Everyone knows that Suzhou is a "garden city", but Suzhou is still a "canal city". Do you know this?
In 2014, the Grand Canal of China was successfully selected into the World Cultural Heritage List.
The Grand Canal is a precious heritage left by our ancestors and a flowing culture. As an important node city in the construction of the Grand Canal cultural belt, Suzhou is the only city along the Grand Canal that has applied for the heritage with the concept of "ancient city".
Presents the unique urban historical and cultural landscape of the Grand Canal.
Suzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal starts from Xin ‘an Shadun Port at the junction of Suzhou and Wuxi in the north, reaches Shihu Lake in the southeast, turns east to baodai bridge in the east of Suzhou, then turns south to Taipu River, and flows through Xiangcheng, Gaoxin, Gusu, Wuzhong and Wujiang, with a total length of about 80 kilometers. The communication rivers include Shantang River, Shangtang River, Xujiang River, Ping Jianghe, Huancheng River and Boat Trackers’s Road, which are important sources of living water in Suzhou River.
In order to create a good symbol project and strengthen the "living protection" of the canal, Suzhou is stepping up the construction of the "Ten Scenes of the Canal".
Wumenwangting
Looking at the grand canal for thousands of years
Wangting is the first town where the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal enters Suzhou. Bai Juyi’s poem "Lights go through the village and city, and songs go up to the post building" depicts the prosperous scenery of Wangting in ancient times. In the long history of thousands of years, Wangting has left the imprint of rice culture, Liangzhu culture, Songze culture and ancient post culture.
Hushuguan
Guanhuo wharf wufu minfeng
Hushuguan Town, known as "the land in the south of the Yangtze River and the wharf in Wuzhong", is a thousand-year-old town that is prosperous because of the Grand Canal. In the fourth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1429), it was set up as one of the seven major money gates in China in the first year of Jingtai (1450), hence the name Hushuguan.
a night-mooring near maple bridge
Tang style’s Poetic Rhyme in Ancient Hanshan
Fengqiao started with poems and prospered with rivers. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Ji stayed at Fengqiao overnight and waved famous poems, which attracted countless literati wanderers to Fengqiao for thousands of years to find the wonderful poetic realm of "fishing in the river". fengqiao ancient town, Hanshan ancient temple, ancient canal, Fengqiao and Tielingguan in the scenic spot are well-known at home and abroad.
Pingjiang Gu Xiang
Visiting Wumen in Laojie Lane is elegant.
Gu Xiang in Pingjiang is the most typical and complete historical and cultural protection area in Suzhou, which can be called the epitome of Suzhou ancient city. There are more than 20 vertical and horizontal streets and lanes and 13 ancient bridges in Pingjiang Historic District. Hong Jun’s former residence, Li Geng Tang Pan Zhai and Gu Jiegang’s former residence are the architectural treasures of China. Shenzhai and Quanjin Guild Hall are the important carriers of Chinese intangible cultural heritage Pingtan and Kunqu live transmission.
tiger hill tower
Legend of the Rock Creek in Youhuqiu Mountain
Huqiu is known as "the first scenic spot in Wuzhong", and Huqiu Mountain has the demeanor of "the table of rivers and valleys in Zuo Qiu". The Millennium Yunyan Temple Tower in the scenic spot is the second leaning tower in the world, and the eternal mystery of the tomb of King He Lv of Wu is buried in the sword pool. Thousands of people have left a story of "giving a lecture, and thousands of people are sitting under it". Wanjing Mountain Villa brings together the essence of Soviet bonsai, which is picturesque with the shadow of the mountain tower.
Water-land panmen
Look at the land and water lingering in the ancient Panmen.
Panmen, called Panmen in ancient times, is one of the eight gates in Wudu. The scenic spot has the only existing land and water gate in China and the highest existing single-hole ancient stone arch bridge in the province — Wumenqiao. Panmen used to be the transportation hub in the southwest of Suzhou. It was a lively place in Fan Chengda’s works, where people laughed at each other and it was cool at night, and the lights turned to the river pond. It was also a bustling area where commerce and trade gathered.
Hengtang inn
Cross Hengtang Inn to brew tea.
Hengtang Post Station is one of the few amphibious post stations along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, "with its back facing the river, which is magnificent". The ancient Suzhou Post Station, represented by Hengtang Post Station, is known as the saying that "Gusu Post is handed over to the provinces in the south, reaches the great river in the north, and the tribute and tribute in the southeast are combined with those in Zhejiang and the Fujian Sea, which is based on this road, and it is sent to welcome, and there is no empty day".
baodai bridge
Enjoy baodai bridge Changhong Wobo.
Baodai bridge, with a total length of 316.8 meters and 53 holes, is an ancient multi-arch stone bridge with the longest bridge body and the largest number of holes in China. From a distance, it looks like a treasure belt fluttering on the Grand Canal.
According to the Book of Old Tang Dynasty, during his tenure as a secretariat in Suzhou, Wang Zhongshu took the lead in donating a jade treasure belt of his own to raise money to build the baodai bridge, in order to sympathize with the hard work of trackers and ensure smooth grain transportation. While ensuring the practical value, it left a unique landscape of "string the moon with a treasure" for the people in Wu, and even had the praise of "printing public property and flying as the first bridge in Wuzhong" in the poem "baodai bridge" by Qianlong.
Shihu Wudi
Take the Shihu Dike Spring Breeze jathyapple
Shihu Lake is one of the bays of Taihu Lake, and together with Qizi Mountain, it constitutes the southwest corner of the four corners of Suzhou ancient city. In history, it has been praised as "Wu Jun’s mountains and rivers can be visited in the near future, but Shihu Lake is the best".
Five dikes, Wudi, Yuedi, Shidi, Di Yang and Fandi, lie across the water, and the scenic spots such as Fangong Temple, Lengga Pagoda, Yuecheng Ruins, Xingchun Bridge and Shangfangshan National Forest Park (including Suzhou Zoo) are scattered among them.
Ping Wang si he hui Ji
Pin canal town Jiangnan style
Since then, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been divided into three parts from south to Qiantang, and it intersects with the longitudinal axis of Taipu River, forming a unique endowment of four rivers (Grand Canal, Old Canal, Taipu River and Qiantang River) and the unique scenery of Yinghu Lake, creating a "giant town" of "big merchants and giant ships" and "department stores" in the water transportation era.
(Source: Suzhou News released by Suzhou)
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