杭州
Hangzhou
Where Marco Polo declared 'the most beautiful city in the world' — West Lake's misty shores, ancient tea villages, and serene beauty that has inspired Chinese poets for a millennium.
杭州
Where Marco Polo declared 'the most beautiful city in the world' — West Lake's misty shores, ancient tea villages, and serene beauty that has inspired Chinese poets for a millennium.
Hangzhou is China's poetry made visible. West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the centerpiece — its willow-lined causeways, stone bridges, and hillside pagodas have been painted and versed for over a thousand years. Just outside the city, the tea villages of Longjing produce China's most celebrated green tea, picked by hand in spring and pan-fired by master artisans. Once the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou today is a city where Silicon Valley ambition coexists with Buddhist temple tranquility.
