Add a review of the city on the water of Zhujiajiao

With anything you can associate Shanghai: skyscrapers, temples, pagodas, production and industry, but with a city surrounded by canals - extremely difficult . However, in the western suburbs of Shanghai near Dianshanhu Lake, in 50 km from the city center, there is an unusual place for China, called Shanghai Venice, - an ancient city on the water of Zhujiajiao . With beautiful canals, thirty-six arched stone bridges with its name and history, ancient pavements and more than ten thousand houses built in the Ming era (1368-1644 yy .) and Qing (1644-1911 yy .) - Zhujiajiao replaced the settlement that existed here during the Three Kingdoms era .

In the western suburbs of Shanghai near Lake Dianshanhu, 50 km from the city center, there is an unusual place for China, called Shanghai Venice, an ancient city on the water of Zhujiajiao.

Zhujiajiao is one of the places with a history of 1700 years, in which the atmosphere of the ancient China. It can be traced in everything: in ancient streets and architecture, in the customs of the local population, urban, typical for the southeast of China, water landscapes. Here - the realm of beauty, peace and quiet. This city, like an expensive diamond, sparkles among mountains and water - the most beautiful historical place of the country.

Foreign tourists are interested in everything. Sitting on the bank of the canal under the awning of the grandmother's tea house, you can drink a cup of delicious Chinese tea while enjoying the picturesque city landscapes
City on the water of Zhujiajiao, Shanghai

On the famous North Street, best preserved in Zhujiajiao, except for ancient houses and bridges, you can see the large ancient gardens that were once owned by aristocrats and officials. For example, the Kehji Garden, or the "Ma Family Garden," named after its past master Ma Wenqin, is a large garden in the south of China.

It's nice to take a stroll through this wonderful garden and watch the traditional theatrical performance of Suzhou Pintan - songs of two performers on Suzhou dialect with the accompaniment of Chinese ancient stringed instruments

On one of the hills of Kehji Garden is located the square highest (five floors) building of Zhujiajiao, at the top of which is the diametrical Lunar Pavilion.

Zhujiajiao Town ambit with their bridges. The Fangsheng qiao bridge, built in the Ming era (1571), is the longest and tallest stone bridge here, and in the Shanghai region. Along the entire perimeter, the five-arch Fansheng, adorned with a stone slab with eight dragons surrounded by shining pearls, is guarded by four stone lions so naturally executed that it seems that these terrible animals will now come to life.

Narrow alleys, historical monuments, ancient bridges and shops will bring a huge pleasure to all guests of Zhujiajiao . After the noisy modern life of Shanghai, this old town, which has retained its rustic authentic charm, is amazingly acting on the imagination of those who visited it . China - it is amazing, with its Buddhist temples and high-rise pagodas, huge skyscrapers, fabulously beautiful gardens with flowering plants and a lot of winding paths, cities on the water . It's all great Podnebesnaya .

How to get there

Getting there by metro to station Shanghai Stadium. Go towards the round building of the stadium according to the signs of the Tourist center. From the parking of buses, go in the right direction.

The fare

The journey along with the entrance ticket to the historic center of the city will cost approximately 85 CNY (Chinese Yuan).