5 Sights in Hangzhou, China (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Hangzhou, China! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Hangzhou. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Lingyin Temple

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Lingyin Temple is a prominent Chan Buddhist temple near Hangzhou that is renowned for its many pagodas and grottos. Its name is commonly and literally translated into English as Temple of the Soul's Retreat.

Wikipedia: Lingyin Temple (EN)

2. 良渚博物院

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The Liangzhu Museum is an archaeological museum dedicated to the Neolithic Liangzhu culture. It houses a collection of artefacts from the archaeological culture. It is located in Liangzhu, in the northwestern outskirts of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, China.

Wikipedia: Liangzhu Museum (EN)

3. Wenlan Pavilion

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The Wenlan Pavilion, also known as the Imperial Wenlan Library, Imperial Library or Wenlan Ge, is a library and garden located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The library was one of the seven major collections of books built by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty to house the Siku Quanshu and the only surviving one among the southern collections.

Wikipedia: Wenlan Pavilion (EN)

4. 广济桥

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Tangqi Guangji Bridge, also known as Guangji Long Bridge or Tongji Bridge, commonly known as Long Bridge, is a seven-hole stone arch bridge located in the northwest of Tangqi Town, Linping District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, and crosses the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in a north-south direction. The bridge was built in the Tang Dynasty, rebuilt in the second year of Ming Hongzhi (1489) (the arch coupon is engraved with this year), and repaired during the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty. The length of the bridge is 78.7 meters, the width is 5.2 meters, the middle hole span is 15.69 meters, the arrow height is 7.75 meters, the arch is built with longitudinal sections and parallel masonry, and the north and south sides are each along 80 steps. On both sides of the bridge deck, there are 0.4 meters high plain stone railings, a total of 64 pillars, four pillars on the top of the bridge are decorated with lotus petals, and the rest are spherical.

Wikipedia: 广济桥 (杭州) (ZH)

5. Feilai Peak

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The statue of Feilaifeng is located next to the Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Feilai Peak, also known as Eagle Peak and Eagle Ridge, is a limestone mountain with an altitude of 168 meters. Feilai Peak is separated from Lingyin Temple by a stream, and there are 345 stone Buddha statues that have been completed successively from the five dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty for more than 500 years on the rock wall beside the stream. In 1982, it was listed as the second batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Wikipedia: 飛來峰 (杭州) (ZH)

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