Even though I have been to Zhouzhuang, China's No.1 Water Town,
for many times, I would love to live in Zhouzhuang
for a couple of days like the locals
because it always makes my
mindset more refreshed.

Zhouzhuang is a very popular tourist destination in China, so
it is always embraced
by the crowded visitors in the daytime. However,
it gets back to local people's authentic life at nights and in the
early morning.

I like meandering around the old streets without many tourists
when the sun is just rising and local people get up to prepare
their breakfast, which reminds me of my joyful childhood.
Zhouzhuang was built over
900 years ago, but it is still so prosperous that
local people love living here.
Zhouzhuang is the best
specism all over China on how to develop the tourism
industry within good preservation of traditional
culture and history.
Zhouzhuang has been more
and more well-known since the double bridges
painted by the world-famous painter, Mr. Chen Yifei/陈逸飞,
was presented to Deng
Xiaoping by Armand Hammer/阿曼德.哈默 when he first
visited China in 1984.
It is memorable for tourists
to experince local people's daily life such as
bargaining for breakfast or local food.
It is interesting to witness
Chinese
traditional shaving on the old street. The
barber has been working for this
kind
of job for 50
years. She persists in
cutting hair
and shaving faces for local
people and tourists every day even
though she was retired
for many years.

The new opening Zhouzhuang Museum maybe the best place to know
its histroy, culture, folk custom and so on.
It is funny to take
some incredible photos in weird
building/怪楼.
Try to
slow the paces in
the crowded people and find one
peaceful place to enjoy
the local life at
some small cafes
or teahouses.
Of course, don't miss the tasty local food.
Homestay is blooming,
so more and more tourists would
like
to stay longer at Zhouzhuang
enough to understand what the local life really means.
Tips: There are shuttle
buses directly to Zhouzhuang from
the southern parking of the Humble Administrator's Garden twice in
a day and departing time is 11:10
and 14:10./拙政园南停车场有“苏州好行”直通周庄,一天两班
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