Check out the must-visit ancient towns around Shanghai

Introduction: After staying in the city for a long time, it is quite pleasant to go for a trip to the ancient towns in Shanghai on the weekends! Now I will introduce you to some ancient towns in Shanghai, so that you don’t have to be crowded and have a pleasant time Tour quietly in the environment.

Liantang Town

The old streets of the ancient town are concentrated on both sides of the city river. They have plain walls, green tiles, and winding alleys, which have distinctive ethnic characteristics. Walking around the old streets, you can see the old houses on the stone streets. There are no shops everywhere, nor are the doors locked. The residents here still maintain a leisurely and original ecology. Liantang is also the hometown of Comrade Chen Yun. Chen Yun's former residence is located on Xiatang Street close to the city river. It is an old-fashioned Jiangnan residence with a brick and wood structure, with a total construction area of ??95.88 square meters. The part of the street facing the former residence is a storefront, which was successively used as a tailor shop and a small hotel. Behind the store is a two-story building. The upstairs is where Chen Yun's uncle and aunt lived, and the downstairs is the room where Chen Yun lived. The furnishings in the former residence today have basically maintained their original appearance.

Luodian Town

Luodian Ancient Town is the first town of Baoshan and has many historical sites, including the Brahma Palace, Zhenwu Pavilion, Qing Dynasty Buchang Street, Datong Bridge, Fengde Bridge, etc. ancient architecture. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Luodian developed into a distinctive cotton and cotton cloth trading center, attracting a large number of foreign merchants from Huizhou. Business was booming, and the transaction amount exceeded that of Nanxiang Town. It became more prosperous and ranked among the seven towns in Jiading County at that time. The first of the five cities. So there are "Jinluodian, Yinnanxiang, Tongjiangwan, Tiedachang".

Loutang Town

Loutang is located in the west of Jiading and is one of the ancient towns in Shanghai. There are many buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as small bridges and flowing water, and the folk customs are simple; here There is no impetuousness of city life, but there is a leisurely feeling of nostalgia; here, wandering in the streets and alleys of the stone road, it seems that time has gone back, as if I have returned to the childhood era, so the ancient town often attracts the city. For people in the area, it would be a different kind of life to come and visit and reminisce.

Kanazawa Town

Kanazawa style is mainly reflected in the Xiangxun and ancient festivals. In order to make these Xiangxun and ancient festivals rich in content and lively, the ancient town has formed many interesting "customs". The main ones are: Tangmei is an organization that plays music and sings. It was founded in Kanazawa. A Tangmei usually consists of more than ten people, who play instruments and sing operas to increase the lively atmosphere; Jiao is a special event held in the summer. The memorial ceremony is used to worship gods and ancestors; the silk and bamboo class is a folk music performance organization; Tiange is a primitive singing art and a kind of oral literature.

Qibao Ancient Town

The old streets of the ancient town also sell Jiangnan special tourist souvenirs, whether they are exquisite Su embroidery, freehand landscape paintings, small wooden home accessories, or small brass-colored bells , you can find them all in the old streets.

Yu Garden

As the carrier of traditional Chinese culture, Yu Garden has been closely associated with calligraphy and painting since its establishment. Famous calligraphers and painters of the Ming Dynasty, such as Wang Zhideng, Dong Qichang, Wang Shizhen and Mo Shilong, once wrote poems and painted paintings in Yuyuan. In the first year of Xuantong (AD 1909), the "Yu Garden Calligraphy and Painting Society" organized by Gao Yong, Yang Yi, Qian Hui'an, Wu Changshuo, Wang Yiting and others in Deyuelou became the origin of the Shanghai School of Painting. After years of accumulation, Yu Garden now houses thousands of precious cultural relics such as paintings, calligraphy, furniture, and ceramics.

Fengjing Ancient Town

Fengjing Ancient Town has a developed culture and is the birthplace of the famous Jinshan Peasant Paintings at home and abroad. The people of Fengjing love life and have a long history of folk arts such as blue calico, furniture carvings, stove murals, lanterns, paper-cutting, embroidery, and weaving. Rich folk culture and art gave birth to Jinshan peasant paintings. Jinshan peasant paintings, mainly Fengjing peasant painters, created Jinshan peasant paintings with rich local flavor and unique artistic style, which have had a wide impact at home and abroad. Fengjing Ancient Town has many art galleries and ancestral residences of famous painters. The ancestral residence of Cheng Shifa on Heping Street has been restored and opened. The Ding Cong Cartoon Exhibition Hall on North Street is located in a two-story Chinese and Western-style building. In front of the building, there is an ancient ginkgo tree and a clump of big trees.

The Jinshan Peasant Painting Exhibition Center in Shengtang Lane, South Street, is located in the reading building of Cai, the number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty. It is elegant, but the pictures reveal a strong local flavor.

Xinchang Ancient Town

Viewing from the perspective of tourism and leisure is unique in Pudong. The peach garden in Xinchang is one of the main attractions of the annual Peach Blossom Festival in Nanhui District. The "Xinfeng Honeydew" peaches produced in the garden have obtained the People's Republic of China and the country's regional mark of origin.

Nanxiang Town

Nanxiang is located in Jiading, Shanghai. It has a history of more than a thousand years and is also one of the famous ancient towns in Jiangnan. Famous attractions include Guyi Garden and Yunxiang Temple. The former was once a private garden in ancient times, with small bridges, pavilions, rockeries and strange rocks. It has many similarities with Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai. We went there just in time for noon, and we could also enjoy the "Everyone Sings" program organized by Shanghai Opera lovers. There is also a Crane Garden and Peacock in the park for visitors to watch. If you are a couple, it is a quite quiet place.

Sijing Town

Sijing Town is located in the northeast of Songjiang District, Shanghai. It has a history of more than a thousand years since the village was formed in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was first called Huibo Village and was renamed Qijian Village in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was not until the middle of the Yuan Dynasty that the four Jingshui rivers, Waibojing, Tongbojing, Dongjing and Zhangjing, gathered here, so it was officially named "Sijing". Sijing Pond crosses the town and divides Sijing Town into southern and northern halves. The blue waves are swaying, the bridges are reflecting, and the Jiangnan water town has a strong atmosphere. In 1953, Sijing was approved by the State Council as a county-affiliated town and is a famous cultural ancient town in Shanghai.