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Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City 良渚古城遗址Liángzhǔ Gǔchéng Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
The remains of the walled capital of the Neolithic Liangzhu culture (about 3300–2300 BC), which with its outer dams and the Yaoshan altar was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019. The site park lays out the raised palace platform of Mojiaoshan, the earthen city walls and the Fanshan elite cemetery, while the finds themselves are shown at the Liangzhu Museum.
How to get to Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
Between Liangzhu and Pingyao, about 22 km north-west of central Hangzhou; the Liangzhu Museum is about 4 km to the east.
Nearby
- Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 20 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings - West Lake 西湖 20 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like
Also within 20 km: Nanshan Cliff Carvings, Pingyao 南山造像 (under 10 km), Liangzhu Museum 良渚博物院 (under 10 km), Laohuling Dam Site Park 老虎岭遗址公园 (under 10 km), Cangqian Granary 仓前粮仓 (10 km), Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎故居 (10 km), Dream Town, Cangqian 梦想小镇 (10 km).
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