I haven't been to Zhouzhuang for a long time. This first water town in China is the Jiangnan in many people's dreams.

I made an appointment with some good friends and stayed in zhouzhuang town for three days and two nights. Time passed slowly. There is a life called Zhouzhuang.

Zhouzhuang, which has a thousand years of history and culture, is located in the hinterland of Jiangnan water town, between Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou. It has maintained the typical style of Jiangnan water town and is well-known at home and abroad, and has the reputation of "the first water town in China".

We women rented a Hanfu suit in Hanfu store next to Zhouzhuang ancient archway, and walked on the stone road for thousands of years, which attracted a lot of attention.

when you meet in gusu, people will try their best to sleep in the river. This whitewashed tile, small bridge flowing water, has been the same scene for thousands of years, as if time had stopped here.

But when I come to Zhouzhuang again, I will find that it has changed a lot, and there are many more online celebrity punch points. For example, the light show area with the theme of flower lane and rain lane has a strong cultural atmosphere of water town life, which lights up Zhouzhuang at night.

There is also the "Zhenfeng Twelve Pavilions" in Zhenfeng Folk Culture Street, which shows the culture and folk customs of Zhouzhuang region to tourists. The craftsmen in each workshop are masters who are hidden.

If you haven't been to Zhouzhuang, maybe you don't know the "Shenting" in Zhouzhuang, but you must have heard of Shen Wansan, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River.

Many tourists come to Zhouzhuang to pray for the new year, and the financial resources are rolling in. The first thing to do when you step into Zhouzhuang is to touch the Taurus at the door.

"When you touch the bull's head in spring, you will be blessed; Second, touch the waist of the spring cow, and the money will go to the waist; If you touch the oxtail in spring, you will not see the tail in longevity. " Can be exquisite!

Shenting in Zhouzhuang is a must-see place to visit this water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Shenting, located on the south side of Fu 'an Bridge and Nanshi Street, is known as "the best residential building in the south of the Yangtze River", which is a mansion built by Shen Wansan's descendants.

In a room in Shenting, there is a table of famous three thousand family banquets.

but they are all models. You can only watch them, but you can't eat them.

If you come to Zhouzhuang, you will find Shen Wansan everywhere. In Zhouzhuang's pocket ceramics museum, there are a series of Shen Wansan ornaments, which are quite cute and can be bought as souvenirs.

In the alley of Zhouzhuang, there are small shops selling ten thousand three hoofs everywhere. The price is not expensive either, ranging from 35 to 55 yuan. The burnt thick oil red sauce makes people drool.

"When there is a feast at home, there must be crisp hoofs", which is a necessary dish for Shen Wansan, a rich man in the south of the Yangtze River, to entertain distinguished guests. After hundreds of years of circulation, it has become the main course of Zhouzhuang people's Chinese New Year holidays and wedding banquets, which means reunion and is also an excellent dish for entertaining guests.

what's the taste of this famous three thousand family banquet? Don't worry, you can eat it in the "Shenting Restaurant" in Zhouzhuang. You must try it.

Shenting Restaurant is one of the most famous restaurants in Zhouzhuang, and it is also recommended by local friends, saying that it tastes authentic.

don't order, please have a set of "Wanshan Eight Bowls". This three-hoofed pig is the most famous among the eight bowls, so why is this braised pig's trotters called three-hoofed?

It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang visited Shen Wansan's home, he wanted to use this dish to make trouble for Shen Wansan. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Shen Wansan to introduce the dishes in this family banquet. When introducing this pig's feet, Shen Wansan knew very well that he could not say the word "pig", otherwise it would collide with the emperor's surname and be punished.

So he had a brainwave and introduced it to the emperor, saying that it was a family dish "Wansanhoof", so that Zhu Yuanzhang could not find an excuse to attack.

a portion of braised mandarin fish, with its head and tail tilted in the shape of an ingot, means to make money into treasure. Girls love it and shout: it's so convenient to eat fish, sour and sweet.

a large portion of braised eel tube, which is slightly sweet after the eel is slaughtered alive, washed and cut into sections, and then braised.

stuffed pork with oil is a home-cooked dish. The lean leg of pork is chopped with seasoning and stuffed with wild vegetables into bean oil before cooking.

I remember when I was a child, my mother used to cook this dish during the Spring Festival.

a large pot of grass chicken soup with three flavors.

This round fish ball is Sanweiyuan, which is made of water gluten as skin, chicken breast, fresh shrimp and pork leg with seasonings such as onion, ginger and yellow wine.

the chicken stew is terrible, and the chicken soup is delicious.

fragrant fried golden bricks are actually a plate of fried tofu.

fry the dried bean curd until crisp and golden, and then add special sauce. Because this golden color is similar to the golden brick, it is named fragrant fried golden brick.

I have to say that Jiangnan is exquisite, as you can tell by the name of this dish.

Snail stuffed with meat has both the freshness of snail and the smell of pork.

it's a bit complicated to dig out the fresh snail meat, then add the pork leg meat and chop it up, and add seasoning into the snail shell for cooking!

Peasant eel carp dish, also called Zhouzhuang Apo dish, is a childhood taste.

unexpectedly, this table of 3,111 family banquets "3,111 eight bowls" only costs 588 yuan when paying the bill. The weight is very large, and the whole ankle of the whole chicken is enough for 11 people to eat, and the average person is only over 51.

The friends from other places said: How can such a famous restaurant be so affordable with good cooking and good restaurant environment? A little unexpected.

Three thousand family banquets are not only a kind of food, but also a kind of cultural inheritance. If you have a chance to come to Zhouzhuang, don't miss this "three thousand eight bowls"!