Wuzhen

Wuzhen, located in the northwest corner of Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, is an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of 1300 years. The cross shaped inland river system divides the town into "east gate, South Gate, west gate and North Gate".

It is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, known as "the land of fish and rice, the house of silk". In addition, Wuzhen completely preserved the style and pattern of water town in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Wuzhen is also the location of many film and television works. The most famous one is the TV series "time like water". You can find the scenes of Liu Ruoying.

The night scene of the scenic spot can't be missed. It should be reminded that the night tour ticket has been cancelled in Wuzhen and changed to one ticket system all day. The ticket includes all the scenic spots and performances in the scenic spot.

Wuzhen

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Wuzhen, located in Tongxiang, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the "Golden Triangle" of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and the hinterland of Hangjiahu Plain. It is 60km away from Hangzhou and Suzhou, and 106KM away from Shanghai. It belongs to Taihu Lake drainage system, with crisscross rivers and Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal passing by the town.

Wuzhen was originally divided into two towns, Wuqing, with Shihe as the boundary. Wuzhen is located in the west of the river, belonging to Wucheng County of Huzhou Prefecture; Qingzhen is located in the east of the river, belonging to Tongxiang County of Jiaxing Prefecture. After liberation, Wuzhen to the west of Shihe was assigned to Tongxiang county.

Wuzhen is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, one of the top ten charming towns in China, one of the most beautiful towns in China, and one of the national 5A tourist attractions. It is known as "the last water pillow family in China". It has a history of more than 7000 years of civilization and 1300 years of town building

It is a typical ancient town in Jiangnan of China, known as "the land of fish and rice, the house of silk". With a history of 6000 years, it is one of the 20 golden week scenic spots and six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. In 1991, it was rated as a famous historical and cultural city in Zhejiang Province; since 2013, Wuzhen Drama Festival has been held

On November 19, 2014, it became the permanent site of the world Internet Conference.

In 2017, Wuzhen's GDP reached 6.031 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1% over 2016.

From October 20 to 22, 2019, the sixth World Internet congress, jointly organized by the state Internet information office and the people's Government of Zhejiang Province, will be held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province.

Historical evolution

Wuzhen has a long history. According to the textual research of tanjiawan ancient cultural site in the suburb of Wuzhen, about 7000 years ago, the ancestors of Wuzhen had been living in this place. At that time, it belonged to the Majiabang culture of the Neolithic age.

In the spring and Autumn period, Wuzhen was the border between Wu and Yue, where the state of Wu stationed troops to guard against the state of Yue.

In the Qin Dynasty, Wuzhen belonged to Kuaiji County, with Chexi (today's Shihe) as the boundary, Wudun in the west, Wucheng County in the west, Qingdun in the East, Youquan county and Wuzhen divided and ruled. Later, Wuzhen was under the jurisdiction of Huzhou and Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province, or Suzhou in Jiangsu Province.

In Tang Dynasty, Wuzhen was subordinate to Suzhou government. Houliang, belonging to the same, is the land of Wuyue. In the fifth year of Tianfu in the later Jin Dynasty (940), Xiuzhou was established, and Qingdun was subordinate to Xiuzhou in Jiaxing county.

Song Chunhua three years (992), Wuzhen is Wucheng Li Huzhou. Ten years (1077), Xi Ning analyzed 5 villages in the west of Jiaxing County, such as Wutong, Yongxin and Qingfeng, and went to Qingde County in Qingfeng Village. In the early years of Yuanfeng, there were records of Wudun town and Qingdun town. Later, they were renamed Wuzhen and Qingdun town as taboos of the shunguang sect. Jiading years, the rise of Jiaxing army, Qingzhen then Chongde Li Jiaxing army. In the second year of Baoqing (1226), Huzhou was changed to Anji and Wuzhen to Wucheng county. In the Song Dynasty, the town set up supervisors to control fire and alcohol taxes, and recruited soldiers to practice martial arts to resist bandits.

In 1277, Wuzhen was located in Wucheng County, Huzhou Road, and Qingzhen was located in Chongde County, Jiaxing Road. The town has its capital.

Ming Xuan de (five) (1430), analysis of the collection of Yongxing, Tongxiang, Jiaxing and Wutong six township, the town of Qingdao, belonging to the town of Wuzhen. This subordination remained unchanged until the Qing Dynasty. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zhejiang branch office and Jiangsu Zhejiang branch office were set up in Wuzhen, which was equivalent to the function of government office.

In 1912, the two towns were still divided.

In May 1950, Wuzhen and Qingzhen were merged and named Wuzhen, belonging to Tongxiang county and Jiaxing.

administrative division

By 2016, Wuzhen has 16 villages: baimadun, fenshuidun, duifangqiao, fulanqiao, Chenzhuang, Hongqiao, nanzhuangqiao, Henggang, Pengjia, Chenjia, Shuangta, Yanjia, Minhe, Zheyue, xinweng and Wuxing; 3 communities: Dongyuan, Nangong and Yinxing; and 18 Fengxian Road, where the town government is located.

geographical environment

Location context

It is located at 120 ° 54'e and 30 ° 64'n. It is located in the north of Tongxiang City, east of Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, west of Huzhou City, and north of Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. The land transportation has county-level highway Yaozhen line running through the town. Through Yaozhen highway, it can connect with provincial highway Yanhu highway, national highway 320, 318 highway, Shanghai Hangzhou Expressway, Shenjiahu Expressway and Zhajiasu expressway. Wuzhen is 13 km away from Tongxiang City, 27 km, 45 km and 60 km away from Jiaxing, Huzhou and Wujiang, respectively. The town area is 71.19 square kilometers, and the urban area is 2.5 square kilometers.

hydrology

Rivers in the territory belong to the Taihu canal system in the Yangtze River Basin. It belongs to the typical Jiangnan Water Network Plain.

climate

Wuzhen is located in the southeast coast, a typical subtropical monsoon climate. It is warm and humid, with abundant rain and sufficient sunshine. The annual average sunshine is 1842.3 hours. It is characterized by long spring and short autumn, cold winter and hot summer, warm spring and cool autumn, and four distinct seasons. There are 78 days in spring, 90 days in summer, 64 days in autumn and 133 days in winter. The annual average temperature is 16.1 ℃. January is the coldest with a monthly average temperature of 3.6 ℃; July is the hottest with a monthly average temperature of 28.1 ℃; the annual average precipitation is 1233.9mm. There are three obvious precipitation periods in the whole year, namely April to may (spring rain), June to July (plum rain), August to September (autumn rain), and snow in winter.

natural resources

land resource

The soil in Wuzhen is river, sea and lake sediments. The soil belongs to paddy soil and fluvo aquic soil. The soil is fertile and suitable for planting rice and economic crops.

plant resources

There are 485 species of plant resources in Wuzhen, including 12 species of algae, 10 species of bryophytes, 8 species of pteridophytes, 20 species of gymnosperms and 458 species of angiosperms.

Animal resources

There are many kinds of animal resources in Wuzhen. There are 451 species of main animal resources, including 218 vertebrates, 192 arthropods, 32 molluscs and 9 other animals.

population

By the end of 2017, the total number of households in Wuzhen was 23916, and the total registered residence population was 87 thousand, of which 19305 were rural households and 75 thousand and 800 were rural population. There are 103800 permanent residents and 32500 registered new residents. The birth rate was 10.59 ‰, an increase of 11.6% over the previous year; the death rate was 7.87 ‰, an increase of 8.7% over the previous year; and the natural growth rate was 2.72 ‰.

Economics

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In 2017, Wuzhen's GDP reached 6.031 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 294 million yuan, down 0.9% over the previous year; the added value of the secondary industry was 2.957 billion yuan, up 7.2% over the previous year, of which the industrial added value was 2.274 billion yuan, up 5.6% over the previous year; the added value of the tertiary industry was 2.779 billion yuan, up 19.9% over the previous year. The proportion of three industrial structure is 4.8:49.1:46.1. According to registered residence population, the per capita GDP of the whole town reached 69284 yuan, an increase of 18.9% over the previous year.

In 2017, Wuzhen's total financial revenue was 1.021 billion yuan, an increase of 27.3% over the previous year. Among them, the fiscal disposable income was 1.491 billion yuan, an increase of 245.9% over the previous year. By the end of 2017, the deposit balance of major banks was 6.229 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2% over the beginning of the year, and the loan balance was 6.120 billion yuan, an increase of 49.8% over the beginning of the year.

In 2017, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in Wuzhen was 52056 yuan, an increase of 8.4% over the previous year. The per capita disposable income of rural residents was 31984 yuan, an increase of 8.0% over the previous year. The per capita income of farmers in the town was 30430 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.91%.

primary industry

In 2017, the total agricultural output value of Wuzhen reached 473 million yuan, an increase of 13.0% over the previous year. Among them, the output value of agriculture was 293 million yuan, an increase of 26.3% over the previous year; the output value of forestry was 02.4 million yuan, a decrease of 47.8%; the output value of animal husbandry was 109 million yuan, a decrease of 18.0%; and the output value of fishery was 100 million yuan, a decrease of 18.0%

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