Hangzhou
Immortalized by centuries’ worth of poems and paintings, Hangzhou is an elegant beauty adorned with weeping willows and jadeite lakes. Burgeoning modern luxuries and smart crowds keep the city in step with the country’s bolder megacities, but it's a testament to Hangzhou’s strong identity that urban growth and the quickening pace of life haven’t diluted its leisurely charm. To this day, Hangzhou remains a city that prompts comparison to Heaven.