The following list of top 40 attractions was produced by the Chinese government in 1991. They are divided into four groups. (I do not know why there are only 36 in the list.)

  1. Natural Scenery (6 + 4 I added)
    Three Gorges (Chongqing and Hubei)
    Mount Huang (Huangshan) (Anhui)
    Huang Guo Shu (Yellow Fruit Tree) Falls (Guizhou)
    Mount Tai (Taishan) (Shandong)
    Qin Huang Dao and Bei Dai He Seaside Resort (Hebei)
    Mount Hua (Huashan) (Shaanxi)
    Mount Lu
    Hangzhou West Lake
    Guilin
    Changbaishan and Tianchi
  2. Cultural Scenery (10)
    Badaling Great Wall (Beijing)
    Giant Buddha of Mount Le (Leshan) (Sichuan)
    Suzhou Exquisite Classic Gardens (Jiangsu)
    Forbidden City (Beijing)
    Dun Huang Mo Gao Ku (Mogao Grottoes or Thousand Buddha Caves) (Gansu)
    Qufu - Hometown of Confucius (Shandong)
    Summer Palace (Beijing)
    Ming's Tombs (Beijing)
    Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum (Nanjing)
    Chengde Summer Resort of Chinese Emperors (Mountain Summer Resort) (Hebei)
  3. Newly Developed Natural Scenery (10)
    Nine Village Valley (Jiu Zhai Guo) and Yellow Dragon (Huang Long) Valley (Sichuan)
    Tonglu Yaolin Fairyland (Zhejiang)
    Guizhou Zhijin Cave (Guizhou)
    Wushan Lesser Three Gorges (Chongqing)
    Mount Jinggang (Jiangxi)
    South Sichuan Bamboo Sea (Sichuan)
    Sanya and Ya Long Bay (Hainan)
    Zhangjiajie and Wuling Yuan (Hunan)
    Five Big Connecting Lakes (Heilongjiang)
    Yellow River Hukou Waterfalls (Shanxi)
  4. Newly Developed Cultural Scenery (10)
    Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses (Shaanxi)
    Zigong Dinosaur Museum (Sichuan)
    Yellow Crane Tower (Huang He Lou) (Hubei)
    Beijing Da Guan Yuan (Grand View Gardens from the Dream of Red Mansions)
    Shan Hai Guan and Lao Long Tou Great Wall (Hebei)
    Genghis Khan's Mausoleum (Inner Mongolia)
    Zhuhai (Guangdong)
    Nanjing Fu Zi Miao (Confucius Temple) and Qin Huai He
    Gezhou Dam (Hubei)
Top 10 things to see in China from the website http://www.chinatouristmaps.com/top-10s/things-to-see.html.

The following list of top 10 attractions is from a web site: http://www.scapewrd.com/News/F2004-005.htm

  1. Great Wall
  2. Hangzhou West Lake
  3. Guilin
  4. Beijing Forbidden City
  5. Suzhou Exquisite Classic Gardens
  6. Mount Huang (Huangshan, Anhui)
  7. Three Gorges
  8. Chengde Summer Resort of Chinese Emperors
  9. Museum of Qin Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses
  10. Sun and Moon Lake (Taiwan)

Derong's own top 10 places are listed below:

  1. Nine Village Valley (Jiu Zhai Guo) and Yellow Dragon (Huang Long) Valley (3 times)
  2. Zhangjiajie and Wuling Yuan (2 times)
  3. Shennongjia
  4. Mount Huangshan (Huangshan) (2 times)
  5. Badaling Great Wall (4 times)
  6. Dun Huang Mo Gao Ku (Mogao Grottoes or Thousand Buddha Caves)
  7. Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses (4 times)
  8. Guilin (5 times)
  9. Suzhou Exquisite Classic Gardens (2 times)
  10. Sanya and Ya Long Bay (3 times)
  11. Mount Sanqing
I also want to visit the following places soon:
  1. Changbaishan (Ever White Mountain) and Tianchi (Crater Lake or Lake of Heaven)
  2. Huang Guo Shu (Yellow Fruit Tree) Falls (Guizhou)
  3. Five Big Connecting Lakes (Heilongjiang)
  4. Luoyang
  5. Yellow River Hukou Waterfalls (Shanxi)
  6. Jiuhuashan
  7. Chengde
  8. Tibet
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