What are the tourist attractions in Xitang?

Alleys

People who first arrive in Xitang Ancient Town will find that there are many alleys with no end in sight scattered on the streets. People here call such alleys alleys. There are currently 122 lanes in Xitang. The lanes in Xitang are divided into three categories: one is the inner lane, which is part of the entire building, and is called the "accompanying lane"; the other is the lane that opens to the street in front and the river in the back, called the "water lane", and the other is the lane that opens to the street and the river in the back. A lane that connects two parallel streets is called a connected lane.

In Xitang, the long West Street itself is like an alley. In the narrowest part of the street, you can open the windows on both sides and have a long conversation. West Street is like the main stream of alleys in the town. There are many alleys of different widths and names on both sides of it. The most famous alley is Shipi Alley. As the name suggests, the stone slabs on the ground are as thin as skin. It is not an easy task to cut granite so thin. Shipi Lane is 68 meters long, paved with 166 bluestone slabs, only one meter wide, and the stepped gables on the left and right sides are 6 to 10 meters long. High, the sewer under the stone slab can ensure that no water accumulates in rainy days. Standing in the lane and looking up at the sky, you can deeply understand the meaning of "a line of sky". Some people say that the alleys are the lifeblood of Xitang people. The alleys have a profound historical and cultural background, and they have a certain impact on the elegant cultural character of Xitang people.

Langpeng

Langpeng is actually a street with a roof. It is a unique building in Xitang. The simple-looking gallery shed is more than 1,300 meters long in the ancient town and is made of black tiles. Covered, built along the river, connected into one. Most of the sheds in Xitang are concentrated in commercial areas such as Beizha Street, Nanzha Street, and Chaonandai. Especially now, strings of bright red lanterns are hung in all the corridors and sheds along the waterfront in the town, adding a bit of liveliness and vitality to the white walls and blue tiles. As the sun sets in the west, the red lights in the sheds and outside the houses merge with the reflections in the water, illuminating the roads for passers-by at night and adding a bit of festive atmosphere and warmth to the ancient town. Corridor sheds have a history of hundreds of years in Xitang. This custom has been passed down from generation to generation. The promenade along the river bank in the center of the ancient town (local people call it "corridor sheds") is very winding and spectacular. The formation of this ancient promenade is also a process. After a long process, the original origin of the porch was built by the stores along the river in the past to facilitate customers' shopping. Generally, there was a sloping roof in front of each house, which could serve as a shield from wind and rain. Very popular with pedestrians. With the density of shops, sheds and sheds are naturally connected. Due to its simple structure and easy maintenance, the sheds were not dismantled even if the shop closed or moved, and gradually it became what we see now.

Bridge

Wolong Bridge is located at the mouth of Beizha City. It is a single-hole stone arch bridge. The length of the bridge is 31.46 meters and the width is 4.95 meters. The east slope of the bridge is 32 levels, the west slope is 30 levels, and the west slope is 30 levels. There is level 9 at the south corner. The patrol staff is rectangular, 44 cm high, the watch column is 71 cm high, and the capital is square. The arches are vertically connected and built side by side. It is the tallest bridge in the town with exquisite craftsmanship. It was built in 1719 (the fifty-eighth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty). Wolong Bridge is another famous stone bridge in Xitang. Wolong Bridge was originally a wooden bridge, which was in disrepair and was in dilapidated condition. One day, a bamboo craftsman named Zhu who lived by the bridge saw a pregnant woman slipping and falling into the water and died. He wanted to rebuild it, but he didn't have the funds. He cut off his hair and became a monk named Guangyuan. He spent ten years begging for alms, accumulated three thousand taels of silver, and started construction. When the silver ran out and there was still a shortage of stone, the monk died of illness due to ten years of age. The project was about to stop due to lack of bridge deck. At this time, two gods came to Xitang. They heard that Xitang's dried tofu was very famous. They tasted it and praised it full of praise. When they were intoxicated, a piece of dried tofu fell and fell on the unfinished Wolong Bridge. , forming a bridge deck. Therefore, the bridge deck of Wolong Bridge is a large piece. The entire bridge is engraved with a dragon, with its head east and tail west, which is still clearly visible today.

Songzi Laifeng Bridge is located on the east side of Xiaotong Street. It was built in 1637 (the tenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty) and is a three-hole stone slab bridge. Legend has it that a bird flew over during the construction. The bridge builder thought it was auspicious and named it "Songzilaifeng Bridge". It was rebuilt in the 48th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign and the 15th year of Emperor Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty. Laifeng Bridge was rebuilt in 1997. Its unique shape and structure make it suitable for tourism and viewing, and it is one of the new attractions. Common people call it "Qingyu Bridge". The shed on the roof of the bridge and the long benches paved with square bricks provide visitors with a good place to rest and enjoy the beautiful scenery. What best reflects the meticulous and thoughtful nature of Xitang people is that the stone steps on the bridge are divided into two. The stone steps on the left are for men; while the steps on the right are designed to A small slope; the reason is that the ancients considered that women at that time had the bad habit of binding their small feet, and their steps were small, making it inconvenient to walk on the steps, so they made a small slope for women only

Huanxiu Bridge was built in 1581 (Nineth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty), it spanned Xiaotong and Beicui at that time and was the earliest high bridge in Xitang Town. Legend has it that in the past, on a sunny day, you could stand on the top of the bridge and look north at the green mountains on the edge of Taihu Lake. The bridge suddenly collapsed on the afternoon of October 23, 1944, with a loud bang that echoed for several miles, crushing seven people to death. Later, a wooden bridge was built, and after liberation, a single-hole cement bridge was built. In 1997, a stone-level arch bridge was rebuilt.

The Wufu Bridge was built in front of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty. It is a single-hole stone bridge with a length of 14 meters and a span of 7.5 meters. It connects the north and south sides of the eastern end of Hong Kong. It was rebuilt during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. The bridge is in good condition and the stone steps and railings are neat. The so-called five blessings are happiness, happiness, longevity, wealth, and a good death.

These are the five major pursuits and prayers for life among the people. Used on the bridge, it is the blessing of the bridge builders to the people crossing the bridge. I hope that this bridge can bring not only convenience to people, but also all kinds of good fortune that everyone hopes for. .

The original site of Yongning Bridge was at the west end of Xizha River and was abandoned long ago. Today, standing on the Anjing Bridge, you can have a panoramic view of both sides of the Xutang River, and look south at the ancient covered bridge. The Xutang River is narrow and turns into a water alley. The west of the alley is an antique street, and the east of the alley is the ancient Tangdong Street. Yongning Bridge is currently the best viewing spot in town. The promenade facing south on the north bank of the river is like a long meandering dragon lying beside the water. Pedestrians and bicycles are walking under the corridor. Its flavor is rarely seen in other ancient towns. The south bank of the river is behind West Street. There are scattered residential buildings along the river, mostly from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. The wind and fire walls of the mansions stand high, and the blue bricks and black tiles and the stone river bridge are all visible. The landscape here is most favored by photographers and painters, and it is a hunting ground for their creations.

Ni's House

It is located in the south of Hong Kong. The Ni family is a scholarly family in the town. It's called "Chengqing Hall". Xitang Town has a profound cultural heritage and rich anti-corruption cultural resources. On this basis, we should make full use of these resources to combine the promotion of excellent anti-corruption culture with the party's excellent anti-corruption tradition to build an anti-corruption cultural education base. At present, after integrating and enriching the anti-corruption education materials, the newly renovated "Ni Tianzeng Ancestral Residence" and 10 units including Hangzhou Yuqian Temple, Ningbo Qingfeng Garden, Jiaxing Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall have been named as the first batch of "Zhejiang Provincial Anti-corruption Cultural Education Bases" and have become It is a place for party members and cadres to receive education on political integrity and for ordinary tourists to cultivate their sentiments.

Hu Guo Suiliang Wang Temple

There is a real and touching story in Xitang. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a drought in the Jiashan area. There was no harvest in the countryside and people were hungry everywhere. At that time, there was a man named Jin, the seventh eldest in his family, known as Jin Qi. He was a minor official in the imperial court who escorted grain ships. He specialized in escorting grain ships on the canal. One day, Governor Jin Qi was transporting imperial grain through Xitang. He saw that the people in the land of plenty were starving. They gathered around the shore begging for food. He felt compassion and gave all the food in the grain fleet to the people. The imperial grain was given to the people, but Jin Qi knew that he could not escape the punishment for deceiving the emperor, so he threw himself into the river of Yantawan and committed suicide. In order to commemorate this good official who sacrificed himself to save the people, the local people raised funds to build a Qi Lao Ye Temple.

After the Qi Laoye committed suicide by drowning in the river, the court found out the truth and was posthumously named "Marquis of Liji", and later the "King of Protecting the Country and Sui Liang". The Qi Laoye Temple was also renamed "The Lord Protecting the Country". Liang Wang Temple". Every year on the third seventh day of the fourth lunar month, a temple fair is held in Xitang on the birthday of the old man. Everyone carries the two statues of the seventh master and the seventh lady out of the temple gate. Starting at 11 o'clock in the evening, they parade according to the scheduled route, with flags flying all the way and gongs and drums shaking the sky. , firecrackers were blasting, and there was a grand parade. Tents were set up in many places in the town for the seventh master and the seventh lady to rest for a while and receive offerings. They did not return to the temple until the afternoon of the next day, and then started in the temple. Performing a big play for three days in a row. The scene is very lively, and now the third day of April has become the biggest folk festival of the year for Xitang people.

There are also many leaf-shaped sachets hung in Qilaoye Temple, called autumn leaves, because autumn symbolizes harvest. These leaves are hand-sewn by local elderly people aged 60 to 70 years old. The couplets on the pillars on both sides read: "The bridge is cracked by drought, and we provide relief to tens of thousands of people. Benevolence leaves gold in the city, and we will pursue our kindness and worship it for thousands of years." Although there are only ten short words, it describes the touching story of the Seventh Master.

The church was first built in the third year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1575) to worship Pang Shangpeng. In the seventh year of Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Jingjue'an. It was rebuilt twice in the thirteenth and fiftieth years of Kangxi's reign and was dedicated to Emperor Guan, commonly known as the Holy Temple. Guan Yu is a martial sage, and together with Confucius, a sage of literature, he is a teacher for all generations and is called the Holy Hall.

When the incense in the church is at its strongest, many pilgrims cannot squeeze into the church and can only worship by placing candles on the ground outside the church. During the Spring Festival, this street becomes more lively when the temple fair is held in the temple. The queue of incense burners lines up from the temple to the Hong Kong port. There will also be temporary food stalls set up on the streets, and various paintings are sold in the main hall of the church. There is a proverb among the local people: go to the temple fair, look at the paintings, and eat siomai. Every year on the fifth day of the first lunar month, businessmen in the town must go to the church to burn incense and worship, and exchange ingots made from pumpkin paste at home for those in the church, which symbolizes a year of abundant wealth

西园

The West Garden was the private residence of the Zhu family in the Ming Dynasty and was built for a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. There are pavilions, pavilions, rockery and fish ponds in the garden, which was a beautiful place in the town at that time. In the spring of the 9th year of the Republic of China, Liu Yazi from Wujiang came to Xitang with Chen Chaonan, and took photos with literary friends Yu Shimei, Cai Shaosheng, Chen Jueshu and others in the garden in the garden. They imitated the paintings of Li Gonglin in the Northern Song Dynasty to express the elegance of Su Dongpo, Mi Fu, Huang Tingjian and others. He named the photo "The Second Picture of the Elegant Gathering in Xiyuan".

Now there are exhibition halls such as the "Zhu Nianci Fan Calligraphy Art Museum", "Hundred Seals Museum", and "Nanshe Showroom" in the park. The "Zhu Nianci Fan Calligraphy Art Museum" exhibits more than 100 fine fans by Mr. Zhu Nianci, a national arts and crafts master. Zhu Nianci is one of the outstanding representatives of my country's modern fan real gold calligraphy art. He was born in 1920 in Jiashan, Zhejiang, and his ancestral home. Xitang, once served as a senior member of the China Art Society and a consultant of the Zhejiang Arts and Crafts Society. He devoted his whole life to the art of calligraphy and created the first real gold micro-kaihua million-character fan. He has outstanding achievements and outstanding skills.

The "Hundred Seal Pavilion" displays one hundred seals, prints and borders that reflect the customs and style of Xitang and were carved by hundreds of domestic and foreign seal carvers organized by Hangzhou Xiling Seal Society.

These 100 seals represent 100 scenes of Xitang. Among them are the original "Ten Scenes of Pingchuan" (ten poems written by Zhou Ding, a town resident in the Ming Dynasty), the "New Ten Scenes of Pingchuan", the Eight Scenes of Xitang, Xitang's ancient halls, brick-carved gate towers, Qiaolong River Street, and Xitang's time-honored shops and folk Art etc. "Huanxiu Broken Rainbow", "Misty Rain Corridor" and "Send Son to Phoenix", these already very moving names have been condensed into square inches, adding a bit of temperament and giving Xitang another charm.

Nanshe, which aims to promote national integrity, overthrow the feudal Qing Dynasty, and establish a democratic political system, was agitated by the surging revolutionary wave of the Chinese Tongmenghui led by Sun Yat-sen in November 1990. It was secretly established in Suzhou in May. The main founders of Nanshe are Chen Qubing, Gao Xu and Liu Yazi. Among the 17 members who participated in the first meeting, 14 were members of the Tongmenghui, which showed that the revolutionary atmosphere was strong.

Nanshe is a revolutionary group. It mainly advocates the anti-Qing revolution through writing. It echoes with the Tongmenghui and becomes a horn. At that time, many newspapers in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and even Nanyang were controlled by members of Nanshe. "I want to sow thunder with words" (Liu Yazi's words), creating momentum for the anti-Qing national democratic revolution.

There were eighteen members participating in the Nanshe in Xitang. Among them are Yu Shimei, Li Ximou, Yu Zuomei, Shen Yuzhong, Jiang Xuecheng, etc. The poems and articles they left behind provided guidance on the country and commented on current affairs. They were a true portrayal of the revolutionary tendency of the small town literati at that time. After Liu Yazi went south to Guangzhou, he gradually stayed away from his friends in Xitang, and Nanshe was also torn apart in the wave of the Great Revolution. However, a group of social friends in Xitang organized and established Xushe, with Jiang Xuecheng as the president. The purpose and personnel remained unchanged. It can be said to be an extension of Nanshe in Xitang. Most of their poems and prose have been retained. Come down.

Zhongfu Hall

Zhongfu Hall is the private residence of the Wang family in the Qing Dynasty. The Wang family originated from the Song Dynasty imperial camp and was controlled by Wang Yuan. Wang Yuan escorted Song Gaozong Zhao Gou to the south and was attacked by the Ming Dynasty. After the incident, his descendants disappeared in the Hangjiahu area. During the Shunkang period of the Qing Dynasty, one of the descendants moved to Xitang and built this house. It has seven front and rear courtyards and a back garden, which is a typical Ming and Qing residential style. The third entrance is the main hall. In the center of the hall hangs a plaque titled "Zhongfu Hall" by Haining Chen Bangyan, a Hanlin scholar during the Kangxi period, to warn future generations that "doing more good deeds and accumulating virtue in daily life will surely make your descendants blessed in the future."

Zuiyuan

It is named after the "Zuijing Hall" of Wang's residence. It was first built in the Ming Dynasty. It originally had five entrances and now has four entrances. There are ancient brick flower beds and rare micro-structures in Jiangnan. Brick arch bridge. As you walk around, you will find exquisite ponds and rocks, secluded corridors, green bamboos, and intoxicating beauty. The "Yixiangzhai" in the main hall of the garden has a display of prints by Wang and his son Wang Heng and Wang Xiaozheng, all of which describe the scenery of Xitang's water town. There are certain differences in their styles: the works of their father, Mr. Wang Heng, are traditional and realistic, while Wang Xiaozheng's works are more modern and abstract, for tourists to appreciate, showing the family cultural heritage of Xitang.

Lufen Ginkgo

There are two Lufen Ginkgo trees, a male and a female, at the entrance of Fengbang Lane, Post Road, Xitang Town. It was planted during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, more than 600 years ago. The old trunks of ginkgo are whirling and the branches and leaves are lush. The male ginkgo is 13.5 meters high and has a circumference of 3.92 meters; the female ginkgo is 9.35 meters high and has a circumference of 3.08 meters. Lu Bang was born in Xitang and served as a capital official. He was an upright official and knowledgeable. He once served as the teacher of Zhao Wenhua, the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that Lu Bang's residence was built by Zhao Wenhua using the excess city bricks when he supervised the construction of the Jiashan city wall. The ruins are now Yujia Lane under the south shed of Xitang. No trace of the tomb can be found now, except for the stone figures and horses around the tomb and the two old ginkgo trees, which still stand here to confirm this period of history.

Root Carving Museum

Xitang is a geomantic treasure, suitable for recuperation and inspiration for artists. Mr. Zhang Zheng, a root art sculptor, was born in Hangzhou, Shucheng, Anhui Province. He was born in 1958. In 1999, he moved to Xitang through the introduction of talents. Master Zhang Zheng's works are based on seven parts natural and three parts artificial. More than 500 large-scale works have been included in the "Guinness Book of World Records". Master Zhang Zheng is listed in the Who's Who of the World for his outstanding craftsmanship and fearless spirit, and is known as the "Son of the East".

Folk Tile Exhibition Hall

Tile is a kind of architectural decoration accessory made of simple materials. Because it is not easy to preserve and has a long history, it has certain historical value. The museum has more than 300 varieties in six categories: lace drippings, chopstick cages, walking chickens, brick carvings, ancient bricks, and pottery figurines. Among them are traditional tiles full of good wishes; there are temple tiles with religious colors, and some that express a certain destiny. Political graphic tiles from historical periods.

Chinese Wine Culture Museum

The ancient town of Xitang has been a wine town in history. "Drinking good wine and reciting good poetry" have always been the two major pursuits of many literati in ancient times. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the great poet Gao Qi was passing by Xitang by boat and stopped to ask about the restaurant. In the Qing Dynasty, the town's famous wine "Plum Blossom Three Whites" smelled for hundreds of miles. In the early years of the Republic of China, Liu Yazi drank in the town drunk many times. Xitang's wine culture can be said to be in sync with the ancient town and as famous as the ancient town.

Mr. Liu Ximing, a wine-making family in the west, took a fancy to Xitang, a wine town. He displayed the wine culture objects he had collected for generations here, and opened a new "Chinese Wine Culture" on the basis of the original rice wine exhibition hall. "Museum", from a side of wine culture, uses hundreds of objects to conduct a comprehensive discussion of Chinese wine culture, integrating knowledge, interest and academic aspects. In tracing the origin, it reminds the development of Chinese wine culture. The clear background and profound connotation involve folklore, history, economics, literature, art, medicine and other social and natural science knowledge, and are the epitome of traditional Chinese culture.

China Button Museum

Xitang is the hometown of buttons in China. There are nearly 500 button manufacturing companies with an annual output value of 1 billion yuan, accounting for 40% of the national production and transactions. The Button Museum is located on West Street. It has six exhibition halls: ancient button exhibition area, modern button exhibition area, modern button exhibition area, shell button production process exhibition area, button application area, and Chinese knot exhibition area.

Shell buttons are the first generation of professional buttons in my country. Xitang, a water town located in the Hangjiahu Plain, is extremely rich in shell raw materials. I remember that in the past, small buttons on shirts were made from clam shells that were abundant in the south of the Yangtze River. Small shirt buttons were punched, polished, punched, bleached, and shaped. Most of the button production machines at that time were operated by human pedals. , is completely manual and a kind of purely physical labor. In the "Button Museum", there are dedicated masters who perform live interpretation of the shell button production process.

It can be said that the opening of the Button Museum has opened a new page in the history of Chinese buttons, and also added a new landscape to Xitang, the hometown of buttons.

Ming and Qing Woodcarving Museum

It is located in the north of Hong Kong. The museum displays more than 250 wood carvings of residential buildings in the Jiangnan area represented by Xitang since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including beam frames, beam pads, arches, sparrows, lattice windows, etc. The carving techniques are rich and colorful, including floor picking, floor carving, The embossed carvings, openwork carvings, etc. all show their unique craftsmanship, and the patterns are elegant, neat, exquisite and beautiful, which focus on the unique soft, delicate, fresh and gorgeous style of Jiangnan folk residential wood carvings.

Wuniang Theme Park

There is a true love story circulating in Xitang. In the late Qing Dynasty, Miss Wu, a landowner from the Yang family in Tangdong Village, fell in love with Xu Atian, a long-term worker. His brother objected and was persecuted to death. Later, her love story was compiled into a field song, which has been sung here for more than a hundred years. The musical "Five Girls" adapted from Jiashan field songs won the Wenhua Award at the 7th China Arts Festival. According to this story, a 3,000-square-meter Wünguniang theme park with the characteristics and cultural history of Xitang Water Town was built at the entrance to the west line of the ancient town of Xitang, including a statue of Wünguniang, a single-tiled pavilion, a water stage, etc. Duwa Pavilion is a pavilion built by Xu Atian, who specially fired a piece of tile to express his unique love for the five girls when he was a kiln worker. There is a bell hanging in the pavilion, with the scene of the two of them meeting here and the words "love at first sight" engraved on it.

Tiange is a rural folk song handed down from Xitang folk. It is still sung in the adjacent areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. It is a precious local musical cultural heritage in China. It is particularly worth mentioning that the musical "Five Girls" adapted from Xitang Tiange won the Wenhua Award at the 7th China International Arts Festival. And in 1954, the late Yue opera creator Gu Xidong adapted it into a Yue opera "Five Girls" and performed it by the Zhejiang Yue Opera Troupe. Evaluation of the famous playwright. Gu Xidong, a native of Xitang, was the former chairman of the Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the director of the Zhejiang Yue Opera Theatre. He devoted his life to the creation of Yue opera and wrote a large number of scripts. He was fond of ancient poetry since he was a child. He joined the Xitang Town Propaganda Team in the early years of liberation and wrote while acting. Singing material. Among them, "Five Daughters Worshiping Birthday" and "Han Palace Grudge" are the most famous. "Five Girls Pay Birthday Wishes" was also made into a movie, which had a wide impact. Gu Xidong not only made outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese Yue Opera and left a lot of valuable wealth for our country's drama literature, but also cared very much about the construction of his hometown, especially the cultural undertakings of his hometown, and inherited and inherited Jiashan Tiange. Development has given a lot of support.