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A Brief Introdution
Wansong Academy is located on the Wansong Mountain in the south of Hangzhou, with hills on three sides, Qiantang River to the left, West Lake to the right and back against Fenghuang Mountain, giving people an ethereal, quiescent and picturesque experience. “Pinewood at foot of green hill is luxuriant and green, a bright moon shines upon the ten-mile sand levee.” Owing to these two lines of poetry Returning At Night of Bai Juyi, the famous poet in Tang Dynasty, the phrase of “Wansong” appears. And then the name of “Wansong Academy” comes from it.
History & Background
The Academy, firstly built in the year 11 of Emperor Hong Zhi of the Ming Dynasty (1498), once ranked No.1 in four famous academies of Hangzhou and was the top education institution of Zhejiang Province. In 2002, Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government rebuilt the academy on the original site, representing the elegant demeanor of “elite school” more than 500 years ago.
This academy was the earliest renowned seat of learning in Zhejiang Province, and the story of the “Butterfly Lovers” took place there. The Wansong Academy was founded on the ruins of Bao’en Temple in 1498 during the Ming Dynasty. When Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722) of the Qing Dynasty made his southern tour, he bestowed a plaque inscribed “Zhe Shui Fu Wen” (The Waters of Zhejiang Nourish Learning). The school was then renamed Fuwen Academy and became the largest institution of higher learning in Zhejiang at the time.


About Butterfly Lovers
The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair of lovers, Liang Shanbo (???) and Zhu Yingtai (???), whose names form the title of the story. The story is now counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales, the others being the Legend of the White Snake (Baishezhuan), Lady Meng Jiang, and The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid.
Information
Address:No. 81 Wansongling Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou
Tel:0571-86079490
Transportation:Take bus No.102 to Wansongling Road Stop, or take bus No. 1002 to Liu Bu Qiao Stop.
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Duration:6-8 Hours
Attractions(Cities):West Lake Boat Cruise, Viewing Fish at the Flower Pond, Guo Garden, Meijiawu Tea Plantation, Bamboo-lined Path at Yunqi, Hefang Street
Tour Style:See the softer side of Hangzhou on a full day built around its gardens, lake and tea villages. Your own guide and driver take you and your party by private air-conditioned car, starting with a quiet boat ride across West Lake, then a wander through the ponds of Flower Pond Park and the tucked-away pavilions of Guo’s Garden. Lunch is at a farmhouse table in the Longjing tea village of Meijiawu, with time among the terraces and the shaded Bamboo-lined Path at Yunqi, and the day closes at the old shopfronts of Hefang Street. Pickup is at your Hangzhou hotel, the pace is yours, and there is no forced shopping — just a private guide who knows where the crowds are, and where they are not.
Duration:6-8 Hours
Attractions(Cities):West Lake Boat Cruise, Viewing Fish at the Flower Pond, China National Tea Museum, Meijiawu Tea Plantation, Longjing Imperial Tea Garden
Tour Style:Hangzhou is China’s tea capital, and this private day tour is built around the Longjing (Dragon Well) that made it famous. You start with a quiet boat across West Lake and the koi ponds at Flower Pond, then get into tea in earnest: the China National Tea Museum near Longjing village, a farmhouse lunch in the tea hills, and time walking the working terraces at Meijiawu. The day closes at the Imperial Tea Garden and its legendary eighteen bushes. Your own guide and driver take you around in a private air-conditioned car from your Hangzhou hotel, the pace is yours, and there is no forced shopping — just honest help tasting, judging grade and season, and buying only what you actually like.
Duration:5 Days, 4 Nights
Attractions(Cities):Hangzhou, Suzhou
Tour Style:Five unhurried days across what the Chinese call heaven on earth - Hangzhou, the canal town of Wuzhen and the garden city of Suzhou - in one private trip. You move between the three by car and high-speed rail, with tickets and transfers arranged for you, so the logistics stay invisible and each place gets the time it deserves: lakes and tea villages in Hangzhou, water-town museums and crafts in Wuzhen, classical gardens and old streets in Suzhou. Every day is led by a local guide and a private driver who flex the pace to how your group feels.
Duration:6-8 Hours
Attractions(Cities):West Lake Boat Cruise, Viewing Fish at the Flower Pond, Lingyin Temple, Anmanfayun Village, Meijiawu Tea Plantation, Southern Song Imperial Street
Tour Style:A private, full-day look at Hangzhou's must-see sights, with no bus crowds and no fixed schedule. Your English-speaking local guide meets you at your hotel, and you travel in a private air-conditioned car with your own driver, so your bags stay in the car and you can stop whenever you like. Over 6-8 hours you cruise West Lake by boat, watch the carp at Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor Park, wander the incense halls of Lingyin Temple, drink fresh Longjing tea with farmers at Meijiawu Tea Village, and finish on the old Southern Song Imperial Street. Your guide prebooks entry tickets and manages the timing so you walk past the lines, and your driver handles every transfer between stops, so you just enjoy the day.
Duration:10+ Hours
Attractions(Cities):West Lake Boat Cruise, Guo Garden, Meijiawu Tea Plantation, Bamboo-lined Path at Yunqi, Hefang Street, Impression West Lake Show
Tour Style:A private day in Hangzhou that ends with its most famous spectacle. Your guide meets you at your hotel in central Hangzhou and takes your party around in your own car — a boat across West Lake, the tucked-away Guo’s Garden, a Longjing tasting at Meijiawu, a lunch of Hangzhou’s signature fish soup and cat-ear noodles, the bamboo path at Yunqi and the old lanes of Hefang Street — and after dark the Impression West Lake show, Enduring Memories of Hangzhou, staged on the lake itself. Coming from Shanghai? The high-speed train is about an hour and we can add first-class seats. As an official ticket agent we secure your show seats, and there is no forced shopping.
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