Hupao Dream Spring (Tiger Running Spring)
A famous spring at the foot of Daci Hill: Hupao Spring is one of West Lake's famed springs; its water is clear, cool and mellow and never runs dry year-round; 'Longjing tea and Hupao water' are celebrated together as the two wonders of West Lake
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 07:00-17:30
- Ticket
- CNY 15
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
A famous spring at the foot of Daci Hill: Hupao Spring is one of West Lake's famed springs; its water is clear, cool and mellow and never runs dry year-round; 'Longjing tea and Hupao water' are celebrated together as the two wonders of West Lake. Hupao Temple is where Master Hongyi (Li Shutong) was ordained; the sarira stupa and memorial hall are the cultural highlights. Admission CNY 15; take a bus or self-drive via Hupao Road; about half an hour is enough to enjoy it, and the spring water is at its fullest in summer.
Getting there: Bus or self-drive via Hupao Road
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More in Hangzhou
- Xixi National Wetland
Boat maze of reeds and water villages west of the city.
- West Lake
UNESCO lake of pagodas, causeways and arched bridges; boat or bike the shoreline.
- Lingyin Temple
Buddhist temple founded 326 AD amid grottoes of Song-era rock carvings.
- Longjing Tea Village
Terraced Dragon Well tea fields; tastings at family farms.
- West Lake Loop
A World Heritage Site (inscribed in 2011): an urban lake with misty hills on three sides and the city on the fourth, dredged in succession by two of its governors, Bai Juyi and Su Dongpo; Su Shi's verse "wishing to compare West Lake to the beauty Xi Shi" made it a byword for Eastern aesthetics
- Su Causeway & Bai Causeway
Su Causeway, 2.8 km long, was built from dredged silt when Su Shi dredged West Lake; six bridges span the lake, with peach trees and willows lining both banks—"Misty Willows over Six Bridges" is the top spring scene