A good joke about a small town in Jiangnan

When describing small towns in the south of the Yangtze River, I always like to use "small bridges and flowing water". Although it's a cliche, I feel the same way There are many water and bridges here. It can really be said that "every family is near the water and every family has a boat." There are many small bridges in the water lane, people take the river as their pillow, the willow bridge passes through the city, and the river port enters the lake field. She is Tongli, a beautiful town in the south of the Yangtze River.

When I first arrived in town, I didn't feel strange. Memories of childhood suddenly rose. Rivers, bridges, faint fishy smell, and unfamiliar and familiar soft language of Wu Nong, she is really my dream hometown. As soon as I set foot in this town, I was overwhelmed with excitement. I don't know whether Shirley is fascinated by Mr. Zhou Zuoren's Wu Peng boat or has a soft spot for it. As soon as she entered town, she wanted to take a boat. So, we decided to travel by boat.

Wu Peng Boat written by Mr. Zhou: The canopy is semicircular, woven with bamboo pieces, with bamboo poles in the middle and black oil on it. There is a sunshade between the two "fixed awnings", which is also semi-circular, wooden, with small fish scales embedded, about one inch in diameter, quite transparent, slightly like glass, and durable. The Wu Peng boat we took didn't have bamboo at all, just a simple and clean small wooden boat, sitting on it very smoothly. The boat is floating in the water. The river that has just rained is a little muddy, the waterline is small and soft, the ripples gradually grow and disperse, the lotus leaves on the water are swaying, and several osprey stand at the bow ... The boat crosses the small bridge, and the most famous one is of course the "Third Bridge". These three bridges are located in the center of the town, and the three legs stand at the intersection of three small rivers. The three vicissitudes of small stone bridges are small and exquisite, and the construction is elegant. Each bridge has a couplet carved from granite, and the couplet of the first bridge is: "Shallow bamboo waves and clouds, small bridge and flowing water village", which shows the charm of Tongli. Tongli people have the folk custom of "walking three bridges". It is a symbol of disaster relief and refuge, good luck and happiness. They say that after crossing the Taiping Bridge, you are in good health all year round. Walking through the Geely Bridge, business is booming and you are promoted step by step; After cheung tsing bridge, youth will stay and never grow old. The ship docked at the dock and we walked into the town.

The streets and lanes in the town are winding and deep. Walking on the bluestone road, the house in front of us is solemn and dignified, which has brought too many vicissitudes. A beautiful girl came to us. She is wearing floral blue underwear, pink slippers and an umbrella. Her black hair is simple and natural, and the whole person looks very beautiful. Her sweet voice can explain the history of the ancient town. This is a small town with vicissitudes of life, with too many historical deposits and too many historical stories. The so-called "one side of the soil and water support one side of the people", Tongli, gave birth to many celebrities. From the fourth year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1247) to the end of Qing Dynasty, Tongli successively produced the champion 1 person, 42 scholars and 93 civil and military scholars. Ancient Li celebrities include Ye Yin, Mo Dan, He Yuan, Wang Chong, Zhu, Shen Guifen, Lu Lianfu,. The famous Li people in modern times are Jin Songcen, Yan, Wang Shaosong, Lan, Feng Xinde, Yang Tianji, Fei Yifu, Liu Rumiao, Fan Yanqiao, Jin, Shen Shanjiong and Feng. Ni Zan, Han Yi, Yao, Dong Qichang, Zhang Dansheng and others once lived in Tongli. It is such a person that will create such a thick culture.

We walked into a house with a sign saying "Retreat Garden". This garden was built in the 11th to 13th year of Guangxu (A.D. 1885- 1887). Director Lan Sheng, alias Wan Xiang, real name Nan Yun. In the tenth year of Guangxu (AD 1884), Zhou Derun Xun, a bachelor of cabinet, was appointed as Lansheng, who was engaged in self-enrichment for profit. In the first month of the 11th year of Guangxu (AD 1885), Cha Suoxun was dismissed from his post to be punished, and the Ministry decided to change his post. Ren Lansheng left his job and returned to his hometown. He spent 100, 000 taels of silver to build a house garden named "Tuisi". His younger brother Ren Aisheng's Poem of Crying My Brother contains a sentence entitled "Make up for the loss of thinking, and all the grass and trees in Pingquan are beautiful", which shows that the name of the garden is taken from Zuo Zhuan, which means "make up for the loss of thinking". Long Yuan, the designer of the Garden of Retreat, is known as Dongli, and is proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting. He built the park in two years according to the characteristics of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and local conditions. This garden covers only nine acres and eight minutes. Simple, simple, quiet and elegant, with the style of Jiangnan garden architecture in the late Qing Dynasty. The retreat garden has a unique layout, with pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, corridors, squares, bridges, pavilions, halls, rooms and pavilions, with the pool as the center and buildings floating on the water. The pattern is compact and natural, combined with plant configuration, embellishing the scenery of the four seasons, giving people a clear, quiet and clear feeling.

The north of the garden hall is decorated with architectural sketches, and the terrace in the south of the hall faces the lotus pond. The standing terrace overlooks the whole garden. Go south along the winding path until the rain gives birth to a cool porch. There is another unique feature of this porch. There are three original waterways under the porch, in which the clear water of the lotus pond circulates. So the porch is humid and cool. Now that it's raining, the cool porch spirals up the stone steps through the fake cave, and then comes to the overpass of Jiangnan Garden, and the vision is suddenly enlightened. In front of my eyes, sparkling, blossoming lotus flowers, floating on the water, fish swimming around in the water, as if walking into a painting. Stepping into the court, shrubs are planted everywhere, and the early autumn is also rich and fragrant. This red maple is mixed with golden laurel and silver laurel, with blue sky and white clouds, white walls and white tiles, and it is even more colorful.

Walking out of the retreat, I am still immersed in the beautiful scenery. Hungry friends can't wait to walk into a restaurant. In a short time, the table was filled with delicious food, and a champion's hoof was burned thick, sauce red and bright red. It is soft and sweet, and the entrance is not greasy. Glutinous rice duck, Taihu Sanbai (scrambled eggs with Taihu white fish, Taihu white shrimp and whitebait) and water shield soup are light and delicious. The host's enthusiasm feasted our eyes.

This weekend, I had a good time, and Jiangnan town was more charming. Tongli and Zhouzhuang, a good family and a small jasper, I prefer this good family-Tongli.