Fan Wen, a tour guide of Tang Xi Ancient Town (1)
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Tang Xi Ancient Town is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The ancient town is located in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Known as Xietang and Pingchuan in ancient times, it is 0/0 km away from Jiashan City/KLOC. Xitang town has a total area of 83.6 1 km2, of which Guzhen District has an area of 65.438+0.04 km2 and a population of nearly 86,000. Xitang, a thousand-year-old town, has been listed in the world historical and cultural heritage protection list. It is the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China and a national AAAA-level scenic spot.
Xitang, with a long history, rich human resources and beautiful natural scenery, is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the intersection of wuyue and China, so it was called "Wugen Dujiao" and "Dujiao". Towns and villages were formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. By the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xitang had developed into a prosperous market town by virtue of the economic foundation of the land of abundance and the hometown of silk and the convenience of waterways. Kiln yard, rice market, food, ceramics and other industries were increasingly prosperous.
Many existing ancient houses in the ancient town are the crystallization of the wealth of the ancestors of the ancient town at that time. At first, the passage of Xitang was mainly through waterways, with little external interference, so Xitang can perfectly preserve the ancient town to this day and continue the inheritance of its ancestors.
The biggest difference between Xitang and other ancient water towns is that there is a promenade on the street near the river in the ancient town, with a total length of nearly 1000 meters, just like the promenade of the Summer Palace. Travel in Xitang, don't get wet in rainy days, and don't bask in the sun in sunny days.
History and culture
According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu of the State of Wu built water conservancy, transported salt and dug Wuzi pond, so that the water north of Qiushan (now southwest of Jiashan County 12) reached the territory directly, so Xitang was also called Qiutang. Because Xitang is flat, it is a Ma Pingchuan, also known as Pingchuan and Xietang.
During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of villages were built. People built houses along the river and lived near the water. During the Southern Song Dynasty, villages gradually became larger and formed a market. In the Yuan Dynasty, market towns prospered by water gradually formed, and commerce began to flourish. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it has developed into a handicraft and commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River. "Spring and Autumn Water Towns, Towns in Tang and Song Dynasties, Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Modern People" is the most appropriate description of Xitang.
geographical position
Xitang is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Jiashan is located in the southwest of Shanghai, bordering Shanghai at zero distance, 80km away from the center of Shanghai, 60km away from Dahongqiao Business District, 0km away from Hangzhou 1 10 in the west, 35km away from Zhapu Port of Jiaxing Port in the south and 85km away from Suzhou in the north, which is in the center of the Yangtze River Delta. The transportation is extremely convenient. Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Shenjiahu Expressway, Hangzhou Bay Bridge North Connecting Line, Feng Ting Expressway Connecting Line and National Highway 320 all pass through the territory and can be reached by bus, high-speed rail and train. Take the Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway, which was opened to traffic on June 26th, 20/KLOC-0, and just go from Jiashan to Shanghai Hongqiao Hub Station. There are three airports around Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, Shanghai Pudong Airport and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport. Xitang is located at the north of Jiashan 10 km, and it takes 20-30 minutes to get there by bus express.
Xitang has a flat terrain, dense rivers and a very quiet natural environment. There are nine rivers that meet in the town, dividing the town into eight plates, and many bridges connect the water towns together. In ancient times, it was called "Pearl in Kowloon" and "Wind in all directions". There are many well-preserved Ming and Qing buildings in the ancient town area, which have high artistic and research value and attract the attention of experts and scholars studying ancient buildings at home and abroad. Bird's eye view of the town, the mist is like gauze, the powder walls on both sides are towering, and the tile houses are reflected. In the evening, the sun sets, the fishing boats sing late, the lights are shining and the wine is overflowing. The whole ancient water town is picturesque, and people are in it. Suddenly, Taoyuan Qiongyao, I don't know whether people are traveling in the pictorial world or painting in their hearts. This is a thousand-year-old town. In the long years of spring, summer, autumn, winter, rain and snow, the ancient town has always presented a constantly changing picture of the water town, in which "people are in the water, bridges are on the water, pedestrians are walking on the bridge, boats are under the bridge, shops are standing at the bridge head, and there are reflections in the water".
Xitang is located in the water network. The residents here cherish the soil as much as gold. No matter whether it is a commercial business or a residential building or building, they care about the area inch by inch, and the space between houses is reduced to a minimum, thus forming more than 20 long narrow alleys with a length of 100 meters and a width of less than 1 meter, forming a number of "first sight days". At the same time, the names of streets and lanes vividly reflect the prosperity of commerce and the characteristics of ancient towns and lanes, such as Mixingdai, Dengzhu Street, Youche Lane, Chaitan Lane and Shipilong, which are directly related to the commerce and architecture of that year.
In Xitang, the verandah built by the river is the most attractive. The streets here are built by the river, and the business of shops is also thriving by the river. In the past, farmers in water towns traveled by river instead of by boat, and many transactions could only be carried out on the shore of the boat. Therefore, a special kind of building, veranda shed, came into being, which connected rivers and shops and provided shelter from the sun and rain, and was handed down from generation to generation. Practical veranda is a unique building in water town. Xitang has reserved a veranda with a length of 1300 meters, which has become a leisure feast for contemporary people to enjoy the ancient times and explore the secluded places.
Xitang is a civilian town, everything is so simple, without the prosperity of Zhouzhuang, the richness of Nanxun and the strong business atmosphere! But the unique charm of Xitang intoxicated overnight travelers! In 20 1 1 the first list of "Top 100 Tourist Attractions in China" in China tourism industry, Xitang Scenic Area ranked 38th with an annual reception of 2.69 million people.
Legendary allusion
The origin of town names
Version 1: According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu of the State of Wu built a water conservancy project, transported salt to dig Wuzi pond, and diverted water to the north of Qiushan (now southwest of Jiashan County 12) to reach the territory directly, so Xitang was also called Qiutang. Because Xitang is flat, it is a Ma Pingchuan, also known as Pingchuan and Xietang.
Version 2: There is a lake swing with an area of 3,400 mu in the northeast of Tang Xi Town, which is one of the largest lakes in Jiashan County.
According to legend, during the reign of Zhongxiang Fu in Peking University, a large family in surnamed tang moved to Dangbian. They saw this lake swing with beautiful scenery, rich in kingfishers and Hong Ling. These are auspicious things, and they used the word "auspicious symbol" to call this lake swing during the period of auspicious symbols.
This family named Tang has two brothers who lived happily in Xiangfu and later separated. My brother lives in the east of Dangdang, called Dong Tang, and my brother lives in the west of Dangdang, called Xitang. Later, my brother's room gradually declined, and my brother's room was very prosperous, just like a tree, which gave birth to many trees and branches. Therefore, people add a kind of soil to their place of residence, which is called Xitang.
The origin of veranda
In Jiangnan water town, scattered corridors with several households in one can be seen everywhere. However, the corridor street is over 65,438+0,300 meters long, with only Xitang. The corridor street in Xitang has shops or houses on one side and rivers on the other. There is a small river near the corridor street, which twists and turns and is very emotional. When you step into the promenade street, you are greeted by cruise ships and river ports on both sides of the strait. If it rains, the rain drops on the eaves to form a long rain curtain, and even people who can't write poetry will suddenly be full of poetry. There is no official record about the origin of the corridor street, and only two versions of "built for lang" and "built for charity" have been circulated among the people.
Tang Xi Ancient Town Tour Guide Fan Wen (2)
Tang Xi Ancient Town is located in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai provinces. Known as Xietang and Pingchuan in ancient times, it is 10 km away from Jiashan City. It is a thousand-year-old town of Wu Dihan culture and one of the six ancient towns in Jiangnan. Xitang town has a total area of 83.6 1 km2, of which Guzhen District has an area of 65.438+0.04 km2 and a population of nearly 86,000. Xitang is known as the Millennium ancient town. It has been listed in the world historical and cultural heritage protection list, the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, and the national AAAA-level scenic spot. History and Culture Xitang has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture.
As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the intersection of wuyue and China, so it was called "Wugen Dujiao" and "Dujiao". Towns and villages were formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. By the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xitang had developed into a prosperous market town by virtue of the economic foundation of the land of abundance and the hometown of silk and the convenience of waterways. Kiln yard, rice market, food, ceramics and other industries were increasingly prosperous. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of villages were built. People built houses along the river and lived near the water. During the Southern Song Dynasty, villages gradually became larger and formed a market. In the Yuan Dynasty, market towns prospered by water gradually formed, and commerce began to flourish. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it has developed into a handicraft and commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River. "Spring and Autumn Water Towns, Towns in Tang and Song Dynasties, Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Modern People" is the most appropriate description of Xitang. Hou Xian's Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties was also written when he was in Xitang, an ancient town. There is also Nanshe in the ancient town of Tang Xi, aiming at advocating national unity, overthrowing the feudal Qing dynasty and establishing a democratic republic. It was secretly established in Suzhou in June 1909 165438 at the instigation of the surging revolutionary wave of the China Alliance led by Sun Yat-sen.
The founder of Nanshe is Liu Yazi, a famous poet in Wujiang. He developed 65,438+08 members in Xitang, including Yu Shimei, Li Zhongqi, Yu Zuomei, Shen Yuzhong and Jiang Xuecheng. Nanshe is a revolutionary group, mainly advocating the anti-Qing revolution verbally, and echoing with the League, it has become 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 a great momentum for the anti-Qing national democratic revolution. Later, Nanshe was also torn apart in the wave of the Great Revolution, but a group of poets in Xitang organized Xushe with the same purpose and personnel, which became an extension of Xitang Nanshe. Most of the poems of Xushe members have been preserved, and these poems, together with 90 poems left by their "master" Liu Yazi in Xitang, have become the eternal swan song of Xitang.
The current situation of Xitang is in Xitang. You can enjoy a slow life here. You can enjoy tea and listen to music in the teahouse, or take a paddle boat to see various reflections in the water after putting on a stunning coat in Xitang at night, or sit down in the bar to find a little quaint modernity. Even a wooden boat standing on the bridge overlooking the stream, overlooking the whole roof, or wandering aimlessly under the veranda is a pleasure. There are many local residents living in the ancient town. You will often see your grandmother washing clothes by the river and your grandfather playing chess under the balcony. Life is quite rich.
Tang Xi Ancient Town Tour Guide Fan Wen (3)
Xitang is located in the north of Jiashan County, at the intersection of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. This is a famous thousand-year-old town. In Xitang, you can savor the slow life here, drink tea and listen to music in the teahouse, or take a paddle boat to see various reflections in the water after putting on a stunning coat in Xitang at night, or sit down in a bar to find a little quaint modernity. Even a wooden boat standing on the bridge overlooking the stream, overlooking the whole roof, or wandering aimlessly under the veranda is a pleasure. There are many local residents living in the ancient town. You will often see your grandmother washing clothes by the river and your grandfather playing chess under the balcony. Life is quite rich.
Countless ancient bridges, Gu Xiang, are the characteristics of Xitang, and there are cloisters everywhere you go (roofed streets, also known as "rain corridors"). On one side of many corridors are shops and houses selling specialties, decorations and snacks, and on the other side are rivers. Some corridors have benches on one side, so you can sit down and rest when you are tired. The corridor from Songzi Laifeng Bridge to Beizha Street is the most classic. The veranda in Xitang has the reputation of "misty and rainy corridor" If it is rainy season, you can sit on the porch, enjoy Xitang in the misty rain and feel the tenderness of Jiangnan water town.
There are more than 100 old alleys with different lengths in Xitang. Most of them are used for laying slates. Some of them have towering walls on both sides, some are very wide and some are very narrow. One of the most famous is Shipi Lane, with a width of only 1 m.. You can walk in and experience the crowded feeling of tourists passing by, and you can also feel the quietness of the alley.
There are nearly 100 Zhong Shiqiao lying between rivers in Xitang, among which Yongning Bridge is the best scenic spot in Xitang, where you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery at the confluence of rivers, and in the morning you can come here to photograph the quiet and simple water town customs. In addition, there are the unique Songzi Laifeng Bridge, Huanxiu Bridge standing on the bridge overlooking the layers of blue tiles, and Wan 'an Bridge, which appeared in the movie Mission Impossible 3.
There are many historical sites and scenic spots in the ancient town, such as unique gardens and houses such as the West Garden, Drunk Garden and Planting Hall, as well as temples and shrines full of incense, such as the Liangwang Temple and the Temple for National Protection. You can also learn about local folk customs in Jiangnan Folk Wadang Exhibition Hall, China Wine Culture Museum and Button Museum. These scenic spots are included in the scenic spot coupons.
Xitang is also a famous "city of affairs". There are many bars in Dong Tang Street, and music and songs come and go at night. Xitang is also the location of many film and television dramas. Perhaps many fans still remember the scene of Tom Cruise on the balcony in the movie Mission Impossible 3. In addition, there are many restaurants, inns, alleys and old houses that have also left the footprints of major crews.
When you come to Xitang, you must take a paddle boat to experience the ancient town from the water, especially sitting on the boat at night to taste the night view of Xitang, which is pleasing to the eye. There is a cruise pier in front of the main entrance of the scenic spot and Songzi Laifeng Bridge. You can take a paddle boat (with tickets, only 8 people) per boat 150 yuan. Individual 20 yuan, the time is about 25 minutes.
Xitang has special snacks, such as Mrs. Guan's stinky tofu, Lu's small wonton, Qian's ancestral tofu flower, and delicious food, such as steamed meat, tied meat, Gordon Euryale seed cake and fermented rice garden. You can see all the streets. Don't miss it. Beizha Street also has time-honored restaurants, such as Laopinfang, where you can taste all kinds of Jiangnan dishes, and most of them are not expensive. The ancient town is full of quaint waterfront inns and ancient houses in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Many people will choose to stay for one night. If they like quiet, they can live in an alley far from the bar street.
Tang Xi Ancient Town Tour Guide Fan Wen (4)
Xitang is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Jiashan is located in the southwest of Shanghai, bordering Shanghai at zero distance, 80km from the center of Shanghai, 60km from Dahongqiao Business District, 0km from Hangzhou110km in the west, 35km from Zhapu Port of Jiaxing Port in the south and 85km from Suzhou in the north, and is located in the Yangtze River Delta. The transportation is very convenient. The Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Shenjiahu Expressway, the North Connecting Line of Hangzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge, Feng Ting Expressway and National Highway 320 all pass through the territory, and cars, high-speed trains and trains can reach them.
Bird's eye view of the town, the mist is like gauze, the powder walls on both sides are towering, and the tile houses are reflected. In the evening, the sun sets, the fishing boats sing late, the lights are shining and the wine is overflowing. The whole ancient water town is picturesque, and people are in it. Suddenly, Taoyuan Qiongyao, I don't know whether people are traveling in the pictorial world or painting in their hearts.
Xitang, an ancient town, covers an area of 1 km2. Nine rivers crisscross the ancient town area, dividing the ancient town into eight blocks, among which 27 ancient bridges connect the towns. In the long years of spring, summer, autumn, winter, rain and snow, the ancient town has always presented a constantly changing picture of the water town, in which "people are in the water, bridges are on the water, pedestrians are walking on the bridge, boats are under the bridge, shops are standing at the bridge head, and there are reflections in the water". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Xitang had formed a village. By the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xitang had developed into a prosperous and prosperous market town by virtue of the land of abundance, the economic foundation of the Silk Road and the convenience of waterways. Kiln industry, rice market, food and ceramics industry are booming.
Xitang is located in the water network. The residents here cherish the soil as much as gold. No matter whether it is a commercial business or a residential building or building, they care about the area inch by inch, and the space between houses is reduced to a minimum, thus forming more than 20 long narrow alleys with a length of 100 meters and a width of less than 1 meter, forming a number of "first sight days". At the same time, the names of streets and lanes vividly reflect the prosperity of commerce and the characteristics of ancient towns and lanes, such as Mixingdai, Dengzhu Street, Youche Lane, Chaitan Lane and Shipilong, which are directly related to the commerce and architecture of that year.
West Street is the main street in the east-west direction of Xitang, which is divided into upper and lower sections. In ancient times, the east was high and the west was low, so it was divided into Shangxi Street and Xiaxi Street. West Street has a typical water town street pattern, and its minimum width is only the width of a farmer's shoulder, that is, a pole. Because the eaves of houses facing the street often extend above the second floor, and the opposite buildings are close at hand, you can hang clothes and bask in the quilt by putting up bamboo poles, and when you open the window, you can lean against the window to have a heart-to-heart talk, forming a unique urban landscape. There are many scenic spots in West Street from west to east: Shipinong, Zhongfutang (Wang Zhai), Xiyuan, China Button Museum and Jiangnan Ceramic Tile Exhibition Hall.
From the Republic of China to the liberation period, Dong Tang Street was one of the most prosperous streets in Xitang. There are many restaurants in Dong Tang Street. In the past, there was a saying, "Where is the restaurant? There are buildings everywhere along the Xutang River. Speaking of this commercial street, we have to talk about the merchants in Xitang. An author who came to Xitang said: Xitang is the intersection of Confucian merchant culture and civilian culture. There is a certain basis. There are many scholars here, but the road to being an official is too narrow. Most scholars can't be officials, so they must come back to do business. Influenced by Confucian culture, these people have different business ideas from ordinary businessmen. On the street, there is a century-old pharmacy-Zhong Pharmacy. There is a couplet on the gate, which reads: the medicine rack is full of dust, and I hope there is no disease in the world. In other words, shops are willing to sell this medicine and don't want people to get sick. Fully embodies the Confucian thoughts of "benevolence" and "harmony". There is also the former site of Yuanyuan Silk Village in Dong Tang Street. 1In the autumn of 927, Comrade Chen Yun was chased by the Kuomintang in the "Fengjing Riot" and moved to Xitang. He stayed with his good friend Gao's family in Buzhuang for a few days, and then Gao's platoon took the boat to a safe place.
Burning Hong Kong doesn't mean burning Hong Kong, but in the past, there were many temples on both sides of the river, where good men and women came by boat to burn incense, hence the name burning Hong Kong. Ni Tianzeng ancestral home memorial hall, Five Blessingg Bridge, Confucian Temple, Ming and Qing woodcarving hall, etc.
Tawan Street is named after Yanta Temple, the original temple in the west of the city, and is located at the corner of Chenghe River. Seven masters finally committed themselves to Yanta Bay in Tawan Street. In the Ming Dynasty, many restaurants gathered here. Zhou Ding, a poet in the Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem "A Brief History of Xitang", which described the prosperity here: the rising sun filled Qingchuan and passenger ships danced. One thousand dollars is a department store, and it is shoulder-length steps. Bob Brown explains the market language, and children know about counterfeit money. Interlaced fishing nets, the houses of China people are actually cooked and fresh. The scenic spots on Tawan Street include Zuiyuan and Qilaoye Temple.
Xitang has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the intersection of wuyue and China, so it was called "Wugen Dujiao" and "Dujiao". Towns and villages were formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. By the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xitang had developed into a prosperous market town by virtue of the economic foundation of the land of abundance and the hometown of silk and the convenience of waterways. Kiln yard, rice market, food, ceramics and other industries were increasingly prosperous.
A large number of villages were built during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. People build houses along the river and live by the water. During the Southern Song Dynasty, villages gradually became larger and formed a market. In the Yuan Dynasty, market towns prospered by water gradually formed, and commerce began to flourish. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it has developed into a handicraft and commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River. "Spring and Autumn Water Towns, Towns in Tang and Song Dynasties, Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Modern People" is the most appropriate description of Xitang. Hou Xian's Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties was also written when he was in Xitang, an ancient town.
There is also Nanshe in the ancient town of Tang Xi, aiming at advocating national unity, overthrowing the feudal Qing dynasty and establishing a democratic republic. 1909 165438 Encouraged by the surging revolutionary wave led by Sun Yat-sen, it was secretly established in Suzhou in June. The founder of Nanshe is Liu Yazi, a famous poet in Wujiang. He developed 65,438+08 members of Nanshe in Xitang, including the famous You Shimei, Li Zhongqi, Yu Zuomei, Shen Yuzhong and Jiang Xuecheng. Nanshe is a revolutionary group, mainly advocating the anti-Qing revolution verbally, and echoing with the League, it has become 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 a great momentum for the anti-Qing national democratic revolution. Later, Nanshe was also torn apart in the wave of the Great Revolution, but a group of poets in Xitang organized Xushe with the same purpose and personnel, which became an extension of Xitang Nanshe. Most of the poems of Xushe members have been preserved, and these poems, together with 90 poems left by their "master" Liu Yazi in Xitang, have become the eternal swan song of Xitang.
Tang Xi Ancient Town Tour Guide Fan Wen (5)
The former site of Xiyuan is located in Jijiaxiang, West Street. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zeng operated alone and then sold it. There are trees, flowers, rockeries, pavilions and ponds in the park with beautiful scenery. There is a "Tingtaoxuan" teahouse on the rockery on the east side, so it is named because there are Pinus bungeana 1 plant on the rockery, which is several feet high and the wind comes and the millet falls. /kloc-in the winter of 0/920, the poet Liu Yazi came to Xitang. He once lived in Xiyuan, where he took photos with friends from Xitangnan. His title is "The Second Picture of Xiyuan Ya Ji".
Xitang West Garden originated from Liu Yazi's invitation to friends to sing poems and sing in Xitang Yard, and photographed "the second elegant figure of the West Garden". Now the West Garden is a newly-built park in 1993, and the other West Garden is only an exhibition hall of Nanshe, which is not the place where Nanshe recited poems.
The former site of Xiyuan is located in Jijiaxiang, West Street. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zeng operated alone and then sold it. There are trees, flowers, rockeries, pavilions and ponds in the park with beautiful scenery. There is a "Tingtaoxuan" teahouse on the rockery on the east side, so it is named because there are Pinus bungeana 1 plant on the rockery, which is several feet high and the wind comes and the millet falls. /kloc-in the winter of 0/920, the poet Liu Yazi came to Xitang. He once lived in Xiyuan and took photos with friends in Xitangnan. His title is "The Second Picture of Xiyuan Ya Ji".
The West Garden was originally just an ordinary small garden of the Zhujiajian family in the Ming Dynasty. It is a tiny place, with few pavilions and pavilions, and the area of the curved bridge lotus pond is not large. In the early years of the Republic of China, Mr. Liu Yazi from Lili, Wujiang, and a group of literary friends from Xitang took photos in Yaji. The photo taken is called "the second picture of the elegant collection of Xiyuan", and Xiyuan has gained some fame. This is a well-known thing.
Soon after, the West Garden was owned by Hu Mengzi, a famous family in Xitang. Hu Mengzi is the grandfather of Mr. Wang Heng in Zuiyuan, and Xiyuan has also become a paradise for Wang Heng's childhood. This scene is a bit like that described in Lu Xun's novels: the rockery with a winding path is a good place to hide and seek, and some unknown colorful birds often stop on the tall white pine in the West Garden. When shaking trees at night, some birds will fall from the sky unconsciously. ...
In the early 1950s, because the rockery in Xiyuan was transported to the cement plant for cement, the lotus pond was filled, the pavilion was demolished and Xiyuan was destroyed. In my young memory, the West Garden is already a vast white field, which specializes in showing open-air movies, but it is still a place for our children to play and yearn for in midsummer.
In some information about Xitang, Daxi Garden and Xiaoxi Garden are often mentioned, but they are simply talking about it. The so-called Daxi Garden was a newly built park on Hongfu Road in the early 1990s. Since the development of tourism in 1998, Sujia Lane has been changed to Pingchuan Park (Xitang is also called Pingchuan) to avoid name conflict. Today's Xiyuan is no longer the Xiyuan on the old site; Today's West Garden is no longer the West Garden where Liu Yazi friends get together.
The real West Garden is next to the Nanshe Exhibition Hall today. It was built in the Ming Dynasty. It is actually the largest private garden in Xitang history. Its owner is Ke. There are several generations of literati in history, leaving many poems for the West Garden.
1in March, 1990, a park with a total area of 16.6 mu was built in the west hill of the town, and it was named "West Garden". There is a small bridge and a lion pavilion at the entrance to the park, and there are brick latticed corridors, waterside pavilions, curved bridges, rockeries, pavilions and artificial waterfalls around the park.