Tours to ancient towns and water towns have been the hottest tourism themes in China in recent years, but there are so many water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, which one should we go to? Wuzhen and Xitang, two famous water towns also located in Jiaxing, are the first choice for tourists. These two water towns are often compared. But Xitang’s reputation seems to be higher. Ancient houses and ancient lanes, Xitang, a paradise on earth, visit Xitang, a water town, and taste Jiaxing culture.
Zuiyuan
It is located on the Yanyu Corridor, with billiard bars and Tongcun Inn nearby.
The most impressive thing in Zuiyuan is the exquisite and exquisite brick pocket bridge in the yard that can only accommodate one person. The "Yixiangzhai" library in the garden has a display of Wang's "Water Country Charm" print series. Wang Muren, the late father of Wang Heng, the current owner of Zuiyuan, was also good at calligraphy. There is a chicken-haired couplet in the garden, "The smoke blooms orchid leaves are fragrant and the wind warms, and the peach blossoms bloom on the shore." is his work.
Misty Rain Corridor
It is very famous and a place that cannot be missed. It is also a concentration of restaurants and inns.
Some of the sheds are close to the river, some are in the middle, and some have long orange backrests on one side of the river for people to rest. The tops of the sheds have "one falling into the water" and "two falling into the water". , there are also cross-street buildings forming the roof of the porch. It can be said to be a unique landscape in the ancient town.
西园
It is on West Street, not far from the intersection of West Street and Sujialong.
There are trees, flowers, plants, rockeries, pavilions and ponds in the garden, and the scenery is beautiful. There is a "Tingtaoxuan" teahouse on the rockery on the east side. It is named because there is a white-barked pine on the rockery, several feet high, and the wind makes a sound. There is a small bridge and flowing water at the entrance, a stone lion foyer, and the garden is surrounded by brick lattice verandahs, waterside pavilions, curved bridges, rockeries, pavilions, and artificial waterfalls.
Wine Culture Museum
The ancient town of Xitang has been a wine town in history. "Drinking good wine and reciting good poetry" have always been the two major pursuits of many literati in ancient times. Mr. Liu Ximing, a wine-making family in the west, took a fancy to Xitang, a wine town. He displayed the wine culture objects he had collected for generations here, and opened a new "Chinese Wine Culture Museum" based on the original rice wine exhibition hall.
Hu Guo Suiliang Wang Temple
Commonly known as the "Seven Lao Ye Temple", every year on the third and seventh day of the fourth lunar month of the lunar calendar, a temple fair is held in Xitang on the birthday of the Seven Lao Ye. Zunxinggong was carried out of the temple gate, starting at 11 o'clock in the evening, and each paraded according to the scheduled route. Flags were flying all the way, gongs and drums were shaking, and firecrackers were blasting. Tents were set up in many places in the town for the seventh master and his wife. They rested in the tent for a while and accepted the offerings, then returned to the temple in the afternoon of the next day. Then they started to perform a big play in the temple for three consecutive days. There are also many leaf-shaped sachets hung in Qilaoye Temple, called autumn leaves, because autumn symbolizes harvest.
Button Museum
It is located on West Street, next to the specialty store "Caiyuntang Travel Notebook".
Xitang is the hometown of buttons in China, among which shell buttons are the first generation of professional buttons in my country. Xitang, a water town located in the Hangjiahu Plain, is extremely rich in shell raw materials. It can be said that the opening of the Button Museum has opened a new page in the history of Chinese buttons, and also added a new landscape to Xitang, the hometown of buttons.
Ming and Qing Wood Sculpture Museum
Located in the north of Shaoxiang Street, the museum displays more than 250 wood carvings of residential buildings in the Jiangnan region represented by Xitang since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are rich and colorful carving techniques for cushions, arch supports, sparrows, lattice windows, etc., and the ground carving, floor carving, openwork carving, openwork carving, etc. all show their unique craftsmanship. The patterns are elegant, neat, delicate and beautiful, and focus on the unique softness of Jiangnan residential wood carvings. , delicate, fresh and gorgeous style.
The Holy Church
It is located in the north of Shaoxiang Street, not far from the Ming and Qing Woodcarving Museum.
When the incense in the church is at its strongest, many pilgrims cannot squeeze into the church and can only worship by placing candles on the ground outside the church. During the Spring Festival, this street becomes more lively when the temple fair is held in the temple. The queue of incense burners lines up from the temple to the Hong Kong port. There will also be temporary food stalls set up on the streets, and various paintings are sold in the main hall of the church. There is a proverb among the local people: go to the temple fair, look at the paintings, and eat siomai.
The Wadang Exhibition Hall
is located on Shang West Street, next to a small "Flower Making" specialty shop.
The museum has more than 300 varieties in six categories: lace drippings, chopstick cages, walking chickens, brick carvings, ancient bricks, and pottery figurines, including traditional tiles full of good wishes; some with religious colors Temple tiles include political pattern tiles indicating a certain historical period.
Shipi Lane
Across from Zhongfu Hall, Shipi Lane is a lane formed between the two residences of the Wang family. The ground is paved with 168 stone slabs. The total length is 68 meters, and the narrowest point is only 0.8 meters.