Hangzhou's Xiaoshan District is not only the old site of Yue State with an over-1000-year-old dazzling civilization; but also a site for the 19th Asian Games featuring an open and vibrant modern atmosphere. Since their launch, the Asian Games-themed tourist routes of Xiaoshan District have attracted tons of attention. Today let us feel the ardor of fashionable and youth Xiaoshan, experience the charm of its old streets, witness its exuberance and vitality; Trace the history of Xiaoshan in the museum, and enjoy a fun boat cruise on Xianghu Lake; Try delicacies from different parts of Xiaoshan and learn the ancient techniques of Xiaoshan that have been handed down for a hundred years...
All are welcome to share your ideas regarding "your favorite Asian Games-themed route" via email (zqx@absolutechinatours.com). One participant will be selected to win a Hangzhou souvenir.
Activity Time: October 16, 2023 to October 29, 2023
Winner Notification: Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV and Tourism will make two attempts to notify the potential winner within seven (7) days of the closing date of the activity via email. The winner should provide the required information to claim the prize. Failure to do so will lead to disqualification.
Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV and Tourism reserves the right of final explanations.
A Date with Xianghu Lake
Route: Xiaoshan Sports Center → Xianghu Lake National Tourist Resort
Xiaoshan Sports Center Stadium, which serves as the football venue during the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou, houses a professional football court and eight professional athletics tracks, as well as various facilities for athletics competitions. The 15,000-square-meter stadium can seat 10,108 spectators. Come here and imagine being one of the spectators cheering on athletes sprinting to the finish line and football players scoring goals... Or walk into a competition venue, take a run around the athletic field and push your limits with a 100-meter dash.
Head to Xianghu Lake National Tourist Resort and visit Kuahu Bridge, one of the 100 bridges spanning Xianghu Lake. Look east from the bridge and you have the 2,500-year-old Yuewang City Historic Site; Look west and you have the 8,000-year-old Kuahu Bridge Historic Site for a taste of Kuahu Bridge Culture, Wuyue Culture, Lake and Field Water Conservancy Culture, Poetry Culture... You can also have fun at thrill rides and watch shows at Hangzhou Paradise Park, interact closely with polar animals and marine life at Changqiao Polar Ocean Park, and embrace the forest and play in the water at the New Century Senbo Resort.
Vigor & Youth
Route: Three Asian Games stadiums - Qianjiang Century Park - Guali Sports Center - Zhenong • Dongchao Art Park
Head to the three Asian Games stadiums, and see the unique "butterfly" design of the main stadium and the aquatic sports arena, as well as the "jade cong" design of the comprehensive training center. During the Asian Games, multiple sports events such as basketball, volleyball, handball, wrestling, and Taekwondo can also be watched in the stadiums.
Go to Qianjiang Century Park in your free time to enjoy the beautiful views of the Qiantang River, run free on the lawn, play Frisbee with friends, or even set up a tent to camp and barbecue with your family. After dark, coming here to watch an outdoor movie and listen to the resident singers is also one of the good things in life.
The Guali Sports Center serves as the competition and training venue for Kabaddi and Wushu during the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou, and for Taekwondo during the Asian Para Games.
“Baseball and softball” is one of the events included in the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou. Come to Guali Baseball & Softball Park and experience the intense atmosphere of baseball and softball. You can step onto the field, have a base hit, make a catch, pass and catch, hit a home run... Or cheer on the players off the field, conveying the strength of youth.
Zhenong • Dongchao Art Park, transformed from an old warehouse, has already become an "internet-famous check-in spot" in Xiaoshan District. In the park, there are independent spaces for art creation, unrestrained trendy guidance, simple, plain, retro and tranquil appeal, sports, exhibitions, music and food... You can watch an art exhibition, sample a cup of coffee and stroll through a creative fair.
Countryside Fun
Route: Linpu Old Street - Ruyi Runway - Lingshan Temple - Daicun Countryside Sports Town
Linpu Gymnasium has a very beautiful name, "the Soft Cube" because it serves as the competition and training venue for judo, ju-jitsu, and kurash during the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou and judo during the Asian Para Games. Its design takes the deep cultural connotations of Linpu Town and incorporates Chinese-style charm.
Linpu Old Street has a Republic of China era-themed commercial and cultural block and the cultural brand, Linpu 19. It introduces large-scale indoor and outdoor immersive script games to create a themed interactive block and breathe life into the rebirth of the old street.
Hengyi Village in Linpu Town has a long history, deep cultural heritage, and abundant mountain and water resources. It is particularly famous for its Meili Fangding Persimmon. Here you can feel the joy of being in close contact with nature.
Lingshan Village in Puyang Town is located in the southwestern part of Xiaoshan District. It is home to the 1,000-year-old Lingshan Temple and Li's Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Kiln workshop. You can come here and experience the charm of porcelain making.
Daicun Countryside Sports Town is a "paradise" for countryside sports. Mountaineering, go-karting, paragliding, rafting... flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, there are many dazzling leisure sports, allowing you to have fun "on the ground, in the water and the air", and also experience the ultimate comfort of glamping. Take the Daicun National Mountaineering and Fitness Trail and walk the entire route to see the famous scenic spots of the scenic Daicun Town with rich heritage. While exercising, you can feel the beautiful scenery of Daicun with your heart and harmonize your body and mind with nature.
Sanquanwang Village in Suoqian Town features luxuriantly-green fruit trees and beautiful scenery. The red plums are the "treasure of the village". The beautiful plum blossoms bloom in March and April every year, forming a wonderful scene of "Fragrant Snow in the South".
Historical Imprint
Route: Kuahu Bridge Historic Site - Xiaoshan Museum - National Water Museum of China
The Kuahu Bridge Historic Site Museum is a themed museum that comprehensively reflects the results of archaeological excavations and research at the Kuahu Bridge Historic Site. The exhibition area is divided into three exhibition halls, namely, the Kuahu Bridge Culture Theme Hall, the Underwater Site Exhibition Hall, and the Introduced Project Hall.
The Xiaoshan Museum, located at the southern foot of Beigan Mountain, was designed by renowned architectural expert Xing Tonghe. The construction area of the museum is nearly 10,000 square meters. The museum's existing collection includes calligraphy and painting, ceramics, metalwork, jade, miscellaneous objects, and other categories. The rich and precious collection reflects the deep historical atmosphere and cultural heritage of Xiaoshan.
Zhedong Canal Xiaoshan Exhibition Museum was renovated from Jiangsi, a thousand-year-old ancient temple. It uses Jiangsi's original hall and wing rooms as exhibition spaces, with a history hall, a culture hall, a poetry hall, and a culture and innovation area respectively. Through various means, including texts, pictures, videos, physical objects, and interactive experiences, Xiaoshan's long canal history and rich canal culture are comprehensively displayed.
The National Water Museum of China adopts the design of "a tower and a museum in one", achieving the perfect combination of Chinese classical style, modern materials, and advanced technology, becoming a crystal pagoda "floating on the water". The museum integrates the functions of education, research, collection, conservation, and exchange. The exhibitions that have been opened to the public include the water and human civilization exhibition area, the basic water conservancy exhibition area, the "dragons and rain" exhibition area, and the outdoor water control, water diversion, and payers for rain culture exhibition area.
Craftsmanship and Intangible
Cultural Heritage
Route: Louta Ancient Town - Heshangdian Scenic Area - Huantan Scenic Area - Yiqiao Old Street
Listening to a piece of Louta's "Xishifan" music and tasting a table of "Ten Bowls of Xiaoshan", Louta uses music and food to interpret Xiaoshan's intangible cultural heritage. Louta Ancient Town was established over a thousand years ago. It began in the late Tang Dynasty, developed in the Song Dynasty, and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Louta Ancient Town has not only a long history but also a profound accumulation and rich cultural heritage. It is a comprehensive scenic area that integrates ancestral hall culture, traditional Chinese medicine culture, old street culture, red culture, calligraphy and painting culture, and other cultural display experiences.
The Dragon Lantern Pageant, the New Year Folk Customs Culture Festival... Heshang uses festive activities to keep traditional culture fresh. According to legend, monks from Guangfu Temple used to open shops on the river, forming a bustling market commonly known as "monk shops (Heshangdian)". Heshangdian Scenic Area hosts special festivals such as the Zixia River Lantern Festival and the New Year Folk Customs Culture Festival every year. Heshang's "Ten Bowls" catering culture is famous far and near, and its authentic snacks such as orange cake, Qingming rice ball, and glutinous rice cake are famous in the surrounding area.
The Guyun (Ancient Charm) Huantan Scenic Area in Jinhua Town integrates time into architecture. Loyalism culture and five "yi (public benefit)" rural customs have been passed down for a long time and inspired people to make progress. Its name is derived from Yue Fei, a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, who stopped there to drink water and was charmed by the place. Huantan Village has about 30,000 square meters of ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Among them, the Old Foreign Style House, Wuben Hall, and Erqiao Bookstore are provincial-level cultural heritage sites in Zhejiang. There are more than a dozen cultural units under municipal protection.
The Qiantang River Poetry Exhibition Hall in Yiqiao Old Street is an antique structure in the style of the Qin and Han dynasties. The entire exhibition hall is centered around the two aspects of "Qiantang Poetry" and "Hangzhou Song Dynasty Charm Culture". Through the use of physical objects, photographs, videos, and other forms, as well as elements such as sound, light, and electricity, it combines the Tang Poetry Culture with Song Dynasty Charm Culture.
Digital Intelligence and
Common Prosperity
Route: HIPARK - Turing Town - Guali Meilin Village
As Xiaoshan's first provincial-level characteristic town, HIPARK was born in the year when the concept of "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" was first proposed. With "Internet +" and "Artificial Intelligence +" as its characteristic industrial positioning, it is determined to become a new engine driven by technological innovation and a demonstration area for the deep integration of "information technology and industrialization". Come here to learn about the unique charms of the future community.
Stepping into the core supporting area of the main front of the Asian Games, a modern international town with good looks, charm, and connotation is right in front of you. Within the 3.25 square kilometers of Turing Town, a series of supporting facilities such as subway, commerce, medical care, and education are all available, forming a high-quality urban living space that is "suitable for living, working, traveling, and culture experience."
As the sixth batch of characteristic towns in Zhejiang Province, Robot Town is the first characteristic town named after "robot" in Zhejiang Province. It has received many honors, such as Zhejiang Province Digital Demonstration Park, Zhejiang Province Excellent Platform for the Gathering and Development of Small and Micro Businesses, and Zhejiang Province Popular Science Education Base. The town's expo center is the first professional robot display and experience center in Zhejiang, with a large exhibition hall of 6,000 square meters. Various functional areas such as the industrial achievement display area, interactive experience area, temporary exhibition hall, lecture hall, and the Second Classroom (a new type of education model) have been set up.
Guali Meilin Village is located in the eastern part of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City. It is a demonstration place for party building, an important origin of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation", and a place where the spirit of reclamation is inherited. It is also a pioneer of "common prosperity" and a practice place for the construction of Future Villages. You can go to the "Common Prosperity Village" exhibition hall in the village to experience the intelligence and convenience of "smart medical care", experience the wisdom of Xiaoshan in one stop, and enjoy a bright future with a full view.