Which towns in Taicang City are more interesting?

The four towns of Taicang City, Chengxiang Town, Shaxi Town, Liuhe Town and Shuangfeng Town, have many famous tourist attractions. It is a good place to travel.

1. Chengxiang Town

Chengxiang Town has a rich collection of people and cultural relics. However, after the war, there was a lot of damage and loss. Among the existing cultural relics, there are three provincial-level cultural relics protection units: Zhouqiao, Zhoujing Bridge, and Gaoqiao; county-level cultural relics protection units include: Zhang Pu’s Former Residence, Taishi Gate Tower, Iron Cauldron, and Queton Pine (two trees) , Wanghaifeng, Tonghaiquan and other 6 places.

In 2011, it won the third batch of National Civilized Villages and Towns, China's Happy Towns, National Advanced Units of Mass Sports, Home of Chinese Folk Culture and Art, Jiangsu Province Civilized Towns, Suzhou City's Top Ten Scientific Development Towns, Suzhou City Urban and Rural Honorary titles such as Advanced Unit for Integrated Reform and Development, and was recognized as a national sustainable development pilot zone.

2. Shaxi Town

Shaxi, an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, is located in the northwest of Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, about 13 kilometers away from the urban area. It is a satellite town of the urban area and accepts the city area radiation. There is Taisha Highway connecting the urban area to Shaxi Town, which has promoted the development of Shaxi Town. Shaxi is the "Hometown of National Folk Art (Dance)" and one of the top ten charming tourist towns in Suzhou. It is a national AAAA tourist attraction. It has the reputation of "the eighteen towns in the southeast and the first town in Shaxi".

The ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River is the most prominent feature of Shaxi. "The ancient alley is as wide as a house, the ancient street is three miles long, the ancient bridge is a single hole, the ancient houses all have overhanging beams, every household has carvings, every house has long windows, the bridge enters at the front door, and the boat swings in front of the door", forming a whole A series of exquisite and elegant water town custom paintings. Shaxi Town has interesting folk customs, simple folk customs and folk lantern festivals, which are full of fun. Shaxi has been very popular since ancient times, especially Puji Temple, Changshou Temple and Yanzhen Temple. Shaxi is also well-known for its lard rice cakes, peach cakes, panxiang cakes, coated sweet potatoes and other snacks and specialties.

3. Liuhe Town

Liuhe Town is connected to the urban area by Tailiu Expressway. It faces Chongming Island across the river to the east and borders Shanghai Baoshan and Jiading District to the south. It is the second gateway to the Yangtze River Estuary, an important market town along the river in Taicang City, and the largest fishery base in Jiangsu Province. Historically, it was the Jiangnan region's key port for exporting to the sea and an important port for foreign trade in ancient times. Zheng He, the navigator of the Ming Dynasty, commanded the Ming Dynasty fleet. He weighed anchor from Liuhe (known as Liujiagang in the Ming Dynasty) seven times and traveled across the sea to the West. It is known as the "No. 1 Pier in the World". The Tianfei Palace, where Zheng He went to sea to worship gods, now has an apse building with a majestic style.

In recent years, the Zheng He Memorial Hall has been newly built and has become a tourist attraction for Chinese and foreign tourists. The parade platform built by the famous anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang to review and drill the navy, the Mingde Building where the world-famous physicist Professor Wu Jianxiong studied for enlightenment, and the plum blossom thatched cottage of the century-old traditional Chinese painting master Mr. Zhu Qizhan, which is under restoration, are all places where people Great place to visit.

4. Shuangfeng Town

Shuangfeng Town has a flat terrain and rich products. Vegetables, aquatic products, livestock and poultry form its own characteristics. It is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice in the South of the Yangtze River". With a rich cultural atmosphere, it is the famous hometown of dragons and lions and the hometown of Chinese folk art. There are many historical sites, and the Yuhuang Pavilion and Shuangfeng Temple are famous far and wide. Shuangfeng was called the "Shuangfeng Blessed Land" in history.

The specialty of Shuangfeng is the mutton food street, which is famous in the Jiangnan area! It is a famous historical town with more than 1,700 years of history. It borders Suzhou Taicang Port to the east, the international metropolis Shanghai to the south, and the historical and cultural city Suzhou to the west. It has a unique location advantage. It is 20 kilometers away from the COSCO International City Terminal of Taicang Port, 45 kilometers away from Shanghai, and 55 kilometers away from Suzhou. National Highway 204 runs through the entire territory, and the Hujia Expressway and Sukuntai Expressway go directly to the town, making the transportation convenient.