CHINATRIP · PLACES · EAST CHINA
Places in East China
01 / EAST CHINAEAST CHINAXiamenXiamen is a garden city on the sea. The colonial villas and piano music of Gulangyu, the blue water and sky of the Ring Island Road, the indie shops of Zengcuoan and the youthful buzz of Xiamen University have made it onExplore ↗
02 / EAST CHINAEAST CHINANanjingNanjing is a former capital of six dynasties and ten regimes — the imperial gravity of Purple Mountain alongside the river life and romance of the Qinhuai. The grandeur of Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, the spirit road at MingExplore ↗
03 / EAST CHINAEAST CHINASuzhou"Above there is heaven, below there are Suzhou and Hangzhou." Suzhou's classical gardens are a World Heritage Site (nine gardens); the canals and bridges of Zhouzhuang and Tongli are the archetypal Jiangnan water towns; Explore ↗
04 / EAST CHINAEAST CHINAZhujiajiaoZhujiajiao, in Shanghai's Qingpu district, is the best-preserved Jiangnan water town on the city's doorstep — hence "the Venice of Shanghai". Its history reaches back to the Three Kingdoms; the Ming- and Qing-era buildinExplore ↗
05 / EAST CHINAEAST CHINAShanghaiTwo cities in one — the old world of the Bund and the new skyline of Lujiazui, cafés and Shanghainese cooking in the lanes. Shanghai doesn't dazzle at first; it grows on you the more you walk.Explore ↗