<text>Called Zhe for short, Zhejiang Province in the southeast coastal areas in China is a comparatively developed area in economy and culture. With the capital of Hangzhou, it has a land area of 101,800 square km, reputed as "seven tenths mountains, one tenth water and two tenths farmlands". It boasts a total coastal line of 6,486 km which is dotted with 3,061 islands each with an area over 500 square meters, leading China in the number of islands. Its resident population is 48.9 million, and along with the Han ethnic group, it has 49 ethnic groups, mainly distributed in its southwest area. The only autonomous county of the She ethnic group in China is Jingning She Autonomous County in Zhejiang Province.</text>
<text>As a famous tourist resort area in China, Zhejiang boasts 11 state-class scenic areas, which leads the country in number. They refer to West Lake, two rivers and one lake (Fuchunjiang River, Xin'anjiang River and Qiandaohu Lake), Yandangshan Mountain, Nanxijiang River, Putuoshan Mountain, Shengsi Islands, Tiantaishan Mountain, Moganshan Mountain, Xuedoushan Mountain, Shuanglong and Xiandu. The Qianjiang Tidal viewing area is an exclusive natural sight in China, attracting large numbers of tourists from home and abroad.</text>
<text>The east of Zhejiang Province is a typical water rich region of China, with the rivers and boundaries of fields arranged in a crisscross pattern from Hangzhou to the areas of Shaoxing and Ningbo. Zhoushan Mountain is an island, with beautiful and majestic sights of mountain and sea. The life style of the residents there is unique, choosing the watery region to live in, and building stone bridges for transport. The natural sights and the cultural heritage are abundant, showing the combined beauty of the old traditions and modern civilization.</text>
<map filename="1_11_1">Scenic Spots in Zhejiang</map>
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<title>{1_11_2}Traffic of Zhejiang</title>
<text>There are seven civil airports in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Yiwu, Huangyan, Quzhou and Zhoushan respectively, of which, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport and Ningbo Lishe Airport are international airports.</text>
<text>The railways include two trunk lines, the Shanghai-Hangzhou and Hangzhou-Zhuzhou railways and feeder lines such as Hangzhou-Ningbo, Xuancheng-Hangzhou, Jinhua-Qiadao and Jinhua-Wenzhou railways. Hangzhou, Ningbo and Wenzhou are main embarking stations and Hangzhou East Station and Jinhua West Station are the main transfer stations.</text>
<text>There are many regular ships traveling between coastal Ningbo and Shanghai and the islands on Zhoushan Mountain, forming the busiest "golden triangle" of marine passenger transportation in China. Two tourist ships still start in the evening, one from the Hangzhou-Suzhou section and the other from the Hangzhou-Wuxi section of China's Grand Canal, passing each other in the night, and reaching the others place of origin in the morning.</text>
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<title>{1_11_3}Accommodation of Zhejiang</title>
<text>At present, Zhejiang boasts 380 quality tourist restaurants with excellent facilities. Cities above the county level and each scenic area have star-graded hotels, of which, the big cities such as Hangzhou and Ningbo have five-star hotels. On the Chinese website (http://www.ctrip.com) or the English one (http://english.ctrip.com), you can book scores of hotels in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Shaoxing, Zhuji, Shangyu, Yuyao, Huangyan and Putuoshan Mountain and so on, and in Hangzhou you can book over 20 hotels, with prices starting from 120 Yuan per room.</text>
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<title>{1_11_4}Features of Zhejiang</title>
<text>Zhejiang abounds in green teas, boasting many world-famous brands such as West Lake Longjing and Kaihua Longding and so on. The green tea exports of the province accounts for half of that of the country. The area of Hangjiahu Lake in north Zhejiang Province is the main production area of silk, with rich and colorful activities of growing mulberries and raising silkworms. Many customs still exist today, including burning joss-sticks, going for a walk in the country in spring and worshipping the Goddess Silkworm and so on. There are numerous lakes and the Grand Canal passes through from north to south. The style and features of the old towns still exist. Of the six old water towns of China which are listed as world culture heritage, three (Xitang, Nanxun and Wuzheng) of them are in Hangzhou. Wandering on the bridges and watching the rivers flow past the old houses will remind you of the past and your home.</text>
<text>Zhejiang Cuisine is one of the eight famous cuisines of China, richly composed of Hangzhou Cuisine, Shaoxing Cuisine, Ningbo Cuisine and Wenzhou Cuisine. It stresses exquisite style and the dishes are fresh, tender, crisp and refreshing.</text>
<text>The local snacks are also a necessary part of Zhejiang Cuisine. The famous ones include Wushan ghee cake, West Lake sweet osmanthus lotus root starch, Pian'erchuan noodles of Hangzhou, the boiled rice dumplings of Ningbo, Wufangzhai zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings) of Jiaxing, the water chestnuts of South Lake and the ham of Jinhua and so on.</text>
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<title>{1_11_5}General Survey of Hangzhou</title>
<text>Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang. Lying in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, it is the political, economic, cultural, transportation and tourist center of the province as well as one of the seven famous old cities in the history of China. It covers an area of 16,596 square km and has a population of 6.2158 million. It is warm and wet in Hangzhou and the four seasons there are distinctive. Hangzhou is only over 180 km away from Shanghai, the largest city in China.</text>
<text>Hangzhou is famous for its beautiful scenes, reputed as "heaven on earth". It was praised by the famous traveler from Italy, Marco Polo as the most beautiful and noblest city in the world. The city is richly endowed with two state-class scenic areas namely the West Lake and Fuchunjiang River-Xin'anjiang River-Qiandaohu Lake as well as the world wonder-Qianjiang Tide, the end of the Grand Canal and Tainmushan State Natural Reserve and so on. In addition, it borders on the world famous Huangshan Mountain and the famous historical city Shaoxing. It is close to famed scenic areas such as Putuoshan Mountain, Ningbo, and Xikou of Fenghua in Ningbo City, Yandangshan Mountain and Tiantaishan Mountain. It is an ideal place for tourism and a good transfer station in the course of traveling.</text>
<text>There are lots of famous grotto statues, steles and ancient buildings around West Lake, which are precious artistic treasures of China. Meanwhile, famous historical figures left abundant ruins, poems and paintings.</text>
<text>The must-see scenic spots: West Lake, Qianjiang Tide, Qiandaohu Island and King Yue's Mausoleum</text>
<text>The must-taste dishes: the steamed stuffed bun of Zhiweiguan Restaurant, Congbaohui, West Lake Vinegar Fish and Beggar's Tender Chicken.</text>
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<title>{1_11_6}Traffic of Hangzhou</title>
<text>Lying in the Xiaoshan District on the south bank of Qiantangjiang River, Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport is 27 km away from the downtown of Hangzhou and has 126 domestic and international flights. You can take taxies or airport buses to get to the airport from downtown. The consultation telephone is 0571-86661234,85154259.</text>
<text>The New Passenger Railway Station and East Railway Station of Hangzhou mainly deal in passenger transportation, and are very close to the downtown. You can take the K518 Bus to get there.</text>
<text>The buses with beginning with "Y" take the tourist lines, covering all the scenic spots around the West Lake. It is very convenient.</text>
<text>Hangzhou is the center of the road network of Zhejiang Province, with long-distance passenger transportation stations in all four directions. In addition, there are free regular buses in Hangzhou Railway Station taking passengers to the corresponding stations.</text>
<text>The starting price of the common taxies in Hangzhou is 10 Yuan within three km, and two Yuan per km after three km, and three Yuan per km after ten km. The taxi-calling telephone adjusted by GPS in the urban area of Hangzhou is 28811111(usable in the whole city), and the taxi complaint telephone is 96520.</text>
<text>Touring West Lake or even Hangzhou by bike is a good choice, pleasantly riding along appreciating the beautiful sights. Some hotels in Hangzhou deal in this business, but it is only provided for the guests in their hotels. Furthermore, Yiyoutang Company exclusively engages in the bike rentals, having some 30 rental spots around the West Lake, and you can return the bike at any spot.</text>
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<title>{1_11_7}Features of Hangzhou</title>
<text>From the ancient time till now, Hangzhou has been a comfortable and quiet city with peace and prosperity. It features a leisurely and composed character due to three reasons. The first is its location to the south of the Yangtze River where the climate is mild and business is prosperous; the second is that it seldom suffered natural disasters or wars; and the third is the influence of the West Lake which makes people calm and relaxed.</text>
<text>The West Lake is like a back garden to the people of Hangzhou. Relatives and friends coming from afar must naturally be taken to tour it and they themselves also wander around the lake in their spare time. Not to mention appreciating flowers and the moon, burning joss-sticks and going for walks and so on. With the expansion of the city, the West Lake has become part of the urban area, and the life of Hangzhou is closer to it.</text>
<text>Today, Hangzhou Cuisine is very popular for its low price and high quality, featuring "fresh and unique" flavors.</text>
<text>The Dongpo Meat of Tianxianglou Restaurant and the West Lake Vinegar Fish are world-famous. There are also numerous famous snacks such as the Wushan Ghee Cake, Jinhua Smoked Cake, Fried Eel Noodles with Shrimps of Kuiyuan Restaurant, the Happy Double Reflection of Zhiweiguan Restaurant and Qianzhang Stuffed Buns of Dinglianfang Restaurant of Huzhou.</text>
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<title>{2_11_1}The Museum of Zhejiang Province</title>
<text>Lying at the south foot of Gushan Mountain, it is in the center of the scenic area of West Lake. Built in November 1929, it is a courtyard-style architecture featuring the local garden flavor, divided into six large areas and covering a total construction area of 7,360 square meters. The main halls are basically the exhibition hall, and the branch halls include celadon hall, calligraphy and painting hall, craftwork hall, coin hall and international gifts hall. It boasts a collection of over 100,000 cultural relics, showing civilization from the Hemudu Culture (5000 years BC-3300 years BC) to modern times.</text>
<image filename="2_11_1a">The Museum of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_1b">The Museum of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang</image>
<tip>Take No.1, 2 or 3 tourist buses and get off at "Duanqiao (Broken Bridge)" Station and then walk or take the tourist boats of West Lake and go on shore in Zhongshan Park. It is free to visit and closes after four o'clock in the afternoon.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_2}West Lake</title>
<text>The lake is as famous as the city of Hangzhou. The famous ten scenes of the West Lake formed in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). They refer to Spring Dawn at Su Causeway, the Lotus in the Breeze at Crooked Courtyard, Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake, Melting Snow at Broken Bridge, Orioles Singing in the Willows, Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor, Sunset Glow at Leifengta Pagoda, Twin Peaks Soaring in the Clouds, Evening Bell at Nanping Hill and Three Pools Mirroring the Moon.</text>
<text>In the spring of Hangzhou, the gentle breeze and water intoxicate all visitors. It is the best time to wander on the Su Causeway and appreciate flowers. The peach blossoms and willows stand alternately on the Bai Causeway. In the summer, with the temperature over 30 degrees Centigrade, there is no interest in taking a tour. However, the lotus flowers of the West Lake are in full blossom, how can you miss it! The Bridge of Nine Turnings in the crooked courtyard is almost submerged beneath the lotus leaves, and fragrant scents in the air, almost drive away the heat. It is most suitable to tour the lake and view the moon on balmy autumn days. In the winter when everything withers, only the calyx canthuses near the West Lake blossom in beauty. It is a good place to walk in snow and appreciate the calyx canthuses. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), some one said that, "with respect to the attractions of the West Lake, it looks more delightful on rainy days than on clear days, but it is more intoxicating during the night than on rainy days, and it is at its best in the snow." It is cold, solemn, aloof and proud in winter, which is very different from other seasons.</text>
<image filename="2_11_2a">West Lake, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_2b">West Lake, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_2c">West Lake, Zhejiang</image>
<tip>No ticket.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_3}Su Causeway</title>
<text>It is commonly called Sugong Causeway, leading to the "ten scenes of the West Lake". With a total length of 2.8 km, it divides the West Lake into two parts. Along the causeway stand six single-span stone arch bridges by the name of Yingbo (reflecting the waves), Suolan (locking the waves), Wangshan (looking at distant hills), Yadi (causeway ballast), Dongpu (eastern ford), Kuahong (spanning rainbow), simple and graceful.</text>
<text>The beauty of the Su Causeway not only rests with that it traverses the beautiful West Lake, but also because it teems with elegant aromatic camphors and other kinds of plants, and is an evergreen long causeway. Especially in spring, the peaches are in full bloom and the trees put on new leaves, full of vitality. In addition, the gentle spring breeze makes people relaxed and happy.</text>
<text>The most intoxicating thing on the Su Causeway is that as soon as the severe winter passes, when the first sun rays in the morning appear and the moon falls down in the west, and the branches of the willows sway in the gentle wind, you will find yourself in an earthly paradise. Though it is very long, you'd better walk on foot, because strolling on the causeway you will find the West Lake more beautiful.</text>
<text>It lies to the south of the West Lake on the Yuelunshan Mountain on the bank of the Qiantangjiang River. In the third year (970) of the Kaibao Period of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), it was built by a Buddhist Monk called Zhiyuan to suppress the tide. It got its name from the "Six Principles of Reverent Harmony" of Buddhism. It originally had nine floors, with lights on the top floor to guide the boats in the river. The extant pagoda has 13 floors and eight sides, inside which there are seven floors. It is 59.89 meters high and covers an area of 888 square meters. Each side has a Humen door (pot shaped door) opening to the outside corridor, from which you can feast your eyes on the majestic bridges, fast moving boats and verdant mountains. Liuheta Pagoda is a masterpiece of ancient architecture and was designated as a major cultural relic unit under state-level protection. The "Exhibition Center of the Ancient Pagodas of China" built in recent years has already opened, and has an endless stream of tourists.</text>
<tip>Take No.2, K4, 308 or 504 buses, No.5 tourist bus or the No.5 Bus on holidays and get off at Liuheta Station. The price of the ticket is 20 Yuan and 10 Yuan will be added if you require climbing the pagoda.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_5}The Great Canal of China</title>
<text>It is deemed as one of the most magnificent structures in ancient China along with the Great Wall of China and it is also the longest canal in the world.</text>
<text>The Great Canal runs from Beijing in the north and ends in Hangzhou in the south, flowing through Beijing and Tianjin as well as four provinces namely Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and connects the Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtse River and Qiantangjiang River. It boasts a total length of 1,794 km.</text>
<text>Its construction began in the fifth century BC in the late Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC), and experienced two large-scale expansions in the seventh century in the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and the 13th century in the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). Before 1949, only a small section of it barely provided seasonal navigation, but now on the over 400 km long northern section of Jiangsu Province 1,000 tons barges can travel freely to the Yangtse River and Huaihe River. Since April 1981, the newly opened tourist lines on the ancient canal from Wuxi to Yanzhou and Hangzhou have attracted many foreign tourists.</text>
<image filename="2_11_5a">The Great Canal of China, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_5b">The Great Canal of China, Zhejiang</image>
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<title>{2_11_6}Lingyinsi (The Place Where Deities Live in Seclusion) Temple</title>
<text>It was built in the first year (326) of the Yanhe Period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420). At that time, an Indian monk called Huili came to Hangzhou, and upon seeing the beautiful mountains there, he was of the opinion that "it is the place where the deities live in seclusion", so a temple was built there and called "Lingyin". In its golden historical period, it had nine buildings, 18 pavilions and 72 halls and over 3,000 monks lived there.</text>
<text>The extant temple has been renewed in succession on the base of the rebuilt one in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Of the buildings of the whole temple, the ones on the central axis include Tianwang (King of Heaven) Hall, Daxiong Treasure Hall and Yaoshi (Master of Healing) Hall. The Feilaifeng Peak near Lingyinsi Temple is one of the key locations of ancient grotto art in southern China. The niche of Buddha facing the door in the center of the Tianwang Hall enshrines the Buddha Maitreya, smiling with naked chest and belly and with legs crossed. In the niche backing to the door is the sculpture of the Guardian God of Buddhism, Weituo, which is 2.5 meters high, with a golden helmet and armour, glowing with health and radiating vigour. It is the largest sculpture in the grotto of the Feilaifeng Peak, being a representative work of the sculpture of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and of comparatively high artistic value.</text>
<image filename="2_11_6a">Lingyinsi (The Place Where Deities Live in Seclusion) Temple, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_6b">Lingyinsi (The Place Where Deities Live in Seclusion) Temple, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_6c">Lingyinsi (The Place Where Deities Live in Seclusion) Temple, Zhejiang</image>
<tip>Take No.7 or 807 buses or the No. 1, 2 and 4 tourist buses and get off at Lingyin Station. The price of the ticket for Feilaifeng Peak is 35 Yuan and that of Lingyinsi Temple is 30 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_7}Songcheng City (The City of Song Dynasty (960-1279))</title>
<text>Hangzhou Songcheng Tourist Area lies in the southwest of the West Lake Scenic Area, bordering on the Wuyunshan Mountain in the north and Qiantangjiang River in the south. It is the largest park themed with the culture of the Song Dynasty.</text>
<text>The Song Dynasty saw the mature development of feudal society, leading the world in the aspects of economy, science and technology and culture. It was built in accordance with the painting (Riverside Scene at Pure Brightness Festival) drawn by Zhang Zeduan, an outstanding artist of the Song Dynasty and strictly adheres to the construction technique of the Song Dynasty. It represents the prosperity of the capital of the Song Dynasty and is a well-arranged tourist space with charm, rhythm and historical deepness.</text>
<image filename="2_11_7a">Songcheng City (The City of Song Dynasty (960-1279)), Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_7b">Songcheng City (The City of Song Dynasty (960-1279)), Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_7c">Songcheng City (The City of Song Dynasty (960-1279)), Zhejiang</image>
<tip>Take No.308 or 514 buses or the No. 4 or 5 tourist buses or No.5 Holiday Line and get off at Songcheng Station. The price of the ticket is 160 Yuan (including a charge for the performance), and the opening time is from 10:00 to 21:30.</tip>
<text>Located in Chun'an County of Zhejiang Province, it was built in 1950, being the first hydroelectric power station designed and equipped independently by China. It is a man-made lake formed when the New Anjiang Hydroelectric Power Station built the dam to harness the river. It is the largest state-level forest park in China at present.</text>
<text>The Scenic Area of Qiandaohu Lake covers a total area of 982 square km, surrounded by undulating mountains and opulent forests, which maintain the calm and bright water of the lake. The water covers an area of 573 square km, 108 times of that of the West Lake, and its capacity reaches 17.8 billion cubic meters, 3,184 times of that of the West Lake. With an average water depth of 34 meters and visibility of seven to nine meters, it is one of the first-class bodies of water in the country and reaches drinking standards water without any treatment.</text>
<image filename="2_11_8a">Qiandaohu (Thousand Islands) Lake, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_8b">Qiandaohu (Thousand Islands) Lake, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_8c">Qiandaohu (Thousand Islands) Lake, Zhejiang</image>
<tip>Hangzhou is the largest gateway to Qiandaohu Lake and it is most convenient to travel from Hangzhou to the lake by bus. The taxis of the Qiandaohu Town are the cheap, only charging one Yuan if not leaving the downtown. So you will not see buses in the town. The price of the ticket is 120 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_9}Viewing the Tide of Qianjiang River</title>
<text>The Qiantangjiang River, the largest river in Zhejiang Province, flows from west to east and empties into the East China Sea. The tidal waves unique to the Qiantangjiang River is the result of the celestial attraction and earth movement, plus the terrain of the Hangzhou Bay which resembles a trumpet. The tide rises eight meters high and moves forward at a per-second speed of 10 meters. In the world there are two similar ones, the other is the Amazon River.</text>
<text>The tidal wave unique to the Qiantangjiang River formed in the Eastern Han (1st century-3rd century), and began during the Eastern Jin (4th century-5th century). It became very popular during the Tang and Song Dynasties (7th century-13th century). The locals have been watching the tidal waves there for some 2,000 years.</text>
<text>The 18th day of the 8th lunar month is the best time to watch the tide. Yanguan in Haining is the best place to do this: Guanchao Shengdi Park where people watch line tide; Dingqiao and nearby Babao, where people watch the colliding tides; and Laoyancang where people watch the return tide. During the tide viewing period, the China International Qianjiang (Xiaoshan) Tide Viewing Festival will be held.</text>
<image filename="2_11_9a">Viewing the Tide of Qianjiang River, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_9b">Viewing the Tide of Qianjiang River, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_9c">Viewing the Tide of Qianjiang River, Zhejiang</image>
<tip>You can take No.504 Bus at Longxiangqiao in the downtown of Hangzhou to get to the Chengxiang Town of Xiaoshan District directly or take No.515 or 315 buses and get off at No.315 Station of Xiaoshan. Furthermore, you can also take the medium buses in Hangzhou Railway Station to get to Xiaoshan Coach Station directly. During the tide viewing period, there are specials buses in the Bus Company going to the tide viewing city directly. The No.303 South line in the Coach Station goes there. The price of the ticket of the tide viewing city is 20 Yuan.</tip>
<tip>The Haining-Hangzhou Railway leaves every 20-40 minutes, beginning 6:45. The shuttle bus service between Haining and Shanghai is available between 7:10 and 17:20. the Haining-Hangzhou Railway runs 17 times a day. And the Haining-Shanghai Railway runs 18 times a day.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_10}Tianmushan Mountain</title>
<text>Lying in the northwest of Zhejiang Province, it is 31 km away from Lin'an City. Tianmushan Mountain covers an area of 4,284 hectares, with flourishing forests. Of the total, the West Tianmu is the national key natural reserve.</text>
<text>Tianmushan Mountain enjoys equal reputation with Putuoshan Mountain and Tiantaishan Mountain, which are all famous religious mountain and tourist resorts. In 1986, it was designated as a state-class natural reserve by the State Council and listed as a Human and Biosphere Natural Reserve, which is a rare "gene bank of species". The vegetation coverage rate of the West Tianmushan Mountain reaches over 95 percent, and is highly praised as being "ancient, big, high, rare, abundant and beautiful".</text>
<tip>Take the coach heading for Yuqian or Changhua in Hangzhou West Station and get off at Zaoxi. It will take you two hours and cost 20 Yuan. Then take the green medium bus directly heading for West Tianmushan Mountain. It will take you half hour and cost five Yuan. The price of the ticket is 60 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_11}Wuzhen Town</title>
<text>It lies in the north of the Tongxiang City of Zhejiang Province. The residential buildings of the Qing Dynasty on the streets of Wuzhen Town are well preserved, with exquisite wood and stone carvings on the girders, columns, doors and windows. The local residents still live in these old houses. From 1998 Wuzhen began to develop tourism, with a view to maintaining the appearance of the Wuzhen of one hundred years ago. At present, it has been formally listed in the preparatory list of the World Cultural Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.</text>
<text>As one of the six old towns of the water region in south of the Yangtze River, the old crisscrossed east, west, south and north streets form a dual-chessboard pattern with parallel river streets and adjoining land and river. The houses there are built along the river and large numbers of buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties exist on the both sides of the streets. In addition to the stone bridges on the river, the flavor of the small bridge, flowing river and ancient houses of the old towns in the south of the Yangtze River comes alive. The Xizha Laojie on the town is the most intact architectural cluster of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.</text>
<tip>Starting from Hangzhou, there is high-speed bus directly to Wuzhen Town (it will take one hour and 20 minutes and cost 20 Yuan. The latest bus from Wuzhen to Hangzhou starts at 5:30 in the afternoon. The starting price of a tricycle is three Yuan in the town, and if you want to tour all the scenic spots in the town, you will be charged 15 Yuan. The price of the ticket is 60 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{1_11_8}General Survey of Ningbo</title>
<text>Ningbo is the cradle of the "Hemudu Culture" with a civilized history of over 7,000 years. In Tang Dynasty (618-907), Ningbo was one of the starting points of the "Marine Silk Road", being one of the three foreign trade ports in China together with Yangzhou and Shanghai. It covers an area of 9,365 square meters and has a total population of 5.26 million.</text>
<text>As a famous historical city with thousands of years of accumulation, it boasts numerous historic sites and majestic natural scenes. There are over 200 protection units of cultural relics, of which, five are under the protection of state-level. Tashanyan in the southwest of Ningbo is an ancient water conservancy project built in the seventh year (833) of Taihe Period of the Tang Dynasty. It is now a national key protection unit of cultural relics. Through over 1,100 years of disturbance by wind and snow as well as the pounding of floods, it has remained intact and serves the functions of preventing the salt water from coming in, storing fresh water and controlling flooding. To the south of it lie the state tourist scenic resort called Xikou Xuedoushan Scenic Area.</text>
<text>In addition, Ningbo also has the oldest Book Collection Building extant in China, Tianyige Tower reputed as the Book City of South China; the oldest and most complete wood-structure building without girders and halls, Baoguosi Temple; and Zhaobaoshan Mountain, the ruins of the marine defense at the entrance of Zhenhai.</text>
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<title>{1_11_9}Features of Ningbo</title>
<text>Ningbo boasts scores of Buddhist temples, of which, the most famous ones include Tiantongsi Temple, Baoguosi Temple and King Ashoka's Temple.</text>
<text>Ningbo Cuisine is also called as "Yongbang Cuisine", being adept at cooking seafood and combining fresh and salty flavors. Its main cooking techniques include braising, toasting and stewing, stressing tenderness, freshness, the original flavor and strong color. The famous dishes such as the Fried Yellow-fin tuna with Bean Curd Sheet, Fried Lichen Cubes and Fried Salty Cabbage with Fresh Bamboo Shoots are cheap and delicious.</text>
<text>The world-famous Ningbo Boiled Rice Dumpling began in the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) Dynasties, with a history of over 700 years. Different from the people of north China, the people of Ningbo are used to having the boiled rice dumplings together with their families on the morning of the Spring Festival. The dumplings are wrapped in the pure white levigated sticky flour sheet and stuffed with lard, white sugar and black gingeli powder. The sheet is thin and smooth, as white as suet, bright but not sticky.</text>
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<title>{1_11_10}The Four Seasons of Ningbo</title>
<text>In the spring: the woods teem with waxberries in May, and that of Cixi is famed throughout the world. The annual Waxberry Festival is held in Henghe Town, the main producing area of waxberries five km to the south of Cixi City. Tourists can climb the Waxberry Mountain and pick the waxberries and drink the waxberries juice.</text>
<text>In the summer: the beach of Songlanshan Mountain is surrounded by the mountains. There are special tourist activities such as the leisure on the sand, sports on the sea and hunting on the island and so on. It is a summer resort.</text>
<text>In the autumn: Shipu Fishing Port is one of the four largest civil fishing ports in China, and the "China Fishing Festival" will be held in the middle ten days of September annually. The programs include the Lantern Party of the Fishermen's Family, the Embarkation Ceremony with thousands of boats participating, Fireworks Evening Party, the special tourism of "Pleasure of the Fishman's Family", the local civil lantern dance performance, the ceremony of worshiping the sea and the big float patrol and so on.</text>
<text>In the winter: Nanxi Hot Spring is one of the three famous hot springs in China, surrounded by the famous Tiantaishan Mountain and Simingshan Mountain. It boasts green mountains and limpid water all the year round, with luxuriantly green grass and trees as well as gurgling brook.</text>
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<title>{1_11_11}Traffic of Ningbo</title>
<text>Ningbo Lishe Airport lies 13 km away to the southwest of the downtown of the Ningbo, with more than 40 domestic, international and regional flights. There are regular buses at the booking office of civil aviation at No.91 Xingning Lu heading for the airport. The consultancy telephone is 0574-87427700.</text>
<text>The Railway Station is outside the south gate, commonly called "south station", and the ticket office lies to the east side of the station. The consultancy telephone is 56163111. Except for the K835/836 and 5081/5082 trains, all other trains are new air-conditioned ones.</text>
<text>The Passenger Transportation Station at Ningbo Port lies on the dock to the north of the river, and the ticket office is at No.142 on the Middle Road, with the consultancy telephone being 87356332.</text>
<text>The starting price of the taxi in Ningbo is eight Yuan (within four km), and from 22:00 to 6:00 the next morning is 8.8 Yuan.</text>
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<title>{2_11_12}Tianyige Tower</title>
<text>Tianyige Tower is the oldest extant private library building in Asia, as well as one of the three oldest extant family libraries in the world. It boasts a history of over 430 years and a collection of more than 13,000 books. Most of them are of block-printed editions and transcriptions from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and some of them are the only copy extant in the country. Besides the abundant collection, it is also unique in the aspects of fireproofing, ventilation and waterproofing. On both sides of the gate stand a pair of stone lions of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and wooden doors built in the Daoguang Period of the Qing Dynasty. The four Chinese Characters "Nan Guo Shu Cheng (Book Tower of South China)" were inscribed by the famous traditional Chinese painting master, Pan Tianshou and the "Gu Ge Cang Ying (Ancient Tower Having Superior Collection)" was inscribed by the great calligrapher Sha Menghai. The simple and unsophisticated buildings, the elegant gardens and the tranquil environment combine to make the Tianyige have integrated functions of collection, cultural relics and tourism. On February 23, 1982, Tianyige Tower was designated as a key national protection unit of cultural relics.</text>
<tip>The stops of the No. 2, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19 and 821 buses are within 500 meters of the tower. The price of the ticket is 30 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_13}Hemudu Ruins</title>
<text>The Hemudu ruins are the remnants of a primitive clan of the Neolithic Age of China, covering an area of about 40,000 square meters, and the cultural accumulation layer is four meters deep, including four cultural layers. According to analysis, the age of the fourth cultural layer is some 7,000 years old. Large numbers of tools of production, daily tools and primitive artworks and so on were unearthed, and the abundant rice paddies and large area of the ruins of the buildings discovered show a brilliant primitive agricultural culture.</text>
<text>Hemudu Ruins is a key national protection unit of cultural relics. It proves that Ningbo is the earliest region growing the rice paddies. Similar with the Yellow River, the Yangtse River is also the cradle of the brilliant culture of the Chinese Nation.</text>
<tip>Take the high-speed bus in Ningbo South Bus Station to get there (with one bus leaving every half hour), or the medium bus heading for Luojiang from the Ningbo North Bus Station or the Yuyao East Bus Station. The price of the ticket is 25 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_14}Tianhe Scenic Area</title>
<text>It covers a total area of 260 square km, including three parts: Dasongxi Gorge, Shuangfeng Forest Park and Tourist Area along the Water. The Dasongxi Gorge is quiet and long, distributed with queer peaks and stones as well as undulating falls and surging rivers, and is reputed as "the first large valley in the east of Zhejiang Province". The 20 km long valley is tortuous with a vertical drop reaching over 900 meters, and at the bottom of the valley piles of strange stones lie, of which, the largest is over 100 cubic meters and more than 1,000 tons. The Huangbantan Beach, Feicuitan Pool, Qisetan Pool and Moon Valley are the most attractive places in the gorge. The Shuangfeng Forest Park boasts more than 666.67 hectares of natural green broad-leaved forest, with high-quality air. Standing in it, you will feel refreshed and fatigue and worries will wash away.</text>
<tip>Take the line of Ningbo South Bus Station--Ninghai (getting off at the terminal) --Ninghai West Station, and then take the medium bus directly to Tianhe Scenic Area. The price of the ticket is 4.50 Yuan. It will take two hours from Ningbo South Station to Ninghai. The price of the ticket to the Dasongxi Gorge is 75 Yuan (including the entrance ticket and the boat ticket) and that of the Shuangfeng Forest Park is 60 Yuan (including the entrance ticket and the boat ticket).</tip>
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<title>{2_11_15}Putuoshan Mountain</title>
<text>Putuoshan Mountain is one of the four famous Buddhist Mountains in China, as well as a well-known island tourist resort. Lying about 100 miles away to the east of the Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang Province, it is a small island among the Zhoushan Islands. It covers an area of 12.5 square km, being 4.3 km long at most from south to north and 1.75 km at most from east to west. The highest point, Fodingshan Mountain has an altitude of about 300 meters.</text>
<text>As a resort of Buddhism, Putuoshan Mountain had 82 temples and nunneries with over 4,000 monks and nuns in its golden historical time. When wandering on the paths on the island, tourists often meet monks wearing cassocks. The beautiful natural sights and the strong Buddhist atmosphere make mysterious, which is its attraction for the tourists.</text>
<text>Putuoshan Mountain boasts both the majestic sea sights and the mysterious mountainous scenery. Looking over the sea from the mountain, you can see islands floating on the sea and white sails running among them. The scene is extremely charming.</text>
<tip>There is only one dock on the Putuoshan Mountain, with regular ships heading for the Bendao Island of Zhoushan (Shenjiamen Town), Ningbo and Shanghai and so on, or you can also take a ship in Shanghai or Ningbo to get there. The price of the entrance ticket to the Putuoshan Mountain is 110 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_11_16}Zhoushan Islands</title>
<text>Zhoushan is the largest group of isles in China, lying in the northeast of Zhejiang Province. It is 34 miles away from Ningbo in the west, composed of 1,390 large and small islands.</text>
<text>The islands of the Zhoushan Isles are like emerald pearls dotted on the sea. It boasts thousands of tourist sights of Buddhist culture, mountainous and marine scenery, folk customs and historical culture. More intoxicating are the majestic waves, various cliffs and grottos, grand and elegant famous temples, clean and broad golden sand bathing the ground, the night scene with numerous lanterns on the masts at the fishing port and the simple and strong fishing custom, which combined form the unique tourism resources of the islands and sea. It is an outstanding resort for tourism, spending the summer and relaxation.</text>
<map filename="2_11_16">Guide to Zhoushan Isles in Zhejiang</map>
<tip>Zhoushan Islands mainly depends on ships to connect with the outside. The passenger transport port of Putuoshan Mountain is the main window to the mainland, with passenger liners heading for Shanghai at sunset and arriving in the morning (it will take 12 hours and one extra liner is added on the weekends). During the day, there are also two high-speed passenger liners heading for Luchao Port and Jinshan Dock in Shanghai respectively. It only takes 2 to 2.5 hours.</tip>
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<title>{1_11_12}General Survey of Shaoxing</title>
<text>Shaoxing borders on Hangzhou in the west and Ningbo in the east, covering an urban area of 101 square km with an urban population of 310,000.</text>
<text>Shaoxing is one of the famous historical cities in China. It is said that in the Xia Dynasty (c.2070 BC-C.1600 BC) over 4,000 years ago, King Yu went to Shaoxing twice in order to control the water and finally succeeded, and the Mausoleum of King Yu still exists today.</text>
<text>As a famous water city, it boasts 1,900 km of small and large rivers with over 4,000 bridges. The boats run under the stone bridges, forming the typical scene of the water region to the south of the Yangtse River.</text>
<text>Shaoxing belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate, with the annual average temperature being 16 degrees Centigrade and abundant rain fall. It is suitable to travel there in all four seasons. The period from April to May sees the high-water period, and when the rainstorms come, the water quantity increases suddenly, so the scene becomes extremely beautiful making it the best time to travel there. In addition, the Orchid Pavilion Calligraphy Festival and the Houshan Mountain Peach Blossom Festival are held during this period. After the rainy period and in the October, the hotness of the summer gradually disappears, which is commonly called "the Indian summer in October". It is good time to travel there, and the Shaoxing Yellow Wine Festival and Hutang Sweet-scented Osmanthus Festival are held at the time.</text>
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<title>{1_11_13}Traffic of Shaoxing</title>
<text>Shaoxing is 30 km away from the Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. The communications and liaison ticket center of civil aviation at No.35 Jiefang Nanlu of Shaoxing City sell airline tickets from Hangzhou to other places. The booking and ticket-delivery telephone is 0575-5111382.</text>
<text>It will take 50 minutes from Shaoxing to Hangzhou by train and one hour and 40 minutes to Ningbo. All the trains starting from Ningbo will stop at Shaoxing Station. In Shaoxing, you can book the ticket from Hangzhou or Shanghai to other places in the country. The booking and ticket-delivery telephone is 0575-8017925.</text>
<text>Shaoxing has a road passenger transport center and the five coach stations are on the four sides. The price of the common bus from Hangzhou East Bus Station to Shaoxing is 10 Yuan, and you can tour at Keyan at the midway point; that of the high-speed bus is18 Yuan and it doesn't stop midway, going directly to the Shaoxing Long Distance Passenger Transport Center.</text>
<text>The starting price of the taxi is five Yuan (within three km), and 2.2 Yuan will be added per km beyond three km. Shaoxing is not big and generally you need only to spend the starting price. However, it is comparatively expensive to get to the scenic spots in the suburbs. For example, it will cost you 35 Yuan or so from the downtown of Shaoxing to Keyan by taxi.</text>
<text>The starting price of the tricycle is two Yuan commonly and four Yuan for about three km, which is a little cheaper than that of the taxi. Most of the wheelers are comparatively sincere, charging the tourists the same price as the locals.</text>
<text>The price of the Wupeng (bamboo mat-covered) boats is 40 Yuan per half hour and you can bargain for 15 Yuan per 15 minutes. The boats can be rented on the small river inside the door of Heyan Scenic Area and the Keqiao Dock of Keqiao Town.</text>
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<title>{1_11_14}Features of Shaoxing</title>
<text>It is a must-do thing to taste the Shaoxing Yellow Wine, whose history can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC). Shaoxing Yellow Wine adopts traditional unique techniques and is made with the advantageous water of Jianhu Lake, and functions as beverage, medicine and seasoning. It ranks first among the yellow wines of China. As for the Shaoxing cuisine, the Stewed Meat with Dry vegetables is the most famous family dish in Shaoxing. In addition, the pickled dishes such as the stewed duck and goose in soy sauce and the pickled vegetables and so on.</text>
<text>An old street connects the southeast corner of the City Square; it is called Changqiao Zhijie (direct street). On the both sides of the 1.5 km long bluestone road lie tea houses, sword shops and wine bars and so on, with the faint fragrance of the wine floating in the old street. The old street may easily bring you back to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, just as if you traveled back one hundred years. It is so nice to live on the street that there is a small port at the backyard of each family. If buying something daily or delivering some goods, it saves a lot of energy to do it by boat. If good lucks fall on you, you can also see the wonderful Shexi (Shaoxing Opera) and the bamboo mat-covered boats dotted fully about the river. You can rent a boat to run on the narrow river and taste the unique flavor of the old cultural city, which is very interesting.</text>
<text>Shaoxing is also a town of opera, being the cradle of the Shaoxing Opera. It is most memorable to listen to Shaoxin opera or Lotus Flowers Fall (a popular melody) in the theater or tea house.</text>
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<title>{1_11_15}General Survey of Wenzhou</title>
<text>As early as in the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-771 BC), Wenzhou was one of the nine ports of the coastal area of China. It boasts terribly abundant tourism resources, including three state-level scenic areas namely Yandangshan Mountain, Nanxijiang River and Baizhangji and two state-level natural reserves namely Nanjishan Islands known as "the oriental Hawaii" and Wuyanling Natural Reserve reputed as "the kingdom of animals and plants". Wenzhou was one of the earliest cities to carry out the reform and opening up policies, and is extremely developed in commercial economy. Almost every family of Wenzhou does business, with special markets everywhere. On the one hand, large quantities of foreign investment flooded into Wenzhou, causing to it quickly develop into a modern commercial port city with advanced science and technology, prosperous economy and rich civilization; On the other hand, the companies run by the people of Wenzhou are distributed all over the world. "The model of Wenzhou", "the speed of Wenzhou" and "the businessmen of Wenzhou" are famed both at home and abroad.</text>
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<title>{1_11_16}Traffic of Wenzhou</title>
<text>Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport lies 24 km southeast of the downtown. There is one regular bus to the airport every hour, and the price of the ticket is 10 Yuan. You can also take taxi with others from the airport to the downtown, charged at 20 Yuan per person, and the taxi will run if there are four persons. If you want to rent a car exclusively, you will be charged 60 Yuan as the starting price, and it will take you 40 minutes to reach downtown. The consultancy telephone is 0577-88333197.</text>
<text>There are 12 pairs of trains running on the Jinhua-Wenzhou Railway. The ticket booking office and the consultancy telephone of Wenzhou Railway Station is 0577-88389999.</text>
<text>There are over 1,000 regular buses heading for other places, including more than 130 places in other provinces, which leads the country.</text>
<text>There are scores of big and medium buses in Wenzhou. Most of the big buses charge at the single price of 1.5 Yuan, and the starting price of the medium bus is 1.5 Yuan and then they will charge according to the distance. The No.26 is the tourist bus, with the price of the ticket being two Yuan. The taxies in Wenzhou are quite cheap. The starting price is 10 Yuan within four km, and 1.4 Yuan will be added per km beyond four km; and at night is 12 Yuan, and 1.68 Yuan will be added for each km beyond. Wenzhou is not big, so the cost of a taxi doesn't surpass 20 Yuan even going from the east to the west of the city.</text>
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<title>{1_11_17}Features of Wenzhou</title>
<text>Wenzhou has a custom handed from generation to generation that the civil women of each county learn to make Longxu Mat by treadling the wood vehicle from a child, which still exists today. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1736-1795) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the Longxu Mat was one of the "articles of tribute" of Wenzhou. Subsequently, through reforms, it changes the sparse strips to dense ones and is made by treadling the technic vehicle. It makes the mat evenly thin or thick as well as hard and durable. Lying on it, you feel extremely cool and comfortable, and people love it very much.</text>
<text>Wenzhou Cuisine centers on seafood, fresh and light. The cooking techniques stress on little oil and sauce as well as the cutting skills. Fish Slices Combination and Fried Diced Squid are called "the three wonders of Ou Cuisine (Ou is the ancient name of Wenzhou)".</text>
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<title>{2_11_18}Nanxijiang River</title>
<text>Lying in the north of the Yongjia County of Wenzhou City of Zhejiang Province, the scenic area of Nanxijiang River covers an area of 625 square km and is known as "the cradle of the Chinese landscape paintings".</text>
<text>Nanxijiang River which combines the natural landscape, rural and cultural scenes, is famous for its unique feature of "beautiful river, queer rocks, numerous falls, ancient villages and intoxicating beaches and woods". Of the total, the most attractive are the limpid river and the numerous intact ancient villages. Built in accordance with the thoughts of "the four treasures of the study" and the<italic>Yin</italic>and<italic>Yang</italic>geomantic omen and so on, the ancient villages add limitless charm to the Nanxijiang River.</text>
<text>Because of the characteristics of the hydrology and scenes of the Nanxijiang River, it is quite suitable to travel by bamboo raft. You can appreciate the green jade water of the river and the mountainous sights during the day on the raft and see the lights on fishing boats and listen to the fishermen' songs at night. It is enough to evoke serene and elegant feelings.</text>
<image filename="2_11_18a">Nanxijiang River, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_18b">Nanxijiang River, Zhejiang</image>
<image filename="2_11_18c">Nanxijiang River, Zhejiang</image>
<tip>There is no taxi in the local area of Nanxijiang River, but only small vans, which are operated by couples. The husband is in charge of driving and the wife collects money and acts as guide. It will cost you about 150 Yuan for one day. Because they are very familiar with the local scenic spots, for visitors, it is much more convenient to rent the van, rather than taking the rural medium buses and exploring by oneself.</tip>
