Xingchun Bridge

Xingchun bridge is located on the mountain road above Shihu scenic spot, west of Yuecheng bridge and across shihubeizhu. It is a nine hole stone arch bridge built in Song Dynasty. Every August 18 of the lunar calendar, it is said that there is a moon in each cave of the bridge, which is like a string of shadows in the water. The grand gathering of "moon in Stone Lake" has become a folk custom in Wu.

When the bridge was rebuilt in 1189, the poet Fan Chengda wrote about it. It is a beautiful place with beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery. Fan Chengda said in the story of walking across the spring bridge: "it's like walking between pictures. Those who do not travel to Shihu or spring are the same as those who travel from the end to the beginning. "In the Ming Dynasty, Chenghua and Chongzhen were rebuilt. In 1949, when the Kuomintang troops retreated, the four holes in the east of the bridge were removed, repaired in 1953, and rebuilt in 1957.

Xingchun Bridge

Xingchun bridge, built in Song Dynasty, is a half round arch thin pier nine hole multi arch long bridge located on the mountain road above Suzhou Shihu scenic spot. The bridge is East-West with a total length of 54 meters. In 1963, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Suzhou city.

Yuecheng Bridge West, across the stone Hubei Zhu, Department of nine stone arch bridge, first built in the Song Dynasty. Every August 18 of the lunar calendar, it is said that there is a moon reflected in the water in each hole of the bridge. The grand meeting of "moon in Stone Lake" has become a folk custom in Wu.

history

Xingchun bridge was first built in 1189, when it was rebuilt. It is a beautiful place with beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery. Fan Chengda said in the story of walking across the spring bridge: "it's like walking between pictures. Those who do not travel to Shihu or spring are the same as those who travel from the end to the beginning. "In the Ming Dynasty, Chenghua and Chongzhen were rebuilt.

In 1949, when the Kuomintang troops retreated, the four holes in the east of the bridge were removed, repaired in 1953, and rebuilt in 1957. Granite masonry, but the long stone is Wukang stone, and the end of the carved animal face, may be the Song Dynasty artifacts. A lion squatting on the head of each pillar is carved on the stone fence. The bridge is gentle, like a rainbow.

In the old days, Suzhou had the custom of visiting Stone Lake on the 18th day of the eighth lunar month to see the moon under the spring bridge. It is said that on this day, the moonlight began to rise, into the bridge cave, its shadow as string. Those who visit the Stone Lake and climb the spring bridge pour out of the city. The boat is like weaving, and the sound of singing and dancing music is all night long. You dong, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, said in his poem: "I often take my children to watch the moon, walk by the spring bridge and listen to the flute.

Surrounding environment

Suzhou Wuxian ancient camphor Garden

The old camphor trees garden is located in Houbao village of Xishan Mountain. Two ancient camphor trees in the garden shade the sun and are known as "the first tree in Wuzhong". It is located in Xishan Scenic Area of Wuxian county. It is named for its thousand year old camphor tree.

The ancient camphor botanical garden, designed and constructed by Zhongshan Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Suzhou Institute of urban construction and environmental protection, makes full use of the rich plant resources of Xishan. The introduction of a large number of valuable flowers, trees and plants not only has the beauty of the garden, but also has the natural and wild interest. It is a perfect combination with the Ancient Suzhou garden.

The botanical garden has five scenic spots: first, ancient camphor tree landscape area; second, economic plants and rare fruit demonstration area; third, exhibition greenhouse; fourth, simple flower production greenhouse; fifth, aquatic plant area.

Guangfu ancient town, Wu County, Suzhou

Guangfu town of Wuxian City has a long history of more than 2500 years. It is located 28 kilometers southwest of the ancient city of Suzhou on the shore of Taihu Lake. It is adjacent to Taihu Lake in the south, Taihu Lake in the West and Yangtze River in the north. Guangfu has its own reputation of "beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains, blessed land of caves" and rich natural resources. It enjoys the reputation of "hometown of fish and rice" and "fruit in four seasons". Guangfu is the hometown of traditional crafts Suzhou embroidery is one of the birthplaces of Suzhou embroidery, and its carving technology is superb; Guangfu cultural landscape, dense places of interest and profound connotation of Wu culture form a multi-level tourism special line, which is one of the national Taihu Lake scenic spots.

The main scenic spots of Guangfu include Dengwei mountain dock, tongguanyin temple, Guangfu tower, situ temple, etc. Located in Dengwei Shanwu, it is one of the four major plum blossom exploration resorts in China. Deng Wei's plum blossom is the best in the world, famous for its long history and various varieties.

Yao Ximeng, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, once said in his miscellaneous chants of plum blossoms: "the prosperity of plum blossoms has to be promoted in Wuzhong, and the most important thing is Guangfu mountain". When the plum blossoms are in full bloom, the flowers are like snow, and the fragrance floats; the breeze blows; the fragrance floats for tens of miles.

There are "Wen Mei Guan" and "Mei Hua Ting" cliff inscriptions of "Xiang Xue Hai" written by song Luo, governor of Jiangsu Province during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and inscriptions of Emperor Qianlong's poems on Mei Yu. There are also hundreds of mu of plum groves around, forming four scenic spots of plum blossom appreciation, namely "climbing the tower to see the plum blossom, visiting the garden, entering the corridor to enjoy the plum blossom, and climbing the mountain to enjoy the plum blossom".

Deng Weixiang Xuehai, Wu County, Suzhou

The grand sea of snow in Deng Wei hill is located in the area of dengweishan, Guangfu Town, Wuxian county. Dengweishan is named in memory of Deng Yu, the captain of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Since ancient times, it has been a good place to appreciate plum blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River. It is known as "Dengwei plum blossoms are the best in the world, and plum blossoms are planted everywhere". Every February, plum blossom spits out its stamen, and its potential is like a sea of snow. Sun Yuanxiang, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, has a poem: "there are flowers everywhere in the mountains, and I don't know the distance between them. I'm greedy for the scent of downwind, and I've been standing three feet away from the flowers for a long time. " Now in addition to planting white plum, there are red plum, green plum, black plum and other famous species.

Suzhou Liuyuan

Liuyuan is located outside changmen gate of Suzhou. Liuyuan was built by Xu Tai, the imperial servant in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, which was called Dongyuan at that time. In Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, Liushu came back to observe. It was named hanbizhuang, which is commonly known as Liuyuan. During the reign of Tongzhi, Sheng Xuren bought it, expanded it, renovated it, and changed it to Liuyuan. Yu Yue, the last number one scholar in the imperial examination, wrote a record of staying in the garden and called it "the crown of the famous gardens under the Wu Dynasty". As a national key cultural relics protection unit, it is as famous as the Humble Administrator's garden, Beijing Summer Palace and Chengde summer resort, and is one of the "four famous gardens" in China. In 1961, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. It was listed in the world heritage list in 1997. Liuyuan covers an area of more than 30 mu, integrating residence, ancestral temple, home nunnery and garden. The garden integrates Jiangnan gardening art, and is good at architectural structure. It is good at using the culture of size, curvature, light and shade, height and retraction, absorbing the surrounding scenery, forming a group of rhythmic, colorful and contrast space system with rich levels and staggered connection.

The whole garden is divided into four scenic spots: the central part is famous for its landscape, clear and quiet pool water, surrounded by mountains and towering ancient trees; the eastern part is mainly composed of buildings with overlapping eaves, winding courtyard and cloister, with appropriate density and beautiful rocks; the western part is secluded with mountains and forests; the northern bamboo fence cottage is full of rural flavor. The winding corridor runs through the whole garden. It is 600-700 meters long and zigzags in accordance with the situation. On the wall of the corridor, there are more than 300 pieces of famous calligraphy and stone carvings. Among them, the famous one is Dong Ke Er Wang tie, which was carved by Dong Hance, a Songling man in Wujiang during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It took 25 years to complete the carving until the 13th year of Wanli.

Suzhou Yiyuan

Yiyuan, located at 43 Renmin Road, was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Suzhou in 1963 and a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province in 1982. Yiyuan was built in the late Qing Dynasty during the reign of Tongzhi and Guangxu. Gu Wenbin of ningshaotai Road, Zhejiang Province, was built on the site of Wu Kuan's old house in Ming Dynasty for nine years, which cost 200000 liang of silver. He took the meaning of "brother and sister Yiyi" in the Analects of Confucius and named it Yiyuan. Gu Cheng, the son of Gu Wenbin, presided over the construction of the garden. Painters Ren Fuchang, Gu Yun, Wang Yun, fan Yinquan, Cheng Tinglu and others participated in the planning and design of the garden. A manuscript of one stone and one Pavilion in the garden was drawn up first, and it was decided after discussion with Gu Wenbin. After the completion of the garden, many famous people from the south of the Yangtze River came to the elegant gathering and became famous for a time. In 1895, Gu Heyi, the son of Gu Cheng, and Wu Da, Lu Lianfu, Zheng Wenzhuo and Wu Changshuo created a collection of Yiyuan paintings. After Gu Heyi died of illness, the garden gradually declined. During the period of the Japanese puppet regime, the destruction was especially serious, and all the antiques, calligraphy and paintings in the garden were looted. In the 1940s, Yiyuan became a place of entertainment, known as "Suzhou world". In September 1949, the ninth regiment headquarters of the Second Corps of East China military and Political University was stationed here for a time. In 1950, new Suzhou daily set up this office. In December 1953, Gu gongshuo, the son of Gu Heyi, and others dedicated Yiyuan to the country. The resident units will move out, and the municipal government will allocate funds for maintenance and then open for sightseeing.

Yiyuan now has an area of 6270 square meters, covering a small area. However, it can absorb the advantages of each garden, skillfully set up its own landscape. The layout of the garden is divided into two parts, the East and the west, the middle is separated by the corridor, the East is dominated by architecture, the courtyard is set with lake stones and plants, the West pool is in the middle, and the ring is surrounded by rockery, flowers and buildings. In terms of gardening art, Yiyuan has a wide range of garden scenery, such as complex corridor imitating Canglang Pavilion, pool imitating Wangshi garden, rockery imitating Huanxiu villa, cave imitating lion forest, dry boat imitating Humble Administrator garden. The layout is natural, the pavilions, galleries and boats are small and elegant, the flowers and trees in the mountains are clear and pleasant, which can be called the best in the garden. In the west, the Humble Administrator's garden is the blueprint, the north is the pool, and the south is the main building of Ouyu Pavilion. In the northwest, the folded stones refer to Huanxiu mountain villa, with Shian Qiuhe, strange Dengdao and grottoes. The buildings include "Biwu Qifeng Pavilion", "huafangzhai", "Peony hall", "mianbi Pavilion", "xiaocanglang", "Luoji Pavilion" and "Jinli Pavilion". In particular, the calligraphy art of stone strips embedded in the wall of the corridor has become the top of Suzhou gardens. Main buildings of Yiyuan

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