1. Zhouzhuang! When it comes to Zhouzhuang, we can't help talking about bridges. The bridges in Zhouzhuang are antique, with different shapes, which are intriguing: Zhenfeng Bridge is poetic, Fuan Bridge is the tower wall, and the most famous one is undoubtedly the Double Bridge. Shuangqiao is located in the center of Zhouzhuang, on the river crossing the river, arranged at right angles, which is called "key bridge" by the locals.
When Chen Yifei, a famous oil painter, painted this bridge, it was collected by the American oil magnate and later given to Deng Xiaoping by the oil magnate during his visit to China. Since then, Zhouzhuang is famous for its double bridges. Zhouzhuang's "well" shaped channel constitutes the charm of the water town. All the water lanes are crowded with tourists, and all the rivers are rippling on canoes.
People in Zhouzhuang are built by water. There are many deep houses with white walls and tiles, and there are small waterside pavilions with carved beams and painted buildings. Especially the deep hall and the opening ceremony, the momentum is extraordinary. A hundred years later, the charm remains the same. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River who lives in Zhouzhuang, invested in the construction of the Nanjing13 wall in the Ming Dynasty, but he finally offended the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and was exiled to Yunnan, where he died. Today, the Shen Guild Hall is still there, and the tragic story of the protagonist in this ancient residence with considerable weight makes people think, adding a heavy atmosphere to the flowing water bridge in Zhouzhuang. There are many people who have painted Zhouzhuang, and the unique perspective needs you to appreciate and discover slowly.
Transportation: There are long-distance buses to Zhouzhuang in Shanghai, Suzhou, Kunshan and Qingpu.
Accommodation: The price of private hotels is generally around 60 yuan/day, which can be bargained. In peak season, the price sometimes rises to more than 100 yuan. If you have enough money, you can choose to live in Zhengutang, a typical family inn in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Originally the former residence of educator Mr. Shen Tilan, it is a quadrangle building with Ming and Qing styles. Price 280 yuan/day.
2. Wuzhen Wuzhen has typical characteristics of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, completely retaining the original style and pattern of water towns in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Taking the river as the street, connecting the street and the bridge, building houses by the river, and integrating water and town, the architectural elements with unique charm in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Shui Ge, Xiaoqiao, Shiban Lane and Mao Dun's former residence, are organized, which embodies the humanistic thought of "harmony is beauty" in China's classical houses, and presents the spatial charm of the ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River with the overall beauty of harmonious coexistence of its natural environment and humanistic environment.
Wuzhen is located in Tongxiang City, the northern plain of Zhejiang Province. It takes more than an hour by car to take the expressway from Hangzhou. The flat terrain, dense rivers and scattered ripples here make Wuzhen have a strong water town feature, giving people an elegant but unobtrusive, fresh and uncomplicated natural beauty. Although Wuzhen has experienced more than 2,000 years of vicissitudes, it still completely retains the original style and pattern of the ancient water town.
The whole town is connected by the river and Qiaojie, and the houses are built by the river. The house is deep, with high ridges and high eaves. Langfang is a river port, with arcades crossing the street, bamboo and stone fences and Shuige by the river. Antique, integrated with water and town, presents a quaint, clean and quiet school style. It is a typical "small bridge and flowing water family" in Jiangnan. In the layout of Wuzhen, because it once spanned two provinces (Zhejiang and Jiangsu), three states (Jiaxing, Huzhou and Suzhou) and seven counties (Wucheng, Gui 'an, Chongde, Tongxiang, Xiushui, Wujiang and Zhenze) in history, and the accumulation and precipitation of Wuyue culture, it was obviously influenced by China traditional Confucian culture and canal commercial culture in concept. Confucian culture often rejects the popular geomantic omen theory in architecture, so it is rare to see inclined doors on the left, shadow walls avoiding rushing, or symbolic towns such as "Taishan Shi Gandang" placed in the road, but various houses with distinct axes and simple order.
In addition, I also visited the commercial buildings such as Luge Teahouse, the workshop where senior engineers were born and rotten, and Hongyuantai Dyeing House. Huiyuan Pawnshop is located in Changfeng Street, with a dark word "dang", the counter is 1.8 meters high, and it has a strong commercial atmosphere. This is also a very different place from other ancient towns in Jiangnan.
Wuzhen is unique in that some houses along the river extend to the river surface, the bottom of which is hit on the riverbed with wooden stakes or columns, and the beams are put on the shelves, which is called "Shui Ge", which is a unique feature of Wuzhen. Walking into Wuzhen, walking on the narrow streets paved with bluestone slabs, and seeing all kinds of houses on both sides, and villagers still living in houses, people will have a kind and natural feeling.
Wuzhen, as a historical ancient town, both the whole town and Guanqian Street reflect the overall beauty of harmonious coexistence of human environment and natural environment. The most distinctive feature of Wuzhen is the wooden bed exhibition since Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is located in a big house at the head of the town, with all kinds of wooden beds from wealthy businessmen to ordinary people, from one bed to multiple rooms (including dressing rooms, toilets, servants' rooms, etc. ) This exhibition is the epitome of China's bed culture, which has the luxury of aristocrats and the frugality of ordinary people.
Recommended itinerary in Wuzhen (one-day tour in Wuzhen): get on the bus at the consultation point of Wu Shan Square at 7:30 in the morning, stop at Hangzhou Tourism Distribution Center (Huanglong) at 8:00 in the morning, and leave after joining the group, visit the Baijuyuan production area reserve in Hangzhou, taste chrysanthemum tea for free, and go directly to Wuzhen Scenic Area: visit the God of Wealth Bay, Jiangnan Baichuang Museum, Folk Museum, Traditional Brewing Workshop, Dyeing Workshop, Jiangnan Woodcarving Museum and literary superstar Mao Dun.
The retail price of scenic spot tickets is 100 yuan,1.65,438+0.4 meters for children,1.65,438+0.4 meters for children, and senior citizen's card, military officer's card, journalist's card, disability card, retirement card, national tour guide card and travel agency manager's qualification certificate.