The Folk New Year includes four categories of folk custom activities, namely an exploration to the hometown of a king, the folk show, the gourmet food show, and the ancient games. It truly represent the folk customs and features of the Dragon Gate Town. Come and experience a strongly local new year. Time: Jan. 1-7 […]
Some Museums, Former Residences of Celebrities in Hangzhou City Name Address/Bus Tel 1. China Seal Museum /10, Houshan Rd. Solitary Hill. Y1, Y2, Y3, 27, 81 2. Zhejiang West Lake Art Gallery 25, Gushan Rd. Y1, Y2, Y3, 27, 81 3. Hangzhou Historical Museum 18, Liangdaoshan 6, 25, 34, 35, 40 4. West Lake Museum […]
Beginning with the world-famous Liangzhu Culture, the museum exhibits the cultures and folk customs of the Yangtze River South region. The over 8,000 sq. m. floorage is divided into 7 exhibition halls and 4 unit exhibitions, including Unit 1：the history and culture of Yuhang District – our hometown; Unit 2: “refined Liangzhu cultural relics display- […]
It has been China’s first specialized national museum that collects, displays and researches the silk culture in the history, it is also the largest silk museum in the world. The “Main Half” tells about the origin and development and kinds of silk, the Silk Road and how important silk was to the ancient Chinese society. […]
It was built in 1929. The over 100,000 pieces of cultural relics across 7,000 years rank the museum the largest among the comprehensive museums of human cultures and arts in Zhejiang. Inside the museum is Wenlan Pavilion which treasures the Si Ku Quan Shu (an encyclopedia) of the Qing Dynasty. 25, Gushan Road Free www.zhejiangmuseum.com
It is the only national museum in China that is themed on tea and tea culture. It displays various aspects of the tea culture, such as the tea history, famous teas, tea events, tea sets and tea customs. 88, Longjing Road www.teamuseum.cn
Song Dynasty Town – Thousand Year -Feeling of Song Dynasty Town Song Dynasty Town has been the first theme park in Hangzhou that reflects the culture of two Song dynasties in Chinese history. The night programs include the wedding parade, the water curtain movie, the ancient magic show, the marionette and the story telling with […]
Hangzhou, is the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The Grand Canal, the “blood vein” of the city, has brought forth a unique distinctive quality for Hangzhou. The Grand Canal Night Cruise, which is released every summer, provides a chance to view the life of the local people along the canal
A master of Peking Opera, was originally built as “Yannan Visit Cottage” in 1926. It contained 33 rooms, in either the courtyard style of north China or the garden style of Yangtze RiverSouth. The residence was reconstructed in 2004. There now remain two buildings of white fence and dark tile. The garden in the back […]
Former Residence of Du Jinsheng A patriotic industrialist, was built in 1920’s. The 215 sq. m. structure is a garden villa of Chinese and western styles, with a large garden of brick and wood. However, what remains is only a Chinese-western style two-storey building of 4-room wide. It is surrounded with a green fence and […]