Fuyang

Fuyang (富阳) is a city within the Hangzhou municipal area in Zhejiang Province. Situated over an hour south of central Hangzhou by bus ride, Fuyang is where you can ride a pedal rickshaw, take a stroll down the Fuchun River front, climb through mountainous parks, go river kayaking, or visit historic Longmen Village.

Understand
Fuyang is a classical example of a traditional southern Chinese city. It is next to the Fuchun River and surrounded by mountains from three sides. There is an ancient Chinese poem to describe Fuyang: from ancient times, Fuyang was considered by Chinese people to be the most beautiful landscape in this world (天下佳山水，古今推富春. The famous Yuan Dynasty Chinese painter, Huang Gongwang, painted a landscape of Fuyang which is one of the most famous traditional Chinese paintings.

The whole city covers 1830 km², including 16 towns and 9 townships, with a total population over 600,000.

Fuyang, which in ancient times was known as Fuchun, has a long history dating to the beginning of the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC). Highlights include Stork Mountain, the Eight Scenic Spots of Fuchun, and the Angling Terrace of Yan Zilling, o­nce residence of the famous artist Huang Gongwang, of the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368), painter of the famous landscape "Life in the Hills of Fuchun". Fuyang has been the home of many historical people, including Sun Quan, King of Wu during the period of Three States (220-280), and Yu Dafur (1896–1945), famous writer and novelist.

Get in
If you come from another province, you can go to Hangzhou by train or plane first. Then you can take the bus to get into Fuyang. The bus station is near the Train Station of Hangzhou (城站火车站). The bus runs every 5 minutes and it starts on early morning. Do not try to take the bus from Hangzhou to Fuyang during late afternoon because there would be so many people waiting and therefore you have to queue for at least 30 minutes. There are two bus routes: one to Fuyang New South Bus Station (新南站), another to New Bus Station (新车站). Price to go to the New Bus Station is ¥7.

By car
The 320 National Highway stretches across the region. The airport of Hangzhou is 40 km away.

Taxi: the basic charge is ¥6, and ¥2/km for the additional mileage.

Fuyang City Bureau of Transportation Tel: 0571-63323866 Fuyang City Motor Transport Bus Company Tel: 571-63322792 Fuyang City tourism charter Tel: 0571-23223200, 23223208 Fuyang City passenger transport station hotline: 16826665 Fuyang City Xindeng bus station: 0571-23206130 Fuyang City Flight Ticket Office: 0571-63347111 Fuyang City car calling hotline: 16860999 Fuyang City Bus Companies Inquiry Tel: 0571-23206102 Fuyang City new station Tel: 0571-63323648

By bus
To get to Fuyang from Hangzhou, hop on one of the buses at the Hangzhou-Fuyang bus station located down the block from the Hangzhou Train Station (杭州城站). When you exit the train station, turn right and walk five minutes down East Huancheng Road (环城东路) past a horde of small eateries. The Hangzhou to Fuyang public bus station is located on your right beneath the Qingtai Avenue (清泰街) underpass. The station is small enough that you may mistake it for a parking lot. The ticket booth is located just off of East Huancheng Road to the right of a hole in the wall convenience shop. Tickets cost ¥7 and there are two available destinations - Fuyang New Bus Station (富阳新车站), which runs from 05:25 to 22:30, and Fuyang New South Bus Station (富阳新南车站), which runs from 07:25 to 19:45. Signage is all in Chinese, but if you ask for Xinchezhan (New Bus Station) or Xinnan Chezhan (New South Bus Station), then someone should point you in the right direction.

An alternative is to catch the slower K514 bus that passes by Six Harmonies Pagoda on the Qiantang River front.

By subway
The Hangzhou government is planning to build a subway to Fuyang, Linan, Yuhang, Shaoxing, and Haining. The subway in Fuyang will be called No. 6 line. It will pass through Zhijiang New Town, Shouxiang Town, Gaoqiao Town, and Lushan New Town and through the 320 Nation Way. The total length will be 26.5 km.

By bus
The main mode of public transportation in Fuyang is its extensive public bus system. The main bus terminals are located at Da Puzha, New Transport Station, Maternity care hospital, the second food market, Guanshan Park, Jiangnan High school, and Fuyang Flim station.

No.1 bus route: Guanshan Park-No.1 primary school-Movie Theater-Enbo square-The Bank Of China-Ermao Market-Gym-Chuncheng restaurant-The hospital for Women and Children-The Western Station-Qiufeng Vallige-No.1 Primary School

No.2 bus route: Guanshan Park-Movie Theater-Huawu Bridge-hobbledehoy palace-Commercial City-state taxation administration-personnel-recruiting market-The new station-Furniture market;court of justice；law court；court；courthouse-Rainbow Bridge-Phoenix Bridge-Bridge of Security-integrated market-The Hospital for Women and Children-The Western Station

No.3 bus route: The new station-personnel-recruiting market; Talent (Human) Resources Market; The personnel market-Okura-Enbo square-Ermao Market-Gym center-integrated market-The Hospital for Women and Children-The Western Station-Transportation Institute-timber market-No.3 Middle School (the new Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology)

No.4 bus route: South Station-Huawu Bridge-Movie Theater-No.1 primary school-Yu Dafu Park-Movie Theater-Second Enbo Bridge-Chen Jianong-International Trade Building or Cetra Building-Qinwang Bridge-Sanjiang Garden-Kangda Village-Culture and education in Xiyuan-Administrative service centre

By taxi
The fare for Fuyang's ubiquitous taxis start at ¥7. Taxi drivers will typically stop to pick up multiple passengers if the customers are traveling along the same routes.

Public transportation: 1. Shanghai-Shanghai-hangzhou highway-Hangzhou turned under the pond-National highway 320-Fuyang-Xukou-Fuchun Taoyuan (上海出发-沪杭高速公路-杭州转塘下-320国道-富阳下-05省道-胥口-胥高线-富春桃源景区) 2, Hangzhou jiangsu ningbo highway-Hangzhou turned under the pond-National highway 320-Fuyang-Xukou-Fuchun Taoyuan (苏州出发-省道-318国道-104国道-320国道-富阳下-05省道-胥口-胥高线-富春桃源)

By rickshaw
Pedal rickshaws are available throughout Fuyang city. A horde of them are usually parked outside the entrance of the New Bus Station. Motorized rickshaws are also common, especially around Darunfa Supermarket. Expect to pay more for a rickshaw than a taxi, perhaps double the base fare of ¥7 that taxis charge, though during rush hour rickshaws are often easier to find than taxis.

See

 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.
 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.
 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.
 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.
 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.
 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.
 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.
 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.
 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.
 * The base of volplane in Yongan mountain: you can rental a glider here. There is a best place to glide because they have the best weather, landing area, slope of hill, terrain, wind direction, and condition of traffic and vegetation.

Festivals

 * Spring festival: the first day of lunar new year. "Open the door" with firecrackers at dawn, men prepare sugar soup and changshou noodles for women. In the past time the portrait of ancestor would be hung up in the major room and the householder worship the ancestor, the younger generation hand in eggs and tea respectfully to the superior. There is also the custom in Fenshui area to invite relatives to feast. The floors are not to be swept and no knife or needles or anything else with a sharp blade to be used.
 * Dragon boat festival: also called "Duanwu festival". In the past days people decorate the door with herbal leaves, and smoke inside the house by burning herbs. Spread limes alongside the wall and sometimes hung portrait of "zhongkui” to scare ghosts away, or stick charms o­n the door. O­n the day people eat rice dumpling and "five Guan" (yellow-fin tuna, yellow eel, vitellin, cucumber and king's yellow liquor), in addition they boil meat with garlic. Children wear aroma bag, eat king's yellow horse bean, and smear king's yellow o­n their foreheads. Doctors collect herbs for standby o­n the day. Before the day of the festival, grandmothers give their grandsons fans, bellybands, aroma bags and tiger headed shoes.

Do
Fuyang has two cinemas, named Time and Hengdian. One is in Intime and another is in Wu Mei. The price of movie is not very expensive, only ¥60 per a ticket. Near the cinema, there are a Video Game City and KTV. You can watch movie, sing songs or play video games at there. Across the street, there is a skating rink. At Da Runfa, there has many stores, you can enjoy yourself going shopping there. At there, you can drink coffee in Mei Yide which near by Da Runfa.


 * Hangzhou Wild Animal World Zoo (杭州野生动物世界) is located in Fuyang and is one of the largest zoos in eastern China.

Eat
Banshan mountain. The new town board semi- Hill natural beautiful scenery, That is no pollution, good soil, rich peach. Each year, the mountain peach is very good. Annual Peach Blossom Festival" to attract a lot of guests, also fired the Mid-Levels peach brand, half of the village has been classified as the Hangzhou urban agriculture demonstration zone.

Fuyang has lots of refreshment and the most delicious refreshment named MuLian toufu. In fact, there is no relationship with toufu. It is made by climbing fig. And after we put it in the refrigerator about five hours, it will become like jelly. And put some honey in it. Second, toufu is very famous in Fuyang. Because toufu is the special product in Fuyang DongWu Mountain. So, there are lots of refreshment make by toufu.And the most famous refreshment that make by toufu is Wo tofu. Minced meat, mushrooms, tender bamboo shoots, wild rice stem, or oily bean curd tofu are used to produce Wo toufu.

Drink

 * The biggest club in Fuyang is the Babyface. It is located near Fuyang RT-Mart (大润发). The address is Jianpu West Road No.139.
 * 118 Music Club (118音乐酒吧),
 * Keeping Distinctive (本色酒吧)
 * Guanshan Club (鹳山酒吧)
 * Les Club (les酒吧)
 * No.88 Club (88酒吧)
 * The Tang Club (唐会酒吧)
 * Marsa (玛莎酒吧)
 * The Holiday Club (假日酒吧)
 * The One Way Street (单行道酒吧)
 * The Break (突破电音酒吧)
 * Be Original (富春街道原始酒吧),
 * Ann cloud top mountain tea[安顶山云雾茶]

Sleep
There are a lot of great hotels in Fuyang.

Health
The main hospital in Fuyang is the Fuyang People's Hospital located on Guihua Road.

According to local news accounts in 2013 the Fuyange government took action to contain the H7N9 avian flu. The sale of poultry plummeted and the government compensated local farmers for economic losses.

Go next

 * Hangzhou - 1 hour by bus
 * Qiandaohu - 2 hours by bus
 * Suzhou - 3½ hours by bus
 * Tonglu - 1 hour by bus