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Lu Xun: the Father of Modern Chinese Literature
ellyse Says: If Shaoxing can be described as a book floating on water, then the buildings along the "Lu Xun street" would undoubtedly be the quintessence of said tome.Without question, Lu Xun is significant as the father of modern Chinese literature. Firmly rooted in the place and era...
ellyse Says: Shaoxing Museum has a wonderful display of the city's history and other stuff, with English captions! Admission is now free, which's yet another plus.Photographing the artifacts on display isn't allowed, but they don't really mind if you photograph yourselves with the...
ellyse Says: Walking north from the northeast corner of Shaoxing city square will lead you to Cangqiao old street, where you can find shops selling local craft and foodstuffs, as well as small restaurants. This is a good place to pick up some souvenirs to bring home.
ellyse Says: Along with Hangzhou's West Lake and Jiaxing's South Lake, East Lake is known as one of the 3 famed lakes of Zhejiang province. On the east outskirts of downtown Shaoxing, East Lake actually used to be a mountain of stone, but which had been quarried since the Han dynasty for...
Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Gently Down the Stream...
ellyse Says: Wupeng boats were an integral part of traditional Shaoxing life. "Wu1" means black and "peng2" means canopy -- a simple but accurate description of these vessels that ply on the canals around Shaoxing. About 4 metres long and 1 metre wide, each boat can comfortably hold 3...
ellyse Says: During the Spring and Autumn period, the production of yellow wine was already commonplace in Shaoxing. As the birthplace of yellow wine, it was fitting that the China Yellow Wine Museum find its home in Shaoxing. Formerly the site of the Gu Yue Long Shan wine factory, this...
ellyse Says: This is the tomb of the legendary Yu the Great, who was instrumental in stopping countless floods in ancient China. He was also the founder of the earliest dynasty in Chinese history, the Xia dynasty. Murals on the walls of the temple halls illustrate the legends associated...
1 Review and 87 Opinions This has to be one of the nicest, if not THE nicest place to stay in Shaoxing. The hotel...
Xiang1 Hui4 Lou2 Hunan Restaurant: Quirky Mao-Style
ellyse Says: Located at the mouth of the small alley that our hostel (Shaoxing New Hostel) is located on, this is a very affordable place to eat at. The restaurant serves Hunan-style dishes, so make sure you're prepared for the spiciness!The most striking point about the restaurant is...
ellyse Says: This is a small restaurant offering local cuisine, on Cangqiao old street. The portions are a tad small and thus not very good value-for-money, but if you're dining alone or in a very small group, don't mind the expense and prefer to taste a wider variety of dishes, then...
Shaoxing Hotel Chinese Restaurant: Tasty Local Cuisine at Reasonable Prices
ellyse Says: Don't be put off by the fact that this is in Shaoxing's best 5-star hotel. The dishes are tasty and authentic, and the environment is certainly very hygienic especially in comparison with the multitude of Xianheng Restaurants around the Lu Xun street. Outside the restaurant...
ellyse Says: Considering that the downtown area isn't very big compared to other cities in the area such as Hangzhou and Shanghai, Shaoxing's long-distance bus station is located a tad far from town.Still, if you're unable to get a seat on the D trains, you might want to consider taking...
ellyse Says: Shaoxing's train station seems unusually quiet for a city in this area of China. I can only guess that Shaoxing's train links aren't as popular or convenient as long-distance bus.Almost all trains between Shanghai and Shaoxing are now D trains and take about 2 hours for the...
ellyse Says: These hats are called wu1 zhan1 mao4 in Chinese, and used to be a signature unique to Shaoxing. Somewhat conical with a turned-up brim, these are warm and comfortable, and can be worn year-round except during the hot summer. Nowadays, these warm hats find their most...
ellyse Says: These hats are called wu1 zhan1 mao4 in Chinese, and used to be a signature unique to Shaoxing. Somewhat conical with a turned-up brim, these are warm and comfortable, and can be worn year-round except during the hot summer. They used to be popular with labourers, farmers...
ellyse Says: This tip is about the Lu Xun museum/memorial hall. I think there was airconditioning installed, but for some reason when I last visited in mid-March, it wasn't turned on! Perhaps the administration thought the weather was at a comfortable temperature so they wanted to save...
Local Snacks and Shaoxing Yellow Wine
ellyse Says: At either end of the pedestrian street (and also elsewhere, goodness knows which one is the real one) are the Xianheng Restaurants selling the snacks that're oft-mentioned in his works.In these restaurants as well as other small roadside stalls along the pedestrian street,...
ellyse Says: Qiu Jin was a female revolutionary who was born during the late Qing dynasty and died at the age of 32, a few years before the fall of the last dynasty of China. She was the earliest female martyr to die for the revolutionary cause. Famous writer Lu Xun's short story...
ellyse Says: Anchang water village has to be one of the most untouched and authentic water villages in this part of China. That said, it's not easy to find -- it's a long bus ride from downtown Shaoxing, and on my 2nd trip there, our driver (from Shanghai) spent a long time trying to...
ellyse Says: Shaoxing used to be a water village. Today, like Suzhou, it still has quite a fair number of canals and old houses, but most of these are hidden off the main streets. If you have the time to spare, walking or bicyclng around would be a good way to explore the local areas.
"Sydney" Opera House, Ziggurat, And...?
ellyse Says: My "favourite" in a way... for being out-of-this-world weird! Prize goes to the Shaoxing city square with its astounding hodge-podge of architectural oddities. A Ziggurat building that looks like it came straight out of WarCraft (with a huge supermarket mall in the basement,...
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I stayed in this hotel for only 1 night, but liked the spacy entrance. The rooms are not really big, but very fancy decorated. Really amazing for a city more...
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Lu Xun, a well known Chinese writer, was born and brought up in Shao Xing. Zhou Shuren began to use "Lu Xun" as his written name after he became a writer. He spent his entire life to "awake people to...
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Go check out the old town. It is so beautifully preserved, you'll forget the wine.
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