ZhangJiaJie National Forest Park in China’s Hunan Province has become internationally renown since the release of the 2009 movie Avatar. The movie was filmed in these mountains, more specifically, the ...

Visiting Zhangjiajie in China’s Hunan province to see the mountains that bear a striking resemblance to those in James Cameron’s film Avatar is easier said than done. This area of Hunan province ...

Zhangjiajie National Park in Hunan, China is famous for its towering sandstone pillars that inspired the floating mountains ...

[Note: This story is adapted from James Fallows's new book, China Airborne, and published as part of an Atlantic special report. He explains the background of this section, and shares pictures from ...

Foreigners are still a novelty in the Xuefeng Mountains. Laden with firewood, the villagers who pass us react with curiosity and amusement at the sight of luyao (“donkey friends”) wandering through ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 10, 2026 shows tourists visiting the Hengshan Mountain scenic spot in Hengyang City, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo: Xinhua) An aerial drone photo taken on ...

Recent temperature drops around Ziyun Mountain in the Shunhuang Mountain National Nature Reserve of Xinning, Hunan province, have created the ideal conditions for rime formations to adorn the forest ...