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[Jiaxing Free Travel] How to enjoy a 2-day and 1-night Jiaxing tour, a comprehensive itinerary planning guide!

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Travellers Magicians
Jun 17, 2025

Contents

  • Jiaxing itinerary planning overview
  • Jiaxing Day 1
    • Wuzhen
    • Puyuan Fashion Ancient Town
  • Jiaxing Day 2
    • Nanhu Scenic Area
    • Xitang Scenic Area
  • Trip Planning Assistant
  • Show more

This guide carefully plans a perfect 2-day and 1-night trip to Jiaxing for you. Covering local attractions, authentic food and popular shopping areas, you can easily travel around Jiaxing and enjoy a worry-free holiday. Whether it is an in-depth exploration of history and culture or a fashionable check-in in a modern city, this guide can meet your needs. Come and start your wonderful journey in Jiaxing!





Take a boat trip in Wuzhen to find the ancient bridge in "A Time to Live and a Time to Die", and explore the filming location of "Mission Impossible" in Xitang at night. These two ancient towns are must-visit places for movie and TV fans.
In Puyuan, you can enjoy the trendy market and Dingsheng cake, ride a bike around Nanhu Lake and wait for the sunrise, and enjoy the water town and lake view.


date journey
Day 1 Wuzhen->Puyuan Fashion Ancient Town
Day 2 Nanhu Scenic Area->Xitang Scenic Area


In the northern suburbs of Tongxiang, Wuzhen is a historic town situated south of the Yangtze River. Xizha and Dongzha are the two divisions of the main beautiful area. Experiences that visitors won't want to miss include taking in Xizha's nighttime scenery, rowboating, and attending folk performances. Additionally, Huang Lei and Rene Liu's "A Time to Live and a Time to Die" was filmed here.

The distance between Dongzha and Xizha is roughly 1.5 kilometers. If you like to see both Dongzha and Xizha in a single day, you should get to Wuzhen early in the morning, spend two to three hours in Dongzha, then begin your journey to Xizha after lunch, and then spend the night in Xizha to see the

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Wuzhen

Highlights of Xizha and Dongzha:

In addition to seeing cultural landmarks like Zhaoming Academy and the former post office, you may spend a day exploring Xizha's stone pavement, sampling regional fare like sister-in-law cake, Dingsheng cake, and stinky tofu. Of course, a rowboat is another way to enjoy the water town. Don't miss the Xizha night tour if you have the time. It is a lovely sight to see the water lanes, historic bridges, and white walls lit up by lights, and touring them by rowing is much more fascinating. After taking in the nighttime scenery, you can enjoy a few drinks at the bar, watch an old film outside, or enjoy the delightful flower drum opera. In contrast to Xizha, Dongzha

Food and specialties:

Braised lamb and pickled duck are must-try delicacies when visiting Wuzhen, and the lamb is especially famous. The Hanlin Mansion Hotel and Fengyuan Restaurant in Dongzha, the Yusheng Restaurant and the Braised Duck Restaurant in Xizha are all popular restaurants. You may also want to try the special snacks such as fried stinky tofu, Dingsheng cake, and sister-in-law cakes sold in the streets and alleys.

If you want to bring some local specialties back, the handmade "Three White Liquors", Tao Xuchang brand bean paste, exquisite wood carvings and bamboo carvings, as well as headscarves, coasters, umbrellas, wallets and various pictographic pendants made of "blue printed cloth" are all good choices. There are many specialty shops on the street.

Accommodation in the scenic area:

There are many hotels and inns in the Xizha Scenic Area, all of which are managed by the government. The fees range from low to high. Staying in the scenic area can make it convenient for sightseeing and better experience the night view of Xizha.

There are also many hotels and inns to choose from outside the scenic area, and the prices are relatively cheaper than those inside the scenic area.


Address: No. 18, Shifo South Road, Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City

Opening hours: 09:00-22:00

evaluate:

There aren't many people in the off-season. Dongzha is relatively small and you can finish visiting it in a short time. It’s not very interesting and you can choose to go or not. Xizha is pretty good and you need to stay for a whole day to visit it. Some restaurants in the scenic area have good food, large portions and high cost-performance.



The charming scenery of Puyuan's fashionable ancient town Puzhen can be seen from the majestic Fushan Temple, Shufang Zen Garden, Pufuma's residence and Yue Family Mansion. In Pu Town, there are ancient relics and relics, such as Beigeng Tower, Pu Shang Guild Hall, Puchuan Poetry Society and Meijing Theater, which indicate the profound and long cultural history. At that time, the eaves and corners of Pu Town highlighted the beauty of perseverance. On the clear and transparent waters of the south of the Yangtze River, quaint buildings stood by the water. A boat could float along the river that stretched for miles, circling unhindered and traveling back and forth. Moreover, it is known as one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Puchuan" and the "Giant Town of Jiahe", with prosperous commerce and the inheritance of history seems to be within reach. The origin of the story can be traced back to the depths of history. At the turn of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the people of the Central Plains supported each other and crossed the Huai River. Pu Feng, an official of the Song Dynasty, traveled south to Zhejiang to visit scenic spots and choose a place to live. When he saw the sycamore trees in the water town and the ancient relics of the secluded lake, he was filled with joy and decided to settle down there. "The phoenix rests on the wutong tree." Since then, the history of the Pu family has truly risen in this ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. The name of the Pu family began with Pu Dounan, the sixth generation of Pu Feng. During the reign of Emperor Lizong, he was promoted from a Jinshi to the Minister of Personnel, and was given a house named "Pu Yuan". According to old records, the Pu family respected literature and education, and did good deeds, which made famous scholars such as Yang Weizhen and Song Lian successively visit and live here happily. Each strand of Pu silk carries the gene of fashion, and each piece of ancient anecdote continues the spirit of literati. Here, time is a perpetual continuation, witnessing the vigor of passion, the vitality of ideals, and the symbiotic power of tolerance. With the profound background and simple brocade, the craftsmanship became more and more prosperous day by day, and the name of Puyuan spread throughout the world. After Pu Feng settled in Wutong Township, he made farming and silkworm breeding the focus of his family business, reeling cocoons into silk, weaving silk into satin, and shipping it for sale. Pu Jian, a business genius of the Pu family, built a street in the city and established a silk trading market, thus improving the industrial chain of Pu silk production and sales and saving merchants from afar from the pain of being detained. The silk products with the distinctive mark of the Pu family are sold all over the country, and the reputation of "ten thousand pieces of silk a day" is well-known. Moreover, because they can be produced for several months at Shanhaiguan and their bright colors do not fade for a long time, they are called "the best silk in the world." "A huge town in Jiahe, famous in all the states", Puyuan is now the world's largest wool sweater distribution center. With the "professionalization, digitization, fashion and internationalization" strategy, it has built a fashion industry cluster with a total industry chain of over 100 billion yuan. It does not produce a single strand of wool, but it warms the whole world. Texture: Ancient Puyuan is located in Jiahe Township, a water town with distinct four seasons. It was one of the five famous towns in Jiangnan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is connected to Changshui in the south and backed by the Grand Canal in the north. The streets and alleys are connected end to end and the water lanes are next to each other. The ancient town has rarely retained the architectural layout and characteristics of the Jiangnan region. The alleys paved with bluestone slabs are crisscrossed, some long, some short, some wide, some narrow, with high walls and narrow alleys, which are deep and distant, and have a lasting artistic conception. The exquisite pavilions and towers, the quiet and beautiful pools and water corridors are reflected among the green pines and cypresses. The rockery, strange rocks, flower beds, vines and green bamboos dotted around make people linger. Yongle City in Jiaxing during the Yongle period and Wutong Township in Chongde are the predecessors of Puyuan. According to the Ming Dynasty's "Puchuan Chronicles", the residents of the town "regarded the loom as their life and shuttle as their pleasure". Today, the streets from that time still exist. More than 700 years have passed, but the old place names have not changed, and the mark of Yongle still remains in Puyuan. Everyone who comes to Yongle City will find what they are looking for, whether it is elegant or vulgar, poetry or wine, business or farming, Buddhism or Taoism. No matter if they are local residents or just passing by, they will sincerely fall in love with this land of outstanding people and beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. As an overall organic renewal project of Puyuan Town, the ancient town covers an area of ​​3,360 acres and has invested 21 billion yuan. The protection and development of the core area has been completed. The protected and developed area is three times that of the Wuzhen scenic area and can receive 8 million tourists throughout the year. The fashionable ancient town of Puyuan has buildings with high eaves and winding corridors, and there are turquoise streams. The breeze blowing through the grass and trees all year round, and the bustling crowds of tourists make the originally quiet and elegant scenic spot like a lady from an upper class instantly full of vitality, and the organic combination of nature and humanity is also reflected. Touch (Eat in the Ancient Town) The passing merchants and tourists wandering in the aroma of night watchman tea, sesame cakes and wheat, rich sauce rice dumplings, delicious siu mai, and soft and glutinous green rice balls on both sides of the river, solidify time. "Lao Buyi Shop" is a collision of classic and modern, with soft and delicate products tailored to the skin stitch by stitch. "Yongji Stainless Steel Shop" allows travelers to truly feel the charm of traditional handicrafts. Even though times change, people's pursuit of craftsmanship and quality will never change. A family, a piece of Pu silk, and an ancient town. Puyuan Fashion Ancient Town, with the overall positioning of "China's Ideal Water Town for Housing and Urban-Rural Development", relies on its rich cultural heritage, integrates the characteristics of Jiangnan water towns and fashion, restores and innovates historical monuments, and builds itself into a comprehensive international tourist resort with service facilities, integrating sightseeing, leisure and vacation, business exhibitions, fashion culture and other tourism formats, and is highly participatory, experiential and ornamental. After thousands of years of prosperity, the past and present have returned to their original nature, making it a tranquil place for exploring the past and practicing Zen. Fashion comes together to reach a free and easy state of life.


Address: No. 233, Puchuan Street, Puyuan Town, Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province

Opening hours: 09:00-22:00

evaluate:

This ancient city is worth a visit, although the tickets are a bit expensive. The scenery is good, and there are not many people. It takes more than 3 hours to walk around. You can go up to the tower to see the whole town. The ginkgo tree in front of the tower has been there for a long time.


Because of its position south of Jiaxing City, Nanhu Lake got its name. Along with Nanjing Xuanwu Lake and Hangzhou West Lake, it is referred to as one of the "Three Famous Lakes in Jiangnan." In addition to offering stunning Jiangnan scenery, this location is a significant revolutionary memorial site in the contemporary history of my nation. On a pleasure boat on Nanhu Lake in 1921, the Communist Party of China was founded. When it's raining, you can view the lake's surface covered in mist if you stroll along its edge. Another option is to go on a boat excursion, where you can get up close and personal with the stunning surroundings while in the lake.

Address: No. 188, Haiyantang Road, Nanhu District, Jiaxing City (near Nanxi West Road)

Opening hours: 24 hours a day, all year round

evaluate:

[Scenery] The scenery is great. Take a walk along the trail by the lake, admire the weeping willows on the shore and the calm lake. It is very suitable for a city stroll. The key is that there are not many people, and there is no noisy feeling like other local attractions. It is very good. There are also some scenic spots interspersed in it, such as Lanxiu Garden, Haogu Tower, Wuxiang Temple and so on.


Xitang is a famous ancient town in Zhejiang where you can come and savor the slow life. Drink tea and listen to opera in the teahouse, take a rowboat to see the graceful and charming ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, walk between the Misty Corridor and the Songzi Laifeng Bridge, and see the peaceful life of the residents of the ancient town. Xitang is also the filming location for many film and television dramas. Many fans still remember the scene in the movie "Mission Impossible 3" where Tom Cruise ran across the corridor. The night in Xitang is definitely not to be missed. At night, you can sit on a boat to enjoy the night view of Xitang, or take a walk under the Misty Corridor hung with red lanterns, or sit in the bar street on Xitang East Street.

Address: No. 258, Nanyuan Road, Xitang Town, Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province

Opening hours: 24 hours a day, all year round

evaluate:

The experience in Xitang Ancient Town is just average. Under the night sky, the ancient town is somewhat quiet, with lights swaying on the river and ancient buildings dimly visible. It should be a leisurely dreamland in the south of the Yangtze River. Deep in the silence is a bar street and an area for drinking tea. There are a lot of people and mosquitoes. There is a shuttle bus at the parking lot, which is very convenient. Not big, good value for money at night.



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