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.
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.