A One-Day Tour Guide to Nanxun Ancient Town! Includes a No-Backtracking Route
by HUGO FRANCIS
Oct 24, 2025
"If you haven't been to Nanxun, how can you know Jiangnan"
Old streets and alleys, white walls and black tiles, small bridges and flowing water
As one of the [Six Great Ancient Towns in Jiangnan]
It is less commercialized than Wuzhen and Zhouzhuang
It is more of the local people's life, and it's free‼ ️
This ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River with few people and beautiful scenery is worth a visit😭
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📍: Nanxun Ancient Town, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province
⏰: Open all day
🎫: Free
🚄: You can drive from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, or take public transportation after arriving at [Huzhou Station] from the high-speed rail station. It only takes 30 minutes to take a taxi from Wuzhen
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🚶♂️[Travel route]
Jiaye Library→Xiaolianzhuang→Liu's Ladder→Guanghui Palace→Nanxun Ancient Theater→Baijianlou→Yiyuan→Silk Pier
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📸[Free photo check-in point]
✅Baijianlou
The most photogenic place in the entire ancient town, from the blues of early morning to dusk, the reflection of the ancient town against the calm lake, looks like an ink painting
✅Cruise in the lake
Here at the pier, you can take the scenic water bus to visit the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. It runs every half an hour and costs only 3 yuan, which is very cost-effective‼ ️
✅Changfa Bridge
With the willow trees on the shore and the ancient Jiangnan buildings, a mottled landscape painting of Jiangnan comes to your face
✅Tongjin Bridge
A curved arch bridge, you can take pictures of the perfect reflection and the passing of the cruise ship at the Cross Pier
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🏨【About accommodation】
It is recommended to stay in the B&B of Baijianlou for one night, get up early and take a walk in Baijianlou, and feel the fireworks of the people on the water. Only then can you truly appreciate the meaning of the saying "If you don't go to Nanxun, how can you know Jiangnan"
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🍔【About food】
🍜Shuangjiaomian, 🍵Sandaocha, 🥮Dingshenggao, 🫓Xunsubing, etc.
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