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Taizhou
City in Zhejiang, China

Taizhou

Taizhou is a city located at the middle of the East China Sea coast of Zhejiang province.

Plan a trip to Taizhou→From Wenzhou (Longwan)

It is located 300 km (190 mi) south of Shanghai and 230 km (140 mi) southeast of Hangzhou, the provincial capital. It is bordered by Ningbo to the north, Wenzhou to the south, and Shaoxing, Jinhua, and Lishui to west. In addition to the municipality itself, the prefecture-level city of Taizhou includes 3 districts, 3 county-level cities, and 3 counties.

As of the 2020 census, its total population was 6,662,888 inhabitants whom 3,578,660 lived in the built-up area made of the three urban Districts and Wenling City now being largely conurbated.

Get in

Getting to Taizhou

  1. 01
    Taizhou Station

    On the Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou high-speed rail line, this has frequent service to a variety of cities in southern China.

  2. 02
    Linhai Station

    Linhai district is served by its own station on the same high-speed line, although with less service than Taizhou Station.

  3. 03
    Taizhou Luqiao

    This airport has a few flights to major domestic destinations.

See

Worth seeing

Linhai district has a gorgeous old town, ringed by a nearly-complete city wall that climbs along the top of a ridge, advertized locally as the Southern Great Wall. There is also an East Lake (东湖) nearby, and long old streets. Linhai has its own stop on the high-speed rail line, northeast of town.

  1. 01
    Taizhou Museum
  2. 02
    Linhai Museum
  3. 03
    Fucheng Cultural Tourism Zone
  4. 04
    Fangguang Temple

    Buddhist temple located on Mount Tiantai.

  5. 05
    Gaoming Temple
  6. 06
    Guoqing Temple
Do

Things to do

Enjoy some streetside barbeque in Huangyan District's Night Market, where various trinkets and articles of clothing can also be found. Just say to any taxi driver "ye shi" (sounds like "yeh sure") and you'll get there. The eggplant is highly recommended.

  1. 01
    Ruyi
  2. 02
    Shenxianju

    The curved bridge is actually made of three smaller ones, also featuring a glass walkway.

Eat

Where to eat

Sanmen Green Crab Sanmen Green Crab is one of the most famous seafood dishes in Taizhou, prized for its tender and succulent meat. Green crabs are a common dish at local family tables and a highlight in various banquets. Popular preparations include steaming, stir-frying with ginger and scallions, or spicy crab dishes, all of which preserve the natural sweetness of the crab.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.