{"id":4842,"date":"2011-06-25T15:05:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T07:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2014-08-14T11:45:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T03:45:33","slug":"hangzhou-world-heritage-world-cultural-heritage-in-hangzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/zhejiang-travel\/hangzhou-travel\/hangzhou-world-heritage-world-cultural-heritage-in-hangzhou","title":{"rendered":"Hangzhou World Heritage, World Cultural Heritage in Hangzhou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Plan your <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/hangzhou_tour\/\">Hangzhou tour<\/a><\/strong>? Welcome to my hometown. East West Home&#8217;s Best. Wherever I drift in the world, Hangzhou\u00a0 my hometown will always linger in my mind. Her progress, her setback and her success\u00a0hit me up all the time.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>Today\u00a0I&#8217;m overwhelmed by the exciting news coming from Paris that <strong>Hangzhou West Lake Cultural landscape<\/strong>\u00a0was listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Site on June 24, 2011\u00a0during the the 35th World Heritage Conference held in\u00a0Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the namesake &#8220;west lakes&#8221; in China, Hangzhou&#8217;s West Lake\u00a0\u00a0is definitely considered as the best in terms of natural landscape and cultural relics. Xian is famous for its historical relics &#8211; the terra-cotta warriors. Guilin is well known for its landscape &#8211; Li River. Hangzhou\u00a0is noted both for its landscape (West lake) and rich cultural history ( the capital of Southern Song Dyansty 1127\u20131279).<\/p>\n<p>So Hangzhou&#8217;s fame comes from both its natural and man-made beauty as well.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\nHangzhou is a garden city which layout is set proportionally and dimentionally into three parts &#8211; Hills on its thee sides, West Lake in the middle and Lake and the City in the south, verdant hills and green waters, and beautiful city!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An ancient saying goes like that &#8220;Paradise in the heaven, on earth Suzhou and Hangzhou&#8221;. Hangzhou\u00a0has long been regarded as the Paradise on earth. \u00a0After its inscription in World Heritage, Hangzhou is ready to welcome more and more people from all corners of the world to enjoy its beauty in the human paradise.<\/p>\n<p>Next time if you plan your<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/china-tours\/\"> <span style=\"color: #2200c1;\"><strong>China Tour<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, do consider including <b>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/hangzhou_tour\/\">Hangzhou tour<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0in your travel schedule, a place which will touch your heart and enrich your life.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0The World Famous Longji Tea Plantation<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4844\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/hangzhou-travel\/hangzhou-world-heritage-world-cultural-heritage-in-hangzhou\/attachment\/the-world-famous-longji-tea-plantation\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"The World Famous Longji Tea Plantation\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-World-Famous-Longji-Tea-Plantation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-World-Famous-Longji-Tea-Plantation.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-World-Famous-Longji-Tea-Plantation-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The World Famous Longji Tea Plantation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A foggy West Lake<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4845\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/hangzhou-travel\/hangzhou-world-heritage-world-cultural-heritage-in-hangzhou\/attachment\/olympus-digital-camera\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4845\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4845\" title=\"A foggy west lake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-foggy-West-Lake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-foggy-West-Lake.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-foggy-West-Lake-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Foggy West Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>The Grottoes on the Flying Peak in Hangzhou<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4843\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/hangzhou-travel\/hangzhou-world-heritage-world-cultural-heritage-in-hangzhou\/attachment\/the-flying-peak-in-hangzhou\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4843\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4843\" title=\"The Flying Peak in Hangzhou\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Flying-Peak-in-Hangzhou.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Flying-Peak-in-Hangzhou.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Flying-Peak-in-Hangzhou-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Grottoes on the Flying Peak in Hangzhou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Plan your Hangzhou tour? Welcome to my hometown. East West Home&#8217;s Best. Wherever I drift in the world, Hangzhou\u00a0 my hometown will always linger in my mind. Her progress, her setback and her success\u00a0hit me up all the time. Today\u00a0I&#8217;m overwhelmed by the exciting news coming from Paris that Hangzhou West Lake Cultural landscape\u00a0was&#8230;<\/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":[1198,1197],"class_list":["post-4842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hangzhou-travel","tag-hanghou-world-cultural-heritage","tag-world-heritage-in-hangzhou"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842"}],"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=4842"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16348,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842\/revisions\/16348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}