All the rooms at the Banyan Tree Hangzhou are surrounded by water. Hangzhou is known both within China and abroad for its historic relics and natural beauty, which have been the inspiration for poets ...

The West Lake is a wonderful place, it make humanity and geography get together. Here is the hometown of Hangzhou people, but also the cultural ancient spiritual home. Because of the West Lake, let ...

In 2002, when the eastern city of Hangzhou launched a 100-million-yuan “Westward Expansion of West Lake” project, there was reason for skepticism. One of China’s most famous historical sites, West ...

The silver water of West Lake is a skin of wrinkled aluminum foil. Lush green hills that surround the lake on three sides are partially obscured by mist, some of which makes its way to where I stand, ...

Tai chi morning exercises on roller skates near West Lake, Hangzhou, China. Hangzhou kitchen is known as one of the eight major types of Chinese cuisine. Fairly light by Chinese standards, the most ...

Li Hong (Left), Director General of Hangzhou Tourism Commission talks with China Daily reporter Patrick Whiteley More international tourists are expected to flock to Hangzhou in the coming years after ...

Tourists enjoy the scenery at sunrise at the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 23, 2025. The weather in Hangzhou has been fine in recent days. Many tourists get ...

Everyone's building a villa here. It's a nice city--and it has the best air," said my driver, as we passed the willow and peach trees framing Hangzhou's picturesque West Lake. In any other country, ...

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has officially broken ground on West Lake 66 in Hangzhou, China. The project will form a new elevated green pedestrian link between West Lake and the Grand Canal, ...

An aerial drone photo shows cars running on the Yanggongdi Causeway in the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 3, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) An aerial drone photo shows ...