1. The moon is bright at night by the bridge in Wuzhen, and I still call out in my dream to look at the mountains.
Source: "Staying Over Night in Wuzhen and Traveling Together with All the Gentlemen (Two Poems)" Shijian of the Ming Dynasty.
2. The water town in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, and the wind chimes in the houses are melodious.
Source: "Wuzhen" Cheng Gai, Ming Dynasty.
3. A pair of stone pagodas stand on both sides. Zhouzi said it was Wuzhen.
Source: "Wuzhen Wine House Song" by Qu You, Ming Dynasty.
Wuzhen is located in Tongxiang, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. It is located in the Golden Triangle of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and in the hinterland of the Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou Plain. It is 60 kilometers away from Hangzhou and Suzhou and 106 kilometers away from Shanghai. It belongs to the Taihu Lake Basin water system, with rivers intertwining criss-cross, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passing through the town. Wuzhen was originally bounded by the Shihe River and divided into two towns: Wuqing Town. Wuzhen is to the west of the river and belongs to Wucheng County of Huzhou Prefecture; Qingzhen is to the east of the river and belongs to Tongxiang County of Jiaxing Prefecture. After liberation, Wuzhen west of Shihe River was placed under Tongxiang County and was collectively called Wuzhen.
Wuzhen is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, one of the top ten charming towns in China, a township with beautiful environment in the country, and a national 5A tourist attraction. It is known as the last waterside town in China and has more than 7,000 years of civilization. With a history of 1300 years since the town was founded in Shihe, it is a typical ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River in China. It is known as the land of fish and rice and the house of silk. With a history of 6,000 years, it is one of the 20 Golden Week forecast attractions in the country and one of the six ancient towns in Jiangnan.