West Lake Cultural Square
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West Lake Cultural Square (Simplified Chinese: 西湖文化广场, pinyin
: Xīhú Wénhuà Guǎngchǎng) is a public square in downtown Hangzhou
, China
. The site is located adjacent to the Chinese Grand Canal and is home to the Zhejiang Natural History Museum and Zhejiang Science and Technology Museum.
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Xīhú Wénhuà Guǎngchǎng) is a public square in downtown Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. The site is located adjacent to the Chinese Grand Canal and is home to the Zhejiang Natural History Museum and Zhejiang Science and Technology Museum.