Keqiao is located in Shaoxing City, very close to Shanghai. Now it has become a popular tourist destination. It attracts tourists from all over the world to come for sightseeing experience every day. Below, I will share with you the details of Keqiao tourist attractions. introduce.
I have a colleague who lives in Keqiao. He came to Shanghai to work in his father’s place. I came to Shanghai to work in my father’s place from Ningbo. The two of them worked together at the Shanghai Seafood Second Batch Zhenda Road Branch. He In the cafeteria, I was in the boiler room. Later he was transferred back to Keqiao and I was laid off. I haven’t contacted him for more than 20 years. His name is Fu Yunshui and my name is Xiao Ningbo. I don’t know if Fu Yunshui can see this message. I really miss working together in the past.
He should have retired now, and I have also retired from illness. I don’t have his address, so I wanted to come to Keqiao to visit you.
In recent years, high-speed rail has become more and more convenient and has become everyone’s first choice for travel. Nowadays, if a high-speed rail trip can reach places within 5 hours, flying is almost not considered.
This time, the first group participating in Ctrip’s on-site tour “Thousand-person High-Speed ??Rail Tour Keqiao” departed from Shanghai Hongqiao in the morning and arrived in Shaoxing in just over an hour.
Keqiao is known as the "Venice of the East" and is a famous water town, bridge town, wine town, calligraphy town, opera town and celebrity town in China. For this trip to Keqiao, we chose two attractions in Keyan Scenic Area in Anchang Ancient Town. I had a free day, so I took advantage of the weekend to take a day trip and relax.
Anchang Ancient Town
This is one of the four most famous ancient towns in Shaoxing. You can see that the ancient town is divided into two parts with the river as the boundary. The old street is built along the river, with a total length of 1,747 meters. To the south of the river are residential buildings, and to the north of the river are commercial markets. The two sides are connected by ancient bridges.
It was first built in the Northern Song Dynasty, burned down many times due to wars, and rebuilt in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its architectural style inherits the typical characteristics of Jiangnan water towns, with a strip of water.
It starts from Gaoqiao in the east and ends at Qingdun Bridge in the west. There are streets along the river, and the streets and rivers depend on each other. The streets are all paved with local bluestone slabs in Shaoxing. Now there are old stone roads, fanxuan arcades, shops and workshops, arch bridges and stone beams, Taimen lanes, etc., and the style is still simple.
From time to time, there will be three or two cruise boats passing by on the river. Standing on the shore and watching the scenery, the people watching the scenery are watching you from the boat.
The bluestone paths, the quaint old houses, the cramped and deep alleys, the streets and alleys, bricks and tiles of the ancient town all bear the traces of history. After years of precipitation, they are so vicissitudes of life. . Walking in the ancient town, it seems as if time has stood still and you have forgotten all the glitz and hustle and bustle.
A variety of traditional old shops line up along the street, selling a wide variety of local specialties, especially traditional foods made by the people on site, such as sausages, quails, sugar, rice wine popsicles, etc., with unique flavors and especially delicious local characteristics.
Traditional handicrafts continue to maintain strong vitality, which is the basis for the prosperity of the ancient town.
Opening hours:
Open all day
Ticket price:
Free
Required for the Guzhenli Exhibition Hall Tickets, combined tickets are 50.00 yuan.
Keyan Scenic Area
The scenic area began in the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,800 years. It has a total area of ??6.87 square kilometers. It is based on the ancient Yue culture and the ancient quarrying heritage. It is a scenic spot featuring Shaoxing water town customs, ancient quarrying heritage, and mountain forest ecology. It includes four major scenic spots: Keyan, Jianhu, Luzhen and Xianglin.
In my old home in the city, I faced busy traffic every day and was overwhelmed by reinforced concrete buildings. It’s a rare weekend trip to visit the surrounding areas, where you can enjoy the mountains and rivers, get close to nature, breathe fresh air, and leave all your worries behind.
Lu Town is a fictional town written by Lu Xun. The scenic spot integrates the folk customs, architectural charm and natural scenery of the old Shaoxing water town. It is a microcosm of the Shaoxing water town a hundred years ago.
Jianhu Lake is the "Mother Lake" of Shaoxing. It has four scenic spots such as the Eastern Han Dynasty Di Pavilion, Nanyang Qiufan, Wuqiao Buyue, Huluzui Island, etc. Here you can take a awning boat and go boating on Jianhu Lake Above, enjoy the different scenery from a different angle.
During the Three Kingdoms period, this place was once a quarry. Through continuous excavation by generations of skilled craftsmen, stone ridges, caves and walls with different shapes were created with miraculous craftsmanship.
The "Tiangong Buddha" was excavated in the Sui Dynasty and took three generations of masonry to build it. It is quite impressive; while the "Qiyun Stone Bone" is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, like an upside-down pagoda, more than 30 meters high. , with a bottom circumference of only 4 meters, looks top-heavy, but it has stood firm in the wind and rain for more than a thousand years, which is amazing.
When we came to Wuqiao Ayue, the environment was very beautiful. The biggest highlight is a straight long embankment on the lake. At the other end is Huluzui Island, the main attraction of Jianhu Lake.
This long embankment is an ancient towpath, which is very delicate and well-preserved. People call it the "White Jade Causeway". Walking on the long embankment, you feel like you are one with Jianhu Lake.
Opening hours:
(Winter Time) 8:00-16:30; (Summer Time) 8:00-17:00;
Ticket Price : 115 yuan/person
There is a free painting boat in the scenic area that travels between Lu Town, Jianhu, and Keyan Scenic Areas.
You can follow the signs in the park and avoid going back.