Old Waterside Town-Xitang Travel in China
Xitang , a famous ancient town at home and abroad, is situated in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. The total distance is 11 kilometers from scenic spots to the county. Xitang is a time-honored cultural and historical ancient town with more than one thousand years. It was inter-sectant area between Wu state and Yue state. Up to period of Yuan Dynasty, this place became a market center. The most distinctive difference from other ancient waterside towns is this waterside long corridor. The total length of this corridor is more than one-thousand meters like the long corridor in Summer Palace. Traveling in Xitang, travelers can avoid the rains and sunshine.
The physiognomy of Xitang is plain with dense rivers and quiet natural environment. There are 9 rivers going across here and dividing this town into 8 districts. And a great many ancient bridges join these zones together. There are also many well-preserved ancient architectures of Ming and Qing Dynasties in this ancient town. These architectures have high value for research. This ancient town offers travelers the poetic image for feeling the oriental charm in literature and arts.
Xitang, a living ancient town for more than thousand years is in the preparative list of world historical and cultural heritage. Xitang is the first group of Chinese historical and cultural town and famous scenic area. It is also the most charming waterside film base. Xitang has long history, rich cultural resources and beautiful natural, Xitang is also one of the origins of ancient Wu-Yue Culture. According to the stat. many famous high-officials came out from here. Yang Mao and Zhang Cheng were two authoritative masters of industrial arts of Yuan Dynasty. Their masterpieces are rare and classic now
Xitang is also famous for its diversities of bridges, lanes and corridors. Xitang preserved the harmonious relationship between nature and human very well, and it is a good place to study the folk culture of waterside towns in southern area of Yangtze River of China.
