Shaoxing Keyan Scenic Area + Jianhu Lake + Lu Town + Orchid Pavilion 1-day Tour [Private Tour with Door-to-Door Pickup]

Shaoxing Keyan Scenic Area dates back to the Han Dynasty, boasting a history of over 1,800 years. Rooted in the millennia-old Yue culture, it showcases Shaoxing's unique cultural resources including stone culture, water culture, bridge culture, wine culture, opera culture, celebrity culture, and folk customs. The meticulously designed Jian Lake attraction, set against 800 li of picturesque lakes and mountains, revives the former glory of Shaoxing's "mother lake" while highlighting the profound essence of the region's distinctive water, bridge, and wine cultures. This scenic area integrates ancient Yue culture with historic quarry relics, blending Shaoxing's water town charm, ancient quarry landscapes, and mountain forest ecology. It comprises three major attractions: Keyan, Jian Lake, and Lu Town.

The Orchid Pavilion, located in Lanting Village, Lanting Town, Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, was originally a relay station during the Han Dynasty, hence its name. It served as the garden residence of Wang Xizhi, a renowned calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. On the third day of the third lunar month in the ninth year of the Yonghe era (353 AD), Wang Xizhi invited 41 literati including Xie An to gather at the Orchid Pavilion for the Spring Purification Festival. There, he composed the "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection," later hailed as the "Greatest Running Script Under Heaven," which brought enduring fame to this historic site.

The Orchid Pavilion was reconstructed during the Qing Dynasty on the site of its Ming Dynasty predecessor, covering an area of 130,000 square meters with a building area of 801 square meters. Centered around the winding watercourse for the ancient drinking game "floating wine cups," the pavilion complex consists of historic structures and stone inscriptions such as the Goose Pond, Floating Wine Cup Pavilion, Imperial Stele Pavilion, Wang Youjun Memorial Hall, and Orchid Pavilion Stele. As a significant memorial site of the reclusive literati culture from the Wei and Jin periods, the Orchid Pavilion holds profound historical and cultural significance as a sacred calligraphy landmark.