Zhouzhuang Town

Visitor information

Also known as

周庄古镇

Scenic area grade

5A

City

Suzhou

Coordinates

31.1152718, 120.8455794

About Zhouzhuang Town

Zhouzhuang Town is located in the southeast of Suzhou City, at the junction of Kunshan, Wujiang and Shanghai. The town area is 38.96 square kilometers and the water area is 18.16 square kilometers, accounting for 46.6%. The town has a population of more than 30,000 people, including more than 22,000 people with local registered residence. It has jurisdiction over 10 administrative villages (62 natural villages and 54 reserved villages) and 3 neighborhood committees. Zhouzhuang Ancient Town was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was the fiefdom of Prince Wu and King Yue Yao. Zhouzhuang was liberated on May 8, 1949 and was called Zhouzhuang Town. In the first year of Yuanyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1086), Zhou Digonglang set up a village here to engage in farming and donated land to build a temple called "Quanfu".

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