Chaoyang

This is the site of the oldest civilisation found in China, a neolithic culture that is almost 7,000 years old. Chaoyang also was a centre of Buddhism starting in the 4th century C.E. Chaoyang is known as China's 'fossil city' because of the groundbreaking paleontological discoveries that have been made there, including feathered dinosaurs and ancient birds and insects.

• Chaoyang Bird Fossil National Geopark

  phone: +86 421 2888003
  address: 100 Longniao Street, Longcheng District (朝阳市龙城区龙鸟大街100号)
  On this site during the 1990s, fossils were found that revolutionised human understanding of dinosaurs and the evolution of birds. In Chaoyang, they found feathered dinosaurs as well as some of the earliest examples of birds.

• Dalinghe National Water Park and Scenic Area