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5 places to live differently

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Schematic distribution · roughly where places sit in each region

Area

Tashkurgan

塔什库尔干

TownXinjiang

China's last frontier town on the Pamir Plateau

Zhalong

扎龙

VillageHeilongjiang

A world-class wetland where red-crowned cranes take flight

Dengfeng

登封

CityHenan

The Center of Heaven and Earth — summit Mount Song at sunrise

Shanshan

鄯善

TownXinjiang

Where an oasis town meets the desert below the Flaming Mountains.

Longji Rice Terraces

龙脊梯田

VillageGuangxi

Dragon-back terraces carved into the clouds for over 650 years