Christmas is coming, which means the Spring Festival in China is coming. To say that Christmas is suitable for Suzhou, Zhouzhuang is a very good choice. In particular, I went there for a few days. The following small series will recommend it. Please see below for details.

Two-day free travel arrangement

D1: Shanghai drives directly to Zhouzhuang, stays at Zhenfengxuan Inn, and visits the strange building of Guzhen Zhouzhuang, the 12th Square Cultural Street, the ancient town water lane, the cardboard box, the dinner at Wang Shenting Restaurant, and the performance of Zhouzhuang Four Seasons, 1186 Slow Life Street, the cat's sky city nap.

D2: Get up early in the morning, visit Zhouzhuang store, have breakfast, pass Shuangqiao Watertown Impression, visit Wansan Watertown, Nanhu Qiuyue Quanfu Temple Lunch Line, left backyard photography salon, Starbucks Cafe, Hongqiao Airport.

1. first of all: alive.

I've stayed in many exquisite and high-class hotels, whether it's the top luxury Venetian Macao or the simple ancient town inns like Phoenix and Zhujiajiao. I always think that going out to play and staying comfortable is the most important thing. Zhenfengxuan is a classical residential building in the south of the Yangtze River, with zigzag layout, upper and lower floors and 18 rooms. Each room has a special name, which makes me like it very much (price: 688 ordinary rooms on weekends and 588 ordinary rooms on weekdays).

At the same time, there are some beautiful and exquisite resort hotels in Zhouzhuang, such as Huajiantang, Fuzheng Caotang, Zhisi Resort Hotel, Chunjiang Flower Moonlight Guzheng Club, Zhenutang, Zhouzhuang International Youth Hostel, Clear Water and Cloud House, and meeting Jiangnan, etc. It is best to book online before going, which may make you feel at ease!

2. Eat: Zhouzhuang on the tip of the tongue

As a traveler, after finding a good place to live in any strange place, eating is naturally the first thing, and food is the first thing for the people!

at the end of yuan dynasty and the beginning of Ming dynasty, Shen Wansan became the richest man in Jiangnan. He specially hired famous chefs to cook all kinds of delicacies, which was called "Three Thousand Family Banquets". The banquet is fashionable and exquisite, with exquisite materials, excellent color, fragrance and shape. The specialties are: 3,111 horseshoes, Sanwei Tangyuan, steamed mandarin fish, steamed eel tube, water shield bass soup, river snail with ginger sauce, meat stuffing oil, and venetian blinds wrapped in meat. In Zhouzhuang, there are many rare aquatic products, the most famous of which is the "Three Treasures of Xianjiang River": perch, white clam and whitebait. Zhou also produces eels, which is a well-known rural proverb. In addition, there are soft-shelled turtles and shrimps.

To taste the "Three Thousand Family Banquets", you can go to Shenting Restaurant, which is located beside Fuan Bridge and Shenting. Up to now, it still retains the Ming and Qing styles, elegant and chic, and it is close to the river. This is a restaurant with a local style. Zhou's food doesn't stop there. Pickled amaranth and fried whitebait with eggs are the specialties of Jiangnan and are also very popular with tourists.

3. Drink: the water town is fragrant with wine and grandma tea

The tea culture in Zhouzhuang, a thousand-year-old town, also has a long history. The custom of drinking tea stretches for several kilometers in Zhouzhuang Fiona Fang, among which ""is the most famous. People in Zhouzhuang have a long history of drinking "granny tea". The blue-and-white porcelain-covered tea bowls, exquisite small saucers, simple and elegant teapots and brightly colored tea trays now collected in the deep house compound are enough to prove the long history of "granny tea". Speaking of rice wine, when I was a child, my mother always brewed some rice wine every year, but the sweet wine we like is not good. Jiangnan, a small bridge with flowing water, only passed on the local customs by means of wine making, which seems to bring back sweet memories of childhood.

a cup of mellow rice wine, a mouthful of granny tea, sitting under the long curtain of weeping willows, a classical corridor and a few low tables in a blue courtyard; Drinking tea and listening to Kunqu opera, I feel the long-standing cultural heritage of Zhouzhuang and the clank of guzheng, which spread the cultural meaning for thousands of years. Or holding a cup of coffee, enjoying the small bridge flowing outside the window and feeling the long-lost peace in the lonely crowd.

4. Game: Strange Building

Speaking of that strange building, I thought it was just a game to scare children, but on the way to the hotel, I didn't care. Later, I was attracted by the names of two "strange buildings" in front of this door. Only when I came in did I know that the small corners of arc Catherine's cabin downstairs were decorated with various backgrounds by optical illusions, or tables and chairs were deliberately inverted under the eaves, or an ancient erotic palace was accidentally built, or elegant stairs were decorated as soon as I turned around, or the horrible sound of multi-channel headphones was interpreted on the dark wooden floor. The maze is in the glass corridor, and the three-hoofed flower is picked up by huge chopsticks. The ground is tilted, which makes people dizzy.

there is still history. It was built by a returnee in Zhouzhuang in the early years of the Republic of China. This person probably likes whimsy since he was a child. After learning modern physics from the west, he turned many childhood pranks into century-old games, entertaining others and himself, and helping to make a living. In fact, adults can be so arbitrary and absurd; People in the workplace don't have to expand bungee jumping to relieve fatigue.

the geographical location of the scenic spot

is located between Shanghai, Suzhou and Shizhou, 31km from Kunshan, 38km from Suzhou, 61km from Shanghai and 161km from Shizhou. Zhouzhuang can be reached quickly along Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway and Sujiahang Expressway. It is about 1 hours from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, 91 minutes from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and 111 minutes from Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport.