Zhujiajiao Town, an ancient town located on the east side of Dianshan Lake, has a vast area of 46 square kilometers with a total area of 138 square kilometers. Its history is far-reaching, formerly known as Zhuxi Town, Zhujie Pavilion, as early as the Three Kingdoms period has formed a village, the Song and Yuan dynasties gradually become a bazaar, the name of Zhujia Village. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the town was officially built, named Zhujie Pavilion, also known as Zhuxi. This town was once famous for the cloth industry in the south of the Yangtze River, known as "the world of clothes", and became a giant town in the south of the Yangtze River. In 1991, Zhujiajiao Town was listed as one of the four major historical and cultural towns in Shanghai, and in 2007, it was rated as the third batch of Chinese historical and cultural towns (villages).
Zhujiajiao Town is the distribution center of agricultural and sideline products in the surrounding four townships, with 30 bridges and 30 bridges, showing a typical style of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Jingting Town in the northeast of the town originally belonged to Kunshan County, Jiangsu Province, and was assigned to Zhujiajiao Town at the beginning of liberation. The water and land transportation here is very developed, the highway has Shanghai-Zhu, Qingping, Qingfeng, Qingshang, Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway and other lines, the water transport channel is wide, extending in all directions.
The town takes North Street, Daxin Street and Caohe Street as the commercial center, and there is a saying that "three miles of long streets, thousands of shops". In the first period, the rice market was particularly prosperous, and Qingjiao thin rice was famous, and there were more than 100 rice factories, rice shops, and rice shops on both sides of Caogang at that time. Whenever the new valley appears, the river port is almost congested with rice boats, and its pomp and circumstance can be seen. In addition, the town has a complete range of commercial industries, outlets, abundant supply and prosperous business. Historically, Dianshan Lake Distillery's honey alcohol, Shanghai rice wine, and Dianshan Lake beer were well received by consumers, and Yirentai Food Factory's soy sauce, milk curd and other products were sold at home and abroad.
The town of Zhujiajiao has many historical sites and scenic spots. The five-hole stone arch bridge of the Ming Dynasty building across the Cao Harbor is one of the oldest stone arch bridges in Shanghai. There are Ma's class plantation garden in the northwest, pavilions and pavilions, different styles, sparse and decent layout, and it is expected that the moon tower, the pentagonal pavilion, the Xiaoyao building, the banquet hall, the singing platform, the book city, the book gallery and other buildings. There are also Chenghuang Temple, Gongqing Park and other scenic spots. The west side of the town is Dianshan Lake, which is very close to the Grand View Garden tourist area, and attracts Chinese and foreign tourists with the scenery of the water town and market town. The production and sales of famous local delicious drunken crabs, eel noodles, five-spice smoked fish, marinated dried tofu and so on are booming.
This ancient town is like a moving picture scroll, carrying a long history and rich cultural heritage. Here, you can feel the unique charm and style of the Jiangnan water town.