Wuzhen Things to Do

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Jiangnan Furniture Hall is located in one of those small street in Wuzhan East town. The hall exhibits the traditional Jiangnan's furnitures specially the traditional beds. During my visit, I thought I went shopping at IKEA in ancient China. It is quite a big areas with different display of traditional Chinese furnitures.

In Chinese: 江南白床馆

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During our visit, we passed by the Village Square. This is an example of how villagers were entertained by Chinese opera in their town center. The Village Square is surrounded by shops, restaurants, rest areas, and a small theater beside the square.

In Chinese: 花鼓戏

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Before 1994, it was called Mao Dun's Former Residence. It is a museum to show the residence, the childhood, life, and achievement of this great revolutionary writer. This 7000sf house was bought by his father in 1885, and it was a good example of houses in late Qing dynasty.

I like this museum cause it is located in this typical old Wuzhan town area.

Famous Site in Wuzhan, don't miss..

In Chinese: 茅盾故居

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This was once a famous pawnshop in Wuzhen. The old furniture like old cabinets, drawers, Chairs, and tables are the remnants in this attraction. You can see the old architecture of this old shop house as well.

In Chinese: 汇源当铺

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Blue Print Workshop displays some beautiful painted blue cloths of Jiangnan region. They are using blue glass and dyeing material makes their fabric in patterns. It is very nice to see those fabrics hanging together while drying under the sun.

In Chinese: 蓝印花布作坊

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Gongsheng Grains Workshop is one of the attractions in Wuzhen East Town. Basically, they are selling rice wine, at the same time show you how an actual distillery churning out a pungent rice wine. This was the traditional way to make rich wine in Wuzhen. I was more interested to see the traditional workshop than testing their wine.

In Chinese: 三百酒坊

The canals and waterways are flanked by trees on one side, and houses on the other. Arc bridges erected across the canals connect the two sides. Visiting this village is like taking a walk down memory lane, transporting us back to hundreds of years ago.

Unfortunately, most of the young people of this village have chosen to uproot themselves and leave for better job opportunites in bigger cities. Most of the residents who chose to stay on are the older ones.

The wood and stone carvings on bridges, windows etc have been well preserved in Wuzhen. These date back hundreds of years. In this photo, you can still see the carvings on the lion (which is on a stone bridge) very clearly. In the background, you can also see the wood carvings on the windows and walls of houses.