🌟 Zhouzhuang Ancient Town: A treasure of Jiangnan water town with a history of thousands of years 🌟

Zhouzhuang Ancient Town is an ancient water town with a thousand-year history. As one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the entire ancient town is built along the river, connected by bridges and streets, like a natural landscape painting. Wait for a rainy day to walk along the bluestone road holding an oil-paper umbrella and look at the small bridges and flowing water. At this moment, while you are looking at the scenery, you are also immersed in the scenery. It seems that time has stopped at this moment. The commercialization of the town is not that serious, and there is only the smoke of fireworks in the alleys. If you don’t want to go to work one day, it’s better to visit this Jiangnan water town. 📍 Detailed explanation of attractions 🏠 Zhang Ting: Originally named Yishun Hall, it was built in the Ming Dynasty. It was sold to a family named Zhang in the early Qing Dynasty and renamed Yuyan Hall, commonly known as Zhang Ting. As a residence of a rich family in Yin Dynasty, Zhangting has gone through more than 500 years of vicissitudes, but its style remains the same. The front and rear buildings are connected by cross-street buildings and corridor pavilions, forming a circular walking tower. 🏠 Shen Hall: Built in the seventh year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty by Shen Benren, a descendant of Shen Wansan, it is a typical architectural layout of a front hall and a back hall. The front and rear buildings are connected by cross-street buildings and corridor pavilions, forming a circular walking tower. Shen Hall is one of the famous attractions in Zhouzhuang. When you come here, you must pay homage to Shen Wansan, the God of Wealth, and ask for a good fortune. 🔑 Double Bridge: Also known as the Key Bridge, it consists of a stone arch bridge and a stone beam bridge. Because the bridge deck is horizontal and vertical, and the bridge hole is square and round, it looks like an ancient key, so people call it the "Key Bridge". Shuangqiao is one of Zhouzhuang's iconic attractions and the prototype of Chen Yifei's painting "Memories of Hometown", which is famous both at home and abroad. 🌉 Fu'an Bridge: Located at the east end of Zhongshi Street in Zhouzhuang, it is the only remaining three-dimensional bridge and wall building in the Jiangnan water town. The bridge towers on the four sides of the bridge rise up against the waves, facing each other from a distance, with extraordinary momentum. 🏛️ Zhouzhuang Museum: The museum displays the history, culture and folk customs of Zhouzhuang, including many precious cultural relics and historical photos. 🏨Milou: This small building was originally the Deji Hotel. The owner, Li Defu, was originally from Zhenjiang. In the late Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty, he moved his family to Zhouzhuang and opened a hotel on Zhongshi Street, named "Deji". Deji Hotel is located in a picturesque and bustling city with small bridges and flowing water, where guests gather and business is booming. Deji Hotel has more than ten small rooms, and each room has a sign with the word "Milou" written on it. ⛩️ Chengxu Taoist Temple: Located on Zhongshi Street, facing Puqing Bridge, commonly known as the "Shengtang", it was built during the Yuanyou period of the Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 900 years. It is one of the well-known Taoist temples in Wuzhong area. The Taoist temple covers an area of ​​more than 1,500 square meters, with three front and rear entrances, and the palace is magnificent. 🕌 Quanfu Temple: This temple was built in the first year of Yuanyou in the Northern Song Dynasty and is one of the most famous Buddhist temples in the ancient town of Zhouzhuang. The architectural style of Quanfujiang Temple is unique, and many ancient Buddhist statues and cultural relics are preserved in the temple. 🌸 Nanhu Qiuyue Garden: It is a garden landscape with a lotus pond as the center. There are pavilions, rockery ponds, etc. in the garden, with beautiful scenery. 🗺️ Reference route Day1: Zhang Hall-Shen Hall-Shuangqiao-Fu'an Bridge-Zhouzhuang Museum Day2: Lost Tower-Chengxu Taoist Temple-Quanfu Temple-Nanhu Qiuyue Garden #tourism #suzhou #江苏 #zhouzhuang ancient town