Shaoxing City, once known as Kuaiji, is one of the essential cultural centers in Zhejiang Province, and one of the first national-level famous historical and culture cities. Shaoxing is an old city and also a renownedregion of waters and lakes, as well as wines and bridges. The scenery in Shaoxing is marvelous and beautiful. “The Great Revival of King Goujian of Yue” that took place in the ancient land of Shaoxing City is a household story in China.
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With a history spanning more than 1600 years, the Giant Buddhist Temple was built in the East Jin Dynasty. It’s reputed as the “Dunhuang in the Yue state (Ancient Zhejiang Region)” for its huge Grotto Maitreya Buddha Statue and Thousand-Buddha Grotto. Unlike the golden Buddha statues, the bandage monks here are carved by stones. Excluding the...
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Shenyuan Garden, located in Chunbo Alley, Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City, is a famous garden of the Song Dynasty and a National AAAAA tourist area with 800-year history. It was a private garden with many pavilions, bridges over the rivers, dense trees with shaded areas in the Jiangnan picturesque garden. It is the only garden of the Song Dynasty...
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Hangzhou Bay Flower Field Scenic Area is a national AAAA scenic spot which is located in Shaoxing City.With the themes of coastal wetlands and sea of flowers in all four seasons, focusing on pastoral landscapes and creative farming, it boasts earth landscapes such as flower fields on the sea and colorful farmlands. What’s more, it’s also a...
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In the year of 1894, Zhou Zhongxiang, the uncle of Lu Xun, opened a little bistro at Duchang Fang, named Xianheng. The name of the bistro, which came from Yijing, means everything goes well. This little bistro was mentioned for several times in Lu Xun’s works, and earned its name with the spread of Lu Xun’s works. With a history over 100 years,...
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Located in the city centre of Shaoxing, Shaoxing Hotel is one of the five-star hotels in Shaoxing. Behind the hotel stands Wolong Hill, which is famous for the revenge of Goujian, the king of Yue.As it is of the high-end hotels in Shaoxing, many government leaders of China and foreign countries have stayed here during their visits of Shaoxing. The...
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Mi Fengguang is a famous clay figurine artist in Zhejiang. He studied art in Shaoxing. Since he is famous for clay figurines, people call him Niren Mi. Niren Mi café is located in Lu Xun Hometown Scenic Area. It is a small and distinctive snack bar serving local snacks like stinky tofu, preserved vegetable pies, sweet fermented rice, and so on....
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In the year of Jiawu in the years of Guangxu in the Qing dynasty (1894 A.D.), Lu Xun’s uncle Zhou Zhongxiang opened a small hotel at the exit of Duchangfang in the city of Shaoxing. The hotelier extracted “xian” and “heng” from the sentence “tolerance and generosity makes all things in the world prosperous” in “Tuan Zhuan” in “Book of...
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Shaoxing Minghui Hotel was built as five-star level and integrates catering, accommodation, leisure and conference. Located in the commercial center of Keqiao, adjacent to China Textile City. There is only 10 minutes' driving to railway station and 30 minutes' driving to Xiaoshan International Airport. Covering 40000 square metres and 25...
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Shaoxing Hotel, established in 1958, has a long history and rich cultural heritage. The hotel is located in city center downtown, south to Wolong Mountain, adjacent to Town Square, with convenient transportation, simple and elegant buildings together with the white walls and black tiles, winding paths and corridors, bridges, landscaped trees, with...
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Blessed with a wealth of varied landscapes well-known throughout China, Zhejiang attracts many tourists. The natural landscapes, rich cultural and historical heritage, which complement and enrich each other, makes Zhejiang province noted from home and abroad.
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With its long history, unique folk culture, numerous renowned scholars, writers and poets, Shaoxing has long been one of the most important tourist cities of China. Travel to Shaoxing, get close to Chinese history.
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Zhejiang, richly endowed by nature, has been a land of plenty since the early time. Many legendary stories have taken place on this magic land. Xi Shi, one of the four beauties of ancient China, was born in Zhuji two thousand years ago. Brave and intelligent, Xi Shi played an important role in the overthrow of the Kingdom of Wu. Let’s go all the way south along Hangjinqu Highway to visit the hometown of Xi Shi, and Xianhua Mountain where the daughter of Xuan Yuan attained immortality.