Shaoxing is located in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, between Hangzhou and Ningbo in the north-central part of Zhejiang Province. It governs Shaoxing County, Zhuji City, Shangyu City, Shengzhou City, Xinchang County and Yuecheng District. It is the hometown of the world's literary giant Mr. Lu Xun. Known as the "Venice of the East", it has won the United Nations Habitat Award and the happiest city in China in 2008.

Shaoxing is located in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, between Hangzhou and Ningbo in the north-central part of Zhejiang Province. It governs Shaoxing County, Zhuji City, Shangyu City, Shengzhou City, Xinchang County and Yuecheng District. It is the hometown of the world's literary giant Mr. Lu Xun. Known as the "Venice of the East", it has won the United Nations Habitat Award and the happiest city in China in 2008. Known as a water town, a town of bridges, a town of wine, a town of calligraphy, and a town of celebrities, it is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, one of the first batch of China's outstanding tourist cities, and a key development and opening city in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta. It is one of the top ten cities, the top ten counties and the top ten cities in the country. It is also a famous global textile city and world textile trade center in the country. Shaoxing tourism brief introduction: Shaoxing has an advantageous geographical location and convenient transportation. Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway, Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway, 104 National Highway, and 329 National Highway run through the territory. Hangzhou-Nanjing Expressway, Ningbo-Taiwan-Wenzhou Expressway, Hangzhou-Jinjin-Quzhou Expressway, Shangsan Expressway, Zhaxing Expressway, etc. The Jiasu Expressway is connected to it. Shaoxing is the hometown of celebrities with a long history. It is a city without walls. Shaoxing has an advantageous geographical location and convenient transportation. Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway, Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway, 104 National Road, and 329 National Road run through the territory. Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway, Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou Expressway, and It is connected to the expressway, Hangjin-Quzhou Expressway, Shangsan Expressway and Zhajiasu Expressway. Shaoxing, the hometown of celebrities with a long history, is "a history museum without walls". The remains of China's five thousand years of civilization can be found and confirmed here. The city was built in 490 BC and is one of the six survivors among more than 140 princely cities in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was the capital twice in history. Yu the Great, the founding father of the Chinese nation and the hero of flood control, is buried here. King Gou Jian of Yue lay down on the firewood and worked hard to become stronger. Wang Xizhi, the calligrapher, wrote the extraordinary "Lanting Preface" here. Lu You's eternal love song "The Hairpin Head Phoenix" was inscribed here. Fan Li, Xi Shi, Ji Kang, He Zizhang, Xu Wei, Qiu Jin, Cai Yuanpei, Lu Xun, Zhou Enlai and other historical figures were nurtured and rooted here. Mao Zedong once praised it in a poem: "Jianhu is the hometown of famous people in Yuetai." Bridges and profile bridges, each with its own uniqueness, has earned Shaoxing the reputation of "Bridge Town". The folk houses in Shaoxing are simple in style and bright in color, with blue bricks, gray tiles, pink walls and black columns. The whole building looks light, elegant and unique, with a relic of the Song Dynasty. Shaoxing has beautiful scenery and splendid mountains and rivers, and has profound cultural imprints everywhere, such as Dayu Mausoleum, East Lake, Orchid Pavilion,... Folk customs and local specialties Shaoxing has a profound cultural heritage, not only water town social opera, Xianheng wine charm, Nanzhen Festival for Yu, Local customs such as flower carvings for marrying girls, as well as Shaoxing opera, Shaoxing opera, Shaoxing lotus falling and other widely influential folk arts culture, together constitute Shaoxing's folk culture with rich local characteristics. Shaoxing has many local products. In addition to the famous "three blacks and one yellow" (wugan vegetables, black felt hats, black canopied boats and Shaoxing rice wine), there are also stinky tofu, fennel beans, Shaoxing fermented bean curd, Fengqiao torreya, and Zhuji pearls. , Xinchang famous tea, Xiaojingsheng peanuts, Shengzhou bamboo weaving, etc. are all filled with rich Shaoxing customs. Generous feelings and love songs Since ancient times, there have been many generous and tragic people in Yan and Zhao, and Shaoxing is no different - Dayu who controlled floods, King Gou Jian of Yue, the Zhou brothers, the heroine Qiu Jin... The valuable personality of Shaoxing people is that "living in a gentle town, Worrying about the world's affairs"; Shaoxing people are as gentle as Shaoxing Opera, as passionate as Shaoxing's big board... "Red hands, yellow vine wine, the city is full of spring scenery and willows on the palace walls", here is the Song Dynasty that contains the poignant and touching love story of Lu You and Tang Wan The famous garden Shen Yuan, in the gradually rising dusk, recalls a sad love. The city - quiet and small, the humanities - profound heritage, the history - long civilization, the food - rich and colorful

Shaoxing's special attractions

1. Lu Xun's hometown: Lu Xun's hometown has become a The historical district with unique Jiangnan style has become a real place to interpret Lu Xun's works in an original way, taste the scenery in Lu Xun's works, and experience Lu Xun's life situation at that time. On both sides of a narrow bluestone road, there are a row of pink walls and black tiles, a bamboo gate, Lu Xun's ancestral residence, Lu Xun's former residence, Baicao Garden, Sanwei Bookstore, and Xianheng Hotel. A small river flows in front of Lu Xun's former residence, and a awning boat floats in front of it. Swaying on the river, this scene cannot help but remind people of some scenes in Lu Xun's works. After careful protection and restoration, Lu Xun's hometown has become a place for three-dimensional interpretation of Lu Xun, a great modern Chinese writer, and has become the "treasure of the town" in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. 2. Jianhu Lake: Located 1.5 kilometers west of Shaoxing City. During the Yonghe period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma Zhen, the prefect of Kuaiji, collected water from the thirty-sixth source of Shanyin and Kuaiji counties into a lake. It stretches from the Cao'e River in the east to the Puyang River in the west. It is 127 miles long and covers an area of ??about 206 square kilometers. It can irrigate more than 9,000 hectares of farmland. , the people of the two counties benefited greatly. After the middle of Tang Dynasty, the lake surface gradually silted up. There are embankments and bridges on the lake, and fishing boats are often seen. Surrounded by distant mountains, the water is as clear as a mirror. It can be called a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River. 3. Lanting National Forest Park: There are high mountains and luxuriant forests and bamboos (the park is full of high mountains and green peaks). The Holy Land of Calligraphy is well-known at home and abroad (the story of Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty who is a legend in the history of Chinese art, wrote the "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection", took place in Orchid Pavilion).

The ancient tombs of famous people will be remembered for centuries (the largest tomb in the south of the Yangtze River, more than 2,500 years ago, was excavated in the scenic area - the Tomb of the Yue King in Yinshan). It is another major archaeological discovery in Yuyao, Zhejiang, after the Hemudu and Liangzhu cultural sites. It was listed in 1998 "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in the Country"). A cool world, a resort (the annual "Shaoxing Orchid Festival" gathers famous orchid products at home and abroad, tens of thousands of orchids bloom in competition, and the scenic area is a sea of ??orchids, showing the vitality of the park). 4. The residence of Wang Xian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the Qinwangshan Buddhist Cultural Tourism Zone in Kuaiji, Shaoxing is the ancient Yunmen Temple. In the Tang Dynasty, it was known as "the most beautiful Yunmen Temple in the world." It is an important part of the Tang Poetry Road in Eastern Zhejiang. In front of the temple is Ruoye Poetry Creek (Kuiji Lake Tourism and Leisure Resort). Behind the temple is Jiaxiang Temple, the ancestral home of the Three Treatises Sect of Chinese Buddhism, and Qinwang Mountain, where Qin Shihuang visited. On the mountain is the Kuaiji Carved Stone ( Li Si Monument), the great poet Lu You lived here for 2 years to study the art of war and left the ruins of "Lu You Thatched Cottage". At its peak, Yunmen Temple developed to six auxiliary temples and was the largest temple in Shaoxing. Emperors, celebrities, poets and countless poems and articles from past dynasties left praising Yunmen Temple. It can be said that Yunmen Temple is "the most famous temple in the world". Inn”. 5. Keyan National Scenic Area National AAAA tourist area Keyan Scenic Area is located eight kilometers west of Shaoxing City and 12 kilometers east of Hangzhou. It is based on ancient Yue culture and integrates Shaoxing water town customs, ancient quarrying heritage, and mountain forest ecology. The integrated scenic spot began in the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,800 years. By the Qing Dynasty, it was known as the famous "Eight Scenic Spots of Keyan" and was a scenic spot in central Yue. Through modern and ingenious garden construction, four major scenic spots, namely Keyan, Jianhu, Luzhen and Xianglin, have been restored and formed. With a tourist area of ??four square kilometers, it is the largest and most comprehensive scenic tourist area in Shaoxing in recent years. In 2003, it was approved by the National Tourism Administration and rated as a "Famous Tourism Brand in China" by China Tourism News and other units. 6. Wuxie Scenic Area Huanjiang-Wuxie Scenic Area covers an area of ??72 square kilometers and consists of three scenic areas in the north and south with relatively concentrated landscapes. The Hangzhou-Jinjiang Highway serves as a link to connect the three scenic areas. The northern Wuxie Scenic Area is mainly developed on the basis of volcaniclastic rocks. It has a five-level waterfall, an ancient temple in the Tang Dynasty - the Buddhist Caodong Ancestral Temple Wuxie Temple, etc. The forest coverage rate in the scenic area reaches more than 90%. Douyan Scenic Area and Tangjiangyan Scenic Area in the south are typical Danxia landforms. Their natural landscape consists of 16 scenic spots such as strange peaks and dangerous rocks, strange rock caves, Douyan Lion Peak, etc. Tangjiangyan Scenic Area covers an area of ??14 square kilometers. The miraculous workmanship of nature has created The unique landscape of Tangjiang Rock is "no mountains without cliffs, no cliffs without rocks, no rocks without holes, and no holes without holes". 7. Cao'e Scenic Area 1. Shungeng Park is one of the main attractions of Cao'e Scenic Area. It is located on the southwest side of Shangyu City. Shungeng Park has Shungeng Group Sculptures, Dashun Temple, Shun Bridge and Shun Well as its main attractions, reflecting the birth of Emperor Shun in Shangyu. Later, because the elixir was avoided here, it was named after it. It exaggerates Emperor Shun's glorious life of putting filial piety first and serving the people diligently. The Shungeng group sculptures in the park were created by Chinese art master Han Meilin. The elephant group sculptures, made of granite as the main material, are 68 meters long, 27 meters high, and weigh about 800 tons in total. They are magnificent and large, and can be called the largest in Asia. . 2. Cao'e Temple is located in Xiaonumiao Village on the west bank of Cao'e River, 3 kilometers away from the urban area. It was built to commemorate the filial daughter Cao E who threw herself into the river to find her father during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Cao'e Temple has a history of more than 1,800 years. It has been built, destroyed and rebuilt many times. The current building was rebuilt in the 23rd year of the Republic of China. Cao'e Temple has a rich cultural heritage and elegant artistic taste. It is famous at home and abroad for its "four unique features" of sculptures, murals, couplets and calligraphy, and is known as the "No. 1 Temple in Jiangnan". There is a "Cao E stele" existing in the temple, which is "China's earliest crossword puzzle". 8. "Yingtai's Hometown" - Zhujiazhuang "Yingtai's Hometown" Zhujiazhuang is the hometown of Zhu Yingtai in the classic love story "Butterfly Lovers". It is located in the southeast of Shangyu City, 7.3 kilometers away from the urban area. Zhujiazhuang is located in the middle of a mountainous area, surrounded by mountains to the south, west and north. In front of the village is the "Yushui River", which is a long north-south river and connects with the Shishili River excavated in the Western Jin Dynasty. There are still monuments related to Yingtai culture such as Zhu's ancestral hall, Yushui River, Jingkong Spring, Yaoshi Temple and so on. 9. Fengming Mountain Scenic Area Fengming Mountain is located 4 kilometers southeast of Fenghui Town, Shangyu City, and 17 kilometers away from Shangyu City. It is a national 2A-level scenic spot with an area of ??2.4 square kilometers. It is characterized by steep mountains, deep valleys, rapids and waterfalls. Cangshan Mountain is famous for its natural beauty of greenery, small bridges and flowing water. Among them, the "Hanging Rock Waterfall" and the "Millennium Ancient Vine" are two scenic spots that can be called wonders. Fengming Mountain has a rich cultural and historical heritage. It is the location of the Taoist "Ninth Small Cave" and has the alchemy site of Wei Boyang, the founder of Taoism who was an alchemist of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wei Boyang practiced alchemy in Fengming Mountain throughout his life and left behind a book called "Book of Changes". He was later revered as the "King of the Eternal Alchemy Sutra". The Fengming Zhenren Temple in the scenic area dates back to the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years. Scholars such as Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty, Pan Fu and Ye Jing of the Ming Dynasty all visited here. 10. Baima Lake and Chunhui Celebrity Garden "Baima Lake and Chunhui Celebrity Garden" is located in Chunhui Middle School, a provincial cultural protection unit 4 kilometers away from the city. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, has many lakes, is quiet and elegant, and has very pleasant natural scenery. . Xia Zunzun, Zhu Ziqing, Feng Zikai, Liu Xunyu, Liu Shuqin, etc. came to teach, and He Xiangning, Cai Yuanpei, Ye Shengdao, Li Shutong, Hu Yuzhi, etc. came to give lectures, attracting a large number of students to come to study. It has the reputation of "Nankai" and "Chunhui" in the south.

"Chunhui Celebrity Garden" is where a group of celebrities used to work from home, including Xia Zunzun's "bungalow", Feng Zikai's "little willow house", Li Shutong (Master Hongyi)'s Wanqing mountain house, Jing Xiangyi's "long house" The former residences of celebrities such as "Songshanfang" have attracted countless celebrities to visit and pay their respects over the years. 11. Dongshan Scenic Area Dongshan, also known as Xie'an Mountain. Originally not very famous. Since Xie An, a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, lived in seclusion in this mountain, many fascinating stories have been told, and it has gradually become a famous mountain in the southeast of my country. Li Bai, He Zhizhang, Liu Changqing, Fang Ping, Su Dongpo, Lu You, etc. all stayed here and left many famous poems. 12. Chengshan Scenic Area Chengshan Scenic Area is located in the northwest of Shangyu City, 7 kilometers away from Shangyu City. It is said that at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Goujian of Yue avenged his humiliation in order to restore his country. , hence the name of the mountain. The scenic spot integrates tourism, leisure and entertainment, catering, moral education, and Buddhist worship, and is an ideal tourist attraction. 13. Taohuayuan Scenic Area Shangyu Taohuayuan Ecological Tourism Zone is located in the southwest of Shangyu City, in Changtang Town Taoyuan Village is about 13 kilometers away from Baiguan City District and about 25 kilometers away from Shaoxing City. The scenic area is 2.6 square kilometers. At present, the scenic spot has been built into a comprehensive tourist attraction with Taoyuan Lake as the core and Longtan as the essence. It has a variety of leisure and entertainment functions such as water fitness and recreation, beach bathing, Longtan leisure fishing, picnic and barbecue. It has been actively applying for national AA since the beginning of 2005. level scenic spot. 14. East Lake East Lake is a famous scenic spot in Shaoxing, known as "the best bonsai in the world". East Lake was originally Qingshi Mountain. Starting from the Han Dynasty, this area became a quarry. By the Sui Dynasty, the scale of mining was even larger. As time went by, springs in the rocks gushed out in the quarry, and river water overflowed from the outside, forming a lake from the quarry with rippling blue waves. This is today's East Lake. In the late Qing Dynasty, Tao Ruixuanxuan, a native of Kuaiji, saw the beautiful scenery here, so he built a lake embankment to divide the lake and the river into two. Outside the dike is the Zhejiang Canal, which runs through eastern Zhejiang; inside the dike is the East Lake. 15 Lu Mansion The former residence of Lu Kui, the Minister of Civil Affairs during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, commonly known as the "Thirteenth Hall of Lu Mansion". It is a national key cultural relic protection unit and one of the two valuable Ming Dynasty architectural complexes in Zhejiang Province. The transportation within the building complex is convenient. There is a stone-paved passage behind the hall, which runs from east to west and is commonly known as "Horse Alley". There is a long lane running from north to south between the two adjacent axes, commonly known as "Water Lane". There is Xixiao River to the west and Xin River to the south. There are piers along the river for water transportation. The rare large-scale residential buildings of the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River are important physical examples for studying the official residence architecture of the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River. No. 169, Xinhe Lane, Yuecheng District. Some descendants of the Lu family still live in Lu Mansion. 16. Xishi’s Hometown Xishi’s Hometown Tourist Area is an important part of the Huanjiang Wuxie National Key Scenic Area, the only national-level scenic spot in Shaoxing. The planning objectives take Xishi culture as the theme, fully demonstrate the ancient Vietnamese culture and hometown customs, and build this area into a scenic tourist attraction with beautiful natural scenery, rich cultural connotation, sound tourist facilities, good economic benefits, and vitality of the times.

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Wuxie is the place with the most beautiful natural scenery in Shaoxing. April to May every year is generally the flood season, especially when it encounters heavy rains. The water volume suddenly increases and the scenery is particularly beautiful. The tour effect is best at this time. Most of the famous festivals and celebrations such as Lanting International Calligraphy Festival and Hongshan Peach Blossom Festival are held at this time. After the plum rainy season, in the golden autumn of October, the summer heat gradually subsides. The so-called "October Xiaoyangchun" is a good time to travel, and the Shaoxing Rice Wine Festival and Hutang Osmanthus Festival are often held at this time.

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Speaking of Shaoxing’s specialties, Shaoxing’s molded dried vegetables are famous far and wide and can be seen everywhere on the streets. Don’t forget to bring back two bottles of Shaoxing old wine after buying dried vegetables. Shaoxing old wine has a history of more than 2,500 years. It has won many national wine awards and is the best among wines. And the fennel beans of Xianheng Hotel have also become famous all over the world with the character Kong Yiji written by Mr. Lu Xun. In addition, Shaoxing’s famous handicrafts include: Shaoxing lace, muben satin, black felt hats, etc., and local specialties include Shaoxing fermented bean curd, Shaoxing Pingshui pearl tea, Shaoxing shelduck, Zhai Damao fragrant cake, Ding Daxing rice cake, etc. Jiefang Road is the commercial street of Shaoxing. Take a stroll along the way. When you reach Lu Xun Road, you can go to Xianheng Hotel, Lu Xun's hometown, and Cangqiao Straight Street. When you go to Shengli Road, you can see Qiu Jin's statue and the city square. There are various shopping malls, specialty stores, restaurants, and many food courts along the way. There are many supermarkets in Shaoxing urban area, many of which are large and reputable. Famous local specialties such as rice wine, fennel beans, and soybean curd can be purchased at very cheap prices in supermarkets and liquor stores. The antique market opposite Lu Xun Square in Shaoxing is well worth a visit. There is an antique stone archway, a long stone street inside, and small shops along the water. You can see simple and exquisite antiques, calligraphy and paintings of some years, and later there was a postal, coin, and card trading market. What's even more interesting is that it still retains parts of the earlier flower and bird market, full of lively little things, exuding the unique liveliness of a small city and a bit of worldly beauty. There are many large-scale professional wholesale markets scattered around the suburbs of Shaoxing. Among them, the most influential ones are the China Textile City in Keqiao Town, Shaoxing County, the East Zhejiang Clothing and Tie Market in Shengzhou City, and the Shanxia Lake Pearl Market, the largest pearl market in the country, in Zhuji City.

Recommended shopping places: Shaoxing Small Commodity Market: East Street Shaoxing Antique Market: Fuhe Street, Shaoxing City Shaoxing Flower Market: Shaoxing Famous Tea Market, Liqing Town, Shaoxing County: Shaoxing County Jijiang Town Chetou Hualian Commercial Building: No. 449 Jiefang North Road Bada Building: No. 7 Shengli East Road How to get to Pearl Market: There is bus No. 10 at the entrance of Zhuji New Railway Station and get off at the old train station. Transfer to bus No. 151 opposite the old train station and get off at "Guojia". Opposite is Guojia Bus Station, and then take bus 109 (Zhuji-Diankou). One of the stops is the Pearl Market. Bus 109 stops at the entrance of the Pearl Market. The drive takes about 20 minutes and is extremely convenient.

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You must try Shaoxing old wine when you come to Shaoxing. The history of winemaking in Yue can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. Shaoxing old wine is brewed using traditional and unique techniques and the unique lake water. It combines beverages, medicinal uses and seasonings. It is the best rice wine in China. Shaoxing has a wide variety of old wines, including: Yuanhong wine, Jiafan wine, Shanshu wine, Xiangxue wine, Huadiao wine, etc. Among them, Guyuelongshan brand Jiafan wine and Shaoxing Huadiaotan wine are special wines for state banquets and have won international gold medals many times. As for the Shaoxing dish, roasted pork with mustard greens, it can be said to be the most famous local home-cooked dish in Shaoxing. In addition, sauce-based dishes are also famous, such as sauce duck, sauce goose, pickles, etc. There are also fennel beans, which are closely associated with the character Kong Yiji in Mr. Lu Xun's works, and have long become a well-known local snack in Shaoxing. Shaoxing has many "time-honored" high-end restaurants such as Xianheng Hotel (No. 44 Lu Xun Road), Lanxiang Restaurant (No. 1 Shangda Road), Tongxinlou (No. 87 Jiefang North Road), and Juyuan Restaurant (No. 37 Shengli Road).

This is Shaoxing! Hope you can fall in love with this city.