Longjing Village
The core growing area of West Lake Longjing tea: the "Eighteen Imperial Tea Trees in front of Hugong Temple at the foot of Shifeng Peak" were personally designated imperial tea by Emperor Qianlong — the story of his six tours of Jiangnan and four visits to Longjing lives on today
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- All day
- Ticket
- Free (tea-house consumption applies)
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
The core growing area of West Lake Longjing tea: the "Eighteen Imperial Tea Trees in front of Hugong Temple at the foot of Shifeng Peak" were personally designated imperial tea by Emperor Qianlong — tales of his six tours of Jiangnan and four visits to Longjing are still told today; during the pre-Qingming tea season (March-April) you can try tea picking and pan-frying, and tea houses serve tea over mountain views for the price of your order. Free entry; reachable by Bus 87 or self-drive; pair with the Nine Creeks and Eighteen Gullies (Jiuxi Shibajian) for a half-day hike with tea tasting.
Getting there: Bus 87 / self-drive
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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