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Best China Attractions

Best Attractions of China for 2023/2024

Follow is the collection of best attractions of China covering the most outstanding places for both nature and culture lovers. Each site is the best of its kind, such as the masterpiece of Chinese architecture – Forbidden City, holy Tibetan Buddhist site - Potala Palace, best sightseeing mountain – Huangshan, etc.

  • China attractions - Great Wall
    Forbidden City - Beijing

    Once forbbidden and now permitted. It was an amazing experience visiting a huge palace once build by the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The cultural richness of china is truly reflected at this historical palace.

  • China attractions - Great Wall
    Badaling Great Wall - Beijing

    Badaling Great Wall is very popular among both domestic and foreign travelers because it is not only can be reached from Beijing easily, but also it is the best representative section of all Great Wall of China.

  • China Attractions - Li River
    Li River - Guilin

    Li River features in typical karst landform, thousands of limestone mountains stick out of the ground along the river bank. Cruising on Li River is just like being part of the magical world.

  • Zhangjiajie National Park
    Zhangjiajie National Park

    Zhangjiajie National Forest Park was the first national forest park in China, listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. It is also famous for the inspiration for the movie AVATAR, the Hallelujah Mountain.

  • China attractions - Terracotta Warriors
    Terracotta Warriors - Xian

    They call it the eighth wonder of the world, and they're right. Discovered in 1974, Terracotta Warriros and Horses is one of the greatest archeological finds in 20th century, and it definitely should be on your bucket list.

  • China attractions - Yellow Mountain
    Yellow Mountain - Huangshan

    Yellow Mountain, also Mt. Huangshan was listed as World Heritage Site in 1992. It is famous for the five wonders – odd-shaped pines, spectacular rocky peaks, sea of clouds, hot spring and winter snow.

  • China Attractions - Potala Palace
    Potala Palace - Lhasa

    Potala Palace - Masterpiece of Tibetan Architecture. Even a short glimpse is enough to leaven a forever imprint on one’s bottom of heart, and drive him from faraway on the globe to witness this magnificent wonder.

  • Jiuzhaigou Valley
    Jiuzhaigou Valley - Jiuzhaigou

    Jiuzhaigou Valley, an amazing fairy land features the awesome sceneries of multi-level waterfalls, crystal waters and colorful lakes. The water presents various color patterns of white, blue, green, turquoise and emerald.

More Things to Do in China

No matter for the first time trip in China, or the tenth, you can always get an exciting adventure because China boasts too many things to do. But you may find it difficult to browse among such a large number of attractions. Don’t worry, we have already made it easy for you. Here we list out more than 70 destinations which offer unique places to visit. You only need to locate the things to do in the center destination, or just find the attraction you are interested in in the attraction index tab.

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