Five Weeks in China - What to do?
 

Dear All,

In May/June I will have five weeks in China - where would people recommend I spend my time?

Thanks in advance.

these questions are not easy to answer.

DO some reading on China and pick out 7 locations that relate to your interests then post back is my suggestion

Five weeks is really a long holiday. you can plan a culture-themed trip to China by visiting some historical cities, e.g. Beijing, Xi'an, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Shanghai, Chengdu, Changsha, Guangzhou etc. You can also take a nature-themed trip by visiting Tibet, Yunnan (Dali, Lijiang, Kunming), Guilin, Jiuzhaigou (in Sichuan), Zhangjiajie national park (in Hunan), etc. Of course, you can mix them up. Just selet a few places to travel and enjoy the fanscinating experience.

beijing, shanghai, xian, guilin, yangshuo, lijiang, dali and many cities and town you should visit. you have plenty of time to visit different cities.

I would definitely pick up a China guidebook and start reading (as well as asking questions here, of course!) It's a bit like planning a 5-week visit to the USA - someone could recommend all the obvious tourist-attractors ranging from NYC to the Grand Canyon, but an individual visitor's interests may be more specific.