Qiaoxi Conservation Area in Hangzhou is located at the west side of Gongchen Bridge, to the preserved warehouse of Hangzhou No.1 Cotton Mill in the north, Dengyun Road in the south, Xiaohe Road in the west and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canan in the east. This area was a prosperous ferry terminal during the reign of Emperor Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, which represents the history and traditional cultural deposits of the city during a special period.
This cache will bring you a glance about this area with for stages.
Note: To extend the stage life in changing surroudings, you can search on web or even guess the answer for some stages.
Stage 1: The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canan Museum
Opening hours: 9:00 - 16:30, From Tue to Sun.
Free Admission.
Coordinate at stage 1 is the entrance of the museum. Please go to the third exhibition hall to find a introduction board below, read the introduction to know the how high is the Gongchen Bridge. And "A" is the height of it.
The third exhibition hall:
The intro board:
Stage 2: Stone Carving at the Grand Canal Plaza
At this stage you will see a huge stone carving which potrays eight traditional Chinese paintings with a four-word named stone on the ground. See the pic attached below.
One of the four-word named stone
Your mission is to find how many four-word named stone on the carving. And "B" is the number of it.
Stage 3: Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
After Stage 2, you will across the grand canal through Gongchen Bridge, which being introducted at stage 1, to find the next checkpoint. When you arrive at stage 3, on your left hand side were two Chinese Medicine Hospitals (Yeah hospital indeed, you can see a doctor, buy medicine here), Fanghuichuntang （方回春堂） and Tianlutang（天禄堂）. Please find a year number on the pics, and "C" is the thousands digit of it.
The flag
Stage 4: Gongchen Bridge Ferry Pier
Please find the stone nearby the ferry pier in the photo below. "D" is the number being covered.
The stone
Final:
Now you have gathering all the clues needed. The final location is: N 30° 19.(A-15)(B+1) 0, E 120° 08.C(D/10-7).
The cache was a plastice crisper box which can hold small TB or other swags placing in a hole of artifical rockery with two piles of rocks covering on it. Please refer to the spoiler.
