--- title: "Zhoushan – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Zhoushan, China: Zhoushan is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. Nearby: Zhejiang Ocean University, Ocean College…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zhoushan" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zhoushan.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/IMO_9778533_-_Vilnia_M%C3%A6rsk_01.jpg/1920px-IMO_9778533_-_Vilnia_M%C3%A6rsk_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China # Zhoushan Zhoushan is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. ![Zhoushan](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/IMO_9778533_-_Vilnia_M%C3%A6rsk_01.jpg/1920px-IMO_9778533_-_Vilnia_M%C3%A6rsk_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Zhoushan · Llez (CC BY-SA 3.0) The place Zhoushan is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. It consists of an archipelago of islands at the southern mouth of Hangzhou Bay off the mainland city of Ningbo. The prefecture's city proper is Dinghai on Zhoushan Island, now administered as the prefecture's Dinghai District. During the 2020 census, Zhoushan Prefecture's population was 1,157,817, out of whom 882,932 lived in the builtup area consisting of two urban districts of Dinghai and Putuo. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhoushan), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Zhoushan 2 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. 1. Zhejiang Ocean University Zhejiang Ocean University is a public university based in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China. 3.2 km · university located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhejiang_Ocean_University) 2. Ocean College, Zhejiang University Ocean College is a college under Faculty of Engineering of Zhejiang University. Located on the Zhoushan Island, it was the first ZJU institution outside of Hangzhou. 4.8 km · college of Zhejiang University · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_College,_Zhejiang_University) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Opium War Relics Park This park commemorates the history of the First Opium War in Zhoushan. 2. Shenjiamen Fishing Port The fishing port is at the southeastern end of the island). 3. Zhoushan Museum 4. East Pole 5. Putuoshan Mount Putuo is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage destination and scenic area in the Zhoushan Islands. 6. Daishan Island From [Wikivoyage: Zhoushan](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zhoushan), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do 1. Mount Putuo Putuo Mountain, Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province, Emei Mountain in Sichuan Province, and Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province are known as the four famous mountains of Chinese Buddhism. 2. Zhujiajian A beautiful seaside town, Zhujiajian is most famous for its sandy beach. 3. Zhujiajian Daqingshan Scenic Area 4. Shenjiamen Fishing Port Located in Putuo District, Zhoushan City, Shenjiamen Fishing Port is famous for its night stalls. 5. East Polar Island The main scenic spots in the East Pole are Miaozi Lake, Qingbang Island, Dongfu Mountain and Huangxing Island. 6. Taohua Island The shooting place of the 87 version of the legend of the arched heroes is the sea, fine sand, farmhouse, seafood, and the Taohua Valley Scenic Area. From [Wikivoyage: Zhoushan](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zhoushan), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Xiaoxixi Seafood Food Stall A local seafood restaurant serving fresh seafood and Zhoushan-style dishes. From [Wikivoyage: Zhoushan](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zhoushan), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Zhoushan **Airports:** Zhoushan Putuoshan (HSN), 16 km · Ningbo Lishe (NGB), 74 km · Shanghai Pudong (PVG), 134 km\ - Ningbo → Zhoushan Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ningbo-to-zhoushan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ningbo&to=Zhoushan) - Shanghai (Pudong) → Zhoushan Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shanghai-pudong-to-zhoushan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shanghai+%28Pudong%29&to=Zhoushan) - Shanghai (Minhang) → Zhoushan Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shanghai-minhang-to-zhoushan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shanghai+%28Minhang%29&to=Zhoushan) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Zhoushan) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Zhoushan 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 Zhoushan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in From Baifeng the ferry will take you to Zhoushan's Yadanshan ferry terminal, very close to Dinghai District downtown, after a 50-minute sea ride. - Get in The ferries are quite ok, they offer some drinks and most important you can stay on the outer decks and enjoy the thrilling scenery of Zhoushan archipelago. - Get in The Donghai Bridge connects the mainland to a tiny island (more a rock than an island) in the middle of East China Sea where there is a deep-sea huge container terminal and a car ferry terminal. - Get in From the car terminal you will have a ~1-hour sea ride to Zhoushan, passing the northern island chains until Zhoushan's main island Ximatou ferry terminal. - Get in From Shenjiamen to Shanghai this touristic bus starts from Banshendong Ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of the island and has 2 more stops in Zhoushan, at Dongang New Bus Terminal (which is in the middle of nowhere) and in Dinghai. From [Wikivoyage: Zhoushan](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zhoushan), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Matsu Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/matsu) TW 9 ways of moving, 34 sources 476 km 2. [Zamami and the Kerama Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zamami) JP 12 ways of moving, 19 sources 651 km 3. [Taketomi and the Yaeyama islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketomi) JP 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 656 km 4. [Kinmen (Quemoy)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kinmen) TW 10 ways of moving, 12 sources 723 km 5. [Orchid Island (Lanyu)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/orchid-island) TW 10 ways of moving, 31 sources 885 km If you know how people move in Zhoushan – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Czhoushan&title=Zhoushan&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fzhoushan), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Zhoushan - [Putuo District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/putuo-district) district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China, surrounding the island of Putuoshan 9.6 km [The place page for Zhoushan](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/zhoushan) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on China](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-CN) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zhoushan, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt