10 Days in Shaoxing
Ten days pace the water-town canon across a week-plus, add Zhuji's five-tier Wuxie falls and one labelled Hangzhou neighbour day, and close with the yellow-wine museum.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Shaoxing?
10 days lets you go beyond Shaoxing's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Shaoxing guide
10-day Shaoxing itinerary at a glance
Use our full Shaoxing travel guide as the base and adapt it to 10 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
Arrival & Cangqiao
Settle downtown along Cangqiao Straight Street — the UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage award came in 2003 — with a river-side dinner to start.
- shaoxing cangqiao street
Lu Xun Native Place
Lu Xun (1881-1936) was born behind the native-place gates and left for Nanjing in 1898; the free blocks take a reservation, and the Xianheng tavern downstairs serves fennel beans from the stories.
- shaoxing luxun native place
Lanting & Shusheng Quarter
At Lanting, 42 literati gathered in 353 and produced the 324-character Orchid Pavilion Preface; the calligraphy festival runs each spring since 1985. The Shusheng Quarter keeps the lanes tied to Wang Xizhi (303-361).
- shaoxing lanting
- shaoxing shusheng quarter
East Lake & Bazhi Bridge
East Lake's Han-dynasty quarries read best from a black-awning boat; back in the old city, the Song-dynasty Bazhi Bridge, nationally listed in 2001, crosses the canal by the moat.
- shaoxing east lake
- shaoxing bazhi bridge
Dayu Mausoleum
On Kuaiji Mountain the mausoleum grounds hold the public rites to Yu the Great each Grain Rain, a ceremony revived in 1995; the stone stairways climb through cypress rows.
- shaoxing dayu mausoleum
Shen Garden, day & night
The paired wall poems — Lu You's Chai Tou Feng of 1151 and the reply attributed to Tang Wan — read better with the morning light; the garden's evening stage show runs most nights.
- shaoxing shen garden
Anchang Ancient Town
Northwest in Keqiao, Anchang runs its La Yue festival every twelfth lunar month, a tradition renewed since 1999; the clerk-adviser museum explains the town's shiye trade.
- shaoxing anchang town
Zhuji — Xishi hometown & Wuxie
A county day — Zhuji, about an hour southwest by rail, keeps the halls tied to Xishi of the Spring-and-Autumn period, some 2,500 years back; the Wuxie gorge beyond stacks its falls in five tiers.
- shaoxing xishi hometown
Neighbour day — Hangzhou
A labelled neighbour day — Hangzhou is a separate prefecture with its own independent pages on this site. The HSR covers the 20 minutes to West Lake and the Qinghefang quarter, returning by evening.
- hangzhou
Yellow wine & departure
The yellow-wine museum walks through the jiuqu fermentation and the Jian Lake water tradition; a last market lunch, then the HSR — Hangzhou is 20 minutes away.
- shaoxing yellow wine museum
- shaoxing city markets
Budget for 10 days in Shaoxing
| Tier | Per day | 10 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $500–$800 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,000–$2,000 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $3,000+ |
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