This trip was purely for leisure. Since I didn't want to go home too early for the Spring Festival, I chose to stay in Hangzhou for a short two days. The winter in Hangzhou is almost the same as the winter in Nanchang (before I started working), damp and cold. Coupled with my own laziness, I excluded any places more than an hour's walk from the hotel, planning only to wander around the West Lake area.
However, thinking that I had come all this way, I decided to go out and explore a bit more. Following recommendations from Xiaohongshu, I visited the Xiaohe Stone Street, which is similar to Beijing's Nanluoguxiang, with narrow roads, commercial renovations, and an abundance of clichéd phrases like "I miss you in XX" and "The wind that misses you has blown down XX."
Regarding food in Hangzhou, many recommended shops had closed for the Spring Festival, and since I didn't have high expectations for food, I avoided places with long lines and settled for something simple. A restaurant in a shopping mall serving eel rice had a terrible experience; for ¥128, the portion of eel was insufficient for the rice, and it wasn't even tasty—there was nothing appealing about it except that I didn't have to wait in line.
After a brief two-day stay, I still haven't learned much about Hangzhou.