Anchang Ancient Town

| Seeking the taste of the New Year. Yangshan Stone City →Anchang Ancient Town→ Narrow Tea Lake Ancient Canal Buying New Year's goods~ The strong New Year atmosphere, today is a happy day with cured food and historical culture. ①Go to Yangshan Stone City in the morning, which used to be a quarry, creating a stone city with strange rocks. It's very spectacular to look down from the top of the platform. ②10 minutes away, arrive at Anchang Ancient Town. In the twelfth lunar month, this word, which can only be seen in Lu Xun's novels now, is also completely preserved in Anchang. The water here is convenient, it used to be an economic town, many businessmen did business here and couldn't go home for the New Year, the local residents held activities in the twelfth lunar month to comfort their homesickness, there are various local snacks, which have been preserved to this day. This ancient town is also famous for its 'shiye', most of them come from Anchang Ancient Town. 'Shiye' was a profession in history, similar to the status of a consultant. Because they didn't have an official status, they could only sit in the back and listen to the trial. Once they found that the party's testimony was problematic, they would send a note. Renchang Soy Sauce Garden, a century-old soy sauce garden that has been on the tip of the tongue of China, is most famous for its mother and son sauce. Because there is a good soy sauce garden, the cured meat here is particularly famous. The production of sausages was listed on the intangible cultural heritage list in 2023. There are also characteristic intangible cultural heritage snacks, such as pulling white sugar and sweet rice wine steamed buns, which are worth tasting. There is also yellow wine, and popsicles and milk tea made with yellow wine are also special. Find a local small shop, sit by the river, and eat a few local dishes is also a good choice. ③30 minutes away, arrive at Narrow Tea Lake Ancient Canal in the afternoon. This lake is an inland lake, named after the production of Narrow Tea Lake fish. This rare fish has other familiar names, called anglerfish in Shanghai, and yellow spicy in Sichuan hot pot. In ancient times, boat trackers pulled the boat upstream on the ancient canal, and the piles of the canal also divided the water area into two parts. One side of the water is calm and can be used as a wind shelter. The entire canal is made of bluestone slabs, which was also called Baiyu Longdi Road in history. It has made a great contribution to water transportation and has greatly helped the economic development of Shaoxing. The sunset in the evening is very beautiful on the water surface

The real Jiangnan is in Shaoxing If you like the scenery of ancient towns and water towns, you might as well come to Shaoxing. Anchang Ancient Town is located in Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, and is also one of the four famous ancient towns in Shaoxing. Transportation: 🚇Hangzhou Metro directly to Yuezhou Avenue Station, take a taxi for 20 yuan to arrive 🚗Self-driving from Hangzhou, arrive in one hour 🚆Get off at Shaoxing North Station by high-speed rail, take a taxi for 30 yuan to arrive Tickets: 🆓Free If you take a sculling boat, it is 40 yuan, and three people can sit Enjoy the slow time here~ Food: Stinky tofu, soy sauce duck sausage, wine steamed buns, etc. There are yellow wine popsicles in summer and yellow wine milk tea in winter

Today I went to visit Anchang ancient town. It is a beautiful area to stroll around and enjoy a Shaoxing rice wine ice cream (5 rmb). I do not recommend paying for the ticket to enter some of the buildings. Whilst it is only 50 rmb it seems a little expensive for what you get and I would prefer to just have strolled around the town. I spent a few hours here and I would definitely recommend it as part of an itinerary to visit Shaoxing. I went in the afternoon on a Sunday and it was very quiet. Maybe the heat had kept people away. There's lots of little restaurants but no one eating at them. I guess maybe some people would arrive in the evening instead. #shaoxing

Anchang Ancient Town is located in Shaoxing county, near Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan district. The waterway is narrow and strips across the town with old Chinese style houses on both sides. The town looks charmingly primitive with its old stone bridges, walkways and local specialties such as the yellow wine, Anchang sausages and soy sauce roasted duck. It’s also a living area where I saw elders watching TV, playing majiang or preparing the town’s specials. I also spotted a cobbler at work 👞 For the first time, I saw boats rowed by feet🛶🦶There are also a bunch of restaurants, shops, teahouses and a Starbucks 🤭 The town isn’t overwhelmingly commercial which makes it a nice place to visit if you want to stroll around a place with a more traditional vibe of the Chinese lifestyle. Address ➡️ 安昌古镇 How to go ➡️ I joined a tour group which provided transport to the ancient town. I believe hiring a private driver or taking a taxi would be more convenient🙂 #thisischina #historicplaces #oldtown #ancientlandmark #ancientarchitecture #ancienttown #ancientvillage #ancientcanal #shaoxing #zhejiang

Shaoxing Anchang Ancient Town|Bishui Street is a million-storey, Rainbow Crossing River Seventeen Bridge Shaoxing one of the four ancient towns. Although it is not as famous as Wuzhen Xitang, it is the realistic version of Xiaoqiaos water depicted by Ma Zhiyuan. People, sloping water and small boxes of ancient awning boats, like going back to old times. The silence around here, except for the occasional passing locals, reminds you that you are still in reality. Compared with other ancient towns, Anchang is far from free and easy, but more popular than ridiculous. , patchwork of the pillow river people, antique yellow wine milk tea shop, to the ancient town of Anchang you will really feel the taste of "Heqi Shanshui Sai Su". , pavilions and staggered, ancient streets, houses, halls, workshops, shops, pawns, piers and other ancient towns are still in the past. The authentic Jiangnan folk customs are played in the ancient town of Anchang. Recommended attractions: Ankang Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Shaoxing Master Museum After entering the scenic area, turn right: It is a variety of cakes, pickled products, and sausages sold by local people. And pull the sugar. Among them, Xia Xia's favorite is to enter the first pastry shop in the scenic spot. Their four-color snowflake cakes are brought back to Xiamen and praised by family and friends! Sweet but not greasy, it is suitable as a tea match. When you enter the scenic spot, you can go left: almost the locals' residence. The [Renchang Sauce Garden] near the scenic spot is the Chinese shooting place on the tip of the tongue. The soy sauce can be smelled of intoxicating sauce 50 meters away. If you have thought about a quiet and comfortable time, it is better to come here. Special snacks: Renchang soy sauce, plum dried vegetables, skewer sausage Address: Anchang Town, Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province Opening Hours: Open all day Suggested play time: half a day / Hh / awning boat price: 40 yuan tickets: 1. You Guzhen does not need to buy tickets 2. Guzhenli's pavilion needs tickets 50 yuan: (including the city hall, Shiye Hall, Folk Customs Museum, Water Resistance Bank, Bank of China Site, Stone Carving Hall, Ankang Temple)

Strolling around Anchang Ancient Town for half a day, time passes very slowly here. One year, ten years, a hundred years... it seems they all look the same here. The ancient town is situated by the water, with small bridges and flowing streams. The shops on both sides of the river are lined up endlessly. Anchang printed cakes, yellow wine milk tea, walls hung with cured ducks and sausages, freshly made pickled vegetable stuffed pies... The cries of the vendors and the bustling crowd all rise in the smoky, steaming atmosphere. Address: Anchang Ancient Town, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Recommended duration of visit: Half a day Admission: Free Transportation: ➊🚇Take Metro Line 5 to Shaoxing Metro Line 1, get off at Yuezhou Avenue Station, switch to bus🚌816 for 41 minutes to Anhua Road Junction Huancheng South Road Junction Station; or take a taxi for about 13 minutes at 13 yuan. ➋Drive🚗 for about 47 minutes. ➌🚄From Hangzhou South Station to Shaoxing North Station, about 13 minutes, take bus🚌118A, or🚖 taxi for 21 minutes. 🥓🥩Food recommendations: Cured sausage, Renchang soy sauce, fermented rice dumplings, Shiyebao wontons, stinky tofu, pumpkin flowers Travel tips: If time allows, you can visit the Shiyebao Museum and Renchang Sauce Room. Luggage storage is available at the first shop at the entrance of Anchang Ancient Town, 10 yuan for one suitcase.

📖 Recently, the picture books that the child has been reading contain many elements of the Jiangnan region, and it is said that to see the spirit of Jiangnan, one must experience Shaoxing. 🥓 The first stop is Anchang Ancient Town, a 1.5-hour drive from Shanghai, followed by another half-hour drive to stay in the Yuecheng District, which is dense with attractions. Anchang is known as the hometown of the 'Shiye', and it is the most lively and authentic ancient town. The biggest difference from other ancient towns is the streets full of cured meats, adding a lot of festive atmosphere to the Chinese New Year. However, the streets here are narrow, the floor tiles are uneven, and it is difficult to push a stroller, and the sanitation is not very good. 🏫 The second stop is the Shaoxing Museum, to learn about the ancient capital of the Yue Kingdom before officially starting the tour. The museum is small but exquisite, following a timeline, it displays Shaoxing's history and culture from the Stone Age to modern times. There are two free guided tours every day. Although the child cannot read, she is happy looking at the various exhibits, as if treasure hunting. 👀 The must-visit attractions on the loop are not far from each other, with short distances walkable and longer distances just a starting taxi fare away. ✔️ Cangqiao Straight Street: A snack street, not difficult to push a stroller, with various snack stalls and popular restaurants such as Xunbaoji, Kong Yiji, and Lantingji, etc. These stores also have branches on other streets. We ate Shaoxing's 'Shao San Xian', yellow wine pudding, and stinky tofu at Xunbaoji, which tasted good. We had the old goose soup at Lantingji, which was quite fresh. Xunbaoji is very crowded, so it's better to scan the code in advance and wait in line. ✔️ The Former Residence of the Sage of Calligraphy: A cultural street, quieter than Cangqiao Straight Street, not difficult to push a stroller, with many shops selling small books and paintings, and young ladies wearing horse-face skirts and hairpins. Followed the trend and checked in at the old grandfather's bookstore. ✔️ Bazi Bridge: A street for daily life, truly a scene of small bridges, flowing water, and riverside homes, suitable for leisurely strolls and sitting quietly. Taking a black-awning boat here is a good experience, 90 yuan per boat, just right for two adults and one child, back and forth in 15 minutes. The downside is that there are too few boats; even though there were only a few people in front of us, we still had to wait quite a while. ✔️ Lu Xun's Hometown: Super crowded even on weekdays! There are interesting things to see, such as the Sanwei Study and the Hundred Grass Garden, which instantly remind me of the books I memorized in the past, but it's really not suitable for walking with a small child. There are thresholds and steps everywhere, making it particularly difficult to push a stroller. Moreover, the child is not interested; she just wants to go out and buy a Green Dragon Sword. When coming out of the former residence, we passed by Huijingxuan, where the yellow wine popsicles are delicious, and the yellow wine milk tea is also good, with Yue opera performances on the stage behind the store. We originally planned to go to the nearby Shen Garden, but after checking, we found that Shen Garden is also not stroller-friendly, so we didn't go. If you have older children, you could consider arranging a night at Shen Garden. ⭐️ The child's favorite place was the 30 Degrees North Latitude Exhibition Hall. It displays scenes from various places along the 30 degrees north latitude from ancient times to the present, and there are multimedia interactions, which are very exciting to play with. At night, the city square is lit up with beautiful lanterns. 💗 Three days of travel time was just right, and the experience might have been better if I hadn't caught a cold. If I come again next time, I will wait until the child is older, after she has learned about Lu Xun's writings, Wang Xizhi's running script, Wang Yangming's philosophy of the mind, etc. Then, when we come to this place of celebrities, perhaps we will have some profound experiences, but it's also fine if we don't.

Anchang Ancient Town, the hometown of Chinese 'Shiye', is less than an hour's drive from Hangzhou! The ancient town's streets and river run side by side, with residential houses to the south of the river and shops to the north. Walking along the riverside paved with bluestone slabs, browsing the quaint workshops along the street, the full New Year atmosphere feels like the warmest sentiment of the twelfth lunar month. 📍Address: Zhe'an North Road, Keqiao District, Shaoxing City 🎈Navigation: Anchang Ancient Town Parking Lot, 10 yuan/vehicle (The entrance parking lot of the ancient town tends to have long queues on holidays, you can choose the parking lot across the street, which is super spacious) 🎫Ticket: Free (open all day) 🚅High-speed train: To Shaoxing North Station, 20 minutes by taxi 🚇Subway: Yuezhou Avenue Station on Shaoxing Line 1, 15 minutes by taxi 🍜Delicacies ✔️Shiye Small Wontons 12 yuan (Average taste, nothing special, won't eat again after trying once) ✔️Soy Sauce Cured Sausage 35-45 yuan/jin, 10 yuan/skewer (Must buy some to take away every time, look for fresh meat and handmade ones, the taste is even better) ✔️Pear Paste Candy 10 yuan (Excellent for soothing the throat, totally refreshing!) ✔️Xiaodianwang Fermented Rice Dumplings Original flavor 2 yuan, Rose flavor 3 yuan/Sweet Fermented Rice 12 yuan/Various Crispy Cakes 15-18 yuan (If you want to take them home, you can ask the staff for refrigerated ones, which are convenient to carry) ✔️Intangible Cultural Heritage Braised Meat Noodles 15 yuan ✔️Achang Sauce Goods Fried Stinky Tofu/Fried Crispy Fish 10 yuan, Pumpkin Cake 5 yuan ✔️Yellow Wine Popsicles 3-10 yuan (Recommended, the 5 yuan one is enough, the 10 yuan one has a heavier cream flavor) ✔️Anchang Printed Cake 25 yuan ✔Yellow Wine Latte 36 yuan (For the sake of taking photos, but it also tastes good) ✔Juhong Cake 10 yuan (Must buy and eat on the spot, it's the best Juhong cake we have ever tasted) ✔Mulian Tofu: 10 yuan (Can be mixed with Turtle Jelly, a very refreshing dessert) 👉🏻Tour Experience ▼It is recommended to visit several museums, they close around 4:30, the Folk Customs Museum is highly recommended, very interesting Jiangzhe folk customs. ▼You can try snacks first, and buy specialties on the way back, which is convenient for sightseeing. ▼Wupeng boat usually costs 40 yuan/holiday 50 yuan, each time for 3 people, but when there is a large flow of people, the Wupeng boat will row very quickly, and the experience is not great... ▼Strongly recommend the ancient town's night view❗️Basically, the ancient town lights up around 5:45 (winter), and at this time the flow of people significantly decreases, there will be timed water mist spraying along the river, and night projections, bringing the hazy beauty of 'smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River'.

🌟Recommended location: Anchang Ancient Town, it is said to have been built since the Northern Song Dynasty, and then destroyed and rebuilt several times through wars. The current architectural layout is basically established in the Ming Dynasty. The whole ancient town is centered on the old street, freely extending along the river to both ends, making people feel the precipitation of time and the heaviness of history. To experience the charm of the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, I came to Anchang Ancient Town, the most festive and worldly place in Zhejiang, with my partners on a rainy day, and truly felt the lively atmosphere, the cultural heritage of ancient buildings, and the charm of the southern water town... It's so fascinating! ❤️Tour route: Anchang Ancient Town main gate - The first corridor of the breeze - City God Temple - Stone carving museum - Scroll museum - Master's museum - Anchang Folk Customs Museum - Ankang Temple - Renchang Soy Sauce Garden - The old site of Bank of China 🌿Ticket information: It's free to just visit the ancient town, if you want to see the attractions: 50 yuan/person (including 8 attractions: City God Temple, Master's Museum, the old site of Bank of China, Huikang Money House, Ankang Temple, Folk Customs Museum, Stone Carving Museum, Scroll Museum) 🚢Wupeng boat: 40 yuan/boat on weekdays, 50 yuan/boat on holidays, please note that they are all one-way, 2-3 people ride at a time. ‼️Food: Anchang sausage skewers, really fragrant, must try, other than that there are Master's wontons, wine steamed buns, red bean paste pumpkin flowers... The taste is not bad.

🌟 For a trip to Shaoxing, Anchang Ancient Town is a must-visit! 🚗 Departing from Hangzhou, take subway line 5 to Shaoxing line 1, then get off at Yuezhou Avenue, and it's about a 10-minute taxi ride to reach, or you can take the bus right at the subway exit 🚌. 🏯 The ancient town is free to enter, allowing for a pleasant mood as you walk right in. 🍽️ Food Recommendations: 🍡 Plum Blossom Cake: Look for the old man with a black felt hat, his plum blossom cakes are rich in fragrance and the bean paste is smooth, very delicious! Remember to pack some to enjoy at home! 🧀 Stinky Tofu: The one at the crossroads by the river bridge is clean and hygienic, the tofu is soft, and although the taste is not as good as others, it's reliable in terms of hygiene. 🍧 Rice Wine Popsicle: The texture is creamy, the aroma is strong, and the rice wine flavor is just right, highly recommended! 🍲 Small Wontons: Qing Dynasty wontons and the neighboring Shiyewontons are both classic choices, thin-skinned small wontons with homemade green chili sauce, absolutely delicious! 🍤 One Bite Flavor: You need to go early to queue up, the sausage and duck platter and river shrimps are very fresh and tasty, and the prices are affordable, not to be missed! 🌆 Lastly, Anchang Ancient Town is even more charming at night, remember to wait until dusk falls before you leave, it's a different kind of flavor~ ✨ This trip to Shaoxing, the ancient town's delicacies and night views made me linger and forget to return. Looking forward to coming back next time, to discover more surprises!

Today, I came to Anchang Ancient Town and found an unexpected surprise. Although it's a bit commercialized, there are still a wide variety of things. I particularly enjoyed brewing tea by the stove accompanied by some roasted snacks. So relaxing. The small bridges throughout the ancient town are very distinctive, with 'arches, beams, pavilions' of various styles, charming and elegantly simple.

Unlike other ancient towns in the Jiangnan region, Anchang not only offers beautiful scenery and delicious food, but also preserves more of the local customs and traditions. It's not overly commercialized; instead, it exudes the traditional marketplace vibe of the local residents, bustling and lively, creating a world of its own. 🌿Anchang Ancient Town 🌿Keqiao District, Shaoxing City📍 🌿Admission: Free 🌿Parking available (5r/hour) ☀️It's about a one-hour drive from Hangzhou to Anchang Ancient Town, and there's parking available. ☀️There's a lot to eat in the town, with various pastries, yellow wine milk tea, yellow wine popsicles, wontons, ice jelly, glutinous rice with egg yolk, and many other snacks that are unnameable but not expensive. With just a few dozen yuan, you can try many different kinds, which is a feast for the eyes for visitors, especially for us northerners, satisfying our curiosity in terms of food. ☀️The town doesn't charge an admission fee, but some attractions within the town are not free, with tickets ranging from 5-20r. You can buy a combined ticket for 40r. ☀️The entire snack street is built along the river, and you can enjoy the outside view while eating in the restaurants. ☀️I like the rice wine sweet dumplings from the Jiangnan region; each place is a bit different, and each shop has its own specialty. Eating in a small shop, you can order a bowl and enjoy the warmth. ☀️If you want to take some souvenirs, you can choose some smoked sauce products from the vendors, such as smoked fish, sausages, cured meat, etc., which taste different from other places. ☀️March might be a bit cold, but the people in the Jiangnan water towns seem to be naturally resistant to cold, and sometimes you can see them washing clothes by hand in the river. ☀️Along the river, there are some small shops where you can sit around a stove and try some tea, which is great for small groups. ☀️The scenery is quite understated, all unadorned and simple. I was so happy to see a pomelo tree next to someone's house; I've never seen such large fruit growing on a tree in the northeast, haha! It was my first time seeing it, so I couldn't help but get excited! ☀️The black-awning boats cost 40r per boat, which can seat 3 people. It's very pleasant to take a boat ride while looking at the scenery on the riverbanks. ☀️The overall impression Anchang gives is that it's 'down-to-earth,' seemingly always preserving the local way of life. Here, you can feel the genuine local customs and taste the homely local cuisine.