"Life is like a voyage. It’s not your destination that counts but the scenery you encounter on the way and your feeling towards it." When one sees those high mountains tightly joined together, valleys spread out like a string of pearls, deep gorges and high altitude glaciers… each and every one of them satisfies our imaginings of what the traveler’s life should be. Here, experts on China travel have prepared a travelers’ guide for those of you who especially long to go out and explore China’s cities at night. From ancient capitals to modern metropolises, glittering landscapes to chic nightclubs, China’s nightscapes are some of the world’s most exciting.

Hong Kong  香港

1) Hong Kong Nightscape

This city is popularly called the “Pearl of the East” and is renowned for having Asia’s most beautiful nightscape, as well as one of the world’s three great landscapes. Take a passenger ferry to enjoy the enchanting night scene of Victoria Harbor and enjoy the feel of the sea breeze gently brushing your face; climb up Victoria Peak to see a bird-eye’s view of the island and harbor. Hong Kong truly deserves its place at the top of our list of the ten most beautiful metropolitan landscapes in China!

Shanghai  上海

2) Shanghai’s Nightscape

In the words of the old song: “Nighttime Shanghai, nighttime Shanghai, you are a city without night…” Shanghai doesn't sleep at night, and its nightscape is truly seductive, a nightless sky lit by fiery trees and silver flowers. In its multicolored streets full of neon lights, Shanghai's fashion sparkles, an endlessly diverse colorful pageantry.

Beijing  北京

3) Beijing's Nightscape

Beijing's nightscape can be described as "dignified and beautiful." Tiananmen Square is like a bright star – colored lights fill the night like the glow of the golden sun. Ancient buildings with their orderly demeanor and well-arranged pattern of descending rooflines radiate an imperial majesty dating from times of old. But that's not all the Beijing night has to offer, on a street of bars amidst red brick and green tile you can enjoy a night of relaxation!

Shenzhen  深圳

4) Shenzhen's Nightscape

Shenzhen's bustling newly-developed metropolis has a unique charm and aura of its own. You can feel its lively beauty all around you.

Guangzhou   广州

5) Guangzhou's Nightscape

Guangzhou is a prosperous city of eternal spring. The Welcoming the Spring Festival Flower Fair held on the Chinese New Year is known at home and abroad and has bestowed upon the city the name “Flower City.” Under the night colors amidst a sea of flowers, you can get a feel for this great tourist city, food and entertainment are equally thrilling, a city equally pleasant still, or in dynamic movement. Guangzhou is a place where the past meets the present, and food and drink, play and relaxation are equally rewarding.

Nanjing  南京

6) Nanjing’s Nightscape

Known in ancient times as Jinling, Nanjing was once “a gold plated land” known as “capital of six kingdoms, the beautiful city of Wu Sangui.” Its nightscape is characterized by that sense of its being an ancient capital, summed up in the phrase “mountains and water, city and forest. Mount Zhong’s inspiring natural beauty, Qinwei’s fire of lights… neon lights gradually bedazzle the eyes, making it feel as if you were in the land of the fairies.

Dalian  大连

7) Dalian's Nightscape

The sound of the waves can be heard from time to time at night along the sea. This is Dalian: nestled against mountains and sitting on the coast, where the vast Pacific Ocean bellows and the air is braced with salt. Enjoy delicious seafood as you face the ocean waters cooled and calmed under Dalian’s seductive night skies.

Chengdu  成都

8) Chengdu's Nightscape

To quote the ancient poem, “Outside my window the snow - of a thousand autumns on the Western Peaks / Outside my gate ships from Dong Wu come and go, 10,000 Li or more.” Called “the Heavenly Land”, Chengdu is a place that nourishes, where tall peaks and deep valleys meet. Watch the lights reflected on the river at night or enjoy another thing that the city is known for – its bars.

Chongqing  重庆

9) Chongqing's Nightscape

The night skies of this mountain city have their own special flair, a three-dimensional aesthetic reinforced by the crossing back and forth of rivers, boats, bridges, trees and buildings. The Yangtze and Jialing Rivers meet together here in Chongqing to form the region’s ancient name, “Ba”, which, together with its nightscape is referred to as “a character in the water and evening lights”. Attractions like Mount Pipa Park and the “Single Tree” on Southern Mountain are worthy of the phrase “In the day time look at the mountain city, at night gaze at the sea of lights.”

Wuhan  武汉

10) Wuhan's Nightscape

A popular title for Wuhan is “The Thoroughfare of Nine Provinces.” The archetypical landscapes of the Jianghan plain constitute the very place where the Chu culture originated thousands of years ago. The Yellow Crane Tower and the Wuhan Bridge are both ablaze with light at night, resonating with the infinitely seductive charm of this river city.

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