sadly, only fragments remain of Chóngqìng’s once magnificent Ming dynasty city wall, which stretched 8km around the Jiěfàngbēi peninsula and was more than 30m tall in places. Of the 17 gates that punctuated the wall before demolition began in 1927, two are still standing. The charm
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Huáyán Temple
Built by the Khitan during the Liao dynasty (AD 907–1125), this temple faces east, not south (it’s said the Khitan were sun worshippers) and is divided into two separate complexes. One of these is an active monastery (upper temple), while the other is a museum (lower temple). Datin
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Shànghǎi History Museum
The entire family will enjoy this informative museum with a fun presentation on old Shànghǎi. Learn how the city prospered on the back of the cotton trade and junk transportation, when it was known as ‘Little Sūzhōu’. Life-sized models of traditional shops are staffed by realistic
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Báishuǐtái
Báishuǐtái is a limestone deposit plateau 108km southeast of Zhōngdiàn, with some breathtaking scenery and Tibetan villages en route. For good reason it has become probably the most popular backdoor route between Lìjiāng and Zhōngdiàn. The terraces – think of those in Pamukkale in
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Tamar Park
This harbour-front park on the site of the New Central Government Offices (新政府總部) is an inviting sprawl of verdant lawns where you can soak up the rays while watching the ships go by. It’s part of a 4km promenade along the northern shoreline of Hong Kong Island, from Central Piers,
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Nánpíng
With a history of more than 1100 years, this intriguing and labyrinthine village, 5km to the west of Yīxiàn town, is famed as the setting of Zhang Yimou’s 1989 tragedy Judou and, of course, scenes from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . Numerous ancient ancestral halls, clan shrines
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Noonday Gun
A colonial tradition dating back to the mid-1800s, the daily firing of this Hotchkiss 3-pounder naval gun was made famous by the Noël Coward song Mad Dogs and Englishmen (In Hong Kong, they strike a gong, and fire off a noonday gun/To reprimand each inmate whos in late). The gun st
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Fùxīng Park
This leafy spot with a large lawn, laid out by the French in 1909 and later used by the Japanese as a parade ground in the late 1930s, remains one of the city’s more enticing parks. There is always plenty to see here: the park is a refuge for the elderly and a practising field for
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Wǔlíngyuán Scenic & Historic Interest Area
The national parks official name is the Wǔlíngyuán Scenic & Historic Interest Area, but almost everyone refers to it simply as Zhāngjiājiè, the name of one section of the park.The park, covering a vast 264 sq km, is divided into three main areas: the Zhāngjiājiè, Tiānzǐ Shān an
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