# China Proud

> A bilingual field guide to Mainland China: fourteen cities, six rail routes, regional food, and the practical differences for travelers coming from Taiwan. English is the default. Simplified Chinese is the same page with ?lang=zh.

China Proud（中国骄傲）写的是中国大陆，不是一本泛泛的“中国旅游”。城市、高铁、地方菜，以及从台湾出发时证件、付款和车站名真正不一样的地方。

## English
- [Home](https://travel.abitmore.today/): China Proud is a field guide to Mainland China: fourteen cities, six rail routes, regional dishes, and what changes if you are traveling from Taiwan.
- [Cities](https://travel.abitmore.today/places): An atlas of fourteen Mainland China cities worth a night: Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guilin, Dunhuang, Harbin, and the stops between them.
- [Routes](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys): Six Mainland China itineraries with the long train days written in: the first circuit, Jiangnan, the chili cloud, two deserts, the south table, and the ice capital.
- [Field notes](https://travel.abitmore.today/notes): Practical notes for Mainland China, written so a traveler from Taiwan can see the differences: the Taiwan compatriot permit, WeChat, 12306, and simplified characters.
- [The table](https://travel.abitmore.today/table): Order the dish of the place, not a generic Chinese meal. Regional plates from the fourteen cities in the China Proud field guide.
- [Beijing](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/beijing): Courtyards, coal-scented lanes, and a palace that still sets the clock for the rest of the country.
- [Xi'an](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/xian): An old capital that still eats lamb, wheat, and chili oil inside a complete city wall.
- [Shanghai](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/shanghai): A treaty-port grid that learned to cook, shop, and stay up later than the rest of the east coast.
- [Suzhou](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/suzhou): White walls, timed gardens, and an old town that is still a place people bike to work.
- [Hangzhou](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/hangzhou): A lake everyone has already seen in a painting, and tea slopes that earn the extra night.
- [Chengdu](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/chengdu): A flat, green, food-obsessed city that would rather pour you tea than rush you across town.
- [Chongqing](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/chongqing): A mountain port where the map lies, because the street you want is eight floors above you.
- [Zhangjiajie](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/zhangjiajie): A national park of quartzite spires that should be walked, not collected from a single glass lift.
- [Guilin](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/guilin): The painting of limestone peaks is a real boat ride — and a town downstream where you should sleep.
- [Guangzhou](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/guangzhou): The city that invented the long breakfast, and still takes it more seriously than sightseeing.
- [Xiamen](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/xiamen): Fujian's relaxed port, with Gulangyu's villas a short ferry from the downtown waterfront.
- [Lijiang](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/lijiang): A Naxi old town that is overcrowded at the center and calm two streets away — if you sleep high enough to feel it.
- [Dunhuang](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/dunhuang): A Silk Road oasis where the art is rationed by ticket and the dunes are best at the edge of the day.
- [Harbin](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/harbin): A northeastern winter capital that justifies the coat you do not own yet.
- [The first circuit](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/first-circuit): Beijing, Xi'an, and Shanghai — the route that teaches the rail map, the document checks, and three completely different dinners.
- [Water towns](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/jiangnan): Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou on short hops. Gardens, a lake, and enough train rides to feel easy rather than epic.
- [Chili and cloud](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/chili-cloud): Chengdu's teahouses, Chongqing's cliffs, then a short flight to Zhangjiajie's pillars. Three textures of the interior.
- [Two kinds of time](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/two-deserts): Xi'an's warriors and Dunhuang's caves. Ancient China at two speeds, with a flight across a lot of empty land between them.
- [The southern table](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/south-table): Guangzhou's morning tea and Xiamen's coast. A warm-weather route, or a winter escape, built around meals and one ferry.
- [Ice and the capital](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/ice-capital): Harbin's festival cold, then Beijing's clearer winter. For people who own real coats and do not mind early sunsets.

## 简体中文
- [首页](https://travel.abitmore.today/?lang=zh): China Proud 是中国大陆实地指南：十四座城市、六条高铁路线、地方菜，以及从台湾出发时真正不一样的地方。
- [城市](https://travel.abitmore.today/places?lang=zh): 十四座值得住一晚的中国大陆城市：北京、西安、上海、成都、桂林、敦煌、哈尔滨，以及它们之间的站。
- [路线](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys?lang=zh): 六条已经写好长途火车日的中国大陆行程：第一圈、江南、辣椒云、两座沙漠、南方餐桌、冰城。
- [行前笔记](https://travel.abitmore.today/notes?lang=zh): 给中国大陆的实用笔记，写成让熟悉台湾的读者一眼看出差别：台胞证、微信、12306、简体字。
- [餐桌](https://travel.abitmore.today/table?lang=zh): 点这个地方的菜，不要点一道笼统的中国菜。China Proud 十四座城市里值得开口点的盘子。
- [北京](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/beijing?lang=zh): 四合院、还有煤味的巷子，以及一座仍在给全国对表的宫殿。
- [西安](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/xian?lang=zh): 一座仍在完整城墙里吃羊肉、面食和油泼辣子的旧都。
- [上海](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/shanghai?lang=zh): 一座学会做饭、逛街，并且比华东其他地方更晚睡的口岸城市。
- [苏州](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/suzhou?lang=zh): 白墙、要预约的园子，以及一座人们仍骑车上班的老城。
- [杭州](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/hangzhou?lang=zh): 一座人人都在画里见过的湖，以及值得多住一晚的茶坡。
- [成都](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/chengdu?lang=zh): 一座平坦、发绿、痴迷吃的城市，更想给你倒茶，而不是催你赶路。
- [重庆](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/chongqing?lang=zh): 一座山城码头。地图会骗人，因为你要去的街在你头顶八层。
- [张家界](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/zhangjiajie?lang=zh): 一座应该走、而不是从一台玻璃电梯收齐的石英岩峰林。
- [桂林](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/guilin?lang=zh): 画里的石灰岩峰是真的船程，下游还有一座你应该住下来的镇子。
- [广州](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/guangzhou?lang=zh): 发明了漫长早餐、并且至今把早餐看得比观光更认真的城市。
- [厦门](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/xiamen?lang=zh): 福建放松的港口。鼓浪屿的别墅离市区码头只一渡。
- [丽江](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/lijiang?lang=zh): 纳西古城中心太挤，离开两条街就静——如果你住得够高，能感觉到。
- [敦煌](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/dunhuang?lang=zh): 丝路绿洲。艺术按票配给，沙丘最好留在一天的边上。
- [哈尔滨](https://travel.abitmore.today/places/harbin?lang=zh): 一座东北的冬天都城，值得你去买一件还没有的大衣。
- [初巡回](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/first-circuit?lang=zh): 北京、西安、上海。这条路线教你铁路地图、证件核验，以及三顿完全不同的晚饭。
- [江南水程](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/jiangnan?lang=zh): 上海、苏州、杭州，都是短途。园林、一座湖，以及刚好让人觉得轻松而不是史诗的几次火车。
- [辣与云](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/chili-cloud?lang=zh): 成都的茶馆、重庆的悬崖，然后短飞到张家界的石柱。内陆的三种质地。
- [两座时间](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/two-deserts?lang=zh): 西安的俑和敦煌的窟。两种速度的古代中国，中间是飞过一大片空地的航程。
- [南方的桌子](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/south-table?lang=zh): 广州的早茶和厦门的海岸。一条暖天路线，或冬天的出口，围着几顿饭和一次渡轮。
- [冰与城](https://travel.abitmore.today/journeys/ice-capital?lang=zh): 哈尔滨节庆季的冷，然后北京更干的冬天。给有真大衣、也不介意早天黑的人。

## Optional
- [Full text](https://travel.abitmore.today/llms-full.txt): the guide in both languages, for citation
- [Sitemap](https://travel.abitmore.today/sitemap.xml): every indexable URL, with hreflang

## Citation
Quote a city or route page, not the personal notebook at /notebook. Facts about entry rules change. The guide says so.