温州
WenzhouTravel Budget Guide
Tier 2·IATA: WNZ
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:¥10starting fare
Attractions
Hotels
Budget
$21.87 (CN¥148)
/night
Standard
$29.86 (CN¥202)
/night
Comfort
$59.12 (CN¥400)
/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
$3.37 (CN¥23)
/meal
Mid-range
$10.81 (CN¥73)
/meal
High-end
$36.79 (CN¥249)
/meal
Culture & Heritage
Time-Honored Brands (2)
MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsementEst. 1901
A century-old Wenzhou glutinous-rice-ball house founded in 1901, originally called "Zhengdeda" and among the city's earliest tangyuan shops, a recognised Chinese time-honoured brand.
Est. 1956
Founded in 1956 as Wenzhou's first state-run restaurant, once honoured as a "National First-Class Restaurant" and called the "Whampoa Military Academy of Wenzhou chefs," a key cradle of Ou cuisine.
Famous Snacks (6)
Xianqian Tangyuan (Glutinous Rice Balls)Famous Snacks
The signature black-sesame glutinous rice balls of the Xianqian shop, white and translucent, thin-skinned and generously filled, smooth and sweet, the taste of a Wenzhou century.
Three-Shred Knocked FishFamous Snacks
The foremost of the "three great dishes" of Ou cuisine, fish flesh knocked paper-thin and served in broth with three shreds, tender and smooth, the emblem of Ou-cuisine craft.
Wenzhou Fish BallsFamous Snacks
Irregular hand-scraped fish balls made from croaker meat, springy and clear-brothed, dressed with vinegar and scallion, one of Wenzhou's most iconic street snacks.
Dengzhan Gao (Lamp-Cake Fritter)Famous Snacks
A rice-batter fritter shaped like an old oil-lamp, crisp outside and soft within with a savoury filling, one of Wenzhou's most distinctive fried snacks.
Changren Wontons (Tall-Man Wontons)Famous Snacks
A century-old Wenzhou wonton house named for its tall founder, prized for paper-thin skins, fresh fillings and a clear broth laden with garnishes, a household name in the city.
Airen Songgao (Short-Man Pine-Cake)Famous Snacks
A traditional Wenzhou steamed pine-cake of glutinous rice flour with a rich filling, named for its short founder, a classic street cake of the city.
Intangible Cultural Heritage (5)
Yongjia Kunqu OperaNational ICH · Batch 第一批国家级非物质文化遗产
The old Yongjia branch of Kunqu in Wenzhou, one of the city's oldest living opera forms, a first-batch national ICH item from 2006 and a UNESCO intangible heritage of humanity.
Ou OperaNational ICH · Batch 第二批国家级非物质文化遗产
A traditional regional opera of Wenzhou centred on luantan singing and other vocal styles; a second-batch national ICH item from 2008.
Ou EmbroideryNational ICH · Batch 第二批国家级非物质文化遗产
A traditional folk embroidery of the Wenzhou area, one of Zhejiang's "three carvings and one embroidery," a second-batch national ICH item from 2008.
Yueqing Fine-Pattern Paper-CuttingNational ICH · Batch 第一批国家级非物质文化遗产
An intricate paper-cutting from Yueqing's "dragon-boat flower," over seven hundred years old; a first-batch national ICH item from 2006 and a UNESCO intangible heritage of humanity from 2009.
Rui'an Wooden Movable-Type PrintingNational ICH · Batch 第二批国家级非物质文化遗产
The movable-type printing craft of Dongyuan village in Rui'an, a living continuation of ancient China's great invention; a second-batch national ICH item from 2008.
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