Jinhua 金华Jīnhuá

About Jinhua

Jinhua lies in a broad basin in the middle of Zhejiang and is best known for its dry-cured ham. Nearby Yiwu has one of the world's largest wholesale markets for small goods, and Hengdian World Studios, one of the largest outdoor film studios, builds replica palaces as sets. Zhuge Village is laid out like the eight trigrams, and the hills north of town hold the Shuanglong caves and the ancestral temple of Huang Daxian, a 4th-century hermit worshipped in Hong Kong as Wong Tai Sin.

What to eat in Jinhua

• Jinhua crisp cakes (金华酥饼)
• Yongkang meat-filled flatbread (永康肉麦饼)

Featured places in Jinhua

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  Hengdian World Studios 横店影视城

  A working film backlot of palaces and old streets, run as a theme park

  Best time: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · Time needed: 1–2 days · 5A scenic area

Listed sites in Jinhua

47 listed sites are in Jinhua. These are the 15 rated 5A or 4A; see all 47 in the Zhejiang list.

• Shuanglong Scenic Area (Double Dragon Cave) 双龙风景区 5A scenic area
  A national scenic area on the southern slopes of Mount Jinhua, about 8 km north of the city, rated 5A in 2024.
• China Woodcarving Culture Expo City, Dongyang 中国木雕文化博览城 4A scenic area · on the map
  A vast trade complex in Dongyang, a city known for its woodcarving tradition, where some 3,000 manufacturers sell carved woodwork, rosewood (hongmu) furniture and bamboo crafts from about 8,000 shops.
• Fangyan Scenic Area 方岩 4A scenic area · on the map
  A national scenic area of red Danxia rock east of Yongkang, where flat-topped Fangyan rises sheer from the plain and the classic way up is a steep stepped path of cut stone and timber known as the Flying Bridge.
• Huayuan Village, Dongyang 花园村 4A scenic area · on the map
  A village about 16 km south of Dongyang city, founded in 1342, that has twice absorbed its neighbours since 2004 and now covers 12 km² with more than 65,000 residents, most of them migrant workers.
• Jinlin Fingered Citron Culture Park, Jinhua 锦林佛手文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A farm park in Chisong town, Jindong district, devoted to the fingered citron or Buddha's hand, a fragrant citrus grown on the southern slopes of Jinhua's northern hills for nearly a thousand years.
• Light of Jinhua Cultural Plaza 金华之光 4A scenic area · on the map
  A civic culture complex completed in 2019 on Yanweizhou, the point where Jinhua's rivers meet, in the new Duohu business district.
• Liudong Mountain Underground River, Lanxi 六洞山 4A scenic area · on the map
  A provincial scenic area on a low hill of karst caves between Jinhua and Lanxi, opened to visitors in 1985 and named after its six caves.
• Lu Family Residences, Dongyang 卢宅 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  A large complex of Ming and Qing mansions and halls on the east side of Dongyang, built by the Lu clan, who settled here in the Southern Song and prospered after a family member passed the highest imperial examination in the early 15th century.
• Ming and Qing Residences Expo City, Hengdian 明清民居博览城 4A scenic area · on the map
  A park of about 60 hectares run by Hengdian World Studios that combines old buildings with film sets.
• Niutou Mountain National Forest Park, Wuyi 牛头山 4A scenic area · on the map
  A national forest park in the mountains of western Wuyi County around Niutou Mountain, which at about 1,560 m is billed as the highest peak in Jinhua prefecture.
• Wulong Gorge, Pan'an 舞龙峡 4A scenic area · on the map
  A gorge on the upper Jiaxi stream at Louxiazhai village, Jianshan town, in north-eastern Pan'an, where the stream cuts down through a raised plateau in a series of pools, waterfalls and small lakes.
• Wuzhou Ancient City and Shiwang Palace, Jinhua 婺州古城·侍王府 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  Jinhua's old inner city, first walled around 903, now a restored historic district of lanes with snack stalls and shops, a stretch of rebuilt red-sandstone city wall and the rebuilt Confucian temple, with the Jinhua Museum on its eastern edge.
• Xianhua Mountain, Pujiang 仙华山 4A scenic area · on the map
  A national scenic area in the north of Pujiang County whose summit, above 600 m, is a cluster of sheer volcanic rock pinnacles; the highest, Shaonü Peak, reaches 720.8 m.
• Yiwu International Trade City 义乌国际商贸城 4A scenic area
  Described by the World Bank in 2005 as the world's largest wholesale market for small commodities, it is a chain of huge linked halls with more than 75,000 booths selling toys, jewellery, hardware, kitchenware, stationery, clothing accessories and much more, mainly to traders from around the world.
• Zhuge Village 诸葛八卦村 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  A village in western Lanxi, founded in the Yuan, whose residents, mostly surnamed Zhuge, claim descent from Zhuge Liang, the third-century chancellor of Shu Han.

All 47 listed sites in Jinhua

Getting to Jinhua

Train, flight and driving times from the cities most visitors come from, with stations, fares and how many run a day; each opens the full comparison.

• Xiamen 厦门 high-speed train 3 h 28 min, 8 a day, from ¥390

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Learn more

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