https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/ China travel tips, Yangtze cruise guides, and trip inspiration from East Marvel. en-us https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/huizhou-archways-speak-of-office-houses-speak-of-trade.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/huizhou-archways-speak-of-office-houses-speak-of-trade.html Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Your high-speed rail ticket says Huangshan North Station. The station is not at Tunxi Old Street. The rice fields end, and a row of stone stands in the middle of the road. You see seven arches. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/china-ticket-reservations-for-2027.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/china-ticket-reservations-for-2027.html Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Most China sights are booked in your passport name, and the clocks do not match. The Forbidden City opens seven days ahead, the Potala about ten, Yungang fifteen, and the Shaanxi History Museum five. Plan the train and the cruise around those windows. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/guizhou-roads-on-bridges-people-in-valleys.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/guizhou-roads-on-bridges-people-in-valleys.html Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT The train enters Guizhou in tunnels, then on bridges. Towns sit in basins and river valleys. The next village is usually on the far side of a bridge. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/guizhou-the-court-at-the-gate-the-stage-in-the-field.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/guizhou-the-court-at-the-gate-the-stage-in-the-field.html Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT In Taipan, the basketball hoop stands at the village gate. The names Village BA, Village Super League, and Village T are new. The days are old. The dates below are for 2026. Lunar festivals move in 2027. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/china-s-faiths-and-festivals-pick-the-scene-you-want-to-stand-in.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/china-s-faiths-and-festivals-pick-the-scene-you-want-to-stand-in.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Faith in China is not one temple and a dragon. Pick a living day, then go in the month it actually happens. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/chinese-food-4-8-or-18-great-cuisines.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/chinese-food-4-8-or-18-great-cuisines.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Four great cuisines are the old core, eight the wider map, eighteen a later stretch. Match the flavor to the city, then eat. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/huangjueya-one-afternoon-on-nanshan.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/huangjueya-one-afternoon-on-nanshan.html Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Huangjueya is a 600-meter street halfway up Nanshan. Come after you have seen the rivers, and give the old street one afternoon. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/first-trip-to-china-8-11-14-or-20-days.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/first-trip-to-china-8-11-14-or-20-days.html Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT About one week: Beijing, Xi'an, and Shanghai. About ten days: add the Yangtze, or add Guilin. Two weeks: Guilin and Zhangjiajie. Three weeks: Yunnan, then Guilin and Shanghai. The email quote is the price for your dates. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/10-days-from-beijing-to-hong-kong.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/10-days-from-beijing-to-hong-kong.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT You enter in Beijing and fly home from Hong Kong on day 10. Beijing, Xi'an, and Shanghai use one mainland permission. Hong Kong is a separate entry. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/chongqing-the-city-and-which-add-on-to-choose.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/chongqing-the-city-and-which-add-on-to-choose.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Plan 1–2 days in Chongqing plus side trips to Wulong, Dazu, or Gongtan. Compare routes, travel times, and itineraries curated by our local travel team. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/east-china-by-the-number-of-days-you-have.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/east-china-by-the-number-of-days-you-have.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Four days keeps every night in Shanghai and gives Suzhou one garden day. Seven days gives Wuxi, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou a morning or an afternoon each. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/where-a-passport-is-enough-in-xinjiang-and-how-to-book-the-mogao-caves.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/where-a-passport-is-enough-in-xinjiang-and-how-to-book-the-mogao-caves.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Urumqi, Turpan, Kashgar city, and Dunhuang need only a passport plus a China visa or unilateral visa-free entry. The Pamirs need a free electronic border permit. Book the Mogao regular ticket before you fly. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/what-your-private-china-tour-price-covers.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/what-your-private-china-tour-price-covers.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A private China quote covers the land services written on your itinerary, from the airport pickup to the departure drop-off. The price on the website is a sample. The figure in your quote email is the price for your trip. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/do-you-have-to-go-to-chengdu-to-see-pandas.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/do-you-have-to-go-to-chengdu-to-see-pandas.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT If pandas are why you booked China, go to Chengdu. On a first trip already built around Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Guangzhou, or a Yangtze cruise, you do not need another flight. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/guilin-or-zhangjiajie-which-landscape-is-yours.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/guilin-or-zhangjiajie-which-landscape-is-yours.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Guilin is the ink painting: the Li River, Yangshuo, and time to look. Zhangjiajie is the stone forest and a real day of walking. They are two tempos, not substitutes. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/taking-kids-to-china-without-turning-it-into-a-checklist.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/taking-kids-to-china-without-turning-it-into-a-checklist.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The wish list writes itself: pandas, the Great Wall, the Terracotta Army, a Yangtze cruise, Shanghai Disneyland. Give each one its own day instead of asking one morning to hold three. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/which-great-wall-section-should-you-visit.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/which-great-wall-section-should-you-visit.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT First trip to China and no section named? Go to Mutianyu: restored, wooded, and reachable by cable car, with fewer crowds than Badaling. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/will-google-whatsapp-instagram-work-in-china-in-2027-a-practical-guide.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/will-google-whatsapp-instagram-work-in-china-in-2027-a-practical-guide.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Google, WhatsApp, and Instagram do not open on ordinary Chinese Wi-Fi. Set up international roaming or a travel eSIM before you fly, and install WeChat while you still have your home number. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/tibet-travel-permit-2026-how-foreigners-enter-lhasa.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/tibet-travel-permit-2026-how-foreigners-enter-lhasa.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Foreign passports need a Tibet Travel Permit—you cannot apply yourself. How the permit is filed, how you fly or train into Lhasa, and where to sleep before 4,100 m. https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/victoria-anna-cruises-details.html https://eastmarvel.com/china/china-travel-guides/victoria-anna-cruises-details.html Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Victoria Cruises is the American-managed line on the Chongqing–Yichang Three Gorges run. This guide covers the 4- or 5-day route, Anna vs Jenna, balcony decks, and what the fare includes — then send East Marvel a Trip List for live dates.