Local Culture

From the slash-and-burn farming of Liangzhu ancestors to the landscape context of the Wuyue Culture, from the booming capital of the Song Dynasty to the digitized innovation of the modern era, Hangzhou's cultural gene has been updated time and again. At its West Lake, you can explore China's most representative poetic dwelling spiritual home, at the southern end of the Grand Canal, you can see the millennium man-made engineering wonder, and at the ruins of Liangzhu City, you may look back to the dawn of Chinese civilization. An ancient metropolis that fuses the past and present, Hangzhou, with its famed natural beauty, is also an ideal destination to get to know some of the best legacies of the nation’s culture, such as silk culture, tea culture, ceramic culture, sealing culture, and Guqin culture.

World Cultural Heritage Sites

Truly a "World Heritage City", Hangzhou boasts three world cultural heritage sites: West Lake, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City. Together, they reflect the essence of the Chinese civilization, condensed into a unique symbol of urban spirit, and highlighting the area’s unique Oriental characteristics and temperament.