Which is more fun, Wuzhen or Zhouzhuang?

Both are water towns, each with its own merits! 1. Zhouzhuang! Speaking of Zhouzhuang, we can't help but mention this bridge. The bridges in Zhouzhuang are antique, with different shapes, which are intriguing: Zhenfeng Bridge is poetic and melodious, Fuan Bridge is the tower wall, and the most famous one is undoubtedly Shuangqiao. Shuangqiao is located in the center of Zhouzhuang, on the river crossing the river, arranged at right angles, and the locals call it the "key bridge". When the famous oil painter Chen Yifei painted this bridge, it was collected by the American oil magnate, and later the oil magnate gave it to Deng Xiaoping when he visited China. Since then, Zhouzhuang is famous for its double bridges. Zhouzhuang's "well" shaped channel constitutes the charm of the water town. All the water lanes are crowded with tourists, and all the rivers are rippling on canoes. People in Zhouzhuang are built by water, and there are many deep houses with white walls and tiles, as well as small waterside pavilions with carved beams and painted buildings. Especially in Shentang and Kaitang, the momentum is extraordinary. After a hundred years, the charm remains the same. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River who lived in Zhouzhuang, once invested in the construction of the Nanjing City Wall of13 for the Ming Dynasty, but he finally offended Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and was exiled to Yunnan, where he died. Today, Shen Shi Guild Hall is still here, and the tragic story of the protagonist in this weighty ancient residence makes people think, adding a heavy atmosphere to Zhouzhuang's living water bridge. There are many people who have painted Zhouzhuang, and the unique perspective needs you to appreciate and discover slowly. Transportation: There are long-distance buses to Zhouzhuang in Shanghai, Suzhou, Kunshan and Qingpu. Accommodation: The price of private hotels is generally around 60 yuan/day, which can be bargained. In peak season, the price sometimes rises to more than 100 yuan. If you have enough money, you can choose to live in Zhengutang, which is a typical family inn in Jiangnan water town. Originally the former residence of educator Mr. Shen Tilan, it is a quadrangle building with Ming and Qing styles. The price is 280 yuan/day. 2. Wuzhen Wuzhen has typical characteristics of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, completely retaining the original style and pattern of water towns in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Taking the river as the street, connecting the street and the bridge, building by the river and integrating water and town, the architectural elements with unique charm in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Shui Ge, Bridge, Shiban Lane and Mao Dun's former residence, are organized, which embodies the humanistic thought of "harmony is beauty" in China's classical houses and presents the spatial charm of the ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River with the overall beauty of harmonious coexistence of its natural environment and humanistic environment. Wuzhen is located in Tongxiang City, the northern plain of Zhejiang Province. It takes more than an hour by car to take the expressway from Hangzhou. Here, the flat terrain, dense rivers and scattered ripples make Wuzhen have a strong water town feature, giving people an elegant but unobtrusive, fresh and uncomplicated natural beauty. Although Wuzhen has experienced more than two thousand years of vicissitudes, it still completely retains the original style and pattern of the ancient water town. The whole town is connected by a river and a bridge street. Houses are built along the river, with deep houses and courtyards, high ridges and high eaves. Langfang has a river port, an arcade, bamboo and stone fences across the street, and a water pavilion by the river. It is antique, integrated with water and towns, showing a quaint, clean and quiet school. It is a typical "small bridge and flowing water family" in Jiangnan. In the layout of Wuzhen, because it has historically spanned two provinces (Zhejiang and Jiangsu), three places (Jiaxing, Huzhou and Suzhou) and seven counties (Wucheng, Gui 'an, Chongde, Tongxiang, Xiushui, Wujiang and Zhenze) as well as the accumulation and precipitation of Wuyue culture, it is conceptually obviously influenced by China's traditional Confucian culture and canal business culture. Confucian culture often rejects the popular geomantic theory in architecture, so it is rare to see inclined doors and left roads, shadow walls and shadow walls to avoid haste, or symbolic towns like "Taishan Shi Gandang" are placed on the road, but all kinds of houses are clear, multi-axis, simple and orderly. In addition, I also visited the Luger Tea House, the workshop where senior engineers make a living, the Hongyuantai Dyeing House and other commercial buildings. Huiyuan Pawnshop is located in Changfeng Street, where there is a secret word "Dang", and the counter is 1.8 meters high, which has a strong commercial atmosphere. This is also very different from other ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The uniqueness of Wuzhen lies in that some houses along the river extend to the river surface, with wooden stakes or columns at the bottom on the riverbed and beams on the shelves. This is called "Shui Ge", which is the unique feature of Wuzhen. When people walk into Wuzhen and walk on the narrow streets paved with bluestone slabs, they will feel a kind and natural feeling when they see all kinds of houses on both sides and villagers still living in the houses. As a historical ancient town, Wuzhen, whether it is the whole ancient town or Guanqian Street, embodies the overall beauty of harmonious coexistence of human environment and natural environment. The most striking feature of Wuzhen is the exhibition of wooden beds since Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is located in a big house at the head of the town, with all kinds of wooden beds, from wealthy businessmen to ordinary people, and from one bed to one bed, there are many rooms (including dressing rooms, toilets, servants' rooms, etc. ) This exhibition is the epitome of China's bed culture, which has the luxury of aristocrats and the frugality of ordinary people. Recommended itinerary in Wuzhen (one-day tour in Wuzhen): get on the bus at the consultation point of Wushan Square at 7:30 in the morning, stop at Hangzhou Tourism Distribution Center (Huanglong) at 8:00 in the morning, and leave after the individual group, visit Hangzhou Baiju original production area protection area, taste chrysanthemum tea for free, and go directly to Wuzhen scenic spot: visit Caishen Bay, Jiangnan Baichuang Museum, Folk Museum, Traditional Brewing Workshop, Dyeing Workshop, Jiangnan Woodcarving Museum, etc. The retail price of scenic spot tickets is 100 yuan, children under1.4 meters are free of charge, children under 1. 1.4 meters, senior citizen's card, military officer's card, journalist's card, disability card, retirement card, national tour guide card and travel agency manager's qualification certificate.