Visitors get a kick out of Jinhua

As well as these verses, a sure way to blend in like an authentic Jinhua native is to watch and enjoy Wuju Opera, which is a national intangible cultural heritage, the oldest local opera in Zhejiang and the second largest opera genre in the province.

Commonly known as Jinhua theater, Wuju Opera is some 500 years old and is the combination of six famous vocal tones — the high-pitched tone, the Kunqu opera tone, the luantan (literally "random pluck") tone, the Huiju Opera tone, the tanhuang (a local folk opera art) tone and the shidiao (popular local ditties) tone.

Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), one of the foremost masters of Peking Opera, once praised Wuju Opera as "the father of Peking Opera".

Of the more than 300 Chinese operas that are still being actively performed nationwide today, Wuju Opera is particularly noted for its rural origins. To many, it is "a living fossil" of the art form.

As well as opera, Jinhua has ample leisure and recreation activities on offer.

In Dongyang city, for example, sits "China's Hollywood", the Hengdian World Studios, the world's largest film and TV base, where visitors can try their hand at acting and being in the spotlight, just like the stars, by enjoying an immersive filmmaking experience.

Meanwhile, Wuyi county is an ideal place to be refreshed and revitalized.

Billed as a "city of hot springs", Wuyi covers an area of 1,577 square kilometers and boasts 13 hot springs. In total, the hot springs are believed to provide more than 24,000 metric tons of water a day — more than enough to dip into and bathe away a day's fatigue.

After drying off, there are plenty of epicurean delights to refresh the palate.

With some of China's most tasty organic tea found in Jinhua, as well as mouth-watering hams and a host of other delicacies, visitors can be forgiven for enjoying themselves too much.