Xihui garden cultural relic area

Xihui garden cultural relic area

Xihui scenic area is located at the foot of the beautiful Xihui mountain in the west of Wuxi, the "Pearl of Taihu Lake", with convenient transportation and 2 kilometers away from the city center. Nestled close to the Beijing Hangzhou canal, it is built by Xishan and Huishan. It covers an area of about 70 hectares, including the most beautiful mountains and forests of Xishan and Huishan. With a tour area of 45 hectares, it is a large-scale comprehensive garden which is famous for its cultural relics, beautiful scenery and springs, and suitable for sightseeing and leisure. It has beautiful landscape and splendid culture. It is known as Wuxi "open-air museum" and "spiritual home". It receives more than 1 million tourists from home and abroad every year (including about 200000 overseas tourists). It is a national AAAA scenic spot and ISO14001 international environmental management system certification unit.

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geographical position

Wuxi, located on the shore of Taihu Lake and at the foot of Huishan mountain, is a famous Jiangnan City with a long history, rich products and rich culture.

Located in the west of Wuxi City, Huishan, which was praised by Emperor Qianlong as the first mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, was called Lishan, Huashan and xishen mountain in ancient times. Its mountain shape is like Jiulong leaping, so it is also called Jiulong Mountain. Xishan contains the essence of Xi Hui scenic area. The collection of Xi Hui scenic spots is the balance of Huishan. The origin of Wuxi's place names has a special origin from Xishan. As early as the Neolithic age four or five thousand years ago, Xishan people lived here, shining with the light of Majiabang culture. Qin Shihuang once garrisoned here, leaving the remains of Qin Huangwu. In the later Han Dynasty, there were woodcutters who got Jieshi in Xishan. The inscription said: there are tin soldiers, and the world struggles; Wuxi Ning, and the world is clear. Add magic color to the origin of Wuxi place names.

Wuxi Xihui garden cultural relic scenic spot is rich in historical and cultural landscape and scenic resources with complete categories and characteristics of foothills in Wuxi area. It has been enjoying the reputation of Wuxi open-air History Museum for thousands of years. A large number of famous scenic spots, such as the second spring in the world and Jichang Garden, are famous at home and abroad.

Special tour

Xihui park has three characteristic tourist areas: free entrance Park, Xishan leisure area with amusement and leisure as the highlights, and Huishan historic area with the world's second spring as the classic representative. The total area of Xihui park is 90 hectares. It includes three fine Gardens: the only ancient garden of Ming Dynasty in Wuxi, Jichang Garden with a long history of 500 years, Chinese azalea garden with the theme of azalea and Yinyuan park with bonsai in the south of the Yangtze River. There are 15 national, provincial and municipal cultural protection units, 22 places, 206 scenic spots, 11 ancient springs, 314 inscriptions since Ming Dynasty, and 80 ancient and famous trees. There are also national intangible cultural heritage Huishan clay figurine and Jiangsu provincial intangible cultural heritage Huishan folk culture temple fair. It receives more than 8 million tourists every year, and is the most popular park in Wuxi and even East China.

Natural scenery

Wuxi is a vast area with few mountains and no mountains or rivers. However, Xishan and Huishan have unique qualities, with lush trees, springs and waterfalls, and rich cultural resources. In the northern and Southern Dynasties, Lishan thatched cottage was built in Huishan, which was the predecessor of Huishan temple. In ancient times, the meanings of Hui and Hui were interlinked. Wisdom means fortune. Therefore, the name huiquanfu was used in Xihui mountain. Li Shen, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, studied in Huishan temple when he was young. He wrote the poem "compassion for the peasants": weeding day in the afternoon, sweat dripping in the soil. Who knows, every meal is hard. He also affectionately called Huishan Jiashan. Since the Tang Dynasty, the second spring has been famous all over the world. With the spread of the famous song "Er Quan Ying Yue" in modern times, it has become a household name. Shijingchuang, Tingsong stone bed, Lu Yu, Li Yangbing, Qin Guan, Su Dongpo, Huang Tingjian, Wen Zhengming and many other literati chanted Huishan and Erquan, leaving a brilliant chapter for Xihui scenic area. In the Song Dynasty, the Jinlian bridge was well proportioned and exquisitely carved, with excellent cultural and cultural value. Standing at the foot of Xishan Mountain, Longguang tower has been the landmark of Wuxi City for more than 400 years. Jichang Garden, built in the Ming Dynasty, has become a model of Chinese classical gardens for its superb gardening art. It is green, simple and broad-minded. It is not only liked by scholars, but also a favorite place for Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong to visit Wuxi six times. Qianlong seemed to like Jichang Garden very much. He ordered the painters to follow this painting. After returning to Beijing, he imitated a garden in Qingyi Garden (today's Summer Palace) and named it Huishan garden, today's Xieyuan garden, which set a precedent for the successful cloning of Chinese gardens.

Main attractions

There are 18 national, provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units in Xihui scenic spot, accounting for 23% of the cultural relics protection units in Wuxi. Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, from ancient times to the present. There are Erquan academy, Bishan yinshe and dianyitai in Ming Dynasty; huaxiaozi temple, Qianwang temple, guxiancheng temple, Ligang temple and zhangzhongcheng temple; Huishan temple, Longguang temple, Rencao temple and other Buddhist relics; Yuhuang hall; toumaofeng and other Taoist Fairies in the area. It is the gathering place and precipitation area of Chinese traditional Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Poetry, books, rites and music, morning bell and evening drum. The spring is murmuring and the pines are bursting. Coca trees are all over the area, with birds, insects, fish and animals, and forest springs. The collection of famous mountains, springs, ancient gardens and temples is actually the best place for cultural prosperity and beautiful scenery. Great Wang Yan, the mountain is the first, the spring is the second, the temple is majestic, the temple is Jiaoxiao temple, Jiaozhong temple. The couplet at the gate of Huishan Temple exactly reflects the educational function of Xihui scenic area.

Huaxiaozi Temple

Huaxiaozi temple, located in the inner side of guhuishan temple in Wuxi Xihui Park, collects Huabao of Wuxi Xiaozi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In 481, the third year of Jianyuan period of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Gao of the Qi Dynasty granted the amount of "filial son" to Huabao's former residence, which was recorded in the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, a special ancestral temple was built, with a child bun and a long beard. The temple has been abandoned and revived for many times. The present building started in the Ming Dynasty and was completed in the Qing Dynasty. The ancestral hall faces to the East, and there are four archways in front of the gate. It is commonly known as the roofless Pavilion. It is a single room, square, wood and stone structure, with exquisite alginate decoration. It is a memorial building of the Fahrenheit clan to show loyalty, filial piety, righteousness and Kedi. It was built in the 13th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1748). Ancestral hall gate arch type. On the top of the veranda hall, there are bamboo leaf agate and Tuoshi. The Chengze pool, which has a tracing bridge, has an octagonal stone turtle pool in the West. The walls of the pool are decorated with stone oyster heads in the north and south, and the two springs of water are taken in. Therefore, it is also called Shuanglong pool. Xiangtang, the main building in the west of the pool, was built in 1485, the 21st year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, and was renovated in 1762, the 27th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. It still maintains the style of the Ming Dynasty. It is of three rooms and eight frames, Xieshan and nanmu structure, but the square columns and column bases are all stone, with simple and elegant decoration. Its inner wall is inlaid with 35 Ming and Qing inscriptions, most of which were copied in 1984.

On November 21, 1983, it was announced by Wuxi Municipal People's government as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

Tomb of a Bing

Hua Yanjun, also known as a blind man, was born in Wuxi. He was a folk musician. He used to be a Taoist. Later, he was blind and wandered on the street. He lived a rough life. He composed erhu songs such as Er Quan Ying Yue, Ting song, Han Chun Feng Qu, Pipa songs such as big waves washing sand, Zhao Jun leaving the fortress, Long Chuan, etc. The tomb is now a cultural relic protection unit in Wuxi City.

Yingshan Lake

In the east of shunchunshen stream, Yingshan lake, located between Xishan and Huishan mountains, was called "qinhuangwu" in ancient times. In 1958, the people of Wuxi worked on a voluntary basis. In October, they dug 50000 square meters of soil and built the qinhuangwu into an artificial lake of 14000 square meters. The clear water surface integrates the scenery of Xishan and Huishan. Cuifeng, ancient pagoda and Xiuting are reflected in the lake, so it is named "Yingshan Lake".

Erquan Academy

Erquan academy, listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Wuxi City, was built in 1516. Judging from the remains of Haitian stone house and tingsongfang Academy on Huishan, the scope of Erquan Academy was very large at that time. According to historical records, there were 15 scenes such as Haitian Pavilion, transcendent hall and dianyi terrace. Shao Bao has been lecturing here for 11 years, teaching students "morality is the most important, followed by fame." After his death, Shao Bao changed his ancestral hall to offer sacrifices to him. It was destroyed and built many times in history. The last restoration was in the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, but it was beyond recognition.

Huishan Temple

Built in the southern and Northern Dynasties, it was formerly known as "Lishan thatched cottage" built by Zhan Ting, the envoy of situ Youchang in the Liu Song period of the Southern Dynasty. In the first year of Jingping in Liu Song Dynasty, the thatched cottage was transformed into a monk's house, which was called "Huashan jingshe". In the third year of Liang Datong, Huashan jingshe was changed into Huishan temple. Over the past 1000 years, after several ups and downs, many eminent monks have been stationed or presided over here, and many celebrities have visited or lived here for a period of time. Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong visited the South six times respectively, but they all went to Huishan temple seven times to burn incense and worship Buddha. Emperor Kangxi visited Huishan temple and tasted spring in Yilan hall. During his southern tour, Emperor Qianlong took a rest in Qin Garden (Jichang Garden) and zhufou Lushan house, and wrote many poems and plaques, especially "Huishan Temple".

Huishan temple in the Tang and Song Dynasties, incense is very popular, the scope of the temple includes Yugong Valley and Jichang Garden, there are 1098 monk houses. At present, the historical sites preserved in the temple include: Shijing building of Tang and Song Dynasties, Jingang hall, Xianghua bridge, Riyue pool, Jinlian bridge, Jinlian pool, yubeiting, Tingsong stone bed, ancient ginkgo tree, Datong hall, Zhulu mountain house, yunqi building, etc.

Huishan temple was built in the northern and Southern Dynasties, formerly known as the Lishan thatched cottage by Shi zhanting, the head of situ Youchang in the Southern Dynasties. In the Pingnian of Liu Songjing, the thatched cottage was converted into a monk's house, known as "Huashan jingshe". In the third year of Liang Datong, Huashan jingshe was changed into Huishan temple. Emperor Kangxi visited Huishan temple and tasted spring in Yilan hall. During his southern tour, Emperor Qianlong took a rest in the Qin Garden (Jichang Garden) and Zhulu mountain house, wrote many poems and plaques, especially the inscription of "Huishan Temple".

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