Tongli must-visit attractions

Tongli has fertile paddy fields and rich products. It is known as the Little Venice of the East. So what are the must-see attractions in Tongli? Let’s take a look at the must-see attractions in Tongli

1. Tuisi Garden

Tuisi Garden was built in the 11th to 13th years of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1885-1887). The director of the garden, Lansheng, had the courtesy name Wanxiang and the nickname Nanyun. In the tenth year of Guangxu's reign (1884), Zhou Derunxun, a bachelor of the cabinet, appointed Lansheng to occupy Lijin and profit from private interests. In the first month of the eleventh year of Guangxu's reign (AD 1885), he was dismissed from office and awaiting punishment. Because it was found that the honors he had received were not true, the ministry discussed removing him from his position. Ren Lansheng resigned from his job and returned to his hometown. He spent 100,000 taels of silver to build a house and named it "Tuisi". His younger brother Ren Aisheng's poem about crying for his brother has the line "When you think about it later, you can make up for your mistakes, and when you think about it, you can see the grass and trees in Pingquan together." This shows that the name of the garden was taken from "Zuo Zhuan", which means "I will be loyal to you when I think about it, and I will make up for my mistakes when I think back." Yuan Long, the designer of Tuisi Garden, cleverly used an area of ??less than four acres to design buildings such as Zuochun Wangyue Library, Piano Room, Tuisi Thatched Cottage, Naohong Yige, and Mianyun Pavilion.

Tuisi Garden is the most famous private garden in Tongli, an ancient town, and the only world cultural heritage in Jiangnan Ancient Town. Tuisi Garden covers an area of ??only nine and eight acres. It is simple and unpretentious, quiet and elegant, and has the architectural style of Jiangnan gardens in the late Qing Dynasty. The layout of the garden is unique, with pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, corridors, squares, bridges, pavilions, halls, halls, rooms and pavilions all available. With the pool as the center, the buildings are like floating on water. The garden is full of osmanthus trees. In the golden autumn, it is fragrant and fragrant. On a clear moonlit night, you can drink tea and enjoy the flowers in the pavilion in the garden. You will be fascinated and fascinated. It also gives people the feeling of walking in the sky in the green green and smelling the fragrance of autumn. enjoy.

Address: No. 919, Yunli Road, Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province

Opening hours: 7:30-17:30

2. Chongben Hall

Chongben Hall is famous for its rich and diverse brick carvings and wood carvings. Carvings can be seen everywhere in the hall, with themes such as drama stories, flowers, food, and cultural erudition. There are wood carvings inside the third entrance from the main hall to the inner hall. There are more than 100 pieces with different contents. The pictures are simple and bright, the composition is lively and lively, and the knife skills are skillful, which makes the viewers applaud. There are six long windows in the center of the main hall, with half windows on the left and right. In addition to the "Flowers and Bogu" pictures engraved on the skirts of the long windows, the skirts of the two long windows in the middle have peonies and bottles symbolizing precious peace carved on the right side and peonies and bottles symbolizing precious peace on the left side. A cornucopia engraved with the intention of attracting wealth. The waist panels of all the long and short windows are engraved with a complete set of stories from "The Romance of the West Chamber". There are as many as 14 stories from Zhang Sheng's visit to the palace to his farewell at the ten-mile long pavilion.

Address: North of Sanqiao, Tongli Town, Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province

Opening hours: 8:00?17:00

3. Jiayin Hall

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The main building of Jiayin Hall imitates the Ming Dynasty structure and is commonly known as "Shamao Hall". It is named because the wood on the head of the beam resembles the wings of an official hat in the Ming Dynasty. The courtyard is tall, spacious, solemn and solemn. The building's carved beams and painted buildings are quite exquisite, especially the "Eight Horses" carved in the center on both sides of the five beams, and the "Phoenix Crossing Peony" carved on both ends of the beams. The bottom of the beam is engraved with patterns such as "Ruyi" and "Definitely High School". The Shamao Wing (i.e., the Liangtou Liang wood) is engraved with eight scenes from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" such as "The Meeting in the Ancient City" and "The Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu". The images are lifelike and ready to be seen. Yanqing Tower is the inner residence hall building. It can be seen that the upper gate is engraved with the "Eight Immortals of Darkness" in shallow relief, the center of the lower gate is engraved with the deep relief of "Fu Lu Shou" and "Three Stars", and the name plate is engraved with the four characters "Honest Family Successor". Walking into the Yanqing Building, you can see the vivid and lifelike wood carvings of famous people's anecdotes, and all the viewers will be fascinated by them. There is also a "Shuixiu Pavilion" located in the northwest corner of Yanqing Tower. The small pavilion is built near the water and is small and exquisite. When you are in it, you can hear the sound of wind, water and birds nearby, and you can see small bridges and green trees in the distance. It is a good place for self-cultivation.

Address: No. 134, Zhuhang Street, Tongli Town, Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province

Opening hours: 8:00?17:00

4. Tongli Pearl Tower

Tongli Pearl Tower Garden is the former residence of Chen Wangdao, who served as the supervisory envoy of Nanjing during the Jiajing and Wanli years of the Ming Dynasty. The scenic spot consists of four major architectural complexes: Yushi Di, Chenjia Back Garden, Chenjia Archway, and Ancestral Hall. Based on the existing historical relics, skilled craftsmen from Jiangnan were invited to collect architectural masterpieces from various places, and were restored and constructed according to their original appearance. . It can be seen that no matter in wood carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, clay sculptures, furniture furnishings, architectural structures, etc., they all display the exquisite craftsmanship of Suzhou Xiangshan School craftsmen and the splendid style of Wu culture. It can be said that modern people inherit traditional skills and create A model of Soviet-style gardens.

Address: Tongli Town, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Opening hours: 8:00?17:00

5. Three Bridges

The three bridges refer to Taiping Bridge, Geely Bridge and Changqing Bridge. The Three Bridges are the three most famous stone bridges in Tongli. Since ancient times, Tongli has had the custom of "Walking on the Three Bridges". During weddings and celebrations, locals will form groups and walk on the Three Bridges, chanting "Peace and Good Luck". Changqing?, to please people.

There is also a proverb circulating among the people that people of different ages "walk three bridges": If you walk three bridges, you will be smart in reading and get good grades every year ("Xiaoba Opera" refers to children); if you walk three bridges, a little girl will be born beautiful. , the longer they grow, the slimmer they become; young men, walking on the Three Bridges, can advance smoothly and have a bright future; old people, walking on the Three Bridges, can have a childlike appearance and live longer than Nanshan; brides and grooms, walking on the Three Bridges, can be in love with each other and grow old together. The three bridges are in the shape of a "pin", spanning the intersection of three rivers, naturally forming a circular street. There are bluestone revetments along the river, and Hehuan and Ligustrum are reflected in the waves. There are flower-stone railings on both sides of the bank. Boats come and go in the river, pairs of boats; people come and go on the bridge, and laughter ripples. Tsinghua University is surrounded by water, trees and beautiful scenery. People can feel free to worry about it. It has become a unique scenery in the ancient town.

Address: Tongli, Wujiang City, Suzhou

Opening hours: 7:30-17:15

6. Ancient Style Garden

The The attractions include a bed with hundreds of flowers, a large exhibition area for wood carvings and antiques and cultural relics. Various ancient beds from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, various forest carvings, and various types of porcelain, bronzes, jades, jade, amber, lacquer crystals and the Four Treasures of the Study, mainly displaying cultural relics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, are displayed respectively, reproducing the diversity of Chinese culture. Colorful and profound. In addition, there are Ming and Qing Inns in the park as well as restaurants and special features for hotel guests. In addition, there are Ming and Qing inns, restaurants and specialty teahouses exclusively for hotel guests in the park. Therefore, the park is the only tourist attraction in Tongli Ancient Town that integrates food, accommodation, tourism and entertainment.

Address: No. 55, Dongxi Street, Tongli Ancient Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Opening hours: 8:00?17:00

7. Luo Xingzhou

Luo Xingzhou is a holy land that integrates Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. It is located in the east of Tongli Town. It is a small island floating on the lake. It only takes a few minutes to get there by boat. arrival. Along the way, you can enjoy the vast water scenery of Tongli Lake with its vast mist and dotted fish sails. Looking around, in front of you is the Luo Xingzhou Temple, which is famous for its misty and rainy scenery, like a fairyland floating on the blue waves. According to historical records, Luo Xingzhou was first built in the Yuan Dynasty. After being damaged several times, it was rebuilt during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, it was quite famous for its pavilions and pavilions, which left many good memories in the hearts of the elderly in Tongli. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army burned down all the buildings on the continent and turned it into a deserted island. By 1996, the Tongli Town Government began to rebuild, and two years later, temples, pavilions and other buildings were gradually restored. At present, there are Chenghuang Hall, Wenchang Pavilion, Doumu Pavilion, dry boat, curved bridge, tourist temple, lotus pond, fish pond, etc. on Luo Xingzhou. The architectural layout is compact, integrating temples and gardens. . Whenever the sun sets, you can see the lights of thousands of houses in Tongli Lake from the island, which gives you a unique artistic conception. In ancient times, [Luo Xing Listening to the Rain] was the most desired enjoyment among literati. When the raindrops hit the lake surface, banana leaves, tiles or stones, they are light, heavy, dense and dense, like a natural waltz; if there is a strong wind and heavy rain, the sound of rain and waves becomes a majestic symphony. Every summer and autumn, when the lotus blooms, people from Tongli come to Luoxingzhou to enjoy the lotus, which is very lively. In addition, the Luotian Dajiao held every year from the first to the tenth day of the lunar calendar also attracts many devout men and women to pray and worship, and the crowds are loud, recreating the grand occasion of ancient times.

Address: Entrance to East Tongli Lake, Tongli Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City

Opening hours: 9:00-18:00