[2025 Hangzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for National Wetland Museum (Updated Feb)

I heard that the Lantern Festival at Hangzhou Xixi Wetland Park is very lively, but I couldn't join in the fun because it was a weekday. When the weekend came, I thought there might still be some Lantern Festival vibes, so I went with my parents and family. I chose the free route. Take Metro Line 3 to Dongyue Station, Exit A → Visit the China Wetland Museum → Go to Gaozhuang (you can take a small train, which charges a fee) → Hezhu Street → Jiangcun Slow Life Block → Take Metro Line 19 back. 1. The China Xixi Wetland Museum is a national museum themed on wetlands. It is closed on Mondays and open to the public for free. The museum systematically displays wetland knowledge and enhances visitors' awareness of wetland protection through the restoration of typical wetland scenes, multimedia interaction, and graphic displays. It features dynamic water curtains, 360-degree interactive digital exhibitions, and 180-degree giant screens, showing the film "The Realm of Life" with stunning visual effects. 2. Gaozhuang is the villa of Gao Shiqi, a favorite minister of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It has pavilions, rockeries, pools, and winding paths, which are typical of classical Jiangnan gardens. 3. Hezhu Street has a market with a wide variety of local delicacies and snacks. I recommend Mr. Yang's Gorgon Cake, which is made and sold on the spot and is very delicious. During the Spring Festival, various lanterns are hung on the street, and pink lanterns like Kongming lanterns are placed in the lake, which is very eye-catching. There are also rowing boats in Hezhu Village, where you can take a boat to enjoy the scenery. 4. Jiangcun Slow Life Block is quite artistic and petty bourgeois. There are many beautiful specialty shops and coffee shops, which are suitable for taking photos and checking in. China Wetland Museum Slow Life Block Gaozhuang Jiangcun Market

The misty rain over Xixi Wetland is a treasure, and the air is refreshing! The park is rich in history and culture, with many literati leaving behind a wealth of poetry and prose. Even Kangxi and Qianlong left their calligraphy and poetry here during their southern tours. Natural Scenery - Wetland Scenery: The crisscrossing waterways create a unique wetland landscape. Small boats shuttle through the area, offering a view of the pristine wetland scenery. - Plant Scenery: The park is rich in plant resources, with a long history of mulberry, bamboo, and willow cultivation. Reeds, cogon grass, persimmons, and plums have formed large-scale growths. The park is also home to nationally protected plants such as Isoetes sinensis, Ranunculus longirostris, and Carpinus putoensis. - Animal Scenery: The park is a habitat for many animals, mainly fish and birds, including nationally protected animals such as the white-tailed sea eagle, oriental stork, and the second-level protected animals, such as the Labeo and the Schizothorax. Main Attractions - Qiuxue Nunnery: One of the important cultural attractions of Xixi Wetland, and the viewing spot for "Autumn Reed Flying Snow," one of the ten scenic spots of Xixi. In autumn, the reed flowers sway, creating a charming scene. - Gaozhuang: Built during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, it was the villa of the Qing Dynasty literati Gao Shiqi in Xixi. It features attractions such as Gaozhai, Zhuchuang, and Nianhua Study, all with a distinct Qing Dynasty style. - Hezhu Street: A restored folk commercial street showcasing the unique folk culture and products of Xixi. Visitors can enjoy Yue Opera performances and other shows, and it is also a viewing spot for "Hezhu Listening to Music." - China Wetland Museum: With a building area of 15,000 square meters, it opened in 2009. It features themed exhibition halls such as the Wetland and Humanity Hall, China Hall, and Xixi Hall, showcasing a wealth of wetland knowledge and related culture. Folk Activities - Dragon Boat Festival: Held annually on the 15th day of the first lunar month, it attracts many tourists to experience the charm of traditional folk activities.

The first stop of my New Year trip was the China Wetland Museum in Xixi, Hangzhou! It was so photogenic! I couldn't stop taking photos 📷 There are four floors to explore! - 🧨 Floor Guide B1: Wetland Wonderland 1F: Wetland Wonders 2F: Xixi Only 3F: Plant Dye Art - ⛩️ China Wetland Museum ⏰ 9:00–16:30, closed on Mondays 🎫 Free 📍 402 Tianmushan Road 🚇 Exit B, Dongyue Station, Line 3 - 🍓 The Wetland Museum is very large. If you don't know where to start, you can rent a pair of AR glasses at the entrance. The glasses provide voice prompts and landmark prompts. Follow the prompts to find the interpretation scenes with AR signs. Blue cursors will appear on the exhibits. Walk up to the cursor to see exhibit introductions, space videos, and voice explanations. Raise your hand in front of the AR glasses and make a fist and open your palm. A virtual guide map will pop up in your palm. You can quickly find your location, navigate to exhibits, and search for information. Make a fist again to close the guide map. - 🧧 During the Spring Festival, there will be a "Five Museums in a Row, New Year Blessings" Spring Festival check-in event (Liangzhu Museum, China Wetland Museum, Zhejiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, Southern Song Dynasty Deshou Palace Site Museum, and Zhejiang Museum of Natural History). Experience Rokid AR glasses, get a "Blessing Stamp Passport," and visit museums to get blessing stamps and exclusive gift packs.

On rainy days, if you want to go to a beautiful and interesting place, go to the Wetland Museum. 🚇 Line 3, Dongyue Station, Exit B, walk for a few minutes after exiting the station 🎫 Free admission + no reservation required 🕐 Opening hours: 9:00 am–4:30 pm, no entry after 4:00 pm, closed on Mondays 🖥️ The panoramic interactive large touch screen is very interesting, and the giant screen promotional film has an IMAX theater experience. There are many popular science exhibits about the history of wetlands in the museum. The layout is simple and elegant, and you can feel the invisible bond between man and nature even indoors. ❗️ The third floor is temporarily closed, and the nearby Gaozhuang (you can take a small train there) is temporarily closed 🈴 Suitable for dating/parent-child activities/study tours/photography/just daze

In traditional China, plants that can be used to dye yellow include gardenia, rehmannia, yellow dock, amur cork tree, turmeric, pagoda tree flower, and turmeric. Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, gardenia has been the main material for dyeing yellow. In the Han Dynasty, gardenia and madder, which is used to dye red, became economic crops. "A thousand mu of gardenia and madder, a thousand mu of ginger and leek, are equal to a marquis." It can be seen that the social status and economic income of farmers who planted these dye materials were equal to that of a marquis. In the pre-Qin period, turmeric was a tribute. Wine made from wheat mixed with turmeric was called "yellow wine" and was used on important occasions such as ancestral temple sacrifices. Jincao, commonly known as green bamboo or emperor grass, was often used in ancient times to dye green with indigo. The Book of Songs says, "I picked green all morning, but not enough to fill a basket" and "Green clothes, yellow skirts." The Northern Wei Dynasty's Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People records the process of using amur cork tree to dye paper to prevent insects, called "dyeing huang" or "entering huang," from which the term "decoration" originated. At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Xuan ordered the abolition of bamboo slips and the use of yellow paper. "Heaven and earth are black and yellow," the ancients regarded yellow as the color of the earth and the representative of the sun's rays. Yellow symbolizes supremacy, orthodoxy, and light. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, zhehuang has become the color of the emperor's regular clothes. Zhao Kuangyin's mutiny at Chenqiao, wearing a yellow robe, made zhehuang the color of imperial power. The Ming Dynasty explicitly prohibited ministers and commoners from wearing yellow clothes, including ginger yellow, willow yellow, and other shades of yellow. The luster of gold and copper coins makes yellow synonymous with warmth, vitality, abundance, and joy.

China Wetland Museum Address: No. 402, Tianmushan Road, Xihu District Opening hours: 9:00-16:30 from Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Monday, except for statutory holidays). No entry after 16:00. Transportation: 600 meters walk from Exit B of Dongyue Station on Subway Line 3 Tickets: Free reservation The Wetland Museum has 4 floors in total. The most recommended is the basement: Wetland Cave Hall Various high-tech large screens The entrance is a dynamic waterfall wall As you move along the route, there is a high-tech large screen that fills all four walls. It changes in real time. There are small fish that swim as you move your hand. There are black and white walls that change color as you touch them. There are also various interactions that are activated by long press. Other halls on floors 1-3 Approaching the Wetland Hall: You can rent a 4D glasses for 50 at the entrance to trigger various interactive introductions Simply understand the wetland and understand the basic knowledge Wetland Vientiane Hall: Superb science popularization hall, detailed understanding of the "thousands of creatures" nourished by the wetland and the "wonderful wonders" they build. Here are some special places worth checking in: Take a photo with biological specimens (the bird, fish, and crab areas are exquisitely and beautifully made) Take a photo with the wetland landscape (black-necked crane habitat, coral group, mangrove forest, etc.) Only this Xixi Hall: Concentrate on understanding "Xixi Wetland", including human history, folk culture, solar terms activities, etc. Here you can experience: Drumming dragon boat race Check in the multi-screen electronic column and feel the four seasons of Xixi Special exhibition hall: There is a rest area here, and there are various corals on display in the aisle. We also happened to encounter the "Wild China" photography exhibition that day, and it was another round of shooting.

The China Wetland Museum is located in the southeast corner of Hangzhou Xixi National Wetland Park, covering an area of more than 20,000 square meters. The museum is grand in scale, with one underground floor and three above-ground floors. Inside the museum, there are numerous themed exhibition halls that mainly introduce world wetlands, domestic wetlands, and Xixi Wetland. In the preface hall, there are many plant and animal specimens that vividly introduce various wetlands around the world. In the China Hall, you can see the restored seven major types of wetlands in China, which is truly breathtaking.

🌟 Imagine stepping into an underwater kingdom enveloped by a mysterious aura, surrounded by dazzling and shining lights, as if you have crossed into another dimension—this is not a scene from a sci-fi movie, but the latest look of the Xixi Wetland Museum in Hangzhou! 🌿👀 Located in Hangzhou, the paradise on earth, the China Wetland Museum has recently undergone an unprecedented glamorous transformation. With an exhibition hall area of 8,500 square meters, it redefines the word 'spectacular'! 👣【Exploration Route: Every Step is a Novelty】👣 🌟【First Floor Departure】🌟 🌍💖 Upon entering, the 【Approaching Wetlands Hall】 greets you like a knowledgeable elder, gently leading you to unveil the mystery of the wetlands, instilling in you a sense of responsibility for the protection of this natural treasure. 🌊【Basement One: Dreamy Abyss】🌊 🐠🌌 Turn around and step into the 【Wetland Cave Heaven Hall】, and a visual feast begins instantly! First comes the stunning flowing water screen, making you feel as if you are under a waterfall, and the real climax is hidden behind the curtain—a 360° immersive underwater world, where you can swim like a fish, freely traversing through the ocean of light and shadow. 🎬【Realm of Creatures: IMAX-Level Impact】🎬 🎧🎬 Don't miss the 32.5-meter-long giant screen cinema's 'Realm of Creatures', where every frame seems to whisper the secrets of nature in your ear, with a dual shock of sound and vision that makes science popularization far from dull. 🌳【Second Floor: Symphony of Life】🌳 🐦🦎 The 【Wetland Panorama Hall】 is a symphony of the natural world, vividly displaying the diversity and richness of China's wetland ecology. The live display of amphibians and reptiles allows you to feel the rhythm of life up close; the bird specimen cabinet is a visual feast not to be missed. 🛶🏆 For cultural festival enthusiasts, the dragon boat event in the 【Exclusive Xixi Hall】 will surely let you experience the charm and passion of the water town! 🌸【Coral Secret Realm: Sea of Flowers】🌸 The 【Coral Culture Exhibition】 in the atrium, with those precious corals like gems of the sea bed, silently tells the story of the ocean, breathtakingly beautiful.🌊💎 📸【Photography Exhibition: Oasis of the Soul】📸 🏞️🖼️ The 【Heartland Oasis】 photography exhibition on the third floor captures those pristine places on Earth that remain unpolluted, each piece is an invitation, inviting you to wander afar. 🚗🚇【Easy Arrival, Start Your Dreamy Journey】🚗🚇 🛣️🌟 Whether you take the subway to 【Dongyue Station Exit B】 or drive to the 'Xixi Paradise Underground Parking Lot', everything is convenient, seamlessly connecting to your dreamy journey. 📅⏰【Opening Hours】📅⏰ 🕒🎉 Open daily from 9:00 to 16:30 (remember to enter before 16:00, closed on Mondays for rest), free reservation or on-site QR code scanning, for an unobstructed enjoyable visit.