Recommended list of ancient towns in Shanghai

Fengjing ancient town, Nanxiang, Kanazawa, Xinchang, Sijing and Luodian are the most recommended ancient towns in Shanghai.

Feng Jing Ancient Town 1

Fengjing ancient town, located in Jinshan District, Shanghai, is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, people lived in the ancient town of Feng Jing. The boundary river in the town was the boundary river between the State of Wu and the State of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because the land spans wuyue, the ancient town of Feng Jing is called "the famous town of wuyue". There are 52 bridges in the ancient town, of which Hezhi Bridge was built in the Yuan Dynasty and has a history of nearly 700 years.

2. Nanxiang Ancient Town

Nanxiang Ancient Town is located in Jiading District, Shanghai. Speaking of Nanxiang ancient town, of course, steamed buns are famous for their thin skin, tender meat and fresh juice. Nanxiang ancient town has a history of 1500 years. There are Jiangnan Garden, Nanxiang Old Street, Liu Yun Temple and Nanxiang Twin Towers. The old buildings in the ancient town are mainly folk houses in the Qing Dynasty, and several small rivers pass through the town, which embodies the profound ancient rhyme culture.

3. Kanazawa Ancient Town

Jinze Ancient Town, located in Qingpu District, Shanghai, has a long history. Lakes and ponds are all over the town, and rivers and ports crisscross. It is a typical Jiangnan water town, the land of rice. The original "Six Scenes, One Tower, Thirteen Pavilions and Forty-two Hongqiao" is an ancient town famous for its bridges, and is known as "the first bridge town in the south of the Yangtze River". Moreover, most of the bridges in Jinze Ancient Town were built in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

4. Xinchang Ancient Town

Xinchang ancient town, located in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. This ancient town has a history of more than 800 years. In ancient times, it used to be a prosperous salt field and salt market, and now it still retains a large number of Ming and Qing buildings. In the ancient town, by the narrow river, there are old houses with white walls and black tiles. Walking on the stone road in the old street, stepping on the beautifully patterned stone arch bridge and passing through the vicissitudes of stone archway, you can feel the charm of the years everywhere.

5. Sijing Ancient Town

Sijing Ancient Town is located in Songjiang District, Shanghai. Sijing ancient town has a long history and is called "the root of Shanghai". Since the formation of Northern Song Dynasty, it has a history of nearly 1000 years. Sijing was called Huibo Village in the early days, and was renamed Qijian Village in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was not until the mid-Yuan Dynasty that it was officially named Sijing, because Waibo Well, Tongbo Well, Tokyo and Zhangjing gathered here.

6. Luodian Ancient Town

Luodian Ancient Town is located in Baoshan District, Shanghai. Luo Sheng, a businessman, opened a shop here in the first year of Yuan Dynasty, forming a market, named after it. In the early Ming Dynasty, it became a big town, ranking first among the seven towns and five cities in Jiading County at that time, and was known as the "Golden Luodian". Neat riverbanks, rows of houses with herringbone roofs, snow-white walls, blue tiles, scarlet doors and windows, irregularly arranged portals and overhangs, a brand-new street along the river imitating the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Feng Jing Ancient Town

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