# Anchang Ancient Town (安昌古镇)

Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province · East China, China · Guidebook rating: 3/5
Canonical: https://cnatrip.com/en/places/anchang-ancient-town
Language: en

## Key facts

- **Admission:** Admission to the ancient town itself is free, but the town's museums charge entry. Combined ticket for the Shaoxing Legal Advisers Museum, Anchang Folk Customs Museum, former Bank of China site and others: ¥50
- **Opening hours:** Open all day
- **Time needed:** 0.5 days
- **Address:** Anhua North Road, Keqiao District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province
- **Getting there:** Anchang bus stop (安昌), Anchang Hotel bus stop (安昌大酒店)
- **Good for:** Old Towns & Villages, Hiking & Outdoors, Photography

## About Anchang Ancient Town

Pass under the ceremonial archway and you are in Anchang, a town a thousand years old. The three-li-long street along the river was once the commercial heart of the town. Today it still has its bluestone paths, timber-framed arcaded houses and traditional shops and workshops, and every few dozen metres a stone staircase leads down to the water where you can board a boat. A boatman in a black felt hat greets you, and as he gently works the oar, the wupeng boat carries you lazily along the waterways, past old stone bridges dotting the river.

## Tips from the guidebook

- Anchang's cured sausages and soy sauce are renowned near and far, and gained nationwide popularity after being featured in A Bite of China.

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Source: China Self-Guided Travel 2025 (《中国自助游》, Tianjin Science & Technology Press, Aug 2024), p. 1179. Prices, hours and transport details are as printed in the August 2024 edition and may have changed. Always confirm with the venue before you travel.
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