What is a water town like?

What the Chinese call "water towns" generally refers to "Jiangnan water towns".

The Jiangnan region of China is roughly defined as the area south of the Yangtze River in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangxi and Jiangsu, with major cities including Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Wuxi, etc.

The Jiangnan region of China is also known as the Jiangnan Water Town.

The South China region, with its warm environment, abundant precipitation, rivers and lakes, has always been China's richest land of fish and rice, and has developed a different flavor from that of the North, which is reflected in all aspects of life, culture, architecture and products.

Water town dress

Rural women living east of Suzhou, China, still retain their traditional folk costumes. They have always worn traditional dresses characterized by combing their hair, tying their headscarves, wearing patchwork shirts, patchwork pants, Cambodian skirts, wrapped bladders, and embroidered shoes, which are quite characteristic of the Jiangnan water towns.

Women in the water towns attach great importance to the combing and decoration of their heads, and they show their dexterity and dignified beauty by their black hair, large hair stays, numerous ornaments, supplemented by exquisite headgear and costumes.

The local characteristics of their costumes are very strong and the inheritance is stable, but with the change of seasons, age differences and the need for etiquette, and there are obvious differences.