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7 places to live differently

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Schematic distribution · roughly where places sit in each region

Area

Lijiang Old Town

丽江古城

TownYunnan

A UNESCO World Heritage highland town beneath Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

Xizhou

喜洲

TownYunnan

A Bai heritage town framed by rice paddies — old courtyards, slow days

Dali Old Town

大理古城

TownYunnan

China's original digital-nomad hub, cradled between mountains and a highland lake.

Zhongwei

中卫

TownNingxia

Where the Yellow River meets the Tengger Desert — oasis living under desert skies

Tashkurgan

塔什库尔干

TownXinjiang

China's last frontier town on the Pamir Plateau

Chengdu

成都

GatewayGateway

China's capital of slow living — pandas, hot pot, and unhurried days.

Jingmai Mountain

景迈山

VillageYunnan

The world's first tea cultural heritage — a millennium-old forest of ancient tea trees