Stay in a Wuzhen village hotel that resembles a Jiangnan painting

Hotel: Wuzhen Jianwuxiang Tanjiaqixiang Natural and Cultural Village Address: Tanjiaqiao, Hongqiao Village, Wuzhen, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province Walking through Tanjiaxi Lane is like walking into Mondrian’s geometric Jiangnan. The hotel retains a complete wooden beam structure, supported by exposed concrete walls. Bamboo screens filter out mottled light and shadows, and Podocarpus is planted in the patio of the old house, complementing the moss. The designer connected the seven alleys and five houses with corridors, which not only preserved the texture of the traditional village, but also made each public area a contemporary art gallery with changing scenery. When you come here, you must try the creative local dishes. The crab roe rice is cooked with five-year-old Huadiao wine to bring out its sweetness, and it is perfect when paired with Shaoxing wine lees ice cream. Here you can enjoy freshly made shepherd's purse and meat wontons with Wuzhen sister-in-law cakes, and a cup of hand-brewed coffee while watching the morning mist drift over the stone bridge. The summer-only bayberry smoothie uses Xianju bayberries freshly picked from local orchards. It is sour, sweet and refreshing, and can help relieve the summer heat. The hotel displays a replica of Mao Dun's manuscripts; the "Seven Volumes Tea Room" provides a Song Dynasty tea-making experience; and the sunken open-air theater screens old film reels every week. The most popular attraction is the 25-meter-long mirrored infinity pool. When you float in the pool and look up at the stars at night, the lights of Xizha on the opposite bank become the most beautiful background wall. Families with children can participate in intangible cultural heritage handicraft classes such as plant tie-dyeing and ancient blue printed cloth making.