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Scenic beauty

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Layered ink-green peaks rising through a field of pale cloud.

Huangshan CityHuangshan in the CloudsA landscape that behaves like a painting in motion: every turn changes the distance between the body and the horizon.Autumn

Leifeng Pagoda in evening glow over West Lake, Hangzhou — sunset light on the water, a pavilion eave framing the view.

Zhejiang · HangzhouHangzhou CityWest Lake, Ten Views DeepA lake that has been art-directed for a millennium: ten classical views, six causeway miles, and a poem waiting at every bend.Spring

Rows of terracotta warriors standing in excavation Pit 1 near Xi'an.

Shaanxi · Xi'anXi'an CityThe Terracotta Army in RowsThousands of life-sized soldiers, each face individual, standing in the same earth where craftsmen left them two millennia ago.Spring