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Introduction of main scenic spots in Wuzhen

Main attractions in Wuzhen: Dongzha Scenic Area, Zhaxi Scenic Area, Jiangnan Hundred Bed Museum, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Branch, Jiangnan Folk Museum, etc.

1, Dongzha Scenic Area

Dongzha Scenic Area was officially opened to the public on 200 1. The first phase of the scenic spot covers an area of about 0.46 square kilometers, with a protected building area of nearly 60,000 square meters and a sightseeing distance of 2 kilometers. It consists of Dongzha Old Street, Guanqian Street, Riverside Water Pavilion and Gallery shed. After the project is completed, it covers an area of about 1.98 square kilometers and has more than ten scenic spots.

2. Zhaxi Scenic Area

Zhaxi Scenic Area is located in West Street, adjacent to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, with expressways leading directly to Susu and Tongxiang, with convenient transportation. Unlike Dongzha, which focuses on sightseeing, Tashi focuses on business travel and leisure vacation.

It covers an area of 4.92 square kilometers, with more than 9,000 meters of rivers and 72 ancient bridges. The density of rivers and the number of stone bridges are the highest in ancient towns in China. The buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties were 250,000 square meters, the length of Zhaxi Old Street was 1.8km, and the waterfront pavilions on both banks were extended1.8km.. In the north, there are over 50,000 square meters of natural wetlands.

3. Jiangnan Hundred Bed Museum

Jiangnan Hundred Bed Museum is the first museum in China that specializes in collecting and displaying ancient beds in Jiangnan. Located at No.210 East Street, also known as Zhaojiating, with an area of about 1200 square meters. Dozens of ancient beds in Zhang Mingqing and modern Jiangnan were collected and exhibited here.

In the first exhibition hall, there are: large tubular frame beds of horseshoe feet, etc. Using wooden frame structure, emphasizing the line image of furniture modeling; In the second exhibition hall, there is A Qing Buqian Gong Chuang, which is made of boxwood. It is 2 17 cm long, 366 cm deep and 292 cm high. It is made of three folds of * * *, which took three years to carve and cost more than a thousand workers, hence the name.

4. Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas

Jiangsu and Zhejiang Branch, known as Zhejiang Branch in Ming Dynasty, is a unique government agency in Wuzhen history. He is responsible for patrolling salt and catching thieves, and also manages local lawsuits, commonly known as Er Fu yamen. It lasted more than 370 years from its establishment in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty to its cancellation in the early years of the Republic of China.

5. Jiangnan Folk Museum

Jiangnan Folk Museum shows the folk customs of Wuzhen from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, such as birthday celebration etiquette, marriage and childbearing customs, seasons of the year and so on. The wax figure created a living wedding. The costume customs museum shows the folk costume customs of Jiangnan more than 100 years ago through different means such as objects, wax figures and photos.

The Folk Festival Museum displays the folk customs of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River through the different living customs of Wuzhen people in different solar terms in a year, such as Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming Xiangshi, Changxia Hengren, Dragon Boat Festival, Shuilong Festival, Wild Silkworm Change, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang Denggao, and ancestor worship in winter.

The wedding custom museum focuses on the wedding ceremony and displays lively wedding scenes through the couple, matchmaker, parents, sedan chair, dowry and other physical figures. With the theme of the birthday of the elderly, Shousutang displays auspicious scenes, calligraphy and painting, birthday cakes, birthday peaches, birthday noodles and other birthday items in the hall.