Characteristics of Four Ancient Towns in Shaoxing

What are the characteristics of the four ancient towns in Shaoxing?

The four ancient towns in Shaoxing are Anchang Town, Doumen Town, Ke Qiao Town and Dongpu Town.

Anchang town

Anchang Ancient Town is one of the four ancient towns in Shaoxing. As the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in Zhejiang Province, Anchang Ancient Town is located at the northwest end of Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, with Xiaoshan in Hangzhou in the south and Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway in the north. The architectural style continues the typical characteristics of Jiangnan water town, which is simple and elegant. The water wedding in the water town style is also unique. It is also the hometown of Shaoxing touts, and the most distinctive one is Anchang Bridge, which is simple and elegant with thousands of gestures.

Doumen ancient town

Doumen Old Street is built by mountains and rivers, with a total area of 1.5km, with mountains and water at the back, deep and narrow, and bluestone paths, only more than two meters wide. Old houses can be seen everywhere here, which are veritable empty streets and quiet streets. But the town was built in the Tang Dynasty with a history of 1000 years, and it is a veritable ancient town.

Keqiao Ancient Town

Ke Qiao Ancient Town is the largest town in Shaoxing and a famous town in the south of the Yangtze River. According to legend, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty came here during his southern tour to see Ke Qiao. Famous scenic spots include five-hole wind and rain, covered bridges, and ancient canals across the east and west, named Kedong Bridge, Advantageous Bridge and panoramic view of the canal. There is also the Rongguang Bridge in the Ming Dynasty in the west, which is named after water, namely Ke Qiao, so it is the mother of Ke Qiao.

Dongpu ancient town

As one of Shaoxing's famous ancient towns, it was once the hometown of cultural celebrities such as Song Dynasty poet Lu You, modern martyr Xu Xilin and modern writer Xu Qinwen. It is also like the famous birthplace of Shaoxing yellow rice wine, with the reputation of water town, wine town, bridge town and hometown of celebrities.