China travel routes

Multi-city itineraries — Silk Road, Grand Canal, ancient capitals, and the Yangtze.

• Ancient Capitals
  China has had more than 200 capital cities over 3,000 years, but seven are officially recognised as the great ancient capitals (中国七大古都, Zhōngguó Qī Dà Gǔdū).
• Coffee Tea Trail
  \"China is the birthplace of tea — the plant Camellia sinensis was first cultivated here over 2,000 years ago, and the country still produces more tea than any other nation.
• Grand Canal
  The Grand Canal (大运河, Dà Yùnhé) is the world's longest and oldest artificial waterway, linking Hangzhou in the south to Beijing in the north for over 1,776 km.
• Great Wall Route
  The Great Wall (长城, Chángchéng) is not a single wall but a series of fortifications built over 2,000 years by multiple dynasties.
• Maritime Silk Road
  \"The Maritime Silk Road (海上丝绸之路, Hǎishàng Sīchóu zhī Lù) is China's other Silk Road — the one that moved porcelain, tea, and silk by sea rather than by camel.
• Northeast Industrial
  Northeast China (东北, Dōngběi) — the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang — was China's industrial heartland for most of the 20th century.
• Silk Road
  Practical Silk Road (China) travel guide: top attractions, transport, accommodation, food, and verified on-the-ground info.
• Southwest Ethnic
  China officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups (民族, mínzú), and the southwest is where the vast majority of them live.
• Tea Horse Road
  The Tea Horse Road is not a single path but a web of trails that connected China's tea-growing south to the Tibetan plateau for over a millennium.
• Yangtze River
  The Yangtze River (长江, Cháng Jiāng, "Long River") is 6,300 km from Tibet to Shanghai — the world's third-longest river.

Multi-city routes — Silk Road, Grand Canal, ancient capitals, the Yangtze — with stops, transport legs, and how many days each needs.