The great part about the "preserved" part of Zhouzhuang is that it's gated
off to cars. I only went there to visit China tours for a day but I
could have easily stayed one or two nights here just walking around and taking
in the sites. Most buildings here are easily hundreds of years old--some of them
opened to the public for viewing since some are the homes of old famous scholars
or poets. It's truly a beautiful place to just take a stroll in.
The best experience I had in Zhouzhuang is to be able to drink some
tranditional Chinese wines, rice wine and yellow wine, in a very old style
Chinese bar. It matches all my imagines about the acient Yangtze River
cruises style bar I have read in those old Chinese novels.
At the south of the Zhouzhuang water town near to the temple area, you can
witness a huge bridge across the Shangri-la
tour lake which surrounds the entire town of Zhouzhuang. There is a
pavillion where you can take a rest and admire the scenery here.
At the southern end of the water town of Zhouzhuang lies a very beautiful
temple with pavillions, lake and huge colourful gardens. You have to visit this
place to truely experience the beauty, which is Shanghai
tours typical of the classical scenery of this part of China which
the Chinese people called "Jiang Nan" (which means south of the river i.e. the
moghty Yangtze River).
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