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Museums, festivals, and the local argument you will not find on a map. The context that turns a nice afternoon into a reason to go.

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Rows of pale ceramic vases on wooden racks in a leafy Jingdezhen courtyard.

Jingdezhen: Look Closely Before You Buy

White houses and dark tiled roofs reflect in the water at Hongcun in Anhui.

What Huizhou’s White Walls and Horse Head Gables Do

Gate towers rise above Xi’an’s brick city wall and green trees.

Xi’an Beyond the Terracotta Army

Painted beams and red columns recede along the east corridor of Kaiyuan Temple.

Photographing Quanzhou With One Lens

A narrow sunlit street runs between brick walls and tiled eaves in Pingyao.

Pingyao After the Day Trips

A ferry’s wake trails across the Yangtze between Wuhan’s riverbanks at dusk.

Wuhan From Both Banks