1. Hu Qing Yu Tang Chinese Medicine Museum

This museum in Hangzhou (famous tourisy city for your China travel deals) is the only state-level professional Chinese medicine museum in China. Hu Qing Yu Tang was a Chinese pharmacy which began business in 1874. People regarded it as the 'King of Medicine' in southern China. Hu Xueyan, the first boss of the pharmacy, was not only a successful businessman but also a high-class official in the imperial court. In China's feudal society, people doing business were widely looked down upon whereas state officials were highly respected.

The museum consists of five parts: the Exhibition Hall, the Medicine Preparation Hall, the Chinese Health Care Clinic, the Restaurant of Medicinal Diet and the Sales Department. The Exhibition Hall introduces the development of Chinese medicine, including its origin, the life of well-known doctors in its long history, famous books of medical science and China's medicine exchange with foreign countries, etc. In the Medicine Preparation Hall, the museum's staff also performs the arts of traditional pharmaceutics. If you are interested, you can even try it yourself. In the Chinese Health Care Clinic, visitors have the opportunity to receive Chinese-style health care served by experienced doctors. The Restaurant of Medicinal Diet provides visitors with numerous medicinal diets which are good for human health. The Sales Department sells Chinese medicine from almost all parts of China.

2. Dreaming Tiger-Dug Spring

It's said that there was a monk living here but there was no water nearby. The monk planed to move out but in one night, he had a dream, in the dream God asked him don't move out and promised to help him to solve the water problem. Then he saw two tigers come and dig on the ground, soon spring water came out. So it's named as Dreaming Tiger-Dug Spring in the new 10 scenes of West Lake (must-see in Hangzhou for your top 10 China tours) in 1980s.

It's said best to drink the Dragon-well tea with the tiger-dug spring water.

On the 2nd photo, it shows it's the third spring in the world. How come is the third in the world? This is named by Emporor, since the emporer came from Beijing. In Jinan, he first saw the Baotu Spring, so he named it as the best spring in the world. Then he named another spring in Wuxi as the second spring. Since whatever the emporor had said could never be changed, so the Tiger-Dug Spring had to be named as the third spring in the world.

3. Yuefei Temple

Since the northern barbarians Jin occupied capital city Kaifeng and captured the emporer and his father, some officials flied south and set Hangzhou as new capital. It's called South Song Dynasty in History.

During the time, there were many famous generals had tried to recover lost norther land. Yuefei is the most famous one among them. He had won many battles with Jin and won a fatal victory in Zhuxianzhen, which is only 20 kilometers from the old capital, Kaifeng. However, at this time, he got 13 consequent orders from the emporer to order him withdraw his troop and go back Hangzhou. As soon as he went back Hongzhou, he didn't get any reward but got executed with his son and another general.

It said before Yuefei join the army, his mum wrote a tattoo on his back, "Jing Zhong Bao Guo", which means "serve the country loyally".

In past thousand years, whenever the country is in crisis, people will remember him and the famous poem he wrote, "Man Jiang Hong".

4. Sunset Glow over Leifeng Pagoda

This scene is also on South of the West Lake, it's in middle of Orioles Singing in the Willows: and Viewing Fish and Lotus Ponds at Flower Pond.
Literally, it means watching sunset over Leifeng Pagoda.
The Leifeng Pagoda got famous also because of the story of Lady White. After Lady white lost the battle to Monk Fa Hai, Monk Fa Hai moved the Leifeng Pagoda on top of her so she won't be able to come out again. In 1924, the old Leifeng Pagoda collapsed due to lack of maintenese. Even though everyone knows the story of Lady White is merely a story, people are still interested to check out if there is Lady White under the pagoda, and most people also rather to believe the pagoda is collapsed because Lady White has gained more strength so she could break the pagoda and freed herself.
The Leifeng Pagoda was rebuilt again in year 2000 and finished on Oct 2002.

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