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Wuzhen or Zhouzhuang Town, which is worth visiting?

Zhouzhuang Town is worth visiting. Zhouzhuang was developed earlier than Wuzhen and is a mature scenic spot. Zhouzhuang is more famous than Wuzhen, also known as the first water town in China. It even ranks first in the list of the top ten ancient towns in China, so it receives a very large number of tourists, far exceeding Wuzhen. Zhouzhuang Town has a long history and is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River. It has a unique cultural landscape and is a treasure of China water town culture and Wu local culture. Its folk houses still exist, with 65,438 buildings preserved. Wuzhen, formerly known as Wu Dun, belongs to Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, and 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.