Wuzhen Water Town lies in the north of Zhejiang Province by the west side of the Jinghang Grand Canal. Being a place of strategic importance for both land and water transportation, Wu Town is at the juncture of two provinces (Zhejiang and Jiangsu), three prefectures (Jiaxing, Huzhou, and Suzhou), and seven counties (Wucheng, Gui'an, Chongde, Tongxiang, Xiushui, Wujiang, and Zhenze).

In the past, Wuzhen Water Town was divided into two towns, the west part was named Wu Town, belonging to Wucheng County of Huzhou Prefecture, and the east part was named Qing Town, belonging to Tongxiang County of Jiaxing Prefecture.

During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), Wu Town was the boundary area of the Wu and Yue states. It was during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) that the name of "Wu Town" was officially accepted. After liberation, the two towns eventually merged and were renamed Wu Town, administered by Tongxiang County.

Wuzhen Water Town is not only famous for its beautiful rivers and lakes, but also for being the hometown of the famous writer Mao Dun.

Longjing actually means, "Dragon Well" and according to legend, the Dragon Well was discovered in about 230AD. This fresh spring water encouraged the people of Hangzhou to develop their own quality tea and thus, Longjing tea was born.

The National Tea Museum is situated in the Longjing (Dragon Well) Tea plantation near West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The building complex in 'Jiang Nan water-town' is a perfect example of ancient Chinese civilian architecture.

The National Tea Museum is the only state-level museum specializing in the theme of tea culture. It is also the largest tea museum in China with the most comprehensive collection of tea utensils and other relevant exhibits on view. The museum is made up of five themed buildings: exhibition, tea drinking, tea performance, multiple functions, and international exchanges. The exhibition hall is the main body of the museum. Branching off it are areas dedicated to the history of Chinese tea, tea drinking customs, tea utensils used in past dynasties, and the knowledge surrounding tea culture, and even the complicated process of picking and roasting tea leaves.

The two locations dedicated to tea drinking and tea performance are designed to introduce the ways of drinking tea and show the diverse tea-related performances in different regions of the world.

Visitors here not only appreciate but also take part in the tea-drinking ceremony. Guests can choose their own particular tea, for example the Chinese Longjing tea, named as the imperial tea by the Emperor Qianlong during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

The multiple function rooms generally hold international seminars and exchanges on any sort of tea culture. That is to say, National Tea Museum would rather be an international-level research center on tea and tea-related culture than just a museum showing the history of tea. Each year, tea professionals and aficionados come to Hangzhou city from all over the world for the 'West Lake International Tea Festival'. Tea, as the symbol of world peace and friendship, connects people from all over the world.

The National Tea Museum plays an important role on the tea stage and offers the chance and space for international research and exchange about tea and tea culture. So far, the museum has been a hot tourist spot and an educational base that attracts millions of people from both home and abroad.

The name of Lingyin Temple or Soul's Retreat Temple comes naturally from its quiet surroundings. With deeply forested hills on three sides, the temple is really a hideaway. It is the largest and most resplendent temple in Hangzhou.

Built during the Eastern Jin Dynasty some 1,600 years ago, the temple was ruined and rebuilt many times over the centuries. It has recently taken on a completely new look showing the original splendour. In the Hall of the Heavenly King seated in the centre is a statue of Maitreya, the fat-bare-bellied Buddha with a smiling face. The walkway from this hall to the main hall, which contains the famous statue of Sakyamuni, founder of Buddhism, is paved as though carpeted with green flagstones. The magnificent 19-metre high statue is seated on a louts flower amidst great red pillars and murals of a hundred crans. Carved of camphor wood and gilded in gold, one foot of the statue measures 1.8 metres. Behind Sakyamuni is a colourful group-sculpture of 150 Buddhas representing an episode from the Buddhist scriptures. Another remarkable work of art is a sculpture of a Bodhisattva on the back of the back of a whale on waves of the sea. Tourists know Chinese appreciate browsing among the scrolls on which are copied poems and couplets.

Hangzhou's fame is largely due to the picturesque West Lake. Lying in the west of the city, and surrounded by hills on three sides, the West Lake is 3.2 kilometres from north to south and 2.8 kilometres from east to west with a cirumference of 15 kilometres. Its water surface encompasses 5.8 square kilometres, while the islands on the lake occupy 6.3 square kilometres. Its average depth of water is 1.55 metres. Its storage capacity is between 8.5 million and 8.7 million cubic metres.

The Su and Bai Causeways, both man-made, divide the lake into five separate lakes: the Outer Lake, the North Inner Lake, the West Inner Lake, the Yue Lake, and the Lesser South Lake. There are scenes everywhere in around the West Lake. Apart from the ten scenic spots of Qian-Tang, eighteen attractions of the West Lake, the top ten famed attractions designated during the Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127-1279) are as follow: Spring Dawn at Su Causeway ( the Su Dyke Enveloped in Morning Mist), Autummn Moon Over the Calm Lake, Lotus in the Breeze at the Crooked Courtyard ( a lotus speactacle at Quyuan), Three Pools Reflecting the Moon, Watching Goldfish in a Flowery Pond ( Viewing Fish at Huagang Pond), Orioles Singing in the Willows, Snow Scene on the Broken Bridge ( the Broken Bridge Cocooned under a Snow Mantle), Double Peaks Kissing the Sky, Evening Bell Ringing at Nanping, and the Lei Feng Pagoda in the Glow of the Setting Sun.

Pagoda of Six Harmonies is 60 metres high and was built of wood and bricks to subduing the bore in 1970. An octagon supported by 24 pillars, the pagoda has 13 upturned eaves, which become progressively narrower toward the top. Contributing to the pleasing contour of the structure, a spiral staircase leads to the top of the seven-storey pagoda, the ceiling of each storey carved and painted with figurines, flower, birds and animals whose colours are fresh and refined.

Viewed from a distance the pagoda appears to be layered, bright on the upper surface and dark underneath, a technique used in ancient Chinese architecture to alternate light and shade and clearly delineate the pagoda for an attractive long-distance view. A panoramic view of the Qiantang River (totalling 410 kilometres and the drainage area being 42,000 square kilometres) and its bridge ( construction of the bridge started on August 8, 1934 and was completed on September 26, 1937; the 1,322-metres-long bridge was designed by Mao Yisheng ( 1896-1989), a bridge expert; it is double-decked, with double railroad tracks below and a four lane highway above) is afforded from the top. If tourists are on any of the three days after the Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the 8th lunar month), they will witness the spectacular Qiantang River Bore ( one of the magnificent sights of Nature in China) when a huge wall of water rushes in with a thunderous roar. The roar of the high tides is answered by the beating of gongs and drums along the banks of the river, creating an occasion never to be forgotten.