People who have just arrived in the ancient town of Tang Xi will find that there are many endless alleys all over the streets. People here call them alleys. At present, there are 122 lanes in Xitang. The alley in Xitang is divided into three categories: one is the alley in the house, which belongs to the whole building and is called "the alley with the capital"; The other is an alley connecting the streets in front of the river, which is called "Water Lane", and the other is an alley connecting two parallel streets, which is called Lian Jie Lane.

In Xitang, the long west street itself is like an alley, which is the narrowest place on the street. You can have a long talk with windows open on both sides. West Street is like the mainstream alley of a small town, and many alleys with different widths and names were born on both sides of it. One of the most famous is Shipi Lane. As the name implies, the paved slate is as thin as leather. It is not a simple matter to chisel granite so thin. The stone skin is 68 meters long and is paved with 166 green stone slabs, only one meter wide. The stepped gables on the left and right sides are 6 to 10 meters high, and the sewers under the slate can ensure that no water will accumulate in rainy days. Standing in the middle of the alley and looking up at the sky, we can deeply understand the meaning of "the view of the sky". Some people say that alley is the lifeblood of Xitang people, which has a profound historical and cultural background and has a certain influence on the cultural character of Xitang people's inner show.

Augus Lang

The balcony is actually a street with a roof. It is a unique building in Xitang, with simple shape. It is more than 300 meters long in the ancient town 1. It is covered with a layer of black tiles and built along the river. Most of the verandahs in Xitang are concentrated in the commercial areas such as Beizha Street, Nanzha Street and Chaonan Belt. Especially now, the whole town is surrounded by water corridors and sheds, all hung with lights and strings of red lanterns, which are somewhat vivid and energetic in the white walls and blue tiles. When the sun sets, the verandah and the red light outside the house are connected with the reflection in the water, which illuminates the road for pedestrians at night and adds a little festive atmosphere and warmth to the ancient town. The corridors in Xitang have a history of hundreds of years. This custom has been passed down from generation to generation, so that the riverside promenade in the center of the ancient town (called "veranda" by the locals) is very spectacular. The formation of this ancient corridor has also gone through a long process. The original origin of verandah was built by shops along the river in the past to facilitate customers' shopping. Generally, it is as big as the sloping roof in front of each house, which can shelter from the wind and rain and is very popular with pedestrians. With the density of shops, sheds and sheds are naturally connected. Because of the simple structure and convenient maintenance, even if there are shops closed or moved, they will not be demolished, and gradually become what we see now.

bridge

Wolong Bridge, located at the estuary of Beizha City, is a single-hole stone arch bridge with a length of 365,438+0.46 m and a width of 4.95m, with 32 grades on the east slope and 30 grades on the west slope, and 9 grades at the corner facing south in the west. The patrol rod is rectangular, with a height of 44 cm, a column height of 7 1 cm and a square stigma. Arch rings are built vertically side by side. It is the tallest bridge in town, with exquisite workmanship. It was built in 17 19 (fifty-eight years of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty). Wolong Bridge is another famous stone bridge in Xitang. It used to be a wooden bridge, which was in disrepair and dilapidated. One day, a bamboo craftsman named Zhu lived by the bridge and saw a pregnant woman fall into the water and die. She wants to rebuild it, but she has no money. He cut his hair and became a famous monk. He ran for ten years, saved 3.2 thousand pieces of silver and started construction. When the silver was used up and the stone was still missing, the monk suffered a bitter illness at the age of ten. Due to the lack of bridge deck, the project will stop. At this time, two immortals came to Xitang, and heard that Xitang dried bean curd was very famous, which was greatly appreciated. While intoxicated, a piece of dried tofu fell off and landed on the unfinished Wolong Bridge, forming a bridge deck. So the deck of Wolong Bridge is very large. The whole bridge is carved with dragons, the head is east and the tail is west, which is still clearly visible today.

Songzi Laifeng Bridge, located on the east side of Xiaotong Street, was built in 1637 (the tenth year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty) and is a three-hole stone slab bridge. Legend has it that a bird flew in when it was built, and the bridge builder thought it was auspicious, so it was named "Songzi Laifeng Bridge", which was rebuilt in the forty-eighth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty and the fifteenth year of Daoguang. Laifeng Bridge, rebuilt in 1997, has a unique shape and structure, which is suitable for sightseeing and is one of the new attractions. The common people are commonly known as "Jade Bridge". The shed at the top of the bridge and the bench paved with square bricks provide a good place for tourists to rest and enjoy the beautiful scenery. "Songzi Fengqiao" can best reflect the meticulous and thoughtful nature of Xitang people, because the stone steps on the bridge are divided into two, and the stone steps on the left are for men; The right side is designed as a small slope; The reason is that the ancients considered that women had the bad habit of pricking their feet at that time, and the steps were small and it was inconvenient to walk, so they made a small slope for women.

Huanxiu Bridge was built in 158 1 year (the ninth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty). It straddles the banks of Xiaotong and Beicui, and is the earliest Gao Qiao in Tangxi Town. According to legend, on a sunny day in the past, standing on the top of the bridge could look north at the green hills on the edge of Taihu Lake. This bridge suddenly collapsed on the afternoon of the 23rd day of the lunar calendar 19441October, and there was a loud bang that resounded for miles, killing seven people. Later, a wooden bridge was built, a single-hole cement bridge was built after liberation, and a stone arch bridge was rebuilt by 1997.

Five Blessingg Bridge, built before Zhengde in Ming Dynasty, is a single-span stone bridge with a length of 14m and a span of 7.5m It connects the north and south banks at the eastern tip of Hong Kong. It was rebuilt during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. The bridge is well preserved and the stone railings are still neat. The so-called Five Blessingg means happiness, celebration, longevity, good luck and a good death. These are the people's five pursuits and prayers for life. It is the blessing of the bridge builder to the bridge bearer. I hope this bridge will not only bring convenience to people, but also bring all kinds of good luck that everyone hopes.

Yongning Bridge was originally located at the western end of Zhaxi River and was abandoned long ago. Today, standing on the Anjing Bridge, you can have a panoramic view of both sides of the Xutang River, and you can also look at the quaint covered bridges in the south. Xutang River is a narrow water lane, with an antique street in the west and an ancient Dong Tang street in the east. Yongning Bridge is the best scenic spot in the town at present. The promenade facing south on the bank of Hebei is like a long winding dragon, and pedestrians and bicycles pass under it, which is rare in other ancient towns. The south bank of the river is behind the West Street, and residential buildings are scattered along the river, mostly from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. The wind and fire walls of the mansion are towering into the sky, and the blue bricks and tiles and the Shihe Bridge have a panoramic view. The scenery here is most favored by photographers and painters, and it is the hunting place they created.

Nizhai

Nijia, located in the south of Hong Kong, is a scholarly family in the town. There are five entrances in front of Nizhai, with a veranda in front and a garden in the back. The main hall is called "Chengqing Hall". Xitang town has a profound cultural background and rich cultural resources of clean government. On this basis, make full use of these resources, combine the promotion of excellent clean government culture with the promotion of the party's fine clean government tradition, and build a clean government culture education base. At present, newly renovated 10 units such as "Ni Tianzeng ancestral home", Yuqian ancestral hall, Ningbo Qingfeng Garden and Jiaxing Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall have been named as the first batch of "Zhejiang incorruptible culture education bases", which have become places for party member cadres to receive incorruptible political education and ordinary tourists to cultivate their sentiments.

Huguo Suiliangwang Temple

There is a real and touching story in Xitang. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a great drought in Jiashan, and there were no crops in the countryside, and people were hungry everywhere. At that time, there was an old man named Jin, whose family ranked seventh. He is a small official who transports grain in the imperial court. He specializes in escorting grain carriers on the canal. One day, Governor Jin Qi passed Xitang on the way to transport imperial grain, and saw people in the land of fish and rice starving and begging on the shore. He moved with compassion and gave all the food of the grain team to the people. The imperial grain was given to the people, but for the crime of deceiving the monarch, Jin Qi knew that he could not escape punishment and threw himself into the river in Yanta Bay. In memory of this good official who sacrificed himself to save others, the local people raised funds to build the Seven Grandpa Temple.

After the Seventh Master threw himself into the river, the court found out the truth and named him "Li Jihou", followed by "protecting the grain and protecting the king". At the same time, Qiye Temple was renamed as "Protecting Grain and Protecting the King". Every year, on the third day of the fourth lunar month, the birthday of the seventh grandfather, a temple fair will be held in Xitang. Everyone carried the seven lords and seven wives out of the temple. From eleven o'clock in the evening, they all cruise according to the predetermined route. All the way, colorful flags are flying, gongs and drums are loud, firecrackers are ringing, and the procession is vast. Tents were set up in many places where the town passed, so that the Seventh Master and the Seventh Lady could have a rest in their tents, and then they returned to the temple the next afternoon and began to perform in the temple. The scene is very lively, and now the third day of April has become the biggest folk festival in Xitang people's year.

There are also many leaf-shaped sachets hanging in the seven old temples, called autumn leaves. Because autumn symbolizes a bumper harvest, these leaves are hand-sewn by local elderly people aged 60 to 70. Couplets on the big columns on both sides: "The drought cracked the mountain and helped the living. Liu Ren jinyi has been chasing kindness for a long time. " Although there are only ten short words, it tells the story of seven masters.

The temple was first built in the third year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1575), and the memorial tour was presided over by Pang. In the seventh year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, it was renamed Jingjue Temple. In the 13th year of Kangxi and the 50th year of Kangxi, it was rebuilt twice, and the official land was changed, commonly known as Tang Sheng. Guan Yu, a warrior, was a teacher from generation to generation with Confucius in Wen Sheng, and was called a temple.

At the peak of incense in the temple, many pilgrims could not squeeze into the main hall, so they had to light candles on the street outside the main hall to worship. In the Spring Festival, every temple fair, this street is even more lively, and the procession of incense burners has been arranged from the temple to the incense burner. There will also be temporary food stalls on the street, and various pictures will be sold in the main hall of the temple. There is a local folk proverb: visit temple fairs, look at pictures, eat and sell. Every year on the fifth day of the first month, businessmen in the town burn incense and worship in the temple, and exchange the ingots made of pumpkin paste at home for the ingots in the temple, which means that the financial resources are rolling in one year.

Xiyuan

West Garden is the private residence of Zhu family in Ming Dynasty, which was built by a large family in the south of the Yangtze River. There were pavilions, rockeries and fish ponds in the garden, which was a beautiful place in the town at that time. In the spring of the 9th year of the Republic of China, Liu Yazi from Wujiang came to Xitang and took photos with his literary friends Yu Shi Mei, Cai Shaosheng and Chen Jueshu in the park, imitating the "Elegant Collection Map" painted by Li in the Northern Song Dynasty, which showed the elegant collections of Su Dongpo, Mi Fei and Huang Tingjian, and named the photo "The Second Picture of the Elegant Collection of Xiyuan".

Now there are Zhu Nianci Fan Calligraphy Art Museum, Silver Museum, Nanshe Exhibition Room and other exhibition halls in the park. "Zhu Nianci Fan Calligraphy Art Museum" exhibited more than 100 fan-shaped fine works by Mr. Zhu Nianci, a national master of arts and crafts. Zhu Nianci is one of the outstanding representatives of modern fan calligraphy in China. 1920 was born in Jiashan, Zhejiang, and his ancestral home is Xitang. He is a senior member of China Arts and Crafts Society and a consultant of Zhejiang Arts and Crafts Society. He devoted his life to the art of calligraphy, and created a real gold micro-letter model with outstanding achievements and superb skills.

"Baiyin Pavilion" contains 100 seals, prints and coins carved by 100 seal carvers at home and abroad organized by Hangzhou Xiling Printing Society, which reflects the style of Xitang. This 100 seal represents the scenery of Xitang. Among them are the original Ten Scenes of Pingchuan (ten poems written by Zhou Ding, a townsman in Ming Dynasty), the New Ten Scenes of Pingchuan, the Eight Scenes of Xitang, the Ancient Hall of Xitang, the Brick Carved Gatehouse, Qiaononghe Street, the old name of Xitang and Quyi. The already touching names, such as "Huanxiu Broken Rainbow", "Yanyulou Road" and "Songzi Phoenix", are solidified between square inches, adding a bit of temperament and giving Xitang another charm.

With the aim of advocating national integrity, overthrowing the feudal Qing Dynasty and establishing a democratic republic, Nanshe was secretly established in Suzhou on 1990+065438+ 10, encouraged by the surging revolutionary wave of China Alliance led by Sun Yat-sen. The main founders of Nanshe were Chen Qubing, Gao Xu and Liu Yazi. Of the 17 people who attended the first meeting, 14 were league members, showing the strong revolutionary atmosphere.

Nanshe is a revolutionary group, mainly advocating the anti-Qing revolution in words, echoing each other with the League and becoming a corner. At one time, many newspapers in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and even Nanyang were owned by members of Nanshe. "I want to spread the wind and thunder with words" (in Liu Yazi) created momentum for the anti-Qing national democratic revolution.

As many as 18 members have joined Xitang South Society. Among them, there are more than ten eyebrows, Li Ximou, Yu Zuomei, Shen Yuzhong and Jiang Xuecheng. The poems and articles they left behind, pointing out the mountains and commenting on current politics, were a true portrayal of the literati in the small town who were inclined to revolution at that time. After Liu Yazi went south to Guangzhou, he gradually moved away from his friends in Xitang, and Nanshe was also torn apart in the Great Revolution. However, a group of social friends in Xitang organized the Xushe, with Jiang Xue as the president, with the same purpose and personnel. It can be said that it is an extension of Xitang Nanshe, and most of their poems have been preserved.

Zhongfutang

Zhongfutang is the private residence of the king of Qing Dynasty. Wang Qi originated in the Song Dynasty and was in charge of the capital. After Wang Yuan escorted Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou to the south, he was changed by Ming Dynasty, and his descendants disappeared in Hangjiahu area. During Shunkang period of Qing Dynasty, one of the descendants moved to Xitang to build this mansion, which is a typical residential style in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The third entrance is the main hall. In the center of the hall, there is a plaque inscribed by Chen Hai Ning Bangyan, a scholar of Hanlin in Kangxi period, to warn future generations that "doing more good deeds on weekdays will surely make future generations blessed".

Zuiyuan

Named after the "Drunken Classics Hall" of Wang Zhai, it was first built in the Ming Dynasty, with five entrances and four exits, including ancient brick flower beds and a rare micro-brick arch bridge in the south of the Yangtze River. Strolling among them, the pool is exquisite, the cloister is secluded, the bamboo is fascinating, and the main hall of the park is "Yixiangzhai", which displays the prints of Wang's father and son and Wang, depicting the water town scenery of Xitang. Their styles are also different: Mr. Father's works are traditional and realistic, while Wang's works are more modern and abstract for tourists to enjoy, showing the family culture of Xitang.

Ginkgo biloba in Lu Fen

There are two ginkgo trees, a man and a woman, in Posts and Telecommunications Road, Tangxi Town. It has been planted for more than 600 years since the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Ginkgo biloba is old and swaying, with lush foliage. The height of male ginkgo biloba is 13.5m, and the circumference is 3.92m The height of female ginkgo biloba is 9.35m, and the circumference is 3.08m.. Bong Luk was born in Xitang, worked as a court official, was incorruptible and knowledgeable, and was a teacher of Zhao Wenhua, a general of the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that Bong Luk's residence was built with extra bricks when Zhao Wenhua was supervising the construction of Jiashan City Wall. The site is Yujialong under the south shed of Xitang. Now there are no traces of the ancient tomb, only the stone man, stone horse and these two old ginkgo trees around the tomb are still standing here to confirm this history.

Root carving hall

Xitang is a treasure trove of geomantic omen, which is suitable for recuperation and can inspire artists. Mr. Zhang Zheng, a root sculptor, 1958, from Shucheng, Anhui Province, 1999 moved to Xitang after talent introduction. Master Zhang Zheng's works are seven points natural and three points human, and more than 500 large-scale works are listed as "the best in Guinness". Master Zhang Zheng has entered the World Who's Who with his exquisite skills and fearless spirit, and is known as the "son of the East".

Folk Wadang Exhibition Hall

Ceramic tile is a kind of building decoration fittings with simple materials. Because it is difficult to preserve and has a long history, it has certain historical value. There are more than 300 varieties in the museum, such as lace dripping water, chopsticks cages, walking chickens, brick carvings, ancient bricks and pottery figurines, among which there are traditional tiles with good wishes; There are religious temples and political patterns that indicate a certain historical period.

China wine culture museum

Xitang, an ancient town, is a wine town in history. "Drinking good wine and reciting good poems" has always been the two major pursuits of many ancient literati. In the early Ming Dynasty, Gao Qi, a great poet, crossed Xitang by boat and stopped to ask about the restaurant. In the Qing Dynasty, the town's famous wine "Plum Blossoms and Three Whites" was fragrant. In the early years of the Republic of China, Liu Yazi drank the wine culture of Zhenzhen and Xitang for many times, which can be said to be in sync with the ancient town and enjoy the same reputation as the ancient town.

Mr. Liu Ximing, a famous western winemaker, took a fancy to Xitang, a wine town, where he displayed the wine cultural objects collected by his generations. On the basis of the original yellow rice wine exhibition hall, he opened a new "Chinese wine culture museum", which discussed the Chinese wine culture in an all-round way with hundreds of objects from the side of a wine culture, integrating knowledge, interest and academics. Tracing back to the source, he revealed the clear background and profound connotation of Chinese wine culture, involving folk customs.

China Button Museum

Xitang is the hometown of buttons in China, with nearly 500 button manufacturers, with an annual output value of 654.38 billion yuan, accounting for 40% of the national production and trading volume. Button Pavilion is located in West Street, with six exhibition halls: ancient button exhibition area, modern button exhibition area, modern button exhibition area, shell button making technology exhibition area, button application exhibition area and Chinese knot exhibition area.

Shell buttons are the first generation of professional buttons in China. They are located in Xitang, a water town in Hangjiahu Plain, and are rich in shell raw materials. I remember that Oda buttons on shirts used to be made of mussels rich in Jiangnan. The buttons of shirts are cut, polished, perforated, bleached and reshaped. At that time, the button production machines were mostly operated by people's feet, which was pure physical labor. In the "Button Museum", there is a special master who interprets the making process of shell buttons on the spot.

It can be said that the opening of the Button Pavilion opened a brand-new page in the history of buttons in China, and also added a new landscape to Xitang, the hometown of buttons.

Ming and Qing woodcarving museum

Located in the north of Shao Xiang Port. The museum displays more than 250 pieces of wood carvings of Jiangnan residential buildings represented by Xitang since Ming and Qing Dynasties, including beam frames, beam mats, archways, sparrows and lattice windows. The carving techniques are rich and colorful, and the patterns are elegant, neat, exquisite and beautiful, which shows the unique soft, delicate, fresh and gorgeous style of Jiangnan woodcarving.

Wuguniang theme park

There is a true love story circulating in Xitang. In the late Qing Dynasty, five girls, the hostess of Yangjiadi in Dong Tang village, fell in love with Xu Atian, a long-term worker, who was opposed by her half-brother and persecuted to death. Later, her love story was compiled into Tian Ge, where it was sung for more than one hundred years. The musical Five Girls, adapted from Jiashan Tian Ge, won the Wenhua Award in the 7th China Arts Festival. According to this story, a 3,000-square-meter Five Girls theme park with the characteristics of Xitang water town and human history was built at the entrance of Xitang West Line in the ancient town, including the Five Girls statue, the Duwa Pavilion and the water stage. The unique tile pavilion is a tile pavilion specially burned by Xu Atian when he was a kiln worker to express his unique love for the five girls. There is a bell hanging in the pavilion, engraved with the scene where the two of them met here and the words of love at first sight.

Tian Ge, a rural folk song handed down from Xitang folk, is still sung in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and it is a valuable local music cultural heritage in China. In particular, the musical "Five Girls" adapted by Xitang Tian Ge won the Wenhua Award at the 7th China International Art Festival. In 1954, it was adapted into Five Girls by the late Yue Opera creator Gu, and performed by Zhejiang Yue Opera Troupe. After watching the play, Xia Yan enjoyed it very much. He wrote an article in People's Daily and spoke highly of this famous playwright. Gu, a native of Xitang, was the chairman of Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the president of Zhejiang Yue Theatre. He devoted his life to the creation of Yue Opera and wrote a lot of plays. He loved ancient poetry since childhood, and joined the propaganda team of Tangxi Town at the beginning of liberation, writing singing materials while acting. Among them, Five Women's Birthdays and Korean Palace Complaints are the most famous. "Five Girls' Birthday Celebration" has also been made into a movie, which has a very wide influence. Gu not only made outstanding contributions to the development of China Yue Opera, but also left a lot of precious wealth for China Drama Literature. He is also very concerned about the construction of his hometown, especially the cultural undertakings in his hometown, and has given a lot of support to the inheritance and development of Jiashan Tian Ge.