Misty terraced green hillsides and layered mountains in soft summer light, evoking Moganshan's cool highland scenery

Moganshan: China’s Cool-Summer Mountain Escape

When summer turns Shanghai and Hangzhou into steam baths, locals have a quiet answer: Moganshan. This bamboo-covered mountain in northern Zhejiang has been the region’s favorite hot-weather escape for more than a century. The air stays cool. The crowds thin out. And the slopes hide an unlikely secret — hundreds of old stone villas built…