Suzhou Jiangnan Agricultural Culture Park Suzhou Jiangnan Agricultural Culture Park, with a registered capital of 20 million, covers an area of more than 500 mu and a total investment of 50 million yuan, started construction in September 2009 and was completed and opened in July 20 10. Suzhou Jiangnan Agricultural Culture Park is built according to the general idea of "miniature Jiangnan water town, multifunctional leisure farm and agricultural theme cultural corridor". Mainly planting fruit trees, flowers and seedlings. Fruit trees are divided into four areas: citrus fruits, stone fruits, stone fruits and berries, and flower seedlings are divided into three areas: herbs, woody plants and aquatic plants. In the shade of fruit trees and flowers, there are nine functional areas of farming culture: one is the historical area of farming, which shows the development of farming methods, the evolution of land system, the evolution of tax system and agricultural works in the form of sculptures. The second is the land consolidation area, which shows the origin and formation process of Sangji fish ponds, terraces, polder fields, shatian and earthen fields with miniature actual terrain. Third, there are more than 50 species of birds in the breeding areas in the south of the Yangtze River. There are also racetracks, pigeon square, animal performance fields and so on. Fourth, farmers' leisure area, with chess and cards room, boating, children's playground, farmers' stone tools and container display. The fifth is the rural energy area, which shows the application of traditional and modern wind energy, water energy, biogas energy and solar energy in rural areas. The sixth is the workshop area in Jiangnan, which consists of bean curd workshop, brewing workshop, oiling workshop, weaving workshop, blacksmith workshop and craftsman workshop. Seven, agricultural proverbs area, * * * including weather, geographical location, human harmony and meteorology 17 1 agricultural proverbs, written by members of Suzhou China Calligraphers Association 150, carved on stone pillars three to four meters high, forming a stone forest. The eighth is the farmers' facilities area, which displays all kinds of furnishings and farm tools of farmers in the south of the Yangtze River in the form of farmyard. Nine is the Zodiac Zone, which cooperates with China Academy of Fine Arts to show the modeling and personality characteristics of the Zodiac in the form of sculpture. Suzhou Jiangnan Farming Cultural Park will strive to let visitors enjoy the pastoral scenery and taste the farming culture in the south of the Yangtze River, at the same time, increase their knowledge and cultivate their body and mind. Introduction to the main scenic spots 1, Farming Proverbs Area "Fertilizer is the treasure of farmers, and it depends on skillful application", "It is a trend every year, even in summer", "Autumn ploughing, spring ploughing" ... Entering Farming Proverbs Area, you are greeted by a stone forest composed of 58 towering stone pillars. On the stone pillar, the proverb 17 1 farmer is powerfully engraved. These proverbs are a summary of the experience of hardworking and simple working people in life and production. With simple language and pure emotion, they show the weather changes, farming principles and crop yields in a concise, popular and meaningful way, which makes people unforgettable at first sight. This agricultural proverb area covers an area of 42,000 square meters, and vividly displays the cultural connotations of agricultural proverbs such as weather, geographical location, humanistic harmony and meteorology in the form of objects, sculptures, bagua fields and sundials, so that people can gain rich knowledge of agricultural proverbs while enjoying them. 17 1 Peasant Proverbs are composed of 86 members of Suzhou National Book Association. Calligraphers are ingenious, elegant and unrestrained, giving people great visual beauty. 2. Cotton, grinding bean curd, cloth shoes, wine, oil, textiles, and the Jiangnan workshop area. These traditional handicraft terms that my ancestors often talked about when I was a child are now available in Jiangnan workshop area. It has become a reality to experience traditional handicraft workshops with your lover and children. It's fresh, interesting and exciting. Let's try! This workshop area in the south of the Yangtze River covers an area of 24,000 square meters, including restaurants, cotton bomb workshops, weaving workshops, dyeing workshops, cloth shoes workshops, bean curd workshops, oil mills, blacksmiths, kite making, small candles, origami, flower arrangement, sand painting, rubber seal cutting and hand weaving. Here, you can not only see the production process of traditional Jiangnan handicraft workshops, but also buy green farm dishes and daily necessities with Jiangnan flavor, and you can also ask the master to teach you the taste of farm work in person. As early as thousands of years ago, our ancestors realized the ingenious application of natural energy in daily life. Similarly, in rural energy areas, you can appreciate the historical changes in the widespread use of natural energy by ordinary people in the south of the Yangtze River. The rural energy area covers an area of 6,500 square meters, showing the use of rural energy such as wind energy, hydropower, solar energy and biogas (biomass energy), and showing the development history and use principle of rural energy with a large number of words and pictures. Among them, wind energy introduces and shows the utilization mode and principle of sailing boat, wind machinery and wind power generation; "Water Energy" introduces and shows the development history and principle of waterwheel, water wheel and hydropower generation. When you come to the rural energy area, you can not only experience the water treadmill watering flowers and biogas boiling water to make tea, but also gain extensive knowledge from the experience of natural energy. 4. Farmhouse Leisure Area Farmhouse Leisure Area, with tree-lined, beautiful environment, fresh air and complete leisure and cultural facilities, is an excellent place to relax after work. In my spare time, about three or five friends gather in a delicate hut, fishing, playing chess, playing cards and drinking tea. I am full of enthusiasm and satisfaction; On weekends, I take my parents and children to play in the children's paradise, taste the barbecue snacks and enjoy the happy time. To visit the whole park, you can use traditional carriages, ox carts and donkey carts as transportation, or take sightseeing battery cars or bamboo curtain paddle boats to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the scenic spots and the natural scenery of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. At the same time, there are hundreds of flowers, trees and fruits in Jiangnan, and there are more than ten endangered plants in Jiangnan Agricultural Culture Park. Here, you can not only feel the flowers and fragrance in different seasons at any time, but also experience the endless fun brought by picking fruits in different seasons. 5. Farmers' Facilities Area When you enter the farmers' facilities area, you will be attracted by this scene in the form of a small farmhouse. The wooden desk and stool in the center of the yard, the hat and hemp fiber hanging on the west wall, the millstone placed in the east corner, and all kinds of interesting decorations for farmers in the south of the Yangtze River will give you a deeper understanding of the family life of farmers in the south of the Yangtze River. This farmer's facility area covers an area of 2,000 square meters, and also displays various farm tools with Jiangnan characteristics, such as farm tools, watering tools, harvesting and threshing tools, drying tools, transportation tools, storage tools, weaving tools, measuring tools and fishing tools. , as well as their operation methods, functions and historical evolution, with words and pictures to explain, so that you can see at a glance and broaden your horizons. 6. When you enter the Zodiac Zone, you will be attracted by twelve different forms of Zodiac sculptures full of childlike interest. Horses run fast, sheep lie peacefully, monkeys grin, and tigers roar in the sky, which fully shows the personality characteristics of the animals of the 12 Zodiac. This 9,500-square-meter Zodiac Zone takes sculptures of rats, ugly cows, silver tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, pigs and the Zodiac as the theme, and integrates the idioms and stories of the Zodiac into it, showing pictures, written materials and decorations related to the Zodiac, so that you can have a good understanding of the Zodiac culture. 7. The terraced fields filled with water in the area have a silver luster, and the bright light level has brought a strong visual impact; Like a chessboard, the polder system turns the soil into fertile soil, dotted with countless fruits, as if telling the joy of harvest; On the shore, mulberry leaves are big and fat, and young silkworms lie in them; In the pond, sparkling, fish jumping and playing ... Sangji fish pond with ecological circulation farming mode seems to have brought us into the concentrated "land of fish and rice" in the south of the Yangtze River. Walking into this land use exhibition area, which mainly grows plants and covers an area of more than 7,000 square meters, you can not only fully understand the land use forms and formation history of Shetian, terraced fields, polder fields, bamboo fields, sub-fields, earthen fields and Sangji fish ponds, but also experience the long evolution of land use methods and feel the amazing wisdom of ancient working people, and you can also increase your knowledge, cultivate your sentiment and relax your body and mind. 8. Animal breeding area This is an animal paradise. There are parrots, pigeons, mandarin ducks and other rare birds. There are chickens, pigs, sheep and other poultry and livestock. The performances of equestrian, cockfighting and monkey playing are colorful, which is really eye-opening. The animal breeding area covers an area of 37,000 square meters and is located in the center of the park, which is connected with other functional areas by six bridges with different styles. Following the concept of "nature, openness and kindness", the animal breeding area has successively raised 72 species of poultry and livestock such as chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cows and sheep, 56 species of birds such as peacocks, larks and starlings, and common rare animals such as deer, horses, white buffalo, small fragrant pigs and wild boars. A special animal performance field has been set up in the breeding area, and colorful performances such as pig race, skipping rope and parrot performance have been carried out, so that tourists can get close to animals and feel the harmony between man and nature while watching farm animals and various rare animals in the south of the Yangtze River. At the same time, there are many lifelike animal sculptures in this area, such as triumphant, carp yue longmen, beaming, grey taro, etc., which are lovely and fashionable and show a broad animal culture. 9. When you enter the agricultural historical area, you can fully understand the evolution of farming methods, land systems and tax systems over thousands of years and famous agricultural historical works, and truly feel the infinite wisdom and great strength of our ancestors. This 22,000-square-meter agricultural history experience area fully demonstrates and explains the agricultural history from thousands of couples to men's farming and women's weaving through various objects, sculptures, inscriptions and words; From slash-and-burn cultivation, stone hoe cultivation to iron plow-the evolution of Niu Geng's farming methods: from clan commune land public ownership to well field system, wasteland system, land equalization system, individual yeoman and other land systems; From the decline of land expropriation, the initial tax mu, the establishment of households by the whole people, rent modulation, rent adjustment system, two tax laws and so on. To the evolution of a historical tax system such as flogging and spreading land into acres. At the same time, walking along the path in the historical area, you can see many stone carving books lying on the ground everywhere, including the most important agricultural science works in ancient China, such as Qi Yaomin's Book, Tiangong, and Nong Zheng Quan Shu. Opening time: 2065438+July 2000 16 Ticket fee: 20 yuan/person for Suzhou Jiangnan Agricultural Culture Park, 5 yuan/person for the battery ticket for the traffic project in the park, and 20 yuan/person for the boat ticket. At the same time, it is stipulated that active servicemen, disabled revolutionary servicemen, elderly people over 70 years old (with valid identity documents), children under 1.2 meters (including 1.2 meters) and disabled people are free of charge; Half-price concessions will be given to senior citizens aged 60-69, children under 1.5 meters in height and full-time students (excluding adult college students). Group purchase tickets such as travel agencies can be discounted in bulk. Features: Suzhou Jiangnan Agricultural Culture Park, located in Yong Lian Village, Nanfeng Town, is one of the key cultural industry projects in Suzhou on 20 10. The park is built according to the orientation of "miniature Jiangnan water town, multifunctional leisure farm and agricultural theme cultural corridor". There are nine functional areas in the park, namely, agricultural historical experience area, land use area, animal breeding area, farmers' leisure area, rural energy area, Jiangnan workshop area, farmers' proverbs area, fruit tree picking area and zodiac area. Visitors can visit all the scenic spots in the park with tickets.