China Eyewitness Travel Guides

eyewitness travel guides China mountains RESTAURANTS Temples tours HOTELS Architecture festivals The Guides that show you what others only tell you Markets NAN DAJIE ZHENGEU JIE Never has a travel guide been so easy to use – just turn to the area of your choice CHINA $30.00 USA $40.00 Canada AREA COLOR CODES BEIJING PAGES 78–119 HEBEI, TIANJIN & SHANXI PAGES 120–139 SHANDONG & HENAN PAGES 140–159 SHAANXI PAGES 160–171 SHANGHAI PAGES 182–201 JIANGSU & ANHUI PAGES 202–237 ZHEJIANG & JIANGXI PAGES 238–257 HUNAN & HUBEI PAGES 258–273 FUJIAN PAGES 284–293 GUANGDONG & HAINAN PAGES 294–305 HONG KONG & MACAU PAGES 306–337 SICHUAN & CHONGQING PAGES 348–371 YUNNAN PAGES 372–395 GUIZHOU & GUANGXI PAGES 396–425 LIAONING, JILIN & HEILONGJIANG PAGES 436–455 INNER MONGOLIA & NINGXIA PAGES 466–477 GANSU & QINGHAI PAGES 478–501 XINJIANG PAGES 502–515 TIBET PAGES 526–547 EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES E • • INNER MONGOLIA & SILK ROADS TIBET Lhasa Ürümqi China Region By Region T IBET Pages 516–547 I NNER M ONGOLIA & N INGXIA Pages 466–477 X INJIANG Pages 502–515 G ANSU & Q INGHAI Pages 478–501 H ONG K ONG & M ACAU Pages 306–337 J IANGSU & A NHUI Pages 202–237 S HANGHAI Pages 182–201 G UIZHOU & G UANGXI Pages 396–425 S ICHUAN & C HONGQING Pages 348–371 Y UNNAN Pages 372–395 H UNAN & H UBEI Pages 258–273 Z HEJIANG & J IANGXI Pages238–257 YELLOW SEA SOUTH CHINA SEA EAST CHINA SEA PACIFIC OCEAN • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • BEIJING & THE NORTH CENTRAL CHINA THE SOUTHWEST THE SOUTH THE NORTHEAST Harbin Jilin Shenyang Tianjin Shijiazhuang Ji'nan Beijing Hohhot Yinchuan Taiyuan Xi’an Lanzhou Xining Kunming Nanning Guiyang Nanchang Chengdu Chongqing Changsha Guangzhou Haikou Fuzhou Wuhan Hefei Nanjing Hangzhou Hong Kong & Macau Shanghai Zhengzhou 0 kilometers 0 miles 400 400 H EBEI , T IANJIN , & S HANXI Pages 120–139 F UJIAN Pages 284–293 L IAONING , J ILIN , & H EILONGJIANG Pages 436–455 G UANGDONG & H AINAN Pages 294–305 B EIJING Pages 78–119 S HAANXI Pages 160–171 S HANDONG & H ENAN Pages 140–159 [...]... inquisitive or a distressed pagoda on a hill Shanghai’s high-rise skyline, a symbol of China s booming prosperity Timeless scenery in southern China s karst hills as a fisherman takes his cormorants night fishing 16 I N T R O D U C I N G C H I N A The dizzying, hill hugging loops of the Great Wall of China M ODERN C HINA China s vast population, despite famines and civil wars, has grown from 400 million... sub-tropical sites The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is one of China s most beautiful birds It is common in evergreen forests and bamboo thickets in southern and eastern areas A 8000 meters T HE S TEPS 4000 3000 2000 1000 Tibet (West China) Coast (East China) D ESERTS P O R T R A I T OF OF O F C H I N A 21 C HINA Running west to east, China s landscape is said to form a series of three steps The first... HEBEI Qinhuangdao Tangshan • R iv er Baoding 20 • • • • LIAONING Hohhot 0 km 200 • Zhanjiang 0 miles 200 I N T R O D U C I N G A PORTRAIT C H I N A OF 15 CHINA T after the late Deng Xiaoping’s “reform and opening” policy allowed foreign travelers back into China, the country r emains lar gely as mysterious and undiscovered as it was in the 19th century, when gunboat diplomacy by foreign superpowers forced... images of Xi’an’s Terracotta Warriors number of visitors coming to are familiar from coffee table China has been rising rapidly books, nothing can prepare the The World Tourism Organization visitor for coming face to face predicts that by 2020 China with an army of thousands will become the world’s most China may not be quite the popular tourist destination rapidly modernizing economic Not one visitor... regional sections, giving an illustrated overview of the area The map indicates major cities and sights GUIDE THIS travel guide helps you to get the most from your visit to China, providing expert recommendations as well as detailed practical information The opening chapter Introducing China maps the country and and sets it in its historical and cultural context Each of the seven regional sections is... southwest China A P O R T R A I T O F C H I N A while their owners sit and chat On bridges over ring roads, old men gather to fly colorful kites – now made from supermarket shopping bags G ROWING TOO FAST ? As population growth drives a consumer boom, China s energy needs are fast outstripping its capacity and a major expansion of its network of coal-fired generating stations is planned But China is... west China, home to pockets K EY of bamboo forest – the habitat of one of China s most 1 Tibetan High Plateau famous and unique animals, the giant panda Watered 2 Mountains of Central & West by rivers of melted snow from Tibet, the forests are also 3 Deserts of North & Northwest home to a great number of other animals, trees, and 4 Bamboo Forest especially beautiful flowers (see pp344–5) T HE WEST OF CHINA. .. 5879 3003 # 9am–9pm INTRODUCING CHINA P U T T I N G C H I NA O N T H E M A P 10–13 A P O R T R A I T O F C H I NA 14–43 C H I NA T H RO U G H T H E Y E A R 44–49 T H E H I S TO RY O F C H I NA 50–67 I N T R O D U C I N G 10 C H I N A Putting China on the Map over 50 degrees of latitude and covering 3.7 million sq miles (9.6 million sq km) of land, the People’s Republic of China is one of the largest countries... width of China s territory Next at between 5,000 ft (1,500 m) and 10,000 ft (3,000 m) come the mountains of Sichuan and central China These ranges show great changes in vegetation over relatively short distances, in some places changing from high altitude frozen desert to near tropical forest Lastly come the fertile lowlands running from 5,000 ft (1,500 m) down to the coast It is easy to see how China s... southern China, from 2,625–8,200 ft (800–2,500 m) The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), symbol of conservation, is slowly increasing in forest reserves in central and western China I N T R O D U C I N G 22 C H I N A Landscape & Wildlife – East 5 flora and fauna of any country in the temperate zone, with around 30,000 plant species, 500 mammal species, and 1,200 bird species Although much of lowland China . 160–171 S HANDONG & H ENAN Pages 140–159