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Joe Steinbring

Hangzhou

A tiered pagoda on a wooded hill above a lake, with mist along the ranges behind.
The Leifeng Pagoda above West Lake.2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
Static offline map showing Hangzhou in China with a location pin.

We came into Hangzhou from Wuxi on the evening of November 7, 2018, in time for the Songcheng show — an hour of Song dynasty history staged with several hundred dancers, in a park laid out as a Song street. The next morning was West Lake, with the Leifeng Pagoda on its hill above the far shore, and then the hills west of it, where Dragon Well green tea grows and a lantern-hung walkway runs along a pond. We drove on to Shanghai after lunch.

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  • A red-pillared walkway hung with lanterns beside a pond, with a moon gate beyond.

    In the tea hills west of the lake, where Dragon Well grows.

    2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • A costumed figure with a spear stands over night stalls strung with red lanterns.

    The Song dynasty street at Songcheng, after dark.

    2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • Dancers in red and yellow court robes with tall headdresses on a blue-lit stage.

    The Romantic Show of Songcheng.

    2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

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