Wuzhen, the Water Town in Two Acts — editorial illustration
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Wuzhen

the Water Town in Two Acts

Editorial illustration · not a site photograph
  • 2 daysDongzha by day, Xizha by lantern light
  • AutumnWuzhen Theatre Festival season
  • By railHangzhou 20 min, Shanghai 40 min to Tongxiang
  • Stay overnight boats and dawn mist are the point

Wuzhen is the water town that learned to stage itself — a thousand-year-old weave of canals, stone lanes and black-awning boats split into two halves: Dongzha, the older, lived-in east, and Xizha, a masterfully rebuilt west where the whole town glows after dark. It is also an unlikely theatre capital, hosting one of China's most celebrated drama festivals every autumn.

Wuzhen, the Water Town in Two Acts editorial travel scene
Wuzhen, the Water Town in Two Acts · editorial illustration

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