Yuantouzhu

If you come to Wuxi, you must visit Taihu Lake and Yuantouzhu lake. The picturesque scenery of Turtle Head Islet is like nature itself. It is the essence of Taihu scenery, so it is called "the first place in Taihu". In addition, this is the best combination of landscape in Taihu Lake. It was once a private garden. Up to now, there are still many ancient Wu Yue historical sites and legends of Wu Yue historical figures.

Yuantouzhu

Yuantouzhu is a peninsula lying on the northwest Bank of Taihu Lake in Wuxi. It is named after the shape of a giant stone protruding into the lake, which resembles the head of a turtle. Yuantouzhu was built in 1916 and now covers an area of 539 hectares. On October 26, 2012, Yuantouzhu was promoted to a national 5A scenic spot.

Yuantouzhu has many scenic spots, such as Chongshan yinxiu, Luding Yinghui, Yuanzhu Chuntao, Hengyun villa, Guangfu temple, Taihu Fairy Island, Jiangnan orchid garden, Sino Japanese Cherry friendship forest and so on. Yuantouzhu scenic spot in Taihu Lake has become a resort.

Historical development

At the time of Xiao Liang, there was a "Guangfu Temple" built here, which was one of the "480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, with many buildings in the misty rain".

Before the Ming Dynasty, Yuantouzhu had been longed for by people. The lush forest of bamboo, cliffs, cliff carvings, and the water glow of Taihu Lake are regarded as the "Peach Blossom Land" in Wuxi.

In the Ming Dynasty, Gao Panlong, the leader of the Donglin Party, left the remains of "washing feet by Yuantouzhu". In the early Ming Dynasty, "Taihu Lake Spring rise" was listed as one of the "Eight Sights of Wuxi". In the late Ming Dynasty, Gao Panlong, the leader of the Donglin Party, often came here to tread the waves and chant, leaving the remains of "washing feet by Yuantouzhu". There are many poems by scholars and scholars. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Liao Lun, the magistrate of Wuxi, inscribed two cliff inscriptions: "including Wuyue" and "Hengyun".

Since 1918, celebrities and dignitaries have built private gardens and villas around Yuantouzhu. Yuantouzhu Park, built in 1918, was once Chiang Kai Shek's private garden, which can be called "the most beautiful scenery in Wuxi". It forms the rudiment of Yuantouzhu scenic spot.

Yuantouzhu was built in 1931. There are "natural paintings" in the middle hall, with the ridges on both sides, the traces of horses on the mountain, the turtle head on the side, the light of the lake and the green fields on the side, and the rain rolling the bead curtain and the clouds sweeping the painting hall. From here, to the left, you can climb the Feiyun Pavilion and the Jinsong tower. The Shutian Pavilion on the top of the mountain is towering. You can see the whole landscape of Taihu Lake from the pavilion.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Yang Hanxi, a native of Wuxi, bought 60 mu of mountain land here. In 1918, he began the initial development of Yuantouzhu and began to construct "Hengyun mountain villa"; in 1924, he allocated more than 1 mu of land to nuns, who raised money to move Guangfu nunnery in Houshan to Guangfu temple. In 1925, Yang Hanxi took advantage of his position as the president of Wuxi business group to build the "Tao Zhu Pavilion" in the industrial and commercial circles. During the Anti Japanese War, it was renamed Hengyun park.

In Yuantouzhu area, there are also "Taihu villa" built by Wang Xinru in 1927, "Ruopu" built by Chen Zhongyan in 1928, "Zhengyuan" built by Zheng Mingshan in 1931, and the retirement of he Jiwu and CAI Yusan. At that time, because of the barrier of Li Lake, the traffic was inconvenient, so there were not many tourists. In 1934, Mr. Rong Desheng celebrated his 60th birthday. He built a 375 meter long bridge on Lihu lake with the birthday ceremony. It was named "Baojie bridge" because its south end was on Baojie mountain. From then on, it communicated the land transportation between the north and south sides of Lihu lake, and connected the plum garden, Liyuan and Yuantouzhu together. It was convenient for tourists to visit. The long bridge was lying on the waves. It just gave Lihu a bunch of waist, and there were 60 bridges under the bridge Kong symbolizes Mr. rongdesheng's 60th birthday and reminds people not to forget the bridge repairer when crossing the bridge.

After liberation, the government merged the original gardens and villas into "Yuantouzhu Park". In 1982, a large-scale expansion was carried out, covering an area of 480 Mu to 1950 mu, which is collectively referred to as "a beautiful area". There are ten scenic spots in the park (Zhu Chuntao, Wan Lang snow, Lu Wan summer, Hushan true meaning, deer top Ying Hui, filling mountain Yin Xiu, lotus flower deep, ten Li Fang diameter, middle calf morning fog, three mountain Ying BI), and the Zhu Zhu spring scenic spot is the essence of the whole garden.

In the 1980s, it was expanded on a large scale, covering an area of 130 hectares.

geographical environment

geographical position

Yuantouzhu scenic spot is located in the southwest of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, on the northwest Bank of Taihu Lake, 31 ° 31 ′ 30 ″ N and 120 ° 12 ′ 52 ″ E. It is 22 kilometers away from Wuxi airport, 16 kilometers away from the railway station and about 18 kilometers away from the urban area. Relying on the cities, the scenic spot has three entrances and exits: Wuxi north of Huning Expressway, Wuxi East of huantaihu Expressway and Wuxi Nanquan of huantaihu expressway. The Wuxi East Exit of Huning Expressway connects Taihu Avenue directly to the scenic spot. In addition, Xicheng, Xiyi, Nanjing Hangzhou Expressway can easily and quickly reach the scenic spot.

Topography

Yuantouzhu scenic spot is a peninsula in Wuxi on the northwest coast of Taihu Lake. It is surrounded by water on three sides. It is composed of Baojie mountain, Luding mountain, Nandu mountain, Zhongdu mountain and Sanshan Island nearby. It looks like a floating turtle.

General situation of Yuantouzhu

Yuantouzhu scenic spot is a famous modern garden, which was built at the beginning of last century. Since last century, a large number of private gardens absorbing western culture have sprung up in Wuxi, among which Yuantouzhu is the largest. It was first built in 1918 by Yang Hanxi, President of Wuxi chamber of Commerce in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, he skillfully used the real mountains and water to build the garden. He built the private garden into a natural one, which is also a wonderful place to enjoy the water of Taihu Lake. In 1958, Guo Mo ruo toured Taihu Lake and left a poem that "Taihu Lake is the best place, after all, in Yuantou". The development of the Turtle Head Islet scenic spot has gone through two stages. One is the garden that was introduced in the last century and the essence of the whole scenic area. The other is the large-scale expansion after the 80s of last century, which expanded the area from the original 60 mu to the present 1960 mu. It is divided into ten scenic spots with different functions, some of which are mainly for sightseeing and others for spreading Taoist culture. There are convenient land and water transportation between the scenic spots. There are sanatorium and resort island around the scenic spot. At present, Yuantouzhu has an annual reception of about 2.2 million, and has become a golden tourist spot on the East China tourism line. With so many tourists coming to our scenic spot, the key is that the scenic spot has scenery all year round. They are spring flowers, autumn moon, summer lotus and winter snow.

Yuantouzhu occupies the most beautiful corner of Taihu Lake. Looking south, Taihu Lake has the spirit of Qingdao seaside; looking north, Taihu Lake has the beautiful scenery of Hangzhou West Lake. In this natural landscape of real mountains and water, supplemented by unique artificial embellishment, it has become the most ideal scenic spot for viewing Taihu Lake. After touring Taihu Lake, Guo Moruo, a poet, made a comment that "Taihu Lake is the best place, after all, in Yuantou". Yuantouzhu, with its boundless wind and moon of "not high but elegant mountain, not deep but vast water", magical changes of different scenes in the morning, middle and evening, sunny and rainy, and four seasons of spring flowers, autumn moon, summer lotus and winter snow, has attracted literati and countless Chinese and foreign tourists.

Main attractions

If you come to Wuxi, you must visit Taihu Lake. If you visit Taihu Lake, you must visit Yuantouzhu. The picturesque scenery of Turtle Head Islet is like nature itself. It is the essence of Taihu scenery, so it is called "the first place in Taihu".

Yuantouzhu scenic spot has a wide range of sceneries. You can first climb Shutian Pavilion of Luding mountain, overlook the four directions, wash your mind, and then go to Yuantouzhu, or walk along the flower path, or wade barefoot on the low beach, or take a boat to make waves on the lake, sit on the reef and meditate, go upstairs to enjoy the beauty of Taihu Lake, and finally cross the lake by boat to explore the beauty and magic of Taihu Lake Fairy Island. The main scenic spots of Yuantouzhu include Yuantouzhu archway, archway, Changchun Huayi, seven masted sailboat, cross strait friendship stone tablet, Xu Xiake bronze statue, deep lotus root, Wuxi Lvqing, Yuanzhu lighthouse, Yuanzhu Chuntao, cliff stone carving, Zhenze Shenyuan, Chenglan hall, etc.

Yuanmenlou

At the foot of Chong mountain, it is in the shape of a archway and covered with orange glazed tiles. It was built in 1986. From here, we can go 3.5km straight to the old gate. The whole journey is 3800 meters, crossing the water surface of Wulihu Lake, passing through ludingshan tunnel and leading to the old gate tower. The old gate tower is located in Dushan village. It was built in 1972 with double eaves and glazed tile roof. On the front, there are three gilded characters "Yuantouzhu"; on the back, there are "mountain and river". On the left side of the entrance is the gate tower of "Taihu villa", which passes through the moon cave gate and Qimei road to climb the 72 peak mountain Pavilion. Along the main road, through the 300 meter Dujuan slope, there is a ferry pier leading to Taihu Fairy Island, where a piece of water area of Taihu Lake is exposed and surrounded by Zhongdu mountain, Xiaoji mountain (Jinyuan) and Daji mountain peaks. In the vast area of the lake, you can see the three mountains, which are like big turtles. Yang Ling, a famous painter in the United States, wrote "cuiweizhang" for Yuantouzhu when he returned to China in 1935.

The memorial archway of Taihu Lake

Originally "Hengyun villa" gatehouse, built in 1931, the structure is classical, northern style, connected by brackets, glazed roof, cornice angle. In 1975, according to Guo Moruo's poems and his handwriting, he made the amount. It is the handwriting of Mr. Guo Moruo to write "Taihu Lake is a wonderful place". On the right side of the archway, there are brick arches, and brick inscriptions of "Lishe" and "Wenjin" on both sides. When you come to Yuantouzhu, you have to take a ferry here. The ferry berths here, so it is called "Lishe". Ferry visitors to here, I do not know where the "peach blossom" will have to "ask.". Enter the archway and erect the wall

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