What are the architectural features of Wuzhen?

The buildings in Wuzhen are mainly brick and wood structures in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Up to now, more than 200,000 square meters of Ming and Qing buildings have been preserved. A large number of deep houses are the great wealth of old businessmen and the secret world of officials. Looking from an inconspicuous gate, there are labyrinthine corridors and auditoriums. The stone carvings, brick carvings and wood carvings on the doors and windows of Liangzhu are exquisite and magnificent. There is a unique Guanyin pocket and horse head wall on the roof, which is both fire-proof and windproof, like the five mountains in the sky, symmetrical left and right, high and dangerous.

Wuzhen is surrounded by the river, connected by streets and bridges, built by the river, and integrated with water and town. Shui Ge, Bridge, Shiban Lane, Mao Dun's former residence and other architectural elements with unique charm in the south of the Yangtze River are organized, which embodies the overall beauty of "harmony is beauty", the harmonious coexistence of natural environment and human environment, and presents the spatial charm of the ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

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Wuzhen has a long history. According to the textual research on the ancient cultural site of Tanjiawan in the suburb of Wuzhen, the ancestors of Wuzhen flourished there about 7000 years ago. At that time, it belonged to Majiabang culture in Neolithic Age.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wuzhen was the border of wuyue, where the State of Wu stationed troops to guard against the state of Yue, which was called "Wu Shu" in history.

During the Qin Dynasty, Wuzhen belonged to Huiji County, bounded by Chexi (now Shihe River), Wu Dun in the west, Wucheng County in the east and Qingdun in the east, and was divided and ruled by the county and Wuzhen. Later, Wuzhen was under the jurisdiction of Huzhou and Jiaxing in Zhejiang, or Suzhou in Jiangsu.

During the Tang Dynasty, Wuzhen belonged to Suzhou Prefecture. Hou Liang belongs to the same country and belongs to wuyue. Xiuzhou was established in the fifth year of Tianfu at the end of Jin Dynasty (940), and Qingdun belonged to Lixiuzhou in Jiaxing County.

In the third year of Song Chunhua (992), Wuzhen belonged to Huzhou in Wucheng. In the tenth year of Xining (1077), Wu Tong, Yongxin and Qingfeng in the west of Jiaxing County belonged to Chongde County, and Qingzhen was in Qingfeng Township, which belonged to Xiuzhou in Chongde. In the early years of Yuanfeng, there were records of Wudun Town and Qingdun Town. Later, it was renamed Wuzhen and Qingzhen to avoid light. During the years of Jiading, Jiaxing was promoted to the army, and Qingzhen was transferred from Chongde Army to Jiaxing. In the second year of Baoqing (1226), Huzhou was changed to Anji, and Wuzhen was changed to Wucheng County, Anji Prefecture. In the Song Dynasty, the town set up a supervision ban on fire and wine taxes, recruited soldiers and practiced martial arts to prevent thieves and bandits.

In the 14th year of Yuan Dynasty (1277), Wuzhen was located in Wucheng County, Huzhou Road, and Qingzhen was located in Chongde County, Jiaxing Road. The town was set up for inspection.

In the fifth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1430), it was analyzed that the six townships of Chongde County, namely, fundraising, Qianjin, Baoning, Qingfeng, Yongxing and Wu Tong, were located in Tongxiang County, which belongs to Qingzhen, and were placed under Jiaxing Prefecture. Wuzhen still belongs to Huzhou Prefecture of Urumqi. This affiliation has not changed since the Qing Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zhejiang Branch and Jiangsu Branch were set up in Wuzhen to exercise the functions of a government office as a small town.

In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), Wu and Qing towns were still divided.

1950 In May, Wu and Qing towns merged and became Wuzhen, which belonged to Tongxiang County and Jiaxing.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuzhen