Xinshi, Huzhou

Xinshi Town (Chinese: 新市镇; pinyin: Xīnshì zhèn) is a town in Deqing County of Huzhou prefecture-level city, in China's Zhejiang Province. Xinshi is located about 30 km north-east of the provincial capital, Hangzhou.

Xinshi Town's Zisiqiao Village (子思桥; 30°36′00″N 120°13′00″E / 30.60000°N 120.21667°E / 30.60000; 120.21667), nicknamed the "Snake Village" by the media, is renowned as a center of snake farming. The locals have been raising snakes since ca. 1985;^[1] currently, about 800 people in Zisiqiao work in snake farming industry, raising some 3 million snakes a year. Live snakes are supplied to specialty restaurants; dried or preserved in alcohol, they are sold to manufacturers of traditional Chinese medicines; snake-infused wine is made as well. ^[2]^[3] Deqing Snake Culture Museum is a local tourist attraction.^[2]^[4]

References

^ Chinese village bites into snake business, Reuters, 2011-06-20
^ ^a ^b China's 'Snake Village' seeks New Year riches, AFP, 2013-02-10
^ 世界第一蛇村：800人与300万条蛇的神奇生活 ("World's No. 1 Snake Village: mysterious life of 800 people and over 3 million snakes"), travel.sina.com.cn, 2010-10-21
^ 蛇文化博物馆可以让你看得“头皮发麻” (Snake Culture Museum will make your hair stand on end), 2012-05-07

30°37′00″N 120°17′00″E / 30.61667°N 120.28333°E / 30.61667; 120.28333

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[1] Chinese village bites into snake business, Reuters, 2011-06-20

[afp-2] China's 'Snake Village' seeks New Year riches, AFP, 2013-02-10

[3] 世界第一蛇村：800人与300万条蛇的神奇生活 ("World's No. 1 Snake Village: mysterious life of 800 people and over 3 million snakes"), travel.sina.com.cn, 2010-10-21

[4] 蛇文化博物馆可以让你看得“头皮发麻” (Snake Culture Museum will make your hair stand on end), 2012-05-07

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