中國安靜美麗的水鄉:烏鎮(多圖)
Slow boat to China: Incredible photos reveal serene river town where the waterways are streets and riverbanks are markets
中國安靜美麗的水鄉：河道就是街道，河堤就是市場You certainly wouldn't mind a slow boat to China if you were bobbing along this river.
如果是中國的這樣一條河流，那麼你肯定不介意泛舟河上。
While the Great Wall Of China is the very obvious tourist destination, the river-town of Wuzhen is one that should be on the must-see list if you are in the area.
雖然不到長城非好漢，但是如果你去中國的話，烏鎮也是必看的景點之一。
Located in the centre of the six ancient towns south of Yangtze River, 17 kilometres (10.56 miles) north of the city of Tongxiang, Wuzhen displays its history in its ancient stone bridges floating on mild water, its stone pathways between the mottled walls and its delicate wood carvings.
江南六大古鎮之一，桐鄉市以北17公里處就是烏鎮了，這裏有古老的石橋，安靜的河水，斑駁牆壁之間的石頭小徑，以及精美的石雕。
Wuzhen has a population of 60,000, although only 12,000 of these are believed to be permanent residents.
烏鎮有6萬人口，儘管其中只有12000是常駐居民。The town is two kilometres long and separated into six districts; traditional workshops district, traditional local-styled dwelling houses district, traditional culture district, traditional food and beverage district, traditional shops and stores district, and water township customs and life district.
這座古城有2公里長，分爲六個區域；傳統的手工作坊區，傳統的當地特色的住宅區，傳統的文化區，傳統的食物和飲料區，傳統的商店區，以及水鄉風俗和生活區。
And today people from all over the world will be able to enjoy its beauty as the world's first internet conference is held there, focusing on topical issues in cyberspace, including cyber security, online anti-terrorism crackdown, mobile network and cross-border e-commerce.
隨着世界首屆互聯網大會在這裏舉辦，來自全世界的人們將可以一睹這裏的美麗。世界互聯網大會主要關注的是網絡空間裏的熱點議題，比如網絡安全，網絡反恐，移動網絡以及跨境電子商務。
All the buildings face onto the river, the waterways are the streets and the riverbanks are where the markets spring from. Civilisation of the town dates back some 7,000 years and it lies within the triangle formed by Hangzhou, Suzhou and Shanghai.
這裏所有的建築都面朝河流，水道就是街道，岸邊就是市場。這座古鎮擁有7000年曆史，而且位於杭州，蘇州和上海的三角地帶裏。
Mao Dun, a renowned modern Chinese revolutionary writer, was born in Wuzhen, and his well-known work, 'The Lin's Shop', describes the life of Wuzhen. In 1991, Wuzhen was authorized as the Provincial Ancient Town of History and Culture and ranked first among the six ancient towns south of the Yangtze River.
中國當代著名的革命作家矛盾就是出生在烏鎮，他著名的作品《林家鋪子》寫的就是烏鎮的生活。1991年，烏鎮被封爲省級歷史和文化古鎮，在江南六大古鎮中排名之一。
