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Wuzhen - Know More
In Wuzhen, the houses are built alongside the river banks, featuring different styles and delicate woodcarvings and stonework on girders, pillars, doors and windows. Thus come into being the typical scene of "little bridge, flowing river, and household" in areas south of Yangtze River. 
Among these the old street in the West Grid is one of the best preserved building complexes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Wuzhen is not only a famous water town with charming sceneries, but also boasts of numerous cultural celebrities in the history. During the period of Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, Wuzhen boasted almost 200 provincial graduates and metropolitan graduates. Lots of literators and calligraphers came to Wuzhen for study or settled down here. Such celebrities include Xie Lingyun, the inaugurator of China's landscape poetry, Shen Yue, the chief of the literary field in the Qi and Liang Dynasties, and Fan Chengda, one of the four great poets in the Resurgence period of South Song Dynasty. They had left precious cultural legacies for the later generations. There have been furthermore in modern times China's great literary master Mao Dun, caricaturist Feng Zikai, the legendary master of the overseas Chinese culture Sun Muxin, who went out of Wuzhen, and left their eternal footprints in Chinese and world history.
Wuzhen attracts more than two millions of tourists from both home and abroad each year. It has among the first batch of the Four A-level Scenic Areas appraised by the National Tourism Bureau, and has gained the "2003 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award".
Fanglu Pavilion
The most beautiful scene of Wuzhen is on rainy days. The waterside pavilions and corridors and the arched bridges, all shrouded in drizzle, make up a charming scene. Strolling with an umbrella along an old lane past the centuries-old wooden houses and seeing the rain flow off the engraved eaves that cover the doorways. The falling raindrops bring ripples on the river surfaces, while boats travel to and fro. All bring you an amazing experience.
Wuzhen people live a simple life. Many of them breed silkworms and raise chrysanthemums, and they have mostly retained the tradition of buying fruit and vegetables from trade boats through the windows of their waterside houses. They benefit from an inherited harmony of man and nature and enjoy the pleasing living environment that comes from social progress.
Wuzhen Food
Wuzhen food with strong local flavors, is quite popular among the tourists. Big restaurants and small street stalls offer a great variety of delicious local food. In some old restaurants, like Jiujiang Lou and Shanyang Guan restaurants visitors can try the famous local dish Steamed Pork Slices with Glutinous Rice Flour Wrapped in Lotus. Travelers can also choose to dine at one of the locals' homes, and it is a good chance to learn some Chinese. Food is simple but dining at a local's home may provide a quite different experience.
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