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Angsang Lake Causeway 昂桑湖避塘Ángsāng Hú Bìtáng
National heritage site · Shaoxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shaoxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Angsang Lake Causeway
A stone causeway about 3.5 km long that winds north–south across Angsang Lake on the northern edge of Shaoxing, built in the late Ming and finished after 1642 so that boats could shelter from wind and waves, while also linking the two shores. Its S-shaped bank of dressed stone, paved with large slabs, is broken by five stone beam bridges and has a small stone roadside pavilion carrying Qing inscriptions on its repair. The northern 1.5 km still has water on both sides, while the southern part has had water on one side only since land was reclaimed in the 1970s.
How to get to Angsang Lake Causeway
On the northern outskirts of Shaoxing in Yuecheng district, about 9 km north of the old city by road; the causeway starts at Lintou village in the south.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 40 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 50 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Qiaobo Ice and Snow World 乔波冰雪世界 (under 10 km), Keyan Scenic Area 柯岩 (under 10 km), Datong School and Xu Xilin's Former Residence 大通学堂 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培故居 (under 10 km), Dashan Pagoda 大善塔 (under 10 km), Anchang Ancient Town 安昌古镇 (under 10 km).
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