The current situation in Williamsburg

Williamsburg is located on the endless Atlantic coastal plain, surrounded by lakes and waters. The nearby land is fertile and the climate is warm and pleasant. This castle built in the colonial era had only more than 1,780 people at the time, but there were 9 hotels, more than 10 hotels and pharmacies in the town. From the beginning of the 18th century, many English, French and Spanish-style houses were built. Since 1926, the U.S. government has allocated funds to restore more than 90 ancient houses left in history, including private houses, shops, gunpowder magazines, barber shops, restaurants, hotels, churches and government buildings, all in the original The location is spruced up for people to visit.

The ancient city of Williamsburg was built in strict accordance with the plan. In order to protect many places of interest, no vehicles are allowed into the city center. The half-mile-long Gloucester Street, Neckson Street and French Si Street is a pedestrian street, retaining its antique flavor. Pedestrians on the street are only allowed to ride bicycles or horse-drawn carriages, and no motor vehicles are allowed.

In Williamsburg, there is a town that was completely preserved and built according to the original colonial period, called "Colonial Williamsburg". The town covers 173 acres and includes 88 buildings and more than 400 other facilities, all of which have been restored or rebuilt on original sites based on original architectural blueprints discovered by archaeologists in the United States and Europe. of. In order to allow visitors to personally experience the life at that time, everything here remains as it is. You can hear the clanging sound of iron coming from the blacksmith shop, the crashing sound of the lathe in the wheel repair workshop and the old fashion music coming from the hotel. minor key. Visitors can take an old-time horse-drawn carriage, tour around with the accompaniment of a piccolo band in traditional uniforms, and watch craftsmen making paper, shoes, etc. using traditional methods from two centuries ago. In this small town, even the smells can remind people of the past. The smell of roasted tea cakes in the tea room, the smell of sawdust in the carpentry workshop, and the mixed aroma of hickory wood and ham in the bacon factory all give visitors a sense of being there. The feeling of its environment. There is also an octagonal gunpowder warehouse in the town. It is a small wooden house that looks like a Chinese tower building. It contains more than 3,000 old weapons. In addition, many ancient hotels and buildings here have “louvers” from China on their windows, and many Chinese ceramics are displayed in the hotels. It is said that if there were no Chinese ceramics in the hotel at that time, it would not be considered a high-end room.

Today's Williamsburg attaches great importance to urban greening. The city is decorated with colorful branches, greenery everywhere, and cobblestone paths can be seen everywhere in the city. Nearly a hundred gardens in the city give Williamsburg a quiet and elegant atmosphere. This ancient and beautiful city attracts countless tourists with its strong colonial style and has become a famous tourist city for people to recall the past and remember the past.