[2025 Ningbo Attraction] Travel Guide for Tianfeng Pagoda (Updated Apr)

🔔Come to Ningbo! Enjoy juicy youzhaozi🥟 in the old streets, collect mudskippers🐟 as the sun sets over the tidal flats, and savor a bowl of yellow croaker fish noodles in the salty sea breeze. 🗓Itinerary: Day1️⃣ Drum Tower➡️Tianyi Pavilion➡️Tianfeng Pagoda➡️City God Temple➡️Jiangbei Catholic Church➡️Old Bund Day2️⃣ East Qianhu Lake, Academician Center➡️Jianshe Village➡️Guojiashi Village➡️Riyuepo➡️Hanling Old Street ⛩️Attractions: ♥️City God Temple: The City God Temple Pedestrian Street, or City God Temple for short, is a great place to stroll; next to it is Tianfeng Pagoda (5 yuan entrance fee), the City God Temple is free. ♥️Tianyi Pavilion: Tianyi Pavilion is the oldest existing private library in China, housing a rich collection of ancient books and cultural relics. ♥️Old Bund: Where fashion meets history, with brilliant lights at night and numerous bars and restaurants. ♥️Drum Tower: A must-see attraction in Ningbo! Next to it is Drum Tower Food Street, with lots of delicious food. Take Exit F of "Drum Tower Station" on Line 2. ♥️East Qianhu Lake: East Qianhu Lake is a famous lake in Ningbo, with beautiful scenery, a great place for leisure and vacation. ♥️Hanling Old Street: A well-preserved, typical Zhejiang water town transformed into an ancient street with Jiangnan characteristics, perfect for taking photos. ♥️Academician Center: The scenery here is stunning, with white corridors, arched viewing platforms, and internet-famous trees, all perfect photo spots. Standing high up, you can overlook Limin Village, and the surrounding scenery unfolds like a painting. 🚇Transportation: 🚄High-speed Rail: Take the high-speed rail from various locations to Ningbo Station. After exiting the station, you can choose the subway, bus, or taxi to your destination. ✈️Airplane: After arriving at Ningbo Lishe International Airport, you can take the airport bus or a taxi directly to the city. 🏠Accommodation: It is recommended to choose Haishu District or Yinzhou District, as these two districts have convenient transportation and are close to major attractions. Choose hotels near Moon Lake or East Qianhu Lake to enjoy the tranquility of nature and the convenience of the city. 📝Tips: ✔️Although there seem to be many attractions in the city center, they are actually quite concentrated, and many attractions are within walking distance of each other. ✔️Use the Alipay "Ningbo Rail Transit" QR code for subway and bus. ✔️Ningbo has many large shopping malls, hot pot, barbecue, Japanese food, Korean food, and the key is that there is almost no need to queue!

It is the first batch of municipal key cultural relics protection units, located in Dashani Street, Haishu District, Ningbo City, on the southeast side of the county temple (City God Temple). It was originally built during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, in the years of Tian Ce Wan Sui and Wan Sui Deng Feng (695-696). It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times throughout the dynasties. In the third year of the Jiaqing era of the Qing Dynasty (1798), it caught fire during a renovation, leaving only the brick pagoda body. It was restored to its current state after a reconstruction in 1984. The existing Tianfeng Pagoda is a typical Song Dynasty style pagoda, with thirteen levels of light and dark. The first level has a subsidiary staircase encircling it, and the six faces of the pagoda body are equipped with pot-shaped doors. The eaves are cleverly upturned. It was once the commanding height of the ancient city of Mingzhou, but now it is partially hidden among the clusters of modern buildings. The surrounding area has been turned into Tianfeng Park, where a bowl-shaped pagoda spire from the second year of the Yuan Dynasty's Tianli era (1329) is placed, as well as several ancient steles from Yinxian County.

From the hotel upstairs, I saw an ancient pagoda built in the Tang style not far away. Only after looking it up did I realize that this is the Tianfeng Pagoda, which predates the city of Ningbo. At the beginning of Ningbo's construction, it was during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, coinciding with the years of 'Tiance Wansui' and 'Wansui Dengfeng'. The name 'Tianfeng Pagoda' was derived by taking one character from the beginning and end of these phrases. Although it has been repaired many times over the 1300 years, its ancient charm still remains. So I hurriedly went there in the drizzle before the typhoon. Across the street from Tianfeng Pagoda is the entrance to the Lianqiao Di, which is the former residence of Tu Youyou. Unfortunately, I missed the opening hours and could only walk around in the nearby streets and alleys. This newly restored old district, in addition to the Tu family, has many other famous people's former residences and scholars' homes. The name of Lianqiao Di comes from 'Lianqiao Street, formerly known as Cailianqiao Xia, Henghetou.' In the Tang Dynasty, under the Cailian Bridge of Lianqiao Di, there was a Sun Lake corresponding to the Moon Lake, and the two lakes together formed the character 'Ming'. The old name of Ningbo, 'Mingzhou', comes from this. Today, the Moon Lake is still there, with the Tianyi Pavilion located on its banks, but the Sun Lake has gradually dried up and been filled in, disappearing from sight. Tianyi Pavilion is long-renowned, but the second place one should visit in Ningbo is definitely Tianfeng Pagoda and Lianqiao Di.

Sharing the most Instagrammable photography spots in Ningbo. Besides the delicious tangyuan, Ningbo has many fun places to explore~ Before going to Ningbo this time, I made a travel guide in advance and listed the spots I wanted to visit, but I still encountered some mishaps. For instance, I missed two places, and another, the BOC Building, didn't light up even by midnight, which was quite disappointing. However, that's the nature of traveling, it's always changing~ Today, I'll share some photography spots with you all~ These spots, apart from being great for aerial photography, are also fantastic for shooting with a camera or smartphone from the ground. Since I mainly did aerial photography, I couldn't take pictures with a camera at the same time~ I'm missing some camera photos~ - Save these photography spots from the pictures~ Picture Tianfeng Pagoda Picture 2 Ningbo Jiayu Hotel Picture 3 Yaohang Street Cathedral Picture Jiangbei Catholic Church Picture BOC Building Picture Waitan Bridge Picture Waitan Bridge Picture 8 Pearl Shell (Hefeng Creative Plaza) Picture A guide that only I can understand~ Actually, there were two more spots in my guide that I didn't get to photograph. One is the Ningbo Chamber of Commerce International Trade Building in the southern business district, and the other is the Romon U-Park, both located in the same area. Since my trip was for aerial photography, and the southern business district is a no-fly zone, I couldn't photograph these two places. Of course, if you really want to take rooftop photos, you can go to the unfinished building next to the International Trade Building, which has over thirty floors and no elevator. Friends who want to climb can go up there and take photos with a camera. I arrived at Romon in the afternoon, intending to shoot the night scene, but it was pointless to enter the amusement park at that time, so I wasted three hours of travel and a perfect weather opportunity, doing nothing, which was quite sad. But I gained experience, and now I always check the no-fly map before going out, haha. Many places in Ningbo have a height limit of 120 meters, but that's generally enough for flying~