Qiandeng ancient town

Qiandeng ancient town has a history of more than 2500 years. Up to now, it still retains the checkerboard pattern of "parallel water and land", "adjacent river and street" and the ancient and simple style of "small bridge, flowing water and people". The ancient town still preserves the architecture of Ming, Qing and Republic of China.

It is the birthplace of Kunqu Opera, Jiangnan Silk and bamboo, the hometown of Gu Yanwu and Tao Xian, the ninth generation descendant of Tao Yuanming. Yu's pawnshop, which can be called "the first pawn in China", remains in the town. Shiban street in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is "a unique street in the south of the Yangtze River". It is the longest and most complete preserved Shiban street in the province. It stretches for 2 kilometers, "stepping on green Shiban with feet and a line of sky overhead".

There are Yanfu temple and jade Buddha Hall under Qinfeng pagoda. In the Jade Buddha Hall lies the world's largest jade Reclining Buddha from Myanmar, which has been recorded in the Guinness Book of records.

Qiandeng ancient town

Qiandeng ancient town is located in the Yangtze River Delta, under the jurisdiction of Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, 35 kilometers away from the center of Suzhou. It has a history of more than 2500 years. It is the hometown of patriotic scholar Gu Yanwu and the birthplace of Kunqu Opera. Qiandeng, formerly known as "qiandun", was named after the struggle between Wu and Yue for hegemony.

In Qiandeng ancient town, there are seven arched stone bridges built in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which span the qiandengpu River in the town. Important scenic spots include Gu Yanwu's former residence, Gu Yanwu's cemetery, the Millennium Pagoda - Qinfeng pagoda, and Gu Jian Memorial Hall.

In 2008, Qiandeng ancient town was awarded the national AAAA tourist attraction and Jiangsu Province human settlement environment model award.

Historical evolution

The late Neolithic cultural relics unearthed from Shaoqing mountain show that human activities existed as early as four or five thousand years ago.

In the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, it belonged to louyi.

In the 26th year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty (221 BC), it belonged to Lou county.

When Wang Mang was in the Western Han Dynasty, Lou county was once renamed louzhi.

When Jianwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-55 years), it was renamed Lou county.

In 507, Lou county was changed into Xinyi County, which belongs to Xinyi county.

In the second year of Datong (536), Xinyi county was divided into Kunshan county.

Before the tenth year of Jiading in Song Dynasty (1217), it belonged to Chuanxiang and Quanwu township of Kunshan County, and it was along the road to the end of Qing Dynasty.

Qing Xuantong two years (1910), built qiandun Township, directly under the Kunshan county.

In 1928, qiandun township was approved as a second-class Township, still belonging to Kunshan county. The next year, the county was divided into districts, and qiandun township was changed to qiandun Town, belonging to the fourth district.

In November 1938, the district system was abolished, and qiandun town was restored to qiandun Township, directly under Kunshan county.

In May of 1941, qiandun Township became the Fourth District of the county.

At the end of 1942, qiandun town was changed into the eighth District of the county. In September of the 34th year of the Republic of China, qiandun town became the Fourth District of the county. In December of the same year, the fourth district was renamed xidun district.

In February of 1947, xidun district was withdrawn, and xidun town belonged to Yangxiang district. In September, qiandun town was changed into qiandun township. In December, Yangxiang district was withdrawn and qiandun township was a first-class Township directly under Kunshan county.

At the beginning of 1949, the county set up supervision area, and qiandun township was the fifth supervision area.

On May 12, 1949, Sidun was liberated. In July, people's power was established. The former qiandun Township belongs to qiandun district.

In 1950, the township was changed to build qiandun Town, which belongs to qiandun district. Before December 1956, qiandun town and qiandun Township were built, which were directly under Kunshan county.

In April 1958, qiandun town was merged into qiandun township. In October, the administration and society were integrated, and xidun township was transformed into xidun people's commune, belonging to Kunshan county. In May 1963, xidun commune established xidun town as a county town.

In April 1966, Sidun was renamed Qiandeng.

In March 1983, the system of town governing village was implemented, and Qiandeng commune was incorporated into Qiandeng Town, which still belongs to Kunshan county.

In September 1989, Kunshan City was set up as a county, and Qiandeng Town is still a Kunshan City.

On May 18, 2001, Kunqu opera was listed as one of the first batch of "representative works of human oral and intangible cultural heritage" by UNESCO and became a world cultural heritage.

In December 2003, Qiandeng Town and Shipu town were merged to form Qiandeng Town. The town government was set up in Qiandeng market town.

In March 2004, Kunshan national agricultural comprehensive development and Modernization Demonstration Zone was entrusted by Qiandeng Town.

In 2008, Qiandeng ancient town was awarded the national AAAA tourist attraction and Jiangsu Province human settlement environment model award.

geographical environment

Location context

Qiandeng ancient town is located in the Yangtze River Delta, belonging to Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province

It covers 84 square kilometers. The ancient town is located 15 kilometers south of Kunshan City. It is adjacent to Qingpu District of Shanghai in the East, 30km away from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, and Suzhou in the west, 35km away from the center of Suzhou.

Climatic characteristics

Qiandeng Town belongs to the north subtropical Southern monsoon climate zone. The climate is mild and humid, with four distinct seasons, abundant light and rainfall. The annual average temperature is 15.5 ℃; the annual average precipitation is 1097.1 mm; the annual average sunshine time is 2085.9 hours; the historical extreme maximum temperature is 39.0 ℃ (August 1, 2003), and the historical extreme minimum temperature is - 11.7 ℃ (January 31, 1977).

Main attractions

Three bridges invite the moon

The three bridges were built together, showing the different characteristics of song, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The small bridge in the East is called fangjingbang bridge, which is named after the river fangjingbang, which is characteristic of the Ming Dynasty; the three hole stone arch bridge across shangshupu in the middle is Hengsheng bridge, which is characteristic of the Qing Dynasty; a small and exquisite wooden bridge in the west is yuandujing bridge, which is characteristic of the Song Dynasty. Three bridges have a beautiful name, called "three bridges invite the moon".

Qinfeng pagoda

Qinfeng pagoda, also known as Sakyamuni pagoda, is located on the West Bank of shangshupu in Qiandeng Town. It was first built in the second year of liangtianjian (503) of the Southern Dynasty. Wang Shu of Li people donated the house, the monk opened the mountain from righteousness to build the boruo temple, and Wang Jue of Li people donated the house to build the tower on the basis of Guangsi. Located in the sun of qinzhu mountain, it is named Qinfeng pagoda. In 1008, Prajna temple was changed into Yanfu temple, and Qinfeng pagoda was rebuilt.

Sakyamuni's nirvana

The statue of Sakyamuni's nirvana is made of precious Burmese white jade. The white jade wool was discovered in Myanmar in 1999. After three years of hard mining, it began to appear in the world. The jade material is a complete natural jade material. According to the natural shape of jade, it was carefully designed and carved by craftsmen of dechunyigao for two years. The Buddha statue is 8.9 meters long, 2.45 meters high and 1.35 meters wide. The proportion of body shape is accurate. The whole body of the Jade Buddha is inlaid with more than 1500 red, blue, Amethyst gems and jadeite. The clothing pattern and lotus platform are made of 24K gold plating, and the color painting part is made of natural stone color.

In October 2004, the Jade Buddha was included in the Guinness list of Shanghai grand world, which is the largest jade Reclining Buddha statue in the world.

Gu Jian Memorial

Gu Jian (year of birth and death unknown), dramatist at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. Since the wind and moon scattered, Kunshan Qiandeng people. He is good at Southern Ci and ancient Fu. The general of the Yuan Dynasty enlarged the outline of Timur. When he heard that he was good at singing, he couldn't do it. He was friendly with Gu Dehui, Yang Weizhen and Ni Yuanzhen. His works include 10 volumes of Tao Zhenye collection and 8 volumes of Fengyue Sanren Yuefu, which have disappeared. According to Wei Liangfu's southern CI Yinzheng, Gu is one of the founders of Kunshan opera because he is good at developing the mystery of southern opera and is known as Kunshan opera at the beginning of the country.

In 2005, Gu Yanwu memorial hall was named the national patriotic education demonstration base by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee.

Qin Wangshan

Qinwangshan is the witness of Qiandeng's history. During the reign of Wu Shoumeng (585-561 BC), pirates often came to harass him and built a beacon tower on qinzhu mountain in Qiandeng Puxi. "Qinzhu mountain is no more than two fathoms high (Note: the ancient length of one fathom is equal to eight feet) and less than one mu wide mound.". Garrison guard, Qin Shihuang once climbed the beacon tower of this mountain to sacrifice to the sea, so qinzhu mountain was renamed Qinwang mountain. In the 11th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, the earth was excavated from this pier to build Tongyu social warehouse. Later, people built houses on this pier. There was no trace before liberation. In 2003, it was restored.

Shaoqing Garden

Shaoqing garden is located in Pudong, Qiandeng, north of Shaoqing road. It is a Neolithic Liangzhu Cultural site, known as the "pyramid of Chinese vernacular architecture", and is listed as the "major archaeological discovery of the 20th century in China". During the Yongle period of Ming Dynasty, qiandunpu was dredged and the mud was piled up in Yangshan of Wenpu. In memory of Yuan Fu, Shaoqing of Taichang temple, who made great contributions to Junpu, it was named Shaoqing mountain. In 2002, in order to protect cultural relics, trees and soil were planted on the mountain, green flowers were planted around the mountain, environmental transformation was carried out, and the park was built.

Stone Street

Shiban street runs through the ancient town from north to south, and connects the branches, in the shape of a centipede. With a total length of 1.5km, the main street is 800m long, which is paved by 2072 long strip-shaped granite. There are wide and deep sewers under the stone slab, which connect with the river ports and beaches of the ancient town. Therefore, even if it rains heavily, there is no water in the stone street, and it will dry when it turns sunny. Shiban street was first built in the Southern Song Dynasty and further extended to repair in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the three years of the Republic of China, Wang Shichang, a famous road builder in Zhujiajiao, Qingpu County, was hired with a lot of money to rearrange and repair it. Shiban Street Office

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