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 ...

[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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clouds in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area of Zhangjiajie in Hunan province evoke scenes from the Hollywood movie Avatar, which based its scenes of floating mountains on this area. [Photo provided to ...