The ‘Longjing Eight Sights’ is located in the valley northeast of Longjing Temple, bounded by Longjing Road to the northwest, connected to the West Lake Scenic Area to the north, and reaching the foot of the South Peak Mountain to the southeast. The term ‘Eight Sights’ refers to ‘Fenghuangling, Guoxiting, Dixinxiao, Yipianyun, Fangyuan An, Longhongjian, Shenyunshi, and Cuifengge’. Emperor Qianlong visited Longjing four times, each time composing poems about the Eight Sights, which made them famous worldwide.
Longhongjian is one of the four major mother streams of West Lake. It extends from beside Longjing Temple, runs through the scenic area, and finally merges into West Lake. It is said that when Emperor Qianlong toured the south, he once stopped by Guoxiting. In the Qianlong Poetry Pavilion, there are 32 poems of ‘Longjing Bayong’, including some written by Qianlong himself. The more than 100-meter-long wooden pavilion is divided into four sections, and the ‘Longjing Bayong’ is engraved on the blue-gray Beijing bricks inside the pavilion. Fangyuan An was once the residence of the Northern Song Dynasty monk Biancai. After reconstruction, the an retains its simple and ancient characteristics, with a roof covered with thick water reed. Next to the an, the stone wall is inscribed with the calligraphy of Mi Fu and the ‘Longjing Ji’ by Qin Guan. It is open all year round and accessible 24 hours a day.Longjing Eight Sights Tea Tour
The ‘Longjing Eight Sights’ is located in the valley northeast of Longjing Temple, bound[...]
