# Zhuji

Zhuji (诸暨) is a city in Zhejiang.

## Understand

Zhuji City is located in central Zhejiang province north, Kuaiji mountain and Longmen mountain range, Pu in the middle reaches of Yangjiang. The total population of 1157900 people (2011).
Zhuji City has a long history and rich culture. It is the hometown of the State of Yue, the hometown of Xishi, and the place where King Goujian of Yue slept and tasted his courage. In the 25th year of the First Emperor of Qin (222 BC), Zhuji County was established as Kuaiji County. Zhuji is the birthplace of Yuyue culture.

### Climate

Zhuji City is located near the intersection of subtropical monsoon climate zone and temperate monsoon climate zone.

### Dialect

Zhuji dialect, a Wu dialect, belongs to the Taihu section of Wu dialect.

## Get in

People can go to Zhuji by cars, bus or train. There is a train station in Zhuji, perhaps in some years, people also can get in Zhuji by subways.

## See

* Rock bucket (斗岩). The bucket rock Buddha Buddha Scenic Spot is located in the west of Mount Huangshan on the eastern side of the Buddha, by a rock composition, except the face is slightly modified, the statues of sitting contours in natural Tiancheng, is China's first natural Buddha.
* 29.711099120.2415041 Zhuji Museum (诸暨市博物馆), 18 Dong Yi Road (东一路18号) (bus nos. 5a, 5b and 33b), ☏ +86 575 87229929. 09:00-17:00, closed on Mondays. Free. (updated Aug 2020)
* 29.713120.222 Fengqiao Temple (枫桥大庙), Fengqiao Town (枫桥镇). 8:00-16:30. Fengqiao Temple, built in the Southern Song Dynasty, rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, there are bell tower, drum tower, ananteroom, stage, middle hall, back hall, east and west wing room and so on. The whole building is carved and painted with exquisite and majestic atmosphere. On March 31, 1939, in the 28th year of the Republic of China, Comrade Zhou Enlai personally visited the anti-Japanese front and passed through Fengqiao, and made a speech to people from all walks of life on the stage of the temple, making it one of the bases for patriotic education. It was announced as a county-level cultural relics protection unit in 1981. Facing south, the plane is rectangular, and the central axis is the hall, the stage, the middle hall, the back hall, and there are wing rooms, bells, drum towers, and ear rooms on both sides. Hall face five wide, Ming, the second lift beam type, a little bit of the piercing type, single-layer hard mountain. The stage is connected with the foyer and has a square plan. Caisson for vaulting, beam square. The sculpture is exquisite, respliant, the hall is a convex word plane, the surface is three wide two lanes, the roof is connected before and after, the scale is large, the material is exquisite. The temple, formerly known as the Temple of Ziwei Marquis, was built to worship the Ming Dynasty shipbuilder Yang Yan for the protection of the country and the people, and was destroyed during the Qing Xianfeng years. Soon the people raised money to rebuild. Fengqiao Temple is large in scale, exquisite in construction, exquisite in structure and complete in preservation. It is an important object in the study of folk temple architecture, and also has important commemorative significance. (updated Dec 2024)
* 29.713120.223 Xishi Guli Tourist area (西施故里旅游区), 2 Zhuluo East Road (苎萝东路2号). 8:00-16:30. Xishi Guli Tourist area, located in the south of Zhuji City, is a national AAAA level tourist area. The tourist area is dominated by ancient buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties, which are well preserved and can be called "Jiangnan Ancient Architecture Museum". It is mainly composed of the Xishi Hall, the Hall of famous Chinese ladies in the past dynasties, Fan Li Temple, Zheng Ancestral Hall, Folklore Hall and other scenic spots. It was officially opened to the public on April 18, 2006. In June 2006, it was named as the municipal inheritance base of the Legend of Xishi, and in 2010, it was named as the intangible cultural Heritage tourist attraction of Zhejiang Province. (updated Dec 2024)
* 29.755182120.0592754 Wuxie Scenic Area (五泄风景区), Wuxie Town(五泄镇). Wuxie Scenic Area, located 20 kilometers away in the northwest suburbs of Zhuji City, with a total area of 50 square kilometers, is a national key scenic area, a national AAAA tourism area, and a national forest park. 72 peaks, 36 ping, 25 cliffs, 10 rocks, 5 waterfalls, 3 valleys, 2 streams, 1 lake, for the five drains constitute a natural landscape picture, known as "small wild geese" said. The local people call the waterfall drainage, one water fold into five levels, so it is called "five drainage". (updated Dec 2024)

## Do

In Zhuji, people can buy pearls and tea, because Zhuji has these kind of features. Also, people will go to the family of Xishi at the first time when they visit Zhuji.

## Buy

People can buy pearls, metals, tea and stocks.

## Eat

Zhuji has a lot of food to eat, the most famous food is tofu, in Zhuji people have many ways to make a delicious tofu. fermented tofu and Xishi tofu are the most famous food in Zhuji, if people go to Zhuji, they absolutely will taste these two dishes.

## Drink

* Tongshan burn
Tongshan burn, the ancient name "Noshu" or "Kaoliang burn", it comes from the deep love of the millet (sorghum), with a special wine formula, brewing a good wine. It has the nourishing power of activating blood and nourishing spirit, enhancing strength and expelling wind. It is known as "the first liquor in Zhejiang".
There are lots of bars in Zhuji, if people get 18 years old, they can go to bars to have drink. The biggest club in Zhuji is behind the City Square. Many adults will go there to spend their time, because that club which is called Suhe has a good environment and wonderful drinks.

## Sleep

* Datang Hotel (诸暨大唐酒店), No.18 Kaiyuan Dong Road.
* Zhuji Grand Hotel (诸暨大酒店＂).