The pages of the atlas added or checked most recently. https://www.atlasofchina.com/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z Atlas of China https://www.atlasofchina.com/learn/blank-map-of-china/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A printable blank map of China's 34 provinces and regions, numbered with an answer key, and a labelled version with the capitals. Free SVG downloads.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/harbin-central-street/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A cobbled pedestrian street of Russian-era façades and a green-domed Orthodox cathedral. Best time Jun–Sep, Dec–Feb; allow half a day; stay in Harbin…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/itineraries/jiuzhaigou-and-huanglong/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

6 days, 3 stays, 1 on the move. The blue lakes and waterfalls of Jiuzhaigou and the travertine pools of Huanglong, reached from Chengdu through Songpan.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/sanjiang-chengyang-eight-villages/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Dong villages of timber drum towers and a covered bridge, set among paddy fields. Best time Apr–May, Sep–Oct; allow 1 day; stay in Sanjiang, Guangxi.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/itineraries/china-first-visit-10-days/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

10 days, 4 stays, 2.5 on the move. The classic first trip: imperial Beijing and the Great Wall, the Terracotta Army, then Shanghai and a day among Suzhou’s…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/learn/china-provinces-quiz/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A free map quiz of China's 34 regions: click each one as it is named, match the Chinese names, or pick the capital. No sign-up, and it embeds in a class page.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/hailin-china-snow-town/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A forest-farm village under thick caps of sticky snow, busy, commercial and very cold. Best time Dec–Feb; allow 2 days (one night in the village); stay in…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/learn/physical-geography-of-china/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

China's physical map: the three steps from the Tibetan Plateau above 4,000 m to the eastern plains, the Yangtze, Yellow and Pearl rivers, deserts, lakes and…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/nanjing-ming-city-wall/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow 1–2 hours; stay in Nanjing, Jiangsu.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/dazu-baodingshan-rock-carvings/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A cliffside storybook of Buddhist hells, mothers and thousand-armed Guanyin. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow half a day to 1 day; stay in Chongqing…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/dunhuang-yardang-geopark/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Wind-carved clay towers stretching to the horizon in the Gobi beyond Yumen Pass. Best time Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct; allow a full day; stay in Dunhuang, Gansu.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/ejin-poplar-forest/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Golden Euphrates poplars along a Gobi river, at their best for three weeks in October. Best time Late Sep–mid Oct; allow half a day to 1 day; stay in Alxa…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/enshi-grand-canyon/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A limestone canyon with a 150 m rock pillar, a cliff plank road and a waterfall floor. Best time Late Apr–Sep, Oct–Nov; allow 1 day; stay in Enshi, Hubei.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/jiangkou-fanjingshan/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A Buddhist 'pure land' above the clouds, with temples on two rock pinnacles. Best time Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct; allow 1–2 days; stay in Tongren, Guizhou.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/pingtang-fast-sky-eye/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

The world's largest single-dish radio telescope, set in a natural karst bowl. Best time Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct (clear views); allow half a day; stay in Pingtang…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/former-french-concession/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Plane-tree streets, garden villas and shikumen lanes for Shanghai's best city walk. Best time Mar–May, Oct–Nov; allow half a day to a day; stay in Shanghai…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/itineraries/fujian-coast-and-mountains/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

5 days, 2 stays, 0.5 on the move. The island of Gulangyu, the earthen Hakka roundhouses in the hills, and the tea gorges and bamboo rafts of Wuyishan.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/nanjing-fuzimiao-qinhuai/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow half a day; stay in Nanjing, Jiangsu.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/itineraries/guilin-yangshuo-longji/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

4 days, one base, 0 on the move. The Li River through the karst peaks, a few days among the paddies of Yangshuo, and the Dragon’s Backbone rice terraces.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/henan-museum/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Zhengzhou's treasure house of Central Plains bronzes, jades and Neolithic finds. Best time Year-round; allow half a day; stay in Zhengzhou, Henan.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/hengdian-world-studios/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A working film backlot of palaces and old streets, run as a theme park. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow 1–2 days; stay in Jinhua, Zhejiang.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/itineraries/hong-kong-macau-guangzhou/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

5 days, 3 stays, 1 on the move. Victoria Harbour and the Peak, the Portuguese streets and churches of Macau, and Cantonese Guangzhou across the border by…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/learn/how-big-is-china/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

About 9.6 million km²: 1.19 times the contiguous United States and 2.27 times the EU. Lay 29 countries over China at the same scale, and match each of its…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/hubei-provincial-museum/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Marquis Yi's ancient bronze bells, played live, and the sword of King Goujian. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow half a day; stay in Wuhan, Hubei.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/changsha-hunan-museum/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A Han marchioness, her silk banner and a gauze robe as thin as air. Best time Year round; Oct–Nov, Mar–Apr; allow half a day; stay in Changsha, Hunan.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/kaifeng-iron-pagoda/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A 56-metre glazed-brick pagoda of 1049 that has outlasted floods and earthquakes. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow 1–2 hours; stay in Kaifeng, Henan.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/luanping-jinshanling-great-wall/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A Ming ridge-top wall of 67 towers, restored at one end and wild towards Simatai. Best time Apr–May, Sep–Oct; allow half a day to 1 day; stay in Chengde, Hebei.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/jokhang-temple/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Tibet's holiest temple, ringed by the pilgrim circuit of the Barkhor. Best time Apr–Oct; allow 2–3 hours; stay in Lhasa, Tibet.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/kaiping-diaolou-villages/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Fortified tower houses rising above rice paddies, built with emigrants' money. Best time Oct–Apr; allow 1 day; stay in Jiangmen, Guangdong.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/huangzhong-kumbum-monastery/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Golden roofs and butter sculptures at the birthplace of Tsongkhapa. Best time Apr–Oct; Feb for the butter sculpture festivals; allow half a day; stay in…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/xiahe-labrang-monastery/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A living Tibetan Buddhist monastery town, ringed by a long corridor of prayer wheels. Best time Apr–Oct; allow half a day to 1 day; stay in Xiahe, Gansu.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/libo-zhangjiang-xiaoqikong/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Emerald pools, stepped waterfalls and trees growing from water in a karst forest. Best time May–Oct (water and greenery); Mar–Apr quieter; allow 1–2 days; stay…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/hangzhou-lingyin-temple/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow half a day; stay in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/shanghai-oriental-pearl-tower/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Shanghai's skyline in a loop of river: spheres, a twisting tower and the Bund opposite. Best time Mar–May, Oct–Nov; allow half a day; stay in Shanghai…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/maijishan-grottoes/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Painted clay Buddhas in caves hung high on a haystack-shaped cliff. Best time Apr–May, Sep–Oct; allow half a day to 1 day; stay in Tianshui, Gansu.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/ejin-horo-genghis-khan-mausoleum/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A 1950s memorial to the Khan, where hereditary Darkhad guardians still keep the rites. Best time Jun–Oct; allow 2–3 hours; stay in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/renhua-mount-danxia/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Red sandstone cliffs and flat-topped peaks that gave the 'Danxia' landform its name. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow 1–2 days; stay in Shaoguan, Guangdong.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/chizhou-mount-jiuhua/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A Buddhist sacred mountain where 99 temples cling to granite peaks and mist. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow 1–2 days; stay in Chizhou, Anhui.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/qingdao-mount-lao/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A granite Taoist mountain rising straight from the Yellow Sea, east of Qingdao. Best time Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct; allow 1–2 days; stay in Qingdao, Shandong.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/zhoushan-mount-putuo/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A Buddhist island in the East China Sea, home of Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion. Best time Apr–May, Sep–Nov; allow 1–2 days; stay in Zhoushan, Zhejiang.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/yushan-mount-sanqing/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Granite pillars in cloud and pine, and cliffside plank walks to a Taoist palace. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow 1–2 days; stay in Shangrao, Jiangxi.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/xinyuan-nalati-grassland/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A green plateau meadow where Kazakh herders ride beneath spruce slopes. Best time Jun–Sep; allow 1–2 days; stay in Xinyuan, Xinjiang.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/itineraries/north-china-heritage/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

9 days, 4 stays, 1.5 on the move. From the Forbidden City to the Yungang Grottoes, a Ming walled town where the clocks stopped, and the Terracotta Army, all…

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/panjin-red-beach/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Tidal flats turned crimson by seepweed, crossed by boardwalks through the Liaohe delta. Best time Mid-Sep–mid-Oct; allow half a day; stay in Panjin, Liaoning.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/penglai-pavilion-water-city/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A cliff-top tower of immortals and a Ming sea fortress on the Bohai shore. Best time May–Jun, Sep–Oct; allow half a day to 1 day; stay in Yantai, Shandong.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/chunan-qiandao-lake/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

A drowned mountain valley of 1,078 forested islands, an hour by train from Hangzhou. Best time Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov; allow 1–2 days; stay in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/bortala-sayram-lake/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Xinjiang's largest, highest alpine lake, ringed by steppe and ancient tombs. Best time Jun–Sep; allow one day; stay in Bole, Xinjiang.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/shanghai-disney-resort/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Mainland China's first Disney theme park, with a castle, rides and nightly shows. Best time Mar–May, Sep–Nov; allow 1 day; stay in Shanghai, Shanghai.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/places/shanghai-museum-peoples-square/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Ancient Chinese bronzes, ceramics, painting and jade, now shown at Shanghai Museum East. Best time Year-round; allow half a day; stay in Shanghai, Shanghai.

https://www.atlasofchina.com/itineraries/jiangnan-and-huangshan/ 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

8 days, 4 stays, 1.5 on the move. The Bund, Suzhou’s gardens, West Lake, and the granite peaks and pines of Huangshan with the Hui villages below.