Bujixitang

Author: Jiang Jin
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Jiangnan Remembrance, Remembrance is Xitang.
Flowing water before the steps, boat sounds fade into the distance,
Moonlight over the alley, bridge shadows linger in dreams,
Morning market, hear fisher's songs.
Xitang, a name that sounds distant yet unfamiliar;
Xitang, a name that feels close and familiar upon closer inspection.
Located in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, not far from the southeastern part of Jiangsu Province,
it shares the poetic scenery of fish songs and kitchen smoke with neighboring water towns like Tongli, Zhouzhuang, Lusi, and Lili.
The ancient town of Xitang is pure and splendid,
as if it were a watercolor painting left by an old rural painter, weathered by time, for the Jiangnan region.