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Plan your Shanghai tour<\/a>? While fascinated by\u00a0Shanghai’s \u00a0futuristic buildings and fast developments,\u00a0but if you are keenly looking for something old Shanghai, a kind of the old world charming, a half day trip can bring you\u00a0to the ancient town of Zhujiajiao. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Zhujiajiao belongs to Qingpu District under the Shanghai Municipality, about 50km to the west of the Bund by road. The villages and towns on Yangtze River Delta\u00a0have long\u00a0used the\u00a0water and canals\u00a0for irrigation and transportation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So there are many villages and towns constructed\u00a0on the canal systems.\u00a0Modern transportation and infrastructure have mostly taken place of old\u00a0canals, but these villages and old towns have still kept using the water system\u00a0for hundreds of years.\u00a0 The most famous water towns around Shanghai include Zhouzhuang Water Town<\/a> and Tongli Ancient Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don’t have enough time to visit <\/strong>Zhouzhuang Water Town<\/a> and Tongli Ancient Town<\/a> which are a bit far from Shanghai, Zhujiajiao Water Town is a good substitute to immerse yourself in an old town with a history of over 1700 years. Zhujiajiao Ancient Town was once a trading hub for the surrounding countryside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its buildings can date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties ( 1368-1911). In the past, goods and people were carried by small boats on the narrow canals from house to house, passing under numerous ancient stone bridges. Some of the canals and stone bridges are still used by the local people and now tourists as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zhujiajiao Water Town boasts many old historical buildings and\u00a0sites of historic interest, such as banks, rice\u00a0shops,\u00a0 spice stores and even a Qing Dynasty Post\u00a0Office, Fangsheng Bridge, Kezhi Garden and the Yuanjin Buddhist Temple. The alleys in Zhujiajiao\u00a0are teemed with numerous vendors selling souvenirs,\u00a0snacks, and locals cuisine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Latest Update from Phil: Once you get to the Zhujiajiao station, go out the exit that is the bridge over the road and take the stairs down to your right. From here you can either walk (about 1 km \u2013 15 minutes), take a bus, or take a taxi to get to the tourist areas of town (I walked).<\/p>\n\n\n\n To walk turn left at the road in front of you (Zhuxi road), then take the first major right turn (Xiangningbang Road) and then take the second MAJOR left (Xinfeng Rd).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tourist information office is a couple hundred meters down Xinfeng road on the right. On the return to the train station, we took one of the pedicabs from Xinfeng road which was 15RMB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This place is definitely worth a visit. It is a mini Venice with an Asian flair. The boat ride is now 80RMB for up to 6 people for a 10 \u2013 15 minute trip. Also, there are MANY bars, restaurants, and tea shops along the river. Don\u2019t eat before you get here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This place is good fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you only want to spend about 1-2 hours to stroll along the old streets, see the old houses and bridges, you don’t have to pay. If you are interested in the sites of interests and historical sites, you are kindly requested to buy a thorough tickets to cover the 8 inside sites in Zhujiaojiao Water Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ticketing\u00a0 office ( served as Tourist Information Center as well )\u00a0just north of the KFC. Ask for an English map of Zhujiajiao from the information center. Many people would visit Zhujiajiao free of charge by just walking around the old town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the northern tip of Xinfeng Road (\u65b0\u98ce\u8def) is a T-junction where you will see a direction sign, confused? You just turn right and start your Zhujiaojiao exploration. You may come back on the same route or have a loop tour and return on the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n a T-junction where you will see a direction sign, you just turn right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will first come across Fangsheng Bridge, the largest 5-arch stone bridge in the Yangte River Delta. It is one of the over-30 stone bridges in Zhujiajiao. Standing on the bridge, you have a beautiful view of the surrounding waterfront houses and rowing boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Standing on the bridge, you have a beautiful view of the surrounding waterfront houses and rowing boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walking down the Fangsheng Bridge, you turn left side to explore one of the old alleys in Zhujiajiao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The narrow lane is rife with snack stalls and souvenirs stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the narrow alley, you will see a canal flanked by two waterfront streets named the same name of Xijing Street (\u897f\u4e95\u8857). Three bridges span the canal with the first bridge named, Dragon Head Bridge, Dragon Body Bridge and Dragon Tail Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You walk through the Dragon Head Bridge, then walk along the other side of the street, continue to come cross the third Dragon Bridge, return on the same Xijing Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is the typical water town views – boats, waterfront houses, and trees, constituting an impressive scroll of Chinese traditional painting. You may take a break drinking coffee or tea in the waterfront bars. The narrow canal is connected to the bigger canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first bridge – Dragon Head Bridge ( Yong’an Bridge ) on Xijing Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walk across the first bridge and stroll on the other side of Xijing Street. You will see the old water town life – rowing boats, local residents chatting,water front house and wharfs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may pay RMB 65 to rent a 4-6 people boat to cruise on the canals in Zhujiajiao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zhujiajiao Water Town is still inhabited by the local residents doing routine life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The old stone paved streets and simple stone steps used for wharfs and washing clothes and vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second bridge Dragon Body Bridge (Zhonglong Bridge) \u4e2d\u9f99\u6865<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last bridge on the canal by Xijing Street – Dragon Tail Bridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is Ao Restaurant & Bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More pictures taken from North Street ( Beidajie ) and its side lanes 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n More pictures taken from North Street ( Beidajie ) and its side lanes 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n More pictures taken from North Street ( Beidajie ) and its side lanes 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don\u2019t want to do a self-guided tour and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for guided tours to Shanghai:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shanghai Tour<\/a> Top 10 Attractions in Shanghai<\/a> How to Plan a Trip to Shanghai<\/a> Best time to visit Shanghai<\/a> Tips for Visiting Nanjing Road in Shanghai<\/a> Huangpu River in Shanghai VS River Thames in London<\/a> Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Travelers We\u2019d like to have the following travel guide to be always updated for the benefit of new visitors coming to Zhujiajiao Water Town (\u6731\u5bb6\u89d2\u53e4\u9547). If anybody having used the piece finds necessary updates, please leave a message or feedback. Thanks!————- Plan your Shanghai tour? While fascinated by\u00a0Shanghai’s \u00a0futuristic buildings and fast developments,\u00a0but if…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[4273,4275,4274],"class_list":["post-13304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shanghai-attractions","tag-how-to-get-to-zhujiajiao-water-town","tag-zhujiajiao-ancient-town","tag-zhujianjiao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13304"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30374,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13304\/revisions\/30374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Location of Zhujiajiao Ancient Town <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How to get to Zhujiajiao Water Town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>One major update on the directions on how to get to Zhujiajiao. There is a new metro line, 17 (an extension of line 2), that has a station at Zhujiajiao. It costs me 8 RMB for the metro from Puxi to Zhujiajiao and it takes about 80 minutes; only a little longer than it would by taxi, but much cheaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow to Visit Zhujiajiao Ancient Town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Virtual Tour of Zhujiajiao Ancient Town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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