Jiangnan ancient town

Jiangnan ancient town

Jiangnan ancient town is a collective concept,

In geography, it generally refers to "the ancient town south of the Yangtze River", especially the ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. The intersection of "water" culture and "ancient" culture is the soul of Jiangnan ancient town - "preserving historical features, activating modern functions" and "ecological residence". Jiangnan ancient town is a cultural heritage group, mainly including ancient buildings, old blocks and folk customs.

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Ancient town at a glance

Taohuayuan ancient town

In the Taiyuan period of Jin Dynasty, Wuling people were engaged in fishing. Taohuayuan is famous for Tao Yuanming's "famous scholars" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It is famous both at home and abroad for its idyllic beauty, temples and pavilions, poems and inscriptions, and historical legends. It is not only a symbol of official seclusion culture, but also a place of idyllic poetry, ideal land, and Chinese dream that Chinese all over the world yearn for.

The authoritative reference book Cihai clearly points out that Taoyuan mountain is located in the southwest of Taoyuan County, Hunan Province. Taoyuan cave, also known as Qinren cave and Baima cave, is the site of Taohuayuan recorded by Tao Yuanming in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Taohuayuan ancient town, located in Taoyuan, Changde, China, is a well-being place of "Taohuayuan" officially recognized by the authorities of past dynasties. It is next to Taohuayuan scenic spot, a national AAAA level tourist area. It has a scale of 1600 mu and is developed and managed by Chongqing Tongyuan group, an expert in the development and operation of ancient towns in China. The water color of tunyuan River, the beauty of Na Xiaoxiang and the scenery of Wuling gather the unique natural landscape resources of Wuling.

"Taohuayuan ancient town" has six tourism functional elements of "food, accommodation, transportation, entertainment, shopping and tourism". It not only has large-scale catering, Xiaoxiang characteristic snacks and temple fair snacks, but also has characteristic five-star hotels, Traditional Courtyard Inn and characteristic tourism commodity street, gathering exquisite business products from all sides. In particular, the unique variety show, large-scale cultural theme park, Taohua square, Taohuayuan square, etc Twin Towers, ancient stage, temple fair, Town God's Temple, Confucious'temple, money house, BIE Bureau, Wang Ting Pavilion, ancient suspension bridge, peach blossom stream, five Liuhe, city gate building, entrance main and sub memorial archway will be fun for people. In terms of their living function, there are not only four buildings in the north, a southern printing, six contract spring traditional architectural form, but also supporting planning is high. Quality housing. "Taohuayuan ancient city" will become a tourist and holiday resort, as well as a paradise for people to do business and live in.

"Taohuayuan ancient town" project was developed and constructed in 2013, with a development cycle of 8 years. After completion, it is expected to receive 6 million tourists annually. Relying on the unique natural landscape resources of Changde Taohuayuan, the project is an international tourism and leisure resort with international tourism, leisure and health preservation, and harmonious coexistence of nature and humanity.

Zhu Jiajiao

The land of Zhujiajiao was formed about 7000 years ago. Relics from the Neolithic Age to the spring and Autumn Warring States period are found at the bottom of Dianshan Lake. Before the Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Youquan County, Lou County, Jiaxing County, Xinyi county and Kunshan county respectively. In the tenth year of Tang Tianbao (751), it belonged to Huating county and Kunshan county. In the song and Yuan Dynasties, it gradually became a small market town, known as Zhujia village. In the 29th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1292), it belonged to Huating County, Shanghai county and Kunshan county. In 1542, it belonged to Qingpu County and Kunshan county. In the 40th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1612), it became a big town, renamed zhujiege, also known as Zhuxi, commonly known as Jiaoli. In 1954, Zhujiajiao Town was established as a town directly under the county. In 1958, it merged with yelong Township and established the red flag people's commune with a population of 30929. It was renamed Zhujiajiao commune in 1959. In February 1962, Zhujiajiao Town was restored as a county town. In May 1984, Zhujiajiao Town was established.

Luzhi

Luzhi: "the first water town in China" is Fei Xiaotong's praise to Luzhi Town, Wuxian City, Jiangsu Province. Luzhi town has a civilization history of 2500 years. Ancient culture, places of interest, ancient bridges, ancient streets, ancient houses, and ancient ginkgo trees with a history of more than 1300 years. Luzhi, according to the records of Puli, was originally named Puli because there was "pulitang" in the west of the town. Later, it was renamed "Luzhi" because there was a straight port in the east of the town, leading to six places, and the water flow was as cool as "Lu".

Zhouzhuang

Zhouzhuang, the first water town in China, is located in the southeast of Suzhou City and the southwest of Kunshan. It was called zhenfengli in ancient times. During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Zhouzhuang was the fief of shaoziyao, the king of Wu. In the first year of Yuanyou (1086) of the Northern Song Dynasty, more than 200 mu of Zhou Digong's house was donated to the local Quanfu temple, which was named Zhouzhuang. In the early years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it was officially named Zhouzhuang Town.

Tongli

Tongli, a famous historical and cultural town in China, is a beautiful and quiet water town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is located on the Bank of Taihu Lake and the Dayun River, 17 kilometers away from Suzhou. It is an ancient town with a long history and typical water town style. It has a history of more than 1000 years. It has the characteristics of "small bridge, flowing water and other people" water town scenery, human culture and cultural relics It is famous at home and abroad for its color. Tongli is surrounded by water on all sides. The ancient town is inlaid in Tongli, Jiuli, yeze, Nanxing and Pangshan lakes. The town is divided into seven polders by 15 rivers in the shape of "Chuan". 49 ancient bridges built in different ages form a whole island. It is one of the most complete water towns in Jiangsu Province. In 1998, Shuixiang ancient town was listed in the preparatory list of world cultural heritage. In November 2000, tuisiyuan was listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO.

Mudu

Mudu, the first garden town in South China. Mudu ancient town is located at the foot of Lingyan mountain in the western suburb of Suzhou. It is built close to the mountain and lives near the water. Its unique pattern is rare in many ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Mudu is the only garden town in Jiangnan. There were more than 30 private gardens in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a history of more than 2500 years. It is said that at the end of the spring and Autumn period, in order to please beauty Xishi, King Fu Chai of Wu built guanwa Palace on the top of Lingyan mountain and added gusutai, "gather materials in three years, and it will be completed in five years". He blocked the river harbor at the foot of the mountain and "blocked the building block". Thus, Mudu got its name. During the Three Kingdoms period, Mudu was an important town of the three Wu dynasties. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sikong Luwan was a descendant of Lu Xun. He once built a house in the former site of guanwa palace in Lingyan mountain. Later, he gave up his house as a temple. Mudu became a Buddhist resort. In the Song Dynasty, according to the records of Yuanfeng jiuyu, Mudu town was set up in the Northern Song Dynasty, belonging to Wu County. During Kangxi's three tours to the South and Qianlong's six trips to the south, Mudu was lucky. Xujiang, Xiangxi intersection, Lingyan, Tianping, Shishan, Hengshan, Yaofeng and other famous mountains arch, known as "treasure bowl". There are many famous people in Mudu, such as Fan Zhongyan, Yuan Yuchang, Zhu Bishan, Lu Zigang, Yang Ji, Wu Kuan, Xu Fang, Wang Wan, Ye Xie, Shen Deqian, Bi Yuan, Feng Guifen, ye Changchi, and modern Shen Shou, Tang Er, Yan Jiagan, Wang Weiyi, etc.

Nanxun

Nanxun, an ancient town of Nanxun in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, is located at the junction of Zhejiang and Jiangsu. It is a famous ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. There are many famous gardens and historic sites in the town, including xiaolianzhuang, YingYuan and jiayetang library. Among them, the most famous are xiaolianzhuang and JIAYE library. JIAYE library is actually a small garden in the south of the Yangtze River. The main building is a library of western style. This library is one of the four major libraries in the south of the Yangtze River. It was built by Liu Chenggan, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, from 1920 to 1924. The largest collection of books was 600000 volumes. It is the ancient books library of Zhejiang Provincial Library.

Xitang

Xitang, an ancient town in Jiashan, Zhejiang Province. Xitang, known as Xutang and Xietang in ancient times, also known as Pingchuan, has rich historical and cultural accumulation. In the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, Xitang was the junction of Wu and Yue, so it was also known as wugen and Yuejiao. Xitang flat terrain, vertical and horizontal rivers, oars sound water, green tiles gray wall, everywhere green waves, every family near the water. There are well preserved architectural communities of Ming and Qing Dynasties in the small town. The corridor shed and the ancient lane can be called "double unique" and have a different charm.

Wuzhen

Wuzhen: Wuzhen ancient town, Tongxiang, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. In the town, rivers such as weaving, stone bridges, high walls and deep alleys, and water pavilions and cornices present typical water scenery everywhere. Wuzhen, eyes full of water shadow. Mao Dun was born here in 1896. In history, the town has produced 64 Jinshi, 161 Juren, Mao Dun, Shen Zemin, Yan Duhe and other celebrities. The residential buildings of Qing Dynasty on Wuzhen Street are well preserved. The walls of Wuzhen are often painted with black paint, which is called "Wuzhen" in Tongxiang of Jiangnan.

Ancient town culture

History of development

1. Ancient towns in spring and autumn, Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties. The southern part of Hubei Province includes Hunan and Jiangxi provinces.

2. Modern times refer to the ancient towns in southern Jiangsu and Northern Zhejiang.

3. Tang Dynasty (Zhenguan Shidao) Jiangnan Dao ancient town. Including: Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Southeast of Danyang in Jiangsu and south of Yangtze River in Anhui.

4. Jiangnan ancient town in poetry refers to the area beautified by literati. They are mainly ancient towns centered in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and ancient towns in Taihu Lake Basin in the south of the Yangtze River in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

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