Ah, as the saying goes: If you come to Rugao like a song, you will live a long life. My hometown is Rugao, where there are famous scenic spots: Dinghui Temple and Water Painting Garden. Now I will give you a good introduction to Dinghui Temple and Water Painting Garden.

The Water Painting Garden is located in the northeast corner of Rugao City and is one of the famous ancient gardens in China. Its characteristic landscape is painted with water from east to west, and the autumn mountains and flowers are hidden one by one, just like a painting. In addition, the love story between Maoxiang (also known as Pijiang), a talented man in the late Ming Dynasty, and Dong Xiaowan, a famous prostitute in Jinling, has been widely circulated at home and abroad. The Shui Hui Garden was also famous. It was built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty as Mao Guanyi's villa. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Mao Pijiang became disheartened. So he changed the name of Shui Hui Garden to Shui Hui'an and decided to live in seclusion and not be an official. At that time, famous scholars Qian Chenyi, Wu Weiye, Wang Shizhen, Kong Shangren, Chen Weisong and others came to Rugao to gather together and sing poems in the garden. Those who cross the river to the north and those who cross the river to the south all return to Rugao. "The Water Painting Garden was very prosperous.

When was the temple named Huizhi? The ancient monument on the bridge does not count the years.

The old trees are full of crows and crows are shining in the evening, and the new butterflies dance in the hometown. Smoke.

The seven-story pagoda turned into dust, and the five-colored clouds scattered up to the sky.

Only the water in the Jade Lotus Pond, deep in the waves,

Rugao Dinghui Temple is located in the southeast of the county. It has a long history and is second to none in the Jianghai area. According to the "Extended Biography of Eminent Monks" of the Tang Dynasty, "In the 11th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (AD 591), King Yang Guang of the Jin Dynasty asked Master Zhijie to set up a monk association to teach Bodhisattvas. Quit. The Taoist scriptures were written in Rugao, and Mao was killed to build a temple. Build a ten-level pagoda and name it Dinghui. "In the past, Rugao County annals and inscriptions mostly recorded that the temple was built during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (627-649 AD) or during the Tianxi period of the Song Dynasty (1017-1021 AD). According to the "Continued Biography of Eminent Monks", the Sui Dynasty of Dinghui Temple was earlier than that of the Tang Dynasty. Nearly sixty years, more than three hundred and seventy years earlier than Song Ji.