Water town Wuzhen Introduction Water town Wuzhen, the cover of China. Inherit the history and culture of thousands of years, simple and beautiful scenery of water towns; Gourmet dishes with unique flavors; Colorful folk festival. The profound cultural heritage and immutable lifestyle make Wuzhen a living fossil of ancient civilization. The inheritance of wisdom, accompanied by a strong sense of scholarship, presents a fascinating historical picture here. It's an innate beauty. In 1991, Wuzhen was rated as a provincial historical and cultural city. In 1999, the ancient town protection and tourism development project began. In 2000, it was introduced to the market and achieved great success. Now Wuzhen scenic spot has been rated as a national AAAA scenic spot and is one of the 20 Golden Week forecast scenic spots.
Wuzhen is located at the end of Tongxiang Province, west of the city, north of Wujiang County, two provinces and three cities. Land transportation has the county road Yao Zhen line through the town, through the Yao Zhen road can be connected with the provincial road, the national road 320 road, 318 road, Shanghai-Hangzhou expressway. Wuzhen is 13 kilometers away from Tongxiang urban area, 27 kilometers away from the surrounding cities, 45 kilometers and 60 kilometers away from Wujiang, 80 kilometers away, 140 kilometers away. Although Wuzhen has gone through the vicissitudes of more than 2000 years, it still completely preserves the style and pattern of the original water town, and the wood and stone carvings on the beams, columns, doors and Windows are exquisite. Local residents still live in these old houses today. The town is connected to the river into the street, bridge street, by the river to build houses, deep house compound, heavy ridge high eaves, river port, across the street, through the bamboo stone fence, water pavilion, antique, water town one, presenting a simple, bright and quiet, is a typical "bridge, water, people" SLATE path, old wooden houses, and clear lake breath, as if to remind a mood, a kind of atmosphere.
White Lotus Tower belongs to the Song and Yuan dynasties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas of the mixed structure of brick and wood pavilion tower, looking at its tower, the appearance of the shuttle, in fact, the tower plane is square, the base is also a 24 by 24 meters square, the internal ground is paved with square bricks. The whole tower body gradually closes from the first floor to the inside, overlooking from the height, and the scenery of Wuzhen can be seen. At night, the tower body is illuminated by lights, and it is beautiful. History: The original White Lotus Pagoda Temple is nine rooms, three deep, and its main hall is built on a platform more than two meters high, which is very majestic. According to the records of the town, Zhang Jun's original shrine was also built in the former White Lotus Pagoda Temple. Later, Qin Hui incident, Zhang Jun by the conspiracy, the temple was abandoned. In the later period of the Republic of China, an officer once converted the White Lotus Temple into a theater.
The former residence was built in the mid-19th century, with a construction area of 650 square meters, and is a Qing Dynasty residence. The latter is a two-story building that serves as a kitchen, dining room and living room. The shape and layout of the whole cemetery adopts the "zi" font layout, "Zi" is taken from Mr.'s representative work "Midnight", the stroke is simple, the creative use of longitude and latitude is clear, and the meaning is seen in the aesthetic sense.
The middle slope of the cemetery also has a "Huai Si Pavilion", which can overlook the whole picture of the Lingshui House.
Beijing-hangzhou originated in the Spring and Autumn period in the Han ditch dug, has a history of nearly 2,500 years, it is the world's longest ancient, a total length of more than 2700 kilometers. Wuzhen is located more than 100 kilometers away from the south starting point, and is the only ancient town directly connected with Da. This canal is connected with the Haihe River and the Jiang River in the south, connecting the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River and the Jiang River into a unified water transport network, which is a miracle of the transformation of nature by the working people in ancient China. At present, foreign famous great Suez, Panama, the former Soviet Union Turkmen and so on. The length of these is not only much shorter than that of our country, but also more than 1000 years later than the time of the Sui Dynasty. It is the mother river of Wuzhen, and her feeding has created the economic prosperity of Wuzhen. Close to Wuzhen West gate block under the white lotus tower, big from west to north turned a big bend. Overlooking the tower, the farmland on both sides is abundant, the ships shuttle endlessly, the morning light and the sunset, the ripples of light, just like a ecliptic. Yida Silk workshop Yida Silk was founded in the early years of Guangxu (1875), the founder of Shen Xuechang, decades of ups and downs, the silk repeatedly up, with excellent service to the city, small profits and quick sales to win.
According to legend, Wuzhen's brewing industry was very developed in the old days, and there were more than 20 brewing workshops in the Ming Dynasty, especially Gao Gongsheng, Shunxing and Yongsheng. Now only Gao Gong Sheng Chao Fang, formerly known as Gao Gong Sheng Sauce Garden, was built in the early Ming Dynasty. The "three Baijiu" produced by the company is famous for its rich aroma, mellow wine taste, soft mouth, clean aftertaste and lingering fragrance. When Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, celebrated his enthronment, Governor Gao Zhongyue selected the Sanjiu liquor produced by Shengzhaofang, Gaogong, Zhongwuzhen, as a tribute for the royal family to enjoy. Gao Gong Sheng bad Fang also prospered from this, has been popular in the area for hundreds of years, enduring. Bad square for the front and back square pattern.
Legend has it that there is a custom of walking men left and women right, walking over the bridge, you must walk left and right halves, so you can walk away from this bridge. Standing on Fengyuan, it is an excellent viewpoint to look at one of the beautiful sceneries of Wuzhen - the God of Wealth Bay. At the top of your eyes, you can see the weeping willows on the east bank and the water pavilion on the north bank.
The coins exhibited in the coins Hall are all the fine works collected by Mr. Yu over the decades. In this small Qingtiled residence, coins are the books of history. A quick glance, when you can appreciate the vast coin world one of two. Yu Liuliang, a native of Wuzhen, is a major coin collector. He is the author of more than ten academic monographs such as "Chinese Money", "Chinese Appreciation and Collection", "Coins", "Coins", "Numismatic Steel", "World Circulation Coins" and so on. He painstakingly collected for 40 years, with nearly 26,000 kinds of coins from more than 230 countries and regions in the world, including metal circulation currency, paper money, money, etc., the material of gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, aluminum, lead, antimony, pottery, nickel, paper, bamboo, bone, glass, plastic and other 15 kinds, stretching from the summer Shang Dynasty to the modern age, stretching for a whole 30 centuries. Its large number, wide range and variety are second to none. The old post office Wuzhen has a long history. Wuzhen in the Tang Dynasty was a very developed commercial town, and Beijing and Hangzhou passed through the town. In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a formal division of horse stage and water stage. Most of the stages set up in Wuzhen Mirror were water stage, which was to deliver official documents by ship. There were fixed ship households in the post station, responsible for delivering official documents.
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