Yang Tze river (Chang Jiang)

Location: Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, China.

Winding about 3,964 miles, Yang Tze River or Chang Jiang is the largest in China and the third largest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. Originating from the Tanggula Range in Qinghai Province in the western China, it traverse eleven provinces and cities from west to east, including Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai. Finally it pours into the East China Sea at Shanghai. Acting as the largest water system in China, Yangtze river is historically, economically and culturally important to the country.

YangTze River turns red!

In fact, The Yangtze River, the longest river in China, boasts widespread natural scenery and rich cultural relics. It has plentiful traveling resources mostly clustering around the mainstream area from Chongqing to Shanghai. Along the route, visitors can find many well-known scenic sights such as Chongqing Jinyun Mountain, Fengdu Ghost city, Red Cliff and so on. The big cities like Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai are all hot tourist cities as well.