For tourists in Hangzhou, have a visit to the Lingyin Temple for sincere pray to purity mind and sentiment is an important part. As the landmark of Hangzhou, this temple is receiving more and more greeting with profound history and deep traditional cultural connotation. Now, let us walk into it!

Memorize History

Roaming in Hangzhou West Lake, it is easy to find a delicate temple decorating the surrounding landscape. It enjoyed a high fame as one of the most famous Buddhism temples in China and an ideal place to search the ancient Buddhism culture and history. Now, for the modern temple, its history could be traced back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is said that there is a monk ever walked here and inspired by the natural sceneries. So, he built a temple here and called it as the Temple of Soul's Retreat. For this quiet and beautiful building, it housed the meaning of encouraging a feeling of peace and for contemplation. After experiencing numerous years of history, it conveyed history to us. Wandering here, tourists not only could grasp the historical prints but also cultivate sentiment and mood getting the essence about Buddhism culture.

Delicate Inner Structure

Once entered into the first hall of the temple, you could see a tablet inscribed with words penned by the Emperor Kangxi. Because he was inspired by the sightseeing of this temple shrouded in the mist amongst the trees that surround, he gave the name of Cloud Forest Buddhist Temple to it. Decorated with double eaves, measuring about sixty feet high, the first great hall showed unique elegant and giant. There is wonderful couplet on the door with the spiritual words. Once entered into this hall, your vision will be lured to the delicately painting where there are lifelike phoenix and dragons. From this painting, you would taste the deep traditional culture. Most attractive will be the statue of Sakyamuni which measured about 24.8 meters high. It is one of the largest wooden statues in China with the gold leaf covered. In order to add a final memorable tour to your tour, it will be more exciting to explore the Lingyin Vegetarian Restaurant. Dishes offered from here are full of typical tastes. It is truly a wonderful cuisine regarded as the food for gods.

Not only the body need relaxed but also your mind! Lingyin Temple is an excellent place!

After breathtaking scenery appreciating in Hangzhou, taking some local specialties or going a wonderful shopping will be a terrific ending. As a pearl decorating Yangtze River Delta, shopping in Hangzhou is no longer limited. Today, I would lead you to walk into various shops, stores and the supermarkets.

Excellent Silk Products

In ancient times, Hangzhou Silk has become the most popular in the world wide. With profound history and deep traditional cultural connotation, Hangzhou Silk has been developed and enlarged. In the Emperor Reign period, it is always regarded as the tribute. Covering complicated producing process and color matching, silk has been received by the public in the modern days. For tourists, if you are very interested in the silk product, the Silk City in Hangzhou will be an ideal place. Wandering in this city you would be impressed by over 600 enterprises dealing in a wide variety of pure silk fabrics, garments, handicrafts and so on. These enterprises are not only doing business on the mainland but also exporting their silk products to other countries. Various colors, high quality and considerate service would lead you an excellent shopping tour here.

Famous Longjing Tea in Hangzhou

Chinese traditional tea culture originated from Hangzhou Longjing Tea. It is regarded as the Chinese beat tea. No matter wherever you go, you would see the people sipping cup of Longjing Tea experiencing their free life. It gained high fame not only because the peculiar green color, fragrant aroma, sweet taste and flat appearance, but also regarded as a health elixir. So, for the old people, for long year drinking Longjing, it could conduct a good balance. If you are interested in the profound history of Longjing Tea, you could have a visit to the Meijiawu Village located in the West Lake District. Sitting here having a cup of tea and listening to the detail explanation from the professional guidance, you would know its beauty and charming.

Local Crafts
For the tourists who are keen on the terrific crafts, Qinghefang Street is an ideal place which is ranking as one of the most famous historical streets in the city center. Wander here you could taste the culture of song Dynasty. Local crafts, Silk Parasols all showed here to attract your vision!

Hangzhou is an awesome place not only stored breathtaking sceneries but also excellent local specialties!

When relating to Hangzhou, what carved in the mind will be the soft charming West Lake and the dazzling South China sentiment. However, in addition to this, Hangzhou Nightlife is also deserved appreciating and enjoying. Now, follow me!

Delicate Tea Houses in the Nightlife

When the night falls, boating to the lakes and mountains in Hangzhou, it will be a better choice to choose the lakeside to enjoy the music fountain. With the grand jets combining neon lights, the water scenery will show totally different from that in the daytime. During this time, the Teahouse will be the most attractive section. Being adjacent to the Wu Mountain Scenic Spot, the Chenghuang Teahouse will be the most famous one with classic building style decorated with five layers. From the far distance, it would impress you the ancient feeling. Walking inside, you will be shocked by the simple and refined interior decorations. Sitting inside, you could enjoy an excellent view of the Wu Mountain while sipping a cup of tea and tasting pastries. All the foreign tourists and local residence are all liking here for enjoy relaxed! If you are very interested in the West Lake night scenery, you could choose the Hu Pan Ju Teahouse. It is an ideal place for the friends to hangout and drink tea. Guests coming here could not ony enjoy the gorgeous scenery of West Lake but also taste the authentic Longjing tea.

Dazzling Cafe

For the tourists who hold many interests to the cafe, the nightlife also could fully entertain you. The most famous one cafe house will be the Blue Mountain Coffee House. The local famous people always gathered here to enjoy various kinds of coffee. Unique fragrances and colors lured tourists from all over the world. This store is decorated with western-style making all the tourists enjoy a romantic environment. Under the soft music, chatting with your friends sparing your inner heart, it is an extremely a spirit of enjoyment. Sipping a cup of coffee, appreciating the night view of west Lake, you could find you really get to the nature and mixed into the nature. For most of the young tourists, they are willing to the clubs and pubs for highly happiness. Located on the bank of West Lake, tourists could enjoy most charming night view and the most exciting nightlife.

Hangzhou is a miracle not only in the daytime!