Zhouzhuang Ancient Town

If you have the plot of an ancient town, don't miss Zhouzhuang. The perfect combination of "small bridge, flowing water and other people" in Zhouzhuang makes people infatuated.

The charm of Zhouzhuang lies in its cultural connotation, such as shenting, Zhangting, MILOU, yechukui's former residence, Chengxu Taoist temple, Quanfu temple and other places of interest, which have high historical, cultural and ornamental value.

Where there is a river and a street, there is a bridge. There are many ancient bridges in Zhouzhuang, and the bridges face each other and are connected with each other. Up to now, there are still stone bridges built in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It's quite interesting to travel on a boat, cross a bridge and cross a hole. If you are interested, you may as well visit them one by one.

Zhouzhuang Ancient Town

Zhouzhuang Ancient Town is a world cultural heritage pre selected place and one of the first batch of national 5A scenic spots. It is located in the southeast of Suzhou City and at the junction of Kunshan, Wujiang and Shanghai.

Zhouzhuang Ancient Town is surrounded by water on all sides. Because of the river, it becomes a town and a street according to the water. The street is the city. Fourteen ancient stone bridges built in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are well preserved on the Jingzi river. More than 800 indigenous people live in the river, and more than 60% of them still have the architectural style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The main scenic spots of Zhouzhuang Ancient Town are Fu'an bridge, Shuangqiao, shenting, etc.

Historical evolution

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, it was the fief of Prince Wu Yao and King Yue Yao.

In the 14th year of Tang Zhenguan (640), the territory belonged to Suzhou mansion of Jiangnan Road.

Long live Tongtian first year (696), Suzhou government because of the prosperous population, prosperous agriculture and commerce, taxes and duties doubled, so the analysis of Suzhou government County, known as Changzhou county.

In the first year of Yuanyou (1086) of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhou digonglang established a village by farming and donated land to build a temple called "Quanfu". The people thank Zhou digonglang for his kindness and renamed zhenfengli "Zhouzhuang". During the change of Jingkang, the twentieth prime minister, Jin He, moved southward with the Song Dynasty and settled here.

In the first year of yuanzhishun (1330), shen you and his son Shen Wansan from shenjiayang, Huzhou, Zhejiang, moved to Dongzhuang, Zhouzhuang, where they began to work hard and then engaged in trade. As a result, there was a grass Market in the middle of Nanbei Street on the west side of yinbang.

In the early Ming Dynasty, it became a market town. In Chenghua period, it was transferred to Huating County of Songjiang Prefecture.

In 1542, Qingpu County was established in Huating county and Shanghai county, which was under the jurisdiction of Qingpu County. Here, Zhouzhuang Town set up a village treaty office to preach and educate the people, which was the earliest official institution since Zhouzhuang had historical records.

During the reign of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, the territory returned to Changzhou county.

In the first year of Emperor Kangxi's reign (1662), Zhouzhuang set up a city garrison with a total of one thousand soldiers to lead the garrison, which was in charge of the flood control outlets of Changzhou and Kunshan.

In the 13th year of Kangxi, Zhouzhuang xunkou was set up in chengshouying, which was under the jurisdiction of 15 water and land xunkou outside fengmenwai in Suzhou.

In 1724, Yuanhe county was set up in Changzhou county. The town is divided into two counties with siqiangang and youcheyang as its boundary. Four fifths of the left bank belongs to zhenfengli, Sutai Township, Yuanhe County, and one fifths of the right bank belongs to tongxiuli, Jiuyong Township, Wujiang county.

Xuantong three years (1911), the implementation of township autonomy.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Changzhou and Yuanhe counties were abolished, and the territory belonged to Wu County.

In 1917, Zhouzhuang Town Office was established.

In 1927, Zhouzhuang Township Preparatory Committee of Wu County was established.

In 1928, the party headquarters of Wu County of the Kuomintang set up the seventh district branch in Zhouzhuang, where Fei Gong was the secretary. civil

In March 1929, Wu County set up 11 districts in Zhouzhuang, governing Zhouzhuang, chenmu (now Jinxi town) and 45 neighboring townships.

In 1935, 45 townships were grouped into 8 townships: Xianbei, dianbei, Hudong, Huxi, chennan, Chenbei, xiudang and Xiapu.

In 1937, the Japanese invaders invaded Zhouzhuang and established the maintenance association.

In October 1938, Chen Yaozong's Department of 735 regiment of the army's independent 45th brigade cancelled the maintenance meeting and established Zhouzhuang Town Office.

In July 1941, Wu county built 11 districts for the reconstruction of Chen tombs, governing Zhouzhuang and Chen tombs.

In May 1942, the Japanese puppet regime established the twelve districts in Zhouzhuang. In June this year, the district office was renamed Qingxiang special district office.

In June 1945, Qingxiang special regional office moved to Chen tomb. On December 9 of that year, Zhouzhuang established the Association for the advancement of local autonomy.

In March 1946, Zhouzhuang Town changed its name to Chuzhuang town. Two years later, it was renamed Zhouzhuang Town again.

In 1947, Huxi township was merged into dianbei Township and changed its name to Dianbang township.

On May 8, 1949, Zhouzhuang was liberated and called Zhouzhuang Town. In November, Xianbei Township changed its name to Taishi Township, Dianbang Township changed its name to Shuanghu Township, Hudong Township changed its name to BANGHU Township, and one town and three townships respectively belonged to Songnan District of Wuxian county.

In September 1952, one town and three townships were assigned to Kunshan County, belonging to Dianxi district.

In March 1956, Taishi township was split and merged into BANGHU and Shuanghu townships. In August, BANGHU Township and Shuanghu Township merged to form Zhouzhuang township.

In 1998, Zhouzhuang Ancient Town was awarded the title of "famous scenic spot in China" by the National Tourism Administration.

In 2003, Zhouzhuang Town was awarded the Asia Pacific World Cultural Heritage Protection Award by UNESCO;

In 2006, Zhouzhuang Town was recognized by the State Administration of cultural relics and was once again included in the "China world cultural heritage preliminary list";

In 2007, Zhouzhuang Town passed the National Tourism Administration "the first batch of national AAAAA tourist attractions".

In 2008, Zhouzhuang was officially named as the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art (water folk custom) by the Ministry of culture;

In 2010, Zhouzhuang Town won the title of "national characteristic landscape tourism town" jointly selected by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and the tourism administration.

In 2011, Zhouzhuang was awarded the title of "national low carbon Tourism Experimental Zone" by China Environmental Protection Federation and China Tourism Association scenic area branch;

In 2012, Zhouzhuang Ancient Town was selected as a tourist attraction of low-carbon tourism demonstration area.

In 2014, Zhouzhuang Town was awarded the title of "Jiangsu smart tourism demonstration base" by Jiangsu Provincial Tourism Administration.

geographical environment

Location context

Zhouzhuang Ancient Town is located 38 kilometers southeast of Suzhou and 33 kilometers southwest of Suzhou

Shanghai is 70 kilometers away from Zhouzhuang, between Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Climate and environment

Zhouzhuang Ancient Town has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons

The climate is humid, the sunshine is sufficient, the frost free period is long, the territory is surrounded by mountains and water, the water source is abundant, and the vegetation is lush.

Main attractions

Characteristic culture

tea culture

The tea culture of Zhouzhuang Ancient Town has a long history. There are many customs, such as eating "grandma tea", "talking about tea", drinking "like tea", "spring tea", "full moon tea", and so on.

Women's clothing

The traditional costumes of Zhouzhuang women are narrow sleeves, floral skirt, floral base and exquisite embroidery.

Silk string Xuan Juan

Sixian xuanjuan is a traditional folk art of Zhouzhuang, which has been popular for nearly 200 years. It is a unique folk art form in Zhouzhuang village. It is similar to the name of the hall, and also has the style of rap and Pingtan. According to the number of artists and the complexity of performance, Xuan Juan can be divided into two types: silk string Xuan Juan and wooden fish Xuan Juan. The former usually consists of six members, who play erhu Sanxian, dizi, Muyu, Tongqing and other musical instruments; the other, who play with the chime of striking Buddha, recites the Buddha's name and the volume, is simple in form.

Special food

All three hooves

Wansanti is a necessary dish for Shen Wansan's family, a rich man in the south of the Yangtze River, to entertain distinguished guests. After hundreds of years of spreading, it has become the main dish of Zhouzhuang people's new year's festival and wedding banquet, which means reunion and is also a good dish for guests.

Wansan cake

As early as the early Ming Dynasty, Zou's ancestors set up GONGMAO Tea Workshop. During the Spring Festival, his neighbor Shen Wansan often ordered a large number of cakes to present and entertain his relatives and friends, which was later known as "Wansan cakes". Zou's tea workshop not only produces traditional Wansan cakes and Quanfu tribute cakes, but also meets the tastes of different customers according to the seasonal changes. It produces more than 20 series of cakes, such as sesame cake, peanut cake, walnut cake, Yudai cake, menthol cake, pepper and salt cake, pine nut cake, fragrant baked cake, thousand layer cake, Bubu cake, etc.

Grandma tea

The elderly maintain an old and unique way of drinking tea - stewing tea. A large dragon water tank is placed at home to store the water in the sky. Tea, that is, to scoop into the pottery pot, placed on the stove, with branches burning boil. To make tea, use a sealed covered bowl or purple clay teapot to put the tea into the teapot. First, use a small amount of boiling water to order "tea brewing", then cover the teapot, wait for a moment, and then flush with plenty of boiling water.

Festival Customs

International Tourism Festival

As of 2013, China Zhouzhuang International Tourism Festival has been successfully held for 18 times. The festival is based on the market and oriented to the public. The opening ceremony embodies the style of simplicity and presents Zhouzhuang characteristics with certain market effect. During the Tourism Festival, a series of theme activities will be launched to highlight Zhouzhuang's new features, promote Zhouzhuang's leisure items and products, present different contents of Zhouzhuang to different people, and spread Zhouzhuang

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