{"id":2318,"date":"2011-01-02T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T07:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2015-08-28T16:24:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T08:24:46","slug":"hangzhou-china-happiest-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/zhejiang-travel\/hangzhou-travel\/hangzhou-china-happiest-city","title":{"rendered":"Hangzhou, China Happiest City"},"content":{"rendered":"
East West,\u00a0Hangzhou<\/span><\/a> is the Best! In my eyes,\u00a0Hangzhou<\/span><\/a> is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Hangzhou<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has also ranked number one for the fifth consecutive year in the surveys concerning the happiness index among the cities in China. The people in\u00a0Hangzhou<\/span><\/a> experience high levels of happiness.<\/span><\/div>\n
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More\u00a0<\/strong>Hangzhou<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Honors<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022Awarded Best Residential Prize by the UN \uf06c
\n\u2022International Garden City awarded by the International Federation of Park and Recreation Administration \uf06c
\n\u2022National Best Tourist City awarded by the China National Tourism Administration and World Tourism Organization \uf06c\uf06c
\n\u2022National Model City in Environmental Protection awarded by the Ministry of Environmental Protection \uf06c
\n\u2022City with the Best Security in China awarded by the Ministry of Public Security \uf06c
\n\u2022City with Best Economic Activity in China awarded by CCTV \uf06c\uf06c<\/span><\/div>\n
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Hangzhou is well famous for its West Lake, a beautiful garden city<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
On the afternoon of December 31, 2010, I ascended the Leifeng Pagoda for an eye-bird’s view of the West Lake. With combination of a traditional aesthetic style and modern architecture techniques, Leifeng Pagoda\u00a0is now the best place to view\u00a0the West Lake in its entirety.
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Take the escalator to the base of Leifeng Pagoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Take the elevator to the top floor of the pagoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The three islets in the West Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Baochu Pagoda and Broken Bridge Opposite the Leifeng Pagoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The City Proper is on the west of the West Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The Su Causeway is the longest series of bridges crossing over Hangzhou’s West Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On the west is the View Fish at Huanggang Park, a peninsula projecting into the West Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Jingci Temple perched on Nanping Hill is to the south of Leifeng Pagoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hangzhou is\u00a0teemed with\u00a0Chinese\u00a0culture, one of the six ancient cities in China<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Then I went to Hefang Street, a well known restored street in Southern Song Dynast(1127\u20131279) when\u00a0Hangzhou<\/span><\/a> served as its capital about 800 years ago. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The Signs Pointing to Hefang Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The archway leading to Hefang Street, a well-designed old pedestrian street, which is the epitome of old Hangzhou.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Old Style Buildings in the Hefang Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Typical Two-storey Buildings in Old Hangzhou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The famous Huqingyutang is also located on the street. Huqingyutang in Hangzhou is one of the two extremely famous traditional Chinese medicine stores in China, the other being Tongrentang in Beijing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Hangzhou is\u00a0developing fast,\u00a0one of\u00a0trendiest cities\u00a0in China<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
No more a poor and shabby city 30 years\u00a0ago,\u00a0Hangzhou<\/span><\/a> has been developing very fast and turned out to be the most fashionable cities in China. On the evening of Jan 01, 2010, I went to MIXC Mall, the largest mall in Hangzhou<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/div>\n
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China’s second MixC shopping mall\u00a0now has\u00a0opened its doors in <\/span>Hangzhou<\/span><\/a>. Much like its predecessor in Shenzhen, MixC Hangzhou boasts a world-class ice rink, a high-end supermarket, and boutiques by brands like LV, Coach, Fendi and Dior, but goes a step beyond with an IMAX cinema – the first in <\/span>Hangzhou<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The center part of MIXC Mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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A world-class ice rink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Taking the elevators in the mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A boutique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A boutique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Apple Street from the States<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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East West,\u00a0Hangzhou is the Best! In my eyes,\u00a0Hangzhou is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Hangzhou\u00a0has also ranked number one for the fifth consecutive year in the surveys concerning the happiness index among the cities in China. The people in\u00a0Hangzhou experience high levels of happiness. More\u00a0Hangzhou Honors \u2022Awarded Best Residential Prize by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[345,344,346],"class_list":["post-2318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hangzhou-travel","tag-chinas-happiest-city-hangzhou","tag-hangzhou-happiest-city-in-china","tag-hangzhou-highest-happiness-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18577,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions\/18577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}