Little known under the cover of Suzhou's fame. Therefore, among the over-developed ancient towns, the original appearance of the ancient towns is well preserved. Although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs-
There are many water, bridges, celebrities, ancient temples and painted sculptures in the Song Dynasty ... The history of 2500 years is the same as that of Gusu City. The ancient streets, Buddhist temples and ancient trees are full of Jiangnan flavor. Once Jiangnan looked like Zhou Zheng.
0 1. Every meal is nourished by the water town.
All livable places are inseparable from the nourishment of food. On the straight dining table, the smell of water town is everywhere.
Thousands of years ago, Hans Zhang, a native of Suzhou, quietly returned home because of his gluttony, making "the thought of perch" a moving thought in the south of the Yangtze River.
Coincidentally, we read "Lotus Water Shepherd" in the textbook, and the author, Mr. Ye Shengtao, deeply missed the plants born in the pond and lake in March.
In spring in my hometown, I eat water shield almost every day. Water shield itself has no taste, but the taste lies in good soup. But such bright green, rich poetry and tasteless taste are really fascinating.
Water shield tastes light, but it can magically stimulate its fragrance with meat dishes. Cook soup with whitebait, float in the soup like tea, and swallow it into the throat, which is unforgettable for a long time.
Luzhi is a typical ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with Wusong River in the north and Hucheng Lake in the south.
From Suzhou to the east,18km, to Luzhi, there is water all the way, full of lakes and mountains, which is what the ancients called "the land of water and clouds, the land of crops and the land of fishing grounds".
In addition to water shield, the classic ingredients of water villages include "rice, rice, soup, fish", fish, shrimp and crab, arrowhead dropwort ... In short, people eat everything in the water.
Lotus root is also a big idea. It grows in winding rivers and ponds outside the city.
The woman who sells lotus roots carries the burden and holds the long lotus roots that have been washed repeatedly and become white and tender. The little girl in red chooses one section, and the old man with white hair buys two. Light sweetness is common in every household.
Zizania latifolia is edible in 4- 1 1 month, white as snow, and the fried meat is very fragrant.
The stems and leaves of Oenanthe javanica are empty and tender from beginning to end. Incense stir-fry is a faster dish, but it is very unforgettable, just like walking in Taihu Lake.
Once upon a time, in the river beside every street, there were always one or two "boats without tents" docked on the stone piers, and the cabins were filled with seasonal vegetables from Taihu Lake, so that they could get a bowl of daily meals. The taste of Jiangnan is in this watery meal.
02. Water town or bridge town?
Water towns are often mostly bridge towns. As the saying goes, "Don't look at the bridge when you arrive in Lu Zhi, which means you have never arrived in Lu Zhi".
On the 5.6-kilometer-long river course of Luzhi Ancient Town, there were 72 semi-small bridges across the south of the Yangtze River in various forms in history, and the density was "the highest in the world".
Multi-hole big stone bridge, single-hole small stone bridge, spacious arch bridge, narrow stone slab bridge, sister bridge, key bridge ..... sincerely and carefully cherish all kinds of ancient bridge samples.
Xianghua Bridge, built in Qing Dynasty, has Baosheng Temple on the other side.
Xinglong Bridge was built in Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty. Wukang stone pier, granite foundation and bluestone arch ring is a single-hole arch bridge. There are square watchtowers on both sides of the bridge, drum-hugging stones at both ends of the railing, and dozens of arch ring stones in the arch ring. Some of them are still recorded in writing, but they are no longer clear after many years.
Jinli Bridge is the most photographed bridge in film and television dramas. Tang Sanzang and Tang touts in the 86th edition of The Journey to the West stepped into the "girl country" from Jinli Bridge.
"Small Bridges and Flowing Families" constitute the initial impression of China people on the spatial pattern of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The arched ancient bridge and the winding water separate the straight spatial pattern.
Dongshi River and Nanshi River become L-shaped, with one river and two streets. The bridge connects the streets and alleys on both sides. On the west and north of the river, there are shops facing east and south, and on the opposite side of the river are residential buildings.
You see, this is a bridge that separates the noise from the tranquility, so that Luzhi has neither shops on both sides of the street like Zhouzhuang nor homes on both sides of the river like Tongli.
Smoke rises in the morning, making a pot of biluochun and lying lazily on the old rattan chair by the river; Or feel the awakening of the ancient town along Qingshiban Road, and then borrow some bridge views to temporarily leave the tourist status.
Long bridge and short bridge willow, front pu and back pu lotus.
People look at the flag out of the wine market, and gulls send boats to fishermen.
Leave this bridge and get on the new one. The waves under the bridge are gentle, and the boat from the countryside is docked at the pier beside the bridge, giving birth to the trance of Wuling fishermen fleeing into Taoyuan.
It is a bridge that connects the ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River in series.
03. The old houses in the water town can withstand the exploration of tourists and keep the enthusiasm of the rural sages alive.
The size of the straight tube is very suitable for walking. Contemporary cities are designed for wheels, with unobstructed public squares and spacious central streets, but people's desire to walk is extinguished.
In Luzhi ancient town, the scale of old houses is all white walls and tiles, wooden doors and windows; The ambiguous distance between houses always inspires tourists' enthusiasm for exploration.
There are one-story and two-story houses along the street, some with protruding horseheads, some with towering cloud walls, ups and downs, simple but not monotonous, full of scattered interests.
There are also famous old houses hidden in it, brightly lit, waiting for your recollection.
On the former site of the Fifth College of Lu Zhishen County, it is Ye Shengtao Memorial Hall. 19 17 In the early spring, young Ye Shengtao began to teach in No.5 Middle School.
Reforming education-compiling all kinds of teaching materials at school, moving classrooms to nature, setting up a life farm, and tutoring students to write and perform their own textbook dramas, which opened Ye Shengtao's "real teaching career".
In the former residence of educator Shen Bohan, the column couplet of "economic success, hard work and the happiest reading" is still eye-catching. Shen Bohan, who came out of a small town, traveled across the ocean to study in Japan, and returned to his hometown after his studies, becoming the first person to set up a new school in an ancient town.
There are also Wang Tao Memorial Hall, Xiao Zhai, Wansheng Mihang ... You have walked through ordinary houses and walked through scholarly families, all of which are rewards for people who come for a walk.
Xiaozhai, built in the 15th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1889), covers an area of 1000 square meters and is a well-preserved folk house in Qing Dynasty. This house was originally built by Yang, a martial artist in the Qing Dynasty, and later sold to Xiao, a big family in Li Zhong, hence the name Xiao Fu.
Rural sages go to the world from their old houses in small towns and feed their hometown with what they have learned. They may not be famous in the history of China, but they have profoundly influenced their hometown where they were born and raised.
Jiangnan, accustomed to eating and living, can keep these sincere and enthusiastic souls.
04. First-class skills, the most ingenious ideas
After crossing the Xianghua Bridge and entering an alley, Baosheng Temple is just around the corner. This used to be an ancient belief of Lu Zhi people.
In A Dream of Red Mansions, Nagato outside Gusu is "the most prosperous and romantic place in the world of mortals". In reality, the Hulu Temple in the 87th edition of A Dream of Red Mansions is located in Baosheng Temple.
"Four hundred and eighty temples in Southern Dynasties", Baosheng Temple is a larger one. At its peak, Baosheng Temple had more than 5,000 temples and thousands of monks, covering almost half of Lu Zhi town.
Through ups and downs, I have accompanied the ancient town through more than 500 years of history of/kloc-0.
There are two and a half arhat halls in the world, and half of them are here. The half-hall arhat hidden in it has also experienced the rise and fall of centuries.
There are Siddhartha Gautama and eighteen arhats in the hall. Legend has it that Lohan came from the hand of Yang Hui, a "plastic saint". Yang Huizhi and Wu Daozi, the "painting saints", studied under Zhang Sengyou, but it is hard to find the original.
Unfortunately, due to disrepair, the main hall of Baosheng Temple collapsed, destroying half of the Lohan plastic wall, leaving only nine faces.
It was rediscovered by the world nearly a hundred years ago and included in the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. People of insight will definitely make a detour to visit this half-painted sculpture when they come to Jiangnan, and they are amazed by its magnificent fantasy imagination.
The murals prevailing in the temple were transplanted into sculptures, with mountains and rivers as the background, the rocks were abrupt, the clouds were rolling and the waves were rolling, the momentum was overwhelming, and the arhats on the sea fairy island were lifelike.
The hall was dark, and there was only one uncle guard. In the afternoon of 2 1 century, the statue of 1 century was full of walls, and Lohan was majestic.
The statues on the wall are as high as the beams. Different from the orderly and unremarkable statues in temples, the statues in Baosheng Temple are not only exquisite drills, but also the courage and imagination of first-class craftsmen.
Every arhat looks different. The persistence of penance, the deep affection of religion, the conviction that he thinks he has mastered the truth, and the irrefutable arrogance of faith can all be seen here.
Liang Sicheng, an architectural historian, wrote when talking about the Luohan statue of Baosheng Temple in Luzhi:
This handwritten original has been preserved for 1200 years, which is not surprising to people who study art history! This image was restored in Chongzhen, but the beauty of its original work still needs to be preserved, which is the most precious in China's artistic creation.
This semi-painted sculpture of Baosheng Temple bears the devout faith and ingenious thinking of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. It has experienced the vicissitudes of years, and every time you look at it, it feels precious.
Lu Zhi has its splendor and loneliness, which has witnessed thousands of years of historical changes.
When many ancient towns in Jiangnan are surrounded by capital and lost in the rolling crowd, they are as polite and gentle as jade, avoiding tourists and resisting the impact of time.
From sleeping with water, to the gentle space of flowing water in small bridges, from the ancient houses insisted and created by rural sages to the skillful performance of Jiangnan skills. ...
Lu Zhi still retains a complete life mentality in the south of the Yangtze River, and is still the appearance of "Bai Yueguang" in the ancient town.
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