A small rural town in north Zhejiang with a history of 1,200 years, Wuzhen has more than history to boast about. Mao Dun, a 20th century writer of national renown, was born here. Many of his novels were set in this rural town crisscrossed by numerous rivers and ponds. The great writer wrote in a prose in 1933 that the local Incense fair was a carnival for villagers, which originated from this place of peace and happiness long time ago. A small rural town in north Zhejiang with a history of 1,200 years, Wuzhen has more than history to boast about. Mao Dun, a 20th century writer of national renown, was born here. Many of his novels were set in this rural town crisscrossed by numerous rivers and ponds. The great writer wrote in a prose in 1933 that the local Incense fair was a carnival for villagers, which originated from this place of peace and happiness long time ago.