China's Stunning Scenery: Visual Journey to Inspire Next Holiday

Scroll down to see China in all its glory - and perhaps adjust your bucket list.

The Li River loops around the karst mountains in Yangshuo County, Guilin. 

Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie

A spectacular shot captured from Victoria Peak, the highest part of Hong Kong, showing the skyscrapers below. 

The lush green fields of the Longsheng Rice Terrace in Guangxi province. 

The Lujiazui district of Shanghai

The 1,535ft Oriental Pearl Tower, left, can be seen dominating the skyline of Shanghai.

Yuanyang County, Yunnan

The Yangtze River

Beijing

The Great Wall of China

Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie

The Twin River Bridge spans the Yuzhong peninsula in the south western city of Chongqing.

Tianjin 

Guilin

Welcome to the world's largest city square - Xinghai Square, which was built in 1998. It's located in the city of Dalian and covers 270 acres.

Xinshi is a Chinese 'water town' that was built around 1,000 years ago. China can be overwhelmingly industrial and wonderfully quaint...

A hidden settlement sits in the basin of a valley in the Yandang Mountains in eastern China. The mountains are thought to be one of the areas where the South China tiger can be found.

The small islands that are scattered in Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang province. The lake, which is a fresh-water, human-made body of water, was formed in 1959 after the completion of the Xin'an River hydroelectric station 

The colourful mountains of the Zhangye National Geopark close to China's border with Mongolia. Sandstone and mineral deposits have created the swirling orange, yellow and white lunar-like landscape.

Chongqing

Yunnan

The Blue Moon Valley

The Karakul Lake in Xinjiang

The Detian Waterfall is often described as Asia's biggest trans-national waterfall as it sits on the border of both China and Vietnam.

The Crescent Moon Spring in Dunhuang is an oasis in the middle of the desert. 

Harbin

Chengdu

A traditional boat floats past the historic buildings lining a canal in Shanghai. These days, the boats are popular with tourists.

The Yingwuzhou Bridge in Wuhan crosses the mammoth Yangtze River.

These cabins are all inhabited by thousands of Buddhist monks and nuns who attend the Wuming Monastery, also called the Sea Monastery) of the Larong Temple in Sichuan Province. It sits about 13,000ft above sea level and is the world's largest Tibetan Buddhist academy.

Reference: www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6315415/Stunning-images-breathtakingly-diverse-landscapes-China.html