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Xixi National Wetland Park 西溪湿地Xīxī Shīdì
5A scenic area · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Xixi National Wetland Park
An urban wetland of about 11.5 km² on the western edge of Hangzhou, a maze of six main watercourses, ponds and fish ponds among thousands of old persimmon trees, long admired by poets and painters. Opened in 2005 as China's first national wetland park, it mixes protected marsh, where more than 80 bird species have been recorded, with water-village houses, humped bridges and pavilions.
How to get to Xixi National Wetland Park
About 5 km west of West Lake; Xixi Wetland South station on Metro Line 3 is next to the Zhoujiacun entrance, and Xixi Wetland North station on Line 19 serves the northern side.
Nearby
- Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 under 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings - West Lake 西湖 under 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like
Also within 20 km: Zhongyi Bridge 忠义桥 (under 10 km), Feilai Feng Grottoes 飞来峰造像 (under 10 km), Dream Town, Cangqian 梦想小镇 (under 10 km), Cangqian Granary 仓前粮仓 (under 10 km), Yue Fei Temple and Tomb 岳王庙 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎故居 (under 10 km).
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