10 places to live differently

Jiangxi · Village

China's most beautiful countryside, where harvest banners turn hillsides into art.

Shanxi · Town

Home of the world's oldest and tallest wooden pagoda

Yunnan · Town

Yunnan's southern capital of learning, purple pottery, and heritage trains.

Jiangxi · City

China's thousand-year porcelain capital where craft meets creative youth culture.

Yunnan · Town

Yunnan's frontier crossroads where caravan heritage meets geothermal hot springs

Jiangsu · Town

118 ancestral halls, clay figurines, and a Ming-era garden at the foot of Mount Hui

Anhui · Town

The heart of Huizhou — ancient capital of ink, inkstones, and stone archways

Fujian · Town

Where Danxia peaks meet centuries-old rock tea culture

Fujian · Village

Heartland of the Hakka tulou — UNESCO-listed earthen fortresses of Fujian

Guangdong · Village

A thousand-year mountain settlement of the Pai Yao people