All staff took a good trip for Xitang and Nanhu together on April 17 and 18.
All stuff went Xitang on April 17 morning.
Xitang Town, subordinate to Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, is located at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Its ancient name is Xietang and Pingchuan. It is adjacent to Yaozhuang town in the East, Tianning town and Taozhuang town in the west, ganyao town in the South and Luxu town in the North. The central geographical location coordinates are 120 ° 53 'east longitude and 30 ° 56' north latitude. It is 10km away from Jiashan City. The administrative area of the town is 82.87 square kilometers (2017). Xitang town is located in the water network area of Hangjiahu Plain, belonging to the East Asian monsoon area on the southern edge of the north subtropical zone. [1-3]
Xitang town governs 18 villages and 4 communities, with a population of 91135 (2017) [4]. In 2016, Xitang town achieved a regional GDP of 5.44 billion yuan [5-6].
Xitang has a long history. It is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wu Yue culture and one of the six ancient towns in Jiangnan. It is a millennium water town of Wu local culture. In the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, it was the border between Wu and Yue, known as "Wu Gen Yue Jiao" and "Yue Jiao family". In October 2003, it was listed in the first batch of famous Chinese historical and cultural towns [7]. In 2003, it was awarded the "outstanding achievement award for cultural heritage protection in the Asia Pacific region" by UNESCO. In 2006, Xitang ancient town was included in the preliminary list of China's World Cultural Heritage [3] [8]. In 2017, Xitang ancient town was promoted to national 5A tourist attraction [9]. On May 24, 2018, Xitang town was selected as one of the top 50 small towns with the most beautiful characteristics. [10] In May 2020, it was selected into the list of the second batch of Zhejiang literary and artistic creation and style collection bases.
