Anyang

Anyang Railway Station area (city centre)

Old station, buses, cheap hotels and the densest eating; walking distance to Tianning Temple and the old core.

Wenfeng District

Museums, malls and the Cangxiang Street cluster; the most comfortable mid-range base.

Anyang East (high-speed station)

Convenient for one-night rail stops only; it is on the eastern edge with little around it.

Etiquette

• Greeting: Handshake and a nod; use surnames with a title; avoid: Hugs and cheek kisses
• Face: Disagree privately and indirectly; avoid: Correcting or embarrassing someone in front of others
• Gifts: Give with two hands; expect the gift to be refused once or twice and opened later; avoid: Clocks, umbrellas, white flowers, sets of four
• Business cards: Present and receive with both hands, read it, keep it on the table; avoid: Writing on it or pocketing it at once
• Queues and crowds: Hold your ground politely in scrums at buses and lifts; avoid: Taking pushing personally
• Temples: Walk clockwise around Tibetan stupas and prayer wheels; remove hats; avoid: Touching statues or photographing where signs forbid
• Politics: Listen; follow your host's lead; avoid: Raising Tibet, Taiwan, Xinjiang, 1989 or the party leadership
• Numbers and colour: Red and 8 are lucky; red envelopes carry money gifts; avoid: Writing names in red; the number 4

Scams and watch-outs

• Yinxu and the Royal Tombs are separate sites; the Yinxu ticket includes the shuttle to the tombs — keep the ticket.
• Rural sites close earlier than you expect (Cao Cao's tomb 08:30–18:00, Red Flag Canal 08:00–18:00); last buses back run in the late afternoon.
• July and August bring 160 mm of rain and 32 °C days; build in an indoor fallback.
• Many smaller sights and buses take cash or WeChat/Alipay only — set up a payment app before you arrive.
• English is limited outside the museums; have your hotel name and address written in Chinese.