Ningbo was rated as the first batch of excellent tourist cities in China by 1999, with rich tourism resources, including 22 national key cultural relics protection units and 8 national 4A scenic spots 18. Fenghua Xikou Scenic Spot and Tengtou Village Scenic Spot were rated as national 5A scenic spots on 20 10. In the north of Ningbo, there is an international metropolis-Shanghai; There is a Qifeng Embroidered Ridge in the south, Yandang Mountain; In the west, there is a beautiful and charming West Lake; To the east, it is Mount Putuo, a Buddhist country in Haitian. In such a banded tourism network, Ningbo is gradually growing into a tourist city. In 2009, our city received 800,500 inbound tourists, a year-on-year increase of 5.74%, and the three major markets of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan maintained double-digit growth. In the whole year, * * * achieved foreign exchange income of US$ 487 million, up by 3.76% year-on-year; The number of outbound tourists158,900, an increase of 86.48%. It received 39.62 million domestic tourists, up 14.3% year-on-year, and achieved a total tourism revenue of 53.053 billion yuan, up 17.8% year-on-year.

Fenghua Xikou tourist area

Fenghua Xikou is a national AAAAA-level tourist area. With Jiang Zhongzheng (Chiang Kai-shek) as the background, the most famous are Xuedou Mountain and Xuedou Temple, as well as the original site of Jiang Zhongzheng and the antique culture of the ancient town, including Wuling Gate, Wuling School, Wenchang Pavilion (Kuige Lingxiao), small foreign houses, Chiang's former residence (Gao Feng House), Yutai Salt Shop, Maha Hall, Chiang's Tomb, Imperial Bookstore, Jinjingchi and Qian Qian.

cultural relic

In addition to Chiang Kai-shek, who is famous in the three places across the Taiwan Straits, Ningbo also has many cultural relics. Yuyao Hemudu site was excavated in 1973, which is an important Neolithic site in southern China. The rice residue and hundreds of bones found in it advanced the history of rice cultivation in China to 7,000 years ago, corrected the traditional view that japonica rice cultivated in China was introduced from India and indica rice was introduced from Japan, and established the academic view that rice cultivated in China originated from the mainland. Hemudu Site Museum opened in May 1993. Located at the foot of Lingshan Mountain, Guobao Temple has a history of more than 970 years and is famous for its exquisite architectural techniques. The existing Daxiong Hall was rebuilt in the sixth year of the Northern Song Dynasty (10 13). It is the oldest and most well-preserved wooden structure building in the south of the Yangtze River in the Northern Song Dynasty, which has high historical, artistic and scientific value in the history of Chinese architecture. The whole structure of the whole hall adopts the ingenious connection between arches and the precise tenon-mortise technology, and all the components of the building are firmly combined together without a nail, supporting the weight of the whole hall roof of more than 50 tons. On the ceiling of the front trough of the main hall, three hollowed-out caissons are skillfully arranged, which are organically connected with the whole structure. The beam frame of the main hall is covered with the ceiling and caissons, and there is no national security hall below.

It is easy to see, so it is called "the temple without beams". In addition to the unique architectural style, insects don't eat, birds don't enter, spiders don't weave webs, and the dust on the beams is also amazing. Tianyige Library is named after Zheng Xuan's theory of "natural water" in the Book of Changes, which means making fire with water. Founded in the 40th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 156 1), it was presided over by Fan Qin, the retired right assistant minister of the Ministry of War. It is the oldest private library in China, the oldest library in Asia and one of the three oldest family libraries in the world. In the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong, the imperial edict compiled Siku Quanshu. As Fan Zhumao, the grandson of Fan Qin VIII, presented a large number of books, Emperor Qianlong ordered the surveying and mapping of the styles of houses and bookcases in Tianyi Pavilion, and built the famous "South-North Seven Pavilions" to collect the "Four Ku Quanshu". Tianyi Pavilion has been famous all over the country since then. After the Opium War, with the war, books in the building were gradually lost. After liberation, with the concern of Premier Zhou Enlai and the response of many local bibliophiles, the rare books and rare books of Tianyi Pavilion have been restored, and the collection of rare books has reached more than 80,000 volumes. In addition, Asoka Temple, Tiantong Temple, Tashan Weir, Zhenhai Haikou Haiphong Site, Shanglin Lake Yueyao Site, Liangnong Anti-Japanese Base, Cicheng, Qiantong Ancient Town and Liangzhu Cultural Park are also famous cultural tourist attractions in Ningbo.

Natural scenery

The natural scenery of Ningbo is also very unique. There are Siming Mountain in the west and the East China Sea in the east, which endows Ningbo with unique natural scenery. When the luggage rustles, you can see the fishing boats breaking the waves. Crows are still gathering in smoke cages, and seagulls are floating in clear water. This poem is a trip to Dongqian Lake written by Shi Hao. Dongqian Lake is located in the east of Ningbo, 0/5km away from the city center/kloc-,and it is the largest inland natural freshwater lake in Zhejiang Province. Surrounded by mountains on all sides, Xiufeng is majestic and varied; There are 72 streams around the lake, criss-crossing, which is known as "the scene of learning Chinese characters and the charm of Taihu Lake". It has "Thousand Lakes and Ten Scenes" such as Taogong Crane, Yuxiang Bookstore, Yu Xia Suolan, Erling Zhao Xi, Green Pavilion Su Yan, Baishi Xianping, Baibu Songcui, Shanglin Xiao Zhong and Shuanghong Luocai. Yuehu Lake, located in the southwest of Ningbo, was dug in the Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty, which is a famous scenic spot in Ningbo. Ningbo Museum with a long and narrow lake and an area of about 0.2 square meters.

Square kilometers. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Moon Lake and Shizhou were built. During the Shaoxing period in the Southern Song Dynasty, pavilions and pavilions were widely built, and flowers of four seasons were planted all over the place, forming a scenic spot of Moon Lake and ten continents. Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Yuehu Lake has been the academic center of eastern Zhejiang, and it is a place where scholars gather and rest. He, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Anshi, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui, a famous scholar in the Song Dynasty, and a great historian in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, all these romantic figures who lived in seclusion, gave lectures, served as officials or wrote books, left indelible marks on the Moon Lake. Now it is the most important historical and cultural protection area in Ningbo. Hangzhou Bay Wetland is one of the eight salt water wetlands in China, which is located near Hangzhou Bay Bridge and has a prominent geographical position. Wetlands include not only vast beaches, but also large areas of reeds and grasslands. With good environment and abundant food, they attract a large number of migratory birds every year and become the only transit point in bird migration. At the same time, many rare birds come here to breed and overwinter. In addition, Lan Song, Jiufeng Mountain, Jiulong Lake, Wulongtan, Nanxi Hot Spring, Yeheqiu Tourist Scenic Area and East Zhejiang Grand Canyon are also famous eco-tourist attractions in Ningbo. With the rise of Ningbo's economy, modern commercial tourism projects such as Tianyi Square, Old Bund, Chenghuangmiao Pedestrian Street, Ming Kai Clothing Street and Phoenix Mountain Theme Park, as well as modern cultural tourism projects such as Ningbo Museum, Ningbo City Exhibition Hall, Ningbo Art Museum and Ningbo Fashion Museum are becoming increasingly popular.