Two-day tour in Zhouzhuang

Zhouzhuang has a history of thousands of years, and its cultural background is very profound. Many great historical figures were born here. Zhouzhuang's water has an inexplicable aura, which gives people strong motivation and demand. Here, I will share with you the detailed travel strategy of Zhouzhuang.

The misty rain in Jiangnan has been haunting me like a dream. I hate wings. I buried my dream in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible, and I realized that I yearned for a place with culture, story, poetry and high civilization. Of course, small bridges and flowing water, Suzhou and Hangzhou ancient town is my favorite!

Last year, my son and I went to Suzhou, but I still want to go. Maybe when I have time and money in the future, I will stay in this paradise for a long time and enjoy it quietly and slowly.

In two days, our family went to Jiangnan for a trip. We brought some daily necessities to eat and drink. At 4: 20 in the morning, we left home for the People's Square distribution center and took a bus to Xinyi-Suqian-Shuyang-Huai 'an-Jiangyin-Suzhou, the small town of Venice in the East.

After Nanjing, it began to be foggy and rainy. Thank God, people know that I need this weather for my occasional trip to the south of the Yangtze River. We arrived after noon 12, so excited!

After lunch, we visited Jinji Lake, the winner of the Golden Rooster Award. The Lake District is located in the Singapore Industrial Park in the east of Suzhou, and Suzhou people rely on the lake to talk about economy.

The lake is large, clear and the surrounding environment is good. On the one hand, there is a unique and spectacular bird's nest (this bird's nest is the same designer as Beijing's, and it was born earlier than Beijing, and the night scene is more beautiful. Maybe the beautiful lights bring people too much reverie. )

On the one hand, there are spectacular tall buildings of different shapes, and on the other hand, there are world-class landmarks-the Oriental Gate, with large balloons of different shapes and colors hanging in the air. The surrounding greening is good and the air is fresh and pleasant.

The interior design of the Bird's Nest is unique, with many exhibition halls and projection halls. Give people a refreshing sense of shock and marvel at the designer's exclusive creativity!

We drove to Zhouzhuang, a 5A scenic spot in Kunshan, 38km south of Suzhou. Zhouzhuang is an ancient town that I have been longing for for for a long time. With 900 years of human history, it has an ancient architectural pattern with white walls and tiles. Simple folk customs are praised by Wu Guanzhong as "Zhouzhuang gathers the beauty of China water town".

In the town, there are rivers and lakes, boats and simple farmers singing Kunqu opera. Surrounded by water on all sides, the core area of the ancient town is still the original form and style of a thousand-year-old town. The well-preserved 14 yuan Ming and Qing ancient bridge spans the well-preserved river with beautiful form. The old house stands by the river, with the front street and the back river.

There are boats in the river, boatmen or boatwomen rowing leisurely and humming Kunqu opera, taking tourists to appreciate and enjoy the leisure of the ancient town, traveling through time and space, the ancient houses are well preserved, and the bridges are flowing-highlighting the charm of the water town. We seem to forget all our troubles and worries and travel through time and space.

We came to Shuangqiao, which was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, commonly known as Keybridge, and consists of a stone arch bridge and a square Liang Shi bridge. Chen Yifei, a famous American painter, created an oil painting "Memories of Hometown" based on this material, which became famous in one fell swoop, and Zhouzhuang and Shuangqiao became the holy places for tourists at home and abroad. It is also the most crowded place, and it is difficult to pass. There are police and staff to maintain order.

Fuan Bridge, built in Yuan Dynasty, is a unique and perfect building connected with bridges and buildings in ancient towns, and it is also the only three-dimensional bridge building in Jiangnan water town.

We came to Zhang Ting. Zhang Jia is an official, and he is a four-level official. The status of an official in ancient times was high, so the threshold was high. We are here to witness it. This is a famous official in Zhouzhuang Town, who is afraid of death.

So, in his backyard, there is a boat leading directly to the outer waterway. In case of emergency, you can escape directly from the back waterway. Zhang Ting is a model of residential buildings in Ming Dynasty, and also a representative of residential buildings in water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. It has a history of more than 500 years, and its characteristic is that "the sedan chair enters the door and the boat passes the house".

The hall is high and wide, the doors and windows are finely carved, and it enters the courtyard. You have to walk four or five times to get to the owner's private parts. After hundreds of years, the old house still shows its elegant and luxurious charm!

There are many domestic and foreign tourists coming to the ancient town, which is very crowded, but people are not in a hurry, their faces are calm, and everything is clean and there is no noise. It can be seen that the quality of tourists is generally high, or people are intoxicated by the elegance and leisure of the ancient town, or conquered by the charm of the ancient town, or integrated with the ancient town. I am always impatient when I travel through time and space, and I feel calm like water, just like a dream.

After a crowd, we finally came to Shenting, the former residence of Shen Wansan, the richest man in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. Shenting, built in the seventh year of Qing Qianlong, is one of the most distinctive residential buildings in the south of the Yangtze River. It covers an area of more than 2000 square meters and has seven entrances and five gates.

The front hall and the back hall are connected by the street building and the aisle pavilion, forming a passable walking tower. The architectural design is ingenious, exquisite and luxurious, and beautifully carved. Although it has gone through a hundred years, there is no trace of vicissitudes of life. The halls and courtyards are stacked on top of each other, and it takes many halls and courtyards to reach the owner's private house.

The furniture is exquisite and luxurious. From here, we can see how rich and thrifty the former owner was. How rich is Shen Wansan? "Wealth is huge and everywhere"-equivalent to the top ten in Forbes list now. It is said that Shen Wansan came from Zhouzhuang, a water town, and his ancestors were poor farmers.

Shen Wansan, who was brilliant since he was a child, resolutely started his business career in the old concept of valuing agriculture over commerce, and set a series of business myths, eventually becoming the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Wansan grew from a poor boy who didn't have enough to eat to a big businessman. Shen Wansan is clever, clever but not treacherous, and kind. Although he is in the shopping mall, he has not forgotten the poor and the weak.

Shen Wansan, a man, has become a "mud-legged man" who has been read by countless people, experienced wind and rain and is extremely rich. Zhu Yuanzhang, who finally unified the world, was an out-and-out farmer, especially sensitive to the stability of power, and most hoped to restore the rural life of "the voice of chickens and dogs heard each other, and the old age did not touch each other."

Zhu Yuanzhang hated Suzhou for enriching the people and even the people, and took a series of retaliatory measures. Shen Wansan is a shrewd businessman, of course, seeing the seriousness of the situation, he can only kiss up to the emperor to get peace.

First, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to build Nanjing City, and Shen Wansan "helped to build a third of the capital", which is the section from Zhonghua Gate to Shuiximen of Nanjing City Wall today; Later, I simply wanted to strike while the iron was hot and asked for funds to reward the three armed forces. Later, in order to please the emperor, he continued to pay tribute to the palace, which caught the clues of the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. "A person who ruined the army of the world and messed up people's hearts should be punished." Ma Huanghou was still sober, and felt a little too much, so he advised, "An ominous person will be wiped out with the devil take the hindmost.

How did your majesty punish you? "Shen Wansan didn't save his life, was sent to Yunnan, and finally died. This is the sixth year of Hongwu. "

Zhu Yuanzhang's logic is also very simple and realistic: Shen Wansan has the material resources to feed the army and launch a rebellion. Even if there is no rebellion, it belongs to the mob first.

Later, Ma Huanghou advised him that such an "unfortunate person" would be punished by God, and your majesty would not have to do so. Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one who assigned Shen Wansan to Yunnan and took care of him to avoid future troubles.

Poor Shen Wansan worked so hard to save a large sum of money that he was convicted of giving money to please the government. Shen Wansan family case ",the whole case lacks clear evidence, which can basically be regarded as an out-and-out unjust case.

According to reports, Shen Wansan had done business overseas and conducted overseas trade.

The genuine screen reveals the subtlety of the owner, which is just the opposite of what we northerners do now. If we have some money, we stick it on our faces. Even if you have no money, you should be lazy to cushion the legs of the bed. If we have some money, we should show it off, and the decorations at home should be placed in a conspicuous position, from the gate to the main room, so as not to be seen by others.

Quanfu Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, is famous far and near, the same age as the ancient town. The temple next to the South Lake is unique in its water features.

As we walked, we heard beautiful and refined Taoist songs from time to time. Taoism belongs to the religious culture of Zhouzhuang.

The ancient stage is made of wood, and Kunqu Opera, a precious world heritage known as the father of hundreds of operas, is performed on the antique stage every day, which is classical and elegant.

There are still twelve workshops in Zhouzhuang: brewing workshop, weaving workshop, bamboo workshop and noodle workshop. This is really a gathering place of traditional culture, which is full of charm.

Zhouzhuang's aquatic original ecological performance "Four Seasons Zhouzhuang" takes us to find the historical footprint of Zhouzhuang in the night, let us appreciate the four seasons customs of Zhouzhuang, and restore the real life and labor scenes of the ancient people in Zhouzhuang. The performance lineup is huge.

Zhouzhuang is characterized by white walls and black tiles. The blue brick with a history of nearly 600 years on the wall seems to be telling its simplicity and tranquility in the past. There is both leisure and elegance.

The beauty of Zhouzhuang requires us to taste and enjoy it quietly and carefully in the early morning, dusk or night when there are few people. It is a thousand-year-old wine, so you should taste it quietly and slowly.

Our hearts need a kind of peace, which flows with time. I really want to take time to stay in the ancient town for a few nights when there are few people, feel the leisure and tranquility, enjoy the food in the ancient house by the river, and look at the bridges, flowing water, people, ancient houses and trees at any time.

At the same time, I call on our government departments to try their best to protect the gifts of ancestors and limit the flow of passengers, otherwise the beauty of Zhouzhuang will be ruined!

Outside Zhouzhuang Town, there are very modern and prosperous, clean and tidy parking lots and shuttle buses. When we left the ancient town, it was getting late, and tourist buses drove into the parking lot of the ancient town from time to time. They want to visit the ancient town in the evening.

Zhouzhuang cuisine:

Handmade lollipops (delicious, crisp and not too sweet), Shen Wansan trotters (the one on the left of Shenting is the only authentic one), fried stinky tofu, cloud cakes, etc. In a word, the food in Suzhou and Hangzhou is also related to the local human history. It is meticulous, delicious and memorable.

Leave Zhouzhuang, cross the downtown area of Suzhou, and come to Mudu ancient town. As the only ancient garden town in China, there are more than 30 private gardens in Mudu in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and more than 10 have been preserved so far.

We are very excited to learn that we live in Mudu. Our hotel is Lingyanshan Hotel. The conditions are very good. Tired and hungry, it was getting late, so we had dinner at the farmhouse opposite. We ordered stewed mushrooms with melon, shredded pork with fish flavor, boiled beef, scallion noodles and so on.

Every dish is delicious, and the meat and vegetables are well matched. It can be seen that Jiangnan people are delicate and soft, and even putting peppers is not as extreme as Sichuan. After a comfortable meal, we went to Garden Street. The streets are clean and sanitary, and people are carefree and not bustling.

I woke up at 4 o'clock the next day. The tour guide had agreed to call us at 6:30 in advance. Maybe I'm too busy and excited. I woke up early. After washing for a while, I quietly walked out of the hotel (for fear of waking my husband and son) and took a rickshaw to Shantang Old Street, which is the economic center of Mudu. There are four gardens in this street: Yan Jia Garden, No.2 Mansion and Red Silver Mountain.

Soon I came to the long-awaited Yan Jia Garden, but unfortunately I didn't open the door. It is said that the Garden is the former residence of Qianlong's teacher and the longest-lived poet in China, and later belongs to Yan, the richest man in Mudu. The park covers an area of 16 mu, with dense and tortuous layout, proper competition, exquisite and elegant local treatment, and deep and graceful.

Yin Hong Mountain Residence is the former residence of Xu Shiyuan, a Mudu scholar. It covers a wide area and has an architectural atmosphere. Its "beautiful scenery and beautiful flowers and trees in the pool pavilion" is far superior to other gardens, and Qianlong must visit this garden every time he goes to Mudu.

Gusong Garden was the former residence of Cai, a rich man in Mudu in the late Qing Dynasty. The carved building in the garden is beautifully carved, which is the same masterpiece as the carved building in Dongting Dongshan, and can be called the carved building of the north and south sisters. Mansion No.2 is the former residence of Feng Guifen, the forerunner of Westernization Movement and a famous political commentator. Three sculptures (brick, wood and stone) in the south of the Yangtze River are the treasures of its town hall.

Lingyanshan Pavilion is the private garden of Bi Yuan, the champion of Mudu in Qing Dynasty. It is a famous landscape garden in Wuzhong, with clear water and flowing water. Mudu private garden not only inherits the exquisiteness and profundity of Suzhou gardens, but also has its open and lofty personality, full of atmosphere and imperial spirit.

Walking into Mudu, you will walk into the elegant artistic conception of Tang poetry and Song poetry; Through the ancient town, you have traveled through 2500 years of history. There are deep alleys, quaint stone bridges, exquisite pavilions, and fascinating tranquility and comfort. This is mudu.

Mudu ancient town is flanked by Lingyan Mountain and Taiping Mountain. At 6: 30 in the morning, there are few pedestrians on the road. There are no pedestrians rushing on, and some come out to breathe fresh air and stretch their muscles. People and the ancient town are so harmonious!

People in ancient towns are of high quality. When I asked for directions, an old man in the distance took the initiative to introduce me to the surrounding scenic spots! According to the old man's instructions, I soon came to Lingyanshan Park. You don't need a ticket at this time, but you need a ticket for 20 yuan after 7: 30.

There is a road leading to Lingyan Mountain in the park. After playing for a while, I was in a hurry to go back to the hotel. Fortunately, it's only four or five minutes away from my hotel. After breakfast, we rushed to the first silk weaving factory in Jiangnan.

An hour later, I went to Suzhou amusement park to see my friend off. Amusement parks are different from other places: all amusement facilities are between trees and mountains, with rich amusement projects and advanced facilities. Paradise, outdoor gym and indoor gym are all located in the west of Suzhou city.

Suzhou people don't queue up by bus. I saw a very funny scene: the bus came, men, women and children went into battle together, rushed in, and fighting was necessary! No matter what you do in Beijing, you consciously queue up to take the bus, cook and go to school. I feel that Suzhou should learn from Beijing!

These two days, we have been visiting the old and new districts of Suzhou, seeing everything here and getting familiar with the city. I have reviewed the moat excavated in Wu Zixu many times. The moat is charming, like a 40-year-old talented woman. I am not tired of reading it thousands of times.

The red lobster in the city has also been audited many times. First of all, we came to Hanshan Temple, which is a thousand-year-old poem, describing a night stop near Fengqiao. Hanshan Temple and Tiger Hill are located in the west of the city, not far apart.

There are many people and quiet. After hearing the bell, all the troubles and worries are thrown out of the clouds. I like a night-mooring near maple bridge written by Zhang Ji very much: Frosty Night and Jiang Feng's Sleeping Sorrow.

In the lonely Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou, the bell that rang in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship. This poem is a household name in Japan! More famous than in China, many people came for this poem.

We came to Lion Forest, one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou. Lion Grove used to be the back garden of Bodaiji. Lion Grove is one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou with a history of more than 650 years.

It is said that from the end of Yuan Dynasty to the second year of Zheng Zheng, Wei Ze, a disciple of the famous monk Tian Ru Zen Master, "invested according to the rate, bought land to build a house and lived in his division." In A.D. 134 1 year, Master Tian Ru came to Suzhou to give a lecture, which was well received by his disciples.

The following year (the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty went from Shun Di to Zheng Zheng), disciples bought land and houses to build a Zen forest for Jackson Tian Ru. In the vicissitudes of the lion forest, an emperor praised the lion forest more. He visited the Lion Grove five times and left a lot of inscriptions and "imperial poems".

He is the Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. Lion Forest is famous as "rockery kingdom".

Tour route:

Yu Yan Pavilion-Xiaofang Pavilion-Peak refers to Bai Xuan-Ancient Wusong Garden-Hushan Pavilion-Hualan Pavilion-Zhenqu Pavilion-Zhou Shi-Dimfragrance Building-Waterfall Pavilion-Shuangxiang Fairy Pavilion-Fanting-Wen Tianxiang Monument Pavilion-Royal Monument Pavilion.

The rockery in Lion Forest is one of the most tortuous and complicated examples in China's classical gardens. When the garden was built in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, a large number of "flower stone" relics of the Northern Song Dynasty were collected. After the ingenious design of the famous rockery, the rockery group is magnificent, and the "smooth, leaky, thin and wrinkled" Taihu stone pushes the rockery, which is exquisite and handsome and surrounded by caves.

Like a labyrinthine maze. There are stone peaks and stalagmites on the rockery, and ancient trees and cypresses grow in the gaps. Stalagmites are full of wild interest. The rockery is divided into upper, middle and lower floors, 9 mountain roads and 2 1 cave.

Winding up and down between mountains, peaks, valleys and depressions, sometimes through holes, sometimes across bridges, up and down, left and right, back and forth, endless mystery. At the same time, they walked around the mountain, only hearing their voices but not their people. Later, I clearly came to find each other, but I disliked each other.

It will be out of reach to meet again after a long time. Seeing "there is no doubt that there is no way out", I turned around and said, "There is still a village."

As soon as you turn around, you can enjoy all kinds of lake stones, most of which are lion-shaped, with 500 heads, some roaring, some sleeping, some frolicking, or lying or standing, big or small, or fat or thin. Others look like catfish, fish and birds.

You can also find a picture of the zodiac, which is really cool. On the top of the fake mountain, there are five famous peaks: the lion peak in the middle, which looks like a lion;

There are light-containing peaks on the east side, such as a giant standing, with holes in the left armpit and four holes in the abdomen. The cavity behind the peak contains light: the moon is sharp in the west, and the evening moon can rise on it. On both sides are Li Yu, Ang Xiaofeng and dozens of small peaks.

Zhu Bingjing, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, wrote after drilling through the rockery: "The stone stands upside down and the road suddenly turns back. Put on a few curved beads, entwine them, and when you meet an eight-array diagram, the shape of change is endless. Therefore, I forget the Tao, and the new technique is fascinated by the west. The companions dispersed and no one heard them. "

Indeed, it is no exaggeration to compare the lion grove rockery maze to Zhuge Liang's eight-array map. You can't observe the taste unless you come in person. Suzhou gardens generally have a feature that the real place to live is not spacious, but the back garden and scenic spots are often painstakingly and cleverly laid out.

There are "twelve niangs" in Suzhou, that is, the government has supported 12 women who start businesses. Embroidered ones are called "embroidered mothers" and pearls are called "mother mussels". This "mother mussel" is not far from the entrance of Qiantang Street.

Runyuan, a villa bought by movie star Carina Lau, is located in the northeast of Suzhou Ancient City, adjacent to the east of Humble Administrator's Garden, a famous garden in China, covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters, belonging to a high-grade garden villa community in the ancient city protection area. Garden, the beauty in tranquility!

After lunch, we went to Suzhou amusement park to meet other tourists, and then went to the pearl breeding base. The staff strongly recommended their products to us. I feel that Dongdong is expensive and bad. The characteristics of China people are:

Sending good and high-quality products abroad and selling the rest to China people at high prices is also fooling China people, just the opposite of Japanese people.

The ancient city of Suzhou is small and the buildings are not high. It is said that in the past, the government stipulated that all buildings should not exceed the height of that tower. The streets of the city are clean and hygienic, and the buildings are neat and standardized. Suzhou people are very hospitable.

Most of the gardens are located in the ancient city, not far apart. Lion Grove and Humble Administrator's Garden are separated by a parking lot. The tour guide said 1300 years, there were 390 imperial examination champions, and there were more than 50 in Suzhou.

People's mentality:

Don't compare, don't care, it's important to be happy. There are two kinds of ancient houses: those rich and uneducated are called mansions, and those rich and literate are called gardens. Suzhou gardens are full of profound cultural connotations, fully embodying the knowledge and wisdom of the ancients, full of artistic conception of Tang poetry and Song poetry, giving people peace and reverie! Suzhou is such a tiring, lingering and intoxicating holy land! The eyes can determine the width of your trip, while the heart determines the depth of your trip.

Because there are not many strong cultural invasions from foreign countries in history, Suzhou has well preserved its cultural heritage for thousands of years. The whole ancient city is like an ink painting with white walls and black tiles. She is a beautiful little jasper, so charming from near to far. I used to think Hangzhou was good, but when I went to Suzhou, I found I liked this place better!

At 4: 20, we started our return trip. Drivers have to send individual travelers from all over the country back to Huai 'an, Shuyang, Suqian and Xinyi. In Xinyi, the hateful tour guide sold us to a taxi. Considering that this travel agency is too good at digging money, tourists with two lines in one car have to pick up customers from all over the world and see them off when they come back. They only think about how to make more money, regardless of the feelings of tourists. Finally, we got home at 12:30.

Food recommendation:

Jujube mud biscuits, fried stinky tofu, lollipops, dumb fried, sweet and sour mandarin fish, Gordon Euryale seed cakes, green balls (sometimes in Tomb-Sweeping Day), and malt cakes.

Commercial street:

Pingjianglu Guanqian Street Shiban Road