Southern Valleys
九溪十八涧
Nine Creeks
Tea hills release a web of clear streams into a cool ravine on their way toward the Qiantang River.
Detail from the Hangzhou.travel handscroll
Nine Creeks winds through the wooded valleys south of the Longjing tea country. Small tributaries cross the path, changing with rain and season as they descend toward the Qiantang River.
The route joins several essential Hangzhou landscapes in one walk: tea terraces, forest shade, exposed stone and moving water. It is the long scroll experienced at human pace.
Source & further reading: Hangzhou China — Tea and mountain trails ↗