China’s rise as an economic super power has grabbed the world’s attention. Visitors are reminded that China has been a super power before, and its history and its present are awe-inspiring spectacles.
Everyone has their own personal China experience. The human history of China is no less impressive than its staggering array of historic sites, places to see and things to do. This is a country with more true stories than fiction.
China has a very well organized, efficient tourist industry, with luxury hotels and hotel packages throughout the country. There’s a vast array of fascinating places and experiences for visitors, including:
The Great Wall
The Great Wall, stretching across the north, stunned the first Europeans to see it. This is one of the real Wonders of the World, still astonishing as an engineering achievement.
The Yellow Mountains
The Yellow Mountains, or Huang Shan, are the mountains which drove China’s artists to centuries of work, trying to capture their beauty. These are archetypal Chinese landscape mountains, set in a pristine area in southern China.
Xian
Xian is the former capital of ancient China, and home of the famous Terracotta Warriors. This is where the early Silk Road trade began. It was one of the world’s first planned cities, an elegantly laid out masterpiece of architecture.
Shanghai
This huge, sprawling city sits on the ancient Pearl River’s mouth, a testimony to the rise of new China. Prepare to be dazzled, and also prepare to visit a city which takes second place to none for innovation and fascination. Resort accommodation in Shanghai is also the absolute top level of the industry, not to be missed.
The Three Gorges
The Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze is China’s biggest engineering project in recent times. As an achievement, it ranks alongside the Great Wall and the Grand Canal of ancient times.
The Silk Road
The Silk Road was a complex trading system which linked the ancient world. It was the original form of global trade. The Silk Road is now known to have been one of the primary means of the spread of ideas and culture throughout the world.
The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is a huge complex in the heart of Beijing created to radiate power and to impress any onlooker. It still does, and visitors are treated to a site of pure Chinese culture which is unrivaled in its magnificence.
Yangtze
The Yangtze is one of the world’s biggest rivers, the river which helped to create and expand Chinese civilization. This is China’s ancient lifeline, providing food and transport for trade along the river.
Ming Tombs
The Ming Tombs are an avenue of monuments to the Ming Dynasty’s rulers. This was one of the all time greatest of China’s dynasties, and its legacy persists in all parts of Chinese life, a dearly loved part of the Chinese culture.
Summer Palace
The Summer Palace is a former residence of Kublai Khan. The Summer Palace contains a lot of the best and most fascinating aspects of Chinese art and design.
China never fails to impress visitors with its elegance, culture and natural scenery. China gets a lot of returning tourists, who just have to see more of one of the world’s true treasures.
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