Minghe Ancient Town – Where Medicinal Herbs Perfume the Canals

#chinatravel This 1,200-year-old water town near Hangzhou is: - The birthplace of "Guanghetang"– herbal empire serving emperors since Ming Dynasty - A living museum of 72 traditional medicine shops with original Qing-era cabinets - The only place where canals smell of angelica and chrysanthemum instead of fish "Minghe doesn’t just smell like history – it smells like history’s medicine cabinet."