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How long is Zhujiajiao ancient town?
Zhujiajiao's land was formed about 7000 years ago, and relics from the Neolithic Age to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were found at the bottom of Dianshan Lake.

Before the Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Youxian County, Louxian County, Jiaxing County, Xinyi County and Kunshan County respectively.

The tenth year of Tang Tianbao (75 1) belonged to Huating County and Kunshan County.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it gradually became a small market town named Zhujiacun.

In the 29th year of Yuan Dynasty (1292), it belonged to Huating County, Shanghai County and Kunshan County.

In the twenty-first year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1542), it belonged to Qingpu County and Kunshan County.

In the forty years of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (16 12), it became a big town, renamed Zhu Jieting, also known as Zhuxi, commonly known as Li Jiao.

Zhujiajiao area has formed a market, and later, due to convenient water transportation and prosperous commerce, it gradually formed a market town, and it became a prosperous town during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

After the Qing Dynasty, it became the trade center in the west of Qingpu County.

By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the prosperity of commerce had ranked first in Qingpu County, and it was the distribution center of agricultural and sideline products in the surrounding four townships.

Song Rulin described in the preface to the Pearl Story of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty: "Today's Pearl is a corner of Qingxi, with thousands of fireworks, which connects Kunshan in the north and Shui Gu in the south. Its streets are endless, and businessmen are constantly flowing. In Tsinghua, Shui Mu, there are many literati ... Passers-by admire farming, which makes the river wind around the ancient times, but there are more than poets.

Although Levin and Guan Geli are neck and neck.

"Before War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, merchants gathered in the town with a prosperous population. North Street, Daxin Street and Caohe Street are commercial centers. From the first oil factory of Yili Bridge to the tip of Dongshi Street, this street is more than three miles long and has more than a thousand shops. It has the reputation that "three wells (Zhujing, Fengjing and Sijing) are not as good as one corner".

During the Republic of China, the rice market was extremely prosperous and green rice was well known. At that time, there were 100 rice mills, rice shops and rice shops on both sides of Cao Gang.

Every time the new valley appeared, the river port was congested by rice boats, and its grand occasion was evident.

In addition, the town has a complete commercial industry, numerous outlets and abundant supply.

In short, Zhujiajiao ancient town has a history of 500 years.