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Best places to visit in China
China has 296 places on BucketList (80 museums, 74 landmarks, 70 natural sites). These are the 24 most popular. Rate the ones you have been to, and save the rest to your bucket list.
Top places in China
- BeijingCityCapital city of China
- Hong KongCityCity and special administrative region of China
- ShanghaiCityProvincial-level municipality in China
- MacauCityCity and special administrative region of China
- Great Wall of ChinaHistorical SiteSeries of fortifications built along the historical border of China
- Forbidden CityLandmarkChinese imperial palace in Beijing
- Mount KailashNatural SiteMountain in Tibet, China
- Terracotta ArmyHistorical SiteCollection of ancient Chinese military statues
- MakaluNatural SiteMountain in Nepal/China; 5th highest in the world
- LhotseNatural SiteMountain in Nepal
- Potala PalaceLandmark7th-century Tibetan fortress and palace in Lhasa, rebuilt in the 17th century as the winter seat of the Dalai Lamas
- Cho OyuNatural SiteMountain in Nepal/China
- ShishapangmaNatural SiteMountain in China
- Tiananmen SquareLandmarkPublic square in Beijing, China
- Baekdu MountainNatural SiteVolcano on the border between North Korea and China
- Broad PeakNatural Site12th highest mountain in the world
- Qinghai LakeNatural SiteLake in Qinghai, China
- GasherbrumNatural SiteMountain in Asia
- Mount TaiHistorical SiteMountain in Shandong, China
- Gasherbrum IINatural SiteMountain in Pakistan and China
- Grand CanalHistorical SiteLongest canal or artificial river in the world located in China
- Temple of HeavenHistorical SiteImperial complex of religious buildings in Beijing, China
- HuangshanHistorical SiteMountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China
- Poyang LakeNatural SiteLargest freshwater lake in China, located in Jiangxi Province
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