Changshu Fangta Garden

Fangta Garden is located in the east of Changshu ancient city. The main attraction of Fangta Garden is chongjiao Xingfu Temple Pagoda, formerly known as chongjiao pagoda, commonly known as Fangta. It was first built in the fourth year of Jianyan (1130) of the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, a monk Wen Yong proposed that "the residence of Ziyi is high on the right and low on the left, and it is suitable for the left corner of Canglong to make a floating picture to win." County Magistrate Li Zhishan said that the tower was built by order. In the third year of Shaoxing (1133), he spent 150000 yuan, less than half of his contribution, but he spent a lot of money. Xianchunjian (1172 A.D.) was rebuilt by Seng farun (Yishuo fazhou). It was rebuilt several times in the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. In Xianfeng of Qing Dynasty, the temple was destroyed and the pagoda survived. In September 1963, it was overhauled again.

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(1) External traffic:

Every weekend, holidays, Yangpu Sports Center at 7:00, Hongkou Football field at 7:30, Shanghai Stadium at 8:00 there are tourist bus, 16:30 return, tourism package 100 yuan. At other times, the shuttle bus from Hutai Road bus station to Changshu will leave in two hours. 　　

(2) Internal transportation:

Take bus No. 126, 121, 113, 122, 117 in Changshu.

Changshu Fangta Garden

Fangta Garden, located in the east end of Changshu ancient city, is a new classical garden built on the site of Song Dynasty historic sites, covering an area of nearly 30000 square meters. It is named after the square Pagoda in the garden.

The full name of the square pagoda is "chongjiao Xingfu Temple Pagoda", with nine floors on all sides. It is a landmark building in Changshu. It was built in the Southern Song Dynasty, and was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit in 2006.

The square pagoda, ancient well and Ancient Ginkgo in Song Dynasty are called "three treasures in the garden". The buildings of Fangta Garden are modeled after the Song Dynasty. They are not only gorgeous and grand, but also have the charm of the context of the royal garden. They also use the twists and turns of Jiangnan gardens. The curved bridges, pavilions, porches, waterside pavilions, rocks, flowers and trees complement each other.

Fangta Garden: in the northeast of the scenic area, there is a clean government culture theme park named "blue water and Qinchuan". In the north, there are Changshu stele Museum and Changshu celebrity Museum. In 2007, the scenic spot was approved as a national 4A scenic spot.

About the park

Fangta Garden, located at the east end of Changshu ancient city, is close to Fangta street, the most prosperous commercial street in the ancient city. It is a new classical garden built on the site of historic sites in Song Dynasty. The park was built in the abandoned site of chongjiao Xingfu temple, one of the four famous temples in the south of the Yangtze River. All the buildings follow the shape of the Song Dynasty, covering an area of about 30000 square meters. It is named after the Southern Song Dynasty Pagoda in the park. After the development of several years, it has formed a "imitation song one street". It is known as the Old City God Temple in Changshu, and is a good place for tourism, leisure and shopping.

Fangta was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in 1957 and a national key cultural relic protection unit in 2006. In 2007, Fangta Park was approved as a national 4A tourist attraction.

Historical evolution

The original name of the square pagoda is "chongjiao Xingfu Temple Pagoda", also known as chongjiao pagoda. Although the square pagoda was built in the Song Dynasty, it still follows the brick and wooden pavilion style of the Tang Dynasty, with a height of 67 meters. It is commonly known as the square pagoda because of its nine level square shape on four sides, symmetrical and handsome. "Hearing the wind chimes of the ancient pagoda, thinking of the eternal love", climbing up the pagoda, you can have a panoramic view of the ancient city. The square pagoda, ancient well and Ancient Ginkgo in Song Dynasty are called "three treasures in the garden". The square pagoda stands out in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a treasure of ancient architecture. After more than 800 years of ups and downs, it is still magnificent and bright. It has become the symbol of Changshu, a national historical and cultural city.

In the fourth year of Jianyan (1130) of the Southern Song Dynasty, the eminent monk Wen Yong thought that Changshu was high in the northwest and low in the southeast, which was called "low in theme and high in guest" in geomantic omen. At that time, the county magistrate adopted the advice of the eminent monks and launched the construction of the tower.

Half a year after the tower was built, monk Wenyong, who was in charge of the project, died, and the costly project was shelved. It took 140 years for the monk Fayuan to launch the renewal. Changshu people unite as a city, and finally achieve a grand view. Since then, the Ming and Qing dynasties have repaired the tower. In 1860, the chongjiao Xingfu temple, where the square pagoda was located, was destroyed by fire, but the pagoda survived. "Thousands of years of landscape, Wenwei Yushan blessed land, nine Yan Xia steaming wuhui Mingbang." Changshu people regard the square tower as a good omen.

Folklore

There is also a folk legend that the shiliyu mountain (commonly known as woniu mountain) in the northwest of Changshu ancient city is changed by the divine cow, and the square tower is the pile of the ox.

The square at the entrance to the east gate of Fangta Garden has a magnificent stone archway. On the front, the inscription "Huiying Haiyu" is written, and on the back, "Jianyan heritage". On both sides of the column is inscribed a couplet written by Qian Zhonglian, a famous scholar from Changshu: on the front, the title is: "the pagoda is named after Tianshui, Zhaoji has been robbed for thousands of years, and jingnengyuan shines on thousands of people in the forest"; on the back, it is inscribed "huifutu museum is illuminated by a garden lamp, reading the history of Zen from the Southern Song Dynasty to Manshu.".

Layout structure

The east gate of Fangta Garden is a five bay intermittent Mountain Gate with white walls and red bars. The "tail" shape of the roof is like a fish shaped dragon, which is one of the characteristics of song style architecture. The plaque of "Fangta Garden" is hung on the gate, and there is a couplet inside and outside: the external couplet is a book written by Wen Zhengming of Ming Dynasty, "the shape of a hundred years is better than the sky, and the article of a generation belongs to the spirit of the earth"; the internal couplet is a book written by sun Yuanxiang of Qing Dynasty, "the fragrance of seven streams flows through the country, and the green flies into the city in the middle of the mountain.".

Enter the east gate, follow the corridor to the left, and you can get to "zhichunxuan". A few plum trees are planted beside the pavilion to send spring news. Along the "thousand leaves corridor" meandering, all the way bamboo Shulang, leaf shadow whirling, people filter out the chest vulgar worry. At this moment, we can see the southeast sides of the square tower. When the purple clouds fill the sky, the pagoda is gilded by the rising sun, magnificent and magnificent. There is a Square Pavilion at the end of the winding corridor, named "Wenyuan Pavilion", in memory of the two eminent monks Wenyong and Fayuan, who were the founders and successors of the square tower. The pavilion is near the mound. On the hillock, there are many trees in the shade. The path is elegant and the birds sing continuously. It is also a scene, which is called "Nangang towering green". On the right side of the east gate, walk along the Lian corridor to Lian Chi. Inside the corridor, there are wooden inscriptions of anti-corruption police sentences of celebrities in Changshu. To "Lidao Qingxin", you can enjoy the tower in the water. Millennium pagoda, hundred year old trees, antique buildings with red fence and white wall, colorful small bridges and blue sky and white clouds, the pictures in the water are even more interesting.

Ancient trees in the garden

There is an ancient ginkgo tree in the north of the pool, which is 20 meters high and more than 2 meters thick at breast height. According to the records of the ancient and famous trees in the annals of Changshu City, the tree has been more than 800 years old. It is one of the "three treasures" left by the Song Dynasty in the park.

There is Wenquan hall in the west of the pool, and there is an ancient well in front of the hall. The brick shape of ancient well is the same as that of some tower foundation bricks, which can prove that the well is of Song Dynasty. The upper part of the well is 0.52 meters in diameter and 5.7 meters in depth. The well fence is carved out of a huge bluestone, forming an octagonal shape, which is very unique. In the northeast and north of Fangta Garden, there are clean water Qinchuan theme park, Changshu stele Museum and Changshu celebrity Museum.

"Blue water Qinchuan" anti-corruption culture theme park is one of the demonstration sites of Changshu anti-corruption education. It mainly uses the original buildings in the northeast of Fangta park for reconstruction. Its architectural style is basically consistent with the original shape of the park. It is composed of four parts, namely, Lian corridor, Lian Li Guan, Lian Chi and Lian Bei. The collection shows the life, epitaph pictures, anti-corruption deeds and anti-corruption warning words of the anti-corruption figures of the past dynasties in our city Case sentence.

Places to visit

Changshu Museum of stele inscriptions is a special museum for collecting and displaying historical stele inscriptions and rubbings. It was named Suzhou patriotism education base in 2000, and was renamed Changshu patriotism education base in 2007. Covering an area of about 4000 square meters, the museum is built in the pattern of Jiangnan classical gardens. The total length of the stele gallery is 500 meters. It is divided into four exhibition areas: Politics and economy, culture and art, religion and folklore, and biography. It displays more than 800 kinds of Steles in Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are also Changshu Hall of fame, chonglan thatched cottage, Jingxian Pavilion, Hanmo Pavilion, Ta Yingtan, Qingyuan building, Yayu residence and other scenic spots in the museum, Echoing the front and back of the square tower, the winding corridor and elegant environment make it an important place for people to rest and show the history of Changshu.

Changshu Hall of fame is the main hall of Qing Dynasty chief official Temple outside Dadongmen gate of Yushan Town. It was moved and built here in 1993, with a construction area of about 280 square meters. The main exhibition content of Changshu Hall of fame consists of three parts: the first is the exhibition area of bronze sculpture. The bronze statues of Zhongyong of Shang Dynasty, the ancestor of Changshu culture and history, and Yan Yan, the ancestor of Wu culture, are displayed respectively. Second, the graphic display area. In the form of woodcut plates and precious historical photos, this paper introduces the biographies of 136 late Changshu celebrities, including famous revolutionary martyrs, contemporary academicians of the second Chinese Academy of Sciences and scholars and personages who have made outstanding contributions in the field of social sciences. Third, the celebrity list display area. A total of 8 top scholars, 483 imperial examination scholars from the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty and 22 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of engineering from Changshu are displayed, which fully demonstrates the profound cultural heritage of Changshu, a national famous historical and cultural city.

The west of Fangta Garden is the second phase development scenic spot of Fangta Garden. This scenic spot still follows the construction style of Song Dynasty freehand brushwork landscape in the early stage of the scenic spot. At the same time, it integrates the ecological concept and makes full use of plants for landscaping. It was completed and opened on the national day of 2002. There are Zuiwei Pavilion, Lingxiu Qingyuan, Yimu Qianzhang, Yuexiu Shanfang, Wenhua hall and other attractions. Zuiwei refers to Zhang Xu, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. During the Kaiyuan period, he served as Changshu Wei. He was good at cursive writing. Every time he wrote after drinking, he seemed to have divine power to help him. He was called "the sage of grass". Du Fu once described in his "Eight Immortals in drink song" that "before Zhang Xu took off his hat and fell to the top of the throne, he was like a cloud of smoke with no paper". Zhang Xu in Changshu

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