Venice, Italy in Europe is the world-famous water transportation capital. With its developed water transportation system, it has become one of the most influential cities in Europe. Water towns around the world use Venice as a benchmark. For example, Suzhou City in my country claims it as "Venice of the Orient." There is also a thousand-year-old town with the most watertown flavor in our country. It has developed into an influential town with a developed water transportation system connecting the river and the sea. It can be compared with Venice at that time, and this ancient town is in Suzhou, Venice in the East.

Almost all Jiangnan water towns have the same faces. If you don't tell the names of the ancient towns, it will be difficult for you to name an ancient town. Even people living in Jiangnan water towns may not be able to distinguish them quickly and accurately. For example, where is this scene? Wuzhen? Xitang? Tongli? Luzhi? Zhouzhuang? Or Jinxi? This place is the ancient town with the most watertown flavor in China that this article will introduce. It has a living history of nearly a thousand years. The water transportation system is quite developed and can connect the river to the sea. It is an ancient town that can truly compare with the Venice Water City. Can you name this ancient town as soon as possible?

I think many people have already guessed where this is, that's right! This is Zhouzhuang in Suzhou. Residents have lived more than 900 years ago, and there are still indigenous people. Zhouzhuang is China's largest water town, not only because of its developed shipping system, but also full of the atmosphere of people's life in Jiangnan. Some people say that there are many ancient towns in Jiangnan water town. Why can Zhouzhuang become the number one water town? As for this answer, I don't want to say and can't answer it. I'd better go and visit it in person to appreciate it.

Zhouzhuang is located at the junction of Kunshan and Wujiang in Suzhou. It communicates with the most affluent areas in my country. It is bounded by the Yangtze River in the north, Huzhou and Jiaxing in Zhejiang in the south, Taihu Lake in the west, and Shanghai in the east. Closely linking Taihu Lake in Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou, the most developed in southern Jiangsu, domestic Yangtze River shipping, and water transportation in Shanghai and other places, it has become the only ancient town in China that can connect the river to the sea. The developed water transportation system has made Zhouzhuang's unparalleled prosperity. The convenience of water transportation will connect the richest areas and metropolises in the country. There are really few ancient towns like Zhouzhuang in the country.

Local people live on both sides of many canals in Zhouzhuang. The ancestors of these local people can be traced back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Generations have lived in such an ancient town. In fact, they are not lonely and lonely. On the contrary, they are more lively. Residents here can travel to surrounding large cities through developed water transportation, as usual as walking through streets. With the decline of inland transportation, the ancient houses in the ancient town seem a little deserted, but the atmosphere of life in the ancient town is still very strong. If you like this feeling, you may wish to stay here for a few nights. Maybe you will like this atmosphere of life.

Although large-scale external water transportation no longer exists, it is still possible to reach surrounding small towns. Coupled with the rapid development of tourism and the excavation of historical and cultural cities in recent years, these ancient towns that seem to have been eliminated have brought new development vitality. With the development of ancient town tourism, these elements of life are still preserved. Visiting the ancient town is as lifelike as entering a life-oriented museum.

Zhouzhuang has many stone bridges, and Shuangqiao is a representative of history and culture here. It is no exaggeration to say that the bridge in Zhouzhuang can be described as cultural heritage. The stone bridges that can be seen everywhere are not only beautiful and indispensable scenery in Zhouzhuang, but also carry glorious historical memories comparable to the Western Venice Water City. Zhouzhuang, a market town, has quite complete functions. Ships can reach every place, while people can walk to every area through stone bridges. The bridge in Zhouzhuang is a witness to the developed water transportation system.

The prosperity of the past has created a different charm of the water town. Whether it is on the stone bridge or by the river, what you see is like a picture scroll. This scenery is full of the atmosphere of life and the charm of the ancient town. Visiting Zhouzhuang will give people a different experience. No wonder the world gives this ancient town the nickname of "China's No. 1 Water Town"!

If you say how big this ancient town is, it is actually difficult to answer. Because it is big but not small, and it is not small to say it is small, it is difficult to answer the question of whether Zhouzhuang is big or small. Zhouzhuang Ancient Town has all the supporting facilities in a big city, not only shops, pharmacies, schools, restaurants, etc., but also stone steps along the river at the entrance of every household, which can be used as a dock for washing rice, washing clothes, and getting on and off trains. It is too common to travel by boat in Zhouzhuang. Zhouzhuang was even more prosperous 900 years ago. You can think about the style of water transportation back then!

The South Lake in Zhouzhuang at sunset is very romantic and beautiful! Zhouzhuang in the Jiangnan water town seems to be the place where I lived in my previous life. It feels like home. I don't know if you have this feeling?

Zhouzhuang at night is full of tranquility, and the tranquility beauty also carries a trace of prosperity. Choosing a boat to tour Zhouzhuang Ancient Town at night and experience the scenes of life on both sides of the canal is really tasteful. Zhouzhuang, China's largest water town, echoes the flavor of life and the charm of the ancient town, intoxicating passers-by from south to north!

Just like walking out of ink painting, the beauty is so beautiful and touching. Someone wants to ask where this is? It has a strong atmosphere of Jiangnan water town but has a refined immortal atmosphere. It is Zhouzhuang!

Suzhou City on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River has a large number of water flows, and the number of ancient towns is also the largest in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions. Everywhere you go, you can see this ancient town, which is very beautiful. But there are really one hand in the handful of beautiful ancient towns like Zhouzhuang.

If Venice is a Western Water City, then Suzhou is definitely the capital of the Eastern Canal. Through the windows of the houses on both sides of the river, you can see the busy ships coming and going on the canal. It is really beautiful!

Zhouzhuang's water system, town history and degree of maintenance rank first in the Jiangnan water town, so it has the reputation of China's number one water town. Ships driving on canals have become the most beautiful scenery in China's No. 1 water town.

This ancient town, which has been preserved for nearly a thousand years, has endless aftertaste shops on the streets and alleys. The bustling market style freezes time, just like the transfer of time and space!

In terms of water system, Zhouzhuang is more developed than other ancient towns. It can connect to the river and the sea. It is also the most important water town on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The thousand-year-old temples are as beautiful as floating on the water.

When you are in the South Lake of Zhouzhuang, you may subconsciously admire: How come Zhouzhuang, China's largest water town, are you so beautiful? I don't know if it's appropriate to describe you as "beautiful and calm".

Millennium Zhouzhuang is very beautiful and worth spending time visiting. If time is not tight, I suggest spending more time swimming here slowly to appreciate its beauty and charm. The South Lake in the evening is so beautiful that people are moving!

Zhouzhuang South Lake is like a private garden preserved in Zhouzhuang Ancient Town, full of small and fresh beautiful scenery. Even the goldfish in the water are so beautiful, do you like it?

The sky is gradually getting darker. Zhouzhuang, which is about to enter dusk, has a kind of tranquility and a kind of leisure that is aloof from the world. This feeling is really good. It is worthy of being the number one water town in China!

Looking for a local farmhouse restaurant for dinner, the hustle and bustle of the day had stopped abruptly at this time. The calm mirror-like river reflects the houses in the evening so beautifully. The breath of Zen makes me sigh again: Zhouzhuang, why are you so beautiful?