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An expansive aerial view of the Dongchuan Red Land, showing a village situated amidst rolling hills with striking red soil terraced fields and patches of green crops. Distant mountains rise in the background under a blue sky, and winding dirt roads traverse the landscape.

Dongchuan Red Land: How to Visit China’s Most Colorful Landscape

Imagine a landscape that looks less like Earth and more like an oil painting left out in the rain. Located [...]

The grand Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri-La, with its golden roofs and tiered white and red buildings, sits on a hillside. Below it are smaller structures and a line of bare trees bordering Lamuyangcuo Lake. The entire scene, including the monastery and buildings, is sharply reflected in the calm lake water under a clear blue sky.

Visiting the 'Little Potala Palace': A Guide to Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri-La

Shangri-La, formerly known as Zhongdian, often struggles to live up to the mystical expectations set by James Hilton's Lost Horizon. [...]