Eat the delicious food Historical and Cultural Strip. Hefang Street Hefang Street, or Qinghefang, is a historical and cultural strip and an epitome of Hangzhou’s past. It witnessed a good many teahouses, drug stores and silk stores established in the Southern Song Dynasty. Today some old and reputable businesses still exite, such as Hu Qing […]
Music Fountain The large dancing music fountain is 126m long at Hubin. It exhibits great momentum when spraying water. It changes its position high above the ground and dance with music of China and other countries. It maiks the West Lake more beautiful at night. K7, Y9, Y1 Gushing Time (Every Show lasts 15 minutes), […]
The City of Charm Located in the middle of the shore of East Sea, Shanghai, also named “Hu” or “Shen” in short, is one of the four cities directly under the jurisdiction of the central government, the biggest economic and trading center and industrial base in China, and also one of the important harbour city.
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Jiangchu Dragon Boat Race The race can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty of a few hundred years ago. When it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival every year, dragon boats, big or small, will collect at Shentankou Village, Jiangcun, to compete against each other. In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qian Long named the […]
Former Residence of Yu Qian Yu Qian (1398-1457) was a well-known strategist, statesman and national hero of the Ming Dynasty in China. Today, “Zhongsu Hall” (the hall of loyalty and solemnity) and “Sixian Pavilion”(the pavilion to memorize the man of virtue) and the ancient well are reconstructed. The former relics to display the life of […]
The West Lake Pedestrian Festival is a symbol that means the Hangzhou way of leisure and boy building and a vehicle that carries tourists to the further understanding of the West Lake. It has been a Sino-Japanese exchange program since 2004, where the participants, Chinese and Japanese, walk around the West Lake. Japanese tourists can […]
Former Residence of Hu Xueyan The residential building covers a land of 5,818 sq.m. It was built in 1872 by Hu Xueyan, a comprador capitalist with an official title at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The masterwork consists of three building complexes, namely the Living Courtyard, the Etiquette Hall and the Magnificent Park. It […]
There are many museums in Hangzhou city. “They are the pearls of history, and you are a thread that runs them through” Museums and former residences of notable people are The loyal guardian of the city’s memory. They always use facts to explain and chain the past with today, and reflect, with evidences, the life […]
“On the end of Qiantang River is Tonglu, and the blue green landscape is picturesque.” Set up in A.D. 225, Tonglu is judged as one of the 100 best counties of China and it is under Hangzhou government. As a bight pearl on the golden tour route: the West Lake – Fuchun River – Xin’an […]