Prefecture-level city · Zhejiang

Quzhou 衢州市

Quzhou is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the upper course of the Qiantang River, it borders Hangzhou to the north, Jinhua to the east, Lishui to the southeast, and the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui to the south, southwest and northwest respectively.

Location of Zhejiang, the surrounding province-level areaView province guide

Get to know Quzhou

The railway station building in Quzhou (衢州站), photographed in January 2019.
The railway station building in Quzhou (衢州站), photographed in January 2019. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2019-01-04 17:00:34. · MNXANL · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Administrative area
Prefecture-level city · 地级市
Part of
Zhejiang
Chinese name
衢州市
Local areas
6 local areas

Area & population

Area in the source
8,846.00 km²
Population · 2020 census
2,276,184
Administrative seat
Kecheng District

Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.

Chinese actress and singer Zhou Xun was born in Quzhou.

Tourism

Ancestral Temple of the Southern Confucian Clan Lanke Mountain, 10 km southeast of the city proper. It features green peaks and clear waters, and the huge rocks on top of the mountain support a horizontal rock to form a natural arch, the Tiansheng Bridge ("Nature-Formed").

Transportation

Airport Quzhou Airport, ranked as class 4C, is located 3 km away from east side of city centre, and this airport was built in 22nd year of Republic of China (1933). The destinations are Beijing, Chongqing, Haikou, Jinan, Qingdao, Kunming, Dalian, Guiyang, Xi'an and Shenzhen. Airplane timetable and more information can be found on Quzhou airport official website. The nearest large-scale airport is Hangzhou International Airport, and its information can be found on Hangzhou International Airport Official Website

One of the most famous railway passes through the city is Shanghai-Kunming Railway with a speed of 200 km/h. This railway has three stations in city, which are Longyou railway station, Quzhou railway station, Jiangshan railway station, Changshan Station, Kaihua Station. More information can be found on Quzhou Railway Website

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Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.

Places to explore around Quzhou

The steep peaks of Mount Jianglang.The steep peaks of Mount Jianglang. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2012-07-01 13:08:31.

Mount Jianglang江郎山

Mount Jianglang rises above Shimen in Jiangshan as three separated Danxia rock masses: Lang, Ya and Ling peaks. Their near-parallel arrangement gives the mountain its recognizable profile and makes it a useful place to study…

Read the place guide →Traditional buildings at Nianbadu.Traditional buildings at Nianbadu. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2012-08-20 13:27:45.

Nianbadu廿八都

Nianbadu sits in a mountain basin on the old route between Zhejiang and Fujian, close to Jiangxi. Its street and Feng Stream are lined with buildings combining architectural influences from those regions, with surviving…

Read the place guide →Rock pillars and carved walls inside Longyou Caves.Rock pillars and carved walls inside Longyou Caves. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2016-12-11 16:10:51.

Longyou Caves龙游石窟

The Longyou Caves are large artificial sandstone chambers near Shiyan Beicun on the Qu River. Their tall supporting pillars and surfaces covered in regular angled tool marks make the labour of excavation visible. Although often…

Read the place guide →AI illustration of a general arts crafts gallery scene; not a photograph or an exact view of this place.AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）

Root Palace Buddhist Culture Tourism Area根宫佛国文化旅游区

Root Palace, also known as Genbo Garden, is a root-carving art attraction in Kaihua.

Read the place guide →Traditional Chinese gate building with the name Sanqu Shilin carved above the entrance, misty green hills behindEntrance gate of the Sanqu Stone Forest scenic area in Changshan County, Quzhou · 衢州市常山县三衢石林景区入口 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 6 April 2015.

Sanqu Stone Forest三衢石林

Sanqu Stone Forest in Changshan is a limestone landscape of pale rock peaks, caves and narrow clefts.

Read the place guide →Waterfall over rocks in a forested mountain canyonA waterfall cascading through the forested canyon of Qianjiangyuan National Forest Park, Kaihua · 开化钱江源国家森林公园峡谷瀑布 Source-recorded photograph date: 2018-07-23 08:20:56.

Qianjiangyuan Scenic Area钱江源

Forest park at the source of the Qiantang River in Qixi, Kaihua, Zhejiang, with evergreen broadleaf forest, headwater streams and a winter-frozen waterfall.

Read the place guide →Root Palace Buddhist Kingdom (根宫佛国)Root Palace Buddhist Kingdom · 根宫佛国

Root Palace Buddhist Kingdom根宫佛国

Gengong Foguo in Kaihua is a modern cultural destination built around root carving, with Buddhist figures as a major focus of its art displays.

Read the place guide →Front view of the Dacheng Hall at the Southern Confucius Family Temple in QuzhouThe Dacheng Hall of the Southern Confucian Temple (Southern Confucius Family Temple), Quzhou · 衢州孔氏南宗家庙大成殿 Source-recorded photograph date: 2021-09-22 11:30:30.

Southern Confucius Family Temple孔氏南宗家庙

Quzhou temple of Confucius's southern descendants, founded after 1127 and on its present site since 1520; a national protected site since 1996.

Read the place guide →Shuitingmen Historic District (水亭门历史街区)Shuitingmen Historic District · 水亭门历史街区

Shuitingmen Historic District水亭门历史街区

Shuitingmen is a historic district in central Quzhou, where a network of three streets and seven lanes connects traditional houses, temples and communal buildings.

Read the place guide →AI illustration of a general forested mountain valley scene; not a photograph or an exact view of this place.AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）

Xianxia Pass仙霞关

A four-gate pass and granite-paved stretch of the old Zhejiang-Fujian road on Xianxia Ridge in southern Jiangshan, Zhejiang.

Read the place guide →A long roofed timber bridge with a tiled ridge and red lanterns spanning a stream, its deck carried on a single pier, with a shingle bank and shallow water below, willows and grass on the banks and green hills behind.A long roofed timber bridge with a tiled ridge and red lanterns spanning a stream, its deck carried on a single pier, with a shingle bank and shallow water below, willows and grass on the banks and green hills behind.

Nianbadu Ancient Town廿八都古镇

Nianbadu is a streamside mountain town in Jiangshan whose position on the Xianxia route brought soldiers, traders and settlers to the Zhejiang–Fujian–Jiangxi border area.

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Yaowang Mountain药王山

Yaowangshan in Qujiang's Huangtankou area is a wooded mountain landscape within Ziwei Mountain National Forest Park, with bamboo, a stone arch bridge and the Mawei Waterfall.

Read the place guide →Traditional wooden hall entrance with carved eaves at Longyou Minju YuanThe Gaogang Qifeng hall at Longyou Minju Yuan (Jimingshan Residential Garden), Longyou County · 龙游县龙游民居苑（鸡鸣山民居苑）高冈起凤 Source-recorded photograph date: 2016-12-10 15:22:54.

Longyou Residential Garden龙游民居苑

Longyou Residential Garden on Jiming Mountain brings together historic buildings relocated from around the county for conservation.

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Local life & food

Quzhou local specialties

衢州市特色美食 · 12 specialties to discover

Longyou fermented rice cake · 龙游发糕 · AI dish illustrationLongyou fermented rice cake 龙游发糕AI illustration · AI 示意图

The crumb is soft and spongy, with a lightly fermented aroma and gentle sweetness. Warm slices are especially supple, while cooling makes them firmer.

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Quzhou spicy heads and duck feet · 三头一掌 · AI dish illustrationQuzhou spicy heads and duck feet 三头一掌AI illustration · AI 示意图

The attraction is concentrated seasoning and varied textures, from tender cheeks to gelatinous skin and chewy tendons. Bones make eating slow.

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Quzhou baked pork & scallion buns · 衢州烤饼 · AI dish illustrationQuzhou baked pork & scallion buns 衢州烤饼AI dish illustration / AI 菜品示意图

Expect a crisp surface, a tender interior and a strongly savoury filling. Small breads give a high ratio of browned crust to filling, while larger ones can feel softer and more meal-like.

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AI illustration: A simple platter of chopped cooked small-poultry or rabbit-sized meat pieces.Braised Rabbit Heads 兔头AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）

Braised Rabbit Heads (兔头) are a snack of Quzhou (衢州) in western Zhejiang: rabbit heads braised in a seasoned liquor.

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Spicy Braised Duck Heads (鸭头) — dish photographSpicy Braised Duck Heads 鸭头

Spicy Braised Duck Heads (鸭头) are a Quzhou (衢州) speciality sold in shops along Mazhandi Street (马站底).

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Braised Fish Heads (鱼头) — dish photographBraised Fish Heads 鱼头

Braised Fish Heads (鱼头) in Quzhou (衢州) are the fish member of the city's signature food set, the "three heads and one foot" (三头一掌): duck heads, rabbit heads and fish heads, plus duck feet.

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Braised Duck Feet (鸭掌) — dish photographBraised Duck Feet 鸭掌

Braised Duck Feet (鸭掌) belong to Quzhou’s (衢州) santou yizhang (三头一掌), a group also containing rabbit heads, duck heads and fish heads.

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AI illustration: A bowl of small cooked spiral snail shells in a light aromatic sauce.Kaihua River Snails 开化青蛳AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）

Kaihua River Snails (开化青蛳) are a speciality of Kaihua (开化). In a 2025 essay for Shangguan News (上观新闻), Zheng Xinwei (郑信伟) describes the western Zhejiang (浙江) snails as having slender, inky-black shells and grey-green flesh, and recalls cooking them over a fierce wood fire at his family home.

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All dish names · 全部菜名 (12)

More dishes from across Zhejiang are in the Zhejiang food guide.

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Counties & districts in Quzhou

6 areas belong directly to Quzhou.

6 areas

District

Kecheng District 柯城区

Kecheng is a district of the city of Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. From the Tang dynasty to 1912, it was known as Xi'an County. After 1912, it was known as Qu County.

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Qujiang District 衢江区

Qujiang District, formerly Qu County, is a district of Quzhou City, Zhejiang, China.

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Changshan County 常山县

is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Quzhou in the west of Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi Province to the southwest.

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Kaihua County 开化县

Kaihua County (simplified Chinese: 开化县; traditional Chinese: 開化縣; pinyin: Kāihuà Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of Quzhou city in Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China.

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Sources & geographic information

Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.

Background text adapted from Quzhou — Wikipedia contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text has been shortened and reorganized; source revision 1356004111.

Photo: Mount Jianglang · Zhangzhugang · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Nianbadu · Zhangzhugang · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Longyou Caves · Zhangzhugang · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Sanqu Stone Forest · 江上清风1961 · CC BY 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Qianjiangyuan Scenic Area · Zhangzhugang · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Root Palace Buddhist Kingdom · Source photographer · License not provided. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.

Photo: Southern Confucius Family Temple · Siyuwj · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Shuitingmen Historic District · Source photographer · License not provided. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.

Photo: Nianbadu Ancient Town · Zhangzhugang · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Longyou Residential Garden · Zhangzhugang · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

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