West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp and pian’erchuan noodles—Hangzhou cooking turns Jiangnan’s grace into poetry on the plate.
Published event guides and travel information for Hangzhou.
Places and neighborhoods worth exploring in Hangzhou.
Mountains on three sides and a city on the fourth—described as China’s only lake-category World Cultural Heritage site, long cherished by poets as paradise on earth.
An Eastern Jin temple beneath Feilai Peak, among China’s best-known Buddhist monasteries, with centuries of chanting in a celebrated southeastern sacred landscape.
A lasting landmark of the White Snake legend, reflected in the lake at sunset as one of West Lake’s Ten Scenes.
Southern Song commercial life continues among bluestone paving, teahouses, snack shops and century-old herbal pharmacies.
“Give us a day and travel a thousand years”: a Song-culture park whose Romance of the Song Dynasty show is promoted among the world’s three great shows.
A core West Lake Longjing tea-growing area, with green hills, streams and toasted-tea aromas around Qingming.
Hangzhou's signature street-food highlights.
Noodle soup with preserved mustard greens, bamboo-shoot slices and lean pork—a lifelong Hangzhou breakfast favorite, especially at Kuiyuanguan.
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Attributed to Su Dongpo’s term as Hangzhou prefect, pork belly slowly braises in rice wine for four hours until rich yet mellow and tofu-tender.
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Grass carp is held in clean water for two days, poached and glazed with sweet-sour sauce—a dish closely associated with Louwailou.
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Fried dough and scallions are wrapped in a thin sheet and pressed on a griddle—a Southern Song street snack and Hangzhou childhood taste.
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Pink steamed rice cakes with red-bean filling, soft and sweet—a Hangzhou good-luck treat before examinations.
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Fresh river shrimp gently stir-fried with pre-Qingming Longjing tea—jade-white shrimp and delicate tea fragrance in a signature Hangzhou dish.
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How to enjoy Hangzhou's street-food highlights.
Community experiences in Hangzhou
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