Huishan ancient town

Huishan ancient town is characterized by its unique geographical location, beautiful natural environment and dense distribution of ancient ancestral halls. It is the only block with well preserved style of Wuxi old neighborhood. In June 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Huishan ancient town ancestral hall group was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Huishan ancient town has been included in the preparatory list of world cultural heritage.

Ancestral temples, old houses and memorial archways can be seen everywhere in Huishan ancient town, which is full of Jiangnan charm. It is recommended to visit the clay figurine Museum of China. You can also do it yourself. There are a lot of snacks in the area of Huishan straight street. In memory of Qinyuan, Huishan tofu is a famous snack bar.

Huishan ancient town

Huishan ancient town is located in the west of Wuxi City, the northeast slope of Xishan and Huishan, with an altitude of 8 meters, east longitude of 120 ° 16 'and north latitude of 31 ° 34'. Only 2.5 km away from the city center, the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal flows close to its north. Wuxi prehistoric culture has been more than 4000 years ago, there are Xishan ancestors shidun site.

It is characterized by its unique geographical location, beautiful natural environment and dense distribution of ancient ancestral temples. It is the only block with well preserved features of Wuxi's old neighborhood. In June 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Huishan ancient town ancestral hall group was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Huishan ancient town has been included in the preparatory list of world cultural heritage.

Huishanbang, a tributary of the Grand Canal, goes directly to the hinterland of the ancient town. The two sides of the Strait are rich in historical relics and rich in culture. It is also the birthplace of Wuxi's place names, "Wuxi Xishan Wuxi".

Huishan ancient town has a certain number of trade associations, including Shanhuo office, shuaohuo office, shizuo office, salt office, construction industry guild, Wuyuan guild hall, etc. It has become a highlight of the ancient town. Huishan ancient town has two land and water transportation lines. The waterway is from Sanli, a tributary of Beijing Hangzhou Universiade, to the hinterland of the ancient town, and the land is five miles away from the city, so the transportation is very convenient.

On December 31, 2019, the Ministry of culture and tourism confirmed Huishan ancient town as a national 5A tourist attraction.

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geographical position

The construction and protection scope of the ancient town is 1.7 km long from east to west, bounded by huangbudun and Huishan temple, and located between Xishan Bridge and Tonghui West Road from north to south, with a width of 0.8 km and a total area of 103 hectares. Among them, the area between Huishan temple and Baoshan bridge is the core protection area, covering an area of 25 hectares, and 78 hectares to the east of Xihui road is the supporting development area and landscape coordination area of the ancient town. The planning layout is made up of huishanbang Water Street and wulixiangcheng ancestral hall Street (Zhijie) along the ancient canal, leading to Huishan temple and the second spring in the world.

Ancient town development

Huishan ancient ancestral hall group has attracted the attention of the whole country. Huishan ancient town is considered to be the only existing project in Wuxi that has the qualification to apply for world cultural heritage. In 2000, Wuxi City officially declared the title of 100 famous ancient towns (historical and cultural blocks) to the Ministry of construction. As a result, the development of ancient towns has been accelerated.

Relying on Huishan ancient ancestral hall, Huishan ancient town connects Erquan Jichang Garden, Huishan Town, Huishan Zhijie street, Hengjie street and Huishan clay figurine Museum, with high historical and cultural content in overall planning, development and construction. The proposed development area starts from the second spring of the world in the west, reaches huangbudun in the East, reaches the north side of Xishan Longguang tower in the south, and is bounded by Tonghui West Road in the north, covering an area of about 70 hectares. At that time, taking the north section of Wuxi section of Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal as the main line, the Jichang Garden, Erquan, Huishan temple and other places of interest in Xihui scenic area will be extended to the outside, and the ancestral hall cultural building complex composed of Huishan Hengjie and Zhijie, sitangjing north and South rivers will be developed to build an ancient town garden cultural tourism with beautiful environment, rich scenic spots, profound cultural heritage and rich Jiangnan customs Block.

The main body of Huishan cultural relics and historic sites area is in the present Xihui scenic area, covering an area of about 70000 square meters. The construction of the southern part of Jichang Garden and the restoration of Shaobao academy and other ancestral temples have been completed. After the protection and construction of Huishan temple, huaxiaozi temple and Erquan scenic spot are completed by 2004, the entire Huishan cultural relics and historic sites area will be declared as an important national cultural relics protection unit based on Jichang Garden.

Huishan ancient town is mainly located in Huishan Hengjie, Zhijie and huishanbang to the east of Baoshan bridge, covering an area of about 150000 square meters. Through the re integration of all kinds of buildings and environmental management in the area, relying on Huishan ancient ancestral hall group, the traditional style of Huishan ancient town is restored, and two traditional ancient streets, two jiaxiangnei streets and huishanbang water tourism channel along huishanbang are formed, so as to build Huishan ancient style area extending from the east side of Jichang Garden to huangbudun.

Introduction to scenic spots

Huishan temple was built in the northern and Southern Dynasties, with a strong fragrance. Wuxi's landmark building, Xishan Longguang tower, was built in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. It is a view of the ancient town. In the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu was the second best tea drinker in Huiquan, hence the name of "the second spring in the world". Huilu area is famous for its lush forests, stony valleys and abundant springs. The Shijing building of Huishan temple in Tang and Song Dynasties stands in the center of the ancient town. Built in the Northern Song Dynasty, Jinlian bridge and Tang Tingsong stone bed play an important role in the ancient town. PI Rixiu's poem of Tang Dynasty is "the fragrance of Chiba lotus in the past, the Golden Temple in the middle of the mountain shines on the fangtang, the wind rises at dusk in front of the hall, and the sound of pine nuts hits the stone bed.". In the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, there were more than 600 years of ancient ginkgo, more than 400 years of ancient magnolia, ancient Cinnamomum camphora, deep roots and luxuriant leaves. Jichang Garden and Yugong Valley, which were built in the Ming Dynasty, are still the same. In the Ming Dynasty, the "thousand people Baode archway" and "Fahrenheit four sides archway" were the outstanding archways in the ancient town. The ancestral hall complex of Huishan ancient town occupies the main position of the ancient town. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are 120 ancestral hall buildings successively, including nine for prime minister, Huang Xie for Chu Prime Minister Chunshen, Li Shen, Lu Zhi and Zhang Cambodian for Tang prime minister, Sima Guang, Wang Dan, Fan Zhongyan and Li Gang for song prime minister, and Li Hongzhang for Qing Dynasty. Huishan ancestral hall group can be divided into Shangshu ancestral hall, Shilang ancestral hall, Yushi ancestral hall, Xunfu ancestral hall, Zhongjie ancestral hall, Zhenjie ancestral hall and so on. Involving more than 80 surnames and more than 180 historical figures, it is the source of seeking roots and ancestors and tracing the origin of surname culture. Huishan old street stands at the east end of Huishan straight street. A stone tablet was erected at the corner of the street. "Wulixiangcheng" is carved in brick on the front and Dou chengzhuo in the late Qing Dynasty; Jiufeng cuizhang is engraved on the back. It was written by sun hanchu, the eighth generation of Shaobao. The monument was erected in the sixth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty. Wuli Xiangcheng was originally a road from Wuxi Ximen to Huishan. In 1976, the Wuxi section of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal was changed, and wulixiangcheng was annihilated. A section of the Grand Canal near Huishan was built into a boulevard called Huishan straight street. There are many old houses in the south of the Yangtze River, shops selling Huishan clay figurines, Huishan clay figurine Museum, Huishan clay Figurine factory and Zhangxun temple on the street.

Introduction to ancestral hall

Huishan ancient town has a long history, many historic sites, rich cultural heritage, known as Wuxi historical and cultural open-air museum. From Neolithic Age to modern times, cultural relics and historic buildings abound, and there are 25 national, provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units. Huishan ancient town has found 8 ancestral hall buildings and important relics, which collected 80 surnames and 180 historical celebrities from the Tang Dynasty to the Republic of China. It is rare in China for its large number, high density, complete categories and simple style. It has aroused great concern and interest from all walks of life. In the future, it will be the source of exploring and visiting traces, seeking root culture, experiencing and interacting, relying on the moral philosophy of the sages, and understanding the rich connotation of Chinese traditional culture.

In June 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Huishan ancient town ancestral hall group was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Huishan ancestral hall includes huaxiaozi ancestral hall, Zhide ancestral hall, Youjian ancestral hall, qianwusu ancestral hall, Huaixiang Zhaozhong ancestral hall, Liugeng thatched cottage hall, Gu Dongyang ancestral hall, Wang Wumin ancestral hall, Lu Xuan ancestral hall and Yang oufang ancestral hall, which are key ancestral hall buildings for national cultural relics protection. A large number of precious stone carving cultural relics and historic sites, such as "worship Stone Mountain House", "Dongbi stele", "Xibi stele" and "Yuri spring", have also been protected and restored in the restoration process. In addition to the key ancestral halls, Huishan ancient town has also repaired and restored 57 ancestral halls. 16 archways and one archway were restored. An additional xiuzhang Pavilion will be built. Kangxi "mountain stream light" landscape wall.

Ancestral halls around Huishan Temple

Guojunma temple, qianwusu Temple (King Qian Liu of Wu and Yue in Five Dynasties), jizhongjie temple, zhangyishi temple, zouzhonggong temple, lizhongding Temple (Prime Minister of Song Dynasty Li Gang), Zhenjie temple, zhangxiaozi temple, zhangjiefu temple, Huaixiang Zhaozhong Temple (all officers and soldiers of Huaijun who died in battle with Taiping Army), huaxiaozi Temple (Xiaozi Huabao), huajiegong temple, huajiefu temple , Hua Zhenjie temple, Zhide Temple (Taibo, Zhongyong, Jizha), Zunxian temple, Baozhong temple, Jiang family temple, Su family temple, Tang Zhang Zhenjie temple, Cai Xiaoyou temple, Zhenjie temple, Hu Wenzhao Temple (Mr. anding Hu Yuan in the Northern Song Dynasty), Ewing Jiangong Temple (you Mao, the four great masters in the Southern Song Dynasty), Luzi Temple (Lu Yu), Gu duanwen Temple (Gu Xiancheng) They are Shao Wenzhuang Temple (also known as Erquan academy, Shaobao), Liu Mengjiang temple, Wu Zhongcheng Temple (Zhou Chen, Hai Rui, Zhou Kongjiao, Tang bin, Li Xingyuan), Shan zhennu temple, Zhou Wenke Temple (Zhou Ziyi, a scholar of Ming Dynasty), Wang Qianshi Temple (Wang Wen, a painter of Ming Dynasty), Ren Jiefu temple.

Hengjie ancestral hall group

Qin's Shuangxiao ancestral hall (northeast corner of Jichang Garden), Zhang Minggong ancestral hall (Mr. Hengqu of Northern Song Dynasty), Xu Xianmo ancestral hall (Xu Dezhi of Northern Song Dynasty), Yang Sibao ancestral hall (Liugeng thatched cottage), and Jie

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