Tongli Ancient Town - Let your soul be intoxicated and linger here

Suzhou Tongli Ancient Town Tongli Ancient Town is located in Wujiang District, Suzhou City, 18 kilometers away from Suzhou city center. It is one of the six major ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River (the other five are Zhouzhuang Ancient Town, Xitang Ancient Town, Nanxun Ancient Town, Luzhi Ancient Town and Wuzhen). Tongli Ancient Town was established in the Song Dynasty and has a history of more than a thousand years. The ancient town is a 'small bridge, flowing water, people's home' poetic and picturesque southern town, accompanied by misty rain walking in it, giving people a sense of comfort and illusionary dream. Most recommended: Tongli Ancient Town is a model of the misty south of the Yangtze River. It still retains its original simplicity and has not been eroded by too much commercial atmosphere. The ancient town is surrounded by five lakes, with charming streets and crisscrossing rivers, leaving historical buildings and ancient bridges built in various eras. The most famous in Tongli are 'One Garden, Two Halls, Three Bridges' (One Garden refers to Tuisi Garden, which is listed on the World Cultural Heritage List, Two Halls refers to Chongben Hall and Jiayin Hall, Three Bridges refers to Taiping Bridge, Jili Bridge and Changqing Bridge). The ancient buildings and culture in Tongli full of traces of time reveal a sense of vicissitudes and ancient charm. Touring Tongli Ancient Town, I like rainy days the most. At this time, the ancient town is drizzling, the road is muddy, holding an oil-paper umbrella, stepping on the mottled smooth bluestone slab, walking in the narrow and long hazy rain alley, feeling the graceful beauty of the misty south of the Yangtze River, let the soul be intoxicated and linger here... Ticket price: 80 yuan/person, Suzhou Leisure Card can directly scan the code to enter, before 8:30 in the morning, after 5 o'clock in the afternoon can enter for free, but the small attractions inside can not play, all need to scan the code to enter. 120/times, can sit 6 people, many people experience Attractions to play: 1 : Enter to think about loyalty, retreat to think about making up for the past; Tuisi Garden is small and exquisite in layout, horizontal layout, the essence is in the garden. The garden has pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, corridors, boats, bridges, halls, rooms, and pavilions, with the pool as the center, and various buildings floating on the water. Tuisi Garden has three unique and three treasures, namely Tianqiao, Lansheng Pavilion, and Gushu Shengliang; the 'Returning to the Origin' stele in Tuisi Grass Garden, the stone drum in the Nine-Curved Corridor, and the Old Man Peak. In addition, the words on the Nine-Curved Corridor are: The clear wind and bright moon do not need a penny to buy, Li Bai's poem, the word is big seal 2 Gengle Hall: Located on the west side of the entire scenic area, it was built by Zhu Xiang, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty. The architectural layout is front house and back yard. The back garden is composed of lotus pond, three-curved bridge, three-friend pavilion, curved corridor, mandarin duck hall, swallow wing building, ancient pine pavilion, Huanxiu Pavilion and Moxiang Pavilion. It is a typical Ming and Qing residence and is worth a visit 3 Three Bridge Scenic Spot: refers to Taiping Bridge, Jili Bridge, Changqing Bridge, the bridge in Tongli is closely connected with the local folk customs, Tongli has the custom of 'walking the bridge' since ancient times, weddings, birthdays, full moon and other auspicious celebrations will walk three bridges, Taiping Jili Changqing; business is mainly concentrated near the Three Bridge Scenic Area, rowing boats are also nearby 4 Jiayin Hall: mainly look at the carving craftsmanship, the main building is commonly known as 'Sha Mao Hall' because the beam head oar wood is like the hat wing of the Ming Dynasty official hat, hence the name. The building is carved with beams and painted buildings, especially the 'Eight Horses' carved on both sides of the five-beam center, and the 'Phoenix Wearing Peony' carved at both ends of the beam. The bottom of the beam is carved with 'Satisfying Heart' and 'Must Be High' and other patterns. The 'Sha Mao Wing' is carved with eight pieces of drama text such as 'Ancient City Meeting, Three British Wars Lv Bu' in 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' 5 Pearl Tower Scenic Garden: This is not to see the tower scenery, but a Yushi Mansion, the reason why it is called this name is because the master's daughter's wedding is derived from the Xi opera 'Pearl Tower' story. At the same time, it is also the shooting location of the TV series 'Drama Qianlong'; the essence of the garden is in the back garden, which is very delicate, the area is relatively large, the garden has small bridges and flowing water, pavilions, towers, long corridors and flying eaves, a beautiful scenery of private gardens in the south of the Yangtze River 6 Chongben Hall: As a wedding custom exhibition hall open to the outside world, but the carvings in the hall are also very rich. There are more than a hundred wood carvings from the entrance hall to the inner house loft