杭州市文化广电旅游局 Hangzhou’s Amazing Villages

As an international tourist destination, Hangzhou boasts abundant tourism resources, including many beautiful villages. The beautiful environment of the countryside and authentic cuisine provide an opportunity for fast-paced city dwellers to slow down. So let's take a look at some of the distinctive and beautiful villages in Hangzhou.

Hangzhou’s Amazing Villages

Shangxi Village

Shangxi Village is located in Jiupaojie Scenic Area. As there are two mountains around the villages, which are shaped like an elephant and a lion, it is also called "Xiangshi Village,” literally “Elephant...

Zhoujia Village

Situated in Hangzhou Xixi National Wetland Park, Zhoujia Village is the main entrance of the park. In addition to being the main place for visitors to gather and learn about the park, Zhoujia Village...

Huanxi Village

Located at the foot of the famous Tianshangang Mountain, the birthplace of the Three Kingdoms culture, in the easternmost part of Jiangnan Town, Tonglu County, Huangxi village is surrounded by...

Yaokou Village

Yaokou Village is located in Huyuan Town at the junction of Fuyang and Zhuji, only 20 kilometers from Longmen Town and Wuxie Scenic Area in Zhuji. It is a small mountain village with well...

Yangguo Village

Local residents in Cangqian all love eating lamb. The lamb pot as a unique specialty has a long history. The lamb skin is thin and tender. The soup is mellow, aromatic and spicy. It is said that when...

Baisha Village

Baisha Village is the result of the merger of the original three villages of Taizimiao Village, Baisha Village and Longxushan Village. Located at the source of Taihu Lake, east of Tianmu Mountain...

Geling Village

Located inside Qingtian Village on the edge of Qiandao Lake, Geling Village is in a beautiful setting backed by lush green mountains and facing the lucid water of the lake. It is home to attractions...

Zhinan Village

An ancient village with thousands of years of history, Zhinan Village is a paradise for photographers and is called one of the most beautiful ancient villages in East China by the outdoor circle...

Luci Village

In a beautiful natural setting with lush green mountains and lucid water, Luci Village has rich rural tourism resources such as Jiangnan Longmen Bay, natural baths, Luzi earth houses, Shishe Camping Base and Yanlingwu Orchard.With a long history, the village is home to many outstanding people and has profound cultural heritage. It is the hometown of Fang Gan, a poet of the late Tang Dynasty. There are many well-preserved ancient dwellings, alleys, bridges and ancestral halls with historical and traditional...

Wuxing Village

Most people must have read Du Mu’s poem “Where the fleecy clouds have come to gather homes can be sighted.” In Lin'an District, Hangzhou, there is such a village named Wuxi Village which is known as “home within white clouds.” With the beautiful landscape, unique climate and good location, Wuxing Village in Longgang Town, Lin'an has become an important part of rural tourism development. Travelers can enjoy the freshest alpine vegetables and yummy cuisine here. With houses built on the mountain and shrouded in white...

Xinye Village

Situated in the town of Daciyan in the southwest of Jiande, Xinye Village was built in the 12th year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (1219). Because of Yuhua Mountain behind the village, people in the village are called Yuhua Ye Clan. It has been more than 780 years of history through Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China since the first generation of Yuhua Ye clan settled here. There are 16 ancient ancestral halls, pagodas, temples and more than 200 ancient residential houses, which have been well...

Qinchuan Village

Qinchuan Village has a history of more than 750 years. According to records, Lord Wanning saw this place was "surrounded by four mountains and two rivers, and the water flows incessantly," so he named the village "Qinchuan." Most of the buildings there are Huizhou-style architecture with white walls and black tiles. Qinshui River runs through the village in an "S" shape from north to south. From the top of the mountain, the village’s layout looks like the Chinese character “王.” Apart from a small number of wooden...

Longjing Village

Situated in the mountainous area in the southwest of the West Lake Scenic Area in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Longjing Village is famous for producing top quality West Lake Longjing tea, known as the "No. 1 village of the tea town." Longjing tea produced here ranks first. Legend has it that when Emperor Qianlong came to Jiangnan, he went to Hugong Temple under the Lion Peak Mountain in Longjing Village to taste West Lake Longjing tea. The village has many tourist attractions including the Imperial Tea Garden, Hugong...