Hangzhou Things to Do Tips by Andrew_Liu

"LEIFENG" PAGODA AT NIGHT

The original pagoda was built before 972 AD, and was destroyed many times in her history, finaly, in 1924, the pagoda collapsed.
In 2000, rebuilding it at original position and finished now. If you step up the top of pagoda, you can have a sight of the whole West Lake!
The picture shows it on rebuilding ceremony in the evening.

Directions: The south of the West Lake

WEST LAKE FESTIVAL

West lake is an important travel spot of China. The lake is in the center of Hangzhou. West Lake Festival is opening once a year, in October. There are many activities, like performances, verious international meetings, exhibitions, that attractive a large number traavelers come here.

Address: In Hangzhou. Many newspaper will publish.

Website: http://www.hangzhou.gov.cn

HANGZHOU-DOWN TOWN
Hangzhou is...

HANGZHOU-DOWN TOWN
Hangzhou is a famous historical, cultural and a tour-rest city. The people of Shanghai consider that Hangzhou is the back garden of themselves. You can take train go to Hangzhou from Shanghai within 2 hours.
Hangzhou has a prosperous commerce too. The economy of Hangzhou has arranged into the first ten city of China.
The picture is a busiest section of town - Yan'an Road.. Several biggest stores of China are stand tall and upright here.
If you want to visit how big the store is in China, please come here!

Address: Yan'an Road and Wulin square.

HANGZHOU-Morning Exercise...

HANGZHOU-Morning Exercise
It is an early morning. Many people are sunk in sleep on their bed. And many other get up already and begin to gather to each place where they are going to exercise: the city squares, the open ground before big stores, the side of West Lake¡­ Nearly any vacant places are full of exercise people.
They are wearing Chinese traditional sportswear, seriously doing various exercises: from Chinese Taijiquan to Western Waltz, swordplay, and fan dance and red silk dance.
When the sun begins to rise, they end their exercise and go home, while most people are just getting up.
The morning exercise in China is an unique scenery that you can less see in any other countries.