A Handbook for Indepth Experiences Of HANGZHOU Incentive Travel Products HANGZHOU MUNICIPAL BUREAU OF CULTURE, RADIO, TV AND TOURISM
Located in China’s southeast coast and at the southern terminal of the Beijing- Hangzhou Grand Canal, Hangzhou is approximately 150 kilometers from Shanghai. As a central city in the southern wing of China’s vibrant Yangtze Delta metropolitan circle, it enjoys convenient transportation with extensive air, rail, highway and waterway links to secure a seamless connection with the rest of the world. As one of the nation's first batch of Best Tourist Cities and a famous National Historical and Cultural City, Hangzhou is the political, economic and cultural center of Zhejiang Province. Blessed with four distinct seasons and as one of the six ancient capitals in China ,Hangzhou owes its charm not only to the lucid West Lake and enveloping verdant hills but also to its profound historical and cultural deposits.From rich Chinese traditional culture to passionate team building programs, from cooperation-inspiring business study trips to colorful night leisure life...As an event planner, you can keenly feel the wealth of interests Hangzhou stands to offer as an ideal MICE destination.Unusually brilliant incentive travel resources has provided event planer wide creative space and endless innovative possibility.Powerful local government support and enthusiastic professional service further facilitate incentive travel activities and ensure that they deliver genuinely fabulous and unique experiences. We sincerely invite all MICE planners to bring your events to Hangzhou, a city of great opportunities in a golden era!
Contents Ten Products of Traditional Culture02 Alibaba Ten Views of Digital Economy-Seeing is Believing Hikvision 04 -See Far Go Further 06 Yunqi Cloud Town \& Hangzhou City Brain Co. Ltd -Witness the Power of Faith and Persistence in China's No.1 Digital Economy Town Xiaoshan Information 08 Harbour Town -See the Future of \"AI +\" 24 Exposure to Tea Culture in Longjing Tea Gardens 10 Turing Town -Fintech Headquarters \& AI Mass Innovation Highland Savoring Fascinating 26 Ali Cloud supET -First 12 Theme Evenings at Silk Stop of Transformation to Digital Museum Factory 28 A n i m m e r s i o n i n Z e n f o r Spiritual Enlightenment 14 Inno \& Entre Town -A Beautiful Economy Exhibition \& Cutting-edge 30Touching the Dawn of Technology Incubator Civilization at Liangzhu Ruins 16Dahua Zhilian -A One-stop 32 Exploring Seal Culture in the Intelligent Manufacturing Park at One-Square-Inch World IoT Forefront 18 Xiaoshan Robot Town Crafts Appreciation 34 -A Characteristic Town of Robot Whole Industry Chain in a Century-old Fan Factory Wasu Group -Grasp the 20 36 Seeking Soul Mates At Guqin Society Pulse of Digital Media Innovation 38Getting to Know Local 22 Theme Dinner Parties of Youth Passion Traditions in Xixi Wetland
40 Learning about Ceramic Arts in Lin’an Museum 44 42Trying Jiangnan Cooking for a Bite of Hangzhou Classic Theme Dinner Banquets Ten Products for Team-building 46 Dragon Boat Race 50 Sailboats and 48 54 Kayaks Contests 52 58 Treasure Hunt Skydiving Journey for Water Protection Greenway Cycling 56 Wildness Hiking 62 Cross Country 60 All Terrain Vehicle 64 Canal Orienteering F2 International Go-karting
Ten Views of Digital Economy Hangzhou, an \"A city of innovation and vitality\" noted for sustained development and innovation in digital economy, is a new Mecca for high-tech talents and digital elites to congregate and thrive. Forging \"the First City of Digital Economy in China\", Hangzhou, in recent years, has blazed new trails in a pioneering spirit and constantly explored new opportunities for the national efforts in the direction.With \"the First City of Digital Economy\" gradually becoming its new name card, the city also finds the sector to be a new economic blue sea for cultural tourism, promising infinite values and space for imagination. Hangzhou’s thriving digital economy has provided it with the hardcore competency of a \"New Economy Conference Destination\".To promote the integrated development of Hangzhou's digital economy and cultural tourism, and fully demonstrate the city's unique appeal as a \"New Economy Conference Destination\", Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV and Tourism has listed \"Ten Views of Digital Economy Tourism\" in Hangzhou to offer new options for business travelers, rivaling the popular \"Ten Views of the West Lake\" which epitomizes the poetic charm of the area’s most well-known tourist attraction.
Alibaba Seeing is Believing Founded in 1999, Alibaba Group aims to grow for 102 years, which means the group will span three centuries. Standing the test of time, Alibaba's corporate culture, business model and system establishment sets to achieve long-term sustainable growth.The ultimate goal of the Internet giant is to create values for the society and provide better solutions for social issues.wth.The ultimate goal of the Internet giant is to create values for the society and provide better solutions for social issues. Covering an area of 45,000 square meters, the exhibition hall of the Visitor Center of Ali Xixi Campus draws around 3,000 people every day to experience the group’s simple, open and happy altruistic corporate culture. As a new retail experimental field in smart commercial space, More Mall relies on the big data and AI technology to upgrade the production and circulation process of commodities and form a display of new modes through a deep integration of online, offline and logistics. Hema or Hippofresh brings consumers smart shopping experience with its 30 minutes fast delivery.The Middle Hall Thermal Diagram is the real-time data screen of the vast shopping mall where more than 400 sensors collect, store and make use of the multi-dimensional massive 02 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
data in real time. From over 200 high quality suppliers around the world, Taobao Xinxuan selects products ranging from kitchen utensils, storage, bedding sets, cleaning supplies, luggage, stationery and gifts, and is known as the Taobao version of MUJI. Xianyu is a leading platform in recycling of mobile phones and other digital products to improve business efficiency and user experience through the innovative credit recycling, mobile phone recycling and ATM business model.Tmall U has attracted the prototypes of over 600 international brands and users only need to follow to apply for and be granted a free trial or trial at mail cost. Just pick them up from one of vending machines in the mall. As the first smart hotel in the world, Fly Zoo Hotel boasts 290 rooms, the future fitness center and other facilities. Facial recognition checkin, smart elevator, Tmall smart butler, robot food delivery are all part of the lure, reflecting the latest smart applications. Taichi Zen Garden is a place to promote Chinese culture and highlight Ali's corporate culture and management philosophy. Routes of visit: Route 1: More Mall: Hema - Middle Hall Heat Diagram - Taobao Xinxuan - Xanyu Recycling - Tmall vending machine Route 2: More Mall + Fly Zoo Hotel: Hotel check-in - Business circle smart tour - bar - workshop Route 3: Taichi Zen Garden + Visitors’ Center + More Mall Add: 969 West Wenyi Rd Opening: Route 1: Monday to Friday, Sunday, 10:00-20:00 Routes 2 \& 3: per reservation time; Reservation service: Route 1: Maximum 30 visitors, contact: Wang Xingming, +86-571-88616383; Route 2: A pay tour, open only to business groups; A special lecture is available to a group of minimum 20 people for a duration of 1.5 hours, and a 5-day advance reservation is required; please pay three days prior to hotel check-in. Contact: Zhang Li, 13067785137; Route 3: A pay tour, open only to business groups; Course A is available to a group of minimum 25 people and Course B to a group of minimum 40. Contact: Ye Fenfen, 13575490414. 03
Hikvision See Far Go Further With video as its core competency, Hikvision is an intelligent IoT(Internet of Things solution and big data service provider, focusing on comprehensive security, big data service and smart business, and committed to building a smart city and digitized enterprise with integration of cloud and edge, IoT and Information, and digitization and intelligence. Adhering to the business philosophy of \"professionalism, solid practice and honesty\" and guided by the core values of \"customer-based, value-oriented, honest and pragmatic and excellence pursuing\", Hikvision keeps on innovating and constantly develops multi- dimensional perception, AI and big data technology to open up new horizons for human security and development. 04 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
Covering an area of 4500 square meters, the Hikvision Exhibition Center showcases the design language centering on \"light\". Front-hall - Seeing Far, Go Further. The device in the hall is called \"The light of heart mirror\", whose linkage with the big screen and the dance of light helps convey to the audience the philosophy of the company and the theme of the whole exhibition. Kindness - Company Profile, \"Kindness\" is the original aspiration of Hikvision’s \"customer- based social benefit goal\".The part of exhibition tells the story of Hikvision from its founding. See - Technology Display, designed not only to enable you to \"see\", but also to gain \"insight\", this area of the exhibition presents the technical competency of Hikvision to perceive everything and the whole world. Know- Digital Company, taking the example of the practice of Hikvision Smar t Park to illustrate how the company helps enterprises build digital twins and be more perceptive of development opportunities. Move · Smart City, shows a city empowered by high-tech, including whole-house smart home experience, road safety driving guaranteed by vehicle-road collaborative technology, AR smart scenic sights, \"take and go\" easy shopping area, efficient smart factories and urban operation center, etc. Far - Future Outlook enables you to go into a broader world and pay attention to the sustainable development of human society. Add: Gate 3, 556 Qianmo Rd, Binjiang Dist, Hangzhou Opening: 09:00-12:00 on Sundays Reservation: by email, contact welcome@hikvision.com; open to group visitors only, with no more than 30 people per group per visit. 05
Yunqi Cloud Town \& Hangzhou City Brain Co. Ltd Witness the Power of Faith and Persistence in China's No.1 Digital Economy Town The cradle of characteristic towns in Zhejiang, home to Hangzhou City Brain and the permanent venue of \"Cloud Computing Conference\", the Yunqi Cloud Town boasts five big industry ecology of \"cloud industry\", \"City Brain\", \"intelligent manufacturing\", \"space information\" and \"biological medicine\", in its commitment to forge the first town in China’s digital economy. Already Hangzhou's \"golden name card\", the City Brain enables urban managers to better allocate public resources, make scientific decisions and improve governance efficiency. Hangzhou City Brain Co., Ltd., as the operation and management main body of the smart system, is striving to become a model in Hangzhou’s digital economy tourism. 06 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
The Cloud Town Exhibition is located on the second floor of the first phase of the International Convention and Exhibition Center, covering an area of about 1100 square meters. On display are the basic information of Xihu District, the history of Cloud Town as the birthplace of characteristic towns of Zhejiang Province, the development status and prospect of the Town’s core industries and digital economy. Museum of Inspiration 2050 showcases the integration and creation of technology and arts, in a unique art space, with computing, data and the Internet as the main line, unveils step by step the magnificent prospect of the online new world, and explores the great changes brought by the Internet to the mankind in the past, present and future. Museum of Inspiration 2050 Herbal Garden Exhibition is located on the first floor of the second phase of the International Convention and Exhibition Center, showcasing the changes of \"Ten years in Yunqi and one thousand years in Sixiang\". Among its collection, there are textual research on the ancient culture and geography of Hangzhou, the pastoral life in the agrarian era, the Qiantang River Basin in different historical periods, as well as key projects such as the development process of Yunqi Cloud Town and the City Brain. The Exhibition of Hangzhou City Brain Industry Collaborative Innovation Base presents the new mechanism in which Hangzhou government explores the development and construction of the city brain and its industrial application, and the process, achievements and future of collaborative innovation among the government, enterprises and research institutions through the Innovation Base. Routes of visit: Museum of Inspiration 2050/Herbal Garden City Brain Base Route 1: Cloud Town Exhibition Route 2: Cloud Town Exhibition Route 3: Cloud Town Exhibition Add: Rm 309, Gate 5, Phase II, International Convention and Exhibition Center,Yunqi Cloud Town, Shanjing Rd Serial Sites Visit Opening Notifications duration 1 Cloud Town Around Mon -Fri Prior to December 31, 2020, only reservations Exhibition 40 min. 09:00-17:00 from groups of government offices and public 2 Museum of Around Tue - Fri agencies are accepted, with no more than 40 Inspiration 30 min. 10:00-16:40 people in each group per visit. 2.A 5-day advance reservation is required 3 Herbal Around Tue-Fri 10:00- 3. Individual visitors can visit Yunqi Cloud Town Garden and Yunqi Park and other open areas for free; 20 min. 16:40 For reservation, contact yunxixiaozhen@126. 4 City Brain Around Mon - Fri com. Please specify contact information and Base 30 min. 09:00-17:00 visit time. 07
Xiaoshan Information Harbour Town See the Future of \"AI +\" Located in the core region of the state-level Xiaoshan Economy \& Technology Development Zone, Xiaoshan Information Harbour Town features \"Internet +\" and \"AI+\", and focuses on the development of digital economy. Among its functions are national small and micro business entrepreneurship and innovation demonstration base, national high-tech business incubator, national SME public service demonstration platform, national mass innovation space (3), national 3A scenic area, Zhejiang high-level overseas talents entrepreneurship and innovation base, Zhejiang information economy industry benchmark town and entrepreneurship and innovation base for Zhejiang Overseas Chinese Federation. In 2019, it was officially named a provincial-level characteristic town. 08 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
\"Digital + Party-Building\": The CPC and the public corridor is the main route to display the digital + Party-building reform pilot work of the infoport town, so that you can have an in-depth understanding of the concrete measures taken to serve the mass entrepreneurship and innovation cause and enhance the vitality of the Party organization. \"5 G + Smart Transport\": in here you get to learn the application progress of \"5 G digital rail technology\" in scenarios such as the urban public transport micro-circulation, digital transport smart fast road, smart network transportation system, smart logistics building, etc.You also get to experience a ride on the 5G automatic bus to feel the latest application of \"5G + autopilot\" technology in empowering a digital transport new infrastructure system. \"Internet + Medicine\": you will experience in the micro medicine exhibition hall the new medical and health service models of \"online + offline and general practice + specialty\", including micro medicine smart clinic, micro medical pass, cloud medical car, digital health experience, mobile hospital and medical AI, and feel how the digital economy promotes the development of big health. Academician Forest: A visit to the trees planted by nearly 20 academicians including Han Demin, Pan Yunhe, Wu Chaohui from CAS and CASS will ser ve to inspire the Town’s young entrepreneurs and visitors to jointly work for the new era of digital economy. In the \"AI+\" Zhejiang iFLYTEK AI Exhibition Hall, you can understand R\&D and applications of AI+ voice in daily life, medical care, smart education, politics and law, and experience the tech giant’s latest gadgets like translation machine, transcribing machine, business laptop, etc. Add: 198 Qidi Rd, Xiaoshan Economy \& Technology Development Zone, Xiaoshan Dist, Hangzhoopment Zone, Xiaoshan Dist, Hangzhou Opening:Monday to Friday (08:30-11:30; 14:00-17:30) Reservation service: Telephone reservation: +86-571-83687037; or WeChat official account: Hangzhou Bay Information Harbour - E-port service - visit reservation; or log in http://www.hipark.cn/- express channel - visit reservation. The service is mainly open to government groups, with no more than 50 people in each group. 09
Turing Town Fintech Headquarters \& AI Mass Innovation Highland Located in the future new center of Hangzhou, on the south bank of the Qiantang River, Turing Town is on the list of the provincial-level characteristic towns. Focusing on the three core technologies of AI, big data and cloud computing, it boasts high-level research bodies such as Netease new base, SenseTime, Transfar, Peking University Research Institute and Zhejiang University Research Institute, as well as fintech projects like financial innovation center of Zheshang Bank and big data center of Zheshang Industry Integration. Town Reception Room displays the transformation and innovation of sci-tech projects in the area, and leaves you with unique memories from the interaction between the two technologies through the smile experience and time photo studio. Bodi Center, the tallest building in Hangzhou, is fitted with a private helipad. It boasts an Internet celebrity economy gathering center, an incubator [incubator]for live streaming marketers, a film and television shooting base, and an AR/VR experience center. 10 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
ITC high-level foreign talent innovation and congregation demonstration base, the first foreign high-end talent ser vice center in Xiaoshan and one of Silicon Valley's ten incubators FOUNDERSSPACE Hangzhou Center. China (Hangzhou) 5G Innovation Valley is jointly built by Zhejiang 5G Research Institute, Winreal Investment and Zhejiang Torch Center with Xiaoshan District Government following the model of \"one academy, one park and one fund + professional operator\", to create a domestic top- class 5G industry innovation highland featuring shared aggregation of 5G industrial resources and complete industrial ecosystem. Institute of Computer Innovation Technology of Zhejiang University is a new trinitarian R\&D body integrating the research and development of cutting-edge basic technology, engineering technology and system platform, and innovation and entrepreneurship incubation. Building a new model for the systematic development fusing the “university, local authority, research institute and business”, it aims to provide new impetus to the new economy. A comprehensive landscape park integrating business, tourism, sports and leisure, Qianjiang Century Park creates an organic cohesion of science and culture, landscape and architecture. As a distinctive part of Turing Town, the park features a congregation of different elements such as technology and environment. Routes of visit: Route 1: Turing Town Reception Room -- Zhejiang University Computer Innovation Technology Research Institute -- Bodi Center Route 2: ITC -- China (Hangzhou) 5G Innovation Valley -- Qianjiang Century Park Add: Flr 22, Sanhong International Building, Minhe Rd, Qianjiang Century City, Xiaoshan Dist Opening: 09:00-17:00, Monday to Friday; subject to adjustments on weekends per customization Reservation service: call +86-571-82863655;Or search WeChat official account: Turing Town Reservations.A one-day advance reservation is required on weekdays and three on weekends. The service is only open to group visitors, with no more than 20 people in each group. 11
supET Ali Cloud supET First Stop of Transformation to Digital Factory Founded in 2017, Aliyun Industrial Internet Co., Ltd. is located in Yuhang Industrial Internet Town. Based on Ali Cloud's technological advantages in big data, cloud computing, IoT and other fields, it took the lead in 2018 in building the supET industrial Internet platform to experiment and test environment, aiming to forge an inclusive, win- win, open and collaborative industrial Internet ecology. The exhibition hall of Ali Cloud supET Industrial Internet Innovation Center, themed with \"Expanding Internet intelligence, upgrading industrial manufacturing digitization\", consists of five parts: front hall, intelligent industry, intelligent platform, intelligent manufacturing and back hall. 12 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
Front hall: mainly illustrates Ali Cloud supET industrial Internet platform and Ali Cloud supET industrial Internet Innovation Center and China (Hangzhou) Industrial Internet Town’s construction planning background, so on.Intelligent Industry mainly offers an overview of Ali Cloud, its growth process, and background of industrial Internet development. The exhibition is highly interactive with display board, touch screen, mobile screen and others. Large LED screens provide video footage to explain the supET platform. Intelligent Platform is the display area of Ali Cloud supET, which illustrates the empowering relationship between the platform, solution providers and SMEs, plus the relevant empowering methods, IoT ecological model architecture, supET overall business model profile, customer cases, data interaction big screen, etc. Intelligent Manufacturing provides a brief introduction of the key enterprises on the platform, the enterprises settled in the innovation center and their products.A combination of touch screens, all-in-one machines and real objects is in place to enhance the visitors' experience with scenario presentation. Back Hall supplies information on policy support, including standardized policies, industrial Internet policies, entrance policies to Ali Cloud supET Industrial Internet Innovation Center, etc. A signature touch screen is installed in the hall to encourage visitors to leave messages. Routes of visit: Exhibition Hall (front hall - Intelligent Industry - Intelligent Platform - Intelligent Manufacturing - Back Hall) - visiting resident service providers - talks and conference with business partners. Add: Flr 1, Bld 1, Yuhang Chamber of Commerce Building, 199 Xinfeng Rd, Nanyuan Subdist, Yuhang Dist Opening: 09:00-17:00 on weekdaysOpening: 09:00-17:00 on weekdays Reservation service: call +86-571-89202080;Or search WeChat official account: aliyunsupET reservation.Please make a reservation 3 days in advance. The service is only open to group visitors. Each group is advised to limit its size to 50 people for each trip. 13
Inno \& Entre Town A Beautiful Economy Exhibition \& Cutting-edge Technology Incubator 单位简介 Located in Qiantang New District of Hangzhou, the core area of a national mass innovation demonstration base designated by the State Council, Inno \& Entre Town covers the entire development process from entrepreneurial nursery (college), maker space, incubator, accelerator to industrial park. It is a national talent cultivation demonstration base, a provincial-level characteristic town, an international cooperation base, and a digital economy industry innovation service complex. Led by the digital economy, the town focuses on the development of integrated circuits, new display forms, flexible manufacturing and related intelligent application industries. A dozen or so famous higher education or research institution have already moved in. They include Zhejiang International Institute of Collaborative Innovation, Advanced Technology Institute of Imperial College London and Hangzhou Advanced Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. On the basis of modern technology ser vices, Town Reception Room is equipped with professional narrations, 4K projector, multi-language machine translators, flexible material wearables to enable you to experience the shock as well as convenience brought by black technologies to daily life and tourism. 14 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
The \"Beautiful Economy\" Circle is the most representative congregation of the town’s \"beautiful\" enterprises, which allows you to experience the \"birth process\" of black technologies and their beautiful products. Mainto Photography’s \"hippocampus\" ushers in the 3.0 mode of photography. Seeking \"light, fast and simple\", it is also the industry's first studio with online booking and cloud business-grade photo retouching. B \& Cheery products offer a wide selection of appetizing snack series such as nuts, dried and preserved fruit, meat and pickles, dried bean-curd and veges, pastries, puffed biscuits, sugar jellies, instant food and others.Weinian brand is supported by a number of food bloggers, including Li Ziqi[qi] the \"Oriental gourmet expert\" and celebrities in beauty makeup, photography, art and other fields.Yige Cosmetics tells the story behind the beauty of the cosmetics brand \"Florasis\". The \"Innovation-Driven\" Line is a gathering of several \"mass entrepreneurship and innovation\" platforms represented by the International Cooperation Industrial Park, where Tsinghua Global Research Center of Flexible Electronics and Intelligent Technology is located. Sogou Institute is the largest R\&D base outside the search engine’s headquarters. The Hangzhou-based research body carries out the important technical mission of Sogou’s AI strategy to explore the story behind the frontier technology. The Innovation Research Institute China of the University of Auckland boasts research centers on biomedicine and precision nutrition and others, which undertake R\&D projects of internationally renowned companies in different fields.As the first state-level incubator in Hangzhou, Hangzhou High- tech Business Incubator is one of the important platforms for the Town to promote regional economic development and expand social employment.The Overseas Hi-Tech Center (OHC) strives to build an industrial complex project based on the notion of a 24-hour entrepreneurship and life community. Routes of visit: 1. \"Beautiful Economy\" Circle: Town Reception Room - Mainto Photography - B \& Cheery - Weinian Technology - Yige Cosmetics - Town Reception Room 2:Town Reception Room - Sogou Institute - Innovation Research Institute China of the University of Auckland - Hangzhou High-tech Incubator - OHC Add: 267 Kejiyuan Rd, Qiantang New Dist Opening: Monday through Friday, 09:00-11:00,14:00-16:00 Reservation service: reservation can be made through the Town’s WeChat official account or by calling (+86-571-86870920, 85776257). Since the visit involves the enterprises in the Town, only group visitors (up to 30 people per group) is accepted. The Reception Room is open to the public with no advanced reservation required. 15
Dahua Zhilian A One-stop Intelligent Manufacturing Park at IoT Forefront Zhejiang Dahua Zhilian Co., Ltd. is the high-end manufacturing base and modern logistics center of Dahua Technology. It integrates smart park, smart logistics, smart manufacturing and smart distribution, and is an outstanding representative of a high-end and smart IoT industrial park. Its parent company,with cutting-edge video technology as core competency, is a leading global solution provider and operation service provider. With products in more than 180 countries and regions in the world, and widely used in public security, transport, fire control, finance, retail, energy and other key areas, it is a recommended brand for Chinese smart city construction and one of the most influential brands in the country’s security market.80 countries and regions in the world, and widely used in public security, transport, fire control, finance, retail, energy and other key areas, it is a recommended brand for Chinese smart city construction and one of the most influential brands in the country’s security market. 16 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
The park consists of three blocks: life, manufacturing and distribution center. Following the overall design concept of \"people-vehicles separation and green manufacturing\", it fuses accommodation, catering and work, fully reflecting the harmonious coexistence of cultural life and quality work. Integrated Management Platform of Intelligent Manufacturing enhances a deep fusion of Internet + manufacturing industry in a digitized, visualized and traceable production management and control process. Video images show the factory status of the whole region, effectively improving the park’s operation and management. An inspection of intelligent manufacturing, intelligent logistics solutions involves a site visit to the application of Huaray machine vision, AGV intelligent logistics vehicle in intelligent manufacturing and logistics. PCBA Factory boasts a number of advanced and highly automated SMT dual-track production lines, and combines the interaction of self-developed AGV system equipment and production/ warehouse system for efficient operation. With high precision optical components as its core business, Module Factory employs leading optical manufacturing technology for the manufacture and testing of product components in a 10000-class high cleanliness manufacturing environment. Raw Material Warehouse adopts an intelligent storage system in cooperation with the efficient operation of over100 self-developed AGVs to achieve precise material distribution and efficient management. Automated Assembly Factory employs a self-developed automation line, combined with serial products like Dahua machine visual, AGV and others, to achieve the automatic flexible production mode of assembly, testing and packaging. Visit Routes Park East Gate - Administrative Hall -A1 PCBA factory - A3 module factory - semi-finished goods warehouse - automatic template workshop - assembly workshop Add: 28 Dongqiao Rd, Dongzhou Subdist, Fuyang Dist Opening: 09:00-11:00, 13:30-16:30 on weekdays Reservation service: Telephone: 18100189394, email: dh_gylkhjd@dahuatech. com. Only business group visitors are accepted. Please call or/email three days in advance to confirm the visits. Each group is limited 15 people. 17
Xiaoshan Robot Town A Characteristic Town of Robot Whole Industry Chain 单位简介 One of the top ten robot industrial parks in China, Xiaoshan Robot Town is located in Qiaonan New Town in the national Xiaoshan Economic and Technological Development Zone. With a planned area of 3.51 square kilometers, it is adjacent to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in the east, Airport City Avenue in the south, Hangzhou Government office in the west, and the Qiantang River in the north. A three-dimensional transportation network links it with rest of the country, providing access to any of the 15 central cities of the Yangtze River Delta within 90 minutes, and a seamlessly connection with the downtown Hangzhou of \"Metro era\". The highly interactive Xiaoshan Robot Exhibition Center, boasting a super-sized hall of 6000 square meters, is made up of separate areas featuring industrial achievements, interactive experience, temporary displays, lecture room, the second classroom and other functions. On the first floor, there are more than 20 robot-related products exhibited by nearly 20 enterprises, presenting the scientific and technological achievements of leading enterprises in the arena within and without the province, and showcasing the development and innovative application of intelligent manufacturing sector empowered by the digital economy. The second floor offers the entertaining interaction with the dancing robot, drawing robot, chess robot, vendor robot, etc., through which you can keenly feel the changes that related technology brings to your daily life. 18 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
On Special display are some of the outstanding industrial achievements, such as ABB spider hand robot, Qianjiang ground-rail stacking robot, Siemens intelligent manufacturing solution, and Neuromeka Indy7collaboration robot, reflecting the deep integration of digitization and manufacturing. VR+ Technology integrates virtual reality with IoT and big data technology, enabling you to have an immersive factory visit experience. There is a 1:1 scaled virtual reproduction of the internal workshop of Zhaofeng Mechanical and Electrical Company. So put on VR glasses, enter the smart digital factory for some exciting total immersive experiences. The Internet opens the \"Cloud Era\" of smart medical care. The robot health butler, an ingenious combination of AI, robots and the medical industry, conducts basic physical checkups at home, including measuring blood pressure, blood oxygen level and body temperature, and inputs the measurements into health records.The data are also made available to family members and contracted doctors in real time, to help monitor users' physical conditions and facilitate telemedical diagnosis. Routes of visit: First floor: Front hall - Small Town’s Big Dream - Industrial achievements exhibition Second floor: Korea exhibition area - Entertaining interactive experience area - second classroom Add: 389 Hongxing Rd, Xiaoshan Economic and Technological Development Zone Opening: Monday to Friday 09:00-11:30/13:00-16:30 (no admittance after 11:00 / 16:00), Saturday 09:00-16:30 (no admittance after 16:00), closed on Sunday. Please pay attention to a separate announcement of the schedules for national holidays, school summer and winter vacations. Reservation: call +86-571-83738685 or +86-571-83738823; Please book group explanation services at least two days in advance. Fill in the Group Visit Registration Form and send it with an official seal to Xiaoshanrobottown@163. com. A group is limited to 50 people in size per visit. 19
Wasu Group Grasp the Pulse of Digital Media Innovation 单位简介 Wasu Digital TV Media, a large state-owned cultural media industry group, is in full implementation of its new development strategy focusing on the three directions of network intelligence, business integration and industry ecology. Relying on big data, cloud computing, 5G network, blockchain, IoT, AI and other new technological applications, it is accelerating its transformation to become to an intelligent radio and television operator and a digital economy service provider. The Wasu exhibition hall is located in Block H of Wasu White Horse Lake Park, with a total construction area of 2,850 square meters. Featuring functions like exhibition and display,VIP reception, innovative experiments, training guidance, interview and press releases, it showcases the related achievements of Wasu in smart radio and television broadcast and in digital economy services. 20 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
New network: With its huge fixed-line network resources and wireless broadband data MAN, Wasu is actively building the LORA IoT, Hangzhou E-government, Ipv6 broadcasting root server and 5G trial network in urban Hangzhou.ilding the LORA IoT, Hangzhou E-government, Ipv6 broadcasting root server and 5G trial network in urban Hangzhou. New scenario: Wasu has created nine consumption scenarios of different forms, mainly displaying audiovisual products such as 4K interactive TV, hotel TV, Metro TV, as well as large TV screen-based smart home and smart medical service applications. New media: you can see the 5G network-based 5G+8K ULTRA HD, zero delay video, multiple perspective event content frame synchronization, 2D-upgraded 3D cloud games and other immersive experience programs. Big data: The \"Smart Hall\" built by the administrative service center can track the citizens' reception of government service through big data, and scientifically allocate windows to improve government efficiency.At the solution end of the industry, Wasu has built a number of big data tools such as \"digital cockpit\" and \"real-time business monitoring\". New governance: The \"Space management platform\" of White Horse Lake Park features such functions as basic information display, IoT perception, operation management and emergency management, and carries out multi-dimensional intelligent monitoring and management of the park space. Routes of visit: Wasu White Horse Lake enterprise exhibition hall: New network - New scenario - New media - Big data - New governance Add: 179 Changjiang Rd, Binjiang Dist, Hangzhou Opening: 09:30-11:30, 13:00-17:00, Monday to Fridayo Friday Reservation service: mainly open to group visitors and will accept individual reservation after conditions are ripe. Each group will limit to 40 persons per visit. Reservation hotline: +86-571-28327678; please call three working days in advance, and you will hear the result within one working day. 21
Theme Dinner Parties of Youth Passion Say goodbye to the hotel's ballroom and go for a special themed-dinner or party on water instead.With water attractions like West Lake, Grand Canal, Qiantang River, Fuchun River, Qiandao Lake, etc. Hangzhou is uniquely rich in spectacular scenery and cultural heritage.So pick your watery destination, choose your favorite cruise ship and plan an unforgettable theme dinner for your team. There is beautiful scenery, enchanting music, as well as endless supply of tasty food and great wine. You feel like being in heaven. West Lake Boat Banquet Qiandao Lake Boat Banquet Boat description: specially built for G20 Summit cruisers, Boat description: t h e \" Q i a n l v the \"Baoshifang\" or \"Lanyi” Star 1\" or \"Qianlv Star 2\" Painted Pleasure Boat Route: a round-the-lake trip with following highlights: Qianwangci Wharf → Orioles Singing among Willows Route: Night Cr uise Wharf → Park → Sunset over Leifeng Pagoda → Spring Dawn in Su Causeway → Three Pools Mirroring the Moon → Shenlong Island → Longshan Residual Snow on Broken Bridge → West Lake Music Island → Yueguang Island → Fountain, etc. Qiandao Lake Bridge → Lakeview Expandable Programs: Yue Opera performance and live Houseboat Hotel → Yangguang Hotel → Sheraton → Jiangbin Park Pipa or Guzheng accompany → Night Cruise Wharf. Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Boat Banquet Boat description: Caofang (converted traditional grain barge) Qiantang River Boat Banquet Route: West Lake Cultural Plaza → Imperial Dock → Boat description: the \"Qianyin\" or \"Lixing\" cruise ship Fuyi Imperial Granary → Qianlongfang (glamorous imperial-boat pavilion) → Xiangji Temple → Dadou Route: Fuxing Bridge → White Road → Xiaohezhijie Street → Qiaoxi Historical Block → Pagoda Park → Qiantang River Gongchenqiao Wharf B r i d g e → Tu r n a r o u n d a t S i x Harmonious Pagoda → Hangzhou Fuchun River Boat Banquet Low Carbon Sci-Tech Museum → Hangzhou Yin Building → Boat description: Three-stor y luxur y catamaran cruise Xixing Bridge → City Balcony → ship the \"Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains\" Hangzhou Conference Center → Route: The extension of the Two Mountains and Olympic Sports Center Two Bridges, twenty miles of “A Night of Flowers and Moonlight by the Spring River” and forty miles stretch of \"Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains\". TIPS:1. Hanghzou CBD light show is staged twice on every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evening, each lasting 20 minutes. 2.The boat banquet can be a Chinese round table style that accommodates up to 200 people or a buffet type to feed up to 250 diners. 22 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
Ten Products of Traditional Culture The culture of Hangzhou is like a modest gentleman, elegant and polite.Its gentleness is felt amid delicate fragrance from Longjing Tea roasting, its elegance finds attachment to legends of silk mansions, its tranquil modesty is concealed in the hinting smile of Buddhist statues, and its profound generosity is reflected in the superb loftiness enveloped in the flowing melody of traditional Chinese Guqin...to experience Hangzhou’s culture is like reading poetry with a glass of wine, whose mellow aftertaste never fails to leave a lingering memory.Each sipping is an enduring work of the time and deserves careful savoring.
Exposure to Tea Culture in Longjing Tea Gardens The undisputed Tea Capital of China, Hangzhou is proud of a long history with the magic orient leaves. An intimate contact with tea naturally becomes a priority in your time in Hangzhou. Take your team to the gardens of the famed West Lake Longjing Tea for a cultural tour. There, you will be witnessing the fascinating process of how a handful of simple bush leaves, through your labor, are turned into ingredients for a glass of aromatic drink and even part of an exclusive gift. Your collective effort in the tea field not only brings in tea but also harvests knowledge. The tea tasting in the picturesque local landscape cleanses your body and mind, leaving only fond memories. Longjing Village, Meijiawu Village and Longwu Town 30-100 between April and October for 3 hrs 24 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
The trip takes your team members to the iconic Longjing tea plantation where they don straw hats and pick up bamboo baskets. Then in groups, they walk to the ecological tea field. Led by one of the local tea farmers, the team learn how to pluck tea leaves from the bush. Afterwards, they would follow their instructor to a typical farmer’s home and be shown how to turn those leaves into Longjing green tea. The process involves hand frying of fresh tea leaves in a heated iron pot, through a series of fluid hand movements like crashing, pressing, stirring and shake-loosening. If the seemingly monotonous task tires you out, you might slow yourself down with a cup of tea.You can also take your time to watch a tea ceremony performance, which showcases tea brewing techniques to inspire one’s appreciation of beauty and edification of sentiment. If you want to know more about tea, you can also discuss with a tea master the culture and connotation of the tea art, and be enlightened with tips in scientific tea drinking, tea etiquette and others. An additional treat after a glass of fragrant West Lake Longjing is to have some tasty tea snacks or, still better, a delicious tea meal from the locals. The second highlight of the day involves a visit to China National Tea Museum, where a professional guide will take you through all of its six exhibition halls packed with information on the nation’s extensive and profound tea culture, with particular emphasis on tea’s history, production, trade, customs,ware and practices. 25
Savoring Fascinating Theme Evenings at Silk Museum A national first-class museum, China National Silk Museum is not only the country's largest exhibition on silk fabric and apparel, but also the world's largest in the field. When beautiful twilight hours arrive, the museum rolls out a series of fascinating programs under theme of “Silk Road Evenings” to offer insight into the history, fashion and culture of the orient fabric in different parts of the world, especially in countries along the ancient trade route. Apart from the splendid \"Italian Evening\", \"Arab Evening\" and \"French Evening\", which integrate lectures, music, dances, food, exhibitions and other elements, there are programs centered on China, such as \"Evening of Ethnic Zhuang Costume\", \" Evening of Lace\", \" Evening of Qipao\", \" Evening of Ethnic Miao Clothing\" and so on, in which the luxuriant fabric epitomizes a significant part of a profound cultural heritage. China National Silk Museum 30 3 hrs 26 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
Your tour of silk begins upon your arrival at the museum, where a specialist will lead the team to the exhibitions spaces that illustrate silk in China, evolution of Silk Road and Chinese Silk Weaving Technology (an Intangible Cultural Heritage). The National Silk Museum boasts a collection of nearly 100,000 pieces, showcasing the 5000- years history of Chinese silk culture. Prominent among them are the fabrics of Han and Tang Dynasties unearthed along the \"Silk Road\", items from the Liao, Jin and Yuan eras found in the northern grasslands, Song Dynasty costumes from Jiangnan area, Ming and Qing imperial robes and silk products for export. If conditions permit, you are allowed into the museum’s relics restoration room to watch how professionals patch up fabric fragments, understand the technical difficulties of restorative stitching, and hear the stories behind those meticulous work.The tour continues in the Museum’s research center for a close look at the collected treasures and a briefing on their individual differences and untold stories. Finally, there come the experiencing programs. Featuring textile production skills, focusing on \"sericulture, silk spinning, printing, dyeing, weaving, embroidery and sewing\", they are offered in the form of tie-dyeing, weaving, lacing and fashion design, etc. In the Needlework Center, which is absolutely attractive to textile handicraft fans, your team gets to learn how to operate antique looms to produce pieces of their own design.Those surely make nice souvenirs or gifts. Kindly reminder: a special approval from the Museum is required for an access to its restoration and research facilities. 27
An immersion in Zen for Spiritual Enlightenment Nestled in the valley to the west of West Lake and next to North Peak, Hangzhou Buddhist College is surrounded by tea gardens, bush lands, Buddhist shrines, bamboo groves and dense forests, with the temples of Lingyin and Yongfu, both built in AD326, in walking distance down the Fayun Road. Featuring a Buddhist swastika-shaped layout, the magnificent structure conveys a sense of tranquility, simplicity and \"dual emphasis on learning and practice\", putting people at peace in an instant. Monastic routines like copying scriptures, sitting meditation, listening to monks’ lectures and reverently completing a dialogue with one’s inner heart spontaneously give rise to deep consciousness of Zen’s omnipresence. 28 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
Hangzhou Buddhist College 30-100 2hrs Under the guidance of a senior Buddhist priest, your team is going to try hand-copying of Diamond Sutra for one hour, for the quadruple purposes of obtaining blessing, enhancing wisdom, improving meditation and practicing calligraphy. It is followed by a one-hour meditation accompanied by the Buddhist music, which, also known as Buddhist hymns, is a unique vocal melody to promote the holly teachings and praise Buddha, Bodhisattva and other beautiful things. As an indispensable form of Buddhist activity, it is found extensively in Buddhist rituals and ceremonies. Meditation can improve one’s disposition and help build a healthy and beautiful posture. Persistence in meditation clams one's inner temperament, inducing an elegant, quiet and gentle state of beauty.The double leg-sitting or lotus position, seen as the most stable kind in meditation, can quickly improve one’s posture, stabilize the internal chaos of the body, speedily reduce extra fat and reopen blocked meridian channels. For a regular practitioner, it is easy to maintain the graceful curves of the waist, hips, thighs and calves, and control the energy balance of both the upper and lower torso. 29
Touching the Dawn of Civilization at Liangzhu Ruins Liangzhu Site is a sacred place that supplies solid proof to China's 5000 years of history and the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City Park is seen as a key element to enhance one’s experience and appreciation of the age-old civilization. On July 6, 2019, the Ruins was inscribed on the World Heritage List. Relics of palaces, cemeteries, residences (including handicraft workshops), terraces, ancient river courses and other sites, as well as the outer city platforms and the river network that passes through them, all bear testimony to the majesty and authority of this ancient kingdom of civilization 5300-4300 years ago. So get your team ready to walk into the Ruins Park on the vast water-rich plain to witness the history sealed in time, discover hidden legends and find the missing years for a reverent touch to the dawn of civilization. 30 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
After arriving at Liangzhu Ruins Park, you first hire a battery car. The tour, guided by an archaeologist, begins with a visit to the South City Wall and Fanshan Royal Tomb. Along the way, the expert will explain the significance of the archaeological discovery and the stories behind it. Then, the team will head to Mojiao Academy to experience relic restoration with the guidance of expert of culture relics repairing. After lunch, the tour moves onto Liangzhu Museum, where, accompanied by archaeologists, your team will be shown the most representative and exquisite cultural objects unearthed from the diggings, and told about the stories and legends related to them. Before leaving Liangzhu Cultural Village, the trip will lead you back to the Ruins to lend a hand to farmers there with their farm work, both to fulfill your corporate social responsibility and gain first- hand knowledge of traditional farming culture.There are different options depending on the season, including ploughing, seeding, rice seedling planting, weeding, rice or rapeseed harvesting, etc. The physical labor allows participants to truly appreciate the old Chinese saying of \"Every grain comes from hard working.\" Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City and Liangzhu Culture Museum 30-50 6-8 hrs Kindly reminder: a real name advance-booking system is currently imposed, with a max daily visitor number at 3,000. 31
Exploring Seal Culture in the One- Square-Inch World Chinese seal carving is a unique art form with each stroke of tenderness and restraint embodying an inheritance from generation after generation. Founded in the 30th Year of Qing Emperor Guangxu (1904), Xiling Seal Society is the oldest existing literati association in China and the earliest professional academic seal association both at home and abroad. Its present location on Gushan or Solitary Hill by the West Lake is accessed via a series of stone steps through elegant gardens and courtyards. Along the way, the visitor can see relics of ancient inscription on walls and cliffs and be impressed by the irresistible appeal of Chinese calligraphy and seals. Xiling Seal Society, Gushan 30-80 3hrs 32 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
As soon as the team members step into the site of Xiling Seal Society , they are greeted with wafts of intoxicating fragrance and strings of melodious music. Looking up from curiosity, you will see why: in the front hall, Mr. Xu Junyue, inheritor of Zhejiang School of Guqin -- a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, is extending welcome to you with the pleasant tunes he is producing from the traditional plucking instrument, while on an altar set by Chengxiangtang in front of nearby bamboo house, an Incense Lighting Ceremony is being presented. Then, guided by a member of Seal Society dressed in a long gown, the members stop at the stele gallery to appreciate the deposits of the century-old culture. After walking up the stone steps and passing through a series of simple and unsophisticated gates, pavilions and corridors, everyone comes to a stone pavilion where two old gentlemen in ancient costumes are playing a game of Go. In the opposite Yangxian Pavilion, a graceful young man in white is showing his mastery of calligraphy with a brush pen. The company of soothing music, motionless Go game and silent calligraphy practice puts everyone in a peaceful and relaxing mood.On top of the Hill stands the old Huayan Sutra Pagoda, in the empty space in front of which a cocktail party is organized for team members who can enjoy cocktail drinks while chatting with others.Afterwards, the seal cutting experience is arranged in a nearby Tijing hall. People learn the delicate craft and try to reflect on the large cosmos from this one-square-inch world.Those who have further interest in the subject can, under the tutorship of a seal artist, practice writing well-wishing messages in small seal characters and have them carved on a seal stone. It would make a unique gift either for oneself or for friends and family. 33
Crafts Appreciation in a Century-old Fan Factory Fans, often appeared in old paintings and literature works, were favored by both scholar-officials and ordinary folks as a culture symbol as well as a useful tool to dispel summer heat. A trip to the 145-year-old Wang Xingji, a China's time-honored brand, is an enlightening journey into the country’s history of fans.The dynamic and static display there tells their past and present, and showcases the factory’s secret crafts and its cultural value as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage. You can also try your hands to make a fan in traditional way for yourself and from the process, get to appreciate more the craftsmanship and the heritage of the production. At the end of your visit, you will be led to the factory’s showroom where you may find something to take home or remind you of this informative tour. 34 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
Wangxingji Fan Factory 30-80 3hrs In the factory, your team will follow a staff member to visit the fan making workshops, master studios, the museum and boutique museum to contact with the traditional handicraft, experience the profound millennium-old culture, appreciate the century-old inheritance of the popular brand, and hear stories behind many of the finest works.Then, guided by a provincial intangible cultural heritage successor or provincial arts and crafts master, you are briefed on the basics of fan making as an art form. You get to try your hands on simple production of fans of white paper, silk and sandalwood, and learn about more sophisticated techniques and processes. You have an opportunity to show your artistic creativity by painting landscape, figures, plants, flowers and birds on the fan top. You can also use silk flowers, fan pendant and other materials to create a fan-shaped picture. Such interactive experience enhances your appreciation of the traditional craft as well as awards you with an unusual gift ---- a fan of your own making. 35
Seeking Soul Mates at Guqin Society \"Guqin, chess, calligraphy and painting\" have always been regarded as the path of self-cultivation for literati in ancient China. Thanks to its clear, harmonious, delicate and elegant musical character, Guqin stands to embody Chinese scholars’ spirit of being lofty, transcendent and free from vulgarity. The ancient plucking musical instrument is now listed as the \"oral and intangible cultural heritage of mankind\" by UNESCO. A trip to the old Guqin Society will help your team to understand the origin and history of its Zhejiang School, receive the baptism of its boundless, distant, ethereal melody and be given a rare opportunity of practicing under the tutorship of a master musician. 36 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
You team will change into traditional Tang suits, Qipao and Hanfu for the occasion. Following the arrival at West Lake Guqin Society, everyone will first be served tea on the first floor and briefed by President Xu Junyue with stories about his father’s and grandfather’s ties with the age-old instrument as well as the long past of the Society and Guqin’s Zhejiang School. On the wall, you see a rich collection of photos and other precious historical data. On the second floor, professional musicians including Master Xu himself will teach everyone the basics of Guqin. Normally, learners with zero experience can play simple tunes after 1 hour of practice.Finally, a small cocktail party will be arranged in the lobby on the third floor, and snacks with local characteristics will be served. The jolly cocktail, accompanied by Master Xu’s brilliant music, leads the whole tour to its climax. West Lake Guqin Society, Goushan Lane, Nanshan Rd 10-40 2hrs +86-571-87066189 37
Getting to Know Local Traditions in Xixi Wetland As the city’s green lungs, the wetland park is a world of rustic delight, crisscrossed with canals and streams and alive with abundant flora and fauna. Xixi is also the cultural highland of Hangzhou. Emperors including Gaozong of Song Dynasty and prominent clans like the Hongs regarded it as the pure land on earth. For centuries, it has seen the flourishing of clan culture, reclusive culture and folk culture. A visit to the vibrant water-rich land creates a special opportunity to contact with local traditional culture through a host of interesting participatory or hands-on experiences, such as hand-weaving Xixi flower basket (an intangible cultural heritage), practicing Chinese martial arts, trying Chinese calligraphy, making stone seals, paper cuts and fans ... it is where your team pays tribute to cultural traditions, and in return draws moral nourishment from them. 38 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
Jiang Clan Ancestral Temple, Xixi Martial Arts Ground and Hezhu Street 200-300 an entire day is preferable. In case of time limitation, all the experiences can be compressed to 4-5 hrs. Your team members walk to Jiang Clan’s Ancestral Temple and learn bamboo weaving under the tutorship , a representative inheritor of the provincial intangible heritage the Xixi Flower Basket. The process allows them to admire the old craft. Next, a professional seal cutting master from Xiling Seal Society will instruct the team in seal cutting, a practice that inspires people to contemplate the vast universe through the intricate engraving on a square inch stone surface. Calligraphy masters from Dongpo Academy in Hangzhou will in turn lead the members to unravel the subtleties of Chinese calligraphy, whose every stroke and touch is believed to reflect traditional Chinese aesthetics. Team members will walk to the unpretentious Xixi Martial Arts Training Field and learn basic traditional Kongfu skills such as standing exercise, Five-animal-boxing or Eight-trigram boxing from a top-class martial artist in China, Nowadays, such combination of strenuous and light exercises is preferred by many for its role in health preservation. The training continues in a quieter form, and is led by Ms. Liu Ruifen, a provincial-class master of arts and crafts. She will teach the team traditional way of painting landscapes, figures, animals or flowers on the delicate fans tops from the famous fan producer Wang Xingji. Afterwards, Mrs. Lang Suhua, one of the top ten intangible cultural heritage successors in Fuyang District and a municipal-class master of folk arts and craft, will teach everyone in Chinese paper-cutting art. Lang’s style not only absorbs the traditional characteristics, but also blends in the modern art concept, showing a unique classical flavor. Both training sessions offer team members the opportunities to give full play to their creativity, so in the end, they can turn out fan and paper-cutting pieces of their own designs. By Hezhu Tower, the team also gets to learn to make traditional noodles from a noodle chef. They will experience the entire process of dough kneading, rolling, cutting, shaking, boiling and finally are fed with their handiwork. Meanwhile, from senior tea master in Hezhu Street teahouses, they may learn more of the etiquette, personality, artistic conception, aesthetic notion and moral connotation of Chinese tea ceremony. Finally, do not forget take home your DIY works of the day, for those bamboo weaving, seals, calligraphy, paper-cuts and fans make unique mementos. 39
Learning about Ceramic Arts in Lin’an Museum Lin 'an is tied inseparably to ceramics. For one thing, Lin 'an Museum houses three olive green porcelain of \"national treasure class\" of a legendary past, and for the other, it has in its reproduction the Tianmu Small Cup, a treasured black glazed porcelain piece nearly forgotten for 800 years. The area is also known as the hometown of the Qian Clan, the family that set up and ruled the Wuyue Kingdom (AD907-978). As an added bonus, your destination, the Lin’an Museum, is designed by China's first Pritzker winner Wang Shu on basis of Song Dynasty painter Li Tang’s half-landscape structure. There, you will see the real secret color porcelain pieces, and in the workshop, copy-make a Tianmu Small Cup yourself. Hopefully, the short visit to one small corner of the country’s vast porcelain world will shed light on the unique charm of Chinese ancient civilization. 40 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
The team will go to Lin 'an Museum for a guided tour by the curator or a specialist. The visit is to focus on two items. The first is to see the museum structure which was designed by Wang Shu, the first Chinese architect to win the Pritzker Prize for Architecture.The iconic building integrates local features of Lin 'an as bricks, roof tiles and rammed earth.The second is to look at three pieces of olive- green color porcelain of national treasure class. These culture relics are known for their large size, regular shape, exquisite workmanship and ingenious design.They are the fine celadon from Yue Kiln of the late Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) and reflect the supreme skill of the potters of the era. After the museum visit, your team will travel to Tianmu Small Cup Workshop, where the core members of its R\&D team will explain the origin, value and status of the legendary Small Cup in pottery arts. The team gets to experience the traditional process of ceramic production with a ceramic throwing machine, like throwing, trimming, glazing, etc. Everyone also has the opportunity to DIY a copy of the small cup him/herself. Due to the unpredictable and contingency of nature of the process, what will finally emerge from the kiln will be a wonderful suspense for every member who participates in this unusual experience. Lin’an Museum, Tianmu Small Cup Workshop in Mt. Tianmu Scenic Area 30 2 hr (copy-making of Tianmu Small Cup) 41
Trying Jiangnan Cooking for A Bite of Hangzhou Qiantang, as Hangzhou was known formerly, has been a prosperous town since ancient times, inhabited by as many as a hundred thousand families. The affluent local people created distinct Hangzhou cuisine that features an appealing blending of color, fragrance, taste, appearance, texture and quality. It not only absorbs the delicate flavor of the water-rich region, but is also inspired by the pure and beautiful temperament of the literati of the past dynasties, culminating in a perfect union of the unique Chinese cultural aesthetics and the inclusive world artistic conception. With a constant emphasis on light and tender taste, Hangzhou food strives to balance freshness and saltiness and pays keen attention to retaining the original flavor of the ingredients. Steaming, braising, blanching and roasting and a sparing with oil and seasoning are the main characteristics. For a culinary adventure, your team will travel to Hangzhou New Oriental Cooking School where top-class chef-teachers will explain the key points of Hangzhou cuisine and its cooking skills. As for hands-on experiences, you will receive training in the basics of cutting, stir-frying, stewing and boiling to produce a unique Hangzhou- flavored dish on your own. New Oriental Cooking School 10-48 3hrs 42 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
The New Oriental boasts more than 200 brand-new stainless steel gas stoves, with some 80 special classrooms for drills, demonstrations, hotel simulations and so on to teach such culinary skills .Your tour first take everyone on a campus visit which includes the teaching and drill scenes in which students of different majors study different cooking courses outside the classroom.Then, you will head to the special classroom for Chinese cooking, putting on custom- made chef outfit and hats, and readying yourself for your special Hangzhou cooking apprenticeship. To begin with, the teacher-chef will brief you on the history and status of Hangzhou food, as well as the names and characteristics of the dishes that the team members are to prepare for the day. Later, the teacher-chef will explain to everybody in detail and demonstrate the basics for tasks like preparing ingredients (in shreds, pieces or slices), operating the stove, controlling the heat, handling the wok and pot shovel and applying seasonings. Next, your team will mimic the chef-teacher’s demonstration step by step, with an assistant trainer hanging around to trouble-shoot. After first dish is ready, it is tasted by all, including the chef-teacher, who will evaluate and comment and summarize.The same routine is followed with the rest of the dishes. In the end, the chef-teacher selects the first, second, and third achiever based on their performance and awards them with certificates and prizes. Kindly reminder: the New Orient has two campuses, one in Liangzhu and the other in Old Yuhang.You can pick either one according to your needs. 43
Classic Theme Dinner Banquets Perching on the top of Wushan or Wu Hill, the seven-story antique pavilion, built to honor the city’s God, integrates the architectures of Yuan and Ming dynasty palaces and offers the best view of Hangzhou encircled by lucid water and green hills. Your team’s theme dinner is set on the third-floor with terrace overlooking West Lake. Leaning on the railing, you can see the sparkling water dotted with misty willows and painted bridges, the tall skyline of the bustling downtown and the mighty Qiantang River surging against the shore. One can hardly pick a better spot for a night- view of a thriving urban center competing with the moon and stars for brilliance. Wushan Chenghuang After reaching the hill top, the team is Pavilion greeted at the giant relief wall of Heavenly 60-100 4hrs Wind over Wu Hill by a receptionist dressed in ancient costume. At the end of ascending stone steps, they enter the history hall on the first floor of the Pavilion to view the large-scale \"hardwood painting\" of Hangzhou in Southern Song and the giant bluestone line carving image group. After visiting the exhibition hall, the team takes the elevator to the large terrace to watch the breathtaking West Lake. The welcome cocktail party is arranged on the terrace. The team can enjoy the sunset over a glass of appetizing cocktail. As dusk descends, the lights are turned on, and at the beating of the big drum on the side of the terrace, the Chinese-style theme dinner officially kicks off. One after another, participants enter the foyer, which is decorated with the representative color of the team, whose logo is found on centerpiece, cutlery, napkins and menus on the table. Chopsticks and small gifts are engraved with the guests' names, reflecting the organizer’s attention to details. On the stage, a folk music quartet plays the popular Jiangnan melody of \"A Beautiful Jasmine Flower\".The gala dinner goes ahead after a brief toast from the team leader. Exquisite Hangzhou-style dishes of appealing color, aroma, taste and appearance are presented with a lavish flow of top quality wine and liquor. Waiters and waitresses in ancient costumes shuttle among the tables to provide guests with the best service. Interspersing entertainment programs like star singer singing, lucky-draw, staff talent show and Yue Opera episodes help to push the occasion to its climax. Tips: Similar dinner parties can be organized in venues like the roof garden of Hangzhou International Expo Center, terrace of Sofitel West Lake Hotel, open lawn of Xizi Hotel, Wansong Academy and others. 44 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products
Ten Products for Team-building Hangzhou's unique natural and cultural environment presents unlimited potential for creativity and inspiration. Both the downtown area and the seven prosperous suburban districts and counties are endowed with rich water resources and sights that are ideal destinations for team building programs.You may get close to nature to test your limits.You may pursue public welfare causes to fulfill CSR; you will meet difficulties with wisdom and ingenuity. “The wide sea allows the fish to leap about and vast sky the birds to fly high”. A world of opportunities awaits your challenge and explorations.
Dragon Boat Race Celebrated for over two thousand years, the \"Dragon Boat Festival\" in Xixi Wetland kicks off each year with the launch of fleets of dragon boats and is followed by their speeding along the river course. The festival stands for people in their simple wishes for good weather and happiness in the coming year. The glamorous event even impressed Qianlong, the famous Qing emperor to bestow the imperial inscription of \"Dragon Boat Grand Meeting\" to Jiangcun Village where the race was staged. Put your team on board gaily dragon boats, and send them slashing through the waves amid deafening gong and drum beatings and frantic banner waving from the cheering spectators. You will not only experience the thrill and fun but also see a toughening of the willpower of the whole team. Xixi Paradise Waters, Xixi Wetland 40-300 Best experience March-November,2.5 hrs 46 A Handbook for Indepth Experiences of Hangzhou Incentive Travel Products




