Jiaxing
Jiaxing, alternately romanized as Kashing, is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, China.
Jiaxing, alternately romanized as Kashing, is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,400,868 and its built-up area, made up of 2 urban districts was home to 1,518,654 inhabitants.
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Worth seeing in and around Jiaxing
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01South Lake
South Lake is a lake in the South of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, and covers an area of 0.54 km2. It is also known as "Mandarin Duck Lake" due to its shape.
1.4 km · lake in Jiaxing, Zhejiang · Wikipedia - 02Jiaxing Catholic Church
Jiaxing Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic Church in downtown Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.
2.3 km · building in China · Wikipedia - 03Juehai Temple in Jiaxing
Juehai Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Nanhu District of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.
2 km · building in China · Wikipedia - 04Wanda Plaza
Wanda Group, or the Dalian Wanda Group, is a Chinese multinational conglomerate founded in Dalian, Liaoning, and headquartered in Beijing. The conglomerate's core businesses are a private property developer and an entertainment company, effectively acting as the owner of Wanda Cinemas and the Hoyts Group line of cinema chains.
4.4 km · mall chain operated by Wanda Group, China · Wikipedia - 05Vincent Abbey in Jiaxing
Jiaxing Vincent Abbey is a Roman Catholic Church in Nanhu District, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.
4.1 km · church in Zhejiang, China · Wikipedia - 06Jiaxing Stadium
The Jiaxing Sports Centre Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Jiaxing, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
400 m · building in Zhejiang, China · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Jiaxing is unearthing its tourism assets. A number of attractions are being restored or renovated, while others have been refurbished.
- 01St Mary's Church
- 02Vincent Abbey
- 03Citadel of Jiaxing
- 04Meiwan Street
- 05Yuehe Street
- 06Pavilion of Mist and Rain
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Things to do
- 01Take a boat around South Lake
Nanxi West Road, corner of Haiyantang Road (ticket desk) (follow signs to main wharf from ticket desk (2-3 min walk)).
- 02Dragon Boat Festival
Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
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Where to eat
- 01Wu Fang Zhai
Jiaxing is famed across China for its zongzi, which are compacted parcels of rice and other ingredients wrapped in lotus leaves.
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Getting to Jiaxing
- Airports
- Hangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH), 65 km · Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), 75 km · Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 89 km
- Stations
- Jiaxing Nanhu Airport, 8.5 km · Jiaxing South railway station, 7.1 km · Jiaxing Railway Station, 2.2 km
- Hangzhou → Jiaxing76 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · ¥33–44
- Shanghai (Minhang) → Jiaxing72 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · ¥31–41
- Wuxi → Jiaxing101 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · ¥46–60
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Jiaxing
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jiaxing. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundSouth Lake is served by a regular ferry service, but public transport around the rest of the city by boat ceased several years ago.
- Get aroundThere are also rickshaws for hire and small canal boats.
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Next door to Jiaxing
Jiaxing is 52 km from Jinshan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Xiuzhou Districtdistrict of Zhejiang Province, China5.4 km
- Nanhu Districtdistrict of Zhejiang Province, China2.2 km
- Daqiaotown in Zhejiang, People's Republic of China9.6 km