In the Chinese circle, home and abroad, Hangzhou has long been regarded as the “Paradise on Earth”. Surrounded by the undulating green hills on the three sides, its world famous West Lake is cut through two brocade-ribbon-like causeways with stone moon bridges, and dotted with three shady islands. The whole lake area is just like…
Plan your Hangzhou tour? If you happen to visit Hangzhou in spring, later March and early April, you will be intoxicated by the blooming peach flowers, the weeping willow trees that indicate the coming of the West Lake spring in Hangzhou. The preferable place to see the brilliant spring atmosphere is Bai Causeway and Gushan…
Plan your Hangzhou tour? Hangzhou ‘s West Lake dominates the psyche of the locals, even the whole nation of China and the Chinese around the world as well. West Lake epitomes the Chinese classic gardening, now a mix of traditional Chinese landscape and modern urban cityscape. You cannot afford to miss a trip to West…
For me, Grand Canal Hangzhou is the best preserved and most beautiful section of Grand Canal, China, starting from Beijing in the north and ending at Hangzhou in the south for a total length of 1776 km, the earliest and longest man-made canal in the world. As a Hangzhou native, each time back to Hangzhou,…
Santanyinyue (三潭印月), or Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, is the largest island on the Outer West Lake in Hangzhou. Its name comes from the three deep pools ( the three deep areas in the lake ) south of the island where three magic stone pagodas stand. The stone pagodas were originally built in 1089 Song…
Hangzhou has several ideal spots for sunset viewing or photo taking. The Hubin Park 湖滨公园 ( Lakeside Park ) is one of the best places for seeing the magnificent sundown over West Lake. Hubin Park is composed of 6 smaller parks (numbered from No.01 to No.06) along the east shoreline of the lake on the…
Normally people would take either flight or train from Beijing to Hangzhou, 90 minutes by flight or 6 hours by high speed train. Few would consider road tripping from Beijing to Hangzhou. Driving long hours in a car can be physically taxing , but it gives you some compensation – the freedom to get directly…
Wuzhen Water Town is one of the best preserved ancient water towns in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Other famous water towns include Tongli Water Town, Zhouzhuang Water Town, Nanxun Water Town and so on. Wuzhen Water Town is located in Tongxian, Zhejiang Province, 130 km southwest of Shanghai and 90 km northeast of Hangzhou….