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Venice of Shanghai-Zhujiajiao

Zhujiajiao Ancient Town, or Zhujiajiao Water Town, presumed as "Venice of Shanghai", was recorded as one of the main four social old towns in Shanghai, around 48 kilometers west from Shanghai downtown region. It is with 150 hectare which is multiple times bigger than Zhouzhuang Water Town in Suzhou. Somebody considered it an astonishing pearl arranged along Dianshan Lake and now this 1700-year old town is still splendid and prospering.



When you visit this exquisite town, the wonderful scene will fix in your memory - clear waters with customary pontoons cruising on, old scaffolds remaining over the streams, a large number of Ming-Qing designs flanking the two banks of the waterway, old and long roads extending through the entire town… It is crude, loaded with appeal and satisfaction. It is a choice water town taking you to loosen up your body and brain for multi day trip from Shanghai.


The highlighted social destinations of Zhujiajiao Ancient Town are one extension, one road, one sanctuary, one lobby, two plant enclosures, three coves and twenty-six rear ways, demonstrating the brilliance here and there. Obviously, as an explorer, you will have many fascinating activities to be submerged in the excellent water town. Zhujiajiao Water Town is arranged forty seven kilometers from Shanghai.




It is a run of the mill and old water town in Qingpu District, south of the Yangtze River, which has very nearly 1,700 years of history. Zhujiajiao, likewise called "The Venice of Shanghai", includes flawless conduits, bended shake spans, old avenues established with stone, and more than 10,000 structures going back to the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing traditions (1644-1911). Zhujiajiao is the best-safeguarded old water town among the four antiquated towns in Shanghai. In the time of the Three Kingdoms, there were at that point nation fairs in Zhujiajiao and the business succeeded in the Ming Dynasty. Presently Zhujiajiao is a smooth and calm town.


Strolling on the crisscross stone pathway and the twisting long paths, you would have a craving for strolling in a rich and crisp painting. Little streams shaded by willow trees, connects over the waterway, houses dated back to the ming and Qing Dynasties, unsophisticated nearby individuals, these are the appeal of the community.


Kezhi Yuan: Between the old design, Kezhi Park (Majia Garden) arranged on North Street is the greatest house style private park in this town and furthermore one of the biggest gardens in the southern China zone. The Lawn includes stunning sights in tranquil and private environment. It for the most part comprises of three sections - an exhibition, a fake slope and a recreation center. In the slope territory, there is another bit of great, representative design - a foursquare five-story working, on the highest point of which stands a polar structure named 'Moon View Pavilion.' This structure is viewed as the tallest engineering in the town.



Fangsheng Bridge:Worked in the seventeenth century, the 70-meter-long Fangsheng Bridge is currently the most outstanding milestone in Zhujiajiao. Fangsheng implies discharge creatures in Chinese. Nearby individuals think discharging creatures implies you are forgiving to creatures and Buddha will likewise be kind to you. The curve of the extension and the wonderful perspectives on the scaffold cause it to appreciate a notoriety of the "Rainbow of Zhujiajiao".

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