The Spring Festival is coming soon, and many of my friends must have started planning travel to celebrate the New Year.

When going to Suzhou, many people will choose to go to some ancient towns to feel the quaint history and let their minds fly at the same time.

There are many ancient towns in Suzhou, the famous ones include Zhouzhuang, Tongli, Luzhi, etc. But if you go there during the holidays, you will definitely see the sea of ??people instead of the scenery.

As an authentic Suzhou native, I recommend to you four ancient towns that have the essence of Jiangnan ancient towns and are less crowded and beautiful. You will definitely remember them after visiting them.

The first one is Lili Ancient Town

A writer once wrote: When you walk into Lili Ancient Town, the river is bright, and the gray ancient ridges still remain on the high and low roofs. meaning.

The history of Lili Ancient Town can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. In 496 BC, the battle between Wu and Yue took place with Li, and Lili retains the traces of Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony.

Walking into Lili, a clear river more than three miles long divides the street into the north and south banks. Take a leisurely stroll along the bluestone road and savor the style of the ancient town.

The rows of houses on both sides of the river are mostly two-story buildings with wooden structures. The angled eaves, fly-leaf doors, lattice windows, and mottled black brick walls all illustrate the vicissitudes of the times. .

The deep alleys and alleys are a major feature of Lili. There are 85 narrow alleys perpendicular to the main road, with different structures. Most of them are narrow and deep: there are open alleys, some dark alleys, some water alleys, some cross-floor alleys at the bottom of Zoumatang, and two alleys. There are "Yuanyang Lane" in Yiyi, "Tongfeng Lane" which goes directly into the suburbs, and "Mother and Son Lane" which is located inside the inner city.

There are 5 lanes over 100 meters long, the longest is 135.7 meters, the narrowest is only 0.7 meters, and the widest is 2 meters. The name of the alley is very folk-colored, and it is generally called "a certain alley".

In the mid-Qing Dynasty, Lili Ancient Town had eight major surnames, "Zhou, Chen, Li, Kuai, Ru, Lu, Xu, and Cai", and each surname had its own lane. The Zhou family has Zhou Cifu Lane, Chen has Chenjiawantang Lane, Li has Li Ting Lane...

The second one is Guli Ancient Town

Guli Ancient Town is located in the eastern suburbs of Changshu City. It is a famous historical and cultural town in China. There is a local saying that goes: "The world is always familiar, and the blessed land is Guli."

Guli Town is located at the intersection of Qingduntang, Sanya Port and Qingshui Port. It gathered together as a place for fishermen to dock and distribute, gradually forming a market town. "Zongyuan Fangzhi Series? Qinchuan Zhi" of the Song Dynasty records: The terrain here is low-lying and overgrown with vegetation for many years, so it is called "Jianli Village".

The word "罟" was first used in the Ming Dynasty's "Mr. Tao Tuian's Collection". In the 13th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1833), Chunyi Zun Zhang Gongshou wrote a plaque "Guli Renfeng", and the word "Guli" was first used, which is still used today.

Guli Town has a long history. As early as the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Qian Zhen, a celebrity in the town, was an upright person and wrote a letter to the court to be accepted. Since the Qu family settled in Guli in the early Qing Dynasty, the market town has become more prosperous. By the middle of the Qing Dynasty, there were four major families in the town: Qu, Liu, Ding, and Wang. The commercial economy was developed, with 26 industries and 92 shops.

Guli Town is an ancient historical and cultural town with profound cultural heritage. There is also the Qu's Iron Qin and Bronze Sword Building, one of the four major libraries in the Qing Dynasty in China. Qu's Tieqin and Bronze Sword Tower has a history of more than 200 years. Together with Haiyuan Pavilion in Liaocheng, Shandong, Lu's Song Dynasty Tower in Gui'an, and Eight Thousand Volumes Tower of Jiang Ding's family in Qiantang, they are collectively known as the four major private book collections of the Qing Dynasty. building.

The Qu's Tieqin and Bronze Sword Building was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, with a construction area of ??285 square meters. It was originally called "Tian Yuzhai". The founder, Qu Shaoji, and the owners of the Qu's library for the five generations were indifferent to fame and fortune, and focused on collecting books and reading. For fun. Qu Yong, the second generation of the Qu family and the son of Shaoji, had an eclectic understanding of the ancient Ding and Yi seals. Among the gold and stone antiquities, the Qu family especially cherished an iron harp and a bronze sword, hence the name of the Iron Qin and Bronze Sword Tower.

The owner, Qu, has collected books for several generations, which has lasted for more than 200 years, leaving a rich cultural heritage to future generations. In December 1991, the Tieqin Tongjian Tower Memorial Hall was opened. The building here was announced as a provincial cultural relic protection unit on June 5, 2006.

The third one is Jinxi Ancient Town

In the past, older people in Shanghai and Suzhou all knew that there was a place called "Chen Tomb" at the junction of the two places. In a small water town, there is a "Wubao Lake" in the town, and a concubine named Chen is buried in the lake.

Jinxi is called "Chen Tomb", and there is a true story. During the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin soldiers from the north invaded south in a large scale. The Southern Song Dynasty prince Zhao Wei led the army from Hangzhou and went north along the canal to Zhenjiang, preparing to fight the Jin soldiers. When the warship passed Jinxi, a beloved concubine named Chen died of illness and had to be buried in Jinxi after her death.

Later, when Prince Zhao Wei ascended the throne and became emperor, he decreed that "Jinxi" should be renamed "Chen Tomb" to commemorate the deceased Concubine Chen. Later, the poet Wen Zhengming of the Ming Dynasty wrote a poem about this: "Whoever sees the golden bird in the underwater tomb, the beautiful woman with fragrant jade in her empty arms, the king's love will flow away, and she will win the surname Chen in Hanxi.

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According to research, during the “Songze Culture” period about 5,500 years ago, ancestors lived in the Jinxi area.

Jinxi Ancient Town is a place with a long history. The Jiangnan Water Town is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Folk Museums". The ancient town retains many cultural landscapes, historical sites, and countless architectural houses with unique Ming and Qing characteristics. As long as you arrive at Jinxi Ancient Town, You can understand the mystery.

The famous painter Mr. Chen Yifei came to Jinxi Ancient Town, as well as Zhouzhuang and Luzhi Ancient Towns adjacent to Jinxi, and took many photos with his camera. Then he went back to painting and creation.

The first-day cover "Memories of Hometown" he designed for the United Nations was once thought to be the Zhouzhuang Twin Bridges in the painting. In fact, the bridge in the painting is Nantang in Jinxi Ancient Town. Bridge. Nantang Bridge is the representative of Jinxi Ancient Bridge. It was built in the Southern Song Dynasty and is still an attractive place in Jinxi Ancient Town.

The fourth one is Shaxi Ancient Town.

< p> Shaxi Ancient Town is located in the middle of Taicang City. It is an ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 1,300 years. Since ancient times, it has been said that "the eighteen towns in Dongxiang and the first town in Shatou" are famous for its ancient town. The unique river shed architectural style and the complete ancient town pattern of "one river, two streets, three bridges and one island" have been rated as a national historical and cultural town. It is a typical strip-shaped water town.

One river. Refers to the Qipu River with a thousand-year history that runs through the town. The Second Street refers to the three-mile-long ancient street along the river on the north and south banks of Lao Qipu. The Third Bridge refers to the Liji Bridge and the Liji Bridge across Lao Qipu and connects the ancient streets on the north and south banks. Yixing Bridge and An Bridge are linked together by the Olive Island along the river, stretching for several hundred meters.

When you go to Shaxi Ancient Town, you must visit the former residence of Lu Jingshi. The house is a combination of Chinese and Western elements. The east side is the ancestral home of Lu Jingshi, which is a typical late Qing Dynasty residence. The west side is a three-bay, three-bay Republic of China building where Lu Jingshi returned to his hometown after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1946. It was built in a relatively Western style. The two buildings are connected by a small room. This room was originally a telephone room with a national direct telephone.

Also go to see the Carving Hall, which is for Gong. The third east hall of his ancient house was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and is now a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. The wood carvings on the beams in the hall are exquisite, making full use of various techniques such as deep carving, shallow carving, round carving, and openwork carving. < /p>

Be sure to bookmark these ancient towns. These are the ancient towns that tour guides are too lazy to recommend, because everyone knows that there are so many people, few beautiful scenery, and not much commercial atmosphere in these ancient towns, and the tour guides will cry.

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