A documentary about the history and culture of Chinese tea, involving lots of footage taken in Hangzhou, captured awards in six categories at the 2017 Southeastern Emmy Awards ceremony in the US earlier this month.The winning categories included: documentary-topical; director, non-live; editor — pro...

HIGHER and higher temperature rises but it does not stop the insatiable appetite for food. The night snack streets are witnessing more and more people out and about in their T-shirt and shorts, enticed by the mouth-watering smells from kebabs and noodles. Two weeks ago Shanghai Daily introduced Hang...

IJING Capital Airlines, a sub-sidiary of HNA Group, started offering direct flights from Hangzhou to Saipan, a popular holiday destination in the west-ern Pacific, from yesterday.The airlines will use Airbus A330 on the route. The wide-body jet has 33 business class seats and will complete the trip ...

EVER since President Xi Jinping proposed the Silk Road Eco-nomic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiatives, also known as “One Belt, One Road,” in September 2013, China and countries along the ancient routes have launched a series of cooperative projects.Belt and Road aims to revive t...

Hangzhou’s stunning West Lake, or Xi Hu, has inspired poets, leaders and heroes whose names have been passed down in stories for generations. The city is also a destination for romance, and the setting of one of China’s greatest love stories. As the ancients once said, “In the universe, there is hea...

THERE’S nothing more refreshing than a cup of cool tea on a hot day in Hangzhou, known throughout China as a furnace. For years tea is offered to pedestrians for free around this time of the year. This week, temperatures will linger around 36 degrees Celsius. Visitors to West Lake Scenic Area can gr...

AS the mercury soars it reduces the appetite because the inner heat breaks the balance of yin and yang energy.Traditional Chinese medicine claims toxic accumulates in the body during summer, causing restlessness.TCM therapy helps in restoring the balance between yin and yang, renews energy and resto...

A light show themed sports including jogging, swimming, basketball and soccer is staged from Aug 29 on the walls of 11 buildings along Qiantang River. The show also displays images such as the “most beautiful running track” in Binjiang District and the Olympics Stadium. The 5-minute show ends with t...

A good name of a restaurant is spread by one foodie’s mouth to another’s, instead of commercials or advertisements.Because real foodies are serious and passionate about food. Even heat does not deter them from seeking food, either hotpot or even ice cream.Below are three restaurants which opened les...

THE 12th G20 Summit held earlier this month in Hamburg reminded people of the last G20 Summit that took place in Hangzhou.During the summit in Hangzhou, the city presented the grand expo center to the world, a spectacle coupled with fireworks, as well as its great hospitality. Today tourists can vis...

THE name of Huimin Road originated from an episode about Su Dongpo, the famed writer, artist, pharmacologist, gastronome and statesmen who was the mayor of Hangzhou during the Song Dynasty (960–1279).The city was suffering from both a plague and crop failure during his serving term. Su ran a pharmac...

HANGZHOU continues to boil in scorching heat and tea farmers fear the output of Longjing tea will drop next year.The heat wave swept Zhejiang Province and the entire east China about two weeks ago and shows no sign of retreating as the mercury hovers between 38 and 41 degrees Celsius every day.Meteo...

THE Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has named two Hangzhou towns on its list of unique towns. Local governments are required to preserve the original culture and protect the local ways of life of these towns.Fuchunjiang Town of Tonglu County and Shouchang Town of Jiande County will b...

The Fengtan Road-Liangzhu Road section of Metro Line 2 totaling 10 stops, will be ready for trial operation by the end of this year.The 10 stops will include Fengtan Road, Wenxin, Sanba, Xialongxu, Sandun, Dunxiang Street, Jinjiadu, Baiyang, Dufu Village and Liangzhu stops. In the future, passengers...

THE preliminary design of the first phase of Metro Line 9 from downtown Hangzhou to Yuhang District has been approved by the Zhejiang Reform and Development Commission.The planned subway will have 14 stations along a 17-kilometer route. It will connect with Metro Line 1 at the Passenger Center Stati...

HANGZHOU locals have long appreciated the lotus for its beauty, fragrance and yummy taste. Now, it is the harvest time for lotus seedpods! The raw seeds that are embedded in the round pods taste refreshing and aromatic, which make them popular with gastronomes.West Lake is the best place in the city...

HIDDEN on the hillside in Lingyin, there is a temple not even locals are familiar with. Named Taoguang after its founder, it is a place that enshrines gods and immortals from both Buddhism and Taoism.Historical still remains can still be found in Taoguang Temple.

A Grand Canal research institute will be founded in Gongshu and dedicated to the preservation of heritage and cultural resources related to the canal that runs from Hangzhou to Beijing. It is one of the world heritage sites in Hangzhou and one of the top things to visit in Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is the capital city of Zhejiang province and the transportation hub to other part of China. According to Hangzhou travel news, there is a new Hangzhou South Railway Station will reopen in October with 50,000 square meters on five levels, two unde

TEA is widely accepted as a drink for boosting the mind. In China, it is also used as an aromatic ingredient for making mouth-watering dishes. In ancient classics, tea is believed to nourish the essence of rice and vegetables and balance the grease in meat.