What are the main attractions of the ancient town of Tang Xi?

Shipilong is located at the end of Xitang West Street with a total length of 68 meters. It is paved with 2 16 stone slabs with a thickness of only three centimeters, and it is the corridor between the Royal Zunwen Hall and Zhongfu Hall. Because the slate as thin as skin is used as the skin of sewer, it is called skindragon. Its widest point is 1. 1 m, and its narrowest point is only 0.8m.. There is a long and narrow sky above, so there is a saying that Xitang is "a wisp of sky" in "Spyrosaurus".

2. Five Blessingg Bridge

Five Blessingg Bridge is located in the east of Ni Tianzeng ancestral home exhibition hall. It is a single-hole stone slab bridge with a length of 14m and a span of 7.5m It is one of the oldest existing bridges in Xitang. It was built in the period of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty and completed in the 27th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (190 1).

3. China Button Museum

Button Pavilion is located in West Street, with six exhibition halls: ancient button exhibition area, modern button exhibition area, modern button exhibition area, shell button making technology exhibition area, button application exhibition area and Chinese knot exhibition area. In the exhibition hall, there are masters who perform the production technology of shell buttons live.

4. Ming and Qing Woodcarving Museum

The Ming and Qing Woodcarving Museum is located in the north of Shao Xiang Port. The museum displays more than 250 pieces of wood carvings of Jiangnan residential buildings represented by Xitang since Ming and Qing Dynasties, including beam frames, beam mats, archways, sparrows and lattice windows.

5. Ginkgo biloba in Lu Fen

There are two ginkgo trees in Fenbang, Posts and Telecommunications Road, Tangxi Town. It has been planted for more than 600 years since the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. The height of male ginkgo biloba is 13.5m, and the circumference is 3.92m The height of female ginkgo biloba is 9.35m, and the circumference is 3.08m..

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The value of the ancient town of Tang Xi;

1, azalea

Rhododendron is the town flower of Xitang, which has a long history of planting and can be traced back to the middle of Qing Dynasty. Xitang is known as the "hometown of azaleas". At its peak, the total planting amount of azaleas reached more than 5,000 pots, and there were many varieties, some of which won awards at previous national azaleas festivals.

2. Rare ancient and famous trees

Although many ancient trees are threatened with extinction due to various factors, planting enthusiasts in the ancient town try their best to protect them, so that many ancient and famous trees are still preserved in the ancient town.

At present, the oldest trees in the ancient town are two ginkgo trees in the Ming Dynasty, which have a history of more than 600 years. It has witnessed the historical development of the whole ancient town. According to the complete statistics of relevant departments, there are 23 ancient trees 123 in Xitang, an ancient town, which are over 50 years old, 4 in 200-300 years old and 2 in 400 years old.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tang Xi Ancient Town