Xitang Geographical Location Xitang is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Jiashan is located at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.
Within 0/00km from Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou/KLOC, the transportation is convenient. Expressway, National Highway 320 and Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway pass through the territory, and can be reached by car and train. Xitang is located at the north of Jiashan 10 km, which can be reached by bus for 20 minutes.
Xitang is an ancient town with a history of thousands of years. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this was the meeting place of wuyue, so it was called "Wugen Crossing the Corner" and "Crossing Jiao Jia". The biggest difference between Xitang and other ancient water towns is that there is a promenade in the street near the river in the ancient town, with a total length of nearly 1000 meters, just like the promenade in the Summer Palace.
Xitang, an ancient town, covers an area of 1 km2. Nine rivers crisscross the ancient town area, dividing the ancient town into eight blocks, among which 27 ancient bridges connect the towns. In the long spring, summer, autumn and winter, sunshine, rain and snow years, the ancient town has always presented a changing painting of water town customs, in which "people are in the water, bridges are on the water, pedestrians are walking on the bridge, boats are walking under the bridge, shops are standing at the bridge head, and there are reflections in the water".
Xitang Xitang is located in the water network. The residents here cherish the land as much as gold. Whether it is a commercial house or a residential building, they care about the area inch by inch during construction, and the spacing between houses is minimized, thus forming more than 20 narrow alleys with a length of 100 meters and a width of less than 1 meter, forming a number of "first days". At the same time, the names of streets and lanes vividly reflect the prosperity of commerce and the characteristics of ancient towns and lanes, such as Mixingdai, Dengzhu Street, Youche Lane, Chaitan Lane and Shipilong, which are directly related to the commerce and architecture of that year.
At night in Xitang, the corridor shed built along the river is the most attractive. The streets here are built by the river, and the business of shops is also done by the river. In the past, farmers in water towns traveled by river instead of by boat, and many transactions could only be carried out on the shore of the boat. As a result, a special kind of building, the veranda shed, came into being. It connects rivers and shops, which can shelter from the wind and rain and be passed down from generation to generation. The utility corridor is a unique building in the water town. Xitang has reserved a veranda with a length of more than 1.300 meters, which has become a leisure feast for contemporary people to enjoy ancient exploration.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Xitang had formed a village. By the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xitang had developed into a prosperous market town by virtue of the land of plenty, the economic foundation of the Silk Road and the convenience of waterways. Kiln industry, rice market, food and ceramics industry are booming. Many ancient houses existing in the ancient town are the crystallization of the ancestors of the ancient town who became rich at that time. At the beginning, the passage of Xitang was mainly by waterway, and there was little external interference, so Xitang can perfectly preserve the ancient town so far and let the inheritance of ancestors continue.
Xitang is a civilian town, everything is so simple, without the prosperity of Zhouzhuang, the richness of the south and the strong commercial atmosphere! But the unique charm of Xitang intoxicated overnight travelers! [Edit this paragraph] Xitang Historical and Cultural Xitang-a thousand-year-old town inhabited, a list of world historical and cultural heritage protection areas, the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, and the most attractive film and television base in the water town. Xitang, with a long history, rich human resources and beautiful natural scenery, is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture.
The ancient town of Tang Xi, located in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, is located at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai provinces, and has been called "Wugen Crossing the Corner" since ancient times. Xitang town covers a total area of 79.37 square kilometers, of which Guzhen District covers an area of 1.0 1 square kilometer, with a population of nearly 80,000.
According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu of the State of Wu built water conservancy projects, transported salt and dug Wuzitang, so that the water north of Xushan (now southwest of Jiashan County 12) reached the territory directly, so Xitang was also called Xutang. Because Xitang is flat, it is Ma Pingchuan, also called Pingchuan and Xietang. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of villages were built. People built houses along the river and lived by the water. In the Southern Song Dynasty, villages gradually became larger and formed a market. In the Yuan Dynasty, the market towns prospered by water gradually formed, and commerce began to flourish. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has developed into a handicraft and commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River. "Spring and Autumn Flowing Water, Towns in Tang and Song Dynasties, Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Modern People" is the most appropriate description of Xitang. [Edit this paragraph] Xitang Xitang has a flat geographical position, dense rivers and a very quiet natural environment. Nine rivers meet in the town, dividing the town into eight plates, and many bridges connect the water towns together. In ancient times, it was called "Dragon Embracing Beads" and "Four Winds". There are many well-preserved buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties in the ancient town area, which have high artistic and research value and have attracted the attention of experts and scholars who study ancient buildings at home and abroad. Bird's eye view of the town, the mist is like gauze, the powder walls on both sides are towering, and the tile houses are reflected. In the evening, the setting sun shines obliquely, the fishing boat sings late, the lights are bright and the wine is overflowing. The whole ancient water town is picturesque, and people are in it. Suddenly, Taoyuan Qiongyao, I don't know whether people are traveling in a world of pictorial or painting in my heart. [Edit this paragraph] Xitang Traffic Guide 1. There are signs at the intersection of Hangzhou National Highway 320 and Jiashan, and drive north along Yanshan Highway 15 minutes.
2. From Shanghai to Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway, get off at Jiashan Dayun Exit Station and take Jiang Shan Highway directly.
3. After getting off the train from Shanghai to Jiashan, you can buy a ticket for 4 yuan Money at the bus station. You can take the Iveco bus with seat 10, which can go directly to Xitang. If you take CMB, you can buy a ticket for Xitang for 3 yuan, and you need to make a stop on the way. [Edit this paragraph] Xitang Accommodation Xitang Accommodation can be divided into three types: ancient houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties, waterfront inns and modern hotels.
1, Ancient Dwellings: It can best reflect the ancient rhyme characteristics of ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River.
Most of the Ming and Qing ancient houses in the scenic area are located in the inner courtyard of a deep lane with a deep courtyard. All the furniture is antique. Although it is not close to the water, the house is spacious and can deeply understand the ancient rhyme life of the aristocratic family in the ancient town. It's quiet and the cheapest. Sleeping in the carved bed for a hundred years, smelling the smell of water town in the air, gradually sleeping, intoxicating.
Xueyuan Yaju and Shende Hall are both typical buildings in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty, and they are the residence of the royal family in Xitang, an ancient town. Xiyuan Yaju is located on the west side of Xiyuan in the scenic spot. All the houses are antiques, and the boss keeps his word. He lives in Xiyuan Landscape Room and can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Xiyuan Scenic Area for free. There are many musical instruments in Shendetang, and musicians often learn from each other. Chen's former residence (Youth Hostel) front yard bar (bar near the water) backyard, charming night, living in the yard behind the bar, very quiet; Zunwentang itself is a scenic spot, hidden in Shipilong. The "century-old land pattern" in the hall is a national monument; Ruyi building inn is decorated from an ancient house. If you live in Ruyi Building, you can visit the Drunk Garden for free. Tongcun Inn is an old house built in Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty. Its owner is a folk artist who has the unique skill of writing with both hands. These inns are the oldest inns in Xitang Scenic Area and have a good reputation among donkey friends.
2. Waterfront: Living by water, with the characteristics of Jiangnan water town.
The characteristics of this kind of inn are: generally converted from residential houses, with low houses and little room space. Linjiang houses in the central area (between Yongning Bridge and Huanxiu Bridge) have more ornamental value, especially the Linjiang houses in West Street, which are really close to the water, but the house prices are quite high and not affordable. Most waterfront inns are located by the river, but they are not really waterfront. The price is moderate.
3. Hotel category: modern features.
The characteristics of this kind of inn: some of them are built outside the scenic spot, and the scale is generally relatively large. It is mainly a double standard room, which can accommodate dozens of teams at the same time. For example, Xitang Hotel and Laifeng Inn.
The prices of these rooms are around 70 yuan at ordinary times 100 yuan, which has been improved on weekends and holidays.
Rooms can be booked online, but the price is generally more expensive, which is somewhat different from that introduced online. It is suggested that friends in go on road trip can make a field trip before making a decision.
In addition, in the off-season of tourism, the accommodation price of the waterfront inn in the town can be discussed with the store. [Edit this paragraph] Xitang specialty snacks, such as yellow wine, steamed pork with lotus leaf powder, Bazhen cake, stinky tofu, Fen lake crab, zongzi, malt cake, roasted fresh meat, smoked green beans, kohlrabi with honey sauce, white water fish and cicada wrapped meat, are all characteristics of Xitang.
Special snacks:
(1) Malt cake, that is, long summer cake, is a seasonal snack with the custom of Xitang for thousands of years. Butyl malt cake is made of glutinous rice flour, black sesame, red bean, walnut kernel, white sugar and Chinese herbal medicines such as fennel and malt by traditional techniques. Butyl malt cake is soft, non-sticky and non-paste, with strong fennel flavor, which greatly increases appetite. It can help digestion, reduce blood fat and prolong life. It is a good gift for friends to respect the elderly.
(2) According to legend, there was a rich man named Jia in Xitang of the Ming Dynasty who had been married for a long time and had no children. Later, someone instructed him to do good deeds, build roads and bridges, so that everyone can stop at the bridge when building the bridge. The rich businessman also gave birth to a child that year, so the bridge was named "Songzi Laifeng Bridge". After the renovation, sit in Xitang, a thousand-year-old town, facing south. The rich businessman held a grand banquet when celebrating his son's birthday. There was a main course at the banquet, namely hoof. Everyone named it "Send Dragon Feet" to celebrate. Since then, this dish has been used as the main course of family reunion all over Fiona Fang, which means early birth and auspicious reunion. Send a dragon's hoof High-quality pork leg meat, with dozens of ancestral condiments, is cooked, steamed, simmered and simmered repeatedly. The meat is crisp, tender and boneless, fat but not greasy, and delicious.
(3) Steamed pork with lotus leaf powder is a traditional dish in ancient town, with various flavors. It is made of appropriate pork belly, spiced fried rice noodles, bean curd skin and fresh lotus leaves, with seasonings such as clove, star anise, soy sauce and sweet noodle sauce. This dish has a unique flavor, crisp and waxy meat, fragrant but not greasy. It can be used as a snack and wine, and can give full play to the pharmacological effects of lotus leaf in relieving summer heat, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding.
(4) Noodles are the staple food of northerners, and the method is generally simple and pure. For southerners, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, noodles are usually snacks for a change, so special attention is paid to the collocation of accessories, and many things are often added, such as belly slices, shredded eel, beef and so on. To make more fabrics with rich flavor and nutrition. Xitang people are notoriously particular about making noodles. Noodles should be cooked in two pots at the same time, one pot cooks noodles and the other pot fries accessories. The auxiliary materials commonly used by Xitang people are belly slices, shredded eel and homemade fried fish. Put the cooked noodles in another pot, add water to the belly slices and shredded eel, and cook together for 2-3 minutes. After the noodles are cooked, the soup is delicious and the noodles somersault.
(5) After the broad beans are listed every year, they are dried, dried tangerine peel, pepper, cooking wine, salt, fennel, etc. Boil it with dried broad beans to make the taste quickly and completely enter the beans, then take it out, roll it with licorice powder, and put it in a large pot to fry it until it is 70% to 80% dry, so as to make crispy and delicious spiced beans, which will become a good product after meals.
(6) Xitang people have always loved to drink some yellow rice wine, so there have been many large and small yellow rice wine workshops in Xitang history. Jiashan Winery is the largest single yellow rice wine producer in China, located in the north of Tangxi Town. The factory strictly controls the quality, and produces more than 20 varieties of Hu Fen series, such as carved flowers, good wine and yellow wine, which have mild, mellow and unique tastes and become the best products for modern people to exchange feelings and give gifts to relatives and friends.
(7) Bazhen cake is made of eight kinds of medicinal materials, such as yam, poria cocos, Euryale euryales, rice kernels, wheat teeth, lentils, lotus seeds and hawthorn, refined with high-quality glutinous rice flour and white sugar. This kind of cake is green, black and crisp. It was very popular at first because it can eliminate malnutrition in children. Later, because of its exquisite selection of materials, fine processing, sweet taste and spleen and stomach benefits, it became a famous spot in the south of the Yangtze River and enjoyed a high reputation for more than 100 years.
(8) Xitang Zongzi has many flavors, such as fresh meat, red bean paste, lard and red beans. Although Zongzi is a snack in many places, Xitang Zongzi has become one of the traditional tourism products in small towns because of its good rice, more fragrant and glutinous, and tightly tied.
(9) June Red refers to the river crabs produced in the summer of June in the lunar calendar. The crab of "June Red" is only as big as an egg. The crab meat is tender, the crab fat is dripping with oil, and the shell is thin. When steamed in clear water, it is dark red, hence the name. There is also a saying in Hangjiahu called "No matter how poor you are, don't forget June Red", which is a praise for the "June Red" river crab.
Xitang catering
Dried mushroom barbecue (when ordering, it is required that the skin is hairless, the fat is not too much, and students who don't like sweets can ask for less sugar)
Salt and pepper pumpkin (dessert, fried)
Cicada wrapped in a garden (the thin tofu skin contains vegetables and meat stuffing, and the delicious standard depends on the soup. A good soup should be delicious)
River crab (eaten with Jiang Mo and sugar dipped in vinegar)
Wonton old duck pot (order this dish for more than three people)
Minced meat blooms in the wild (smooth and tender)
Boiled chicken (this dish is not sweet)
Malantou (a local wild vegetable, I like cold salad very much)
Snacks: mung bean soup, steamed pork with lotus leaf powder, bean curd flower, large and small wonton, smoked green beans, tied meat, rice dumplings, euryale seed cake, orange cake and stinky tofu.
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Others:
Delicious and cheap places: Butyl, Mao Mao, Laopinfang. There is good beef in Mao Mao's cold dishes.
White water fish in the morning: freshwater fish, with many thorns, average taste and high price. Not recommended.
I don't recommend xiang tang Hotel, Ming and Qing Cuisine and Tang Yifeng. Also, don't go into a hotel where there are people soliciting guests at the door and no one is inside.
Another village, Qiantangjia, Xitangjia, Laojie ... These places are average, so you can try them. The food in another village is obviously not as delicious as before. Qiantang people are always so expensive, and they have to wait for seats. ...
The best in the world: this place is like a legend, hehe, I like it because it is open 24 hours a day, convenient to eat and tastes good, but the service attitude is extremely average. I quarreled in it last time. Hey, why do you want to say it again?
The Gordon Euryale Seed Cake, Walnut Cake and Orange Cake of the Forest Family may be a little more expensive than those of some families, but they can be compared by eating and watching, and the taste is delicate and not too sweet.
Shuangqiao's "Qian's Tofu Flower" is recommended to drink salty, but the sweet one is that it has no other ingredients except sugar, which is a loss ~ ~ ~
When drinking carved flowers, add ginger and sugar to boil, but don't boil.
Try not to put that lantern in the river, because the candle will sink into the river with pollutants, and the wish on the river will come true ~ ~ ~
Tickets are valid on the same day, and it is a waste not to look at small attractions.
Ma Lao's steamed pork with lotus leaf powder is good. It's more expensive, but it's also a little bigger. If you want to eat it hot now, you can peel it off and put it in a bag to eat it cold.