Something Old and Something New

September 2, 2010
It has been said by some that Hangzhou is the perfect city, and is the most attractive destination of China. Nowhere else in China can taste the nectar of the ancient past of China to this idyllic backdrop, and then continue to spend their nights in a first class nightclub, restaurant, or coffee. For those who travel around the city, Hangzhou offers the kind of attention to China that stand in your memory and your photo album – this is a city even his mother could love, no matter how little is enthusiastic about his decision to travel through this strange Eastern country.

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Longjing Tea Culture Village

September 2, 2010

 Hangzhou in the Mist

The summer rains have brought a fine mist over the beautiful city of Hangzhou – and as a result, the city seems suspended in the clouds. It’s a look that suits Hangzhou, for the city is a paradise, a kind of heaven on the land, and in the mist it becomes even more surreal, as if you might meet the gods of ancient China strolling at the edge of the lake. It’s the West Lake that has made Hangzhou famous for centuries – an idyllic, wide stretch of calm water surrounded by pagoda-studded mountains folding into the distance, and criss-crossed with old bridges and pathways laid long ago, when poets and Emperors looked out on the still waters coated in waterlily and lotus.

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