Dragons Well - Fake or Real? | Hangzhou | May 23, 2006 12:07
It is very likely that if you are with a tour group or hired a taxi to see Hangzhou, you'd be taken to the Loongjing Village (Dragons Well Village) where there lies a little well (size of a bucket)next to the road and they would call it the Dragons Well. That is NOT the Dragons Well!!!!!!!!!
Most tourist are taken there so the villagers there can have some kind of business. The real Dragons Well is now protected by the Government and you have to pay to get in and it is only located 5 mins away from the fake one. There are two ways to go to the village, either way if you continue on the road you will see a wooden gateway spanning across the road. You might pass the fake well first if you are coming up the hill from one side and you would completely miss the fake well if you take the other but you will see the wooden gateway. Either way you will need to go thru the gate and the road goes down hill and then take the first turning on the right and continue until it is a dead end then the Old Dragons Well graden is right there in front of you. If in doubt, you can find the first tea shop on the right immediately after the wooden gateway. The owner is an official of the protected garden and he will show you the way. His name is Mr Chik. Good luck.