Henan: 10 verified destinations
We cover 10 destinations in Henan, covering 23 attractions that require an advance real-name reservation. Each city page carries the booking rules, whether hotels there register foreign guests, and what is worth eating — checked against official sources with the date attached.
Where we have verified guides
- Anyang
4 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Dengfeng
4 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Guoliang (Wanxianshan)
No booking-required attraction recorded · verified 2026-06-13
- Jiaozuo
4 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-08-09
- Kaifeng
1 attraction need advance booking · verified 2026-08-09
- Laojunshan
4 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Luoyang
3 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-08-08
- Sanmenxia
1 attraction need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Xinyang
1 attraction need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Zhengzhou
1 attraction need advance booking · verified 2026-08-08
Booking rules, sight by sight
Each of these has its own page with the release rule, the passport rule and the official channel.
- Yin Ruins / Yinxu palace & royal-tomb site · Anyang
- Yinxu Museum / new Yin Ruins Museum · Anyang
- National Museum of Chinese Writing / Chinese Characters Museum · Anyang
- Red Flag Canal scenic area, Linzhou · Anyang
- Shaolin Temple Scenic Area · Dengfeng
- Sanhuang Village cable car & Songshan ridge · Dengfeng
- Zhongyue Temple · Dengfeng
- Songyang Academy · Dengfeng
- Guoliang Tunnel · Guoliang (Wanxianshan)
- Yuntaishan / Yuntai Mountain Geopark — main scenic area · Jiaozuo
- Red Stone Gorge & Yuntai Waterfall cluster · Jiaozuo
- Qinglong Gorge — Qinglongxia · Jiaozuo
- Shennong Mountain & Qingtian River — the other Geopark mountains · Jiaozuo
- Millennium City Park · Kaifeng
- Iron Pagoda Park & Longting Park · Kaifeng
- Gulou night market · Kaifeng
- Mount Laojun scenic-area through-ticket · Laojunshan
- Jinding golden-summit temple cluster · Laojunshan
- The two cable cars — Yunjingfeng & Zhonghua/Banshan · Laojunshan
- Ten-Li Gallery boardwalk & glass walkway · Laojunshan
- Longmen Grottoes · Luoyang
- Luoyi Ancient City · Luoyang
- Luoyang Museum · Luoyang
- Wangcheng Park · Luoyang
- Shanzhou Underground Courtyards · Sanmenxia
- Swan Lake Wetland Park — white swans are winter-only · Sanmenxia
- Hangu Pass — Laozi & the Tao Te Ching, in Lingbao · Sanmenxia
- Mount Jigong / Jigongshan summer hill station & villas · Xinyang
- Nanwan Lake — Bird, Monkey & Tea islands · Xinyang
- Xinyang Maojian tea — Wenxin Tea Garden & the Shihe River tea hills · Xinyang
- Jingju Temple, Guangshan · Xinyang
- Henan Museum · Zhengzhou
What to eat in Henan
3 dishes recorded in Henan cities, each with its Chinese name in characters you can show a waiter, a price band and an ordering tip.
- Luoyang beef soup · 洛阳牛肉汤
- Luoyang water banquet · 洛阳水席
- Hu spicy soup · 胡辣汤
Guides that cover Henan
10 of these 10 destinations carry verified coordinates, so they also appear on the offline map. Every booking-required sight across China is in the booking index.