Is Shen Wansan in Zhouzhuang or Wuzhen?

Shen Wansan is in Zhouzhuang, where he established his career and settled down.

Shen Wansan was born in Nanxun Town, Wucheng County, Huzhou Road, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Yuan Dynasty. Son of Shen You, a wealthy businessman in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

At the end of Yuan Dynasty, he moved with his father to Zhouzhuang Town, Daochangzhou County, Pingjiang, and began his career as a farmer. Help businessman Lu Daoyuan manage his finances and get huge sums of money. Fully carry out trade activities and quickly become the richest man in Jiangnan. Shen Wansan has left footprints in Shenzhuang, Zhouzhuang, Suzhou, Nanjing and Yunnan, but he always regards Zhouzhuang as his career. Although Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang raised him, he didn't want to leave this treasure land.

Zhouzhuang Town, formerly known as Zeguo, belongs to Kunshan City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and is located at the junction of Kunshan, Wujiang and Shanghai, with a town area of 38.96 square kilometers. There is Shen Wansan's former residence, which was built according to Shen Wansan's legendary experience and restored the life scene of the billionaire in the south of the Yangtze River by various means.

Shen Wansan's main achievements

1. Going out Haitong Fan: On the one hand, Shen Wansan continues to open up farmland houses; on the other hand, Zhouzhuang, which is well-developed in waterway transportation, is used as a commodity trade and circulation base to transport mainland silk, porcelain, grain and handicrafts overseas, and overseas jewelry, ivory, rhinoceros horn, spices and medicinal materials to China, thus starting to "compete for money".

2. Repairing Temple Front Street: Shen Wansan earned enough money overseas and once lived in Suzhou. He found that around the mysterious temple in the city center, pilgrims and tourists poured in every day, and jugglers and vendors gathered everywhere. However, due to narrow roads, pedestrians and horses are often blocked. So he paved Guanqian Street with Maoshan stone, which is very in line with the style of small bridges and flowing water in the ancient city and brings out the best in each other. After its completion, it won the praise of the people.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shen Wansan