Crowds of people enjoy breakfast on a street in Youbu town. [Photo/WeChat account: jhfabu]
Youbu town, located in Lanxi, a county-level city of Jinhua, was recently included in the 2022 list of provincial 5A tourist towns, villages and streets released by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism.
Youbu town is located in the southwest outskirts of Lanxi, 18 kilometers from the city center. It was once the center of Zhejiang's commercial port.
As a thousand-year-old town, Youbu has long been an important distribution center for agricultural and sideline products and a commercial town at the junction of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Anhui provinces. Therefore, Youbu town is known as one of the "Four Ancient Towns of Zhejiang", along with Wuzhen in Tongxiang, Nanxun in Huzhou, and Fotang in Yiwu.
As a provincial historical and cultural town, Youbu boasts an authentic ancient town style and a rich intangible cultural heritage. Most of the ancestral halls, temples, archways, and drum towers have been well preserved.
The Youbu Creek, running through the town, boasts five ancient bridges built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
People living in Youbu town are used to enjoying morning tea with a variety of specialties provided in the morning.
The old street features various tourist attractions, including the Lang Jingshan Memorial Hall, Antique Camera Museum, Youbu Soy Sauce Workshop, Guanxiu Ancestral Hall, Yongji Museum, and Lanxi Image Museum.
