Named after the temple, because it is in the west of the city, it is called the West Tower. According to Gaoyou Fuzhi (Qianlong period), "Zhenguo Temple is located in the southwest corner of the city, and there is a broken tower outside the temple. Zen master Tang Juzhi built it, and Shen Bing Temple was destroyed by fire in Shunzhi years, and Jia Guowei, a layman, rebuilt it in Yongzheng two years (according to: Zhenguo Temple, the old ambition was Guangxiao Temple, and now it is corrected according to the Biography of Master Zhichan and the existing temple name). " It also said, "The Broken Pagoda, now called the West Pagoda, is outside the Zhenguo Temple in the southwest corner of Zhouzhi. This ancient pagoda has nine floors, half of which were removed to make dragon claws, leaving only six floors, with an odd height of eight feet and an odd circumference of ten feet. Li, a citizen of a city, added seven floors. In the 43 rd year of Qianlong, the fire broke out and all levels were destroyed, becoming empty towers. " It also said: "Zen master Tang Juzhi, Yi Zongzi and Xi Zongdi also went to Gaoyou, and it was too late to close the base. I asked North Korea eagerly. Zhao took his land as the town temple and lived there. He still gave the title to support the Zen master. " This tower is square, like a pavilion, with seven floors. Due to the maintenance of the past dynasties, the same tower has left architectural traces of different times, which has also caused some scholars to dispute the age of the tower. 1956, the Grand Canal was widened and the tower remained on the island in the middle of the river. 1957, the tower was listed as the second batch of cultural relics protection units in the province. 1982 On March 25th, the provincial people's government re-announced the Zhenguo Temple Tower as a provincial cultural relics protection unit.

Yu chengyi

Yucheng Post Station is located in the post lane outside the south gate of Gaoyou City. Ming Hongwu opened a post station in 8 years. It is one of the well-preserved remains of the ancient post station in China. After restoration, it has become the only post-station museum in China. Now it is a state-level cultural relics protection unit.

Gu Yu cheng yi

China is one of the first countries in the world to establish organized missionary information. The post station is an institution operated by the ancient government, reporting military information, transporting guests and transporting military materials through the air. All previous dynasties attached great importance to postal service, calling it "the blood of the country".

In the twenty-fourth year of the King of Qin (223 BC), a high platform was built here, a postal kiosk was set up, and a county was set up in Han Dynasty. History solemnly named this land Gaoyou, and Gaoyou is the only county in China with its name associated with postal services. Since then, Gaoyou was born and prospered because of "post", and a song of "post" has been sung through the ages.

Yucheng Post Station was built in the eighth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1375), which was the garden mouth of ancient grain and water. Yucheng, another name of Gaoyou, is taken from a poem by Qin Shaoyou, a poet in Song Dynasty. He described his hometown as "My hometown is like a bowl". Yucheng Post Station, located in Guan Yi Lane, south of the city, is an important post station with post-horse function on the north-south artery (Beijing-Hangzhou Canal) in Ming Dynasty. The original scale is magnificent, and there are ancient buildings such as the main hall, warehouse, cloister, Ma Shen Temple and the original Drum Tower. Although it has passed through Cang Sang, the ancient style still exists, which many experts and scholars call "rare and precious". With the strong support of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and all levels of posts and telecommunications, culture, urban construction, various departments and all walks of life in the province, Gaoyou Municipal People's Government insisted on restoring Yucheng Post Station during the period of 1993+0995, and on this basis, established the only museum of the post station in China, making this ancient post station regain its glory. China Ming History Society, Institute of History of China Academy of Social Sciences, and Center of Literature and History of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications jointly held the' 95 International Symposium on Postal Culture in Gaoyou on August 6, 2007. On August 17, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued the postal album "Ancient Post Station Yucheng Post Station" and held a premiere at the opposite post station. Yucheng Post Station is a state-level cultural relic protection unit.

gaoyou lake

Gaoyou lake is the third largest lake in Jiangsu Province. Gaoyou lake is called Hanging Lake because its water level is higher than the canal, and West Lake because it is located in the west of Gaoyou. From the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, several small lakes appeared, among which Zhuhu Lake, Fushe Lake, Ping 'a Lake and other 12 lakes were larger and connected. When Qin Shaoyou described gaoyou lake, he said, "There are many huge lakes in the northwest of Gaoyou, which are connected like pearls."

Gaoyou lake is a beautiful lake. She has both natural beauty and many beautiful legends, such as "social pearl" and "Geng Temple magic lamp". Gaoyou lake is the third largest freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province, with a total area of 780 square kilometers. Pu Songling's poems describe him as "three thousand miles of boundless clouds and water". Looking around, the lake is misty and the sky is flush with the water. In autumn, under the setting sun, sails on the horizon, ducks on the water, birds in the air and reeds on the shore form a beautiful scenery, which makes you crazy and reluctant to leave for a long time.

Gaoyou lake is not only a beautiful lake, but also a rich lake. Its vast waters and good water quality provide a unique ecological environment for the growth of various fish, birds and aquatic plants. Rich in green, white, black, bream, carp, eel and other fish, especially Qinghe shrimp, whitebait and crab. Aquatic plants include Euryale ferox, water chestnut, lotus root, water shield, etc. Gulls, herons, cranes and wild ducks often haunt the reed swing on the lake island. Beautiful gaoyou lake is worthy of being a world of fish, a paradise for birds and a museum of aquatic plants.

Shenyingshan Han Tomb

Shenying Mountain Han Tomb is located in Tianshan Township, West Lake, Gaoyou City. In the process of quarrying in 1979, four wooden tombs in the Western Han Dynasty were discovered, among which the highest burial system in the Han Dynasty-"Yellow Intestine Burial" was adopted in Tomb No.1 and No.2, and the owners of the two tombs were the first generation of Guangling Xu He, which has a history of more than 2,000 years. Han Tomb No.1 is the largest tomb of its kind in China, with complete structure. A large number of cultural relics and rich characters have been unearthed in the mausoleum. The puzzle structure of Huangchang is fine, just like a square city, which vividly reflects the local economy, architecture, technology and living standards at that time. It provides valuable material for studying the funeral etiquette, official system, woodworking technology and calligraphy art of Guangling State in Han Dynasty.

The No.1 and No.2 Han tombs unearthed are all wooden tombs with vertical holes and pits. There are ten bricks on Tomb No.200, with a circumference of 200 meters and a height of 3 meters. The tomb pit is an artificial rock pit. The pit mouth is 28 meters long from north to south, 23 meters long from east to west, the pit depth is 18 meters, and the pit bottom is 60 meters. Nearly 20,000 cubic meters of rocks were excavated in graves and tombs, and 25,000 cubic meters of soil were filled and sealed. It is rare that its engineering is vast and labor consumption is high. The wooden coffin structure is the main building of the funeral, and it is a "yellow sausage puzzle" made by Jin Sinan Rem, a senior building. The whole tomb covers an area of 2,265,438+0 square meters and uses 545 cubic meters of wood. It looks like an underground palace, with grand scale, magnificent momentum, exquisite structure, solemn shape and pure wood structure. Although two tombs were stolen, nearly a thousand pieces of jade, silver, bronze, iron, lacquer, pottery, wooden figurines, opera figurines, silk and cars were unearthed.

Reed field

Reed field is located in the northeast of gaoyou lake, with 52,000 mu of tidal flat resources, including 20,000 mu of reed. Rivers criss-cross in the swing area, forming a dense water network of "one pond in one Li, two ponds in one Li". At the turn of spring and summer, Ye Wei is green and blue; In midsummer, the lotus in the pond is full of water chestnuts, the reeds rustle and the fragrance is overflowing; During the Double Ninth Festival, fish are fat and crabs are strong, and hundreds of fishing boats come and go. In late autumn, the reed flowers are white and the sea of clouds is boundless. For a long time, the ecological environment here has been well protected, with clear and transparent water quality, beautiful scenery, pleasant climate and rich biodiversity. It is known as the "Water Town Zeguo".

Longqiuzhuang site

The site of Longqiuzhuang, which represents the prehistoric culture in the eastern Jianghuai area, shows that there was a splendid lantern civilization in Gaoyou 7000 years ago. Longqiuzhuang site is located in the northeast of Gaoyou city, about 9 Li. It is really 2.4 meters high, with low terrain and surrounded by water, with a total area of 43,000 square meters.

After four large-scale archaeological excavations from 1993 to 1995 by the archaeological team composed of Nanjing Museum, Yangzhou Museum and Gaoyou Cultural Management Association, 4 Neolithic houses were cleared, 35 ash pits and 402 tombs were found, and more than 2,000 artifacts such as stone tools, jade articles, pottery and bone horns were unearthed. Production tools such as horn hoes and bone trowels made from the bone horns of elk and other animals, as well as daily necessities such as bone needles, bone cones, bone pendants and bone rings; There are tubes, rings, jewels, pendants and other jade articles; Pottery with a large number of daily necessities. Many kinds and shapes, well-made. There are more than 0/00 pieces of complete and repairable pottery/kloc-,among which the pig-shaped pottery pot 10 is both similar and exaggerated, and its production level and aesthetic taste are convincing. Especially, more than 4,000 carbonized rice grains were found at different depths in the same place, which advanced the rice planting history in China to 5,500 years ago.

At the same time, it is very rare to find carved symbols with the characteristics of written symbols on unearthed pottery pieces and antlers. The excavation of Longqiuzhuang site confirmed that there was a primitive culture with unique cultural features and complete cultural series in Jianghuai Basin 7000-5000 years ago. This is also the "Longqiuzhuang Culture" confirmed by experts at the "1997 Longqiuzhuang Site and the Symposium on Ancient Culture in Jianghuai Area". At present, as a national key cultural relics protection unit, the ecological museum of Longqiuzhuang site is under construction, which will reproduce the original life style of Longqiuzhuang tribe.

Kuilou

Kuilou, also known as Kuixing Building. Located in the southeast corner of Gaoyou Song Cheng, it was built in the third year of Ming Dynasty (1623), with brick and wood structure, octagonal structure, three floors and pavilion-style building. 1984, the county people's government at that time allocated funds to repair it, and restored the double-eaved cloister on the first floor according to the paintings of the Qing Dynasty. Visitors can climb the stairs to overlook. It used to be the villa of Wang Yongji, a college student in the early Qing Dynasty, where Wang Chang and Sun Chongyi chanted. During Guangxu period, it was built into a butterfly garden, and later this garden was abandoned. Later, in order to commemorate, a north-south road to the west of Kuilou was named Butterfly Garden Road.

Located on the hillside, between the Jingtu Temple Tower and the Zhenguo Temple Tower, it is almost in a straight line, which becomes the link connecting the two towers. In ancient times, there were three touching love legends! The main idea is to tell the story that Kuilou, as a matchmaker, built a bridge between the two towers and promoted a beautiful marriage. Because of its beautiful shape and beautiful environment, Kuilou is built on a hillside, and people around it like to come here to relax and exercise. In the 1990s, in order to better protect Kuilou, the government carried out many repairs to Kuilou, repaired and reinforced the fence, and built a citizens' leisure square in the original disc garden, making it a good place for tourists to relax. Kuilou is a key cultural relic protection unit in Gaoyou City.

Ancient canal

The ancient canal connecting the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, excavated from 486 BC to 484 BC. It starts from the Yangtze River south of Hancheng (now Yangzhou) in the south, turns to the northeast via Liangfan Lake (now near Gaoyou) in the north, enters Sheyang Lake, and then flows northwest into Huaihe River via Huai 'an. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, it turned to the west, went straight from Liangfan Lake to the north, passed Jinhu Lake and Baima Lake, and entered the Huaihe River in the north. During the Yonghe period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the canal could not be introduced into the southern section of the river, and water was diverted from Yizheng. In the first year of the Great Cause of Sui Dynasty (605), Yang Di dug the Tongji Canal as well as the Han Canal. From Yang Shan to Jiangdu, the Han Canal entered the Yangtze River and connected the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, which became an important part of the Grand Canal in Sui Dynasty.

The stone pillars at the corner of the ancient canal are covered with deep traces left by past voyages. Yan Liu in Hangou is one of the eight ancient scenic spots of Qin Post. The scenery in Gaoyou section of Guhangou is charming, with weeping willows on both sides and ten thousand weeping willows swaying in the wind, like smoke and fog.

Gaoyou jingtu temple

Jingtu Temple Pagoda was built in the 40 ~ 43 years of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1612 ~15) and was renovated in the 32 ~ 34 years of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1906 ~ 1908). In 34 years of the Republic of China, a corner was damaged by artillery fire because of the war, and it was repaired the following year. 1963, Zhu Guangrong, a student from Gaoyou Middle School, climbed to the top of the tower and took some cultural relics out of the temple and handed them over to the cultural center. Among them, more than 40 volumes, such as the Huayan Sutra of Dafang Guangfo and the Paramita Sutra of King Kong, are now in the Nanjing Museum. The original floors and escalators in the tower can be climbed and then gradually destroyed. 1957, the provincial people's government announced this tower as a provincial cultural relics protection unit.

Wang memorial hall

Gaoyou Wang Memorial Hall is located in the middle of an old street named Xihou Street in the southwest of Gaoyou City, with its gate facing west and east, covering an area of 1000 square meters. The Wangs are all officials for three generations, and their families are famous for their great careers. Their former residence is very large, with nearly 100 houses. Later, due to the change of time, descendants moved out and frequent wars, some houses were destroyed and collapsed, some were moved to ordinary people's homes, and some were transformed into factory workshops. 1983 shortly after the reform and opening-up, the local party committee and government relocated some workshops and residents in the factory, restored three east rooms, three north study rooms and an ancient well, and built three halls and part of the courtyard wall of the former residence in memory of Wang Niansun and Wang Yinzhi, masters of phonology and exegetics in the Qing Dynasty. 1994, five halls and six wings were built, and a "single flag and one pole" was rebuilt to create the statue of Wang's father and son. The Qing-style architecture with clear bricks and tiles is simple, with several bamboo poles and several clusters of plum blossoms, which makes the environment of the former residence courtyard particularly elegant.

From north to south, you come to Gaoyou Wang Memorial Hall along the West Back Street, where both sides are residential styles in the late Qing Dynasty. Outside this mansion-style hall, the signboard of "Gaoyou Wang Memorial Hall" inscribed by the famous contemporary calligrapher Qi Gong hangs. Raised white marble doors and high thresholds will take you into the memorial hall. There is a golden plaque with a black background above the entrance hall, and the brick carving of "Gugu" is engraved on the zhaobi, which is simple in shape. Turning to the north, through the circular gate hollowed out by gray bricks, a small courtyard jumped into view. Wang Niansun and Wang, in the bamboo forest standing against the wall, the bronze statue is particularly eye-catching. Wang Niansun sat on the bench, his gown knee-length, his eyes looking up, his spirit calm, his left hand holding a wooden cane and his right hand holding an open book; Wang stood on the right side behind him, with his hands hanging down and his eyes slightly closed, as if thinking. The foot of the wall on the southwest side of the statue is an ancient well once used by the Wangs. On the white smooth stone well fence, it seems that you can still see the faint traces left by carrying rope to draw water. Looking down at the wellhead, the well water is still clear. There is a side door to the east of the statue, and there is a small courtyard in the door. There are holly, osmanthus trees and a leafy pomegranate tree in the yard. The pomegranate tree is full of bright red flowers, like a starry sky.

Parallel to the courtyard are three north wing rooms facing south, displaying Wang's former residence, Gaoyou Wang Shuzhai and many exhibitions of calligraphy and painting works of later generations. According to legend, this is the place where Wang and his son study. On the west side of the north side of the round door hollowed out with gray bricks, there are five halls with bucket arcades. According to reports, the main hall is intended to reproduce the original appearance of the Wang family library. At present, there are only some old tables and chairs for tourists to rest and enjoy. Above the main hall, there is a plaque inscribed by calligrapher Sha Menghai, and the portrait of Wang and his son carefully drawn by the late contemporary famous painter Cheng Shifa hangs on the back wall due north.

The Wang's father and son in the portrait are old and thin, and the other couple is over 500 years old. Although both of them have become masters of Confucian classics, they are energetic and thin, and their robes in Qing Dynasty look wide and big. There are couplets inscribed by Li Yimang on the columns on both sides outside the main hall, saying, "Father and son are a dry family, a noble family, and exegetical achievements outside Song and Ming Dynasties". There are three east wing rooms and three west wing rooms in the courtyard in front of the main hall. On the pillar in front of the East Wing, there is a couplet inscribed by the late Peking University famous professor Zhou Zumo, which reads, "Generation after generation learns the ancient teachings of the Ming Dynasty, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful, giving birth to sages". On the pillar in front of the West Chamber door, there is a couplet inscribed by the famous Gaoyou writer Wang Zengqi, expressing his ardent hope for his hometown Chongwen and successors. On both sides of the wing are exhibition rooms, displaying various versions of Wang and his son's works and articles and monographs of modern scholars and experts studying Wang and his son's exegesis. Ye Shengtao, Wang Li, Liao, Gu and other late experts, scholars and painters all have handwriting. There are three small anterooms on the south side of the east-west wing, displaying biographies and anecdotes of Wang and his son. The story of "Wang Niansun defected to He Kun" and the story of "Wang Fu's flagpole alone" are particularly interesting and reverie with a long history. Out of the front hall is a long and narrow courtyard, strewn with flowers and trees, surrounded by tunnels paved with gray bricks, extending to the hollow round door on the south side of the zhaobi. Donghu eco-tourism resort

Donghu Resort is located in Mapeng Town, Gaoyou City, with a land and water forest area of 400 hectares. The stable named after the galloping post horses on the ancient post road changed horses here, leaving a page in the history of drinking horses in East Lake. In the early Qing Dynasty, it was a scenic spot in a lush water town. When Emperor Kangxi inspected the stables in the south, Jia Guowei, a rural sage, said in "The New Willow Tree on the Royal River Bank": "The most fascinating place is Luan Banner, and there are people swaying in the deep forest." The scenery of that year can be seen. East Lake Resort opened its doors to welcome the first batch of tourists 1998, and now it has become a prestigious ecological resort. It ranks among the 20 eco-tourism products in Jiangsu Province with the pristine, natural and harmonious beauty of the original scenery of "wild ducks flying, wild migratory birds, wild lotus flowers and wild vegetation".

East Lake has four seasons, and the four seasons are charming. In spring, the lake is full of emerald green. The sound of the paddle stirred the green halo of the circle. Sleeping in a wooden house in the forest at night is like returning to the embrace of nature. In summer, slender Taxodium ascendens, robust Italian poplar and elegant willow trees support the sky of East Lake. Whenever the autumn wind is bleak, the yellow leaves will pave the East Lake in a quiet and pleasant way. Fishermen who hold their breath, brave people who play in the paradise, and spectators who fly wild ducks all find curiosity to return to nature here. In the cold winter, the lake is covered with snow and covered with thin ice. Country clubs and wooden houses in the forest are still full of spring. You will feel much younger when you see wild ducks sliding on the ice. Qin, a former ambassador of China to the United Nations and a native of Gaoyou, visited the East Lake with great interest and wrote a poem: "The water is clear and the forest is lush. Birds and birds are singing, and everyone is happy. " Nowadays, the tourism and leisure projects in the resort are gradually matched: quaint dragon boats, dexterous speedboats, winding bridges, rooms covered with green vines, wooden houses deep in the forest, as well as forest mazes, pigeon squares, folk gardens, rare birds gardens, fish ponds, music stations, paradise for the brave, country clubs and so on. , to meet the broad interests and various needs of tourists.

The most attractive tourist attraction of Donghu Resort is "Wild Duck Flying". The feature film Lu High School, which was broadcast by CCTV and the American Chinese Channel, called Lu High School's stunt of flying wild ducks "Chinese Wonder". Lu high school is really a strange trick. He can make wild ducks obey. Every time he opens his throat, he makes a special cry, summoning hundreds of wild ducks from the Woods and reeds, flying in the water in front of him, chasing, foraging, playing, dancing in the air, or doing "water ballet". Wild ducks fly out for food in the morning, and at dusk, they can fly back to the duck pen even if they fly dozens of miles away. The harmonious coexistence of man and wild ducks gives the most appropriate interpretation to the eco-tourism of Anding Resort.