Xianfeng Huang Ting Hotel

Ladies and gentlemen: Hello! Welcome to the upper reaches of Suzhou Ring Ancient City River. We are now located at the intersection of the Huancheng River and the ancient canal: the land surrounded by the Huancheng River is the ancient city of Suzhou, with an area of 14.2 square kilometers. The world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows into the ancient city of Suzhou from the north via the west side of Hanshan Temple, joins the Xujiang River near Hengtang Town, connects with the West Huancheng River via Tairang Bridge, goes south outside Xumen, passes through the South Huancheng River and passes through bridges such as Wumen Bridge and Ren Minqiao. As we all know, there is an old saying in China. It is the ancient Grand Canal that connects these two paradise-like cities for a long time. Due to the economic development, the Grand Canal has become more and more busy. In the early 1990s, a new waterway was dug in the north of Lishi Town, the southern suburb of Suzhou ancient city, and flowed into the ancient waterway of the Grand Canal from the east to the north of Beidai Bridge. Thousands of transport ships pass through the new waterway every day, which makes the Xujiang River and Gucheng River around Suzhou quiet and provides good conditions for the development of the upper reaches of tourist water.

Now, look at it. The water here is wide, which is the throat of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal going south to Zhejiang, and the east ring is on the Hebei River, which is the only place leading to Fenmen. Looking to the southeast of the river, we can see two bridges, one large and one small. The big one is called Xinmidu Bridge, and the small one is called Gumidu Bridge. Before the Yuan Dynasty, there were no bridges, only ferries. The boatmen often threaten passers-by, but Shang Jing Xiu decided to build a bridge to benefit the people after being repeatedly threatened, so he begged for money everywhere and finally got his wish. The original name of this bridge is "Mudu Bridge". In Wu dialect, "Mao" and "Mao" are homonyms, which later evolved into Mao Duqiao. The span of Gumidu Bridge span is 19.8m, and such a high arch bridge is rare, and the arch coupon thickness is only 30cm.

There is a group of statues by the river: the boatman shaking the ferry, the woman waving to meet the ferry, and the monk begging for food to build a bridge, which reproduces the historical scene at that time.

Midu Bridge is a typical Suzhou ancient bridge, which is a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. Whenever there is a full moon in the sky, bridge opening's reflection and the moon's reflection set each other off, and "exploring the moon" is an excellent perspective for viewing the moon. In the southwest of the south bank of Midu Bridge, the red brick tile house we saw was 1895, which was the customs established in Suzhou during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. With a history of about 100 years, it is the earliest customs site in Suzhou and is currently protected by the municipal government.

On the other side of Midu Bridge, osmanthus park named after Suzhou flowers is located in the southeast corner of Suzhou ancient city, facing Midu Bridge across the water, forming a landscape in which ancient city walls and ancient stone bridges complement each other. Please look at the ancient city building and the ancient city wall at the intersection of South Ring River and East Ring River in Guihua Park. It is called "Qimen Yingying", a double-decker tower and gate rebuilt in recent years, and a restored wall. Extending from Osmanthus fragrans Park to Nanyuan Bridge to the west is a pile of mountains covered with green grass and trees. It turns out that this is the site of Suzhou ancient city wall. Gucheng Bridge is the accumulation of 2500 years of history and culture of Suzhou ancient city, and it is also the symbol and witness of Suzhou history.

There is an island among the reeds on the south bank of Hecheng River called Puhuazhou. Surrounded by water, you can enjoy all kinds of floating, standing, semi-aquatic and wet plants, which is a rare ecological wetland landscape. People vividly compare it to "the kidney of nature" and "the lung of the city".

Ladies and gentlemen: There is a bridge across the South Ring River in front, called Nanyuan Bridge. On the evening of April 16, 2004, the opening ceremony of Suzhou International Tourism Festival in China was held on the South Ring River next to Nanyuan Bridge. For the first time, the opening ceremony took the form of water float parade. 19 floats competed for beauty, and the colorful decorations and performances on the floats were watched by tens of thousands of people on both sides of the strait, feeling the infinite charm of Suzhou based on water, taking water as its soul and taking water as its pulse, and tasting the charm of "Paradise Suzhou, Oriental Water City" with unprecedented pomp. It can really be said that "the ancient city is full of people inside and outside, and the ancient canal is crowded with people."

The uneven slate on the river bank is the fiber path that ancient trackers walked through. You can see that the sculptures of three "trackers" hunched over, pulling their pants and walking barefoot reproduce the hardships of ancient trackers; In the pier viewing pavilion on the south bank of the Huancheng River, there are a group of sculptures of street singers who bid farewell to the Changting Ancient Road. Both groups of sculptures were created by Qian Shaowu, a famous sculptor in China.

After crossing Nanyuan Bridge, the quaint building with white wall and Daiwa on the north bank of Hebei is Suzhou Steamship Wharf, where you can take a boat directly south to Hangzhou along the ancient Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. On the other side of the dock is Suzhou No.1 Silk Weaving Factory, which has a history of nearly 100 years and is the earliest state-owned factory in Suzhou. Now it is the first recommended service unit for tourism shopping in our city. The original tombs of Sun Jian and Sun Ce, famous Wudong people in the Three Kingdoms period, and a two-story western-style building with brick-concrete structure in the factory are 1902 Japanese Consulate.

Tourists, now the cruise ship will pass through Ren Minqiao. The bridge deck in Ren Minqiao is 45 meters wide, and the antique "promenade" has 15 bays, dark blue tiles and light eaves. It is exquisitely structured and antique, revealing an elegant Wu culture atmosphere. The road connecting Ren Minqiao is called Renmin Road, which runs through the north and south of Suzhou ancient city and is one of the most prosperous main roads in Suzhou at present. Originally called Wolong Street, the whole road is like a dragon lying in the city. Fan Zhongyan, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, took the initiative to combine the official school in Suzhou with the temple dedicated to Confucius and built the Confucian Temple, which is located on this street.

In Bridge Opening, a * * is inlaid with 16 stone carvings, each with a name, which vividly tells the moving stories of Suzhou in the past 2500 years: casting swords in Jiangnan, building a city for hegemony, the beginning of gardens, the charm of mountain ponds, the style of study, the misty rain in Jiangnan, various art competitions, outstanding people, Wumen Painting Academy and famous officials.

The cruise ship passes through Ren Minqiao. On the south bank of the river, you can see several old factories. It is a part of Sulun cotton mill and was put into production in 1897. There is also an ancient concrete bridge by the river, called Yutang Bridge. In the 1920s, Mr. Yan Yutang, an entrepreneur of the factory, invested in repairing the bridge and paving the way. On the south bank of Panlong Bridge, a high ancient stone arch bridge ahead, this Yutang Bridge named after him was built. When Panmen Road was expanded in early 2004, this Yutang Bridge with cultural relics value was preserved, and a new Yutang Bridge was built next to it. Panlong Bridge looks like a new bridge, but it is actually an old bridge. Many years ago, after the Zaoshi Bridge of Xujiang Shigong Ancient Bridge was demolished, the stone piles were preserved and moved to the South Ring River on the east side of Gupanmen. It was completed in early 2004 and named Panlong Bridge. Bridges such as Changhong lying on waves add beauty to the original ancient waterway of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. A stone tablet was erected in the north of the bridge, which described the historical changes of the bridge in detail and became a much-told story in the bridge.

Ladies and gentlemen, the place that passes in front is Suzhou "Panmen Three Scenes" scenic spot. The three scenic spots in Panmen, namely Ruiguang Pagoda, a national key cultural relics protection unit, the amphibious city gate of Panmen, a cultural relics protection and upgrading unit, and Wumenqiao, a municipal cultural relics protection unit, cover an area of 24.86 hectares. Panmen is located in the southwest corner of Suzhou ancient city, at the crossroads of land and water. It has been the traffic artery and important barrier of Suzhou ancient city since ancient times. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal surrounds the city from west to east. The ancient Panmen once dominated one side, and the scenery was temporary. Later, due to the war, the market was depressed and there were fewer people. Suzhou calls it "cold water slab door". Today, Panmen has become a famous scenic spot in Suzhou, with ancient canals, ancient city walls, gates and ancient bridges in the south and magnificent five-star hotels in the north. There are ancient street houses, ancient temples and pagodas, halls and newly-built landscape pavilions outside, where history and reality meet and nostalgia and fashion exist. Therefore, 200 1, Panmen Scenic Area became the main venue of the 8th APEC Finance Ministers' Informal Meeting, which won favorable comments and gained a good reputation.

Please look north of the cruise ship. We can see an ancient pagoda with seven floors and eight sides of brick and wood structure-Ruiguang Pagoda. Ruiguang Pagoda was a pagoda in the Northern Song Dynasty. Built in 1004, with a height of 53.57 meters. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit. Exquisite architecture, beautiful shape, exquisite materials and rich treasures. According to legend, the tower was built in the ten years of Soochow in the Three Kingdoms, and was built by Sun Quan to repay his mother's kindness. It is the earliest pagoda in Suzhou, rebuilt in the Northern Song Dynasty. Ten years in Xianfeng, Qing Dynasty, there was chaos, the Buddhist temple was destroyed, and the lucky tower still existed. A hundred years later, it fell into disrepair. 1978, many well-preserved exquisite Buddhist relics were discovered from the tower, such as the Zhu Zhen stupa with a height of 122.6 cm and 120 volumes of Buddhist scriptures.

When you sail to Panmen waters, you can see five bridges, namely Panlong Bridge, Yutang Bridge, Wumen Bridge, Jishui Bridge and Shuiguan Bridge. Among them, Wumen Bridge, built in 1872, is the highest existing ancient single-span arch bridge in Suzhou with exquisite structure. Built in the 11th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, the bridge is 66.3m long, 5m wide, with an arch span of16m and an arch height of 9.5m.. There are 49 stone steps on the north slope and 50 stone steps on the south slope. Boarding this bridge, I saw the waves of the ancient canal rolling eastward and the water network intertwined. The scenery of Jiangnan water town is really beautiful, and the charm of water is full. Complementing Wumen Bridge are Panlong Bridge and Yutang Bridge just introduced. In addition, there is a flat stone bridge called Shuiguan Bridge in front of Gupanmen Watertown. There is a pumping bridge in the southwest of Wumen Bridge.

Dear friends, the magnificent building standing on the north bank of Hebei is the ancient Panmen. In the ancient State of Wu, Panmen were called Panmen, and the wood was carved into dragons to show that they were in the south of Yue. It is also famous for "lingering on land and water, wandering and buckling" and has the inscription "Long Pan Land and Water". 1986 To celebrate the 2500th anniversary of Suzhou's founding, the tower on the Lucheng Gate of Panmen was rebuilt. The traditional wooden structure is a replica of a two-story building facing the mountain. It has three rooms wide and cloisters all around, and its appearance is simple and vigorous, which is spectacular.

In the center of Lucheng Gate is an urn shaped like a mouth. The walls around Wengcheng are made of military feldspar and special city bricks, which are steep and stand upright, with strict barriers. Once the enemy enters the first gate, the defenders can put down the gate and cut off their retreat, just like shooting turtles in a jar.

Panmen Watergate is the only well-preserved Watergate in China, which is juxtaposed with the land gate. Both water gates are arched doorways made of stone, which can accommodate two ships passing side by side. The bottom of the river bed of the cave gate is covered with a layer of grave or slate. Shuicheng Gate is also composed of East Gate, West Gate and Urn, which is located on the inner city river and connected to Lucheng Gate in the north. Shuichengmen arch ticket has a chute and a hinge stone, and the hinge stone on the bearing platform can rise and fall along the chute. Watertown Gate is much smaller than Lugan. Eighteen kinds of weapons, such as guns, knives, swords and halberds, are displayed on the rostrum, and the crenels, cribs, gun holes, city gates and twisted stones on the wall are vividly visible. In the tourism industry, there is a saying that "looking at the Great Wall in the north and Panmen in the south", and Panmen in Suzhou is as famous as the Great Wall.

Dear visitors, Suzhou has been a famous water city since ancient times. Suzhou covers an area of 8488 square kilometers, of which the water surface accounts for 3609 square kilometers, accounting for 42.5% of the total area. With more than 300 lakes and 20,000 rivers, it is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Kyle wrote it. Polo is known as "Venice of the East".

Now look at the west bank of the river. There is a house with architectural style in the early years of the Republic of China, which is one of the workshops of Suzhou Hongsheng Match Factory founded by the famous industrialist Liu Hongsheng at 1029. There is an antique wall building on the east bank of the river, which is the Canglang Children's Palace newly built in recent years. This is to commemorate Chairman Mao's inscription "Study hard and make progress every day" for Suzhou teenager Chen Yongkang. The hydrophilic green land on the shore is Baihuazhou Park. The courtyard is covered with full of green, lush trees and flowers, which is naturally beautiful.

Next to Baihuazhou is Guanting, and further north is Guxumen. The reception hall was a post station and dock in Qing Dynasty. There are rows of official ships, and it's very lively. When Kangxi Qianlong visited the south, it was the royal pier; Huang Ting Street is on the west bank of the river. 1684, Kangxi made a southern tour of Suzhou, warning local officials to "love the people, be loyal to their duties, abide by the law and be considerate of the people's feelings". Later, Governor Tang Bin laid a foundation stone, erected a monument and built a pavilion here, so it was called Huang Ting Street, and the street next to it was also called Huang Ting Street. Look, there are three stone tablets and a pavilion by the river.

Ladies and gentlemen, we see two bridges in front of us, one on the north side is the modern Guxu Bridge, and the other is the majestic three-hole Wannian Bridge. In the Ming Dynasty, this ancient bridge "disappeared" once. At that time, the bridge was10m wide and about100m long. There are five big ring caves by the river, all made of the best stones in Taihu Lake. The whole bridge is closed, smooth and flat. There are exquisite stone railings planted on both sides of the bridge deck, and 65,438+000 stone lions are carved on the railings, which are crouching in the bridge in different shapes and are beautiful. " It was once sent to Yan Song's hometown in Fenyi County, Yuanzhou, Jiangxi Province as a bribe "gift" by Suzhou magistrate, and Wannian Bridge was broken for two hundred years. The three-hole arch "Wannian Bridge" in front of us was rebuilt.

Now you can see an antique building at the intersection of Xujiang River and Huancheng River on the west bank of the river-Suzhou Planning Exhibition Hall, which was the venue of the 28th World Heritage Conference in 2004. The water surface between the planning exhibition hall and the opposite water stage and the tower gate is the venue for the opening ceremony of Suzhou International Tourism Festival in China in 2005, where floats and water performances were held.

Xumen is the same age as the ancient city of Suzhou, and his name is Wu Zixu, a designer in Suzhou for several years. Xumen has convenient land and water transportation, so it was called "Yin Ruins Gate" in ancient times.

There are well-preserved ancient city walls on the north and south sides of the ancient Xumen City Gate Cave, which is a rare historical relic. Xumen originally had two gates, land and water. During the Warring States Period, Shen Jun ruled Suzhou and learned that Taihu Lake was higher than Suzhou. In order to avoid flooding in the city, Xumen Waterway is closed, and there is no Shuicheng Gate in Xumen. Therefore, the Watertown Gate and Waterway in Suzhou actually play a connecting role, which not only connects the water system outside the city, but also connects the Cheng 'e Waterway, which is actually the hub and gateway of Suzhou Waterway.

In front of the ancient city is Wu Zixu Memorial Park. In the park, the sculpture "Wu Zixu builds Suzhou City like heaven and earth" designed by Qian Shaowu stands tall and majestic, with simple lines, but great strength, which fully embodies the heroism of Wu Zixu. The height of the sculpture is 4.5 meters, and it extends for tens of meters. /kloc-The story commemorating Wu Zixu's historical achievements is engraved in front of the wall of 0/00 square meters, and the eight characters "Xiangtu tastes like heaven and earth" are engraved behind it, which embodies the spirit of designing Suzhou urban construction according to the principle of heaven and earth. At the same time, in order to show the tragic feature that Wu Zixu was loyal to the country, but was killed by the slanderers of the king of Wu, a head of Wu Zixu was specially designed, which was more than 4 meters high.