Xitang

Xitang

Immovable Culture Heritage

The ancient town Xitang is located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, 11 kilometers away from the county seat of Jiashan. It is one of the six ancient towns south of the Yangtze River.Take the train from Shanghai to Jiashan after getting off, take the minibus to Xitang 3.5 yuan.Xitang is an ancient town with a history of one thousand years.As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the intersecting place of Wu and Yue, so it was known as "Yue Jiao" and "Yue Jiao People's House".The Yuan Dynasty initially formed the market.The biggest difference between Xitang and other ancient water towns lies in the fact that all the riverside streets in the ancient town have corridors-nearly a kilometer in length, just like the long corridors-in the Summer Palace.Traveling in Xitang, you don't get wet in rainy days, and you don't get sunburnt in sunny days.

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