Zhujiajiao Town is located in the south-central part of Qingpu District, Shanghai, close to Dianshan Lake Scenic Area. It is bordered by West Daying and Huancheng in the east, Dianshan Lake and Daguanyuan Scenic Area across the lake in the west, Shenxiang Town in the south (merged with it in 2001), and Diandong in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province in the north.

Zhujiajiao Town is 6 kilometers east of Qingpu Town and 48 kilometers away from downtown Shanghai. National Highway 318 runs through the town.

In 2000, the total area of the town was 49. 8 square kilometers. In the land of Zhujiajiao, about 7,000 years ago, relics from the Neolithic Age to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were found at the bottom of Dianshan Lake.

Before the Tang Dynasty, they were subordinate to Youquan County, Lou County, Jiaxing County, Xinyi County, and Kunshan County. In the tenth year of Tang Tianbao (751), it belonged to Huating County and Kunshan County.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, it gradually became a small market town, named Zhujia Village. In the twenty-ninth year of Yuan to Yuan (1292), it belonged to Huating County, Shanghai County and Kunshan County.

In the twenty-first year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1542), it belonged to Qingpu County and Kunshan County. In the 40th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1612), it became a big town, renamed Zhujie Pavilion, also known as Zhuxi, commonly known as Jiaoli.

In the 52nd year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1713), it was called Zhuli, and it had jurisdiction over the 25 maps of 50 Bao 1 districts and the 11 maps of 3 districts, and the map was the local administrator.

In the second year of Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty (1910), local autonomy was implemented, and it was renamed Zhufeng Autonomous Region, and the district director was in charge of local affairs, which was one of the 16 autonomous regions under the jurisdiction of Qingpu County.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the Zhufeng City Office was established and the city director was established. In the 16th year of the Republic of China, it was changed to Zhufeng City Administrative Bureau.

In March of the 18th year of the Republic of China, the Administrative Bureau was abolished and it was still called Zhufeng District. In the 20th year of the Republic of China, the second district office was reestablished, which was one of the eight district offices in Qingpu County.

During the fall period, it belonged to the sixth district of pseudo-Qingpu County, with three towns and six townships under its jurisdiction. In the 34th year of the Republic of China, the second district office was restored.

In the following year, the 2nd District Office was re-established. In the 37th year of the Republic of China, it belonged to the Qingxi Special Economic Zone. On May 14, 1949, the whole territory was liberated, and Zhujiajiao City was established, which was a county municipality with one town and four townships under its jurisdiction, and the part that originally belonged to Kunshan County was assigned to Zhujiajiao Town.

In April 1951, Zhujiajiao District was established, with five townships and one town. In 1954, Zhujiajiao Town was established, which was directly under the county.

In 1958, it merged with Yelong Township to establish Hongqi People's Commune, with a population of 30,929.

In 1959, it was renamed Zhujiajiao Commune. In February 1962, the town and the community were separated, and Zhujiajiao Town was restored to a county-owned town.

In May 1984, Zhujiajiao Town and Zhujiajiao Township were divided. In January 1991, the township and township system was abolished and Zhujiajiao Town was established, with an area of 47.

It has a population of 44 square kilometers and a population of 39,719. In 2000, it had a total population of 37,845 and had 6 residents' committees and 24 villagers' committees.

As early as the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Zhujiajiao area has formed a bazaar, and then because of the convenience of water transportation, the business is flourishing, and gradually formed a market town, and then became a prosperous town in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

After the Qing Dynasty, it became the trade center of the western part of Qingpu County. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the prosperity of commerce has been ranked first in Qingpu County, and it is the distribution center of agricultural and sideline products in the surrounding four townships.

Song Rulin described in the preface to Jiaqing's "Zhuli Xiaozhi" in the Qing Dynasty: "Zhuli is a corner of Qingxi, with thousands of fireworks, Kunshan in the north, Gushui in the south, and its streets are endless, and the traffic of merchants and trees is Qinghua, and there are many Confucians...... Those who are in the past, the group envy the ploughing, let the wind of the side still be ancient, and the strings of the family will never stop singing. Although Gaoyangli and Guangali are comparable, they are also comparable. "Before the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the town businessmen gathered, the population was prosperous, with North Street, Daxin Street, Caohe Street as the commercial center, from the Yili Bridge Yuan Oil Factory to the top of the East Market Street, the street was more than three miles long, more than 1,000 shops, there were

"Sanjing (Zhujing, Fengjing, Sijing) is not as good as a corner" reputation. During the Republic of China, the rice market was extremely prosperous, and the thin rice in Qingjiao was well-known, and there were more than 100 rice factories, rice shops, and rice shops on both sides of Caogang at that time.

Every time the new valley appears, the river port is almost congested by rice boats, and its pomp can be seen. In addition, the commercial industry in the town is complete, the outlets are all over the place, the supply is abundant, and the business is prosperous.

Zhujiajiao town has a long history of handicraft industry, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was famous for the abundance of cotton cloth, spinning and weaving became the main handicraft industry of the family, the farmer

"Nine out of ten weavers". In the Qing Dynasty, there were many handicraft shops, workshops, and workshops in the town, and they were relatively large-scale.

During the period of the Republic of China, there were more than 20 shipbuilding and water and wood industries. At the beginning of liberation, there were 133 handicraft workshops such as iron shops in the town, involving 26 industries.

The industry of Zhujiajiao Town began in the late Qing Dynasty, with machine rice mills and oil mills established one after another, and the grain and oil processing industry developed rapidly.

At the time of liberation, there were still 7 rice mills, 2 oil mills, 1 briquette factory, 1 electric light factory, 1 flour mill, and 1 iron factory, employing about 400 people.

After the liberation, especially after 1958, a large number of industries were set up and various factories and enterprises were built. There are 5 municipal factories in the industry, such as instrumentation, metallurgy, plastics, papermaking, and winemaking, 12 county-owned factories in food, oil, printing, instrumentation, clothing, furniture, rope making, rice milling, and feed, and more than 10 town-owned factories in electrical appliances, instruments, cement, baking paint, silk weaving, lamps, etc.

In 1988, the plant area of the town reached 240,000 square meters, with 5,639 employees, an output value of 169.12 million yuan and a profit of 24.25 million yuan.

Dianshan Lake Distillery's honey alcohol, Shanghai rice wine, Dianshan Lake beer are well received by consumers, Yirentai Food Factory's soy sauce, milk curd and other products are sold at home and abroad, famous local products such as delicious drunken crab, eel noodles, five-spice smoked fish, marinated dried tofu and so on have resumed production and supply, and the market is more prosperous.

In January 1991, the township and town were merged. At the end of 1992, the output value of agriculture, sideline and industry was 530.74 million yuan, the fixed assets of the town had reached 180.9 million yuan, the per capita income of urban workers was 2,569 yuan, and the per capita income of rural areas was 1,833 yuan.

After entering the 90s of the 20th century, the town's industrial production carried out a large-scale reform, introduced high and new technology, adjusted the product structure, and set up an industrial development park of 600 acres.

By 1998, there were 77 industrial enterprises in the town, forming four major industry groups: non-ferrous metals, chemical fibers, light industrial machinery, and silk and garments.

In 2000, the total industrial output value reached 21. 8.3 billion yuan, industrial profit of 74.6 million yuan.

Zhujiajiao Town is located at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and is the center of the five districts (cities) of Qingpu, Kunshan, Songjiang, Wujiang and Jiashan, and has always been one of the important market towns in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

During the Republic of China, many important institutions such as the three-county joint defense headquarters were located here. The highways in the territory are dense, the north leads to the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, the south is connected to the Shanghai-Hangzhou Line 320 National Highway, there are Huzhu, Qingping, Qingfeng, Qingshang, Qingjin, Qingsheng and other highway lines, the waterway is across the Dianpu River, the Zhumao River is directly connected to the Huangpu River, and is connected with the Taihu Lake water system.

The waterway is wide and extends in all directions. Zhujiajiao town education is more developed, the Ming Dynasty has a academy, a school, etc., after the Qing Dynasty, many schools were built.

During the Republic of China, middle schools began to be established. After liberation, not only general education has made great progress, but also great progress has been made in early childhood education, secondary professional education, vocational and technical education, special education, and amateur education.

In 1991, there were 29 primary and secondary schools, including 3 middle schools and 3 primary schools in the township.

By 2000, after adjustment, there were 7 schools of various types, with 619 employees and 3,874 students.

Zhujiajiao Town is very active due to its prosperous economy, cultural advocacy and religious activities. As early as the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127), there was Puguang Temple on the top of Dianshan Mountain, which was the earliest temple recorded in history in Zhujiajiao area, with considerable scale, and its Buddhist activities continued until the beginning of liberation.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were more than 20 temples of different types, and the larger ones were Yuanjin Monastery and Cimen Temple.

Built in the Yuan Dynasty to the Zheng Dynasty, the Yuanjin Zen Temple became a famous temple of the Qing Dynasty with a collection of famous calligraphy and paintings. Baoyuan Temple located on the shore of Dianshan Lake is the lower courtyard of Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple, built in the Ming Dynasty, after the rebuilding of Ming Chongzhen 13 years (1640), two or three hundred years of incense continuously, Buddha's hand is extremely prosperous.

After the 80s of the 20th century, the Shanghai Buddhist Association repaired and expanded several times, and now covers an area of 38.

5 acres, construction area of 5,000 square meters, magnificent, pilgrims, has been included in the municipal cultural relics protection unit, because it is located on the shore of Dianshan Lake, the scenery is beautiful, the transportation is convenient, good men and women are all over the world.

In addition, there are Taoism, Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, etc., all of which have built activity venues in Zhujiajiao Town.

It was founded in the 10th year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1860).

"Jesus ascends to heaven" is one of the influential important churches in Qingpu County, which became a public church in the 34th year of the Republic of China (1945), directly under the diocese of Shanghai, and has jurisdiction over 6 chapels in Jinze and other places.

At present, there are more than 2,000 believers, 4 resident nuns and 2 staff members in the church, and the funds are distributed by the Diocese of Shanghai.

After Zhujiajiao became a prosperous town, there were many scholars and talents. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were 16 scholars and more than 40 people, including Wang Chang, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Lianfang, an imperial doctor, Lu Shimo, a novelist, Xi Yufu, a newspaper giant, and a monk who painted a stone, leaving a rich cultural heritage.

During the period of the Republic of China, there were cultural places such as the People's Education Center, the Book and Newspaper Society, the Theater, and the Book Field, as well as the Yongzhu Society, the Yunsheng Society and other literary and artistic associations and folk artist activities.

There are also more than 20 kinds of newspapers and periodicals published in the town, such as "Zhuxi", "Xue Lang" and "Lizhu".

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, cultural undertakings developed rapidly, and cultural centers, workers' clubs, radio stations, and cinemas were established successively.

The people of Zhujiajiao have continued to continue the source of this long culture, and many have been born

"Characteristic corners", such as Peking Opera corners, singing corners, literature corners, calligraphy and painting corners, fitness corners, etc., have become the lifestyle of Zhujiajiao people compared to cultural skills, cultural taste, cultural consumption, and cultural connotation.

After the 90s of the 20th century, mass cultural activities were combined with the creation of spiritual civilization construction activities, and at the beginning of 1994, family reading was carried out in the whole town

"Courtyard Culture" ten series of activities, especially in Zhujiajiao

"Folk book collection" is even more famous at home and abroad. The popularity rate of family book collection in the town has reached more than 50%, and the total number of private books has more than 100,000 volumes, which is more than the total collection of books in the 21 town libraries in the district.

Zhujiajiao has a long history and rich tourism resources

In 1991, it was listed as one of the four major historical and cultural towns in Shanghai. There are 36 ancient bridges in the town, simple and elegant, 9 long streets are built near the water, and the residential land is built according to the water, a type of Ming and Qing dynasty buildings, and the ancient style still exists.

In particular, the five-hole stone arch bridge of the Ming Dynasty building across the Cao Harbor is beautiful in shape and extremely magnificent, it is one of the oldest stone arch bridges in Shanghai, and it is a cultural relics protection unit of Shanghai municipality.

There are Ma's class plantation garden in the northwest of the town, pavilions and pavilions, different styles, sparse and decent layout, it is expected that the moon tower, the pentagonal pavilion, the Xiaoyao building, the banquet hall, the singing platform, the book city, the book gallery and other buildings.

There are also Chenghuang Temple, Zhuxi Garden and other scenic spots. The town also has a number of modern tourist facilities, such as Asia's largest water sports field, Shanghai International Golf and Country Club with advanced facilities, and a modern tourist resort next to Dadian Lake.

In October 1998, it was held

The 9th National Qu Yuan Cup Dragon Boat Race and the '98 Shanghai Zhujiajiao Ancient Town Tourism Festival attracted 100,000 tourists from all over the country in three days.

In 2001, the number of tourists and tourism and trade income in Zhujiajiao exceeded 800,000 and 3 respectively.

600 million yuan. Zhujiajiao's unique natural scenery and cultural landscape make it a famous tourist attraction in Shanghai, and in March 2002, ****** inscribed for Zhujiajiao

"Zhujiajiao, an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River" has seven big characters. Zhujiajiao is known

"Shanghai Venice",

The reputation of "Hollywood in the suburbs of Shanghai". The charming natural scenery of the famous town of Zhujiajiao is in a mountain and a lake. The real mountain and the real water show the characteristics of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the mountain name is Dianshan, although the mountain is not high, the fame is great, it is the remaining vein of Tianmu in western Zhejiang, this mountain is the beginning, such as mountaineering and looking at the lake, there is

"Dianfeng Evening Shine" can be enjoyed. Lake, that is, natural freshwater Dianshan Lake, covers an area of 62 square kilometers, most of the eastern part of the lake is in the Zhujiajiao realm, there are 11 Hangzhou West Lake with a large area, take a boat to swim in the lake, the vast water and sky are the same color, the reeds in the lake area shake gently, startle the wild duck and water birds, suddenly feel away from the hustle and bustle, relaxed and happy.

The famous town of Zhujiajiao is more charming and has more ancient town characteristics, which is a bridge, a street, a temple, a temple, a hall, a museum, a garden, three bays, and 26 lanes.

If the nine-hundred-year-old water town Zhouzhuang is small and exquisite, like a small jasper, and the thousand-year-old town of Zhujiajiao has a majestic and beautiful demeanor.

First of all, the area of Zhujiajiao Ancient Town is 1. 5 square kilometers, more than three times the area of Zhouzhuang, the family is big, there are many places to play naturally, the Caogang River divides Zhujiajiao into two halves, Jingting Port on the north bank, North Street on the south bank, the winding alleys on both sides, the granite streets, the Ming and Qing dynasties of blue bricks and tiles and many historical relics.

A bridge, when pushing the first stone arch release bridge in Shanghai, is also the largest five-hole large stone bridge in the south of the Yangtze River, magnificent.

Standing on the top of the bridge, watching the July twenty-seven shake the fast boat, it is no better, and the magnificence of the other 30 or so ancient stone bridges is not inferior to Zhouzhuang, in terms of construction and technology, Zhujiajiao Zhonghe Bridge and Xizha Bridge are stronger than Zhouzhuang double bridges, and those characteristic bridges are incomparable to Zhouzhuang.

Three steps away

"High and low bridge",

"Miniature landscape" of the class planting bridge,

The Qijia Bridge with a "clattering" sound,

The Yongfeng Bridge ...... that "commemorates the national shame". A street, that is the first Ming and Qing Dynasty Street North Street in Shanghai, after a long period of vicissitudes, it is still preserved so originally, that

The unique construction of "a line of sky" is amazing. Yes

North Street, known as "three miles of long streets and thousands of shops", is lined with old-fashioned shop signs and red lanterns, becoming the most lively ancient street in the ancient town of Jiangnan, which is beyond the reach of other ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

A temple, is the Baoguo Temple, for the lower courtyard of the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai, the temple Burmese white jade carved into the Sakyamuni Jade Buddha, the first white jade Guanyin presented by Singapore and the thousand-year-old ginkgo, called the Baoguo Temple

"Three Treasures". A temple is the City God Temple, which has a history of more than 200 years, with blue tiles and yellow walls, flying dragon warped corners, auspicious gourds, and lattice floor-to-ceiling windows, presenting a scene full of antiquity, cigarette smoke, solemn and magnificent.

thereinto

"Dougong Stage",

"Woodcut beams" and

The "Middle Hall Painting Scroll" (now abandoned) is known as the City God Temple

"Three treasures" are very rare. The first hall is the Xi's hall, which is the culmination of the building of the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, which is special

"Wall door brick carving" can be called a must, its pattern is beautiful, the carving is fine, the technique is superb, it is breathtaking.

One hall, that is

"Wang Chang Memorial Hall", exhibiting the Qing Dynasty Qianlong 19 years of Jinshi, the right servant of the Criminal Department, called

"The Seven Sons of Wuzhong" Wang Chang's wax portraits, poems, calligraphy and paintings, inscriptions, looms, old-fashioned beds and other nearly 100 physical exhibits, rich in content, detailed historical materials, crystal level is extremely high.

The second garden is the class planting garden and the Zhuxi garden, one ancient and the other modern; One is huge, the other is delicate, and they complement each other.

The garden is a manor-style garden building, covering an area of 96 acres, the garden was built by Ma Wenqing in 1912, which is an apartment

"While reading, while cultivating" should be the name of the garden, there is a book city built in the park, and there is a Daoxiang Village, the pavilions and pavilions in the garden, the bridge trees in Langfang, the halls and halls, all available, more than 200 rooms of various buildings and living rooms, the layout is scattered, sparse and decent, the idea is exquisite, it is rare in the private garden architecture.

And Zhuxi Garden, then built in 1956, covers an area of more than 70 acres, small and exquisite, beautiful scenery, arranged into spring, autumn, winter three gardens, each with its own characteristics, but also has a children's paradise, restaurant, tea room, shop, for rest, eating, shopping, play in one of the ideal places.

Three bays, namely: Sanyang Bay, Jiaozi Bay, Mida Bay. On the pedestrian street, the front and back are all houses, thinking that at the end of the road, the right angle turns, a street market in front of the eyes, people have a wonderful feeling of having a hole, this kind of landscape that appears peculiar bends on the old street, is rare to see in other ancient towns, non-Zhujiajiao can not see.

Twenty-six lanes, in fact, is the ancient lane of Zhujiajiao more than 26, every street and every road has an alley, the road leads to the street, the street passes the lane, the lane is passed, the network chessboard pattern is formed, the ancient lane of Zhujiajiao is many, ancient, strange, deep, famous, which can not be compared with other ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River in general.

Walking through the alleys, such as entering the ecstasy array, the fun is endless, looking for the ancient and exploring the secluded, appreciating the northern alley-style taste, and there is the same magic.

Recent

"Ancient lane tourism" is more and more favored by outsiders and foreigners, and it is a valuable virgin land that needs to be further developed.

The charm of the famous town of Zhujiajiao is also known to the world

"Three more", that is, there are many celebrities, many buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and many river ports, cable stones, and teahouses. First of all, there are many celebrities, mainly Zhujiajiao environment is quiet, the climate is pleasant, it is a treasure of feng shui for reading and learning, it has always been a gathering of Confucianism, talents come out in large numbers, the Ming and Qing dynasties have a total of 16 Jinshi, more than 40 people.

Among them, the well-known ones are the Qing Dynasty scholar Wang Chang, the imperial physician Chen Lianfang, the novelist Lu Tuge, the newspaper giant Xi Zipei, and the painting monk Yushi.

Secondly, there are many buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In history, many rich and noble families and literati built houses here, and there are as many as four or five hundred ancient house buildings in the whole town, and the wind and fire wall, Shikumen, and wall gate people can be seen everywhere.

"Sanmao Fishing Village",

"Wang Chang's Former Residence",

"Fu Shoes Suizhi", there are dozens of places such as Xi's hall, Lu's family, Chen Lianfang's former residence, Zhongjia hall, etc., as well as countless Ming and Qing dynasty buildings along the street, flying eaves and corners, Daiwa powder walls, Ming and Qing Dynasty styles form a Ming and Qing ink painting scroll.

Third, there are many river ports, cable stones, and teahouses. Zhujiajiao is the hometown of water, there are many bridges and bridges, many river ports, the cable boat stones that are close together, there are countless, the water bridges of different shapes, the cable boat stones of various postures, the big rivers and alleys of the whole town, these unique landscapes of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, carefully appreciate and observe, do not feel full of interest, intriguing, it is simply a complex composed of history, cultural relics, architecture, customs, art and other contents.

There are protruding stone revetments

"Two-sided river beach", with recessed stone revetments

"One-sided river beach", more

"People enter through the front door, and the river beach goes out from the back of the house."

"Stealth River Port". And those inlaid in the granite relief cable boat stone on the stone barge of the water lane are dazzling, the fun is endless, some are carved into horns, some are chiseled into swords, some are carved into monsters, the faces are hideous, some are carved into wishes, present auspicious, simple beauty, these carving art that has a history of hundreds of years will embellish the ancient town with more charm.

Most of the teahouses in the ancient town are concentrated in the area of Fangshengqiao and North Street, and there are no less than a dozen of them, and there are new luxury ones

"Fangshengqiao Tea House" has a long and ancient age

"Club Tea House", more antique

"Miao Qu Building", there are also row of door panels, a few tables and a few benches, a simple and cheap farmhouse teahouse, the most interesting and gratifying is

"Tea House to Cruise Ship".

"Cruise Teahouse", divided into two layers, on the top of the cabin, can sit tea guests, the tea boat is also equipped with TV, poker, chess, dry and wet snacks, taste fragrant tea on the tea boat, look at the covered bridge, watch the water scene, listen to the flowing water, it is excellent and leisurely, and it is very happy.

The beauty of the famous town Zhujiajiao water, the ancient bridge, the wonder of the street, the essence of the garden, not immersive, indescribable, do not step on the old stone street, do not explore the deep alleys, do not take the arched stone bridge, do not take the babbling boat, and how to embody

The feeling of "the boat is on the water, and the person is swimming in the painting"!