Zhejiang

Zhejiang (浙江) is in a province in East China, very close to the major city of Shanghai.

Location in China

Cities

Main Cities

• Hangzhou - Zhejiang's capital, former capital of China, China's busiest destination for domestic tourism, famous for tea, silk and the great West Lake.
• Huzhou - includes the historic district of Anji
• Ningbo - former treaty port, clean and compact with interesting islands nearby, Putuoshan and Zhoushan.
• Shaoxing - traditional Chinese cultured city
• Wenzhou - major industral center, near the sea and Fujian border
• Yiwu - vibrant with Middle Eastern flavour due to large Islamic business community.
• Zhoushan

Smaller Cities

• Beilun - international port near Ningbo
• Cixi
• Jiangshan- is a small city at the intersection of Zhejian, Fujian and Jiangxi.
• Jiaxing - civilized city of fish, rice and silk including famous resting-on-water towns Wuzhen and Xitang
• Taizhou
• Xikou
• Zhuji
• Lishui

Other destinations

Yu'ao, a typical fishing village on the rugged coast of the Dayu Bay, in Zhejiang's southernmost Cangnan County

• Mount Dalei
• Mount Putuo
• Lake Tai
• Qiandaohu, a scenic lake known for its 1,000+ islands and clear water
• Yandangshan
• Moganshan, a mountain getaway from Shanghai

See

Jianglangshan

• Wuzhen (乌镇) is located on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and also around a net-work of other smaller canals and rivers. The town has numerous bridges, ancient harbors and water-side pavilions, and makes an excellent complimentary side-trip for visitors staying in nearby Hangzhou. Buses ply the route from Hangzhou to Wuzhen.

• The China Danxia landscape near Jianglangshan is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Go next

• Shanghai
• Fujian
• Jiangxi
• Anhui
• Jiangsu