National Parks of ChinaOverview
| Designation | National Park of China (fourth batch) |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| Location | Zhuji, Zhejiang |
| Latitude, longitude | 29.7, 120.1 Google Maps |
| Highlights | Home of the beauty Xi Shi |
| Nearby cities | Hangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou |
| Nearby sites | Fuchun River, Xin’an River and Thousand Island Lake, West Lake, Hangzhou, Shuanglong (Double Dragon) Caves, Huangshan (Yellow Mountains), Mount Yandang, Classical Gardens of Suzhou, Mount Jianglang |
| Themes | Lakes, Cascades, Glens, Hills, Reservoirs, Culture & history |
About
The Huan River–Wuxie scenic area lies in Zhuji, Zhejiang, home of the beauty Xi Shi and a cradle of ancient Yue culture; the State Council made it a fourth-batch national park in 2002.
Wuxie
Wuxie, 20 km north-west of the city, covers 50 km² and is a national park, AAAA attraction and national forest park in four parts: Wuxie Lake, Taoyuan, the east source and the deep west gorge.
Its essence is a five-tier waterfall: the first “moon veiled in thin gauze”, the second “two dragons fighting for the ravine”, the third “pearl curtain stirred by wind”, the fourth “galloping horses” and the fifth “dragon leaping from the sea”.
The Huan River
The Huan River area, the Xi Shi homeland, is an AAAA attraction presenting ancient Yue culture through Xi Shi: along the river where she washed silk stand the Xi Shi Hall, the hall of famous women of Chinese history, the Fan Li shrine, the folk museum, the Zheng ancestral hall, the hall of the three worthies and the old Yue street, recalling the stories of “fish sinking and geese falling” and “Dongshi imitating a frown”. A Xi Shi hall stood here already in the Tang, and Wang Xizhi left the two bold characters “washing silk” on the river bank.
Elsewhere in Zhuji
Zhuji is well placed on the Zhejiang–Jiangxi railway and the Hangzhou–Jinhua–Quzhou expressway, 200 km from Shanghai, 80 km from Hangzhou, 50 km from Shaoxing and 40 minutes from Hangzhou airport, with tourist buses to the main sights. Its products are pearls, torreya nuts and tea; the Thousand-Pillar House at Sizhai is a famous mansion.
Douyan, training base of the national climbing team, has a natural Buddha 88 m high and is known for its peaks, cliffs, rocks, caves and springs. Tangjiangyan by Anhua Lake has cliffs a hundred zhang high with winding paths among rocks and caves, the largest outdoor adventure base in eastern China, and farm stays.