While (visit) Hangzhou's West Lake and its surrounding beautiful hills, you'll understand why it's been a great source of inspiration for artists, poets and philosophers Chinese history.
Though rest of the country is moving from two wheels to four, cycling culture is thriving(繁荣的) in Hangzhou. The city(develop) China's first bicycle-sharing system in 2008. Since then, it's grown into the world's (big) and one of the world's best public bicycle systems.
Hangzhou grows some of China's finest green tea—Longjing. Every spring, before the traditional Qingming Festival, tea (love) from all over the country come to Longjing, a village lies just south of West Lake, for the first cup of top-quality tea. During tea season-- (usual) late March and April-- the air is filled with smell from the tea, when leaves (pick) and roasted in the village. The village is open to the public and you can pick your own tea after getting (permit) from the local tea farmers.
