Two-day tour of Zhouzhuang

Zhouzhuang has a history of thousands of years, and its cultural background is very profound. Many great historical figures have been born here. The water in Zhouzhuang is full of inexplicable aura, which gives people strong motivation and demand. Here, I will share with you the detailed tourism strategy of Zhouzhuang.

misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River has been haunting me like a dream. I wish I could not have wings. I buried my dream in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible, and then I realized that I yearned for a place with culture, story, poetry and high civilization. Of course, bridges, flowing water, Suzhou, Hangzhou and ancient towns are my favorites!

Last year, my son and I went to Suzhou, but I still want to go there. Maybe in the future, if I have time and money, I will stay in this paradise for more time, enjoy it quietly and savor it slowly.

Our family visited the south of the Yangtze River for two days. We took some daily necessities to eat and drink. At 4:2 in the morning, we left home for the People's Square distribution center and took a bus to Xinyi-Suqian-Shuyang-Huai 'an-Jiangyin-Suzhou, the small town of Venice in the East.

After Nanjing, it began to get misty and rainy. Thank God, people know that I need this kind of weather when I visit the south of the Yangtze River. We didn't arrive until after 12 noon, so excited!

After lunch, we visited Jinji Lake, the golden rooster award Prize-winning place. The lake area is located in the Singapore Industrial Park in the east of Suzhou. Suzhou people talk about economic lakeside and engage in economy.

The lake is very big, the lake is clear, and the surrounding environment is very good. On the one hand, there is a unique and spectacular bird's nest (this bird's nest is the same designer as Beijing's, and it was born earlier than Beijing's, and the night scene is more beautiful. Perhaps the beautiful lights bring too many reverie to people. )

On the one hand, there are spectacular high-rise buildings with different shapes, and on the other hand, there is the world-famous landmark-the Oriental Gate, with large balloons of different shapes and colors hanging in the air. The surrounding area is very green and the air is very fresh and pleasant.

The interior design of the Bird's Nest is unique, with many exhibition halls and projection halls. Give people a refreshing and shocking feeling and marvel at the designer's exclusive creativity!

We drove to Zhouzhuang, a 5A scenic spot, located in Kunshan City, 38km south of Suzhou. Zhouzhuang is an ancient town that I have been longing for for for a long time. It has a 9-year-old human history, an architectural pattern with ancient charm, white walls and tiles, and cornices and cliffs. Simple folk customs were praised by Wu Guanzhong as "Zhouzhuang gathers the beauty of China water town".

rivers and lakes crisscross the town, boats crisscross the waterways, and simple farmers sing Kunqu opera. The core area of the ancient town is surrounded by water, which is still the original shape and style of the Millennium ancient town, and the well-preserved 14 ancient bridges built in Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties span the well-preserved river channel, with beautiful shapes. Old houses stand by the river, with the front street and the back river.

In the river, boats are painted, boatmen or boatwomen paddle leisurely, humming Kunqu opera, taking tourists to appreciate and enjoy the leisure of the ancient town, crossing time and space, and the ancient houses are well preserved, with small bridges, flowing water and people-showing the charm of the water town. We seem to have forgotten all our worries and worries, and we have crossed time and space.

We came to Shuangqiao, which was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, commonly known as Key Bridge, and consists of a stone arch bridge and a square Liang Shi bridge. The late Chen Yifei, a famous American painter, created an oil painting "Memories of Hometown" based on this material, which made it famous, and Zhouzhuang and Shuangqiao became the holy places for domestic and foreign tourists. It is also the most crowded place, and it is difficult to pass. There are police and staff to maintain order.

Fuan Bridge, built in Yuan Dynasty, is a unique and perfect building connected with ancient town bridge and buildings, and also the only three-dimensional bridge building in Jiangnan water town.

here we are in Zhangting. The Zhang family is an official and a four-grade official. They have a high status in ancient officials, so the threshold is also high. We are here to witness it with our own eyes. This is a famous official in zhouzhuang town, and officials are afraid of death.

So, in his backyard, there is a boat that leads directly to the outer waterway. In case of emergency, you can escape directly from the back waterway. Zhangting is a model of residential buildings in the Ming Dynasty, and also a representative of residential buildings in water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. It has a history of more than 5 years, and its characteristic is that "the sedan chair advances from the door and the boat passes through the house".

The hall is high and wide, and the doors and windows are exquisitely carved. Many of them enter the courtyard, and it takes four or five times to enter the hall courtyard to reach the owner's private place. After hundreds of years, the old house still shows its elegant and luxurious charm!

There are many domestic and foreign tourists coming to the ancient town, which is very crowded, but people are not in a hurry, their faces are calm, and everything is still clean and not noisy. It can be seen that the quality of tourists is generally high, or people are intoxicated with the elegance and leisure of the ancient town, or they are conquered by the charm of the ancient town, or they are integrated with the ancient town, and even those who have always been impatient through time and space are calm as water. Through

like a dream, we finally came to Shenting, the old residence of Shen Wansan, the richest man in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. Shenting was built in Qianlong of Qing Dynasty for seven years, and it is one of the most distinctive residential buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, covering an area of more than 2, square meters, with seven entrances and five gates.

The front and rear halls are connected by a street building and an aisle pavilion, forming a passable Zouma Building. This building is ingenious in design, exquisite and luxurious, and exquisitely carved. Although it has gone through a hundred years, there is no trace of the vicissitudes of time. The halls and courtyards are stacked one after another, and it takes many halls and courtyards to reach the owner's private house.

the furniture is exquisite and luxurious. From here, we can see how rich and economical the former owner was. How rich is Shen Wansan? "The wealth is enormous, and the land is all over the world"-equivalent to the top ten in Forbes list now. It is said that Shen Wansan came from Zhouzhuang, a water town, and his ancestors were poor farmers.

Shen Wansan, who was brilliant since he was a child, resolutely started his business career in the old idea that people valued agriculture over business, and set up business myths, eventually becoming the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Wansan has grown from a poor boy who didn't have enough to eat to a giant businessman. Shen Wansan has a bright personality, is clever but not treacherous, and is kind. Although he is in the shopping mall, he doesn't forget the poor and the weak.

Shen Wansan, a man, has become a "mud-legged man" who has been read by countless people, experienced storms and is extremely rich. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang, who unified the whole world, was a thorough farmer, particularly sensitive to the stability of power, and most hoped to restore the rural life of "the voice of chickens and dogs heard about each other and died."

Zhu Yuanzhang hated Suzhou for enriching people and even ordinary people, and took a series of retaliatory measures. Shen Wansan is a shrewd businessman, of course, seeing the seriousness of the situation, he can only kiss up to the emperor to achieve peace.

First, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to build Nanjing City, and Shen Wansan "helped to build a third of the capital", that is, the section from Zhonghua Gate to Shuiximen of Nanjing City Wall. Later, I simply wanted to strike while the iron was hot, and asked for funds to reward the three armed forces. Later, in order to please the emperor, I continued to pay tribute to the palace, which caught the emperor's clues.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, saying, "A man should be punished for ruining the army of the world and disturbing the people." Ma Huanghou was still sober, feeling a little too much, and advised, "The ominous people will be destroyed by heaven.

how can your majesty punish you? " Shen Wansan saved his life, was sent to Yunnan, and finally died. This is Hongwu's six years.

Zhu Yuanzhang's logic is also very simple and realistic: Shen Wansan has the material resources to feed the army and launch a rebellion, and even if there is no rebellion, he belongs to the mob that he should get rid of first.

Later, Ma Huanghou advised him that such an "unlucky people" would be punished by God, and his Majesty would not have to do it. Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one who assigned Shen Wansan to Yunnan and took care of it to avoid future trouble.

Poor Shen Wansan worked so hard to accumulate a lot of money that he was convicted of donating money to please the government. Shen Wansan family case ",the whole case lacks clear evidence, which can basically be concluded as an out-and-out unjust case.

It is reported that Shen Wansan once did business and conducted overseas trade.

Daodao screens reveal the owner's subtlety, which is just the opposite of what we northerners do now. If you have some money, you should stick it on your face. Even if you don't have money, you should put a lazy toad on the legs of the bed. If you have some money, you should show it off. The furnishings at home should be in a conspicuous position, and you can see everything from the gate to the hall, for fear that others will not see it.

Quanfu Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, is famous far and near, and it is the same age as the ancient town. The temple next to Nanhu Lake borrows water scenery, which is ingenious and unique.

As we walk, we hear beautiful and refined Taoist songs from time to time. Taoism belongs to Zhouzhuang's religious culture.

The ancient stage is made of wood, and Kunqu Opera, a precious world heritage known as the ancestor of 1 operas, is performed every day on the antique stage, which is classical and elegant.

There are still 12 workshops in Zhouzhuang: wine workshop, weaving workshop, bamboo workshop and noodle workshop. It's really a place where traditional cultures gather together, and the traditional culture is full of charm.

Zhouzhuang's aquatic original ecological performance "Four Seasons Zhouzhuang" takes us to find the historical footprint of Zhouzhuang in the night, allowing us to enjoy the four seasons customs of Zhouzhuang and restore the real life and labor scenes of ancient people in Zhouzhuang. The performance lineup is huge.

Zhouzhuang is characterized by white walls and black tiles. The blue bricks of nearly 6 years old on the wall seem to be telling its simplicity and tranquility in the past. There are both leisure and elegance of falling flowers and listening to sounds.

The beauty of Zhouzhuang requires us to savor and enjoy it quietly and carefully when there are few people, early in the morning, at dusk or at night. It is an altar of wine that has been dusty for thousands of years, so we should taste it quietly and slowly.

Our hearts need a peace, which flows with time. I really want to take time to stay in the ancient town for a few nights when there are few people, feel the leisure and peace, indulge in the ancient house by the river, enjoy the delicious food at the position near the window and watch the river, and see bridges, flowing water, people, ancient houses and tree-lined trees at any time.

At the same time, I appeal to our government departments: We should try our best to protect the gifts of our ancestors and limit the passenger flow, otherwise the beauty of Zhouzhuang will be destroyed!

Outside zhouzhuang town, it is very modern and prosperous, clean and tidy, with huge parking lots and tourist buses shuttling in and out. When we left the ancient town, it was getting late, and sometimes tourist buses drove into the parking lot of the ancient town. They wanted to visit the ancient town at night.

Zhouzhuang cuisine:

Handmade mallet candy (delicious and crisp, but not too sweet), Shen Wansan pig's trotters (the one on the left side of Shenting is the only authentic one), fried stinky tofu, and cloud cake. In short, the food in Suzhou and Hangzhou is also related to the local human history, and it is meticulous and delicious, which makes people memorable.

I left Zhouzhuang, crossed Suzhou City, and came to Mudu Ancient Town. As the only ancient garden town in China, Mudu had more than 3 private gardens in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and more than 1 have been preserved so far.

We are excited to learn that we live in Mudu. The hotel where we stayed was Lingyanshan Hotel. The conditions were good. Tired and hungry, and it was getting late, we had dinner at the farmhouse meal opposite. We ordered stewed mushrooms with white gourd, shredded pork with fish sauce, boiled beef, noodles with scallion oil and so on.

Every dish is delicious, and the meat and vegetables are well matched. It can be seen that Jiangnan people are delicate and soft, and even putting peppers is not as extreme as Sichuan. After a comfortable meal, we went to Huayuan Street. The street was clean and hygienic, and people were leisurely and not bustling.

I woke up at 4 o'clock the next day. Originally, the tour guide promised to call us at 6:3 in advance. Perhaps I was too busy and excited. I woke up early. After a wash, I quietly walked out of the hotel (for fear of waking my husband and son) and took a rickshaw to Shantang Old Street, which is the economic center of Mudu. There are four gardens in this street: Yanjia Garden and No.2 Mansion.

I soon came to the long-awaited Yanjia Garden, but unfortunately it didn't open. It is said that Yanjia Garden was the former residence of Shen Deqian, the teacher of Qianlong and the longest-lived poet in China, and later belonged to Yan Guoxin, the richest man in Mudu. The garden covers an area of 16 mu, with dense and tortuous layout, appropriate competition, exquisite and elegant local treatment, and deep and graceful.

Hongyin Mountain House is the old residence of Xu Shiyuan, a scholar in Mudu. It covers a vast area and has an atmosphere of architecture. Its "beautiful mountains and beautiful scenery, better flowers and trees in the pool pavilion" is far superior to other gardens, and Qianlong must visit this garden every time he goes to Mudu.

Gusong Garden is the old residence of Cai Shaoyu, a rich man in Mudu in the late Qing Dynasty. The carved building in the garden is exquisitely carved, which is the same master's work as the carved building in Dongting Dongshan, and can be called the carved building of the north and south sisters. The No.2 mansion is the former residence of Feng Guifen, the forerunner and famous political commentator of the Westernization Movement, and the three sculptures in the south of the Yangtze River (brick carving, wood carving and stone carving) are the treasures of its town.

Lingyan Mountain Pavilion is the private garden of Bi Yuan, the champion of Mudu in Qing Dynasty. It is a famous landscape garden in Wuzhong, with a clear pool and a meandering river. Mudu private garden not only inherits the exquisiteness and profundity of Suzhou gardens, but also has its open and lofty personality, which is full of atmosphere and imperial spirit.

When you walk into Mudu, you walk into the elegant artistic conception of Tang poetry and Song poetry; Through the ancient town, you have crossed the history of 25 years. There are deep alleys, quaint stone bridges, exquisite pavilions, and fascinating tranquility and comfort. This is Mudu.

There are Lingyan Mountain and Taiping Mountain on both sides of Mudu Ancient Town. At 6:3 in the morning, there are few pedestrians on the road, no pedestrians rushing on, and some people who come out to breathe fresh air and stretch. Man and the ancient town are so harmonious!

People in the ancient town are of high quality. When I was asking for directions, an old man in the distance took the initiative to introduce me to the surrounding scenic spots! According to the old man's instructions, I soon came to Lingyanshan Park. At this time, I didn't need tickets, but I wanted one in 2 yuan after 7:3.

There is a road leading to Lingyan Mountain in the park. After playing for a while, I hurried back to the hotel. Fortunately, it's only four or five minutes away from my hotel. After breakfast, we rushed to Jiangnan No.1 Silk Factory.

an hour later, I went to Suzhou amusement park to see off my friends on the other side. The amusement park is different from other places in that all the amusement facilities are among the trees and mountains, with rich amusement items and advanced facilities. Paradise, outdoor gymnasium and indoor gymnasium are all located in the west of Suzhou City.

Suzhou people don't queue up by bus. I saw a very funny scene: when the bus came, men, women and children went into battle together and swarmed, which was a unique battle! No matter what you do in Beijing, you consciously queue up by bus, cooking, going to school, etc. I feel that Suzhou should learn from Beijing!

We have been wandering around the old city and the new district of Suzhou in the past two days, but we have seen it all and become familiar with the city here. I have reviewed the moat excavated in Wu Zixu many times. The moat is very charming, like a 4-year-old talented woman. I am not tired of reading it for thousands of times.

The big red lobster in the city has also been reviewed many times. We first came to Hanshan Temple, a thousand-year-old poem described in a night-mooring near maple bridge. Hanshan Temple and Tiger Hill are located in the west of the city, not far apart.

There were many people and it was quiet. After listening to the bell, all the worries and worries were thrown out of the clouds. I like a night-mooring near maple bridge written by Zhang Ji very much: frosty night and Jiang Feng are worried about sleeping.

At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang at midnight to the passenger ship. This poem is a household name in Japan! More famous than in China, many people came for this poem.

We came to Lion Forest, one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou. Lion Forest was originally the back garden of Bodhi Temple, and it is one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou, with a history of more than 65 years.

It is said that from the Yuan Dynasty to the second year of Zhengzheng, the disciple of the famous monk Tianru Zen Master Wei Ze at the end of the Yuan Dynasty "contributed money at the same rate to buy land and build a house to live in his teacher." In 1341 AD, the monk Tianru Zen Master came to Suzhou to give a lecture, which was well received by his disciples.

in the following year (the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty went from Shundi to Zhengzheng), disciples bought land and bought a house to build a Zen forest for Zen master Tianru. In the vicissitudes of the lion forest, an emperor praised the lion forest more. He visited the Lion Forest five times and left a lot of inscriptions and "imperial poems".

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