A leisure-themed performance was held at the bank of Xianghu Lake in Hangzhou to celebrate the opening of the second World Leisure Expo on September 17, 2011.
Folk art performers on walking stilts play with a dancing lion in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on Oct 12, 2011. The fourth Folk Art Performer Festival in Hangzhou kicked off in the city on Wednesday.
The sublime scenery of West Lake is not the only attraction in Hangzhou. Considered "paradise on earth" by the Chinese since ancient times.