Xixi wetland park

Introduction

XiXi Wetland is the first and only national wetland park in China. It is located at the west part of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, a total of 10.64 square kilometers. 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 1800 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

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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”.

Fall Snow Nunnery Gains its reputation from white bulrush flowers, which blossom in winter and dance in the sky, similar as snow in winter.

Deep Pond meeting Can only be reached by boats and is the site of annual Dragon Boat Contest.

XiXi Thatching Was once famous collector’s 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 hermit in Chinese culture.

Plum Bamboo Manor Is concealed in the plum and bamboo bosks, where met poets 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: There are many kinds of wildlife in XiXi. Representative vegetations in XiXi are persimmon, willow, camphor, bamboo, mulberry, plum, peach, elm, nelumbo, maple, poplar and hibiscus. Typical birds are: aigrette, white wild goose, kingfisher, green head duck and silver pheasant. Aquatic animals are carp, chub, shrimp, eel and crab.

Transportation

How to reach? Directions Y13：Linyin-XiXi 306/K306: HL Gym Center-XiXi-LiuHe Road

346/K346: Gudang-XiXi-Yuhang

K213 (night route): Liuxia-XiXi-Wulin Square

K310: Shima-XiXi-Luojiazhuang

By car Westward along Tianmu Road

Where to enter The only access is the dock of Zhoujia Village.

How to tour You can reach most of the sights by boat or by foot except for Fall Snow Nunnery, which can be accessed by canoe.

External links

http://www.tourzj.com/zhuanti/XXshidi2005-6-2/index.asp

http://travel.dahangzhou.com/html/2005/2005-5-6/98.htm

www.zju.edu.cn/zdxw/jd/read.php?recid=6369 - 6k