Maojiabu (Mao Family Wharf)
Starting point of the Ancient Incense Trail: in Ming and Qing times pilgrims boated from the city to Maojiabu, landed there and walked up to Tianzhu to offer incense; the stone-paved "Incense Trail" and old water wharfs survive to this day
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- Open all day
- Ticket
- Free
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
Starting point of the Ancient Incense Trail: in Ming and Qing times pilgrims boated from the city to Maojiabu, landed there and walked up to Tianzhu to offer incense; the stone-paved "Incense Trail" and old water wharfs survive to this day. Wetland reeds and rustic boardwalks make this a quiet corner of West Lake's west line, with waterbirds and wildflowers changing through the seasons. Free entry, west of Yanggong Causeway, far less crowded than the main lake area—good for a cycling stop and photography.
Getting there: west side of Yanggong Causeway
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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