China is famous for its profound history and natural scenery. Some tourists are interested in a trip to explore the Chinese history, while others prefer to enjoy the natural scenery. Most Beautiful Places in China would like to show you the most popular scenic cities with stunning natural scenery in China.

Guilin(Yangshou/Longsheng)

Situated in Southern China, Guilin is like a glittering pearl on a green carpet, the scenery here enjoys the praise of “top landscape in the world”. It is renowned for its Karst landscape, exquisite mountains, wired caves and especially the limpid Li River that runs from downtown to Yangshuo County, all of which mix together and form a giant elegant Chinese painting. In addition, the grand beauty of the rice fields in Longsheng County will make your Guilin tour more unforgettable. Guilin is definitely ranked first of the most beautiful places in China list.

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Guilin Highlights:
♦ Elephant Trunk Hill is the renowned landmark of Guilin city which is like an elephant standing by the Li River and drinking water.

♦ Li River is the top 1 attraction of Guilin which is about 83 kilometers. The best way to travel on the Lijiang River is to take a cruise or bamboo raft and experience “a person traveling in a painting”

♦ Longji Rice Terraces is a large-scale terraced field group winding from the foot of the mountain to the top with the reputation of “the crown of the terraced fields in the world”.

Jiuzhaigou

Situatied in the east part of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou owns one of the most famous fairy-land-like spots of the world which is a wonderland that recognized by UNESCO as World Natural Heritage in 1992. Jiuzhaigou County is also a good place for people to experience unique Tibetan culture and unspoiled local custom.

Tourists check-in at Jiuzhaigou. Photo: Collected

Jiuzhaigou Highlights:
♦ Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic Area is reputed for its bright green waters, icy waterfalls, colorful forest (especially in autumn) and pure snow mountains surrounded. It is also home of varied creatures like wild pandas, white-lipped deer.

♦ Huanglong, a World Natural Heritage site, nearby Jiuzhaigou valley, is also famous for its colorful ponds, snowy mountains, deep valleys, and dense forest.

Huangshan

Situated on the mid-east part of China, Huangshan has abundant natural and cultural resources. Strange pine, strange rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs, and winter snow are the most popular “five musts” in Huangshan. In 1990, the most outstanding site Yellow Mountain (Mt. Huangshan) was recognized by UNESCO as World Natural Heritage.

Huangshan. Photo: Collected

Huangshan Highlights:
♦ Yellow Mountain (Mt. Huangshan) is one of the top mountain-view spots of China and known as the No. 1 Mountain under heaven. It features imposing peaks, grotesquely-shaped rocks, steep cliffs, fantastic caves and those peculiarities that make the mountain outstanding among others.

♦ Hongcun Village is an ancient village with a history of 400 to 500 years. The original residential style and features of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were preserved perfectly there. It was inscribed into the list of the World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.

Shangri-la

Shangri-la enjoys the reputation of “Highland Garden” and “Realm of Living Creatures”with towering snow mountains, long rivers, vast grasslands and deep valleys. It has 47 snow-capped mountains whose elevation is over 4000 meters. The famous ones are Meili Snow Mountain, Haba Snow Mountain, etc…In a sea of forests, there are countless alpine lakes, such as Shudu Lake, Napahai, etc…In addition, there are world famous Tiger Leaping Gorge, White Water Terrace, Potatso National Park, etc.. Religious culture is one of the most charming culture in Shangri-la, and Tibetan Buddhism culture has a very long history; Songzanlin Monastery is just a good place to experience the special culture in Shangri-la.

Potatso National Park, Shangri-la. Photo: Collected

Shangri-La Highlights:
♦ Mery Snow Mountain, or Meili Snow Mountain or the Crown Prince of Snow Mountains, is known as the most beautiful snow mountain of the world. Kawagebo Peak, the main peak, is the highest peak in Yunnan Province and one of the grand four holly mountains of Tibetan Buddhism.

♦ Potatso National Park is the first national park of mainland China, which consists of two main attractions – Bitahai Lake and Shuduhu Lake. With well-preserved ecological environment, primary forest, wetlands, deep valleys and alpine meadow can also be seen in this park.

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Zhangjiajie

Situated in the northwestern part of Hunan, central of Wuling Mountain range, Zhangjiajie is one of the popular tourist cities of China, especially renowned for its mountain scenery. Enjoying superb geographical and natural environment, its Wulingyuan Scenic Resort (including Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Suoxi Nature Reserve and Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve), which was included in the World Heritage List by UNESCO in December 1992, attracting people from all over the world.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Photo: Collected

Zhangjiajie Highlights:
♦ Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is the first national forest park of China, with a forest coverage rate up to 98%. Renowned for its numerous sheer peaks, secluded valleys and primary forest, this park also rich in biology resource, is a decent Museum of Nature.

♦ Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve enjoys a reputation of “grand potted landscape, mini fairyland”. Its wild primary scenery is the masterpiece of nature. There are four scenic wonders there, namely Cloud Billows, Moon Brightness, Sun Glow and Winter Snow, you would not wanna miss.

Lijiang

Rich in natural and cultural resources, Lijiang is a well-known city that famous for its grand mountain-view, serenity lake-view, steep valley-view and peaceful old town-view multi-ranged scenery. It is, therefore, an ideal place suitable for a whole year round travel, for both nature lovers and anyone interested in ancient people groups and their customs. Lijiang has occupied an important position in the most beautiful places in China.

Lijiang, China | Jake and Dannie. Photo: Collected

Lijiang Highlights:
♦ Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the holy mountain worshiped by Naxi people. Renowned for its dignified momentum, elegant figure and mysterious legends, this mountain is yet to be conquered by a human.

♦ Lugu Lake is about 300km to the northeast of Lijiang City, is a paradise that far from the stir of society and unspoiled virgin land in Yunnan. Mosuo people is the main inhabitant there, which well remained the custom of primeval matri-clan system.

♦ As one of the deepest valleys in China, Tiger Leaping Gorge locates 60km north of Lijiang, around 15km in length, is known throughout the world for its amazedness, awesomeness and strangeness.

Hangzhou

Hangzhou is famous for its profound historical accumulations, and especially, for the paradise-like natural scenery. Since ancient times, it has enjoyed a title as “one of the most beautiful and elegant cities of the world”. Nowadays, it is one of the most popular tourist cities of China, which with many splendid sightseeing attractions, attracting people from home and abroad.

Hangzhou. Photo: Collected

Hangzhou Highlights:
♦ West Lake is a previous natural gift of Hangzhou as an apple of the eye. Ancient Chinese people praised the West Lake as a place of intoxicating beauty as for its vast serenity water surface and the long narrow river levee that full of sense of “willow down and flowers reign”.

♦ Only 5km away from West Lake, Xixi National Wetland Park is a rare and the only inner city wetland park in China, which combines urban wetland, farming wetland and cultural wetland three together.

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