What is Shaoxing famous at home and abroad, and what is Shaoxing famous overseas?

Shaoxing is famous both at home and abroad for its water towns and villages. Shaoxing is a famous water town, bridge town, wine town, calligraphy town and celebrity town. Shaoxing is known as the "hometown of cultural relics and land of plenty". Famous cultural sites include Lanting, Yuling, Shaoxing Lu Xun's hometown, Shenyuan, Ke Yan, Cai Yuanpei's former residence, ancestral home, Qiu Jin's former residence, Ma Yinchu's former residence, Wang Xizhi's former residence and He's former residence.

Shaoxing, called Yuezhou in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city and a second-class city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province. The State Council approved China as a cultural eco-tourism city with the characteristics of Jiangnan water town. As of 202 1, the city has three districts, 1 county and two county-level cities, with a total area of 8274.79 square kilometers.

Shaoxing is located in the east of China, in the north-central part of Zhejiang Province, on the south bank of Hangzhou Bay. It is the central city of the Yangtze River Delta, the core city of Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay and the sub-central city of Hangzhou metropolitan area. It is located at 1 19 53' 03 "east and 12 1 13' 38" north and 29 13' 35 "and 3017' north.

With a history of more than 2,500 years, Shaoxing is one of the first national historical and cultural cities, a United Nations Habitat Award city, an East Asian cultural capital, an excellent tourist city in China, a national forest city, the most dynamic private economic city in China, a national civilized city and a national health city (district).