2009年12月8日星期二

Old & Water Town--Wuzhen



Wuzhen, a famous old and water town well known as the “Rice and Fish Town”, and the “Silk Town”, is located in the north of Tongxiang City of Zhejiang Province in China. Besides, it is also situated at the center of the triangle formed by Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing. The town lies at the Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou Alluvial Plain, and there are interlaced rivers without any hills.
Wuzhen covers an area of 71.19 sq .km and has a total population of 60.000 and permanent residents of 12.000. It was divided into four zones by the cross-shaped river, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal running across the town had made it the only ancient water town adjacent to the canal. In addition, because of the warm and humid climate, and abundant rainfalls and sunshine, the products there are rich.

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