In Jiangnan water town, there are many ancient towns like Wuzhen, which are beautiful and quiet, like pearls. Wuzhen not only has small bridges, flowing water, people's water town customs and exquisite and elegant residential buildings, but also has a strong historical and cultural atmosphere. This may be because it has the longest history and the most developed culture.
Wuzhen was called Wu Dun in ancient times, and the Wujiang River transited during the Spring and Autumn Period. It was called Wuzhen only during the period of Xian Tong in the Tang Dynasty.
Wuzhen has a long history. According to the identification of pottery, stone tools, bone implements and animal bones unearthed from "Tanjiawan Ancient Cultural Site" in the town east, it belongs to Majiabang cultural type and is in the Neolithic Age. It can be seen that more than 6000 years ago, the ancestors of Wuzhen flourished here.
Wuzhen is located in the north of Tongxiang City, which is17km away from the urban area. It borders Huzhou City in the west, Wujiang County in Jiangsu Province in the north, Puyuan and Longxiang Street in the southeast, and Xiuzhou District in Jiaxing City in the northeast. Historically, it was the wrong place for seven counties (Tongxiang, Shimen, Xiushui, Wucheng, Gui 'an, Wujiang and Zhenze) in two provinces (Zhejiang and Jiangsu) and three states (Jiaxing, Huzhou and Suzhou). Today, it is the economic, cultural and transportation center of nearby towns. The town area is 7 1. 19 square kilometers, and the urban area is 2.5 square kilometers. The total population is 60,000, and the permanent population of the township is 1.2 million.
Wuzhen is located in the alluvial plain of rivers, lakes, swamps, with flat terrain, no hills, criss-crossing rivers, mild and humid climate, abundant rainfall, abundant sunshine and rich products, and is known as the "land of fish and rice, land of silk".
In terms of public facilities, Wuzhen has post and telecommunications sub-offices 1 piece, postal roads 1 piece, substations1piece with 35Kva, and four deep wells in waterworks, with a green area of over 28.84 hectares and a green coverage rate of over 18.3%.
Wuzhen agriculture is one of the main grain producing areas in Tongxiang City, which is mainly based on grain planting and diversified management. Cocoon is the first specialty in Wuzhen, and tiger skin and chrysanthemum are well-known at home and abroad. In recent years, the aquaculture of pigs, sheep, ducks and freshwater fish has been vigorously developed and achieved great results.
Wuzhen has 1 middle school, 1 junior middle school, 2 town primary schools, 1 county general hospital, 1 psychiatric hospital, 1 town health center. There are health stations in the village and clinics in the factory. Cultural stations, radio stations, cable TV stations, workers' clubs, libraries, cinemas, theaters, bookstores, people's parks and other urban facilities are readily available.
199 1 year, Wuzhen was rated as a provincial historical and cultural city. 1999 started the ancient town protection and tourism development project, which was put into the market in 2000 and was a great success. Now Wuzhen Scenic Area has been rated as a national AAAA scenic spot, and it is one of the 20 golden week forecast scenic spots in China.