Hangzhou’s West Lake Snow Wonderland

“It is snowing!” has become a rare excitement for the local Hangzhou people. Hangzhou, in China’s mid-east coastal area, used to snow quite a lot even just back to 1970s when I was a kid. Playing snowball fight, making a snowman and taking snow scene photos were much expected during each snowfall.

Partly due to the global warming, Hangzhou now rarely expects the unexpected “It’s snowing now!”, which is a very common thing in the Northeast China (Dongbei).

Blanketing Hangzhou into a snow wonderland, the recent snowfall has stirred up the whole city with West Lake flocked by sightseeing crowds, even attracting numerous visitors from nearby cities like the mega-city of Shanghai, which regards Hangzhou as its back garden. Going to Hangzhou from Shanghai by high spe ed train is a breeze, making a day trip an easy job.

A World Culture Heritage crowned site, West Lake in Hangzhou is a representative Chinese classical beauty – boats drifting slowly through the mesmerizing lake, willow-lined lake shores, pagoda-toppled hills rising over the waters, much hyped as the most beautiful lake in China. Its beauty has been eulogized by poets, writers, emperors for the past over one thousand years.

If you happen to be on your Hangzhou tour or Shanghai t our while you are hit by unexpected snowing in Hangzhou, no matter you are a snow bird craving sunshine and warm weather or from a warm country longing for seeing snow, it is worthwhile going out and bracing for stunning views of the China’s classical beauty! Of course, you won’t miss the Snow Lingering on Broken Bridge.