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ShaoxingTravel Budget Guide
Tier 2·IATA:
When to visit
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
- extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
- highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
- extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
- highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
- highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
- extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
Taxi flag-drop:¥9starting fare
Attractions
Hotels
Budget
$17.88 (CN¥121)
/night
Standard
$27.79 (CN¥188)
/night
Comfort
$55.72 (CN¥377)
/night
Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.
Food
Budget meal
$3.19 (CN¥22)
/meal
Mid-range
$10.51 (CN¥71)
/meal
High-end
$39.91 (CN¥270)
/meal
Culture & Heritage
Time-Honored Brands (4)
MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsementKuaijishanBatch 1
Est. 1743
A Shaoxing yellow-wine house tracing to the 1743 'Yunji' brewery, a first-batch China Time-Honored Brand.
Xianheng TavernBatch 1
Est. 1894
An 1894 Shaoxing tavern made world-famous by Lu Xun's short story 'Kong Yiji.'
Guyue LongshanBatch 1
A flagship Chinese yellow-wine brand whose family includes several China Time-Honored sub-brands.
ZhenyuantangBatch 1
Est. 1752
A 1752 Shaoxing traditional-medicine house, heir to the region's long 'Yue medicine' tradition.
Famous Snacks (6)
Shaoxing Yellow WineFamous Snacks
Glutinous-rice yellow wine winter-brewed with Jianhu water — Shaoxing's signature flavour, best served warm.
Fennel-Spiced Broad BeansFamous Snacks
Broad beans slow-simmered with fennel and cinnamon — a wine snack made famous by 'Kong Yiji.'
Shaoxing Stinky TofuFamous Snacks
Tofu steeped in aged amaranth-stalk brine then fried — crisp outside, tender within, pungent yet moreish.
Braised Pork with Dried Mustard GreensFamous Snacks
Pork belly steamed with Shaoxing dried mustard greens until the two flavours soak into each other.
Shaoxing Three DelicaciesFamous Snacks
Fish balls, meat balls and egg dumplings steamed together — a Shaoxing banquet centrepiece.
Fermented Tofu SheetsFamous Snacks
Rolled tofu sheets left to ferment — a Shaoxing soy delicacy, clean and fragrant, steamed or fried.
Intangible Cultural Heritage (7)
Shaoxing Yellow Wine Brewing TechniqueNational ICH · Batch 1
A first-batch national ICH: the traditional craft of winter-brewing Shaoxing yellow wine with Jianhu water.
Yue OperaNational ICH · Batch 1
China's second-largest opera form, born in Shengzhou near Shaoxing; a first-batch national ICH.
Legends of Wang XizhiNational ICH · Batch 3
A body of folk legends about the 'sage of calligraphy' Wang Xizhi in old Kuaiji; a third-batch national ICH.
Shaoxing Lianhualao BalladNational ICH · Batch 1
A Shaoxing sung-storytelling art formed in the 19th century; a first-batch national ICH.
Shaoxing Pinghu TuneNational ICH · Batch
A refined Shaoxing storytelling art, sung to self-played three-string lute; a national ICH.
Shaoxing Mulian OperaNational ICH · Batch 2
A ritual opera on the 'Mulian saving his mother' theme, tied to Shaoxing's village-theatre custom; a national ICH.
Tales of the Shaoxing Private SecretariesProvincial ICH
Folk tales built around the Ming-Qing 'shiye' legal-clerk class of Shaoxing; a provincial-level ICH.
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