Visit the hometown of silkworm babies, Zhensze
Suzhou has many ancient towns under its jurisdiction, with beautiful scenery and rich historical and cultural heritage. Among them, Zhensze Ancient Town is my favorite, 1.5 hours away from Shanghai and 1.1 hours away from Suzhou. Zhensze is one of the most unspoiled and least commercialized ancient towns, known as the 'Hometown of Silk', 'Hometown of Silk Quilts', and also the 'Hometown of Silkworm Babies'.
The people of Zhensze still retain the most traditional ancient methods of sericulture, which has gradually become an important destination for children's study tours. Every year, elementary school students are required to write an essay about sericulture, and the best place for children to experience it is, of course, the hometown of silkworm babies.
Many years ago, I visited the Taihu Snow in Zhensze, which at that time mainly showcased silk bedding. However, it has gradually developed into a comprehensive destination for research, study, and vacation:
1. Visitors can take their children to get up close with silkworm babies and see every stage of sericulture. They can also buy small houses for silkworm babies, but they can only be taken away by car, as live ones cannot be taken on high-speed trains;
2. You can visit the museum and then participate in the manual production of silk cocoons, experience silk reeling and cocoon stripping, as well as the production of mulberry silk quilts, which are of the highest quality in the world. In addition, the coffee shop, courtyard afternoon tea, dyeing, etc., are all experience projects of Taihu Snow Sericulture Garden;
3. Opposite the exhibition area is the mulberry and silkworm picking garden, where you can pick mulberries, and of course, you can also pick mulberry leaves to feed the silkworm babies; there is a very popular wild fire rice that almost always requires advance reservation, the glutinous rice with broad beans and wild pork belly is simply too delicious; our friends not only treated us to wild fire rice but also barbecue, and French-style table setting, including an oval bread for 60 yuan each, limited to 200 per day, which you can't buy without a reservation, and I have never tasted such delicious bread before. Friends joked that parents eat and drink, while children go play.
4. There are also accommodations in the garden, and the environment is quite good. Taihu Snow was created by a local teacher in Zhensze, and now it has grown larger and larger, and the sericulture garden has become a large-scale parent-child study tour center. For me, a northerner, coming to the world of silkworm babies is truly a unique experience.
The ancient town is small in size and the atmosphere of life is very strong. You can buy a lot of Wujiang specialties and recommend it. In addition, it is recommended to buy a joint ticket, which is only 5 yuan more expensive than the single purchase of Shijiantang tickets, and you can play five attractions.
The ancient town is small in size and the atmosphere of life is very strong. You can buy a lot of Wujiang specialties and recommend it. In addition, it is recommended to buy a joint ticket, which is only 5 yuan more expensive than the single purchase of Shijiantang tickets, and you can play five attractions.
Compared with the famous Nanxun Ancient Town, Zhenze Ancient Town is not so famous, but it is quiet and leisure, the commercial atmosphere is not so strong, the price is not expensive, the tea is delicious, the black beans are delicious, and the dishes in the Lanlan Tea House are delicious. Very worth a visit. Shijiantang really recommend to see, really good, it can be said that I have seen so many ancient buildings one of the best.
In the off-season, there are not many people, free tickets and parking fees, like it! It's good to meet a peacock! The ancient town is by the canal, there are bridges and temples. There are not many places to eat on the old street. There is a noodle shop that is good and the price is not cheap, but the Soviet-style red noodle soup is very authentic and tastes good. There are many places to drink tea on both sides of the river.
Out of the habit of self-driving tours in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I chose this ordinary ancient town of Jiangnan. There are few people and clean. Walking around the river to see the east view. The paid attractions are quite good for a family of three to charter a place and you can take a tour. Visiting the small town outside the scenic spot, quiet and peaceful, the canal flows slowly, and the old age is not bad. The small wine shop bought a bottle of Suzhou Bridge rice wine, mellow and sweet, and Jiangnan is very good.