Wuzhen

Historic study of Liang Crown Prince Xiao Tong, preserving literary elegance and the heritage of the Wen Xuan anthology.

Qing dynasty academy rebuilt in 1868 under the motto of determined resolve, pioneering modern schooling for Mao Dun.

Northern Song Taoist temple and riverfront stage, the historic center of folk opera and water-town festivals.

National Major Heritage site and ancestral Qing courtyard residence where master novelist Mao Dun was born.

Ming covered twin bridge at the Dongshi River mouth, embodying the traditional blessing of 'Fortune on Both Sides'.

Ming stone boundary gateway at Fenshuidun, dividing Jiaxing and Huzhou across the Grand Canal water network.

During the Ming Jiajing era, the Chexi settlement was divided into Huzhou-administered Wuzhen and Jiaxing-administered Qingzhen.

Yan Chen initiated the relocation of Lizhi Academy in 1865; the new academy was completed in 1868 as an important late-Qing Wuzhen school.

Wuzhen tradition holds that Crown Prince Zhaoming studied there during the Liang period; the later academy links that memory with his compilation of Wen Xuan.