Xietang old street

Xietang old street

Xietang old street is located on the Bank of Xietang River in the east of Jinji Lake in Suzhou Industrial Park. It is a commercial district with strong memory of Jiangnan Water hometown and humanistic feelings, characterized by cultural tourism. It was rebuilt on the original site of Xietang Town, which has a history of more than 760 years. At the beginning of the planning, it deeply explored its historical evolution and local customs. Through the planning and design of antique buildings, Soviet style gardens, greening and horticulture, leisure formats and other aspects, it organically integrated the traditional humanities and modern commerce, and created a city integrating catering, shopping, entertainment, culture and other functions Fashion and leisure district.

Xietang laojiequ comprehensive large building complex (block) is located in the east of Songtao street, Xietang street, Suzhou Industrial Park, the south of Yiting residential district and Longke residential district, the west of Xingtang street and the north of Xietang port It covers an area of 130473.84 square meters, with a planned construction area of 69672.47 square meters. It is composed of 40 1-3-story buildings (houses), streets, water systems, green landscape, etc. it is a comprehensive large-scale building area with commercial functions. It is named after the historical and geographical characteristics of the original Xietang Street, the design characteristics of staggered streets and lanes, and the historical and cultural charm it intends to embody.

Historical scene

The origin of the place name Xietang

The place name Xietang first appeared in the book written in 1249 by Zheng Lin, the prefect of Suzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty

In a brief account of the reconstruction of Kunshan pond. In his article, Zheng Lin described in detail the process of dredging loujiang River and harnessing Shahu Lake by Wei Jun in the sixth year of Chunxi (1179). When he recorded the channel before dredging, he said: "from Xinyang River to Wusong River, Xietang and Fengmen", in which he mentioned that the geographical location of Xietang was the same as today. Gao Qi, a poet in the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem entitled "the boat goes back to the river and goes over the slanting pond" when he lived in seclusion in Qingqiu, Wusong county (originally in Luzhi, Wuxian County, now in Shengpu). The poem says: "the water and sand in the pond are gone in the long spring, and there are no flowers in the early Qing and Ming Dynasties." I'm anxious to return to the rain in the cold spring. I'm lazy to stay in the boat and ask the restaurant. " From Gao Qi's experience, this poem should have been written between 1360 and 1370, more than 600 years ago. Therefore, the place name Xietang has a long history. The name of Xietang is related to its geographical location. Xietang is located in the east of Wujun. There are two waterways to the east of Wujun. One is the North Road: out of loumen, along the loujiang River to the East, through Shahu, Weiting and Kunshan to Taicang Liuhe river and into the Yangtze River, which is known as the main road of water transport. The other is the South Road: out of Fengmen, through Jinji Lake, along the eastbound Xietang River, through Tangpu, into nianyukou (the common name of the intersection of Wusong River and Xietang River), into Wusong River, eastward to Luzhi and Zhouzhuang, eastward to Shanghai, until through Wusong mouth to Jianghai. Luzhi and zhouzhuanggu were famous towns in Changzhou County, which were also under the jurisdiction of Wu County. The connection between counties at that time mainly depended on waterway. The two waterways, North and south, have no problem sailing in normal weather, but are basically cut off in bad weather. More than ten miles from loumen on the North Road, there is Shahu Lake. The original navigation channel is not safe. Coupled with the bad weather, it is even more daunting. It was not until the completion of Shahu pond dike in 1496 that this section of navigation channel was improved. As soon as the channel of south road goes out of Huangshi bridge, it goes into Jinji Lake. In the south of Jinji Lake, the channel of East and West Lakes is long, and the north and South are vast. The water potential is vast, and there are waves, which is more dangerous than that of North road. It was not until 1889 that the long dike of Jinji Lake was built that the waterway became a safe passage.

One town in Chefang is not as good as one gold in Xietang

Old street famous surnames / tell the rise and fall of the four surnames in the story. In the old days, Xietang merchants were known as "Jin, Zhang, Ma, Lu". Among them, Jin is the most powerful. There is a saying: "a town in Chefang is not as good as a town in Xietang." The Jin family was originally a large family who migrated from Pengcheng (today's Xuzhou) in Jiangsu Province to settle in dongshishao of Xietang town in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty to avoid war. After more than 300 years, they became a large business family in Xietang town.

The ancestor of the Jin family is Jin RIYUAN from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is recorded in Pengcheng genealogy in 1884 that the Jin family is the descendant of marquis Du. The ancestor who settled in Xietang was Jin Mengzhao, who moved from Pengcheng, Shandong Province (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province) in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Later, the descendants of the Jin family were half cultivated, half read, half Confucian, and half Shang. When the genealogy was compiled, the Jin family had a large number of people, such as Jin Yunqiao, Jin Jinjiang, and Jin Songpo There was a saying that "one town in Chefang, one gold in Xietang". Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Jin family in Xietang has opened pharmacies such as Jin Qianyang and Zhi Hetang, as well as stores such as Jin Zhengda Buhao, Jin Yongsheng Zaofang, Jin detai Hotel, Jin Jintai Nanhuo, Jin Zhengtai butcher, etc.

Local customs

During the Southern Song Dynasty, "Xietang" town had already formed a prosperous style of water and land channels and River streets. According to the records of Xietang Town, the old town (Xietang Street) was formed in the early Qing Dynasty, which was called nanxietang town. It can be said that "Xietang" has become an ancient town from an ancient village in the yuan and Ming Dynasties to the Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, when the economy was booming, merchants from south to North settled down in the old streets of the town, and gradually formed a prosperous market full of merchants. According to reports, Xietang old street used to be full of shops, most of which were "husband and wife shops" with small capital. According to Suzhou Ming Pao in 1928, there were as many as 270 shops, such as local goods shop, rice shop, cloth shop, silk shop, soy sauce garden, teahouse, restaurant, candy shop, Shouqi shop, mat grass shop and so on. According to the registration at the time of liberation in 1949, there were only more than 20 manual workshops such as blacksmith shops on the streets. The reconstruction plan proposes to restore many time-honored brands in Xietang old street, including Weiji Hotel, zhihetang drugstore, yongdaxiang silk shop, xiluxuan teahouse, etc.

Old street style

Developer profile

Suzhou Industrial Park Commercial Tourism Development Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Xinyuan holding group. With a registered capital of 1.6 billion yuan, it has four pillar industries including commerce, tourism, hotel and automobile, with assets of more than 4.3 billion yuan. The company was established in September 1996, formerly known as Suzhou Industrial Park Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and officially renamed Suzhou Industrial Park Commercial Tourism Development Co., Ltd. in December 2002. In September 2003, the company reorganized with Suzhou financial group, and in February 2005, the company reorganized with Jianwu group. In November 2007, the company was separated from Jianwu group as a first-class enterprise directly managed by state control company In November 2012, it was incorporated into Suzhou Xinyuan Holding Group Co., Ltd. Over the years, the business travel company has taken "the most valuable business investment and the most modern eco-tourism New Area" as its own responsibility, striving to provide investors with a vigorous, prosperous, mature and healthy business environment, and to provide the public with "the most abundant new choice of life consumption, the most fashionable new grade of leisure shopping, the most top new concept of entertainment and catering, and the most modern new eco-tourism environment" Enjoy. The company has always been closely around the overall situation of the development of the park, making every effort to develop and build tourism projects and characteristic commercial blocks around Jinji Lake. The completed projects include Jinji Lake Commercial Plaza, lakeside Xintiandi, moonlight pier, modern square, star capital center, heavy Yuan Temple, Youth Activity Center, Ferris wheel park, Jinji Lake water yacht, white pond ecological botanical garden, etc. Among them, the moonlight pier was rated as the best leisure business district in Suzhou, the ten landmark of new commercial real estate in Suzhou, the Suzhou characteristic commercial street, the civilized demonstration commercial block, and one of the ten most beautiful night spots in Suzhou. The Hubin new world project was awarded the "civilized demonstration commercial block"; the world's first Internet innovation marketing of China's scenic spot was awarded the 2012 most popular tourist attraction. . In addition, the projects of xinyuecheng and Xietang old street under construction will become the new highlights of commercial and residential buildings in the future. The development of business travel shows the past with impressive performance and creates the future with vigorous development.

Old street Charm

Less than Xietang old street, I don't know how to cross the past and the present

There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. "I don't know how many people have been affected by this popular saying. Suzhou garden is famous both at home and abroad. Its small jasper, soft and beautiful are attractive to all living beings. The charm of Suzhou lies not only in the fact that it is an ancient city with a history of more than 2500 years, but also in the fact that it has a new city that has just reached the age of weak crown, but has been able to meet the international standards. In addition, there is a 760 year old block in this new town, Xietang old street. Although she has been redesigned, she is still like an old man telling her glorious and long story to the world.

Listening to Riverside Garden is not only architecture but also scenery

Surrounded by pavilions, corridors and stones, it seems to have passed through ancient times

The streets and rivers depend on each other, the front River and the back street, small bridges and flowing water, simple and prosperous

Looking down, do you have a feeling of being in the back garden of the noble family

Those old houses, old scenic spots and time-honored brands will cross the tide of time and return to the prosperous place of that year.

Walking in the old Xietang Street

Xietang old street is a model of harmonious unity of ancient and modern, protection and construction, inheritance and innovation in the process of urban development and construction in Suzhou. "Foreign style" Suzhou industry

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