Huzhou Nanxun Old Bridge

This is CHINA: Huzhou - The Green City - Bamboo Forest

Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains Are Invaluable Assets, was first proposed in 2005 by President Xi Jinping during his visit to Anji County, Huzhou, when he was the Party chief of southeast China's Zhejiang province. Since then, the local government of Huzhou City has strived to improve its environmental strategy.

If you are looking for a getaway to somewhere green and serene that's off the beaten track, then Anji's bamboo forest is the perfect spot for you. It is well known for being the place where parts of the movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon were filmed.

This video introduces you to Anji's bamboo forest and the lives of some of farmers who live there.

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Huzhou Pt 2: Teaching in China

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Part two of teaching in China! Another catch up video. I realised I spent the most of this video talking. I just had a lot to say about teaching in China haha! Enjoy~

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China/Shanghai (Beautiful Zhujiajiao Village-Shanghai’s Venice 2) Part 64

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Zhujiajiao Ancient Town (Shanghai’s Venice)
Located in a suburb of Shanghai city, Zhujiajiao is an ancient water town well-known throughout the country, with a history of more than 1700 years. Covering an area of 47 square kilometers, the little fan-shaped town glimmers like a bright pearl in the landscape of lakes and mountains.
Endowed with another elegant name - 'Pearl Stream' - the little town is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in Shanghai. Unique old bridges across bubbling streams, small rivers shaded by willow trees, and houses with courtyards attached all transport people who have been living amidst the bustle and hustle of the modern big city to a brand-new world full of antiquity, leisure and tranquillity.
Bridges in the Town
It is said that to visit Zhujiajaio without seeing the bridges means that you have not really been to Zhujiajiao at all! Bridges here are distinctive and old, built during Ming and Qing Dynasties. The old town is thoroughly connected by 36 delicate spans in different shapes and styles, from wooden to stone to marble.
Fangsheng Bridge (Setting-fish-free Bridge) is the longest, largest and tallest stone bridge, with five openings both in Shanghai region. This bridge was built in 1571. On the bridge stands a stone tablet named Dragon Gate Stone, which is engraved with 8 coiling dragons encircling a shining pearl. On top of the bridge are 4 lifelike stone lions.
Lang Bridge (Veranda Bridge), also named Huimin Bridge, is the only wooden bridge and the most featured span in this town. It has wooden bars on the two sides and upturned eaves above, just like a narrow corridor.
North Street - Ancient Street
In the town, there is an ancient street filled with representative ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, attracting great numbers of domestic and foreign visitors. That is North Street, which is the best preserved ancient street in this suburb. Only one kilometer long, the whole street is at once primitively simple, yet very elegant. Strolling on this ancient thoroughfare and appreciating the historic buildings, long-established stores, and old bridges as well as the many narrow lanes is another enjoyment.
Take the following bus routes and get off at Zhujiajiao Bus Station first. Then walk west around 0.6 miles to arrive at the scenic area.

Ancient Town - Zhujiajiao

Zhujiajiao

南浔古镇形象宣传片（上海九杨科技出品）

南浔古镇part 1 ~Autumn 2016

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Jinxi Ancient Town | Kunshan | China（昆山 － 锦溪古镇）

Jinxi Ancient Town is a small town (only one square kilometer in area) that has 16 lakes and 238 rivers. The town also has 36 ancient bridges spanning the rivers. The bridges represent various styles and were built during different periods in history.

Jinze, China, along the river

Shot on iPhone, December 2011

Taihu bridge in Suzhou苏州太湖大桥复线工程

SHOULD YOU VISIT THAMES TOWN?

Should you visit Thames Town? Whilst visiting Shanghai, we decided to visit this popular Shanghai tourist attraction - an England town in China.

Some common Q&A

What is in Thames Town China?

This London town in China includes phone boxes, old styled English cathedrals, tea houses, street names, trafalgar square and even a fake harry Potter - all celebrating England.

Do people live in Thames Town?

A few. We saw many people visiting to take photographs and it seemed some of the homes were occupied but very few. No where near the number that I am sure China wanted in the area.

Can I visit Thames Town and where is Thames Town?

You certainly can - Thames town is just outside of Shanghai in a place called Songjiang District. You can get a taxi (40 minutes) from Shanghai city centre or jump on the metro to Songjiang New City Station on Metro line 9.

Is Thames Town a ghost town?

Yes and no. It is clear people live there so it isn't completely .a ghost town. However, hardly anyone is there and it looks like there are a lot of areas/shops/homes that have never been used. It feels almost like a ghost town.

Should you visit Thames Town?

if you are short on time in Shanghai, maybe not but if you are in Shanghai for a little and want to do something different, Thames Town definitely makes for a fun day out.

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Zhujiajiao & Jinze water towns, China

Two water towns in Shanghai province.

Taihu Lake

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13-year-old boy caught crashing seaplane into car park railing

A 13-year-old boy stole two seaplanes and drove one into the guardrails in east China's Huzhou City in Zhejiang Province on July 15. He then came out of the crashed seaplane and went to launch another one. Since he saw the staff drive the seaplane before, he stole the seaplanes from the hangar and tried to launch them. #China #Plane

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Zhouzhuang Water Village Part 1 - 周莊水鄉

Zhouzhuang (Chinese: 周庄; pinyin: Zhōuzhuāng) is a town in Jiangsu province, China. It is located within Kunshan county-level city, 30 km southeast of Suzhou.
Zhouzhuang is a popular tourist destination, classified as a AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration.[1] It is one of the most famous water townships in China, noted for its profound cultural background, the well preserved ancient residential houses and the elegant watery views. It has been called the Venice of the East.

Zhouzhuang water town of China

Zhouzhuang water town of China
In the world there are many places that are called Venice. But the Chinese town of Zhouzhuang is particularly well suited for this definition. Zhouzhuang - is the oldest Chinese settlement on the water. Its history goes back 900 years. City is a series of islands surrounded by water. As in Venice, through which spanned numerous bridges. Zhouzhuang located 35 kilometers southeast of the eastern city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province is known as China's first village on the water. It is one of the most famous water townships in China, noted for its profound cultural background, the well preserved ancient residential houses and the elegant watery views. It has been called the Venice of the East.
Zhouzhuang is surrounded by four rivers of water that formed it eight streets, connected by a few dozen stone bridges. Bridges are very different, but the most typical are paired Shuangqiao bridges built during the Ming Dynasty. They consist of an arched stone span from one beam and stone. Architecturally unique is the two-pass bridge, thrown across the two channels. Streets are rivers, passages are connected by bridges, and houses built along the rivers, which are the roads on which the locals are moved by boat.
Zhouzhang originated as a village by the name of Zhenfengli during the Spring and Autumn (BCE (770-476) Period of the Eastern Zhou (BCE 770-221) Dynasty. It received its current name in CE 1086 during the Northern Song (CE 960-1127) Dynasty when the village, which had belonged to the fiefdom of Yaocheng, was donated to Zhenfengli's Quanfu (Full Fortune) Temple – also known as Blessed Temple – by a devout Buddhist by the name of Zhou Digong, who owned this piece of land
Most of the old houses and bridges of Zhenfengli cum Zhouzhang stem from the Ming (CE 1368-1644) and Qing (CE 1644-1911) Dynasty period, though some are from the Yuan (CE 1279-1368) Dynasty period. Less than 40% of the structures in Zhouzhuang stem from the pre-Yuan era, while a few – including the town's new water tower and Quanfu Pagoda, the latter of which was erected in order to conceal the view of the newly erected water tower as much as possible (which explains why Quanfu Pagoda lies in the northwestern section of the town, near the new archway entrance to Zhouzhuang, while Quanfu Temple itself lies in the southwestern section of Zhouzhuang – stem from the end of the 20th century.
Zhouzhang is a beautiful, picturesque village of willow-lined canals that are contiguous with rows of waterside buildings with whitewashed walls and gray slate roofs, and whose wooden eaves are upturned in the quintessentially Chinese fashion. Inland from the canals and the stone arch bridges are streets paved with cobblestones.

Since the 12th century, Zhouzhuang has been connected to the Grand Canal, which extends from Hangzhou in the south to Beijing in the north. This development naturally brought prosperity to the region of Suzhou, and it was thanks to this prosperity that the region in part developed its own scholars and artists, and in part attracted them from outside. Many of these artists and members of the literati were either native sons, or chose to make the idyllic watertowns of the region their new home.
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