First time in Suzhou? Step into Zhouzhuang | See this classic Jiangnan scene frozen in time!

Zhouzhuang Ancient Town Overview: A masterpiece of Jiangnan water towns. Known as "China's No. 1 Water Town" and named one of CNN's "World's 10 Most Beautiful Towns," it is the benchmark that wins over even seasoned travelers who have seen many Jiangnan ancient towns. Its rise to fame owes much to renowned painter Chen Yifei, whose work "Memory of Hometown" gave Zhouzhuang an international face and brought the mysterious water towns of the East to life for the world. Zhouzhuang Attractions: Zhouzhuang is the classic "ID photo" of a water town. Streets follow the waterways, bridges create the scenery, and bridges link the streets. Along the canals, stone embankments, arched bridges, and whitewashed walls with dark tiles outline the thousand-year silhouette of this ancient town. On its grid-like waterways, 14 ancient stone bridges from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties—including Fu'an Bridge, Twin Bridges, and Taiping Bridge—remain perfectly preserved, firmly riveting together the water, banks, streets, and houses. Moreover, Zhouzhuang is no hollow tourist site; today, over 800 original households still live here along the rivers. Elders sit by their doors chatting and sipping tea, their soft Wu dialect drifting over the water. Sculling boats glide under the bridges day after day, continuing the living scroll of "bridges before the door, boats passing through the home" unbroken since the Ming and Qing dynasties—still vivid and never faded~