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West Lake
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| West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou. Marco Polo called Hangzhou the most enchanting city in all the world. Hills embrace the lake on three sides; the city proper lies to the east. Ancient Chinese people praised the West Lake area as a land of intoxicating beauty. |
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Total Solar Eclipse in China on 22 July 2009
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| The solar eclipse will take place on July 22, 2009 and it happens once every three hundred years. The solar eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the twenty-first century. Totality visible in Haining will last for up to 5 minutes. |
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Six Harmonies Pagoda
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| Six Harmony Pagoda is Highly erected by the Qiantang River and to the south of the West Lake, it is a perfect symbol of brick-and-wood structure built in the ancient China. It was first built in 970 AD in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). The name "six harmonies" comes from the six Buddhist ordinances, meaning "harmonies of the heaven, earth, east, west, south and north". |
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Dragon Well Tea Village
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| Dragon Well Tea is famous for its unique fragrance and flavor, distinguished leaf shape and green color. Dragon Tea and Tiger Spring match each other so well that they are rated together as the two superb specialties in Hangzhou. Visiting the Dragon Well and Sipping Tea there was a visual and oral pleasure no one could afford to miss during those years. |
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More Hangzhou attractions
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| China Oriental Paradise Tour |
from $569.00 |
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| Shanghai, an ideal "shopping paradise" and a famous historical and cultural city. An old saying as: "There is a paradise in the heaven, and down on earth there are Suzhou and Hangzhou". |
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| Total Solar Eclipse with Amazing Cities Tour |
from $1,850.00 |
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| China is a time capsule: ancient cultures and modern miracles in Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai. On 22 July, 2009, to witness the longest total solar eclipse in over a century and watch marvelous spectacle that only the Amazon River's surging tide rivals it in Haining. |
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