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Hangzhou
 Hangzhou,
the capital of Zhejiang Province, lies at
latitude 120?east and longitude 30?north,
covers an area of 430 square kilometres,
inhabited by 1.3 million people, boasting
a long history. State Wu, State Yue and
Southern Song Dynasty once built their capitals
here, making it one of the six ancient capital
cities in China. It serves as the southern
end of the Grand Canal as well.
The West Lake of Hangzhou city,
is like a shining pearl inlaid on the vast
land of China, holding high reputation for
its beautiful scenery, a multitude of historical
sites, brilliant cultural relics and a profusion
of native products.
Hangzhou's silk products have
found their way to all over the world ever
since Tang Dynasty. So did the elegantly
fragrant high quality Dragon Well tea, the
ultimate product of all kinds of tea. Silk
umbrella, Hangzhou fan, scissors, Chinese
traditional medicaments, Chrysanthemum flower
tea etc. are all noteworthy local products.
 The
present day Hangzhou administers two municipalities
of Xiaoshan and Jiande, and 5 counties of
Fuyang, Lin'an, Tonglu, Deqing and Yuhang.
Its tourism has been extended from the West
Lake area to another national scenic area
of Fuchun River-Xin'an River Scenic Area,
and to Tianmu Mountain Nature Reserve, to
Mogan Mountain, to the Grand Canal and to
the Qiantang River. Tourists from home and
abroad are now exposed to a more splendid
and more diversified landscape and historical
sites in the south of the Yangtze River.
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