page_title: Zhejiang
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Zhejiang / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: Guoqing Temple at Tiantai, Zhejiang, China 中文: 中國浙江省天台縣國清寺
context_page_description: Zhejiang, is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu and Shanghai to the north, Anhui to the northwest, Jiangxi to the west, and Fujian to the south. To the east is the East China Sea, beyond which lie the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The population of Zhejiang stands at 57 million, the 10th highest among China. Other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. It has been called 'the backbone of China' due to being a major driving force in the Chinese economy and being the birthplace of several notable persons, including the Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and entrepreneur Jack Ma.
  The area of Zhejiang was controlled by the Kingdom of Yue during the Spring and Autumn period. The Qin Empire later annexed it in 222 BC. Under the late Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty that followed it, Zhejiang's ports became important centers of international trade. It was occupied by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese war and placed under the control of the Japanese puppet state known as the Reorganized National Government of China.
context_section_description: Tourist destinations in Zhejiang include:
  Baoguo Temple, one of the oldest intact wooden structures in Southern China, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) north of Ningbo.
  Mount Putuo, one of the most noted Buddhist mountains in China. Chinese Buddhists associate it with Guan Yin.
  Qita Temple, Ningbo.
  Shaoxing, site of the Tomb of Yu the Great,  Wuzhen and other waterway towns.
  The ancient capital of Hangzhou.
  Mount Tiantai, a mountain important to Zen Buddhism.
  West Lake, in Hangzhou.
  Yandangshan, a mountainous scenic area near Wenzhou.
  Qiandao Lake, lit. Thousand-island lake.
  Guoqing Temple,  founded in the Sui dynasty, the founding location of Tiantai Buddhism
  Mount Mogan, a scenic mountain an hour from Hangzhou with many pre-World War II villas built by foreigners, along with one of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang compounds
  Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, in Hangzhou.
caption: The Hall of Five Hundred Arhats at Guoqing Temple
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