A day trip with Tongli, shopping and eating!

Although the same in the small, but the streets turn, winding path, full of confusing meaning. Its natural, quaint, humanistic beauty, the kind of exquisiteness that has been precipitated by history, makes it impossible for you to refuse to be close to it.

I have been to Zhouzhuang, Wuzhen and other ancient towns. Relatively speaking, Tongli is not a commercial town. In the fall of 2016, when I first came to Tongli, I fell in love with it. Walking in the streets of the ancient town of Tongli, I spent my leisure time on leisure days. I like the oldness and tranquility here. There are natural stories in Tongli and some people with stories.

schedule

Chuanxin Lane → Tuisi Garden → Jiayintang → Sanqiao Scenic Spot → Chongben Hall → Wang Shaoying Memorial Hall → Pearl Tower → Songshiwu Garden → Culling Hall → Zhuangyuan Residence

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In the Yuxing Street of Yuxing Street, a small alley in the ancient town is 300 meters long and very narrow. Two people pass by sideways. The walls on both sides are high and the small alley can't see the sunshine. It has a deep and deep mystery.
Walking on the slate with the heart, a squeaking noise will be heard under the feet, because some of the stones are hollow below. The small squats stretched forward, and the slate was deliberately misaligned, leaving large and small gaps. Then the pedestrians passed and they made an appealing sound.

Gu Changwei's propaganda film, "Love in the Same Door," puts a pair of young men and women in the same room and wears a romantic heart. The film is full of beauty and beauty, and it is full of deep emotions.

Come and walk through the heart and get a feel for the deep or shallow imprint on this stone road. How many people once stepped past this small millennium, and how many people have been there? Some people said that her past lives were in the same room and I hope my next life is also in the same country.

Shopping | Ming and Qing Street

Ming and Qing Street, the gray-grey gatehouse looks old and vicissitudes. On the gatehouse is the famous sociologist Mr. Fei Xiaotong's title "The Ming and Qing dynasties", which is quite ancient. The total length of 160 meters, the ancient street preserved the original stone pavement, the buildings on both sides of the street are mostly built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and maintained the original architectural style, all the way to go, the tasteful shops on the ancient streets, row upon row, Some sell local specialties, some are full of various calligraphy and calligraphy, and some are beautifully crafted.

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Huisi Garden is the most famous private garden in Tongli Ancient Town. It is both simple and elegant, elegant and elegant, with the architectural style of Jiangnan Garden in the late Qing Dynasty. It is also one of the attractions for tourists to visit in the same city. Take a stroll and feel relaxed and happy.

The receding garden is limited by the topography, and the building pattern is horizontal, from west to east, west to house, middle to court, and east to garden. Most of the large trees in the courtyard are citron trees. The tall branches of the trunk are covered. 
There are many places of elegance in the park: sitting on the spring moon-lounge, living in the rain, living in the sweet-scented osmanthus hall, and living in the cold, setting out the views of the spring, summer, autumn, and winter seasons; the piano room, the eye-yunting, and the Sintai, The Lanson Pavilion has shaped the landscapes of piano, chess, books and paintings. There is no shortage of modern calligraphy celebrity calligraphy.

“How small the garden is, how much is good view?” The receding garden, which has been listed as a World Heritage Site, is a classic of private gardens in the late Qing Dynasty, and is also the essence of the ancient town.
This place is really a treasure trove of humanities, and it is amazing that our generation is here to "retreat".

Eat | Wine Jars

Lunch was selected in the ancient town of the famous "Wine Jars".

The famous dish in the Taihu Lake is "Sanbai" --- steamed white fish, boiled white shrimp, and whitebait running eggs. Point steamed white fish, whitebait run eggs, leeks soup. It is a famous shop, the time for meals, or a lot of people, people do not stand on the door shouting, there are people looking along the way.

Steamed white fish, meat tender, delicious, a little entrance that is the feeling.

Visit | Jiayintang

Jiayintang is located in Youjia Nongkou, Zhuxing Street. It was built in the early years of the Republic of China. It has four advances, and the doors and windows are gracefully carved. Liu Bingnan, the owner of the house, set up an oil mill in Lushui, and then moved to Tongli to build a homestead. The total consumption of silver was 22,000. The same case as Mr. Liu Yazi, a famous patriotic poet.

The main building of Jiayintang is modeled on the structure of the Ming Dynasty, commonly known as the "shadow hall." Due to the head of the beam Liangmu hat like the Ming Dynasty hat, hence the name. The courtyard is tall and spacious and solemn and solemn. The center of the five beams is engraved with the "Eight Horses Figure" and the two sides of the beam are engraved with "Phoenian Peony." The bottom of the beam is engraved with patterns such as "Satisfied" and "High School". Even more rare is the “shadow-capped wing” (ie, the head of the girder) engraved with eight dramas such as “The Ancient City Association and the Three Kingdoms Warriors” in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The images are vivid and vivid.

In the main building of the Yarn Hall in Jiayintang, there is a couplet called “Stay back to live in an adequate retirement and enjoy the best”.

Shopping | Sanqiao Scenic Area

The so-called “Three Bridges” scenic spot is a scenic spot formed by Taiping Bridge, Geely Bridge and Changqing Bridge. The three bridges are very close to each other and are located above the Sancha River, and they look like “products”. They take a three-legged stance. Stand by each other.

Among these ancient bridges in Tongli Ancient Town, Tongli Third Bridge is the most representative and is the treasure of the same bridge. It is said that in the ancient town of Tongli, Tong Ding, Jiading, Marriage, and Longevity all have the custom of taking the Third Bridge to pray for peace, happiness, and auspiciousness, also known as “walking the safe road”. Generally follow: Changqing Bridge - Geely Bridge - Taiping Bridge in the order of priority, bypass week, do not go back.
When visiting the Jiangnan Wedding Customs Museum, the deepest impression is that when you get married, "walk the three bridges." Changqing Bridge - the groom holding the bride away, meaning love and love until the old; Gillies Bridge --- the groom is carrying the bride Walking, meaning and the United States and the United States step by step; Taiping Bridge --- the groom took the bride's hand to walk, implying that his wife is even. This way through the Three Bridges, foretelling that his whole life must be white to old, will be a blessing forever, so she and I also walked over this bridge, only wished to hold hands, always fortunate companions.

In each of the ancient towns of Jiangnan, boat trips are an option. Boats travel through the rivers of the ancient town and pass through a small bridge to experience the traditional lifestyle of the Jiangnan Water Village. Tucao is that the water quality in the river is not the same, affecting the perception, it also avoids boat trips.

With the waves of laughter from the tourists, I saw the strange scenery of “fishing in the sea”. Nowadays, a performance that is “a must-have in the same village” is more mixed with ornamental and interesting, but there is another. Situation.

Shopping | Chong Ben Tang

Chongbentang is very close to Sanqiao Scenic Area. The entire building consists of five entrances. It consists of the foyer, the main hall, the front floor, the back floor, and the kitchen. Chongben Hall covers an area of ​​less than one acre. The building has a small volume and the layout is very compact. And fine. The owner of Chongben Hall was Qian Jianqin and Tongli who were rebuilt on the basis of the original old house in the first year of the Republic of China.

The most attractive feature of this church is its various sculptures. In the courtyard, the brick gate floor is erected on the north side, and the flybass brackets with the imitation wood structure are set above the gatehouse, and the stone thresholds made of granite are shown below. There is a figure of landscape paintings on both sides of the door of the gatehouse, and the four characters of “Chongde Siben” are written on the top of the plate. Dene is the foundation of the world, and it is also the way for the owner of the house to admire.

Chongben Church has also been established as a wedding customs museum in the Jiangnan Water Town. There are many more festive elements here.

Wang Shaoying Memorial Hall

The Memorial Hall of Wang Shaoxun has a building area of ​​500 square meters. The memorial hall focuses on the life of Mr. Wang Shaozheng's battle. He introduced the brilliant performance of Mr. Wang Shaozheng through his physical objects, paintings and pictures. Among them, the first floor displays Wang Shaoyu's literature, physical objects, pictures, texts, etc., showing the experiences of Mr. Wang Shaozheng in different historical periods; the second floor is the annex hall, and part of the building is made of the Tongli Hall of Fame.

Eat | Cat Erye Family

The home of Cat Erye is a shop where we walk into the roaming room. Small fresh shop, very warm and homely feeling. The decoration of the store is the same as the name of the store. The theme is cats. There are a lot of ceramics about cats, and most of them are done by the owner himself. A variety of cute cat items in the shop, like a cat friend can buy a piece to bring back

The shop is full of Wenqing Fan's children. On each small table, there are several small notebooks of various styles. They record the emotional expressions of visiting guests in the shop. As the Romans do as the Romans do, I also draw (Tohoku, write a few The meaning of the pen) A few scenes. We asked for the characteristics of two small stores --- Rum Ice Cream, Xiaoyan.

Shopping | Pearl Tower

"Pearl Tower" attractions, can not find the tower in the garden, the Pearl Tower is just a literary "symbol", it is well-known in the Jiangnan area. The main story is the love story between Fang Qing and Chen Cuixi. The story of Pearl Tower originates from Tongli. The heroine Fang Qing sees the aunt and Cui Xie presents the pagoda. The history of Chen Wangdao's marriage to her daughter is transmitted in the same source. The Pearl Tower is based on the anecdotes and historical sites left behind in the “Pearl Tower” story widely spread in the Jiangnan people. It is legendary, and Tongli naturally has stories.

The attractions associated with the “Pearl Tower” are the Chenjiapai Building and the former residence of Chen Wangdao. This garden is a large mansion of Wang Pindao, a Liangpin official. It is the largest house in the ancient town, and the owner is the supervisor of Nanjing and has a background of Jinshi. For the former residence, there are Chen’s family’s home, Fu’s Church, and Chen Cai’s bookstore. The Chenjia archway has three facades. The top of the arch is the Nanmu structure. The square houses the cornices. The middle frontal plane is engraved with the four characters of “Qing Dynasty Servant”. The following front panel seals are carved: “The Ming Dynasty Wanli Temple is Nanjing Road. Surveillance Censor Chen Wangdao." On the wooden frame are also carved a variety of lifelike animals and animals.

The famous Pearl Tower Garden in the park is actually a guardian of ancient workshops. It was the former residence of Chen Wangdao who was appointed as the supervisor of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty. Chen Cuixi is his daughter.

Chen's old home Fufu Hall, Department of Ming Wanli Nanjing Monitor Censor Chen Wangdao 50 Sun Qing Kangxi Jinshi Chen Zhenzhen, using the old house reconstruction, at the time the scale of construction for the ancient town, the famous Pearl Tower story took place in Here. Chen also introduced the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal into its back garden. After the sluice was opened, a large ship in the backyard waterway allowed direct access to the canal to reach the five seas.

Walk through Tongli Garden and experience the classical and delicate gardens of the Jiangnan. Most like to wander in the ancient town, look at these old buildings, everywhere reveals the wisdom of the ancients.

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Songshi Wuyuan, referred to as “Wen Garden”, is the location of “Tongli Stone Exhibition Hall in Tongli Town”, and is located in Shipi Lane, Guzhen District, adjacent to Sanqiao Scenic Area and Pearl Tower Scenic Area. The garden covers an area of ​​1600 square meters. The park has 100 years of Ginkgo biloba. It is like an umbrella-covered white office building in the green yin. The patchwork wall is tiled in the green and the garden is quiet and elegant. It is an excellent view of the stone. Stone cave day home.

The name of the garden is that of the collector's poem: Shi Pi Nong Shi Shi Shi Shi Tianshu, my heart is still my understanding of my understanding Bodhi. In order to decipher the book of heaven and express it as a purpose of the pavilion, it is called "Peng Garden."

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Culling Hall was built by Zhu Xiang, the Ming Dynasty magistrate. Between the time of the construction, there were five to fifty-two, and now there are three to forty ones. Culling Hall, there is a building, a garden, there is fast, there is a pavilion, there is a pipa, lotus pond is set in the park, surrounded by river stones Hushi, high and low, unique and chic, is a typical Ming and Qing dynasty style.

The park displays a lot of rooted works of art that reproduce the diversity of Chinese culture.

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Located in Tongli Township, a unique restaurant, with the same food on the ancient street, using original ecological ingredients to cook delicious and unique cuisine, allowing visitors to enjoy the natural beauty of Jiangnan, while not forgetting to take the tongue Delicious delicacy on the.
Sitting on the river and watching cruise ships passing by, while savoring the local specialties, do not have a flavor.
If Tuisi Garden and Sanqiao make up the most beautiful pictures in Tongli, then the champion will give you a delicious experience. , Linhe Riverside, the only way to appreciate the southern style, Xiao Creek, leisurely life, this feeling, the scene, far from the city.

The whitefish and whitebait in the three whites of Taihu Lake were ordered for lunch and boiled white shrimp was added to the dinner.

Fried Ma Lan head, relatively crisp green leafy dish, very tender

Taihu Lake Sanxian - Gorgon, water chestnuts, lotus root fried together, really good, delicious and delicious.

The championship's signboard - Chaizha meat, oil but not greasy, the entrance of the feeling, sweet, Jiangnan flavor.