Life at Haining

Haining City is located on the south tip of the Yangtze River Delta, in the north of Zhejiang Province in China. The city has total area of 668 square kilometers with a total population of 640,000, and has jurisdiction over four streets and eight towns. It is 100 kilometers away from Shanghai and 61.5 kilometers from Hangzhou.
Juanhu Lake Wetland Park
Juanhu Lake Wetland Park
Juanhu Reservior is located in the south of Haizhou Rd, the north of Jiangnan Ave, the East of Biyun Nan Rd, and the West of 08 Provincial Rd.
The various sceneries and garden points around Juan Lake include Chinatown·Liuguang Waterfront, Chaoyin·Taying Rock Beach, Jingxiu·Energetic Harbor, etc., integrating elements such as Haining’s lanterns and shadow puppet culture, tide culture, creative park, roller skating into different blocks to form a unique and distinctive theme, achieving great lake view and balance of the lake and scenery, so as to improve the city's taste. In this way, Juanhu Lake will be transformed into a blue-green ecological realm that is full of vitality, a public living corridor sharing healthy vitality, a cultural landscape area showing regional characteristics, and a low-carbon harmonious link that maintains urban development.
Haining Tidal Wave
Haining Tidal Wave
Haining Tidal Wave, also known as Zhejiang Tidal Wave and Qianjiang Tidal Wave, is described as “the Wonder of the World “ for “One-Line Across River”.
Haining Tidal Wave is The Qiantang River Tidal Wave, which is one of three tidal bore in the world. The centrifugal effects of celestial gravity and the rotation of the earth, plus the special landform at the Hangzhou Bay Bellmouth cause the huge tidal bore. Haining Tidal Wave is well-known for “the Wonder of the World” where tourists can appreciate the spectacular view of “One-Line Tide”, “the Meeting Tide”, “the Turning-back Tide” at different places along the river. Since Ming and Qing Dynasties, the folks have always had the traditional custom of watching the tide on lunar August 18th.
Colored Lantern
Colored Lantern
Haining Xiashi colored lantern is a famous artistic craft. It appeared in Tang Dynasty and thrived in Song Dynasty. After thousands of years development, the local folk cultural characterized with handicrafts, calligraphy and paintings as a whole was formed. Xiashi colored lantern has high artistic and aesthetic value, which was listed as tributes for the royal court.
Xiashi colored lantern originated in Xiashi Town, Haining City of Zhejiang Province 1200 years ago. And it became famous at first in the years of Qianfu in Tang Dynasty. Later in Southern Song Dynasty, Xiashi colored lantern was listed as tribute for the royal court.
Haining Shadow Play
Haining Shadow Play
Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is one of the popular folk puppet theatre, and is also the world's intangible cultural heritage, which is acted by silhouette figures. The figures are made from leather or paper and create the illusion of moving images on a translucent cloth screen illuminated from behind. During performance, the troupe manipulate the opera figures and tell stories singing with popular local tone behind the cloth screen with percussion instrument and string music, which has rich local style. Shadow puppetry is a form of traditional folk art of the Han nationality, which is called “Donkey Skin Shadow Play” by the old Beijingers.
Nanguanxiang Historical Streets
Nanguanxiang Historical Streets
Nanguanxiang is a well-preserved and rare-seen old streets in Xiashi Town which remained Ming and Qing Dynasties street styles at present. Now the whole streets well retains the historical features and traditional patterns of the combination of business and residence, the front store and the back river, the small bridge and flowing water.
In 2006, Nanguanxiang Historical Streets was listed as the provincial historical cultural streets. The main spots include: Jiangnan Colored Lantern Art Street, Haining Shadow Play Heritage Center, Former Residence of Wu Qicang and Wu Shicang, Huiyuan Nunnery and Zhou Zongyi Memorial Hall.
Haining Dongshan Forest Park
Haining Dongshan Forest Park
With the theme of“Modern and Ancient Resorts surrounded by the water and hill”, the park is built as a city comprehensive park with the water and hill intended for Haining citizens to do leisure and entertaining activities.
Dongshan will set up more than 20 scenic spots to reproduce the twenty-four sceneries of Xiachuan, including Shijing Fish Watching and Penghu Misty Rain. In addition, the story of Gu Kuang's reading desk will also be reflected in "A Visit to Gu's House". The peaks of Dongshan are beautiful, the forests and gully are pretty, and there are many historical sites, especially the "Ancient Pagoda in the Sky". The Zhibiao Pagoda was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420 AD) and was originally named "The Eight Blessings". In the Song Dynasty, a monk called Zhibiao reconstructed it through collectiong alms, that is why it gets the name today.
Former Residence of Xu Zhimo
Former Residence of Xu Zhimo
The former residence of Xu Zhimo is the residence of the famous modern poet, essayist, and leading figure of the "Crescent" Xu Zhimo after marrying Lu Xiaoman. There are basic displays, interactive displays and restoration displays in the old house. These displays vividly show Xu Zhimo's brilliant and short life, as well as his achievements and contributions in the Chinese New Culture Movement.
Haining Leather City
Haining Leather City
Haining China Leather City is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. It was completed and opened in 1994, which is the leading market of China's leather industry, a national distribution center for leather clothing, fur clothing, leather goods, luggage, fur, and leather. It is also the trending publishing center of leather price information, market quotation, and fashion.
Yanguan Tourist Resort
Yanguan Tourist Resort
Yanguan tourist resort is an important tourist attraction in Haining, the main attractions include Yanguan old style street, the former residence of Wang Guowei, tide-watching park and hundred miles of Qiantang resort.
Haining Hundred Miles Qiantang International Tourism Corridor is located in the north shore of the Qiantang River, with a riverside length of 48 kilometers and the total area of 96.86 square kilometers, that’s why it got a very vivid name “Hundred miles Qiantang." Along the river, there are " the meeting tide in Dingqiao Big Gap ", "one line tide in Yanguan" and "turning-back Tide in old Yancang" and other attractions , where you can enjoy the spectacular and ever-changing view of the Qiantang tidal bore.
Life at Haining