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Tonglu & the Fuchun River.

Yan Ziling Fishing Terrace and the river landscape behind a much wider Fuchun cultural journey.

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Tonglu & the Fuchun River

The Fuchun River’s bends and hills connect landscape painting, poetry and stories of retreat from public life. Tonglu is a useful base for Yan Ziling Fishing Terrace; Fuyang farther downstream adds the Huang Gongwang chapter associated with Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains.

Yan Ziling Fishing Terrace recalls a scholar who, in later tradition, chose seclusion over office. The riverside site has two terraces, a memorial hall and inscriptions left by later admirers; Fan Zhongyan’s writing helped carry Yan’s story through the centuries. In Fuyang, Huang Gongwang opens another lens on the river through his Yuan-dynasty handscroll, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains. Begun in 1347, the painting took several years to complete and survives in two sections, held today in Zhejiang and Taipei. It is not a literal topographical map: the journey follows places connected to its making and cultural afterlife.

Yan Ziling Fishing Terrace

Fuchun River

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains

LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER

Different sides.
A fuller picture.

Find the places and stories that matter to you, then give them the time they deserve.

The Fuchun River & landscape painting

The river’s wooded slopes and settlements offer a way into the landscape associated with Huang Gongwang. The painting is an artistic interpretation, not a literal photograph of every modern river bend.

Yan Ziling’s fishing terrace

The terrace is linked with the tradition of Yan Ziling withdrawing from official life. Combine the story with the river approach and setting, distinguishing the remembered recluse from later commemorative structures.

Village life & a slower valley

A chosen village walk or countryside stay provides a different rhythm from the river viewpoints. Fuyang’s Huang Gongwang sites can form a separate stage on the journey from Hangzhou, rather than being labelled as central Tonglu.

SHAPE YOUR STAY

Time well spent.

2 days · river & retreat

Allow a river-focused visit and a relaxed village or countryside interval.

3 days · the painting’s wider landscape

Travel from Hangzhou through Fuyang to Tonglu with time at each stage.

At the local table

River-region cooking, bamboo shoots in season and village meals suit the slower pace. Choose fish and other dishes according to preference and responsible local availability.