23 places to live differently

Bamboo country and a rising haven for China's digital nomads

126 islands where bioluminescent seas meet centuries-old stone villages

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

The last hidden valley of Jiangnan — China's "second home" experiment

China's medieval port of the world — flower crowns and living history

Bamboo seas, villa retreats, and the birthplace of China's boutique B&B scene.

China's global gateway — where the Bund meets the former French Concession.

The quietest of the rich canal towns — silk wealth without the crowds

Sea-level alpine meadows and a sky lake on an unspoiled island

Reed marshes, sacred peaks, and a millennium of Jiangnan literati culture

Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" filming location — an untouristed Pudong salt-trading town

The foremost town of Wu — a garden water town in the heart of Jiangnan.

Shanghai's finest water town — a Jiangnan escape just beyond the city.

Misty lake shores and China's digital frontier in one walkable city

Where Shanghai meets Zhejiang — a canal town of folk art and riverside life

Where China's most famous landscape painting comes to life

Where Danxia peaks meet centuries-old rock tea culture

A millennium-old crossroads where dialects from a hundred family names still echo

A Ming-Qing canal town still untouched by mass tourism

Walk in Yu Hua's footsteps through Zhejiang's quietly literary coast.

China's legendary "first water town" — ancient bridges, deep lanes, zero crowds.

Where tides, light, and 1,700 years of coast meet China's most photogenic mudflats

Where traditional craft meets a new-generation rural community