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[quote=LEMONCACTUS             ,28820]hi xiaomagethis is almost too big a question to answer... and I guess it depends what you mean by cheap. Compared with travelling in other countries, China is very cheap. Especially food. Most of your money will be spent on transport and accommodation.I can help you a little with Chengdu, having visited there last summer. Flying from BJ will cost you around 2500RMB, maybe more now! It is cheaper (and much more fun, imo) to get a hard sleeper on a train, but this will take longer and sometimes it can be difficult to get tickets for this route!Jiuzhaigou is beautiful in every season, but if you don't fly from Chengdu then you're looking at a full day to journey there by bus (and then you have to get back!). Again it's a case of budget v time. Tickets for JZG are not cheap, 310RMB. If you're really looking for scenery and not 'touristy' things then you could pretty much spend a whole month exploring the villages and landscapes in this small part of Sichuan Province. Really stunning scenery and heavy Tibetan influence makes it even more interesting.Accommodation in China ranges in price from the very cheap to the very expensive. Cheap hotels are also good value and for a twin room you're looking at 100RMB upwards. BJ hostels are cheap and great value for money, clean, showers etc. Probably around 50RMB a night upwards for a dorm bed. If you can handle outdoor toilets and no hot water then you can really live on the cheap: I've paid as little as 10RMB a night!There's a lot of information and pictures on this site about the places that you want to go, it's worth checking out the travel tips, reviews, pictures of JZG, BJ, SH etc.One thing to be aware of is that China is massive. You must factor in time to get from place to place. A month really isn't very long here!If you look on the left of the site screen you'll see a list of destinations, choose one and hit 'go'. This will bring up all info & pics from members here.Have a great trip :)NB: Sounds like you speak Chinese, so don't be afraid to try to bargain down room prices in hotels (especially in out of the way places) and feel free to ask to look at the rooms before you buy.[/quote]

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