Is Xixing Ancient Town interesting? Does Xixing Ancient Town need tickets?
Does Xixing Ancient Town need tickets?
Xixing ancient town does not need tickets. You can visit for free.
Is Xixing Ancient Town interesting?
The beauty of Hangzhou is not only the beauty of the West Lake, but also the ancient town with blue tiles and white walls and small bridges and flowing water, all of which add more beautiful colors to Hangzhou. The ancient town introduced today is such a typical ancient town like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, namely Xixing Ancient Town.
Xigu Town is located on the riverside of Hangzhou, and it is also the nearest ancient town to Hangzhou. Many people may wonder, isn't Tangqi Ancient Town in Yuhang District the closest ancient town to Hangzhou? In fact, Xixing Ancient Town is the nearest one. The subway 1 line only needs to go to Xixing Station and walk a few hundred meters directly to Xixing Ancient Town.
Binjiang District may give people the impression of luxury shops, high-rise buildings and a typical modern metropolis, but many people never thought that such a developed city actually contains an ancient town with a long history, which is really precious.
Xixing ancient town is located on the south bank of Qiantang River. It has a long history. According to historical records, it can be directly traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In ancient times, Fan Li of Yue lived in Xiling and Guling instead of Xixing today.
Xixing ancient town has occupied a very important geographical position since ancient times. The convenient waterway transportation here makes Xixing ancient town a very important transit point from south to north. There is a very famous "crossing the pond", which used to help merchants transfer goods, just like our logistics center today.
In ancient times, Xixing ancient town was very prosperous, with prosperous commerce and complete industries. At the peak of Xixing Ancient Town, 72 rivers crossed the estuary.
However, in the later time, the waterway traffic gradually declined, so that Xixing ancient town also gradually declined and gradually disappeared from people's vision, eventually becoming a vicissitudes of Jiangnan ancient town.
Today's Xixing ancient town is just an old street, but it is also an ancient town street with a strong ancient flavor. It has not been taken seriously by the government, nor has it experienced such things as repair or reconstruction. Almost the same as before.
Everything in Xixing ancient town is the same. No other famous water town is as exquisite and beautiful as Wuzhen, and there is even the ancient Xixing ancient town, which looks very quaint and is said to be authentic, but this is also the reason why it attracts many tourists.
This old street is nearly 900 meters long, from Zifuqiao to Tieling Guandong. This old street is also the best preserved one in Hangzhou. If you walk on this old street, you will find that it was once prosperous and spectacular.
There is no business in Xixing ancient town now. Most people living in Xixing ancient town are indigenous. On both sides of this old street, there are more residents than shops.
In this old street, you can fully feel the ordinary life of ordinary people, such as drying clothes, washing clothes, playing mahjong and so on. The scene of people with small bridges and flowing water is vividly displayed in Xixing ancient town.
Walking on the bumpy bluestone road, there are some old houses in front of you. These houses still keep their original appearance, leaving vicissitudes in every corner, telling tourists their glorious history. Looks impressive.
In Xixing Ancient Town, a metropolis without tickets and modernization, just like a weather-beaten old man, he stared at all this quietly. It is also full of tranquility and gentleness that the noisy metropolis does not have, which makes my heart very quiet.