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Every street in Hangzhou carries echoes of the past. Walking through its historic quarters, you encounter the stories and events that shaped this place — visible in the buildings, monuments, and neighborhoods that have survived to tell their tale.
Hangzhou has been celebrated as an earthly paradise in Chinese culture for centuries, and walking around the legendary West Lake and through its surrounding hills of tea plantations reveals why Marco Polo called it the finest city in the world.