The most worthwhile ancient town in Zhejiang

The most worthwhile ancient towns in Zhejiang are Tangqi Ancient Town, Xixing Ancient Town, He Qiao Ancient Town, Longmen Ancient Town, Yuan Wen Lion City and so on.

Tangqi Ancient Town 1

Yuhang, the ancient town of Tangqi. Here, there is no glitz of Zhouzhuang, no massiness of Nanxun, no poetry of Xitang and no richness of Wuzhen. Tangqi, an ancient town half an hour's drive from Hangzhou, is the most leisurely day in Jiangnan water town.

It was once the first of the top ten famous towns in Jiangnan where merchants gathered, and it was rich in Ming and Qing Dynasties. At that time, emperor Qianlong, who loved to play, came here several times and coveted the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan. Now, the Grand Canal is no longer a golden waterway, and the town is finally calm.

2. Xixing Ancient Town

Hangzhou, Binjiang, Xixing Ancient Town. A low-key and hidden ancient town in the city, a prosperous place in the past.

Xixing ancient town, once the gateway of central Zhejiang in history, has developed transportation and dangerous terrain. It has been a prosperous place since ancient times. The old street faces the river and the water, and the main road is in a hurry, which occupies the benefits of transportation. 2,500 years ago, it was the ancient crossing of Qiantang River, and it was an important "crossing Tianjin" for the exchange of personnel between the North and the South and the trade of goods between the East and the West. The Guling Post Station is the only way from Huiji, the capital of Yue State, to Gusu, the capital of Wu State, and it has become "the oldest market in Xiaoshan".

In the Western Jin Dynasty, it was the starting point of the East Zhejiang Canal and became a transportation hub connecting the north and the south and connecting the middle of Zhejiang. Court officials, businessmen and scholars keep coming and going, and everything is handled here, and the market is prosperous. It has always been "the first in eastern Zhejiang, the throat of Ning, Shao and Taiwan".

3. He Qiao Ancient Town

"Tangchang has a thousand years of emblem, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Anhui, and the first town has 200 miles of water leading to Fuchun and Qiantang." This is the Millennium ancient town-He Qiao. The ancient town of He Qiao is located in the south of Lin 'an, named after many rivers and bridges.

1200 years ago, during the "Anshi Rebellion" of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, a family named Wang set out from Anhui and moved to Changhua with all ages. At this point, they have been exhausted because of the running all the way. At the end of the road, I found this place surrounded by mountains, rich in soil and water, beautiful in mountains and rivers, and a peaceful scene, so I decided to thrive here. In this way, a war inadvertently opened the prelude to He Qiao's thousand-year history.

4. Longmen Ancient Town

Longmen Ancient Town is located at the foot of Longmen Mountain in Fuchunjiang River, 52km southwest of Hangzhou. It is famous for being the hometown of Sun Quan, and also known as the most beautiful ancient town.

The ancient city is surrounded by mountains, "Longmen Mountain is more beautiful than Lvliang Longmen Mountain". During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yan Ziling was amazed when he visited Longmen Mountain, hence the name Longmen Town.

5. Yuan Wen Lion City

Lion City, Yuan Wen, Jiangjia Town, Qiandao Lake, Chun 'an County, with the charm of a thousand-year-old town, reappears the underwater thousand-year-old town and is now a 4A scenic spot. Yuan Wen Lion City is modeled after the Millennium Lion City at the bottom of Qiandao Lake. Although it is called the city, it is actually an ancient town with the overall Huizhou style, which is integrated with Qiandao Lake and is very suitable for leisure and vacation.

On the ground, Yuan Wen Lion City not only restored the most prosperous East Street and North Street in the Lion City, but also reproduced seven famous brand buildings, such as Gongde Archway and Zhenjie Archway in the North Street, and restored the architectural details of many underwater ancient cities.