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Zhujiajiao Water Village
Nestled 30 miles away from the busy Shanghai metropolis lies the “water village” of Zhujiajiao, a designated World Heritage site whose close proximity to a network of willow-shaded canals evokes comparisons to Italy’s Venice. Though the town originated 1,700 years ago as a commercial hub and fishing village during the Song (960-1279 C.E.) and Yuan (1271-1368 C.E.) dynasties, archeological records indicate human settlement ranging back as far as 5,000 years. As the sprawl of Shanghai expanded, the city absorbed Zhujiajiao and similar villages as suburbs. 
