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Xixi National Wetland Park (Chinese: 西溪国家湿地公园) is the first and only national wetland park in China, located at the west part of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a total of 1,150 hectares (2,800 acres). The park is densely crisscrossed with six main watercourses, among which scatter various ponds, lakes and swamps. XiXi Wetland has a history of more than 1,800 years and an abundant cultural heritage. It’s the original site of Chinese South Opera; it has a traditional Dragon Boat Contest; it contains the vivid life of a water village, featuring silkworm feeding and silk production. The sights Hazy Fisher Village Is famous for the scenery of willow haze, mist and smoke from kitchen chimneys. Anchorage Thatching Seems like an island floating on water—it’s the origin of the name “ anchorage”. Autumn Snow Temple Gains its reputation from white bulrush flowers, which blossom in winter and dance in the sky, similar to snow in winter. Deep Pool Mouth Can only be reached by boat, and is the site of the annual Dragon Boat Contest. XiXi Thatching Was once famous collector Fen Mengzhen’s second house in the late Ming Dynasty, recording the artistic life of “ lying on water and tasting tea”. XiXi Plum Villa Has a taste of eremitic sentiment, because the plum is the symbol of the hermit in Chinese culture. Plum and Bamboo Manor Is concealed in the plum and bamboo bosks, where poets met in the Qing Dynasty. XiXi Water Attic Is the place for collecting books and reading, with the west part “ Blue Brook Study” and the east part “ Book Possession”. Wildlife Typical birds are: Little egret, wild geese, Common kingfisher, Mallard duck and Silver Pheasant. Aquatic animals are carp, chub, shrimp, eel and crab. Some of the vegetation includes: persimmon, willow, camphor, bamboo, mulberry, plum, peach, elm, nelumbo, maple, poplar and hibiscus. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) - DSCF33351
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Taizhou (Chinese: 台州; pinyin: Tāizhōu, not Táizhōu; Taizhou dialect: T'e-tsiu), formerly T'ai-chow is an emerging city along the eastern coast of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China facing the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean to the east. It lies 300 kilometres (190 mi) due south of Shanghai and is 230 kilometres (140 mi) from Hangzhou, the provincial capital. Administratively, it is a prefecture-level city and is bordered by Ningbo to the north, Wenzhou to the south, and Shaoxing, Jinhua, Lishui to the northwest, west and southwest respectively. (Source: en.wikipedia.org) - LingYin Temple Hangzhou
Lingyin Temple (simplified Chinese: 灵隐寺; traditional Chinese: 靈隐寺; pinyin: Língyǐn Sì) is a Buddhist temple of the Chan sect located north-west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. The temple's name is commonly literally translated as Temple of the Soul's Retreat. It is one of the largest and wealthiest Buddhist temples in China, and contains numerous pagodas and Budddhist grottoes. The monastery is the largest of several temples in the Wulin Mountains (武林山), which also features a large number of grottos and religious rock carvings, the most famous of which is the Feilai Feng (飞来峰; literally "the peak that flew hither"). The monastery was founded in 328 AD during the Eastern Jin Dynasty by monk Hui Li, who came from India. (Source: Wikipedia) - Xiamen
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Lingyin Temple (simplified Chinese: 灵隐寺; traditional Chinese: 靈隐寺; pinyin: Língyǐn Sì) is a Buddhist temple of the Chan sect located north-west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. The temple's name is commonly literally translated as Temple of the Soul's Retreat. It is one of the largest and wealthiest Buddhist temples in China, and contains numerous pagodas and Budddhist grottoes. The monastery is the largest of several temples in the Wulin Mountains (武林山), which also features a large number of grottos and religious rock carvings, the most famous of which is the Feilai Feng (飞来峰; literally "the peak that flew hither"). The monastery was founded in 328 AD during the Eastern Jin Dynasty by monk Hui Li, who came from India. (Source: Wikipedia) - Xiamen