The Lesser-Known Ancient Town in Shaoxing You Might Not Know About
by ADS. Nikki
Jul 13, 2025
Yellow Wine Town
📍Detailed Address: No. 37 Xilin Road, Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province
Public Transport: Shaoxing Metro Line 1 → Yellow Wine Town Station Exit E, walk 500m (Directly take the Yellow Wine Town Tourist Line from Shaoxing North Station)
Self-driving: Navigate to Yellow Wine Town (there is a large free parking lot)
🎫Tickets: None
⏰Opening Hours: Open all day
This is the hometown of the great Tang Dynasty writer He Zhizhang, the patriotic poet of the Southern Song Dynasty Lu You, and the martyr of the Xinhai Revolution Xu Xilin. It is known as the 'Town of Water, Wine, Bridges, and Scholars'.
Taste:
In the Yellow Wine-themed town, you must taste the yellow wine, try the 5 yuan yellow wine popsicle, and various special foods made with yellow wine, such as yellow wine milk tea.
Sit:
Take a ride on the Wupeng boat without queuing (39 yuan/boat for 3 people)
Stroll:
Gather at the wine workshops, Yue Brewing Workshop, Xinqiao, Yellow Wine Town Exhibition Hall, Yellow Wine Utensils Exhibition Hall, Xu Xilin's Former Residence, Jiu'an Yanglong Bureau
📝Note tips:
About 2 hours of tour time is enough
It is about a 10-minute drive from Keqiao Ancient Town, Keyan Scenic Area, and Xiaochi Tea Lake, and about a 20-minute drive from the Hometown of the Sage of Calligraphy and Cangqiao Straight Street
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