苏州是中国江南水乡最聚集的地区，这里有名扬中外的“中国第一水乡”周庄，“醇正水乡”同里，“水乡第一镇”用直，以及“园林水乡”木渎，“昆曲之乡”千灯，“民间博物馆之乡”锦溪等等，还有很多不太知名的水乡古镇。从江南水乡味道来说，不知名的水乡古镇远比知名的来得更纯正，更纯朴，太仓沙溪就是这样的一个水乡古镇。由于不太知名，故游客不是很多，商业味道也不是太浓，这里呈现给您的是最原汁原味的江南水乡风貌，以及古朴的生活风情，也许这才是人们梦萦心牵的江南水乡。

Suzhou has a lot of Jiangnan Water towns. Some of them are very famous,  such as Zhouzhuang, Tongli, Louzhi, Mudu, Qiangdun, and so on. However, there are a lot of unkown water towns. From the views of  pure water town, unkown water towns are more natural and pure than the mature ones. Shaxi is just such one of them.  There are fewer tourists, because of its being unkonwn by people. So you can experience the most pure and natural Jiangnan living life here.