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Explore the region
About Silk Town Digang Ancient Village
The covered Lixiangdai and Waixiangdai lanes retain the close relationship between shops, homes and canals, while Xiushui Bridge adds carved stone details to the waterside scene. Nantiao Shengjing preserves another layer of village life around scholarly and religious buildings, including Jichuan school. Follow public covered passages and bridge approaches, reading the village as a working settlement whose trading geography remains visible.
The village retains thirty-one ancient stone bridges and fifty residences bearing tang, or hall, names. Three sites have municipal cultural-relic protection, including Zhang Hongzhao's Former Residence (章鸿钊故居), and there are four municipal protection points. San'guan Bridge (三官桥) is among the municipal protection points. Digang was formerly a township, which merged into Hefu Town (和孚镇) in 1990. It joined the second list of Chinese Traditional Villages (中国传统村落) on 26 August 2013, received Chinese Historical and Cultural Village (中国历史文化名村) designation in 2014 and became a national 4A tourist attraction (国家4A级旅游景区) in 2015.
What to look for
- Lixiangdai and Waixiangdai retain covered passages beside the canal.
- Xiushui Bridge and the Nantiao Shengjing buildings add stone-carving and scholarly architecture.
Location & getting there
Getting to Silk Town Digang Ancient Village
Approach Digang Village in Hefu, Nanxun District, Huzhou, from Digang Road toward the old Lixiangdai waterside quarter.
Combine your visit
A suggested sequence linking the specific features of this visit.
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Lixiangdai covered lane
Begin with the former waterside trading arrangement.
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Xiushui Bridge
Compare the canal frontage with the bridge’s carved stone details.
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Nantiao Shengjing
Add the scholarly and religious compound from the public village route.
This order is editorial. Confirm access and any transfers between stops; it does not establish a walking route, same-day connection or common admission ticket.
Find Silk Town Digang Ancient Village
荻港古村 · 湖州市
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View guide →Sources & visit information
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Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors, “荻港村” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 80366829.
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors, listing “Silk Town Digang Ancient Village” · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "荻港村", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 80366829.