Anchang Ancient Town is the best among the four ancient towns in Shaoxing. The four major ancient towns in Shaoxing are Anchang Ancient Town, Doumen Ancient Town, Keqiao Ancient Town and Dongpu Ancient Town.

Anchang Ancient Town is one of the four famous ancient towns in Shaoxing and one of the first batch of historical and cultural towns announced in Zhejiang Province. It is located at the northwest end of Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, adjacent to Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City, Keqiao City to the south, and Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway to the north. ?

It was first built in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was burned down many times due to wars and was rebuilt in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its architectural style inherits the typical characteristics of Jiangnan water towns. It is surrounded by water, simple and elegant, and its specialty is Anchang sausage. , sugar-pulling is famous far and near, and the water wedding with water town style is also unique. It is the hometown of Master Shaoxing. The most distinctive thing is the small bridge in Anchang. The annual twelfth lunar month festival attracts a large number of tourists.

Architectural features of Anchang Ancient Town:

The old street is built along the river, with a total length of 1,747 meters. To the south of the river are residential buildings, to the north of the river is a commercial city, and there are ancient bridges between the two sides. connected. In the south of the river, there is a covered promenade to provide shade from the sun and rain, various shops and workshops with traditional characteristics, and well-proportioned arcades. On the other side of the river are bluestone paths, quaint old houses, and narrow, dark alleys.

It was first built in the Chenghua and Hongzhi years of the Ming Dynasty. Starting from Gaoqiao in the east and ending at Qingdun Bridge in the west, there are streets along the river, which are dependent on each other. The streets are all paved with local bluestone slabs from Shaoxing. Now there are old stone roads, fanxuan arcades, shops and workshops, arch bridges and stone beams, Taimen lanes, etc., and the style is still simple.

A variety of traditional old shops line the streets, selling a wide variety of local products, especially traditional foods made on site by the people, such as sausages, sugar, etc., with unique flavors and local characteristics. The deep mansions and courtyards scattered on the street, especially the Wedding Customs Hall, Master Hall, Coin Hall, etc., are enough to immerse visitors in the rich water town style.