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Cixi

China

Watercolour of Cixi, China. On Hangzhou Bay, the ancient cradle of Yue Celadon pottery and Ming coastal garrison history, with Shanglin Lake and Minghe Ancient Town.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Shanglin Lake; Minghe Ancient Town; Hangzhou Bay Bridge; Dongcang River; Yue-style; lush southern coastal flora; Ming
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint overlooking Shanglin Lake or the canal approaches to Minghe Ancient Town, showing bamboo fronds and stone steps in the foreground, the calm celadon-green water, arched stone bridge, and whitewashed roofs in the middle-ground, and the rolling forested hills fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the jade-green celadon-colored waters of Shanglin Lake, thick bamboo forests on the Siming foothills, and bayberry orchards.
Guarded against
Not Ningbo city proper, Shaoxing, or Hangzhou
Population1,457,510Wikidata: 1,502,000
Coordinates30.18°N, 121.25°E
Area1,321 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon11:55clock runs 0.1 h behind the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Cixi and you surface nearest to Sauce, Argentina — 11 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

NingboCN44 km
ShaoxingCN67 km
JiaxingCN79 km
SongjiangCN95 km
MinhangCN104 km
HangzhouCN105 km
QingpuCN109 km
XuhuiCN115 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Cixi inside this atlas.

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