Why visit Jiaxing
Townapedia lists 65 museums and landmarks, 49 parks and trails, 62 places to eat, 9 places to stay and 5 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include South Lake, 沈钧儒故居, 浙江东方地质博物馆 and Jiaxing Sports Centre Stadium.
Weather in Jiaxing
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About Jiaxing
Jiaxing (simplified Chinese: 嘉兴; traditional Chinese: 嘉興; pinyin: Jiāxīng; Wade–Giles: Chia-hsing), alternately romanized as Kashing, is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,400,868 and its built-up (or metro) area, made up of 2 urban districts was home to 1,518,654 inhabitants.
From the Wikipedia article Jiaxing (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Jiaxing on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do5
South Lake
Monument and historic site · 0.9 km
Lake in Jiaxing, Zhejiang
Museums and landmarks65
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Parks, trails and playgrounds49
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37 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes62
50 more on the map.
Where to stay9
Churches and places of worship11
Shopping26
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries62
Healthcare15
Map of Jiaxing
250 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Jiaxing Nanhu Airport (JNH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 9 km away.
- Haining 25 km south, about 25 min by car
- Wuzhen 25 km west, about 25 min by car
- Chóngfú 39 km southwest, about 39 min by car
- Zhujing 42 km northeast, about 42 min by car
- Zhouzhuang 42 km north, about 42 min by car
- Songjiang 55 km northeast, about 55 min by car
- Kunshan 72 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Hangzhou 76 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Shanghai 85 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Shaoxing 85 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Night, Yang Lao, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 嘉兴南湖, 2021-10-30 03, Siyuwj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Former Residence of Shen Junru 02 2013-11, 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Vincent Abbey in Jiaxing 01 2013-11, 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jiaxing Sports Centre Stadium, Zhou Guanhuai, CC0
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