Issue 01

Zhejiang

We start in Shaoxing, with one question: how did water shape the way people here made a living?

Story

Canals once carried rice, wine jars and paper through Shaoxing. What do they still decide about how people here work?

Built 1201–1204, rebuilt 1256. Grooves from boat ropes are still in the stone.

A canal quarter linked to the calligrapher Wang Xizhi. How it got its name is still being checked.

Shaoxing's rice wine, its winter brewing season and the lake water it relies on.

1,747 metres of street along a river crossed by 17 old bridges.

Day 1 of the journey. Opening days and the walk to Longjing are still being checked.

3 days, 2 nights, Hangzhou → Shaoxing Yuecheng → Anchang, Base: Yuecheng old town, both nights, Walking: moderate

Coming later

Other Zhejiang topics we're researching: Yiwu's trade, Zhoushan's fishing ports, Lishui's villages. They appear here once their facts are checked.