Famous sites in china

See also: World Heritage Sites in China
Changbai Mountains, an important nature reserve home to the rare Siberian tiger
Grand Canal of China
Great Wall of China
Silk Road, abandoned cities along this famous ancient trading route.
Huangshan, Anhui
Mount Jiuhua, Anhui
Mount Tianzhu, Anhui
Forbidden City, Beijing, once the center of the 'Chinese imperial universe' and off-limits to the masses - now open to all
Summer Palace, Beijing
Temple of Heaven, Beijing
Dazu Rock Carvings, Chongqing
Three Gorges, Chongqing and Hubei
Xiamen, Fujian -- Gulangyu Island, famous for its colonial architecture
Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu these 1,000-year-old man-made caves on the old Silk Road contain some of China's most impressive Buddhist heritage
Guangzhou, Guangdong where the finest of the classic Cantonese breakfast dim sum is tried
Li River, Guangxi, where boat trips are taken to see the contorted peaks that have been immortalized in Chinese scroll paintings
Caohai Lake, Guizhou, where many experience being punted along this shallow lake to see many of China's varied birdlife
Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, where extravagant and bizarre sculptures can be seen from life-size ice castles with rainbow lighting to fantastical snowy tableaux
Yabuli Ski Resort, Heilongjiang, the country's largest ski resort where many Chinese take their skiing holiday.
Longmen Grottoes, a parade of Buddhist figurines and reliefs, near Luoyang, Henan
Wudang Mountains, Hubei
Mount Lu, Jiangxi
Old Yalu Bridge, Dandong, Liaoning, a half-demolished bridge to North Korea is still an important relic of the Korean War.
Terracotta Army, Xi'an, Shaanxi, the former ancient capital, these 2,200-year-old life-size soldiers guard the tomb of China's first emperor.
Confucius Mansion, Qufu, Shandong, home to nearly eighty generations of the great sage's clan.
Mount Tai (or Tai Shan), Shandong, a holy peak home to immaculate temples and pavilions
The Bund, Shanghai, an elegant parade along the Huangpu River of colonial architecture juxtaposed with Shanghai's skyscrapers
The Hanging Temple at Mount Heng, Shanxi is a temple clinging to a precipice and a series of grottoes containing a panoply of Buddhist statuary
Yungang Grottoes, near Datong, Shanxi is a renowned Buddhist site.
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan, the world's largest carved Buddha
Mount Emei, Sichuan
Mount Qingcheng, Sichuan
Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet originally built by King Songtsän Gampo in 637 to greet his bride Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty.
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, home to one of China's most unique minorities - the Dai people
West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Hainan
Hainan Island, sometimes referred to as "Hawaii of the Orient" is located off the south coast of mainland China. It hosts most of China's tropical resorts, and because of this, is extremely popular with mainland Chinese, as well as those from Hong Kong and nearby Asian countries. During the past few years, the Chinese government has heavily promoted Hainan Island as a world class resort with beaches and golf courses which are plentiful on Hainan Island. In addition, the ability to visit traditional Li and Miao cultural villages, hike among lush tropical rain forests and mountainsides, and visit significant cultural artifacts from long ago dynasties, has had a significant effect on tourism on the island. The Chinese and Hainan governments intend to continue to spend a great deal of money on infrastructure (December 2004 completion of Hainan to mainland China train; and, around the island expressways for cars and buses) and promotion of Hainan Island.