Zhujiajiao Water Town

Located in a suburb of Shanghai city, Zhujiajiao is a water town with a history of more than 1,700 years. Zhujiajiao water town is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in Shanghai. Unique old bridges across bubbling streams, small rivers shaded by willow trees, and houses with courtyards attached all transport people who have been living amidst the bustle and hustle of the modern big city to a brand-new world full of antiquity, leisure and tranquility. Zhujiajiao Has Long History, Zhujiajiao has formed village 1700 years ago, and has become town in Wanli Period of Ming Dynasty. So far there are the ancients and tools people used 5000 years ago found in Zhujiajiao.

ZHUJIAJIAO IS FLOURISHING Zhujiajiao is famous with rice market, so far there are a lot of flourishing marks : Daqing Post office, Rice and Oil shop, Bank, Electronics factory and old real estate.

There are several rivers across the river, nine long streets along the river, thousands of Architectures of Ming and Qing Dynasty stand by the river, 36 stone bridges still across the rivers.

The traditional special native produce are rose-flavored fermented bean curd, fried gluten, dark-rice zongzi dumpling, meat wrapped in leaves, roast soybeans, wood carving knit ware, stone carving, roast soy beans, and pork meat zongzi. In autumn, people can have taste of the fresh water crabs form Dianshan Lake.