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[quote=STOCKTOV,39119]Hi,
I suggest you go from Beijing to Shaanxi province, to the city of Pingyao.  From Pingyao you can go to Xi'an, and from there I suggest going to the Song mountains, near Luoyang.  The Song mountains is also home to Shaolin Temple (which is pretty touristy but still worth seeing--especially the temple itself).  You can climb the Song mountains which are comparatively less touristy than some other choices (like WuTai Shan near Pingyao, but WuTai Shan is also an option).  From Luoyang you can go to Suzhou.  Once in Suzhou you can take a bus to a small small village (famous for being "original and preserved") called Wuzhen.  It is located between Suzhou and Hangzhou (and you probably won't find any information about it in tourist guides).  I'll be writing an article about it soon, you can look for more information about it then.  From there you can see Hangzhou and then end in Shanghai.

I think that's the best route for the locations you suggested, but if you really want to get out there, the west of China--western Yunnan province, western and northern Sichuan province, Qinghai province, etc. are much more untracked, scenic, and "solitary".  But harder to navigate and get from one place to the other.

Have a great trip![/quote]

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