Hangzhou West Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the scenic area consists of one mountain (Lone Mountain), two embankments (Suti, White Causeway), three islands (Ruan Gongdun, Huxinting, Xiaoyingzhou), five lakes (Outer West Lake, Beili Lake, Xili Lake, Yuehu Lake, and South Lake), and ten scenic spots (Quyuan Fenghe, Pinghu Lake Autumn and Moonlight, Broken Bridge and Remnant Snow, Wenyingying in the Willow Waves, Leifeng Sunset, Nanshiding Evening Bells, Fishing in Flower Harbor, Su Di Spring Dawn, and Twin Peaks in the Clouds).
Suggested tours: Suti, White Causeway, San Tan Yin Yue, Lake Pavilion, Leifeng Pagoda, Six Harmonies Pagoda, Lingyin Temple, Yue Temple, Flower Harbor Fish Viewing
1. Six Harmonies Pagoda ★★★★★
Walk off the northern approach bridge of Qiantang River Bridge, and walk along the left-hand direction of the Binjiang Boulevard for about ten minutes to the foot of the Six Harmonies Pagoda located in the north of Jiangbei Yuehuan Mountain. The steps up to the tower are steep, so it's best to support each other.
Climbing to the Sixth Pagoda is a great way to see the river and hear the sound of bells.
Distribution of attractions
Northern Song Kai Bao three years (970), Wu Yue Wang Qian Hongjiao built for the Zhenjiang tide, is a brick and wood structure of the pavilion-style tower, now the tower body for the eight sides of the seven levels, the tower height of 59.89 meters, covering an area of about 900 square meters.
Appearance of 13 layers, inside only 7 layers (of which the sixth layer is closed, the seventh layer of the tower and the body is connected, into the "seven bright six dark" unique structure).
The tower adopts different angles of the arch, the corridors, small rooms, stone steps, platform door organically combined together, can reach the top. There are also 104 iron bells hanging from the eaves of each floor outside the pagoda.
Photography guide: From the north side behind the Sixth Harmony Pagoda, walk up the hill, cross the Pagoda Garden, and come to the terrace modeled after the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, and when you look back, the majesty of the Sixth Harmony Pagoda and the Qiantang River Bridge appear in front of your eyes, and you'll find that you've already stood in the most satisfactory shooting point.
Transportation: Take 2, K4, 308, 504, Tour 5, Holiday Line 5 to Six Harmonies Pagoda Station.
Tickets/opening hours: 20 yuan, an additional 10 yuan to climb the tower.
2. Songcheng ★★★★
"Give me a day, give you a thousand years," is Songcheng's slogan, and in fact, the country's largest Song culture theme park is really worth a visit. Songcheng consists of the "Qingming Shanghe Tu" reproduction area, the art square area, the nine-dragon pillar group area, Yingzhou Xianshan District and the Southern Song Dynasty Palace area. Inside the city, palace gardens, post stations, stores and workshops, marketplaces, rainbow bridges, city towers, fairy mountains, countryside and folk cultural performances on the streets reproduce the prosperous scenes of the Kyoto of Bianjing and Lin'an in the Song Dynasty.
Transportation: Take No. 308, No. 514, Tour No. 4, No. 5, Holiday Line 5 to Songcheng Station.
Tickets/opening hours: 160 yuan (including the show)
10:00 - 21:30
Tips: "Songcheng Thousand Years of Love" show time 14:00, 19:30
3. Ling Mountain Mirage ★★★★★★
"Ling Mountain Mirage" collection of Tall and strange and dangerous in a hole, melting the wind and water gas waterfall as one and famous. Spirit Mountain Scenic Area consists of Spirit Mountain Cave, Spring Water Cave, Wind and Water Cave, Kongli Hollow Cave and other 24 caves, between which the peaks are stacked, mountain flowers, rich landscape, exceptionally attractive.
Also known as Lingshan Cave, has a history of more than 1500 years. This cave is different from other places, for the vertical shaft type, the height difference of 109 meters, a total area of more than 4000 square meters.
Inside the cave, there are five halls, such as Qilin Welcoming Guest, Underwater Cave, Sai Kunlun, Tianzhu Hall, and Dayun Basin. Stalactites in a hundred forms, like flowers and fruits, lifelike. Especially the "silk satin", "Palace Court open" "Jade Lotus waterfall" and other majestic scenery.
Transportation:
1, Hangzhou Post Road, 510 bus "Ling Shan Cave", the first shift is 7:00, the last shift is 4:00, 40 minutes a bus. (Road 510 is a regular bus from Post Road to Lingshan Cave, the specific departure time of Post Road is 7:00, 8:20, 9:50, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, and the specific departure time of Lingshan Cave is 8:00, 9:20, 10:50, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00.)
2. Starting from Hangzhou city, go towards Liuhe Pagoda direction, get on National Highway 320 to Hangfu River Highway, and follow the signs to reach the scenic spot.
3. Hangzhou city bypass highway turn pond mouth under the direction of the West Lake, along the scenic area signs to reach the scenic area
Tickets / opening time: 50 yuan
4. Qiantang River Bridge ★★★★★★
Recommended as a whole Hangzhou city sightseeing the southern starting point. Standing on the not-so-broad bridge you can have a panoramic view of the Six Harmonies Pagoda and experience the flavor of Hangzhou city by the mountains and the water.
This area tour, to "climb the six ancient pagodas, watching the tide of the Qianjiang River, enjoy the scenery of Songcheng, swim in the future world" as the base, the radiation "tracing the source of the Qianjiang River, watching the tide of Haining" as the level, suitable for the high and dry in the autumn, the lunar calendar, eighteen tidal wave to come time! The tour is the best.
The West Lake, Leifeng Pagoda and Qiantang River Bridge are the first impressions of Hangzhou for many ordinary Chinese people. The bridge, designed by China's famous bridge scientist Mao Yisheng himself, is located on the river east of the Sixth Harmony Pagoda and was built in 1937 after a long and difficult journey. It is China's first self-designed and constructed steel girder double-deck highway and railroad dual-purpose bridge, with a total length of 1,453 meters, of which 1,072 meters is the main bridge on the river, 288 meters is the approach bridge on the north bank, and 93 meters is the approach bridge on the south bank.
Tips: Every year on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, watch the big tide of the Qiantang River.
Dining/Lodging/Shopping: There are many flavor halls in the Qiantang River Bridge near the Hangzhou end, where you can eat special seafood, flavorful snacks and farm dishes. One of them is Qianjiang Restaurant just below the Third Bridge.
Transportation: You can get there by 514, 504, 522, 308, 538, 324, 510, K4, K599, 2, Tour 5.
Neighboring attractions: Six Harmonies Pagoda, White Pagoda, Lingshan Mirage, Songcheng, Future World, Gong Tailuyu's Tomb
5.Future World ★★★★
Zhijiang National Tourist Resort in the "Hangzhou Future World", is currently Asia's largest outdoor theme park, with the world's largest screen holographic movies.
The park consists of six blocks: Happy World, Romantic Athletics, Splendid Celebration, Flower Shadow Avenue, Colorful Plaza and Dream Center. The "Dream Center" is a huge indoor playground with a floor area of 16,000 square meters, which is the essence of the whole "Future World". It consists of five different attractions: Time Tunnel, Forest Adventure, British Flower Street, International Market and Dream Stage.
Transportation: Take No. 504, No. 5 Tourist Route, or No. 5 Holiday Line and get off at the Future World Station.
Tickets/Opening time: 80 yuan (not a pass, the amusement program is basically a charge. The free programs are basically children's programs.) 9:30-22:30
Neighboring attractions: Six Harmonies Pagoda, Qiantang River Bridge, White Pagoda, Lingshan Mirage, Songcheng, Gong Taili Yu's Tomb
6.White Pagoda ★
The White Pagoda, located in the south of the West Lake, on the White Pagoda Ridge, on the banks of the Qiantang River. It is opposite the Sixth Harmony Pagoda. Built in the Five Dynasties. It was built with pure white stone, hence the name "White Pagoda".
The White Pagoda was built in the mode of a wooden tower, with eight sides and nine layers. Corner of each side of each layer has a shuttle-shaped leaning column, each layer of the four sides of the pot door, carved paved head, the Royal Ring, milk nail door, pot door on both sides of the relief Buddha, bodhisattva statues, lines, vivid modeling, realistic image. The rest of the four sides of the carving scriptures, between the Bodhisattva statue. With the architectural style of the Five Dynasties period, it became a masterpiece of high-rise architecture at that time.
Under the White Pagoda Ridge, there is the old White Pagoda Bridge, which was a major land and water transportation route at that time. Ancient poems: "White Tower Bridge by the sale of land by the long pavilions and short stage is very clear. How to only say Lin'an Road, not count the Central Plains have a few trips." Although the bridge does not exist, but reflects the White Tower near the scene.
The White Pagoda for the study of China's architectural history and art, has an important reference value. 1988, the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection units.
Transportation: Take No. 39 from the city station to the gate and walk there.