Introduction to Panmen Tourist Attractions in Suzhou

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Introduction to Panmen tourist attractions in Suzhou

Panmen is the most complete ancient water and land gate in existence. Lumen is divided into two parts, the inner and outer parts. The inner and outer walls form the urn city. In ancient times, the enemy was lured to the city gate, and bows, arrows and stones were thrown from the city, just like catching turtles in an urn, annihilating the invading enemies.

Pan was built in the Spring and Autumn Period (514 BC) and rebuilt in Late Yuan Dynasty. The tower was rebuilt in the early summer of 1986. Panmen is the only preserved land and water gate in the ancient city of Suzhou. It consists of two water gates, three land and water gates and a barbican. From the stone ramp on the north side of the city wall, you can see the overall layout and structure of Lumen and Shuimen Taocheng.

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Best Travel Season Suzhou is suitable for travel all year round, especially in spring. Suzhou has a north subtropical monsoon climate, with a mild and humid climate and four distinct seasons. As the seasons change, Suzhou gardens bloom with flowers, shaded by green trees, or wrapped in silver, showing off myriad beautiful scenery. In the warm spring, whether it is the brilliant spring light or the lingering spring rain, in more than 100 large and small gardens, everything is awakened and full of vitality, which is a moving picture. In addition, the "Fragrant Snow Sea" in Yueguangfu Ancient Town is filled with plum blossoms, which bloom twice. It is like a sea of ??snow, covering the mountains and fields, and its fragrance is intoxicating. From April to October in Suzhou, you can enjoy the natural scenery of peach blossoms and willows, and taste fresh peaches, Biluochun, candied lotus root, bayberry, loquat, candied lotus root, and hairy crabs, which are pickled and fresh, which is enough to feast your eyes. The Panmen Scenic Area recommends the "Panmen Three Scenes", located in the southwest of Suzhou, including the Panmen Water and Land Gate, the Wumen Bridge across the canal, and the brilliant Ruiguang Temple Pagoda. The three attractions are connected by the surging Grand Canal and have become famous attractions in the ancient city of Suzhou. The city gate of Lu State was divided into two parts, the inner and outer parts. There was an "urn city" between the two gates, which could hide hundreds of soldiers in case of a sudden attack. Shuipanmen Shuicheng Gate is the only ancient city gate at home and abroad that completely retains water and land. It has extremely high historical and cultural value. Shuicheng Gate consists of double arched gates and Shuicheng City. The gate can be opened and closed at any time. This thoughtful design of war preparation and flood control is a pioneering work in the history of ancient city construction. It consists of two inner and outer doors, with a door distance of 4.6 meters and a door depth of 24.5 meters. The outer stone arches are built side by side in sections. The diamond-shaped wall is 7.25 meters high. Cubic stone columns stand at the corners, and there are lintels on the shelves to carry the arches. The arch is 2.75 meters high and has a door groove. Between the inside and outside of the water gate, the north and south banks are built. There is a cave passage in the southeast corner of the city wall, and you can climb the stone steps to the city platform. The inner door is composed of three longitudinal segmented parallel stone arches connected in series. The three archways are of different sizes. The third archway is the largest, with a height of 9.7m, a width of 9.3m and a depth of 6m. The inner and outer water gates have different structures and are not relics of the same era. The outer gate is obviously earlier than the inner gate. Wumen Bridge Wumen Bridge is the tallest existing ancient stone arch bridge in Suzhou. It was built in the seventh year of Fengweng City in the Northern Song Dynasty (1084). The completion of this bridge ended the history of Panmen Ferry, so it was called "New Bridge". Because the river was much wider than it is now, the 'New Bridge' consisted of two wooden bridges on the north bank and a stone bridge on the south bank. It was also called "Three Bridges" at that time. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the "Three Bridges" were changed to three-hole stone arch bridges and renamed Wumen Bridge. It was rebuilt into a single-hole stone arch bridge in the Qing Dynasty, made of Suzhou Jinshan granite, mixed with a small amount of Wukang stone left over from the old bridge in the Song Dynasty, and became a testimony to the long history of bridge construction. The bridge has a total length of 66.3 meters, a width of 4.8 meters, a clear span of 16 meters, and a height of 11 meters from the water and rock surface to the top of the bridge railings. There are a total of 50 steps on the north and south slopes, all of which are paved with stone. Climbing up the stairs, I saw bridges, water nets, boats, towers, ancient towers, distant mountains, and water bodies. The existing Ruiguang Pagoda is a brick tower from the Northern Song Dynasty, 43.2 meters high, with seven floors and eight sides. It is composed of outer walls, corridors and the core of the tower. Precious cultural relics have been discovered many times in Liu Yilei. In 1963, two wooden Buddhas were discovered on the first-floor tower wall, and a stone Buddha and the brick carving "Dazhong Xiangfu Years" were taken out from the center of the third-floor tower. In 1978, more than 100 volumes of Buddhist scriptures were discovered in the brick niche on the third floor of the pagoda, including relics, Guanyin, bronze statues of Tathagata, woodcut printing, green paper and gold books, which were cultural relics from the Five Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty. In

How to get to Panmen from Wujiang: The total distance is about 18.9 kilometers. Starting point: Wujiang City. 1. Start from the starting point and go due west, drive 80 meters along Xianfu Road, and turn right into Zhongshan South Road. 2. Drive along Zhongshan South Road for 270 meters and turn left. 3. Drive 10 meters and turn left into Liuhong Road. 4. Drive along Liuhong Road for 410 meters and turn right into Luxiang North Road. 5. Drive along Luxiang North Road for 2.0 kilometers. Turn left into No. 6 Jiangling West Road. Drive along Jiangling West Road for 1.0 kilometers and go straight into No. 7 Jiangling North Road. Drive along Jiangling North Road for 2.0 km and go straight onto Su Zhentao Highway 8. Drive along Su Zhentao Highway for 890 meters, then turn left onto Xinyou Elevated Road No. 9. Drive along the Xinyou Elevated Road for 9.0 kilometers and turn right into Nanhuan Elevated Road No. 10. Drive along the South Ring Elevated Highway for 1.3 kilometers. Go straight into No. 11 East Nanhuan Road. Walk 700 meters east along the South Ring Road and turn left 12. Go straight and enter No. 13 Xupan Road. Go straight along Xu Pan Road for 840 meters and turn right into No. 14 Panmen Road. Walk along Panmen Road for 310 meters to the end (on the left side of the road). End point: Panmen.

Taiwan, China

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