Huishan Ancient Town is located in the north of Wuxi Xihui Park, and consists of a large number of ancient ancestral halls. The ancestral temple complex was built in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. What we see now are mostly ancestral temples in the Qing Dynasty. These ancestral temples involve more than 8 surnames, so you may wish to trace your ancestors here. In addition, the Wuxi clay figurines in the town are good handwritten letters, and the food is also worth tasting.
Huishan ancient town is surrounded by a north-south horizontal street and an east-west straight street (Xiuzhang Street). At the eastern end of the straight street, there is a big picture wall of the ancient town with the four characters "Huishan Ancient Town" written on it, which is very easy to recognize. At the northern end of Hengjie, that is, the intersection of Huiqian Road and Tonghui West Road, is the ticket office. Admission to the ancient town is free, and tickets are only needed to visit some small scenic spots. The intersection of Hengjie and the direct intersection is adjacent to Gu Hua Mountain Gate and Xiuzhang Gate of Xihui Park, and there is an outstanding memorial archway to the north. The spring water on Huishan Mountain flows into the well behind the archway, and the leading river flows into the Grand Canal from southwest to northeast.
Ancestral temples are mainly concentrated along the Longtou River and on the straight street, and there are fewer ancestral temples on the horizontal street. Except for the scenic spots that can be visited inside the tickets, many ancestral halls are not open and can only be seen outside. There are introduction boards at the entrance of the ancestral halls. Most ancestral temples are typical buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, with white walls and black tiles, wooden doors and windows, and some of them have their own small gardens. Yang Oufang Temple is quite special, blending into the western-style architectural style, a bit like a stone door made of masonry.
Along the Longtou River, from southwest to northeast, there are Qianlu (Liugeng Caotang), Wuxi Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall, Yangoufang Temple, Lianxi Zhoufuzi Temple (Guangji Temple, Zhou Lian Creek is Zhou Dunyi who wrote "Love Lotus") and Huishan Garden (Li Gong Temple, Li Gong's brother Li Hezhang). You can reach Mr. Gu Dongyang's Temple (Gu Kejiu Temple) from the path behind Yang Oufang Temple. There is a tall Taihu stone in the garden of the ancestral temple. The scenic spots that need to show tickets in Zhijie are Mr. Ni Yunlin's Temple, Fan Wenzheng's Temple, Lu Xuangong Temple and Xu Ruzi's Temple from west to east.
The most northeast scenic spot along the Longtou River is the China Clay Figurine Museum. You should also show your tickets. In the museum, you can see Wuxi Daafu of the Southern School, clay figurine Zhang of the Northern School, and the process of making clay figurines by the master. If you like, you can buy Wuxi clay figurines in the museum. Of course, you can also find clay figurines in the ancient town outside the museum.
If you pursue petty bourgeoisie sentiment, the two banks of the Longtou River are shaded by trees and lined with colorful umbrellas. Sitting at the table under the umbrella, drinking coffee or ordering a pot of tea, let alone how comfortable it is. Pioneer bookstore in Nanjing opened a branch in the ancient town (No.186, Xiuzhang Street), and the wooden flower window was filled with literary tones.
The food in the ancient town should not be missed, and Huishan Tofu Flower (No.13 Hengjie) often queues up; Not far from it, Yiqinyuan steamed buns are said to have been on China on the tip of the tongue, and the crab powder steamed buns are the signboard; The old restaurant (No.3 Xiuzhang Street) specializes in exquisite Wuxi cuisine; The Soviet-style noodles in an acre of three fields (No.24 Xiuzhang Street) are very good. Shortbread is a special feature here. You can see a shortbread shop in the ancient town in two steps, and you can buy it and eat it while shopping.
Huishan Temple Classic Building is located on both sides of the Gu Hua Gate of Huishan Temple in Wuxi, with the Tang Troroni Classic Building on the south and the Song Dabai Umbrella Building on the north, with a distance of 1 meters between the two buildings.
Tangtuo Luoni Classic Building was built in the third year of Tang Ganfu (876). It is 6.26 meters high and 1.48 meters in diameter at the bottom. It consists of three parts: building foundation, building body and building roof. The foundation of the building is three groups of octagonal waist-bound bases, and the bottom is waist-bound Mount Sumi; In the middle group, the base is carved with sea water patterns, and there are four lions embossed on the octagonal girdle with different postures, which are covered with lotus petals. On the upper set of octagonal corsets, there are eight pot-door niches carved on them, with Buddha statues carved inside, lotus petals on them, octagonal seats on the lotus petals, railings carved on each side, and lotus petals at the corners.
Huishan Ancient Town and Xihui Park can be visited together. There are famous Jichang Garden, the second spring in the world that gave birth to Erhu's famous song "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" and other scenic spots in the park.
The building stands on the balustrade stone pedestal and is an octagonal stone pillar. The Buddha's top is carved all over the place, which is the calligraphy of Li Duan, a native of Bailushan. The upper part of the building is decorated with an octagonal treasure cover, and the corners are decorated with lion heads, and the mouth is connected with a beaded ribbon. On the cover of the treasure, there is an oblate stone, and the four sides are engraved with patterns of precious flowers. It supports the lotus petals, and eight square column holes are found on the lotus petals. It is estimated that the original stone carving goulan has all been lost. The lotus is in the shape of a corset column, with eight pot-door niches carved on it. The Buddha statue is carved inside, and the octagonal treasure cover is carved on it. The head of Lux is carved in the corner, and there are cows, sheep, antlers and fangs carved shallowly. A flat round stone is placed on the cover of the treasure, and the design of Rui Hua is engraved on it. The roof of the building is an octagonal pyramidal roof with upturned eaves and flat round stones on it. No ornamentation is found, and the top is a treasure.
Huishan Temple, located in Xiushan Street of Huishan (now the junction of Huishan Street and Hengjie Street), was founded in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, with a history of more than 1,5 years. Its predecessor was the Lishan Cottage founded by Shi Zhanting, the right commander of Situ in Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties. At that time, he retired in Lishan (Huishan) and made peace with Liu Shuo, the king of Nanping in the Southern Dynasties. Qi Jiangyan also had a successor, and later generations listed their poems in the wall. In the first year of Jingping in Liu Song Dynasty (423), Lishan Caotang was converted into a monk's house, which was called "Huashan Jingshe".
Jinlian Bridge is located in Xihui Park in the western suburb of Wuxi. Located on the central axis of Huishan Temple complex in the Southern Dynasties, on the Jinlian Pool between Jingang Hall (former site) and Yubei Pavilion. Song Jian, rebuilt in past dynasties. In 1982, the People's Government of Jiangsu Province announced that it was a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, and when it was announced, it was named "Huishan Temple Jinlian Bridge".
Jinlian Bridge is a three-hole Liang Shi Bridge, and the bridge body is mounted on the pond in the east-west direction. There are stone abutments at both ends of the stone bridge and two stone piers in the middle to undertake the Liang Shi of the bridge. Each hole is made up of six Liang Shi blocks, with four bridge deck stones in the middle to pass people; On both sides, there is a piece of Chinese plate stone, which is supported by a stone railing. On the outside, the typical pattern of "Twisted Peony Metaplasia (Boy)" is carved on the ground in the Song Dynasty. On the south side of the bridge, the middle of the edge of the middle hole pattern stone is engraved with the words "Mao De Tang Li Fu".
Liang Shi, the transverse cap of the east-west abutment, is carved into a strange fish head at each end, with four * * *. The two ends of the horizontal cap Liang Shi of the two piers in the middle are carved into a decapitated head (if you are obsessed with reading, it will be yellow if you are a dragon), and there are also four. Stone railings on both sides are composed of lotus columns and hollow stone railings alternately. There is a drum-hugging stone (* * * four) at each end of the bridge railing. The middle hole is slightly higher, flat and long, the east and west side holes are inclined and slightly shorter, and the bridge body is slightly curved. The whole stone bridge is beautiful, symmetrical, stable and ornate in carving, which is a rare and good structure in ancient courtyard bridges.
At present, Huishan Temple still retains historical sites and buildings, including Gu Hua Mountain Gate, Stone Classics Mansion in Tang and Song Dynasties, King Kong Hall, Xianghua Bridge and Riyuechi, Jinlian Bridge and Jinlianchi, Imperial Monument Pavilion, Tingsongshi Bed, Ancient Ginkgo Tree, Datong Hall, Bamboo Furnace Room and Yun Qi Building.
As Huishan Temple is located in a scenic spot, its reputation has already spread all over the world with its reputation as the second spring in the world. As early as the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was full of incense and flourished. The scope of the temple includes the whole Yugong Valley and Jichang Garden, and there are as many as 1,48 monasteries. Throughout the ages, many poets and poets, even emperors and princes, have to stay in Huishan Temple when passing through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
The former site of Wuxi Yugong Valley is adjacent to Huanggong River in the south, Huishan Temple in the north, Mingquanli (Er Quan) in the west, and Xiuyan Street (Yingshan Lake area) in the east, covering an area of more than 5 mu. It is a classical garden in the Ming Dynasty, and was built around the 15th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.
The owner of the garden, Zou Diguang, whose name is Yanji, was born in Wuxi. He was a scholar in the second year of Wanli, and served as the assistant envoy of Huguang. After returning to Wuxi from office, he lived an indulgent gentleman's life, and chose Qinwangwu in Xishan and Huishan to build a villa garden-Yugong Valley.
He has been called Yugong since he was in business for more than 1 years, and has built 6 scenic spots. Taking advantage of the mountains, he has laid out earth mountains and peaks, and the Huanggong River is the source of flowing water. The streams, streams, marshes and ponds are beautiful and colorful, which set each other off. At that time, Zouyuan was once known as one of the four famous private gardens in China, and it won Wuzhong for a time.
memorial archway style. Dianding, home bamboo agate site Tuoshi. There is an octagonal stone pond in the west of Chengze pond with a traceability bridge, and the heads of stone oysters are decorated in the north and south of the pond wall, and two springs are breathed in, so it is also called Shuanglong pond.
Hua Xiaozi Temple is located in the inner side of Guhuishan Temple in Wuxi Xihui Park, which joins Wuxi Xiaozi Huabao in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In 481, the third year of Jian Yuan in the Southern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Gao of Qi gave Huabao the title of "dutiful son", which contained the Book of Southern Qi.
A special shrine was built in the Tang Dynasty, in which a child's bun with a long beard and a Hua Bao statue were molded. The temple has been abandoned repeatedly, and the current building began in the Ming Dynasty and was completed in the Qing Dynasty, and it is basically intact. East of the Temple, there are four archways in front of the door, commonly known as a pavilion without a roof, a single room and a square, with a wood and stone structure and exquisite algae decoration. It is a memorial building of the Fahrenheit clan to show loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, and was built in the thirteenth year of Qing Qianlong (1748).
Chixi is the main building to enjoy the hall, which was built in the 21st year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1485) and renovated in the 27th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1762), and still maintains the Ming style. Three rooms, eight frames, rest peak and nanmu structure, but the square column and column base are all stone, and the decorative color is simple and elegant. Its inner wall is embedded with 35 inscriptions of Ming and Qing dynasties, most of which were copied in 1984.
The second spring in the world refers to Er Quan at the foot of Huishan Mountain. According to legend, the spring was dug by Lingjingcheng in Wuxi during the Tang Dynasty, and it was named Huishan Spring because monks lived here. Huishan has thirteen springs in Kowloon, and Er Quan is the most famous.
Later generations compare Lu Yu's comments on the spring, Su Shi's poems and Wang Shu's calligraphy, which are called "Er Quan's Three Musts". In 26, the courtyard and stone carvings of the Second Spring in the World, as ancient buildings from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, were listed in the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.
The lower pool is the largest, rectangular, which was dug in the period of Ming Dow in the Northern Song Dynasty. The pool is about 7 meters in length, 1 meters in width and .33 meters in depth, and is located under Yilan Hall. On the evening of July and a half in the autumn lunar calendar every year, the bright moon will be reflected in the pool, forming a natural "two springs reflecting the moon".
The wall of the pond has a stone dragon head, commonly known as the stone dragon head, which is the first of the thirteen springs in Huishan Kowloon. Its shape is vigorous and simple, and the spring water flows into the square pond through the mouth, which is quite interesting. In front of the pool, there is Taihu Stone, which is called Guanyin Stone in the world. On the right, there is a dragon lady stone with "light and comfortable sleeves", and on the left, there is a boy stone with "hands folded". Under the stone, there is a four-character inscription, and the inscription "Huiyan" is a relic of Gu Kexue's villa in the Ming Dynasty, which was moved here during the Qianlong period.
Er Quan is divided into upper, middle and lower pools. The upper pool is octagonal, where the spring is located and the water quality is the best. The middle pool is square and close to the upper pool. According to "Huishan Ji", "The flowing water is flowing, clear and lovely." Both pools are stone bottoms and bluestone fences, and the stone fences around the upper pool are very smooth, especially at the position where the feet are stepped on, and the stone fences are deeply sunk into several gaps, which is the record of people taking springs to make tea in the past thousand years.
Ming Shaobao wrote: "In the fifth year of Zhengde, in the spring and March, the tin people deepened the fountain of Huishan, and in the autumn and August, they succeeded. All of them were the third pond, the second canal, the pavilion and the hall, and the shrines of the three sages (Zhan Ting, Li Shen and Lu Yu) were on the spring." On the wall on the north side of Fangchi, there is an inscription of "The Second Spring in the World" written by Wang Shu, a foreign minister of the official department, in the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727).
Zhide Temple, built in the 3th year of Qing Qianlong (1765), was donated by Wu Yue, the 11st descendant of Taibo, a county magistrate in Wuxi, and Wu Peiyuan, a county magistrate in Sui 'an, Zhejiang, and bought the former site of Yuan Zou _ Stone Pavilion and Shenghe Pavilion in the east of Er Quan, Huishan, and moved it to Deci, dedicated to offering sacrifices to Wu Taibo, the ancestor who developed the south of the Yangtze River. Confucius called him "extremely virtuous". Therefore, the descendants are called Zhide Temple. Located in the northwest of Yingshan Lake, it was the site of Yugong Valley in the Ming Dynasty.
Qian Wusu's ancestral temple, also known as King Qian's Memorial, is located at the intersection of Hengzhi Street in Huishan, adjacent to Jichang Garden in the south and Huishan Temple in the north. It was originally built by Qian Miao (852-932), the grandson of Wu Yue, who moved to Wuxi, to worship his ancestor Qian Wusu.
the ancestral hall has five bays and three entrances, and there are east and west hatchbacks in the big courtyard. During the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, due to the destruction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War, the descendants of Qian were rebuilt in the 11th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1872), and a piece of "Rebuilding the Ancestral Temple of Qian Wusu in Xin 'an Township" was still embedded in the wall.
Address: No.15 Changshouli, Beitang District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province
Type: Ancient Town Ancient Village
Play time: 2-4 hours
Tel: 51-83728121
Opening hours:
The ancient town is open all day, and the opening hours of small scenic spots in the ancient town are about 8: -17: .
Ticket information:
Free admission. The ancient town is open for free, and the joint ticket for small scenic spots needs to be charged.
Huishan Street: Huishan Street has 9 community neighborhood committees and 1 family committee: Mianhua Lane Community, Xinglong Bridge Community, Wuli New Village Community, Sheng 'an First Village Community, Sheng 'an Second Village Community, Huichangli Community, Xinhui Road Community, Ronghu Community, Huiquanshan Community and Huiying Family Committee.