Guilin | Jump Into the Landscape and Swim
The landscape painting of Guilin
isn’t meant to be viewed from afar —
it’s meant to be jumped into.
🏊 A local will guide you away from the tourist routes
to a jade-green pool at the source of the Li River.
This is how you spend summer here:
cliff jumping, snorkeling, floating in the cool water —
not getting out all afternoon.
Head south to Yangshuo
and paddle on a SUP board,
with karst peaks rising right beside you.
No skills needed —
just a little bit of balance.
Falling in the water is part of the fun. 💦
And here’s a hidden adventure:
go inside a mountain cave —
rappel down, admire stalactites, feel your way forward in the dark.
It’s like stumbling into a secret summer
that only a few people know about.
🌿 Guilin
💚 Pools · SUP · Caves
Dare you jump into this living painting?
Guilin Promotion Link: https://www.chinahighlights.com/
Guizhou | So Cool You Won’t Even Need Air Conditioning
While most cities across the country are hot enough to “smoke,”
Guizhou is still basking in natural air conditioning.
Between misty mountains and terraced rice fields, the villages move at an almost impossibly slow pace.
People chat beneath the drum towers, indigo-dyed cloth dries in the sun —
and as you walk through, you’ll find yourself slowing down too.
At Huangguoshu Waterfall, you don’t just watch from a distance —
you can step into the Water-Curtain Cave hidden behind the falling water.
A splash of mist to the face — 🌬️ instant 10-degree drop.
Then head to a Dong village dyehouse,
where you can make your own batik cloth by hand.
This isn’t a tourist performance — you’ll draw with wax and dip the dye alongside real artisans.
What you bring home is a piece of fabric with a soul.
📍 Guizhou
🧊 Cool · Slow living · Tangible crafts
Guizhou Promotion Link: https://www.chinahighlights.com/
Zhangjiajie | A 20-Degree Summer Hidden in the Clouds and Mist
Summer in Zhangjiajie arrives with rain and fog.
Walk along the Jinbian Stream early in the morning —
and the moment you spot the first pool of water, take off your shoes.
The water is so cold it takes your breath away. 💧
Bamboo arches above you.
In the distance, mist wraps around the sandstone peaks —
like a river flowing in slow motion.
No need to rush.
No need to wait in long cable car lines.
It’s just you, the sound of rain,
and a summer that’s twenty degrees cooler than anywhere else.
🌿 Zhangjiajie
☁️ Rain & mist · Streams · Slow motion
Would you wake up early for this 20-degree summer?
Zhangjiajie Promotion Link: https://www.chinahighlights.com/
Inner Mongolia | The Kind of Vastness a City Can Never Give You
Some places make you want to put your phone away naturally.
Inner Mongolia is one of them.
The horizon of the grassland stretches so far —
that it makes you truly understand the meaning of the word “big.”
🌅 Wake up at sunrise
🐎 Ride a horse through an empty valley
🌌 Lie outside your yurt at night and gaze at the Milky Way
The stars are so plentiful, they feel like they cost nothing
Summer is the season of the Naadam Festival:
Horse racing, wrestling, archery
Children running wild through the sea of flowers
Local herders treat you like one of their own —
taking you to milk cows, feed lambs, and brew tea
A day here means:
no noise,
no schedule,
no screens.
Just wind, the scent of grass, and endless sky.
🌾 Inner Mongolia
🌬️ Wind · Scent of grass · Milky Way
Are you ready to put your phone away?
Inner Mongolia Promotion Link: https://www.chinahighlights.com/
Yunnan | Waited All Year Just for This Taste of Wild Mushrooms
Summer in Yunnan — as soon as the rain falls,
the mountains burst into a frenzy of wild mushrooms.
🌧️ Before dawn breaks,
the locals have already slipped into the pine forests,
searching beneath the damp pine needles —
turning up porcini mushrooms and matsutake.
Follow a local guide to forage —
it’s like a treasure hunt,
and also like a nature class.
At night, gather around a hot pot of wild mushrooms.
One sip of the broth,
and you’ll instantly understand:
This is what Yunnan people wait for all summer long.
🍲 Don’t rush off to bed just yet.
Summer also brings the Torch Festival —
bonfires, dancing, the whole village gathered under the starry sky.
The legends of the Yi and Bai people
are told and retold in the firelight, night after night.
🍄 Yunnan
🌧️ Rain · Wild mushrooms · Torch Festival
Would you wait an entire year for this taste of freshness?
Yunnan Promotion Link: www.chinahighlights.com/
Tibet | Even the Air Feels Different
Summer in Tibet is when the weather is the mildest and the oxygen levels are at their highest all year
— perfect for taking things slow on the plateau.
☀️ Walk the kora around Barkhor Street with the pilgrims
Listen to the soft turning of prayer wheels at the entrance of Jokhang Temple
Find a nunnery away from the tourists
Sit down and enjoy a cup of sweet, milky Tibetan sweet tea
And then
you will meet Yamdrok Lake
That shade of blue
will make you and your companion fall silent at the same time 🤫
Have a picnic by the lake
with snow-capped mountains behind you
and the sky above you
— Then you’ll understand
why so many people say:
“You go to Tibet once, but you carry it in your heart for a lifetime.”
⛰️ Tibet
💙 Sweet tea · Yamdrok Lake · Heartbeat
Are you ready to encounter that “indescribable blue”?
Tibet Promotion Links: www.chinahighlights.com/
