The Three Most Beautiful Ancient Towns in Zhejiang

The three most beautiful ancient towns in Zhejiang are Nanxun Town, Wuzhen Town and Tang Xi Town.

Nanxun town 1

Nanxun Town is located in Nanxun District, Huzhou City, at the junction of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was a famous silk town in the south of the Yangtze River. It used to be an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, with rich human resources and a combination of Chinese and Western. Nanxun Town is known as "the hometown of culture" and "the hometown of poetry, calligraphy and painting", and many celebrities have emerged, such as Zhang Jingjiang, a strange man of the Republic of China, Zhang Shiming, one of the founders of Xiling Printing Society, and Xu Chi, a famous poet and essayist.

2. Wuzhen

Wuzhen Town, which belongs to Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the "Golden Triangle" of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai and the hinterland of Hangjiahu Plain. Wuzhen's water system belongs to Taihu Lake Basin, with criss-crossing rivers and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passing through the town. Wuzhen was originally divided into Wuqin and Hexi Wuzhen, belonging to Wucheng County, Huzhou Prefecture. Hedong is a green town, which belongs to Tongxiang County, Jiaxing Prefecture. After liberation, Wuzhen, west of Shihe River, was placed under Tongxiang County and was called Wuzhen.

3. Tang Xi Ancient Town

Xitang is flat and densely covered with rivers. Nine rivers meet in the town, dividing the town into eight plates. Twenty-four stone bridges connect the five areas of the ancient town. Most of these ancient bridges are single-hole stone pillars and wooden bridges, which have been preserved intact so far. Zhaixiang is another major feature of Xitang, which is divided into a street lane connecting two parallel streets, a water lane connecting Qianjie and Houhe, and a companion lane located at the inner hall side of the mansion. 122 alleys crisscross, building the overall framework of the ancient town, connecting the new old city.

Zhejiang attractions:

There are 27 excellent tourist cities in China, including more than 800 important landforms, more than 200 water landscapes, more than 0/00 biological landscapes and more than 0/00 human landscapes, and more than 450 major island scenic spots (spots) for tourism development. There are 22 national scenic spots, 4 national tourist resorts, and 4 high-grade scenic spots 197, ranking first and second respectively in China.

There are 10 national nature reserves, 30 national garden cities, 5 national urban wetland parks and 39 national forest parks, which are the provinces with the largest number of forest parks. There are 9 national famous historical and cultural cities, 20 famous historical and cultural towns in China and 28 famous historical and cultural villages in China, with the total number of famous towns and villages ranking first in the country; 134 national key cultural relics protection units; There are also museums such as silk, tea, clothing and official kilns in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuzhen Baidu Encyclopedia-Tang Xi Ancient Town.