På gång i Hangzhou (West Lake), China under året

Mycket folk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Spring Festival

  15–23 febKinesiskt nyårTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  China's week-long national holiday for the Lunar New Year. In the weeks around it trains and flights sell out as people travel home, and many small shops and restaurants close for several days; book transport early. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Spring Festival, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring Festival (15–23 feb)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Longjing tea picking

  20 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisSkörd

  The leaf picked before Qingming is the one that costs a fortune, and the hills at Meijiawu are full of pickers for a fortnight. Tea houses start pouring this year's crop in early April.

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Longjing tea picking (20 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — May Day holiday, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  May Day holiday

  1–5 majGolden WeekTrångtBoka tidigt

  The second national travel week of the year, five days from 1 May. Train and flight tickets go the moment sales open, hotel rates jump, and the main sights take domestic crowds all week. Källa ↗

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Meiyu, the plum rains

  10 jun – 15 jul · vanligtvisMonsunRisk

  The front sits over the lower Yangtze for a month: warm, close, and wet in long grey stretches rather than storms. West Lake is at its emptiest and its most atmospheric.

• Natur

  Lotus on West Lake

  25 jun – 15 aug · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The beds off the Su causeway are a summer-only sight and one of the classic ten views. Go at six in the morning; by ten it is heat, humidity and coach parties.

Mycket folk — Summer break i China, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  15 jul – 30 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  Most summers one storm comes ashore on the Zhejiang coast close enough to matter. The airport cancels most flights, West Lake boats and scenic areas close, and high-speed trains through the delta run thin for a day. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Meiyu, the plum rains (10 jun – 15 jul (vanligtvis)), Lotus on West Lake (25 jun – 15 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i China, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Lotus on West Lake (25 jun – 15 aug (vanligtvis)), Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Qiantang tidal bore, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Qiantang tidal bore

  10 sep – 12 okt · vanligtvisHögvattenTrångt

  The world's largest tidal bore peaks around the eighteenth day of the eighth lunar month, usually late September or early October. Yanguan in Haining is the classic stand and the embankment is policed for a reason. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Osmanthus

  20 sep – 20 okt · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  Hangzhou's other autumn smell. Manjuelong village behind the lake is where people go to sit under the trees with tea while the flower drops into it.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Qiantang tidal bore

• Helg

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 oktTrångtBoka tidigt

  West Lake takes several hundred thousand people a day in this week and the causeways are managed one-way. The bore peaks around the same time, which does not help. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Hangzhou Marathon

  28 okt – 10 nov · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångt

  Usually on the first Sunday of November, starting at Huanglong and finishing by the Olympic Sports Centre; the fun run ends beside West Lake, so lakeside roads close for the morning. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Qiantang tidal bore (10 sep – 12 okt (vanligtvis)), Osmanthus (20 sep – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Hangzhou Marathon

• Natur

  Maples and ginkgo turn

  15 nov – 12 dec · vanligtvisHöstfärger

  The city turns late: ginkgo along the lake avenues goes gold around the end of November, and the red maples at Taiziwan and Jiuxi usually peak into early December, well after the northern cities are bare. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hangzhou Marathon (28 okt – 10 nov (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Maples and ginkgo turn (15 nov – 12 dec (vanligtvis))