Nanxun Town has a history of 745 years, and its economic prosperity reached its peak from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Nanxun has a long history and culture, with 465,438+0 scholars from Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty.
Famous places of interest include Ye Jia Library, Xiaolianzhuang, Liuyong Manor, Zhang Jingjiang's former residence, Zhang Shiming's former residence, Baijialou and the ancient stone bridge in Song Dynasty.
Ye Jia Library is one of the four major libraries in the south of the Yangtze River, which was built by Qing Dynasty scholar Liu Chenggan from 1920 to 1924.
At its peak, the collection reached 600,000 volumes.
Now it is the ancient books storage room of Zhejiang Library.
The lotus pond, rockery and gazebo in the garden reveal the delicacy of Jiangnan gardens everywhere.
Its main building is a western-style cloister library.
According to legend, the 100 buildings were built by Dong Fen, Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, for his servants. When it was first built, there were about 100 seats, so it was called a hundred buildings.
There are many places of interest in Nanxun, which are in harmony with the natural scenery. It is full of rich historical and cultural heritage and aura, and it is also full of poetry and painting in the ancient water town of Jiangnan.
Nanxun has enjoyed a prosperous culture since ancient times, with numerous talents and numerous books.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a proverb that "three pavilions in nine miles are old, and two ministers in ten miles".
In the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties alone, Nanxun produced 4 1 literati.