Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Zhijiang Branch
The main hall of the Zhijiang Cultural Center, opened in 2023: all ten of the museum's signature treasures gathered together — the Liangzhu 'King of Cong' jade cong, the 'Remaining Mountain' scroll of Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, the gilt Ayuwang (Asoka) stupa unearthed from the Leifeng Pagoda crypt, and more — a complete civilizational sequence of Zhejiang from prehistory to the modern era
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 09:00-17:00 · closed Mondays
- Ticket
- Free · reservation required
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
The main hall of the Zhijiang Cultural Center, opened in 2023: all ten of the museum's signature treasures are gathered here — the Liangzhu 'King of Cong' jade cong, the 'Remaining Mountain' scroll of Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, the gilt Ayuwang (Asoka) stupa unearthed from the Leifeng Pagoda crypt, and more — presenting Zhejiang's complete civilizational sequence from prehistory to the modern era. Free with reservation, closed Mondays, direct access via Metro Line 6, Fenghua West Road Station; with the largest exhibition space in the province, allow half a day.
Getting there: Metro Line 6, Fenghua West Road Station
Photos
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