With thousands of years of fascinatingly diverse history, China is one of the world’s oldest and most monumental civilisations. Encounter millennia-old culture and religion with visits to some of China’s greatest and most intriguing ancient sights.

Visit the beautiful Shaolin Temple, a 5th century building, home to Buddhist teachings, as seen on BBC One's Sacred Wonders.
  • Take a rickshaw ride through the intricate network of Hutongs in Beijing.
  • Look in disbelief at the mesmerising Hanging Temple.
  • Explore Wutaishan, one of China’s four sacred Buddhist mountains.
  • Discover China’s ancient past at Pingyao.
  • Look out over the Yellow River, the 'birthplace of Chinese civilisation’.
  • Admire the 1920s shikumen architecture of Xintiandi in Shanghai.