Luoyang, China: Impossible Wonders and Unreal Landscapes
Explore Luoyang, China through an interactive map featuring the region's most remarkable landscapes and cultural landmarks. This route guides you through remote areas and sacred sites that showcase China's lesser-known natural and architectural wonders.
- Distance
- 19673.2 km
- Duration
- 163 days
- Mode
- Places
- Start
- Лоян, Китай
- End
- Luoguta, Китай
- Stops
- 21
- Video author
- travmap
- Updated
Stops on this route
- Лоян, Китай
- Maiji, Китай
- Лисянь, Китай
- Сычуань, Китай
- Гуйчжоу, Китай
- Longchang, Китай
- Ganjia, Китай
- Юаньян, Китай
- Шипин, Китай
- Цзянси, Китай
- Маннай, Китай
- Чэнду, Китай
- Линьцзэ, Китай
- Дуньхуан, Китай
- Shizhong, Китай
- Лолун, Китай
- Цзянмынь, Китай
- Фуцзянь, Китай
- Changqing District, Китай
- Иньчуань, Китай
- Luoguta, Китай
Useful for your trip
- Transport
- Lao Jun Mountain has 99 bends to reach the top. Plan for a challenging hike; the temple sits above 2,000 m elevation.
- Tip
- Majiashan has narrow wooden walkways along cliffside caves. Over 7,000 Buddhist sculptures are carved into the rock face dating back to the 4th century.
- Transport
- Guanyin Temple is accessible only by steep hike, wooden bridge, and no road access. Located over 1,600 m above sea level on a narrow spire.
- Tip
- Larung Gar Academy sits at 4,000 meters elevation in remote Sertar County, Sichuan Province. It is the world's largest Tibetan Buddhist academy with thousands of red-roofed buildings.
- Transport
- Fanjing Shan has a narrow stone bridge connecting twin rock spires at 2,300+ m above sea level between two temples. It is one of China's five sacred Buddhist mountains.
- Tip
- The Ye people's village requires climbing 2,500 metal steps bolted into bare rock with a 1,400 m drop. Until 2016, only vine ladders were available for access.
- Tip
- Yuan Yang rice terraces span over 113 km and are a UNESCO World Heritage site. Built by the Hani people using gravity-fed spring water over 1,300+ years.
- Tip
- Zhangye Danxia rainbow mountain was formed over 24 million years with layers of different colored minerals: red iron oxide, yellow, blue, and gray bands.
- Tip
- Crescent Lake is an oasis in the Gobi Desert that has maintained its shape for over 2,000 years, fed by a hidden underground spring near Mingsha Mountain.
- Tip
- Leshan Giant Buddha is 71 m tall and took 90 years to hand-carve beginning in the Tang Dynasty. It sits at the meeting point of three rivers in Sichuan.
- Tip
- Longmen Grottoes contain over 100,000 Buddhist statues with work starting in 493 AD. The 17 m Vairocana Buddha was commissioned by Empress Wu Zetian.
- Tip
- Kaiping Diaolou towers are over 1,800 fortified structures built in late Qing and early Republic periods. They are a UNESCO World Heritage site combining Roman, baroque, and Chinese architecture.
Video on this route
UNSEEN CHINA: Impossible Wonders & Unreal Landscapes | 4K Travel Documentary