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798 Art District 682010 World Expo Site 179

Aaccommodation 980-3, see also

individual locationsacrobatics 84-5, 195, 16activities 983-4, see also individual

activitiesacute mountain sickness 901air pollution 170, 1013air travel

airlines 995-6, 1001-2airports 995internet resources 997to/from China 995-8within China 1000-2

Akha (Hani) people 653Ali 901altitude sickness 901, 1013Ānchāng 251ancient settlements 21, 916

Bànpō neolithic village 369Guōyù ancient village 356Yúcì ancient city 349

Ānhuī 36, 378-99, 379accommodation 378climate 378, 380costs 380food 378highlights 379, 379history 380planning information

378-80travel seasons 378travel to/from 380travel within 380

animals 966-71, see also individual species

internet resources 967animism 939Ānshùn 621-2, 622

aquariumsBěijīng Aquarium 63Ocean Park (Hong Kong) 479Qingdao Underwater World 149Shànghǎi Ocean Aquarium 179

architecture 20, 960-22010 World Expo Site 179Huīzhōu 384Shànghǎi Urban Planning

Exhibition Hall 167tower blocks 961

area codes 19Army of Terracotta Warriors 367-8,

908, 6tours 371

art deco 962art galleries

Běijīng 56, 59, 68Hong Kong 482Kūnmíng 640Macau 518, 519Shànghǎi 166, 173, 174, 175Shēnzhèn 555

arts 951-63, see also individual artsfestivals 73, 183, 488, 522internet resources 953

ATMs 988-9Avatar (movie) 462

BBadain Jaran Desert 857Bāguà villages 552Bāguà Zhǎng 975-6Báishā 667-8Bǎishí Lǐng 577Báishuǐtái 673, 678-9Bakong Scripture Printing Press &

Monastery 740-1bamboo 969Bamboo Sea 730-1, 630-1Bamboo Temple 648-9Bàngmáhè 690Bànpō neolithic village 369Bǎoshān region 682-6Bāotóu 854-5Barkol Lake 785Bāshā 620Bātáng 743-4Bayanhot 842-3beaches

Běidàihé 128Bó’áo 576Dàlián 287-8Dōngjiāo Coconut Plantation 572Hong Kong 479Lánzhōu 807Pǔtuóshān 255Qīngdǎo 150-1

Sānyà 578-9Shíméi Bay 577Silver Beach (Běihǎi) 603Sun & Moon Bay 577Xīngchéng 296Yāntái 158

beer 150, 949-50festivals 151, 289Tsingtao Beer Museum 149-50

Běidàhú Ski Resort 309Běidàihé 128Běihǎi 602-5, 603Běijícūn (North Pole Village) 335Běijīng 34, 42-97, 44-5, 46, 48-9,

52, 61, 66, 70, 72, 74, 5, 16, 919, 921

accommodation 42, 73-8activities 71Cháoyáng 65, 77-8, 82, 66, 74Chōngwén 63-4, 81climate 42, 46costs 43, 55courses 72cycling tour 60-1, 61Dōngchéng 47-62, 74-7, 79-81,

48-9, 72drinking 82-4entertainment 84-6Fēngtái 66-7festivals 72-3food 42, 79-82Forbidden City 47-53, 52, 5Hǎidiàn 68-71, 78highlights 44-5, 44-5history 43-6hútòng 63, 16internet access 89itineraries 30massage parlours 56medical services 89planning information 42scams 47, 94shopping 86-9sights 46-71Summer Palace 68-9, 70tourist information 90travel seasons 42travel to/from 90travel within 93-5Xīchéng 62-3, 77, 81-2Xuānwǔ 66-7, 77

Běijīng city walls 58Běijīng International Literary Festival

24, 73Běijīng opera 84, 629Běijīng Zoo 63Bēnzǐlán 679bicycle travel, see cycling

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Bìfēngxiá Panda Base 717-18, 633Big Lǐkēng 446bilharzia 1011Bǐnglíng Sì 809-10Bingyu Valley 292-3Bǐngzhōngluò 682Bird’s Nest 953birds 968, see also individual speciesbird-watching 968

Cǎohǎi Lake 623-4northeastern China 332Qīnghǎi Lake 869

Black Buddha Caves 598Bó’áo 575-7boat travel 1003, see also boat trips

to/from China 1000within China 1002

boat trips 21Bǐnglíng Sì 810Chóngqìng 754-5Dāndōng 293Ěrhǎi Hú 660Guǎngxī 592Guǎngzhōu 539Guìlín 586Hong Kong 487-8, 504Kanas Lake Nature Reserve 800Lèshān 724-5, 12Lí River 597, 12, 313Lúgū Hú 674Lùzhí 230Mùdú 231Shànghǎi 182-3Shāpōtóu 845Sūzhōu 224Tiānjīn 109Tónglǐ 228Wǎndīng 689West Lake 237Wǔyí Shān 278Yángzhōu 231-2Yangzi River 28, 766-71, 6

Bólè 802book confiscations 607books, see also literature

biographies 922culture 907, 917dictionaries 356divination 956environment 904, 971food 945health 1010history 904, 910, 925lifestyle 918

martial arts 957, 977politics 927society 930

border crossings 995, 998-9guidebook confiscations 607Japan 112, 155, 201Kazakhstan 780Kyrgyzstan 793Laos 648, 699Mongolia 93, 853Myanmar (Burma) 689-90Nepal 900North Korea 93, 302Pakistan 793Russia 93, 330, 860South Korea 112, 155, 159, 291,

296Tajikistan 793Thailand 695Tibet 736Vietnam 93, 602, 608, 648

Buddha statues 723-4, 955, 12Buddhism 912, 933-5Buddhist temples 960-1budget 18Bù’ěrjīn 799Bulang people 700bus travel 1002-3, 1004business hours 984

Ccalendar posters 174calligraphy 251, 951-2, 634

festivals 250Cameron, James 462Cāng Shān 660-1Cāngpōcūn 258-9Cāngyán Shān 118Cantonese language 1020-4Cǎohǎi Lake 623-4car travel 19, 991, 1003-4carpets 791, 796casinos 527, 528Cathay Hotel (Peace Hotel) 189cave dwellings 353, 354, 355Cave Temple 856caves, see also cave dwellings

Bǐnglíng Sì 809-10Black Buddha Caves 598Dàzú Buddhist Caves 763-4Jiǔtiān Cave 459Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves 786Lónggōng Caves 623Lóngmén Caves 412-13Màijī Shān 832-3Mògāo Caves 828-30Pǔtuóshān 255Reed Flute Cave 584-5

Swallow’s Cavern 652Water Caves 598Water Curtain Caves 834Western Thousand Buddha Caves

830Wǔdàlián Chí ice caves 333Xūmí Shān 845Yúngāng Caves 341Zhēnxiān Cave 383Zhījīn Cave 623

CCPhistory 918-27museums & historical sites 173-4,

375, 438, 447, 451-3, 537-8, 624-5

CCTV Building 65cell phones 19, 992ceramics 447, 547, 954Cháng Jiāng, see Yangzi RiverChángbái Shān 299-304, 8Chángchūn 309-12, 310Chángshā 451-5, 452Cháoyáng Gate 406Cháozhōu 562-3, 563Chen Tingjing 356Chéngdé 118-24, 120Chéngdū 705-16, 706-7Chéngkǎn 387Cherchen 798Chiang Kaishek 920-3children, travel with 984

food 948Hong Kong 479, 482Shànghǎi 187

Chinese alligator 968-9, 971Chinese dynasties

Han dynasty 908-9, 910Ming dynasty 913-14, 915, 940Qing dynasty 914-17Shang dynasty 907Shun dynasty 377Song dynasty 911-12Tang dynasty 910-11, 912

Chinese–North Korean relations 295Chinese–Soviet relations 919-20,

922-3, 924Chìshuǐ 627Chóngqìng 38, 752-65, 753, 756-7,

759accommodation 752, 757-8activities 754-7climate 752costs 754drinking 760-1food 752, 759-60, 761highlights 753, 753history 754internet access 761

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language 754medical services 761-2planning information 752-4porters 763shopping 761sights 754-7travel seasons 752travel to/from 762travel within 762-3

Chóngwǔ 275Chóngzuǒ 605-6chopsticks 947chörtens 894Christianity 937Chuāndǐxià (Cuàndǐxià) 97churches

Běijīng 57Dàlǐ 656Guǎngzhōu 539Hā’ěrbīn 324Hángzhōu 241Hong Kong 475Jílín City 308Kāifēng 418Lúshān 447Macau 511Píngyáo 351Qīngdǎo 147Shànghǎi 180-1Tiānjīn 108Wēnzhōu 257Zhūjiājiǎo 204

cinema, see filmclimate 18, 24-6, see also individual

regionsclimate change 964cloud-seeding 968Coloane 519-20, 522communism 918-27, 937-8, see

also CCPbooks 927museums & historical sites 437-8,

447, 451-3, 537-8, 624-5confiscation of guidebooks 607Confucian temples 908, 961Confucianism 936-7Confucius 141, 144-5, 908-907Confucius Mansions 144Confucius Temple (Běijīng) 58-9,

908Confucius Temple (Qūfù) 142-4, 318consulates 985-7courses

cooking 72, 181-2, 594language 593, 988martial arts 72, 181-2, 431-2, 487,

593, 977cranes (birds) 332credit cards 989

Crescent Moon Lake 830crime 990-1Cuàndǐxià 97Cuìhēng 560cuisine, see foodCultural Revolution 923-5, 933

museums 562slogans 924

culture 904-6, 917, 928-32currency 18-19customs regulations 984-5

guidebook confiscations 607cycling 1002

Bǎishí Lǐng 577Běijīng 60-1, 61Ěrhǎi Hú 660Guǎngxī 592, 596Hǎikǒu to Wǔzhǐshān (Hǎinán)

573, 10Hong Kong 487Macau 520-1Shànghǎi 182-3Shénnóngjià 433Silk Road 787Yángshuò 319, 593, 14

DDàhéjiā 811-12Dai Minority Park 697Dai people 690, 692, 697Dala Gong gusthouse 739Dalai Lama 870, 880Dàlǐ 656-9, 657, 660, 320Dàlián 286-91, 287, 292Dalian oil disaster 288Dàměnglóng 698-9Dàmíng Mountain 602Dānbā 734-5Dāndōng 293-5, 294dangers, see safe travelDǎngjiācūn 373Dàpéng Fortress 558Dardo 731-4, 733Dàtóng 338-41, 339Dàzú Buddhist Caves 763-4deforestation 970Dégé 740-1Déhāng 462-4, 635Déhóng Prefecture 686-90Deng Xiaoping 925-6Dēngfēng 407-9dengue 1010Déqīn 679-80desertification 965, 971, 972Détiān Waterfall 607-8Diān Chí 649-50, 649diāolóu 548, 9

Diàoshuǐlóu Waterfall 331-2diarrhoea 1012-13dictionaries 356Diéshuǐ Waterfall 683Dǐnghú Shān 551-2discounts 55divination 956dolphins 969, 971Dong people 468, 617, 620-1Dong villages 620-1Dōngjiāo Coconut Plantation 572Dōngxiāng 811Dr Ho Shi Xiu 667-8Dragon Boat Festival 946, 320Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces

590-1, 7Drepung Monastery 891drinks 949-50, see also beer, tea,

winedriving, see car travelDrung Valley 682Dūjiāngyàn Irrigation Project 717Dūnhuáng 825-8, 825, 13Dzogchen Gompa 740

Eearthquakes 711, 875economy 904-6, 930, 971electricity 986embassies 985-7Éméi Shān 719-22, 720, 633Emerald Pagoda Lake 678emergencies 19emigration 549encephalitis, Japanese B 1010-11endangered species 327, 332, 969,

970-1English language 19environmental issues 971-3

air pollution 170, 1013books 904, 971Dalian oil disaster 288recycling 948

Ěrhǎi Hú 660, 660ethnic minorities 23, 928-9

Bulang people 700Dai people 690, 692, 697Dong people 468, 617, 620-1Guìzhōu 616, 619Hani (Akha) people 653Hui people 646, 842Jinuo people 698Li people 575Miao people 575, 617Naxi people 663, 668, 929Zhuang people 630, 633Yúnnán Nationalities Museum

650

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etiquette tips 697, 892, 906, 947-8eunuchs 911events, see festivals & events, sports

eventsEverest Base Camp 898, 22exchange rates 19

Ffauna 966-71, see also individual

speciesFēilái Sì 680Fènghuáng 464-8, 465, 8festivals & events 24-6, 320, 320, see

also individual festivals, sports events

arts 73, 183, 488, 522beer 151, 289Běijīng 72-3calligraphy 250Dàlǐ 656, 320film 183, 488food 946Guǎngzhōu 540Guìzhōu 619Hā’ěrbīn 320, 327Hángzhōu 241Hohhot 850Hong Kong 488, 320Jílín City 308Kāngdìng (Dardo) 732Lángmùsì 818Lhasa 885-6Lìjiāng 662-3Lǐtáng 743literature 73, 183, 488Luòyáng 409Macau 522Mòhé 335music 73, 488, 522Nánjīng 214Orchid Pavilion 251Qiántáng River 245Qīngdǎo 151Qūfù 145Shànghǎi 183, 636Shàoxīng 250Shílín 650Sūzhōu 224Tǎgōng 736wine 250Xiàhé 320, 814-15Xiàmén 263Xīshuāngbǎnnà 690-1Yùshù (Jyekundo) 874

film 905, 925, 926, 957-60festivals 183, 488Hong Kong Film Archive 479

First Emperor 370Five Ancestors Boxing 975Five Finger Mountain 574Flaming Mountains 784flooding 973flora 969-70Fóguāng Temple 346food 22, 315, 910, 940-50, 7,

315-16, see also individual locations

books 945chopsticks 947cooking courses 72, 181-2, 594eastern China 945-6etiquette 947-8festivals 946for children 948glossary 942, 943, 944, 945,

1017-18, 1022-3, 1026, 1028, 1031

Hǎinán 569, 570hotpot 760, 944Inner Mongolia 852internet resources 943menus 946northern China 942recycling 948Sìchuān 729southern China 942-3spicy food 759streetside barbeque 761Tibetan food 734, 887Uighur food 779vegetarian travellers 81, 949western China 943-6Yúnnán 644

Forbidden City 47-53, 52, 5foreign concessions 916, 917foreign powers 914, 918, 919Fóshān 546-8Friendship Highway 893-9Fújiàn 35, 260-79, 261

climate 260, 262costs 262food 260highlights 261, 261history 262language 262planning information

260-2travel seasons 260travel to/from 262travel within 262

Fúróngcūn 258Fúzhōu 276-8, 277

GGanden Monastery 892, 319Gāngǔ 834Gānjiā Grasslands 816-17Gǎnlǎnbà 697Gānsù 39, 803-35, 804

accommodation 803climate 803, 805costs 805food 803highlights 804, 804history 804-5language 805travel seasons 803travel to/from 805travel within 805

Gānzī 737-8Gāochāng (Khocho) ruins 784gardens 962-3, see also parks

Ancient Pine Garden 230Běijīng Botanic Gardens 71Blue Wave Pavilion 223Couple’s Garden 224Dragon Garden 485Expo Garden Shěnyáng 284Garden of the Master of the Nets

221-2Garden to Linger In 222Gè Garden 232Guǎngxī Medicinal Herb Botanical

Garden 599Hé Garden 232Hong Kong Zoological & Botanical

Gardens 475Humble Administrator’s Garden 222Liang’s Garden 547Lion’s Grove Garden 222Lou Lim Ioc Garden 518Luís de Camões Garden & Grotto

518Memorial Garden to the Martyrs

538Orchid Garden 537Signal Hall Garden 482Tángjiā Public Garden 559Tropical Flower & Plants Garden 692Tuìsì Garden 228West Garden Temple 222Yan Family Garden 230Yuen Po St Bird Garden 482Yùyuán Gardens 167

Gate of Heavenly Peace 53-4gay travellers 987

Hong Kong 502-3Genghis Khan 855-6, 912Genghis Khan Mausoleum 855-6geography 964-6geology 964-6

Guǎngxī 585

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ger, see yurtsGhost Street (Běijīng) 80Giant Panda Breeding Research

Base 705giant pandas 705, 631giardiasis 1013golf 487, 983Golmud 876-7, 877graffiti 488Grand Buddha (Lèshān) 723-4Grand Canal 232, 909grass hand script 951Great Leap Forward 923Great Wall 20, 98-104, 4, 316-17

Bādálǐng 99-100Dàtóng 342Huánghuā 103-4Jiànkòu 103, 316Jiāyùguān 824, 317Jīnshānlǐng 102-3, 316-17Jiǔménkǒu 126Jūyōngguān 102Mùtiányù 100-2Sīmǎtái 102Tiger Mountain 293-4

Guǎngdōng 37, 531-65, 532accommodation 531climate 531costs 533food 531highlights 532, 532history 533language 533planning information 531-3travel seasons 531

Guǎngxī 38, 582-608, 583, 630accommodation 582climate 582costs 584food 582highlights 583, 583history 584language 584planning information 582-4travel seasons 582

Guǎngyuán 746Guǎngzhōu 533-46, 534-5, 538Guānlù 386Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) 935Guge Kingdom 902Guìdé 873guidebook confiscations 607Guìlín 584-90, 586Guìyáng 611-15, 612Guìzhōu 38, 609-28, 610

accommodation 609climate 609, 611

costs 611ethnic minorities 616, 619festivals 619food 609highlights 610, 610history 611language 611planning information 609-11travel seasons 609travel to/from 611travel within 611

Gǔlàng Yǔ 267-9, 264Guōdòng 252Guōliàngcūn 414-15Guōyù ancient village 356Gùyuán 845-6Gyantse Kumbum 894

HHā’ěrbīn 323-30, 324Hǎihuì Temple 356Hǎikǒu 568-71, 569Hǎikǒu Volcanic Cluster Geopark

571-2Hǎilā’ěr 856-9Hǎinán 37, 566-81, 567, 10

accommodation 566climate 566, 568costs 568food 566, 569, 570highlights 567, 567history 567-8language 568-70planning information 566-8travel seasons 566travel within 568

Hakka tǔlóu 269-73Hāmì (Kumul) 784-5Han dynasty 908-9, 910Han people 928-9, 930Hánchéng 373-4hanging coffins (Sìchuān) 728Hanging Monastery 342Hángzhōu 236-45, 238-9Hani (Akha) people 653health 1009-14

books 1010insurance 1009internet resources 1010, 1011vaccinations 1009, 1012

heat exhaustion 1013Heaven Lake 299, 302, 304, 8Héběi 34, 105-7, 113-28, 106

accommodation 105climate 105, 107costs 107food 105

highlights 106, 106itineraries 30language 107planning information 105travel seasons 105travel to/from 107travel within 107

Héféi 396-9, 397Hēilóngjiāng 36, 321-35, 322

accommodation 321climate 321, 323costs 323food 321highlights 322, 322history 323language 323planning information 321-3travel seasons 321travel to/from 323travel within 323

Hèlán Shān 841-2Hénán 36, 400-20, 401


Héng Shān 457-8hepatitis 1010Hépíng Fǎhùi Nunnery 737Héshùn 685Hexi Corridor 819-30Hézuò 817-18hiking 23, 984, 319

Bamboo Sea 730-1, 630-1Běijīng 71Bǐngzhōngluò 682Cāng Shān 660-1Dàmíng Mountain Reserve 602Déhāng 463, 635Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces

590, 7Éméi Shān 719, 721Ganden to Samye 893, 319Gānjiā Grasslands 817Hèlán Shān 842Héng Shān 457-8Hong Kong 319, 487Huà Shān 371-2Huángshān 319, 389-92, 9Jīnshāgōu Nature Reserve 628Jiǔhuá Shān 395

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Jiǔzhàigōu National Park 749-50, 749, 15

July 1st Glacier 825Kanas Lake Nature Reserve 800Lángmùsì 818Láo Shān 156Lí River 597, 12, 313Lǐtáng 743Liǔ Jiāng 718Lúshān 447Macau 521Mǎtí Sì 822Moon Canyon 833-4Mt Amnye Machen 870Mt Kailash 902, 14Mùkēng 386Nánlǐng National Forest Park

553Qīngchéng Shān 716-17Sānjiāng 591Sānqīng Shān (Jiāngxī) 442, 10Shénnóngjià 433Shítouchéng 598Singing Sands Mountain 830Sōngpān 746Tǎgōng 736Tài Shān 138-41Tiān Chí 781Tīanpíngshān & Lìngyángshān

231Tiger Leaping Gorge 671-2, 6, 319Tiger Leaping Gorge to Báishuǐtái

673Wēibǎo Shān 655-6West Lake 242Wǔdāng Shān 430-1Wǔlíngyuán 459-60Wǔtái Shān 344Wǔyí Shān 278Wùyuán 446Wǔzhǐshān (Five Finger Mountain)

574Xī Shān 649-50Xīshuāngbǎnnà 696Yángshuò 319, 592-3Yǔbēng Waterfall 680

history 907-27, see also Chinese dynasties

ancient towns 916books 904, 910, 925Chinese–Soviet relations 919-20,

922-3, 924communism 918-27Cultural Revolution 923-5, 933foreign concessions 916, 917

foreign powers 914, 918, 919Japanese occupation 210, 284,

921-2Kuomintang 918-22Long March 921Mao Zedong 456, 922-5Mongols 849, 912-13museums 912Tiān’ānmén Square

demonstrations 926WWII 921-2

Hohhot 850-3, 851holidays 990Hong Kong 37, 319, 470-508, 472-3,

476-7, 480, 486, 492, 494, 16, 320, 634, 635, 913

accommodation 470, 488-96activities 487, 488climate 470, 471costs 471drinking 500-1entertainment 502-3festivals 488food 470, 496-500highlights 472-3, 472-3history 471Hong Kong Island 474-9, 489-91,

496-8, 501, 503-4, 476-7, 480, 320, 634

internet access 505itineraries 485Kowloon 479-83, 491-5, 498-9, 501,

504-5, 492, 635language 471, 1020-4medical services 505planning information 470-1scams 490Sheung Wan 486, 486shopping 503-5sights 471-87, 488smoking 502Star Ferry 504tourist information 506tours 487-8travel seasons 470travel to/from 506-7travel within 507-8Victoria Harbour 481, 16, 913walking tour 486, 486

Hong Kong Zoological & Botanical Gardens 475

Hóngcūn 385Hóngjiāng Old Town 468-9horse riding 885, 984horse trekking 745-6hot springs

Chángbái Shān 302Guìdé 873Huángshān 390

Kāngdìng (Dardo) 732Sea of Heat 685-6Seven Fairy Mountains 574-5Xī’ān 368-9

Hotan 796-8, 797hotpot 760, 944Hu Jintao 926Huà Shān 371-3, 372Huángguǒshù Falls 623Huánglóng National Park 747-8Huángshān 319, 389-94, 390, 9Huángyáo 598Huāshān cliff murals 606Húběi 36, 421-34, 422

accommodation 421climate 421, 423costs 423food 421highlights 422, 422history 423language 423travel seasons 421travel to/from 423travel within 423

Hui people 646, 842Huīzhōu villages 384-9Hūlún Hú 860Húnán 37, 449-69, 450

accommodation 449climate 449costs 451food 449highlights 450, 450history 451language 451planning information 449-51travel seasons 449travel to/from 451travel within 451

hútòng 63, 16hypothermia 1013-14

IIce & Snow Festival 24, 320, 327immigration 306, 995Imperial Palace (Shěnyáng) 282-3Imperial Palace of Machu State

(Puppet Emperor’s Palace) 309-10

imperial tombs 370-1Inner Mongolia 39, 847-61, 848

accommodation 847climate 847, 849costs 849food 847, 852highlights 848, 848history 849itineraries 33

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language 849, 1030-2planning information 847-9travel seasons 847travel to/from 850

insurance 987health 1009travel 987

internet access 987-8internet resources 19

air tickets 997arts 953food 943health 1010, 1011train travel 1008wildlife 967, 968

Ip Man 547Islam 937, see also mosquesitineraries 27-33

Běijīng & Héběi 30coastal China 30Hong Kong 485Inner Mongolia 33Macau 515northeast China 33Qīnghǎi to Sìchuān 32Shànghǎi 166Silk Road 29southwest China 31Tibet 32villages (east to south) 31Yangzi River 28

JJade Gate Pass 830Japan border crossings 112, 155, 201Japanese B encephalitis 1010-11Japanese Germ Warfare Experimental

Base 326Japanese occupation 284, 921-2

Nánjīng 210Jewish population 913, 937

Hā’ěrbīn 325-6Jewish Cultural Exhibit Center 418Shànghǎi Jewish Refugees

Museum 179Jí’ān 305-7Jiāngsū 35, 206-33, 207

accommodation 206climate 206, 208costs 208food 206highlights 207, 207history 208planning information 206-8travel seasons 206travel to/from 208travel within 208

Jiāngtóuzhōu 590

Jiāngxī 37, 435-48, 436, 10accommodation 435climate 435, 437costs 437food 435highlights 436, 436history 437language 437planning information 435-7travel seasons 435travel to/from 437travel within 437

Jiànshuǐ 650-2Jiāohé ruins 784Jiāyùguān 822-4, 823Jiāyùguān Fort 824, 317Jiètái Temple 96Jílín 35, 298-312, 300-1

accommodation 298climate 298, 299costs 299food 298highlights 300-1, 300-1history 299language 299planning information 298-9travel seasons 298travel to/from 299travel within 299

Jílín City 308-9, 308Jīmíngyì 127-8Jǐ’nán 131-4, 132Jìnchéng 355Jìncí Temple 349Jǐngdézhèn 447Jǐnghóng 691-6, 693Jìngpò Hú 331-3Jǐngzhēn 700Jīngzhōu 428-30Jīnmào Tower 179Jīnshāgōu Nature Reserve 628Jinuo people 698Jīnzhànghán Grasslands 859Jiǔhuá Shān 394-6Jiǔménkǒu Great Wall 126Jiǔtiān Cave 459Jiǔzhàigōu National Park 748-51,

749, 15Jīzú Shān 655July 1st Glacier 825Jyekundo 873-4

KKāifēng 415-20, 416Kǎilǐ 616-18, 617Kāipíng 548-9, 9Kanas Lake Nature Reserve 799-801

Kāngdìng (Dardo) 731-4, 733Kangxi dictionary 356Karakoram Highway 792-4Karghilik 795-6Kashgar 786-92, 788, 9Kashgaria 786-94Kawa Karpo 680Kazakhstan border crossings 780Khara Khoto 857Khocho ruins 784Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves 786Kōngtóng Shān 835koras

Barkhor (Lhasa) 884Drepung Monastery 891Ganden Monastery 892Hépíng Fǎhùi Nunnery 737Kawa Karpo 680Labrang Monastery 814Lhasa 886Mt Kailash 902, 14Tashilhunpo Monastery 895

Korean Autonomous Prefecture 305Kublai Khan 912Kumbum Monastery (Tǎ’ěr Sì) 868-9Kumul 784-5Kung Chi-sing 503kung fu 547Kūnmíng 639-48, 642-3Kuomintang 918-22Kuqa 785-6Kyrgyzstan border crossings 793

LLabrang Monastery 318, 812-14, 13Láitān 764-5Lake Dian, see Diān ChíLake Manasarovar 902lamaseries, see temples &

monasteriesLángdé 619Lángmùsì 818-19, 632language 1015-33

Běijīng 46Cantonese 1020-4Chóngqìng 754courses 593, 988English 19food glossary 942, 943, 944, 945,

1017-18, 1022-3Fújiàn 262Gānsù 805Guǎngdōng 533Guǎngxī 584Guìzhōu 611Hǎinán 568-70Héběi 107Hēilóngjiāng 323

1045

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language continuedHénán 402Hong Kong 471Húběi 423Húnán 451Jiāngxī 437Jílín 299Kangxi dictionary 356Macau 510Mandarin 1015-20menus 946Mongolian 849, 1030-2Naxi 668, 929Níngxià 838Pinyin 1015-16Qīnghǎi 864Shaanxi 359Shànghǎi 164-5Shānxī 338Sìchuān 704Tiānjīn 107Tibetan 881, 1025-7Uighur 774, 1027-9writing 1015Wǔhàn 426Yúnnán 639Zhèjiāng 236

Lángzhōng 726-7Lantern Festival 24, 183, 636Lánzhōu 805-19, 806Láo Shān 155-6Lǎobà Chá 570Laos border crossings 648, 699legal matters 988Léishān 619lesbian travellers 987

Hong Kong 502-3Lèshān 722-5, 724, 12Lhasa 882-91, 884, 888, 10Li people 575Lí River 597, 12, 313Lí Valley 592Li Zicheng 377Liáoníng 35, 280-97, 281

accommodation 280climate 280costs 282food 280highlights 281, 281history 282language 282planning information 280-2travel seasons 280

travel to/from 282travel within 282

Lìjiāng 661-6, 662, 667Lìngyángshān 231Línxià 810-11Lǐtáng 742-3literature 363, 904, 915, 923, 955-7,

958, see also booksfestivals 73, 183, 488martial-arts genre 957

Little Lǐkēng 444-5Liǔ Jiāng 718Liùkù 681-2Liúshā Waterfall 463Long March 921Lónggōng Caves 623Lónghǔ Shān 440-1Lónglǐ 620Lóngmén Caves 412-13Lóngnán 448Lord Bao 398Lúgū Hú 673-4Luòyáng 409-12, 410Luoyang Peony Festival 25, 409Lúshān 446-8Lǚshùn 291-2Lùzhí 229-30Lùxī 686

MMacau 37, 509-30, 510, 512-13, 516,

521, 522accommodation 509, 522-4activities 520-1architecture 520art scene 518casinos 527, 528climate 509costs 511drinking 526entertainment 526-7festivals 522food 509, 524-6highlights 510, 510history 510internet access 528itineraries 515language 510, 1020-4medical services 529planning information 509shopping 527-8sights 510-20tourist information 529tours 521-2travel seasons 509travel to/from 529-30travel within 530

magazines 986

Màijī Shān 832-3malaria 1011Manchu 914-15Mandarin language 1015-20Mángshì (Lùxī) 686mani walls 874Manigango 739-40Mǎnzhōulǐ 860-1Mao Zedong 456, 922-5

badges 925biography 922childhood house 455memorial hall 55museum 456-7school 456statues 403

Marco Polo Bridge 96-7markets

Běijīng 88Chóngqìng 761-3Dàlǐ 659-60Hángzhōu 243Hong Kong 479, 481-2, 634, 635Hotan 796Kǎilǐ 619Kashgar 787, 790-5, 9Kūnmíng 645Ruìlì 687Shànghǎi 198Shēnzhèn 556Téngchōng 683Tiānjīn 109Ürümqi 775Xī’ān 366

martial arts 432, 547, 974-8, 13, 634-5

books 957, 977courses 72, 181-2, 431-2, 487,

593, 977performances 84-5, 247

massage parloursBěijīng 56Shànghǎi 196

Mátáng 620Mǎtí Sì 822mausoleums & memorials

Chairman Mao Memorial Hall 55Genghis Khan Mausoleum 855-6Hill 203 291-2King Yu’s Mausoleum 249-50Mausoleum of General Yue Fei 239Mausoleum of the Nanyue King 537Memorial Garden to the Martyrs

538Memorial Hall of the Nánjīng

Massacre 209Revolutionary Martyrs’

Mausoleum 113Sun Yatsen Mausoleum 209

1046

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Sun Yatsen Memorial House 519Tomb of Emperor Jingdi 369Tomb of Qin Shi Huang 369Tomb of Wáng Jiàn 709

May Fourth Movement 919measures 986medical services 1010Méizhōu 564-5memorials, see mausoleums &

memorialsMěnghǎi 699Měnghǎn (Gǎnlǎnbà) 697Měnghùn 699-700Měnglà 698Měnglún 697Měngyǎng 697Miao people 575, 617Miao villages 619-20middle class 930Ming city walls (Nánjīng) 215Ming dynasty 913-14, 915, 940Ming palace ruins 211Ming tombs 95-6Míngyǒng Glacier 680-1minority groups, see ethnic

minoritiesmissiles 468Mǐzhǐ 377mobile phones 19, 992Mògānshān 245-6Mògāo Caves 828-30Mògāo Caves manuscripts 829Mòhé 334-5monasteries, see temples &

monasteriesmonasteries, etiquette 892money 18-19, 985, 988-9moneychangers 989Mongolia border crossings 93, 853Mongolian language 849, 1030-2Mongols 849, 912-13monkeys 719, 967Monlam Great Prayer Festival 24,

320, 814Moon Canyon 833-4Moon Hill 598mosques

Běijīng 67Guǎngzhōu 539Hā’ěrbīn 326Hohhot 850Hong Kong 475, 483Jǐ’nán 131Kāifēng 418Karghilik 795Kashgar 788-9Kūnmíng 641Kuqa 785Quánzhōu 274

Turpan 782Xī’ān 361Xīníng 865

motorcycle travel 991, 1003-4movies, see filmmountain sickness 901, 1013mountains, sacred 934, 965Mt Amnye Machen 870Mt Everest 898, 964, 22Mt Kailash 901-2, 14Mǔdānjiāng 331Mùdú 230-1Mukden Incident 284museums 22

18 September History Museum 284Ānhuī Provincial Museum 397Běijīng Police Museum 56Capital Museum 66Chángshā City Museum 451-3Changyu Wine Culture Museum 158China Silk Museum 240-1China Tea Museum 241Chinese Sex Culture Museum 229Chóngqìng Science & Technology

Museum 755Cultural Revolution Museum 562CY Tung Maritime Museum 180-1dictionary museum 356Dinosaur Museum 728-9Dr Sun Yatsen Museum 475Dr Sun Yatsen Residence Memorial

Museum 560Ewenki Museum 857-8Fēng Shuǐ Museum 726Forest of Stelae Museum 361Fújiàn Provincial Museum 276Gānsù Provincial Museum 805Guǎngdōng Museum of Art 540Guǎngxī Provincial Museum 599Guǎngzhōu Museum of Art 538Hǎinán Museum 569Hakka Museum 564Héběi Provincial Museum 113Hēilóngjiāng Science & Technology

Museum 326-7Hénán Provincial Museum 402history museums 912Hong Kong Film Archive 479Hong Kong Heritage Museum 484-5Hong Kong Museum of Art 482Hong Kong Museum of History 481Hong Kong Space Museum 483Hotan Cultural Museum 796Húběi Provincial Museum 424-5Húguǎng Guild Hall 754Húnán Provincial Museum 451-3Inner Mongolia Museum 850Japanese Germ Warfare

Experimental Base 326

Jǐnán Museums 132-3Jīngzhōu Museum 429Jīnshā Site Museum 708Jǐnxiùzhuāng Puppet Museum 274Kāifēng Museum 417-18Kūnqǔ Opera Museum 224Liáoníng Provincial Museum 284Lu Xun’s Former Residence 249Luòyáng Museum 409Lǚshùn Museum 291Macau Museum 511Macau Museum of Art 517Maritime Museum (Hong Kong)

517-18Maritime Museum (Quánzhōu) 274Museum of Comrade Mao 456-7Museum of Naxi Dongba Culture

662Museum to Commemorate US

Aggression 293-4Nánjīng Museum 211Natural History Museum 64New Guangdong Museum 536-7Níngxià Museum 838OCT Contemporary Art Terminal

555Overseas Chinese Museum 263Pawnshop Museum 515Píngtán Museum 224Poly Art Museum 65Qīnghǎi Provincial Museum 865Qiuci Museum 785Rìshēngchāng Financial House

Museum 350Rockbund Art Museum 165-6Salt Industry History Museum 727Sānxīngduī Museum 716Shaanxi History Museum 362Shànghǎi History Museum 178-9Shànghǎi Jewish Refugees

Museum 179Shànghǎi Museum 166-7Shànghǎi Post Museum 165-6Shānxī Museum 346Shēnzhèn Museum 555Sūzhōu Museum 221Sūzhōu Silk Museum 223Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History

Museum 213Three Gorges Museum 755Tibet Museum 885Tibetan Culture Museum 864-5Tsingtao Beer Museum 149-50Turpan Museum 782Whampoa Military Academy

539-40Wǔdāng Museum of China 430Xī’ān Museum 363Xiányáng City Museum 370

1047

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-M

museums continuedXīnjiāng Autonomous Region

Museum 775Yán’ān Revolution Museum 375Yāntái Museum 157-8Yúnnán Nationalities Museum 650Yúnnán Provincial Museum 640Zhūhǎi City Museum 559

musicBěijīng opera 84, 629festivals 73, 488, 522Kung Chi-sing 503Kūnqǔ Opera Museum 224píngtán 227

Mùtǎ 342-3Myanmar (Burma) border crossings

689-90myths 906, 965

NNaadam festival 25, 850, 858Nam-tso 892Nánchán Temple 346Nánchāng 437-40, 438Nangchen 875-6Nánjiēcūn 406-7Nánjīng 208-18, 212-13Nánlǐng National Forest Park 553-4Nánníng 599-601, 599Nánpíng 386Nánxījiāng 258-9Nánxún 247-8national parks & protected areas

Bamboo Sea 730-1, 630-1Chángbái Shān 299-304, 8Chóngzuǒ Ecology Park 605Dàmíng Mountain Reserve 602Dǐnghú Shān 551-2Giant Panda Breeding Research

Base 705Horqin National Nature Reserve

332Huánglóng National Park 747-8Jīnshāgōu Nature Reserve 628Jiǔzhàigōu National Park 748-51,

749, 15Kanas Lake Nature Reserve 799-801Liùpān Shān Guójiā Sēnlín

Gōngyuán 845-6Lǒngruì Nature Reserve 606Mai Po Marsh Nature Reserve 484Mèngdá Nature Reserve 872Mòmògé National Nature Reserve

332

Nánlǐng National Forest Park 553-4Sānchàhé Nature Reserve 696-7Shénnóngjià 433Suǒxī Valley Nature Reserve 459Tiānzǐ Shān Nature Reserve 459Wòlóng Nature Reserve 718Wǔdàlián Chí 333-4Wǔzhǐshān (Five Finger Mountain)

574Xiànghǎi National Nature Reserve

332Yǎdān National Park 830Yanoda Rainforest 581Zhālóng Nature Reserve 332Zhāngjiājiè National Park

459-60nationalism 938nature reserves, see national parks &

protected areasNaxi people 663

language 668Museum of Naxi Dongba Culture

662script 929

Nepal border crossings 900New Life Movement 920newspapers 986Nine Dragon Waterfall 463Níngxià 39, 836-46, 837


Norbulingka 885North Korea 295, 306

border crossings 93, 302North Pole Village 335Northern Expedition 919-20Nù Jiāng Dam 683Nù Jiāng Valley 681-2, 683nunneries, see temples &

monasteries

OOcean Park (Hong Kong) 479one-child policy 931opening hours 984Orchid Pavilion 251

Ppagodas, see temples & monasteriespainting 952-4

Pakistan border crossings 793palaces

Imperial Palace (Shěnyáng) 282-3Imperial Palace of Machu State

(Puppet Emperor’s Palace) 309-10

Li Zicheng Palace 377Ming palace ruins 211Norbulingka 885Potala Palace 884-5Presidential Palace (Nánjīng)

213-14Qiuci Palace 785Summer Palace 68-9, 70Summer Palace, Old 69-70, 914

pandas 705, 717, 967, 969, 971, 631, 633

parks, see also gardensBěijīng 56, 62, 63-4, 65, 70-1Bīngyù Valley Geopark 292-3Chéngdū 709Chóngqìng 757Fúzhōu 276Guǎnzhōu 537Guìlín 584, 585Hā’ěrbīn 324-5Héféi 396-7Hong Kong 474, 479, 482-3, 484Jí’ān 307Jǐ’nán 131Kāifēng 417, 418Kūnmíng 640Lánzhōu 807Luòyáng 409Mǎnzhōulǐ 860Mòhé 335Nánjīng 209, 213Qīngdǎo 151Téngchōng 683Yángzhōu 231-2Yāntái 157Zhàoqìng 550

passports 989-90, see also visasPeace Hotel 189Pénglái Pavilion 160permits (Tibet) 882-3, 899phonecards 992photography 578pilgrim circuits, see korasPínglè 718Píngliáng 834-5píngtán 227Píngxiáng 607Píngyáo 349-53, 350, 15, 21Pinyin 1015-16planning 18-19, see also individual

regionsbudgeting 18calendar of events 24-6

1048

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China basics 18-19China’s regions 34-9internet resources 19itineraries 27-33travel seasons 18, 24-6

plants 969-70politics 904-6, see also communism

books 927pollution 970, 1013Polo, Marco 942population 928-32, see also ethnic

minoritiesporters 763postal services 990Potala Palace 884-5Praying Mantis Boxing 976Prime Minister Chen’s Castle 355-6Princess Wencheng Temple 874public holidays 990public transport 1004Pǔdōng 175-9, 188-9, 193, 199, 182 Puppet Emperor’s Palace 309-10 Pǔtuóshān 253-6, 254

QQiāng Watchtowers 735Qiántáng River Tidal Bore 245Qiao Family Courtyard 349Qībǎo 181qìgōng 975Qìkǒu 354-5Qin Shi Huang 370Qing dynasty 914-17Qīngchéng Shān 716-17Qīngdǎo 146-55, 148Qingdao Underwater World 149Qīnghǎi 39, 862-77, 863

climate 862costs 864drinking 862food 862highlights 863, 863history 864itineraries 32language 864planning information 862-4travel seasons 862travel to/from 864travel within 864

Qīnghǎi Lake 869Qīnghǎi–Tibet Railway 890-1Qīnghuá 445Qīngyán 615-16Qìngyuán 445Qīngyuǎn 552Qíyún Shān 383Quánzhōu 273-6, 273Qūfù 142-6, 143

Rrabies 1011radio 986rafting 459-60, 800, 845, 885recipes 943, 945recycling 948Red Guards 924red pandas 633Red Rock Gorge 628Reed Flute Cave 584-5refugees 306religion 933-9religious sights 22renewable energy 972-3Repkong 870-2reptiles 968-9, 970rice terraces 630

Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces 590-1, 7

Yuányáng Rice Terraces 652-4, 653, 11

Riverside Scenic Park Qīngmíng Garden 418

road safety 991, 1004rock carvings 763-4, 841-2rock climbing 488, 593, 984Rock, Joseph 666Rongphu Monastery 898Ruìlì 686-8, 687ruins 909

Gāochāng (Khocho) ruins 784

Jiāohé ruins 784Ming palace ruins 211

Russia border crossings 93, 330, 860

Russian borderlands 334-5

Ssacred mountains 934, 965safe travel 990-1

health 1009-14road safety 991, 1004scams 47, 94, 490, 991

Sakya 897-8salamander 969, 971Samye Monastery 893Sānchàhé Nature Reserve 696-7Sāngkē Grasslands 816Sānjiāng 591-2Sānqīng Shān 442-3Sānxīngduī Museum 716Sānyà 578-81, 579Sassoon, Victor 189Sayram Lake 802scams 47, 94, 490, 991scenery 23schistosomiasis (bilharzia) 1011

sculpture 954-5Buddha statues 723-4, 955, 12

Seng-ze Gyanak mani wall 874Sera Monastery 891-2Sěrshu (Shíqú) 741-2Seven Fairy Mountains 574-5Shaanxi 36, 357-77, 358

accommodation 357climate 357costs 359food 357highlights 358, 358history 359language 359planning information 357-8travel seasons 357travel to/from 359travel within 359

Shāndōng 34, 129-60, 130accommodation 129climate 129costs 131food 129highlights 130, 130planning information 129-31travel seasons 129travel to/from 131travel within 131

Shang dynasty 907Shàng-Dū (Xanadu) 856Shànghǎi 35, 161-205, 162-3, 169,

170-1, 176-7, 180, 182, 184, 5, 634-5, 636, 914, 926

accommodation 161, 183-9art deco 962Bund, the 165-6, 168-9, 184-6,

190-1, 194, 197-8, 169, 170-1, 634-5, 914

climate 161costs 164courses 181-2drinking 193-5entertainment 195-7festivals & events 183food 161, 189-93for children 187French Concession 173-4, 186-8,

191-2, 194-205, 198-9, 176-7, 5highlights 162, 162-3history 164internet access 199-200itineraries 166language 164-5massage parlours 196medical services 200planning information 161Pǔdōng 175-9, 188-9, 193, 199, 182shopping 197-9

1049

INDEX P

-S

Shànghǎi continuedsights 165-81tourist information 200-1tours 182-3travel seasons 161travel to/from 201-3travel within 203-4walking tour 168-9, 169

Shànghǎi Ocean Aquarium 179Shànghǎi Urban Planning

Exhibition Hall 167Shangri-la 674-8, 675Shānhǎiguān 124-7, 125Shàntóu 560-2, 561Shānxī 36, 336-56, 337


Shǎnxī, see ShaanxiShàolín Boxing 975Shàolín Temple 407Sháoshān 455-7Shàoxīng 248-51, 248Shāpōtóu 844-5Shāxī 669-70Shénnóngjià 433Shěnyáng 282-6, 283Shēnzhèn 554-8, 554Sheung Wan 486, 486Shèxiàn 388Shi family residence 113Shì Wěi 859Shíbǎoshān 669Shigatse 895-7, 896Shíjiāzhuāng 113-15, 114Shílín 650Shíméi Bay 577Shíqiáo 619-20Shíqú 741-2Shítouchéng 598Shízhàngdòng Waterfall 628shopping, see also markets

Běijīng 86-9carpets 791Chóngqìng 761

Hong Kong 503-5Macau 527-8Shànghǎi 197-9Shēnzhèn 556

Shuānglín Temple 353Shǔdū Hǎi 678Shùhé Old Town 668Shǔi Dòng Gōu 842Shun dynasty 377Siberian tiger 325, 327, 967Sìchuān 38, 701-51, 702-3

accommodation 701climate 701, 719costs 704food 701, 729, 734highlights 702-3, 702-3history 704itineraries 32language 704planning information 701-4teahouses 723travel seasons 701travel to/from 704travel within 704

Sìchuān earthquake 711Sìchuān–Tibet Highway

Northern Route 736-42Southern Route 742-5

Sìdònggōu 628silk making 796

China Silk Museum 240-1Sūzhōu Silk Museum 223

Silk Road 787, 794-9, 15itineraries 29

Singing Sands Mountain 830Sīxī 445-6skiing 984

Běidàhú Ski Resort 309Yàbùlì Ski Resort 330-1

sloganeering 924smoking 502snakes 969, 970snow leopard 967Song dynasty 911-12Sōng Shān 407-9Sōngji 765Sōngpān 745-7, 745South Korea border crossings 112,

155, 159, 291, 296South–North Water Diversion Project

972sports events

Formula 1 183Hong Kong Sevens 488International Dragon Boat Races

488Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix

521, 522

Macau International Marathon 522Naadam festival 850, 858Xiàmén International Marathon 263

Spring Festival 24, 320Star Ferry (Hong Kong) 504stilt houses 755, 764stupas 894Summer Palace 68-9, 70Summer Palace, Old 69-70, 914Sun & Moon Bay 577Sun Yatsen 917-19

mausoleum 209memorial house 519museums 475, 560residences 174, 540

Suǒnánbà (Dōngxiāng) 811surfing 577, 579sustainable development 972-3Sūzhōu 219-28, 220Swallow’s Cavern 652swimming, see also beaches

Guìlín 586Nánníng 599Sānjiāng 591Yùlóng River 598

synagoguesHā’ěrbīn 326Hong Kong 475Shànghǎi 179

TTǎchuān 385-6Tǎ’ěr Sì 868-9Tǎgōng 736-7Tài Shān 138-42, 139Tài’ān 135-8, 136taichi 432, 975, 13, 634-5

courses 431-2, 593Taipa 519, 521Tàiyuán 346-8, 346Tajikistan border crossings 793Tang dynasty 910-11, 912Tángmó 387-8Tánzhè Temple 96Taoism 935-6Taoist temples 961Tashkurgan 792-4taxi travel 1004tea 949

China Tea Museum 241teahouses (Sìchuān) 723

Tea-Horse Road 670telephone services 19, 992temple etiquette 892temples & monasteries 318, 13, 317,

318, 319, 631, 632, 633, 634A-Ma Temple 517Ancestor Worshipping Temple 413

1050

INDEX S

-T


Arhat Temple 754Bādàchù 71Bǎijī Sì 676Bakong Scripture Printing Press &

Monastery 740-1Bamboo Temple 648-9Bānruò Temple 310-11Běichán Sì 864-5Beri Gompa 738Big Goose Pagoda 362-3Black Dragon Temple 354Buddhist temples 933, 960-1Cave Temple 856Chángchūn Temple 425Chénghuáng Temple 374Chénxiānggé Nunnery 173Chi Lin Nunnery 483Chöde Gaden Pendeling

Monastery 744Chöde Gompa 742Chóngshàn Temple 347Confucian temples 908, 961Confucius Temple (Běijīng) 58-9,

908Confucius Temple (Qūfù) 142-4,

318Dà Zhào 850Dài Temple 135-6Darjay Gompa 738-9Dōngyuè Temple 65Drepung Monastery 891Drogon Gompa 876Dzogchen Gompa 740Fǎmén Temple 369-70Fayu Temple 253Fǎyuán Temple 67Fóguāng Temple 346Fook Tak Ancient Temple 483Fung Ying Seen Temple 484-5Fúxī Temple 831Fūzǐ Temple 211Ganden Monastery 892, 319Ganden Sumtseling Gompa 675Gānzī Temple 738Gāo Temple 843Golden Duck Pagoda 689Golden Pagoda 690Gomar Gompa 871Great Bell Temple 70Great Buddha Temple 821Green Ram Temple 709Guāndì Temple 121Guandi Temple 274Guǎnghuì Temple 116Guāngxiào Temple 539Guǎngzōng Sì 843Guānlín Temple 414Guīyuán Temple 425

Hǎibǎo Tǎ 838-9Hǎihuì Temple 356Hǎizàng Temple 820Hanging Monastery 342Hépíng Fǎhùi Nunnery 737Hóngfú Temple 611Huáchéng Sì 395Huáng Sìmiào 284Huáyán Temple 338-9Hung Shing Temple 479Jade Buddha Temple 174-5Jade Peak Monastery 667Jiètái Temple 96Jīmíng Temple 211Jìncí Temple 349Jīndǐng Temple 720Jìng’ān Temple 175Jìngcí Temple 239Jokhang Temple 318, 884Kāiyuán Temple 116, 273-4Kerti Gompa 818Kumarajiva Pagoda 820Kumbum Monastery (Tǎ’ěr Sì)

868-9Kun Iam Temple 518Labrang Monastery 318, 812-14, 13Lama Temple 57-8, 634Léitái Sì 819-20Lin Fa Temple 478-9Língyǐn Temple 239-40Línjì Temple 116Lónghuá Temple 180-1Lóngxìng Temple 115-16Man Mo Temple 474Mǎtí Sì 822Milarepa Palace 817Monastery of Deep Compassion

108Na Tcha Temple 515Nánchán Temple 346Nánpǔtuó Temple 263Nánwú Temple 732Nányuè Temple 458Old Guanyin Temple 418Pak Tai Temple 475Pelkhor Chöde Monastery 894Po Lin Monastery 485Pó Pagoda 417-18Princess Wencheng Temple 874Puji Temple 253Pǔlè Temple 122-3Pǔníng Temple 121-2, 318Pǔtuózōngchéng Temple 122Qīngxū Guàn 351Qīxiá Temple 219Rénshòu Temple 547Residence of the Celestial Masters

441

Rongphu Monastery 898Rongwo Gonchen Gompa 870-1Sakya Monastery 897Samye Monastery 893Sebda Gompa 876Sera Monastery 891-2Serti Gompa 818Seven-Tiered Buddhist Pagoda 326Shàngqīng Palace 441Shànhuà Temple 339-40Shàolín Temple 407Shuānglín Temple 353Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple

483Sun & Moon Twin Pagodas 585Tǎgōng Monastery 736Tàishān Temple 127Tángjiā Temple 559Tánzhè Temple 96Taoist temples 961Tashilhunpo Monastery 895Tǎyuàn Temple 343-4Temple of Bliss 326Temple of Heaven 63-4, 318Temple of Mystery 224Temple of Sumeru, Happiness &

Longevity 122Temple of the Chief Minister 415-17Temple of the Eight Immortals 363Temple of the Six Banyan Trees

539Ten Thousand Buddhas

Monastery 485Tianhou Temple 149Tiānníng Temple 116Tin Hau Temple 475-8, 482Twin Pagoda Temple 346-7visiting etiquette 697, 892Wànnián Temple 720Wànshòu Temple 810Wénshū Temple 705-8White Bamboo Shoot Pagoda

698-9White Cloud Temple 67, 805-7White Horse Temple 413Wooden Pagoda 821-2Wǔdāng Lamasery 855Wǔhóu Temple 709Wǔtǎ Pagoda 850Wútún Sì 871Wūyóu Temple 724Xiǎntōng Temple 344, 631Xílìtú Zhào 850Yán Temple 145Yánqìng Temple 418Yǒngzuò Temple 346-7Yòuníng Sì 869Yùxū Temple 430Zhànshān Temple 151

1051

INDEX T-T

temples & monasteries continuedZhìhuà Temple 59-62Zhǐlín Sì 651Zhīyuán Temple 394-5Zhōngyuè Temple 408Zǔ Miào 546-7Zuǒjiāng Leaning Pagoda 605-6

Téngchōng 683-5, 684Tengger Desert 845Thailand border crossings 695theft 990-1theme parks

Ocean Park (Hong Kong) 479Riverside Scenic Park Qīngmíng

Garden 418Window of the World 555

Third Moon Fair 656, 320Three Gorges 766-7Three Gorges Dam 433, 767, 769,

966, 973Three Gorges Museum 755Tiān Chí 781Tiān’ānmén Square 47, 921

demonstrations 926Tiānhétán 616Tiānjīn (city) 107-13, 110Tiānjīn 34, 105-13, 106

accommodation 105climate 105, 107costs 107food 105highlights 106, 106language 107planning information 105travel seasons 105travel to/from 107travel within 107

Tīanpíngshān 231Tiānshuǐ 831-2Tibet 39, 878-902, 879

accommodation 878border crossings 736climate 878, 881, 899costs 880food 734, 878, 887highlights 879, 879history 880-1itineraries 32language 881, 1025-7planning information 878-83travel permits 882-3, 899travel seasons 878, 899travel to/from 679, 881travel within 882, 900

Tibetan food 734, 878, 887Tibetan language 881, 1025-7Tiger Leaping Gorge 670-3, 671,

6, 319tigers 325, 327, 967time zones 778Tingri 898tipping 946, 989tombs

imperial tombs 370-1Ming tombs 95-6Wei Jin tombs 825Western Xia tombs 841

Tōngdào Dong Minority Autonomous County 468

Tónggǔ Lǐng 572Tónglǐ 228-9Tóngrén (Repkong) 870-2Tōngshí 573-4tours

boat 487-8cycling 60-1, 61walking 168-9, 486, 169, 486

tower blocks 961train travel

internet resources 1008Qīnghǎi–Tibet Railway 890-1ticket types 1005-6to/from China 640, 998train categories 1005, 1006within China 1005-8, 926

Trans-Manchurian Railway 1000-1

Trans-Mongolian Railway 1000Trans-Siberian Railway 1000-1travel permits (Tibet) 882-3, 899travel to/from China 995-1000travel within China 1000-4travellers cheques 989trekking, see hikingTsingtao Beer Museum 149-50tǔlóu 269-73, 564Túnxī 380-3, 381Turpan 781-3, 782Tuyoq 784TV 986Twin Dragon Bridge 652typhoid 1011

UUighur language 774, 1027-9Unesco World Heritage Sites

Dàzú Buddhist Caves 763-4Dūjiāngyàn Irrigation Project

717Éméi Shān 719-22, 720, 633Grand Buddha (Lèshān) 723-4Hakka tǔlóu 269-73

Hóngcūn 385Jí’ān 305-7Jiǔzhàigōu National Park 748-51,

749, 15Kāipíng diāolóu 548, 9Lìjiāng 661-6, 662, 667Lóngmén Caves 412-13Macau, Historic Centre of 510-18Nù Jiāng Valley 681-2, 683Wǔdāng Shān 430-3Wǔlíngyuán 459-62, 460Xīdì 385

urban experiences 21Ürümqi 775-81, 776

Vvacations 990vaccinations 916, 1009, 1012vegetarian travellers 81, 949Victoria Harbour 481, 16, 913Vietnam border crossings 93, 602,

608, 648visas 19, 992-3, see also passportsvolcanoes 685volunteering 993-4

Wwalking, see hikingwalking tours

Hong Kong 486, 486Shànghǎi 168-9, 169

Wang Family Courtyard 353water (drinkable) 1014Water Caves 598Water Curtain Caves 834water sports 487waterfalls

Détiān Waterfall 607-8Diàoshuǐlóu Waterfall 331-2Diéshuǐ Waterfall 683Huángguǒshù Falls 623Jiǔzhàigōu National Park 749Liúshā Waterfall 463Nine Dragon Waterfall 463Shízhàngdòng Waterfall 628White Loong Pond Waterfall 628Yǔbēng Waterfall 680

weather 18, 24-6, see also individual regions

websites, see internet resourcesWei Jin tombs 825Wēibǎo Shān 655-6weights 986Wēiníng 623-4Wēishān 655Wéizhōu Island 605Wēnzhōu 256-8

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INDEX T-W


West Lake 237, 242Western Thousand Buddha Caves 830Western Tibet 899-902Western Xia tombs 841White Cloud Hills 546White Loong Pond Waterfall 628wildlife 966-71, see also individual

speciesinternet resources 967, 968

wind farms 966Window of the World 555wine 950

Changyu Wine Culture Museum 158festivals 250

Wing Chun 976-7Wòlóng Nature Reserve 718women in China 930-1women’s health 1014Wong Fei Hung 547woodblock printing 913, 915World Trade Hotel 962Wǔdàlián Chí 333-4Wǔdāng Lamasery 855Wǔdāng Shān 430-3Wǔhàn 423-8, 424Wǔlíngyuán 459-62, 460Wǔtái Shān 343-6, 344Wǔwēi 819-21Wǔyì 251-2Wǔyí Shān 278-9Wùyuán 443-4, 446, 445Wūzhèn 246-7Wǔzhǐshān (Five Finger Mountain)

574Wǔzhǐshān City (Tōngshí) 573-4

XXanadu 856Xī Shān 649-50Xī’ān 359-67, 360, 368Xiàguān 654-5Xiàhé 812-16, 813Xiàmén 262-7, 264Xiāngchéng 744-5Xiǎojiē 699Xiǎoqǐ 445Xiǎozhōu village 546Xīdì 385Xīdìng 700Xījiāng 619Xīngchéng 296-7Xīníng 864-8, 866Xīnjiāng 38, 772-802, 773

accommodation 772climate 772, 774costs 774

food 772, 779highlights 773, 773history 773-4language 774, 1027-9planning information 772-4time zones 778travel seasons 772travel to/from 774-5travel within 775

Xīnjiē 652-4Xióngjiā Zhǒng 430, 431Xīshuāngbǎnnà 690-700, 691Xǐzhōu 661Xūmí Shān 845

YYàbùlì Ski Resort 330-1Yǎdān National Park 830Yamdrok-tso 893-4Yán’ān 374-6Yáncūn 445-6Yángměi 602Yángshuò 319, 592-7, 593, 597, 14Yángzhōu 231-3Yangzi dolphin 969, 971Yangzi River 755, 766-71, 966, 768,

6, 319itineraries 28travel seasons 766

Yánjí 305Yanoda Rainforest 581Yāntái 156-60, 157Yántóucūn 258Yarkand 794-5Yellow River 872Yengisar 794Yíbīn 730Yíchāng 433-4Yilhun Lha-tso 740Yínchuān 838-41, 839Yīníng 801-2Yòuníng Sì 869Yuányáng Rice Terraces 652-4, 653, 11Yǔbēng Waterfall 680Yúcì ancient city 349Yújiācūn 117-18Yúliáng 388-9Yúlín 376-7Yùlóng River 596, 598Yùlóng Xuěshān 668-9Yúnfēng Shān 685Yúngāng Caves 341Yúnnán 38, 637-700, 638

accommodation 637climate 637, 639, 690costs 639

food 637, 644highlights 638, 638history 639language 639planning information 637-9travel seasons 637travel to/from 639travel within 639

Yúnnán Nationalities Museum 650yurts 852Yùshù (Jyekundo) 873-4Yùshù earthquake 875Yúyuán 252-3

ZZhāngbì underground castle 353-4Zhāngjiājiè 459-62Zhāngmù 898-9Zhāngyè 821-2Zhàoqìng 550-1, 550Zhàoxīng 620-1Zhàozhōu Bridge 118Zhèjiāng 35, 234-59, 235


Zhèngdìng 115-17Zhèngzhōu 402-5, 404Zhènshān 616Zhēnxiān Cave 383Zhījīn Cave 623Zhōngdiàn (Shangri-la) 674-8, 675Zhōngshān 764Zhōngwèi 843-4, 844Zhuang people 630, 633Zhūhǎi 558-60, 558Zhūjiājiǎo 204-5Zhūjiāyù 134-5Zìgòng 727-30Zöigě 748zòngzi 946zoos

Běijīng 63Hong Kong 475Shenyang Forest 967

Zūnyì 624-7, 625Zūnyì Conference 625, 626Zuǒ River scenic area 606-7

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Walking TourDetour

Walking Tour

Path

Beach

Diving/Snorkelling

Sleeping

Eating

Entertainment

Shopping

DrinkingCafe

BankEmbassy/ConsulateHospital/MedicalInternetPolicePost OfficeTelephoneToiletTourist InformationOther Information

AirportBorder CrossingBus

CyclingFerryMetroMonorailParkingPetrol StationTaxiTrain/RailwayTramOther Transport

LighthouseHut/Shelter

LookoutMountain/VolcanoOasisParkPassPicnic AreaWaterfall

River, CreekIntermittent RiverSwamp/MangroveReefCanalWaterDry/Salt/Intermittent LakeGlacier

Beach/Desert

Cemetery(Christian)Cemetery (Other)

Park/Forest

Sportsground

Sight (Building)

Top Sight(Building)

International

DisputedRegional/SuburbMarine ParkCliffWall

Capital (National)Capital(State/Province)City/Large TownTown/Village

State/Province

Camping

Canoeing/KayakingSkiingSurfingSwimming/PoolWalkingWindsurfingOther Activity/Course/Tour

BuddhistCastleChristianHinduIslamicJewishMonumentMuseum/GalleryRuinWinery/VineyardZooOther Sight

LaneTertiary

TollwayFreewayPrimary

StepsPlaza/Mall

PedestrianOverpass

Secondary

Unsealed Road

Tunnel

Cable Car/Funicular

Sights

Activities, Courses& Tours

Sleeping

Eating

Entertainment

Shopping

Drinking

Information

Transport Geographic

Hydrography

Areas

Boundaries

Population

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5 Eating

6 Drinking

1 Sights

2 Activities

C Courses

T Tours

3 Entertainment

7 Shopping

8 Information/ Transport

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% Telephone Numbersh Opening Hoursp Parkingn Nonsmokinga Air-Conditioningi Internet Access

W Wi-Fi Accesss Swimming Poolv Vegetarian SelectionE English-Language Menuc Family-Friendly# Pet-Friendly

g Busf Ferrym Metrob Subwayt London Tubej Tramd Train

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S A green or sustainable option

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