Jiaxing
Wuzhen
Canal-side rooms, blue cloth and a contemporary stage give this water town three different ways to draw you in.
The province journal
Zhejiang.
From the lake to the sea
A lake shaped by poets, tea-growing hills, canal towns and an island of temples. Begin with Zhejiang’s familiar landscapes, then follow the people and crafts within them.
West Lake
At West Lake, a causeway or a tower can lead into poetry, legend and the making of a landscape.
Explore this placeBegin with the classics
From waterside homes and tea hills to island temples, discover the lives of different places.
Zhoushan
Mount Putuo
On Putuo Island, temple courtyards, wooded slopes and the sea meet in a place shaped by Guanyin devotion.
Hangzhou
Longjing Village
A working village of tea fields, wooded slopes and everyday Hangzhou life, where the landscape is read through small paths, houses and the spring harvest.
Look a little closer
Follow tea craft in Longjing, a book collector in Ningbo and indigo cloth in Wuzhen.
Living craft
The Landscape Inside a Tea Leaf
Around Longjing, a leaf’s familiar shape leads into a living craft and the hills that sustain it.
Tianyi Pavilion
Fan Qin and the Books That Built Tianyi Pavilion
A sixteenth-century official carried a collecting habit across his career. The library he built in Ningbo turned that personal pursuit into a structure meant to outlast him.
Jiaxing
A Cloth Learns to Be Blue
At Wuzhen’s indigo workshop, a pattern takes shape by keeping parts of the cloth away from the dye.
Keep exploring
Choose a city: start with its highlights or continue reading in the full article collection.
Hangzhou
A lake held in poetry. A canal carrying the memory of trade. A river opening towards a new skyline. Between them, Hangzhou makes room for quiet mornings, bright evenings, and the small rituals of everyday life.
All articlesJiaxing
Waterways become streets, cloth holds a pattern and rice takes the shape of a leaf. Meet Jiaxing through the small inventions of a water-rich region.
All articlesNingbo
A port city with books in its keeping
All articlesZhoushan
An archipelago city shaped by open water, working harbours and island shores.
All articlesPhoto credits and rights
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West Lake · Jixian Pavilion · cropped/resized or fitted to frameNat Krause · Public domain Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗
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Roofs and waterways in Wuzhen's Xizha scenic area.Wuzhen Scenic Area article; photographer not identified · Rights information Photo source ↗
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Sea and island shore at Putuo, photographed in October 2018.Leiem · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized; WebP conversion.
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Tea fields and houses share a valley in Longjing Village. Photograph by Niklas Dougherty, 2017.Niklas Dougherty · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized; WebP conversion.