The National-Day holiday is coming. For those who do not want to have a long distance journey, tourist attractions in nearby cities and counties as recommended below might well be good choices.  

The Pavilion with the Best View of Mountains and Rivers
The pavilion is located at the southeast foot in the Lutaishan Mountain, Shengzhou.  Situated in front of the Xiaozifang Lane, the high-rise pavilion is the vantage point for a good view of the surrounding landscape. When the pavilion came into being is not clear now, but according to local chronicles, it underwent 11 refurbishing projects from the Yuan Dynasty up to the Qing Dynasty and it got another big facelift in 1988. The high-rise pavilion faces south and sits against the mountain. In fact, the high-rise pavilion where people can have a panoramic view of the distant landscape is only part of a larger compound, which also has a gate-facing screen wall, a archway, a theater stage flanked by rooms for spectators. The Chinese characters meaning the pavilion with the best view of mountains and rivers were written by Zhu Xi, a famed Confucius scholar in the southern Song Dynasty. The high-rise pavilion has sculptures of stone, wood and bricks. Beside the pavilion stand the Yue Opera Museum and Lushan Park.  

Xu Xiling’s former residence
Located in Sunjialou, Dongpu Town and facing south, the residence of the Qing Dynasty presents an architectural style typical of folk residences in regions of rivers and lakes. According to records, Xu’s family had lived in Xiafangqiao first and then moved to Dongpu Town. The riverside structure of flagstones was purchased from a family surnamed Zhu and was expanded after the purchase. The house has three sections arranged in a linear way – the entrance hall, the main hall and the residence rooms. The main hall has pictures and materials on display which tell about Xu Xiling’s life story.  

Grand Fenqiao Temple
The Southern Song building is located in Heping Road, Fengqiao, Zhuji County. It got the name because of its spacious hall and large scale. The grand temple consists of a clock tower, a drum building, an antechamber (front hall), a theater stage, the front hall, the middle hall, the rear hall and wing rooms separately on the east and west sides. The halls are decorated with fine sculptures.  

Wang Xizhi’s tomb and the ancestral hall
The tomb and the ancestral are located in Houchang village, Jinting town, Shengzhou city. Wang Xizhi was buried here. Now the burial ground has a tombstone, a stele pavilion, tomb passageways, the tomb passageway lanes, and five age-old cypresses.