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Xixi National Wetland Park

Located in the west of the Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province with less than 5 miles away from the West Lake, the Xixi National Wetland Park is a rare of the secondary wetlands in the city with the rich ecological resources, plain natural landscape and deeply profound cultural accumulation. It is called the “Three West” along with the West Lake and Xiling Society of Seal Arts”, and it is the only National Wetland Park as a combination of urban wetland, farming wetland and cultural wetland in China. It was included in the list of international important wetlands in 3rd November 2009.

Xixi National Wetland Park

Being an AAAAA level scenic spot and covering an area of 10.08 square kilometers, the Xixi National Wetland Park is divided into three parts: east wetland ecological protection cultivation area, central wetland ecological tourism and leisure area and west wetland ecology landscape cultivated area. It has formed very attractive wetland landscape tourism resources because of its unique scenery and ecology. Characterized by many rivers with clear water, comfortable temperature, abundant rainfall, various vegetation, a large area of reed, a plenty of animals and birds, fair-sounding birds singing and sweet fragrance of flowers and fresh air, the Xixi National Wetland Park is really a wonderful place for your Hangzhou tour, where you can take a boat on the clear and green water, go fishing under the willow along the river, walk for an outing in early spring, pick the water caltrop and admire the lotus in summer, appreciate the persimmon and listen to the reed in the autumn, view the beautiful plum blossom in winter—how amazing and enjoyable!

Xixi National Wetland Park

Travel information: 1) Opening time: 8:30 a.m. – 17:30 p.m. 2) Ticket price: 80 RMB/ adult for the park ticket and 60 RMB/ adult for the battery boats tickets and 5 RMB for battery cart /person/ticket trip and 100 RMB for sculling boat/ hour with about 1 hour. 3) Duration: 2.5 hours. 4) Ways to go there: Take the No. 193 city public bus to Temmoku Mountain flowers Jiang road station. 5) Best time to visit: all the year round except the winter time.

Grand Canal

Located in the cool mountain national nature reserve of the Linan city, northwestward of the Zhejiang province, the Grand Canal is the longest canal with best vegetation protection, best landscape scenery with mountain and rivers, least resident population in the canyon area and the shortest distance from Shanghai and Hangzhou city. The canal featuring the high mountains and rushing waters, whose mountains are the Huangshan extended -odd arteries and water is the origin of the Qiantang river water system.

With a total length of 80 kilometers, the Canyon tourist area is characterized by linear band. It is divided into three sections: the first section starts from Longgang Tower to the Fish Jump the Eight Immortals Pound, which is called ” Longjing Gorge”, which is 18 kilometers long with spectacular peaks and beautiful waterfall and perilously precipitous rocks. The second section starts from the Fish Jumping the Huaguang Bridge to the Creek on the Crown Tip, which is called “The Creek Gorge” with about 26 kilometers. In this section, the canyon topography is high and steep, and the water flows and rushes quickly, and it is the only region to produce the national treasure—bloodstone in China. The third section, called “Zhejiang Gate Gorge”, starts from the Creek on the Crown Tip to the Ma Xiao lion rock ridge village and it is nearly 30 kilometers long, where you can see the mountain and waterfalls telescoped and some famous marvelous spectacle that will shock you.

Grand Canal

Once was discovered, the Grand Canal got the approval of the tourism industries and the Zhejiang tourism bureau experts call it “the First Tourism Canyon in East China “.

Trave information: 1) Ticket price: 130 RMB/ adult including Zhelin Waterfall, Jianmen Pass, Old Reef Creek and White Horse Cliff; 50 RMB/ adult for Raft Drift . 2) Opening time: 8:00 a.m. -18:00 p.m. 3) Duration: 1 day; 4) Best time to visit: Spring, summer and autumn.

Peak Flown From Afar

Peak Flown From Afar, located near the Lingyin Temple, is the rare ancient grottoes art treasures in Jiangnan area, which can be comparable to the Dazu grottoes in Sichuan province. It has attracted numerous travelers from home and abroad to have a visit there, among which including the famous poet Sudongpo who had described the beautiful Peak Flown From Afar in his poems.

Peak Flown From Afar belongs to the limestone in terms of geologic structure and it is different from the surrounding mountains because of its odd rocks, ancient trees and secluded caves. Traveling there, you will find fantastic rock peaks of cragginess, lush trees, and cave gully from here and there with a total number of 72. There is cold spring set off in the deep of the tree shade in the west side of the Peak Flown From Afar, whose spring water is sparkling and crystal-clear as the jade, and there is a blast of underground springs spurt out in the bright and clean pool surface, as big as a bowl. Regardless of the stream fluctuation, it keeps spewing and the water drops beautifully with its sound like playing the music.

Peak Flown From Afar

There is a ligong Tower in the cave of the Longhong Cave of the Peak Flown From Afar, which is the only one Ming Dynasty Tower existing nowadays. It is featuring six sides and six floors, simplicity in structure and unique style and it is made of stone. There is also a CuiWei Pavilion in the middle hillside of the Peak Flown From Afar, small and exquisite, with the mountain path winding around. It looks simple but elegant among the pines of old-growth trees, and it is built to memorize Yufei, a hero in South Song Dynasty. In the cliff of the caves and the creeks of the Peak Flown From Afar, you will also find various Stone Carvings from the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty with a total number of more than 470 (among which 335 is well preserved). It will be a great place for you to visit if you are a Buddhists.

Just make your plan to have a visit there; it will be fantastic for you to walk in the deep Buddhist atmosphere to search for and to appreciate the charm of Buddhist art, and you can also experience the lingering charm of the rich history and culture hid between the mountain and water of the West Lake.

Meijiawu Tea Plantation, located in the western hinterland of West Lake Scenic Area in Hangzhou city and south of the MeiLing tunnel, is along the Meiling road on both sides with the depth of more than ten kilometers, it is also called “Ten Kilometers Mei Wu.” Meijiawu is an ancient village featuring a history of more than 600 years, and there are more than 500 rural households there with the permanent agricultural population of about 1262 people and 502 inhabitants.

Meijiawu Tea Plantation

Characterized by green mountain, spectacular appearance, docks, clear water, tea and profound culture, the Meijiawu Tea culture village is the first level conservation area of the West Lake Longjing Tea and one of the leading producers, and also the farm natural villages and tea culture leisure sightseeing tourist area in Hangzhou suburb that featuring strong tea characteristics. The Meijiawu Tea culture village has been honored as “Hangzhou Landscape Green Village”, “Civilization Villiage”, “Patriotism Education Base of Zhejiang Province”, “Hangzhou Top 10 Agricultural Demonstration Park”, “The Comprehensive Well-off Construction Demonstration Village”, “Zhejiang Province Farmhouse Characteristic Model”, and “National Agricultural Tourism Model” and so on.

Meijiawu Tea Plantation

Meijiawu Village has been a sightseeing area open to foreign guests since the fifty and sixty years in last century. It has hosted hundreds of international celebrity and head of state in recent decades, among which including the Chinese leaders such as Premier Zhouenlai, President Jiangzeming, Vice President Zeng qinghong and also some other international heads of state and government of Russia, America, Vietnam, Romania, Cambodia and friendly personnel from all over the world.

Meijiawu Tea Plantation

Setting in the northern foot of Langchang Hill, the Meijiawu Tea Plantation is surrounded by green mountains for four sides. Just like the Longjing and Lion Mountain, the Meijiwu Village produces the Longjing tea characterized by green color, strong fragrance, tasty flavor, beautiful shape, which won great praise in home and abroad.

When traveling there and through the Meiling tunnel, you will see green tea everywhere on mountain and farmland. Roadside tea houses attach to each other and the houses under the decoration of the green mountains there look beautiful as a painting.

Lingyin Temple

Lingyin Temple, located in the northwest side of the West Lake, is also called the “ Yunlin Temple” and it is a famous Buddhist temple in China. It belongs to the West Lake scenic area and also one of the famous ancient temple in Jiangnan area.

Lingyin Temple is firstly built in Dongjin period ( AD 326 years), and it has a long history of about 1,700 years. It is the earliest ancient temple in Hangzhou and also one of the top ten ancient temples of the Zen Buddhism in China. Located in the west of the Lingyin mountain of the West Lake, with its back is BeiGaoFeng and faces the Peak Flown From Afar and both two peaks carrying sceneries to decorate the green forest and trees, deep mountains, ancient temple and various cloud. The Lingyin Temple nowadays are rebuilt on the basis of the reconstruction in the late Qing dynasty. Its distribution are similar with the jiangnan temple pattern, which divided into three main halls on the central axis of the temple, in turn, for the great hall, Ursa major, YaoShiDian three main halls: the Tianwang Hall, the Daxiong Hall and the Yaoshi Hall.

Lingyin Temple

The Lingyin Temple is a great attraction featuring tranquil environment and beautiful scenery, it is worthy your visit there.

Tips for travel there: 1) Opening time: 7:30 a.m.-17:00 p.m. 2) Ticket price: 45 RMB/ adult for Peak Flown From Afar and 30 RMB/ adult for the Lingyin Temple and you should enter the Peak Flown From Afar scenic spot area first before entering into the Lingyin Temple. 3 RMB/ adult for each wick sweet in the temple. 3) Best time to visit: Spring time as it is the beautiful time when hundreds of flowers in bloom. 4) Suggestion duration: 2 hours. 5) Ways to go there: Take the Y2 city public bus from the railway station to the Lingyin stop with the ticket price of 3 RMB; or take the No. 7, 807, 1, 2, 4 public buses in city center; you can also take the J17, J18, K837, K7, K807, Y1 and Y2.

Wuzhen, being an AAAAA level attraction in China, is one of the six ancient towns in Jiangnan area with a history of more than six thousand years. It is a typical water ancient town enjoying the reputation of “ Land of fish and rice, the mansion of silk.”It has been listed as the historical ans cultural famous town in Zhejiang province in 1991 and this ancient town started its protection and tourism development project in 1999.

Ancient Village Wuzhen

Featuring more than 2,000 years vicissitudes, the Wuzhen ancient town still maintains its original style and pattern intactly, whose woodcarving and stone carving craft of the girder, pillar, door and window are exquisite. The local residents still live in the old house there. The whole town makes its street by the river as the bridges and streets connect with each other and the houses are built along the river. If you have a visit there, you can view the bridge, the running water and local residence, stone road, antique wooden house, the smell of clear water, which is a kind of fantastic temperament and interest and a beauty atmosphere.

Ancient Village Wuzhen

Wuzhen ancient town is a great place worthy your visit as it has enjoyed so many reputations: AAAAA level scenic spot; one of the six water ancient towns in Jiangnan area; Outstanding achievement award of the Asia-pacific region protection in 2003; China’s top ten ancient town; China’s one of the ten most beautiful towns and villages; China’s top ten historical and cultural town; European tourists favorite Chinese scenic spots; Top ten leisure tourism scenic area in Jiaxing city; The first PATA gold prize in mainland China; CCTV China’s top ten charming famous town in 2005; Zhejiang province intangible cultural heritage tourism classic scenic spot.

Ancient Village Wuzhen

Travel information: 1) Opening time: 8:00 a.m. -17:30 p.m. in summer time and 8:00 a.m. -17:00 p.m. in winter time; 2) Ticket price: 150 RMB/ adult ( one day tour including the Wuzhen ancient town and Leifeng Pagod); 3) Duration suggestion: 2 days; 4) Best time to visit: Spring time and autumn time; 5) There are free bus in both Dong Zha and Xi Zha during 8:00 a.m. to 16:30 p.m. 6) Outdoor Movies in the Xi Zha is free for visitors to see.

Six Harmonies Pagoda

The Six Harmonies Pagoda is the best place to view the tide and it is built to deal with the Qiantang tide by Wuyue emperor in the North Song Dynasty. The Six Harmonies Pagoda features seven sides and eight floors with the height of 59.89 meters. It looks so magnificent and grand and you can have a birds’ eyes view of the Qiantang scenery when overlooking from the Six Harmonies Pagoda. There is a new Chinese pagoda garden near the Six Harmonies Pagoda. Entering into it, you will see more than one hundred ancient pagodas there from every dynasty and every region, concentratedly showing the essence of the Chinese pagoda culture.

Six Harmonies Pagoda

The appearance of the Six Harmonies Pagoda looks generous and promising and it has been described as admiral by many people. You can view the spectacular Qiantang River Bridge, the steaming sails, verdant hills and the wide river surface of the Qiantang River from the Six Harmonies Pagoda, which feast your eyes on all of them. When visiting its third floor, you will see a lot of various graphic patterns graved inside it, including birds, animals, flowers and immortals, which are characterized by meticulous sculpture, exquisite conception, marvelous structure, and it is the masterpiece of the ancient architectural art in China. It has also been listed as the national key relics protection unit in the year of 1961. It is a wonderful place for you to have a visit and a place worthy your visit during your Hangzhou tour.

Travel tips: 1) Opening time: 06:30 a.m.-17:30 p.m. 2) Ways to go there: take the No. 2, K4, 308, 504, and 5 to the Six Harmonies Pagoda stop; 3) Ticket price: 20 RMB/adult; 4) Duration suggestion: 2 hours; 5) Attractions nearby: Impression West Lake, Lingshan Cave area of the West Lake, Song Dynasty Town , the Thousand Islets Lakes; 6) Best time to visit: September when you can view one line of the Qian River on the Six Harmonies Pagoda.

Being one of the six ancient water town in Jiangnan area, the Xitang water town is located in the Jiashan County, the junction site of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang province. With 10 kilometers aways from the Jiashan city center, the Xitang has a population of 86,000 and covers an area of 83.61 square kilometers, of which the ancient town area is 1.04 square kilometers. It is a AAAA scenic spot with a history of about one thousand year and has been listed in the tentative list of the World Historical Cultural Heritage in 2001 by the the United Nations.

Xitang Water Town

With a long history, abundant human resource, beautiful natural scenery, the Xitang ancient town is one of the birthplace of the Wuyuan Culture. It has developed as a prosperous and populous town in the Ming dynasty for the land of rice and fish, and the economic foundation and the convenience of the channel of the silk mansion.

Xitang Water Town

The nine riverways interweaves there to divide the ancient town into eight parts, among which 27 old bridges connect the city with town together. There are also many old house yards there, which are the crystallization of becoming rich for the ancestors at that time. As Xitang water town made the waterway as their main passage then to avoid the external harassment, it remain perfect appearance until now so that the ancestral heritage can continue.

Xitang Water Town

What makes the Xitang greatly different from other water towns is that The biggest diffidence of the streets of the Lin River of the ancient town have corridor sheds, which total near one thousand meter and look like the long corridor of the Summer Palace. Traveling there, you won’t get wet in the rainy days and won’t bask in the sunny days.

Travel tips: 1) Ticket price: 100 RMB/adult; 2) Opening time: 24 hours; 3) Suggestion duration: 2 days; 4) Best time to visit: April when the cuckoo flower is blossoming and the temperature is comfortable; 5) Stay one night there as the biggest characteristic is the morning time and nightfall time and evening time there; 6) Do remember to take the mosquito repel with you in summer and some other sunscreen.

Thousand Islets Lake

Located in the Chunan County of Hangzhou city, the Thousand Islets Lake is a AAAAA level scenic area in China and one of the only two thousand islets in the world( the other one in Canada with more than 1800 islets). Covering an area of about 567 square kilometers, the  Thousand Islets Lake features stretching mountains and luxuriant forests with its greening rate 100% and glittering and clear water whose visibility can reach 12 meters, and it is honored as the “No. 1 Water under the Haven.”

The Thousand Islets Lake is characterized by deep water, whose average depth is 34 meters and the deepest is 108 meters, and there are 1078 islets on the lake, showing as the branches of the type for the travelers.

Thousand Islets Lake

There are a plenty of scenery resources in the Thousand Lake with rich type, excellent quality and wide distribution. You will see the vast green waves and clear waters in front of you when standing there. You can also view different appearance of the Thousand Lake and deep and serene harbour as all islets in the lake, no matter big or small, are featured various shapes and the distribution of the islands are set in order though there are sparse and dense. You will see the lake surface wide, profound and expanse as the sea surface in the sparse islands, whose harbour are deep and various and scenery are bright and colorful. Besides, you will also find the luxuriant forests and various animals and spectacular scenery there. Moreover, the geomorphologic landscape are also abundant. There including limestone, Danxia landform, thin layers of limestone, granite and so on, which make the creek valley and the pungam add radiance and beauty to each other.

Thousand Islets Lake

Travel information: 1) Opening time: 8:00 a.m.—16:30 p.m. 2) Ticket price: 150 RMB / adult in the peak season and 120 RMB /adult in the slack season. 3) Duration suggestion : 1-2 days. 4) Best time to visit: September – November. 5) Ways to go there: take the bus through the 320 national highway from Hangzhou to the Chunan County with 2.5 drive.

West Lake

The West Lake, located in Hangzhou of Zhejiang province, is one of the romantic place for travelers especially those lovers to visit and have a date. It is a famous scenic spot for travelers from home and aboard for its beautiful lakes and mountains and a plenty of places of interest and enjoys the reputation of “ Human Paradise”. Being a AAAAA level national key scenic spot and one of the top ten scenic spots in China and even one of a handful of free open to the public scenic spot, the West Lake possesses its unique charm of Jiangnan style and a large number of outstanding cultural landscape for its historical sedimentary deposits of thousand years, which deserves being listed in the World Cultural Heritage. It plays an important and special role in the scenic spots of China as its landscape “ Three Pools Mirroring the Moon” has been printed in the back of the one Yuan RMB.

West Lake

The West Lake is a cultural relics and historic sites with beautiful elegant beauty of lakes and mountains and bright abundant aggregate, it is also a national scenic area combination of the culture and art. Covering an area of 60 square kilometers and among which 5.68 kilometers for lake surface, the West Lake sets itself as the center and its three sides are surrounded by cloud mountains with schemes in water. It is a great place featuring green mountains, painting bridges, smoke willows, cloud trees and steamed yarns, which are meandering among the hills, from where you can appreciate the beautiful spring and forest and the deep and serene stream. There are more than 90 parks and scenic spots with unique feature to decorate the West Lake into a colorful garland, making its spring, summer, autumn and winter characterized by particular scenery. Walking under the beautiful sunset while holding hands with your lovers along the West Lake, and breathing the taste form the human paradise, how wonderful and fantastic it will be!

West Lake

Travel information：1) Opening time: all day; 2) Ticket price: free; 3) Duration: 3 hours; 4) Ways to go there: take the K300/K210/K211 from the south railway station to the city railway station terminus; 5) Best time to go there: spring time during March to May; September and October of Autumn time; 6) Special activities in West Lake: Rhododendron Festival from 20^th April to 20^th May in ManLongGuiYu Park; Lotus Festival during July and August; Sweet Osmanthus Festival from late September to early October; The International Osmanthus Festival from 16^th September to 31^st October; The International Fireworks Conference in the middle October.

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