Xitang is one of the most beautiful city in the early morning and evening, so be sure to see the sunset in the evening under the small bridge and water, whether it is sitting in a boat, floating, or find a small restaurant by the river to eat, are very pleasant choice, looking at the scenery, blowing the breeze, and drinking a little bit of wine, are all in the feeling of Xitang's customs and culture.

While the ancient town of Xitang is only 1 square kilometer in area, it is an ancient town with a history of 1,000 years. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu of the State of Wu built a water conservancy and drew the water north of Xushan Mountain to Xitang, so that the rivers in Xitang were crisscrossed. During the Kaiyuan period of Tang Dynasty, people built houses along the river and lived by the water. A market was formed in the Southern Song Dynasty, and commerce began to flourish with the water in the Yuan Dynasty, and it has developed into a major town of handicrafts and commerce in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. "The water of Spring and Autumn, the town of Tang and Song Dynasties, the buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the people of modern times" is the most appropriate description of Xitang.

Xitang is located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, so tourists as long as the city of Jiaxing to spend 6 yuan to take the bus to Xitang, bus time for 6:30 ~ 18:00, every 20 minutes to a bus, about 30 minutes to; or to Jiashan can take the K152 bus to spend 3 yuan to reach the Xitang, bus time for 5:30 ~ 19:30 points, every 10 minutes to a bus. To Xitang bus station, through the Nanyuan Road (you can see the Xitang town hall), through the Pingchuan Road, Tang Jia Lane 10 minutes to the Xitang Old Street.

Xitang can be visited without tickets from Monday to Thursday, and it is said that tickets are required from Friday to Sunday. Some attractions can be bought individually, and some must be bought tickets (combined tickets) to visit.

There are many inns in the town, so you can look for them when you get to Xitang, and see for yourself if they are real waterfront pavilions. Waterfront lofts are divided into several kinds, one kind of river, the first floor or second floor with a small courtyard (lanai), sitting in the small courtyard (lanai), you can sip tea and look at the river, especially at night is very beautiful; a kind of river, but not with a small courtyard, can only be pushed open the window to look at the river; Smoke and Rain Promenade on the side of the second floor there are also many inns, pushed open the window, the first thing to see the roof of the porch shacks, and then forward to the river can be seen.

Location of residence is best to choose a section of the Huanxiu Bridge to the send son to Fengqiao, because this section of the most stores, push open the window at night or come to the small courtyard (lanai) can be Xitang's most beautiful night into the bottom of the eye.

We arrived at 7 o'clock on a Wednesday night, and the good rooms in the waterfront lofts were already rented out. We stayed for two nights at the "Small Bridge House" under the Huanxiu Bridge, which also has a carved king-size bed, private bath, air conditioning and Internet access. The room was very clean and furnished in a rustic style, with well-maintained furnishings, but the staircase is narrow and steep, so it was a little scary coming up and going down.

Xitang has many restaurants, teahouses and snacks. I think the early morning must eat a bowl of noodles in the "world's first noodles". Hanging "the world's first noodle" many restaurants, but after the Anjing Bridge out of Xitang

Toll gate roadside corner is authentic, there are dozens of types of noodles, but unfortunately we only ate one of them. In addition Yongning

Below the bridge Lu's small woncha (3 yuan / bowl), Qian's tofu flower (2.5 yuan / bowl) is very popular, can also be tasted.

There are many places to eat lunch and dinner, and we strongly recommend that you save one for "Old Pinfang", where the flavor can only be appreciated by eating it. Be sure to remember the "old Pinfang" operating hours, noon 11:30 ~ 13.30, 14:30 ~ 19:30 in the afternoon, after the time will not be received.

Dinner in the Huanxiu Bridge under the "Ding Ji" to eat a meal, his family's food can be, the main location is very good, near the river and next to the Smoke and Rain Promenade, the evening of Xitang's beautiful view.

Additionally, "Qiantang people" dining environment is very good, the location of the meal is basically around the water, while eating, while watching the scenery is how pleasant, so many Chinese and foreign celebrities come to Xitang

will have to eat in the "Qiantang people"

So many Chinese and foreign celebrities come to Xitang to have a meal at "Qiantang People's House".

When playing in Xitang, West Street and the Smoke and Rain Promenade has many stores selling specialties, such as what a mouthful of rice dumplings, steamed meat in lotus leaves, gravy cake, maltose, boiled green beans, can go with, buy, eat. Online publicity "old horse steamed meat" is very good, buy back to eat, than "Dingji" is far worse, regret not to buy "A cow steamed meat" to mom and dad to taste.

The food in Xitang is very distinctive, so you can take some of them home with you when you go, and the buildings and bridges in Xitang have a very long history, and many of them are preserved in their original form, which is very worth seeing