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Xianghu Lake and Kuahuqiao Site Museum 湘湖·跨湖桥Xiāng Hú · Kuàhúqiáo
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Xianghu Lake and Kuahuqiao Site Museum
A lake in Xiaoshan south of the Qiantang River, first dammed as an irrigation reservoir in 1112 and later largely filled in by brickworks, which was dredged and landscaped in stages between 2006 and 2016 as a lakeside park and resort area. On its south shore the Kuahuqiao Site Museum, opened in 2009, presents a Neolithic village of about 8,000 to 7,000 years ago, including a pine dugout canoe that is the oldest yet found in China, kept in a hall over the excavation.
How to get to Xianghu Lake and Kuahuqiao Site Museum
In Xiaoshan District about 15 km south of West Lake; Xianghu station, the southern end of Metro Line 1, is at the north end of the lake, about 3 km from the museum.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 20 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Hangzhou Polar Ocean Park 杭州长乔极地海洋公园 (under 10 km), Hangzhou Paradise 杭州乐园 (under 10 km), Hangzhou Orient Culture Park 杭州东方文化园 (under 10 km), Qiantang River Bridge 钱塘江大桥 (under 10 km), Zhakou White Pagoda 闸口白塔 (under 10 km), Southern Song Guan Kiln Museum 南宋官窑博物馆 (under 10 km).
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