Nanxun

Nanxun (simplified Chinese: 南浔镇; traditional Chinese: 南潯鎮; pinyin: Nánxún Zhèn) is a historic town in Nanxun District of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Established in 1252 in the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), Nanxun is located in the northeast of Huzhou city.

During this period, with the development of silk industry and rise of commodity economy, it experienced unprecedented prosperity, and developed into the center of China's silk trade at the beginning of 20th century.

As a popular saying went, "What counts as a city in Huzhou is barely half the size of Nanxun."

(湖州一个城,不及南浔半个镇)[1] The introduction of Christianity into the Nanxun area began in 1860, belonging to the American Methodist Episcopal Mission.