Xiemabridge|A lesser-known secret place accessible by subway around Shanghai
I guess many people have never heard of the name Xiemabridge, this village belongs to Qiandeng Town, Kunshan, although the main road is only 500 meters long, it is the most utopian secret village around Shanghai.
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🚣Old buildings turned into trendy art
Xiemabridge itself has a long history, it was a place where Han Shizhong, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, passed by with his troops to recuperate his horses, and later they built a bridge on the river.
✨So many houses in the village are mottled, full of the sense of time, the small bridge and flowing water are filled with the charm of the whole Jiangnan.
✨But what's different from other ancient towns is
⚠️There are no sausages, big squids, no messy billboards and hawking, it feels like the business is centered on art and literature
1⃣️There are many coffee shops and teahouses
Each one is so beautiful! Built by the river, whether it's the exterior or the interior, there are Japanese-style with floor-to-ceiling glass, and also classical wooden windows with awning boats.
A foot garden also chose to open a shop here~
2⃣️Pottery, woodworking and other experiences
There are not many tourists, but there are many children who come to experience pottery, as well as woodworking, guqin, bookstores and so on...
3⃣️All kinds of homestays
At first, I accidentally entered a homestay when taking pictures, and then I observed carefully and found that there are hidden homestays everywhere, and the styles are all different, not the uniform rural tourism or the common white Mediterranean
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Play time:
Pure photography is enough for 1 hour
But it is strongly recommended to sit down in a few shops and daze, there are camping, bonfire and so on here, giving people a sense of the atmosphere of Lijiang and Dali, you know what I'm talking about😅
Transportation:
🚇Subway Line 17 transfer to Kunshan 136/C11, about 2 hours
🚗Self-driving about 45 minutes, there is a parking lot
The ancient village of Xiemaqiao, which lives in Kunshan, is about an hour's drive from Shanghai. It is a small village. It has been rebuilt, with small rivers, stone bridges, wooden bridges, and small scenery. It is also decorated with coffee, bookstores, and tea rooms. Most of the young people are worth soaking in the afternoon.
Xiema Bridge - a traditional village near Kunshan Qiandeng, the scenery is not elegant at all in the surrounding ancient towns, if you want to feel the scenery of Jiangnan Water Town, you may wish to come and stroll. There are not many people here, and there are still a lot of original old houses. The indispensable thing is the small bridge and flowing water. There are some cafes on both sides, so you can rest and taste it. There are also several memorial halls, which feel better than those in Qiandeng Ancient Town. There is also a Parkson family restaurant at the entrance of the village. I don't know how to taste. I watched a lot of cars parked outside to eat.
Going to a rural food trip, Suzhou "Parkson family", Shanghai "one foot garden" opened to Kunshan "Xima Bridge". In the east of Qingpu District, Shanghai, in 2014, it was selected as "Chinese traditional village", new village, Xingwen Tourism, Xiema Bridge is located in the southeast of Qiandeng Town, and is named because of the Southern Song Dynasty anti-jin famous general "Han Shizhong" in this Tunbing rest. It focuses on the characteristics of ancient villages, ancient bridges, agricultural culture, there are homestays, theaters, and vegetable gardens. Meet Kunshan, Yuan "Parkson Family", pink wall and Daiwa, small bridge and flowing water, pillow water people, eyes can see, are the beautiful style of the ancient village, listen to Pingtan, watch Daiwa, watch the flowing water, see the smoke, eat authentic Suwei farmhouse food. [View] New countryside, small bridge and flowing water people, ancient town archway. [Fun] Coffee shop, private kitchen, ancient stage, homestay, changing cruise experience. [Cost-effective] Affordable, simple, farmhouse dishes are very fragrant, there are vegetables for sale.
The ancient villages of Jiangnan Water Township are perfectly combined with characteristic homestays, cafes, bookstores, etc.
Xiemaqiao Village, as the name implies, is named because there is an ancient bridge named Xiema Bridge in the north of the village. According to legend, Han Shizhong, a famous anti-jin general in the Southern Song Dynasty, brought soldiers to this place. Seeing that the water and grass were abundant and the land was fertile, he let the team rest and raise the horse. In order to facilitate the movement of Shipu River, he built a Xiema Bridge on the river. Green brick small tile head wall, corridor hanging flower grid windows, Xiemaqiao Village, a typical Jiangnan small village, it is a "long-shaped water system" through the north and south, the village along the river in a belt-shaped space layout, forming the Jiangnan water town "water street dependence, narrow alley deep" traditional style pattern.