The Ancient Xitang Town

Xitang has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the land of the intersection between Wu and Yue countries. It is known as the "Wu Root Yue Angle" and the "Yue Angle People".

Towns and villages have been formed during the Tang and Song periods. During the Tang Kai-Yuan period, a large number of villages were built. People built houses along the river and lived by the water; in the Southern Song Dynasty, the villages gradually became a scale and formed a market; the Yuan Dynasty began to form a town by the water and the city began to flourish; It has been developed into a handicraft and commercial center of Jiangnan in the Ming and Qing dynasties. "The spring and autumn water, the town of the Tang and Song dynasties, the architecture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties with Chinese grey clay roof tiles, modern people" are the most appropriate description of Xitang.

"Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties" was also written by Hoho in the ancient town of Xitang. At the time of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Xitang became a prosperous and wealthy large market town by virtue of the land where have abundant fish and rice, the economic foundation of the home of silk, and the convenience of waterways. Industries such as kiln, rice, food and pottery industries are increasingly prosperous.