Six ancient towns in the south of China, rich in soil and tourist attractions in Tongli.
A lush dream, only about beauty, is about spelling Tongli-rich soil, spelling Tongli (12 pictures), and countless urgent and slow steps shine only on the hard stone road, but it can't surprise the dream of a thousand years. You don't have to stare, you just need a glance, and that glance will make the world come to an end ... Suzhou City and Tongli Town are only half an hour's drive away. However, there is an unreachable distance between the bustling city and the secluded town. Many times, distance is not measured by distance, but by heart. Therefore, when you decide to drift, you don't have to carry a bag to the ends of the earth alone, just come to Tongli, a picturesque ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, which is known as "Little Venice of the East".
Human Geography Tongli Ancient Town belongs to Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and is located on the bank of Taihu Lake. It consists of Tongli Ancient Town, Tongli Lake, Jiuli Lake, Nanxing Lake and Yanghu Lake, and is close to the seat of the municipal government. It has a history of more than 1,000 years since the town was established in the Song Dynasty. There are hundreds of gardens, temples, mansions and celebrities' former residences built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the town. Fifteen rivers in the shape of "Chuan" are divided into seven small islands, and 49 ancient bridges connect them into one, which is famous as "small bridges, flowing water and people". It is an ancient town lake-view scenic spot characterized by ancient town gardens and water countryside. The scenic spot has a long and splendid history and culture, with rich and valuable historical relics such as "two halls and three bridges", retreat garden, Jicheng's former residence, Geng Le Hall, Shi Yu Gu Fang, Huancui Mountain Villa, etc. There are many buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties and many celebrities. Tongli Ancient Town is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, which is mainly composed of residential gardens and houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Tuisi Garden is listed in the "World Cultural Heritage" list. From the fourth year of Song Chun to the end of Qing Dynasty, Tongli Town successively produced one champion, 42 scholars and more than 90 civil and military juries.
Main attractions 1. Ming and Qing Street: Ming and Qing Street is one of the important commercial streets in the ancient town. In 1996, "One Street in Ming and Qing Dynasties" was built, with a street length of more than 160 meters, which is the architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and completely retains the unique pattern of going up and down the street in Jiangnan, and the two streets are parallel. At the entrance, the plaque "The Legacy of Qingming Festival" was inscribed by Vice President Fei Xiaotong.
2. Gengle Hall: Located in Xiliuwei, in the middle section of Lujiadai, facing the east river, it was built by Zhu Xiang, Chu Shi in the Ming Dynasty, and was written by Mo Dan, then a native of Xuezhengli, imperial academy, Nanjing. Zhu Xiang, the word Tingrui,no. Gengle. The name of the hall takes its number.
3. Wujiang Tongli Wetland Park: Located in the northeast of Tongli Town, Wujiang District. It is adjacent to Zhouzhuang, a famous water town in the south of the Yangtze River in the southeast, connected to Tongli, an ancient town with a thousand years of civilization in the west, and adjacent to Chenghu Lake and Baixian Lake in the north and south, with superior geographical location and convenient transportation, and is the only place where Tongli and Zhouzhuang travel. Tourist attractions such as Metasequoia glyptostroboides forest, Taxodium ascendens forest, Loquat Garden, Cinnamomum camphora Garden, Ginkgo Garden, Taoyuan Garden, Herb Garden, Cuili Garden, Bamboo Garden, Nursery and Fish Pond have been initially built in the park.
4. Shaolong Memorial Hall: It is located at No.35, Fuguan Street, Tongli Town, with a building area of 500 square meters and an exhibition area of 400 square meters. The theme of the memorial hall is to carry forward the spirit of Wang Shaolong, with the life of Wang Shaolong's revolutionary battle as the main line, and to reproduce the brilliant achievements of Comrade Wang Shaolong before his death through physical objects, paintings and pictures. Among them, the first floor is a special museum, which displays documents, objects, pictures and words about Wang Shaohong. The content is divided into twelve parts, which respectively show Comrade Wang Shaohong's experiences in different historical periods.
5. Songshi Wuyuan: referred to as "Wuyuan" for short, that is, the location of "Tongli Town Songping Stone Exhibition Hall", located in Shipilong, Guzhen District, adjacent to the third bridges of Geely, Taiping and Changqing, separated from the Pearl Tower Scenic Area by a wall, and it is only a hundred steps from Fuguan Bridge southbound. The whole park covers an area of 1600 square meters. The name of the garden comes from the collector's poem: in the stone skin lane, the stone skin breaks into a heavenly book, and I realize my bodhi in my peace of mind. The purpose of the exhibition hall is to decipher the gobbledygook and realize life, so it is called "Enlightenment Garden".
6. Chen Qubing's former residence: The former residence is a quaint and ordinary place in the Qing Dynasty, and the Haoge Hall is the place where Chen Qubing receives visitors. In the hall, there are horizontal plaques of "Female Clans Admire Together" and "Haoge Hall". The plaque "Female Clans Admire Together" was written by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in praise of Mrs. Ni, the mother of Chen Qubing, for "teaching by bending over others, so as to achieve success". The 100-foot building is the place where Chen Qubing collects books and writes. The first floor and the bottom are very simple. The Hundred-Foot Building Series compiled by him was named after this building.
7. Luoxingzhou: It is a holy land integrating Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. It is located in the east of Tongli Town, and it is an island emerging on the lake. It only takes a few minutes to get there by boat. You can enjoy the scenery of Tongli Lake along the way.
8. Nanyuan Tea House: Located at the southernmost tip of the town, it is one of the top eight scenic spots in history-"Xiao Yan in Nanshi" and faces Chen Qubing's former residence across the river. The tea house was originally named "Fu 'an Tea House", which was built in the early Qing Dynasty. It has four facades, all of which are traditional brick and wood structures. The facade is decorated with wood carvings in Qing Dynasty style, with two floors, with a total area of about 400 square meters.
9. Chongbentang: Located in the north of Changqing Bridge in Fuguan Street, it faces south and is built by water. It faces Jiayintang across the river in the east and connects with Changqing Bridge in the west. The owner of Chongben Hall is Qian Youqin, a fellow villager. In the first year of the Republic of China (AD 1912), it was rebuilt after purchasing some old houses of Gu's "West House". The whole building group develops in depth along the central axis, with a total of five entrances, which are composed of hall, main hall, front building, back building, kitchen, etc. Although the hall is less than one acre, the building volume is small, but it is very compact and exquisite.
10. Jiayintang: Located at Youjianongkou, Zhuxing Street, it was built in the early years of the Republic of China and has four entrances. The doors and windows are beautifully carved. The owner, Liu Bingnan, a native of Beishe, opened an oil mill before Luxu, and then moved to Tongli to build a mansion, which cost a total of 22,000 silver. The main building of Jiayin Hall is an imitation of the Ming Dynasty structure, commonly known as "Shamao Hall". Because the beam-headed cypress is like the cap wing of the official hat of the Ming Dynasty, it is named.
11. Third Bridge: refers to Taiping Bridge, Geely Bridge and Changqing Bridge. Taiping Bridge spans the two banks of Dongliu and Qizi. The bridge is a beam type. Geely Bridge straddles Qizi and Liangwei, and is located in the middle of Taiping Bridge and Changqing Bridge. The bridge type is an arch bridge, and there are bridges on both sides of the bridge. Changqing Bridge, commonly known as Xiejia Bridge, spans Dongliu and Liangwei, and was formerly known as Fujian Bridge, also known as Guangli Bridge.
12. Retreat Garden: It was built in the 11th to 13th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1885-1887). Tuisi Garden has a unique layout. There are two buildings on the 10th floor and the 10th floor in the inner house, namely, pavilion, terrace, building, pavilion, gallery, square, bridge, pavilion, hall, room and porch. With the pool as the center, all the buildings are floating on the water, and the owner's name is the building, which is the living place for the owner and his family.
