Zhouzhuang is the water town that made the genre famous — canals under arched bridges, merchant mansions from the Ming, boats sliding past bedroom windows. Fame has a price in daytime crowds, but the town quietly gives it back at night and at dawn, when the tour buses are gone and the lanes belong to residents again.
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You have read the free preview — the introduction and the route map. The complete handbook adds the day-by-day plan, tickets and transport, culture and etiquette, food, useful Chinese, and the dated source list.