{"id":1086,"date":"2017-07-12T06:42:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T22:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/07\/12\/5-places-you-should-visit-in-china\/"},"modified":"2017-07-12T06:42:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T22:42:28","slug":"5-places-you-should-visit-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/5-places-you-should-visit-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Places You Should Visit In China"},"content":{"rendered":"

5 Places You Should Visit In China<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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THE GREAT BUDDHA AT LESHAN<\/strong><\/p>\n


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The carved stone statue of the Great Buddha at Lash\u0101n is one of S\u00ecchu\u0101n\u2019s top tourist destinations. The thrill of Lash\u0101n is in your first sighting of the Great Buddha carved painstakingly into the cliff face above you more than 1200 years ago. Whether that\u2019s from the top looking down, from a boat looking straight up, of from the path of nine switchbacks looking somewhere in between, the moment it dawns on you that the large, gracefully carved, stone wall that you\u2019re looking at is actually the lobe of a colossal ear, and that the ear is only a small slice of a well-proportioned giant \u2013 that moment is thrilling.<\/p>\n

Location: S\u00ecchu\u0101n Province<\/strong><\/p>\n


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MOGAO CAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n


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Where China starts transforming into a lunar deserts cape in the far west, the handsome oasis town of D\u016bnhu\u00e1ng is a natural staging post for dusty Silk Road explorers. Mountainous sand dunes swell outside town while Great Wall fragments lie scoured by abrasive desert winds, but it is the magnificent caves at M\u00f2g\u0101o that truly dazzle. M\u00f2g\u0101o is one of the greatest repositories of Buddhist art in the world and the cream of China\u2019s crop of Buddhist caves \u2013 its statues are ineffably sublime and among the nation\u2019s most priceless cultural treasures.<\/p>\n

 Location: G\u0101ns\u00f9 Province<\/strong><\/p>\n


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THE YANGZI RIVER <\/strong><\/p>\n


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Snow melting from the world\u2019s \u2018third pole\u2019 \u2013 the high-altitude Tibet-Qinghai plateau \u2013 is the source of China\u2019s mighty, life-giving Yangzi. The country\u2019s longest and most scenically impressive river, the Yangzi surges west-east across the nation. It reaches a crescendo with the Three Gorges, carved out over millennia by the inexorable persistence of the powerful waters. The gorges are a magnificent spectacle and a Yangzi River cruise is a rare chance to put your travel schedule on ice, hang up your travelling hat, take a seat and admire an astonishing panorama sliding past. <\/p>\n

Location: Ch\u00f3ngq\u00ecng Province<\/strong><\/p>\n


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TERRACOTTA WARRIORS <\/strong><\/p>\n


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Capital of the Sh\u0103nx\u012b province, where it all started for China, X\u012b\u2019\u0101n was the beginning and end of the Silk Road and a buzzing, cosmopolitan capital long before anyone had heard of B\u0115ij\u012bng. Today, the archaeological sites scattered around X\u012b\u2019\u0101n makes it an essential destination for visitors to China. Around X\u012b\u2019\u0101n there\u2019s an excavated Neolithic village and numerous royal graves; chief among them the tomb of Qin Shi Huang and the world-famous Terracotta Warriors, one of the most extraordinary archaeological discoveries ever made. X\u012b\u2019\u0101n is also an emergent traveler\u2019s hub, with good nightlife, museums, ancient pagodas and a fascinating Muslim Quarter.<\/p>\n

Location: Shanxi Province <\/strong><\/p>\n


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DRAGON\u2019S RICE TERRACES <\/strong><\/p>\n


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You\u2019ll be dazzled by one of China\u2019s most archetypal and photographed landscapes: the splendidly named Dragon\u2019s Backbone Rice Terraces. The region is a patchwork of minority villages, with layers of waterlogged terraces climbing the hillsides. The rice fields rise up to 1000m high and are an amazing feat of farm engineering on hills. You\u2019ll be enticed into a game of village-hopping. The invigorating walk between P\u00edng\u2019\u0101n and D\u00e0zh\u00e0i villages offers the most spine-tingling views. Visit after the summer rains when the fields are glistening with reflections.<\/p>\n

Location: Gu\u0103ngx\u012b Province<\/strong><\/p>\n


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