China Winter Attractions

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  Shanghai Museum

  The Shanghai Museum is arguably China's best museum, brilliantly designed and the exhibitions are on par with any museum in the world. The artifacts on display are labeled in Chinese and English.

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  Yu Garden and Bazaar

  The only existing ancient garden in Shanghai, the Yuyuan Garden occupies an area of 20,000 square meters. Although small for a traditional Chinese garden, its layout, architecture, and design put it on par with any in China.

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  Zhujiajiao Water Town

  Zhujiajiao Village located between Shanghai and Suzhou is an ancient water village that was founded over 1,700 years ago. The village has 36 ancient stone bridges and thousands of buildings dating back to the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties.

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  Oriental TV Pearl Tower

  Shanghai's Oriental Pearl TV Tower was designed by the Shanghai Modern Architectural Design Co. Ltd. The tower was the tallest man-made structure in China until 2007, when the Shanghai World Financial Center was completed.

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  Yuanyang Rice Terraces

  With their amazing landscape, unique shapes, and ethnic customs and culture deposit behind themselves, Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces are the excellent places you must take your cameras there.

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  Lijiang Ancient City

  Yunnan Lijiang Old City is famous for its incredible intact ancient architecture groups preservation in China that has not changed for centuries. All the buildings and the newer ones were set up with the same materials and construction methods that have been used for centuries, allowing them to...

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  Dali Ancient City

  Yunnan Dali Ancient Town's location and architectural beauty make it a favorite with visitors for architecture and culture of the Bai Ethnic Minority Groups, which gives the town a unique atmosphere and appearance.

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  Tiger Leaping Gorge

  The Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the world's deepest river canyons, is famous for its breathtaking scenery of rock and water. It got its name from the legend, in China's ancient past, a tiger, fleeing from a hunter jumped across the gorge.

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  Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

  Located outside of the Lijiang Old Town, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is sacred to the Naxi Dongba Ethnid Minority Group. The mountain has 13 peaks with the highest being 5,600 feet tall and is 35 kilometers long.

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  Stone Forest

  Located 120 kms outside of Kunming, the Stone Forest has incredible karst limestone rock formations with bizarre shapes formed of millennia of wind and rain. The rock formations do resemble a forest made of stone and small ponds dot the area, adding to its beauty.