Zhujiajiao Acient Town

Anyone visiting Shanghai must visit at least one water town to make their time there complete. Zhujiajiao, located in a Shanghai suburb, is one of the best preserved water towns in the area, despite being 1,700 years old. Visitors simply must take a cruise on the canal, boating under 35 ancient mostly stone bridges lined with old-fashioned houses. Perhaps the most famous bridge is the 1571 Fangsheng Bridge with its five openings and eight dragons surrounding a pearl. Visitors also won’t want to miss the short North Street that is lined with Ming and Qing dynasty buildings. Also worth a visit is Kezhi Garden, Zhujiajiao’s largest memorial garden.

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Oriental Shanghai Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower is located in the Huangpu river of Shanghai and the tip of the mouth of Pudong Lujiazui. With its absolute height of 468 meters, it is the third highest tower in Asia. The Oriental Pearl Tower is located in the modern buildings of Lujiazui district. It shows the spectacular scenery of the international metropolis with the the Bund world architectural Expo. The Oriental Pearl Tower is one of the services of sightseeing, catering, shopping, entertainment, Pujiang tour, conference and exhibition, historical display, travel agency and so on. It has become one of the landmark buildings and tourist hotspots in Shanghai.

The eleven Oriental Pearl towers are glittering and dazzling with different sizes. From the blue sky to the grassy grassland, a dream picture of "big beads and small jade plates" is painted. The Oriental Pearl Tower, with its high-speed elevator travelling between three pillars of 9 meters in height, and the world's first 360 degree transparent three track elevator, which is suspended by Yu Lizhu, gives every visitor a full appreciation of the infinite scenery brought by modern technology.

Yu Garden is a famous classical garden in the south of the Yangtze River. Yu Garden was built in the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. It was built by Pan Yunduan, a cloth governor in Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty. It has a history of more than 400 years. When the Shanghai knives Association uprising was held in 1853, the Yu Garden spring hall was used as the North command of the rebel army. It displayed the weapons of the year's knives, coins that had been made by itself, and the cultural relics issued. After the liberation, the government carried out a large-scale renovation of Yu Garden, and officially opened to the public in 1961.

Jingguan Hall, also known as "Qingxue Hall", is the main hall of the Inner Garden. It has carved pillars and painted beams, and it is magnificent and spacious. The hall is 5 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep. There are two stone lions in front of the hall. There are two gold plaques in the hall, namely "Jingguan" and "Lingmaoshi". In the name of quiet observation, it takes the old saying "Everything is comfortable in quiet observation" and the meaning of "dynamic observation, flowing water and quiet observation of mountains". On the opposite side of the hall, there are many odd peaks, stacked and varied, such as Sanguan's longevity, White Deer's looking at the moon, Bat's flying, or Nine Lions'dribbling. It is said that by watching it quietly, more than 100 animal images can be distinguished. There are many hundred-year-old trees between Shifeng. Looking at a small courtyard in the east, there is a pool of water, winding corridors on both sides, shaded by trees, natural and elegant bamboo, deep environment.

During the development of Nanjing Road for more than 100 years, various styles of buildings have been created. The height of buildings is scattered and the interface of buildings is uneven. Because of the widening of roads, there is still a section of arcade buildings left behind. The pavement layout of Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street breaks the traditional cross section form, adopts a board layout, cancels up and down the street edge, changes the original narrow walking space, and adjusts the vertical section according to the indoor elevation, so as to ensure that the indoor floor is higher than the outdoor floor. In case of emergency, it can also be used as a rescue passage, while giving consideration to the establishment of blind roads and barrier-free facilities.

Zhujiajiao is a 47 square kilometers folded fan-shaped town, which is inlaid in the landscape of lakes and mountains. Some people compared her to Venice in Shanghai and others to a pearl on the lakeside of Dianshan. Now this bright pearl shines more brilliantly with the support of "Golden Jade Belt" - National Highway 318. As it is a thousand-year-old town, it was named one of the first four famous cultural towns by the Shanghai Municipal Government in 1991.

Zhujiajiao is famous because of its important geographical position. Zhujiajiao is situated at a transportation hub in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai provinces. Its geographical position is very superior. It is located in Hongqiao International Airport in the east, Kunshan in the north, Jiaxing in the south, Pingwang in the west, and the lower reaches of Dianshan Lake and Caogang River in the golden waterway. There are nine long streets stretching along the river, thousands of Ming and Qing buildings standing on the water, 36 stone bridges still exist and there are many places of interest and historic sites. After getting tired of all the artificial landscapes at the same price, people are surprised that there is a natural landscape in the suburbs of Shanghai, which is so well preserved with original flavor and real mountains and rivers. Here we can find a kind of enjoyment of returning to nature and advocating wild interest. Sanmao, a famous late Taiwanese writer, was fascinated by the pattern of "small bridges, running water and families", and was fascinated by the purity, quietness, picturesque everywhere and the poetry from time to time. After visiting the ancient town of Zhujiajiao, Wu Bangguo, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and deputy of the State Council, could not help but write down the words "Zhujiajiao, a famous historical town in the whole country".

At the same time, because of the natural scenery of "Xiaoqiao Running Water Natural Scenery, Original Ming and Qing Streets", many film and television directors can not help but be in the eye of many people, and flock to the ancient town of Shuixiang, the graceful style, one after another moved to the screen, television, sometimes several films and television at the same time, Zhu Jiajiajiajiao has become a hot spot of film and television competition at home and abroad, and has been praised as one of them. "Hollywood on the outskirts of Shanghai".

Zhujiajiao has not only a pleasant scenery, but also a long history. In 1958, in order to find iron, the townsmen had miraculously dried up Zhenbei Dadian Lake. At the bottom of the lake, people unexpectedly found a large number of Neolithic relics, which proved to be the cultural relics of Majiabang, Songze, Liangzhu and the Western Zhou to the Spring and Autumn Warring States Periods. In 1959, a large number of stone knives, stone ploughs, stone spinning wheels and printed pottery tablets were recovered in Dianshan Lake. These relics from the Neolithic to the Warring States Period prove that the ancestors of Zhujiajiajiao lived and worked here thousands of years ago.

The charming natural scenery of Zhujiajiao, a famous town, lies in a mountain and a lake. Zhujiajiao is a more charming and ancient town-specific cultural landscape. It is a bridge, a street, a temple, a temple, a hall, a hall, two gardens, three bays and twenty-six lanes.

Three Bays, namely, Sanyang Bay, Jiaozi Bay and Mituo Bay. Pedestrian streets, around the house, think that at the end of the road, right corner corner, a street market in front of us, people have a strange feeling of holes in the sky, this kind of strange turning in the old street landscape, is rare in other ancient towns, not Zhujiajiajiajiao can see.

Twenty-six lanes, in fact, are more than 26 ancient lanes in Zhujiajiao. Each street has lanes, lanes, lanes and lanes, forming a network chessboard pattern. The ancient lanes and lanes in Zhujiajiajiao are so famous that they can not be compared with other ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Traveling through the alleys, such as falling into a phantom, is interesting and interesting. Exploring the ancient and the secluded, and appreciating the taste of the northern Hutong style, it also has the same subtlety. In recent years, "Gulang Tourism" has become more and more popular with foreigners and foreigners, and it is a valuable virgin land to be further developed.

In addition to the scenery, Zhujiajiao also has a well-known "three more", that is, many celebrities, many buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, River ports, cable stones, teahouses.

First of all, there are many celebrities, mainly in Zhujiajiao's quiet environment and pleasant climate. It is a treasure land of Feng Shui for reading and learning. There are a lot of Confucian scholars and talented people. There are 16 scholars in Ming and Qing dynasties, including more than 40 people. Among them, Wang Chang, the scholar of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Lianqi, the novelist Lu Tuxi, the newspaper magnate Xizipei and the painter of monk's words and stones are well known.

Secondly, there are many buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Historically, many wealthy families and literati have built gardens and houses here. There are four or five hundred ancient houses in the town. Fire walls, stone storehouses and wall doors can be seen everywhere. "Sansi Fishing Village", "Wang Chang's Former Residence", "Fulu Suiyi". There are dozens of other places, such as Xishi Hall, Lushi Family, Chen Lianqi's former residence, Zhongjia Hall. There are countless buildings along the streets of Ming and Qing Dynasties, cornices, Daiwa Fen Wall and Ming and Qing Dynasties style, which constitute a painting scroll of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Thirdly, there are many river ports, cable stones and teahouses. Zhujiajiao is the hometown of water. There are many bridges and river ports, and there are numerous cable boat stones close to each other. The water bridges with different shapes, the various cable boat stones and the rivers and alleys of the whole town are full of the unique landscape of Jiangnan Water Town. They are interesting and interesting to observe carefully. They are simply history, cultural relics, architecture, customs and art. Composition of the complex. There are "two-sided beaches" with projected rocky revetments, and "one-sided beaches" with concave rocky revetments.“

Hightlights:

• Experience in local traditional town, what they eat and drink, how they do business;
• Take a cruise to have a panorama of the past and future of Shanghai, which is much more relaxing than walking or driving.

Route:

• Drive to Zhujiajiao ancient water town first, enjoy a traditional private garden (Kezhi yuan) which is nearly 100 years old, and then take a Gandola around the town, walk along the ancient streets, in which there are variety kinkds of handcrafts, snacks, souvenirs.
• Have lunch.
• Back to your hotel and have a rest.
• Cruise at night

Includes:

Local English-speaking guide; Air-conditioned car; Tickets for entrance--Kezhi yuan garden; Lunch (100 yuan per person included); common cruise ticket.

   If you want a private space, you could pay more for a private room or a yacht cruise, with or without dinner, it's up to you. But it’s necessary to book in advance.

Discount: if your group is more than 4 adults, you could get a certain discount.

Notice:

Guide will meet you at your centrally located hotel or other designated city center location and return to your same location.

(it's avaible to return to another location free of charge; but, drop off and pickup outside of central Shanghai, such as the airport, international cruise terminals, railway station, Shanghai Disney Area, Qingpu District, Jiading District, Chuansha District, or Songjiang District will incur extra fees.)

 Tips appreciated, but not required; Fees for extra hours’ work (10 hours included) are required.