Places philippe gonzalvez Wants to Go

The burial grounds of a Chinese eunuch who served his way into the highest levels of Imperial government.

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

Nova reconstruction of the bridge that baffled engineers for years.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

A tidal bore with its own festival.

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.