{"id":14971,"date":"2020-01-15T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14971"},"modified":"2020-01-15T01:40:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T05:40:19","slug":"where-to-travel-in-china-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/where-to-travel-in-china-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to Travel in China in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50! I hope all of our readers are having an excellent start to the new decade so far. What are your New Year’s resolutions<\/strong>? (\u4f60\u65b0\u5e74\u7684\u51b3\u5fc3\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48? – n\u01d0 x\u012bn ni\u00e1n de ju\u00e9 x\u012bn sh\u00ec sh\u00e9n me). I hope one of them is “travel more!”<\/strong> (\u6211\u5e0c\u671b\u4e00\u4e2a\u662f “\u591a\u65c5\u884c” – w\u01d2 x\u012b w\u00e0ng y\u012b g\u00e8 sh\u00ec “du\u014d l\u01da x\u00edng”). If another one is to learn Chinese<\/strong> (\u5b66\u4e60\u4e2d\u6587 – xu\u00e9 x\u00ed zh\u014dng w\u00e9n), then you might as well combine the two! In this post I’ll tell you where to travel in China in 2020 to help you plan a trip.<\/p>\n

Winter (\u51ac\u5929 – d\u014dng ti\u0101n)<\/h2>\n

Winter isn’t a very popular time to travel to China, as much of the country can be bitter cold during these months. That being said, there are definitely some advantages of braving the cold. First of all, prices are cheaper and crowds are smaller. That is, so long as you avoid the Spring Festival rush<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(\u6625\u8fd0 \u2013 ch\u016bn y\u00f9n)…<\/p>\n

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A crowded train station.<\/p><\/div>\n

Seriously, the Spring Festival<\/strong> (\u6625\u8282 – ch\u016bn ji\u00e9) is the most important holiday in China and is a crazy time to travel in the country. It’s the largest human migration on the planet every year and only gets bigger. When I lived in China, my strategy was always to escape to places like Laos<\/strong> (\u8001\u631d – l\u01ceo w\u014d) or the Philippines<\/strong> (\u83f2\u5f8b\u5bbe – f\u0113i l\u01dc b\u012bn). Except for the time I celebrated Chinese New Year in a friend’s village<\/a> in Yunnan. That was pretty awesome<\/strong> (\u5f88\u68d2 – h\u011bn b\u00e0ng).<\/p>\n

We’re about to enter the Year of the Rat<\/strong> (\u9f20\u5e74 – sh\u01d4 ni\u00e1n) with the start of the Spring Festival next week. If you’ll be in China over the holiday, I recommend staying put in one of the big cities like Beijing or Shanghai. The big cities actually kind of clear out, as many people head back to their towns and villages. There will be some festivities in these cities and you’ll also be able to find places that are actually open, which is tough in smaller cities and more rural areas where everything shuts down.<\/p>\n

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Harbin Ice and Snow Festival<\/p><\/div>\n

The coolest thing you can do in winter in China is head to the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival<\/strong> (\u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\u51b0\u96ea\u8282 \u2013 h\u0101\u2019\u011br b\u012bn b\u012bng xu\u011b ji\u00e9). It’s the biggest such festival in the world and it’s absolutely incredible. I went there three times and I don’t even like being cold! See what this great festival looks like in just one minute in this short highlight video:<\/p>\n