Traveling Across China with Kids - Jiaxing

A 2017 baby, now 7 years old, and this is her 6th year seeing China. Yes, since she was a few months old, I've been taking her on trips all over the country (mostly self-driving) without ever going abroad, because there's so much to see in our beautiful homeland! Today, let's take a look at Jiaxing. Starting from Hangzhou, it takes just 30 minutes to get there at the fastest. We plan to visit the free Yuehe Historical District, so we chose to get off at Jiaxing Station. From there, you can take a taxi or a tram to the district, which is very convenient (around 10 yuan by taxi, 2 yuan by tram). Yuehe District is quite easy to stroll around. There's even a hotel under a certain brand (with a playground, recommended to stay if the price is right). On the other side of the district, there's a small flower and bird market. The street also has many affordable and delicious sticky rice cakes. We bought a bunch, very cost-effective! We took the child to the Zongzi Museum, where there are various types of zongzi. She learned how zongzi are wrapped and was very interested. We bought a freshly wrapped zongzi to try, and it was really good. Jiaxing is indeed the place for zongzi. If you want to check in and take photos at a church, you can walk out of the ancient street towards Shaonian Road (it should be lively at night, a bit sunny during the day). Shaonian Road is a popular spot for photos, with many young ladies taking pictures. After taking photos, you can take the tram next to it back to the train station to return to Hangzhou. You can choose to go to Jiaxing Station or Jiaxing South Station (South Station is farther away).