Fan Wen, a tour guide of Tang Xi Ancient Town (1)
Dear travelers and friends,
Hello everyone!
Tang Xi Ancient Town is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The ancient town is located in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Known as Xietang and Pingchuan in ancient times, it is 10 km away from Jiashan City. Xitang town has a total area of 83.6 1 km2, of which Guzhen District has an area of 65.438+0.04 km2 and a population of nearly 86,000. Xitang, a thousand-year-old town, has been listed in the world historical and cultural heritage protection area list, the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, and a national AAAA-level scenic spot.
Xitang, with a long history, rich human resources and beautiful natural scenery, is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the intersection of wuyue and China, so it was called "Wugen Corner" and "Crossroad". Villages and towns were formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xitang developed into a prosperous market town by virtue of the economic foundation of the land of plenty and silk and the convenience of waterways, and the industries such as kiln, rice market, food and ceramics became increasingly prosperous.
Many ancient houses existing in the ancient town are the crystallization of the ancestors of the ancient town who became rich at that time. At the beginning, the passage of Xitang was mainly by waterway, and there was little external interference, so Xitang can perfectly preserve the ancient town so far and let the inheritance of ancestors continue.
The biggest difference between Xitang and other ancient water towns is that there is a promenade on the street near the river in the ancient town, with a total length of nearly 1000 meters, just like the promenade of the Summer Palace. Travel in Xitang, don't get wet in rainy days, and don't bask in the sun in sunny days.
History and culture
According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu of the State of Wu built water conservancy projects, transported salt and dug Wuzitang, so that the water north of Xushan (now southwest of Jiashan County 12) reached the territory directly, so Xitang was also called Xutang. Because Xitang is flat, it is Ma Pingchuan, also called Pingchuan and Xietang.
During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of villages were built. People built houses along the river and lived by the water. In the Southern Song Dynasty, villages gradually became larger and formed a market. In the Yuan Dynasty, the market towns prospered by water gradually formed, and commerce began to flourish. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has developed into a handicraft and commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River. "Spring and Autumn Flowing Water, Towns in Tang and Song Dynasties, Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Modern People" is the most appropriate description of Xitang.
geographical position
Xitang is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Jiashan is located in the southwest of Shanghai, bordering Shanghai at zero distance, 80km away from the center of Shanghai, 60km away from Dahongqiao Business District, 0km away from Hangzhou 1 10km in the west, 35km away from Zhapu Port of Jiaxing Port in the south and 85km away from Suzhou in the north, which is in the center of the Yangtze River Delta. The transportation is extremely convenient. Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Shenjiahu Expressway, North Connecting Line of Hangzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge, Feng Ting Expressway Connecting Line and National Highway 320 all pass through the territory, and can be reached by bus, high-speed rail and train. Take the Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway, which opened to traffic on June 26th, 20 10, and only need to go from Jiashan to Shanghai Hongqiao Hub Station. There are three airports around Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, Shanghai Pudong Airport and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport. Xitang is located in the north of Jiashan 10 km, and it takes 20-30 minutes to get there by bus express.
Xitang has a flat terrain, dense rivers and a very quiet natural environment. Nine rivers meet in the town, dividing the town into eight plates, and many bridges connect the water towns together. In ancient times, it was called "Dragon Embracing Beads" and "Four Winds". There are many well-preserved buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties in the ancient town area, which have high artistic and research value and have attracted the attention of experts and scholars who study ancient buildings at home and abroad. Bird's eye view of the town, the mist is like gauze, the powder walls on both sides are towering, and the tile houses are reflected. In the evening, the setting sun shines obliquely, the fishing boat sings late, the lights are bright and the wine is overflowing. The whole ancient water town is picturesque, and people are in it. Suddenly, Taoyuan Qiongyao, I don't know whether people are traveling in a world of pictorial or painting in my heart. This is a thousand-year-old town. In the long years of spring, summer, autumn and winter, sunny, rainy and snowy, the ancient town has always presented a constantly changing painting of water town customs, in which "people are in the water, bridges are on the water, pedestrians are walking on the bridge, boats are walking under the bridge, shops are standing at the bridge head, and there are reflections in the water".
Xitang is located in the water network. The residents here cherish the soil as much as gold. Whether it's a business company, a residential building or a building, they care about the area inch by inch, and the space between houses is minimized, thus forming more than 20 long narrow alleys with a length of more than 100 meters and a width of less than 1 meter, forming a number of "first days". At the same time, the names of streets and lanes vividly reflect the prosperity of commerce and the characteristics of ancient towns and lanes, such as Mixingdai, Dengzhu Street, Youche Lane, Chaitan Lane and Shipilong, which are directly related to the commerce and architecture of that year.
In Xitang, the verandah built by the river is the most attractive. The streets here are built by the river, and the business of shops is also done by the river. In the past, farmers in water towns traveled by river instead of by boat, and many transactions could only be carried out on the shore of the boat. As a result, a special kind of building, the veranda shed, came into being. It connects rivers and shops, which can shelter from the wind and rain and be passed down from generation to generation. The utility corridor is a unique building in the water town. Xitang has reserved a veranda with a length of more than 1.300 meters, which has become a leisure feast for contemporary people to enjoy ancient exploration.
Xitang is a civilian town, everything is so simple, without the prosperity of Zhouzhuang, the richness of Nanxun and the strong commercial atmosphere! But the unique charm of Xitang intoxicated overnight travelers! In 20 1 1 China tourism industry's first list of "Top 100 Tourist Attractions in China", Xitang Scenic Area ranked 38th with an annual reception of 2.69 million people.
Legendary allusion
The origin of town names
Version 1: According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu of the State of Wu built water conservancy, transported salt, dug Wuzitang, and diverted water to the north of Xushan (now southwest of Jiashan County 12) to reach the territory, so Xitang was also called Xutang. Because Xitang is flat, it is Ma Pingchuan, also called Pingchuan and Xietang.
Version 2: There is a lake swing with an area of 3,400 mu in the northeast of Tang Xi Town, which is one of the largest lakes in Jiashan County.
According to legend, during the reign of Xiangfu in Dazhong, northern China, a big family named Tang moved to Dangbian to live. They saw this lake swing with beautiful scenery, rich in kingfishers and Hong Ling, and it was an auspicious thing. In the period of auspicious symbols, they used the word "auspicious symbol" to call this lake swing.
This surnamed tang family, with two brothers, lived happily in Xiangfu and later separated. My brother lives in the east of Dangdang, called Dong Tang, and my brother lives in the west of Dangdang, called Xitang. Later, my brother's room gradually declined, but my brother's room was very prosperous, just like a tree, which gave birth to many trees and branches. Therefore, people added a kind of soil to their living places, called Xitang.
The origin of veranda
In Jiangnan water town, scattered corridors with several households in one can be seen everywhere. But Langjie 1, more than 300 meters long, only Xitang. The corridor street in Xitang has shops or houses on one side and rivers on the other. There is a small river near the corridor street, which twists and turns and is very emotional. Stepping into the corridor street, you are greeted by government boats on both sides of the strait and river ports crowding round. If it rains, the rain drops on the eaves to form a long rain curtain, and even people who can't write poetry will suddenly be full of poetry. There is no official record about the origin of the corridor street, only two versions of "built for lang" and "built for charity" circulated by the people.
Tang Xi Ancient Town Tour Guide Fan Wen (2)
Tang Xi Ancient Town is located in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai provinces. In ancient times, it was called Xietang, Pingchuan, and it was 10 km away from Jiashan city. It is a Millennium water town of Wudihan culture and one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Xitang town has a total area of 83.6 1 km2, of which Guzhen District has an area of 65.438+0.04 km2 and a population of nearly 86,000. Xitang is known as the Millennium ancient town. It has been listed in the world historical and cultural heritage protection area list, the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, and the national AAAA-level scenic spot. History and Culture Xitang has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture.
As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the intersection of wuyue and China, so it was called "Wugen Corner" and "Crossroad". Villages and towns were formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xitang developed into a prosperous market town by virtue of the economic foundation of the land of plenty and silk and the convenience of waterways, and the industries such as kiln, rice market, food and ceramics became increasingly prosperous. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of villages were built. People built houses along the river and lived by the water. In the Southern Song Dynasty, villages gradually became larger and formed a market. In the Yuan Dynasty, the market towns prospered by water gradually formed, and commerce began to flourish. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has developed into a handicraft and commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River. "Spring and Autumn Flowing Water, Towns in Tang and Song Dynasties, Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Modern People" is the most appropriate description of Xitang. Hou Xian's Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties was also written when he was in the ancient town of xitang. There is also Nanshe in the ancient town of Tang Xi, aiming at advocating national integrity, overthrowing the feudal Qing dynasty and establishing a democratic political system. It was secretly established in Suzhou in June of 1909+0 1 at the instigation of the surging revolutionary wave led by Sun Yat-sen.
The founder of Nanshe is Liu Yazi, a famous poet in Wujiang. In Xitang, there are 8 members/kloc-0, including Yu Shimei, Li Zhongqi, Yu Zuomei, Shen Yuzhong and Jiang Xuecheng. Nanshe is a revolutionary group, mainly advocating the anti-Qing revolution in words, echoing each other with the League and becoming a corner. At one time, many newspapers in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and even Nanyang were owned by members of Nanshe. "I want to spread the wind and thunder with words" (in Liu Yazi) created momentum for the anti-Qing national democratic revolution. Later, Nanshe was also torn apart in the Great Revolution, but a group of poets in Xitang organized Xushe, with the same purpose and personnel, which became an extension of Nanshe in Xitang. Most of the poems of the members of Xu Society have been preserved, and these poems, together with 90 poems left by their "master" Liu Yazi in Xitang, have become the eternal swan song of Xitang.
The current situation of Xitang is in Xitang. You can enjoy a slow life here. You can enjoy tea and listen to songs in the teahouse, or you can take a paddle boat to see various reflections in the water after putting on a stunning coat in Xitang at night, or you can sit down in a bar and find a little quaint modernity. Even the wooden boat standing on the bridge overlooking the stream, overlooking the whole roof, or wandering aimlessly under the veranda, is a kind of enjoyment. There are many local residents living in this ancient town. You will often see grandma washing clothes by the river and grandpa playing chess under the veranda. Life is quite rich.
Tang Xi Ancient Town Tour Guide Fan Wen (3)
Xitang is located in the north of Jiashan County, at the intersection of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. This is a famous thousand-year-old town. In Xitang, you can savor the slow life here, you can drink tea and listen to songs in the teahouse, you can also take a paddle boat to see various reflections in the water after putting on a stunning coat in Xitang at night, or you can sit down in a bar and find a little quaint modernity. Even the wooden boat standing on the bridge overlooking the stream, overlooking the whole roof, or wandering aimlessly under the veranda, is a kind of enjoyment. There are many local residents living in this ancient town. You will often see grandma washing clothes by the river and grandpa playing chess under the veranda. Life is quite rich.
Numerous ancient bridges, Gu Xiang, are the characteristics of Xitang, and there are cloisters everywhere (roofed streets, also called "rain corridors"). On one side of many corridors are shops and houses selling specialties, ornaments and snacks, and on the other side are rivers. Some corridors have benches on one side, so you can sit down and rest when you are tired. The corridor from Songzi Laifeng Bridge to Beizha Street is the most classic. The veranda in Xitang has the reputation of "misty and rainy corridor". If it is rainy season, you can sit under the veranda, enjoy Xitang in the misty rain and feel the tenderness of Jiangnan water town.
There are more than 100 old alleys with different lengths in Xitang. Most of them are paved with slate. Some of them have towering walls on both sides, some are wide and some are narrow. Among them, Shipi Lane with a width of only 1 m is the most famous. You can go in and experience the crowded feeling of tourists passing by, and you can also feel the quietness of the alley.
There are nearly 100 Zhong Shiqiao lying between the rivers in Xitang, among which Yongning Bridge is the best scenic spot in Xitang, where you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery at the confluence of rivers, and you can also come here to photograph the quiet and simple water town customs in the morning. In addition, there are the unique Songzi Laifeng Bridge, Huanxiu Bridge standing on the bridge overlooking the layers of blue tiles, and Wan 'an Bridge, which once appeared in the movie Mission Impossible 3.
There are many scenic spots and historical sites in the ancient town, including the West Garden, Drunken Garden, Zhitang and other unique gardens and houses, as well as temples and shrines filled with incense, such as the Grain King Temple and the Temple for National Protection. You can also learn about local folk customs in Jiangnan folk ceramic tile exhibition hall, Chinese wine culture museum and button museum. These scenic spots are included in the scenic spot coupons.
Xitang is also a famous "city of business". There are many bars in Dong Tang Street, and music and songs come and go at night. Xitang is also the location of many film and television dramas. Perhaps many fans still remember the scene of Tom Cruise in the veranda in the movie Mission Impossible 3. In addition, there are many restaurants, inns, alleys and old houses that have also left the footprints of major crews.
When you come to Xitang, you must experience the ancient town from the water by paddle boat, especially sitting on the boat at night to taste the night view of Xitang, which is pleasing to the eye. There is a cruise wharf at the main entrance of the scenic spot and in front of Songzi Laifeng Bridge. Take a paddle boat per boat 150 yuan (with tickets, only 8 people are allowed). Individual 20 yuan, the time is about 25 minutes.
Xitang has special snacks such as the stinky tofu of the old lady, the small wonton of Lu, the ancestral tofu flower of Qian, and the delicious food such as steamed meat, tied pork, Gordon Euryale seed cake and mash garden that can be seen all over the street. Don't miss it. Beizha Street also has time-honored restaurants, such as Laopinfang, where you can taste all kinds of Jiangnan dishes, and most of them are not expensive. The ancient town is full of quaint waterfront inns and ancient houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Many people will choose to stay for one night. If they like quiet, they can live in some alleys far from the bar street.
Tang Xi Ancient Town Tour Guide Fan Wen (4)
Xitang is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Jiashan is located in the southwest of Shanghai, bordering Shanghai at zero distance, 80km from the center of Shanghai, 60km from Dahongqiao Business District, 0km from Hangzhou110km in the west, 35km from Zhapu Port of Jiaxing Port in the south and 85km from Suzhou in the north, and is located in the Yangtze River Delta. The transportation is very convenient. The Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Shenjiahu Expressway, the north connecting line of Hangzhou Bay Bridge, Feng Ting Expressway and National Highway 320 all pass through the territory, and cars, high-speed trains and trains can reach them.
Bird's eye view of the town, the mist is like gauze, the powder walls on both sides are towering, and the tile houses are reflected. In the evening, the setting sun shines obliquely, the fishing boat sings late, the lights are bright and the wine is overflowing. The whole ancient water town is picturesque, and people are in it. Suddenly, Taoyuan Qiongyao, I don't know whether people are traveling in a world of pictorial or painting in my heart.
Xitang, an ancient town, covers an area of 1 km2. Nine rivers crisscross the ancient town area, dividing the ancient town into eight blocks, among which 27 ancient bridges connect the towns. In the long spring, summer, autumn and winter, sunshine, rain and snow years, the ancient town has always presented a changing painting of water town customs, in which "people are in the water, bridges are on the water, pedestrians are walking on the bridge, boats are walking under the bridge, shops are standing at the bridge head, and there are reflections in the water". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Xitang had formed a village. By the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xitang had developed into a prosperous market town by virtue of the land of plenty, the economic foundation of the Silk Road and the convenience of waterways. Kiln industry, rice market, food and ceramics industry are booming.
Xitang is located in the water network. The residents here cherish the soil as much as gold. Whether it's a business company, a residential building or a building, they care about the area inch by inch, and the space between houses is minimized, thus forming more than 20 long narrow alleys with a length of more than 100 meters and a width of less than 1 meter, forming a number of "first days". At the same time, the names of streets and lanes vividly reflect the prosperity of commerce and the characteristics of ancient towns and lanes, such as Mixingdai, Dengzhu Street, Youche Lane, Chaitan Lane and Shipilong, which are directly related to the commerce and architecture of that year.
West Street is the main street in the east-west direction of Xitang, which is divided into upper and lower sections. In ancient times, the east was high and the west was low, so it was divided into Shangxi Street and Xiaxi Street. West Street has a typical street pattern of water town, and its minimum width is only the shoulder of farmers, that is, the width of a pole. Because the eaves of the houses facing the street often extend above the second floor, and the opposite buildings are close at hand, bamboo poles can be erected to dry clothes and bask in the quilt, and you can also talk by the window, forming a unique town scenery. There are many scenic spots in West Street from west to east: Shipinong, Zhongfutang (Wang Zhai), Xiyuan, China Button Museum and Jiangnan Ceramic Tile Exhibition Hall.
Dong Tang Street is one of the most prosperous streets in Xitang from the Republic of China to the liberation period. There are many restaurants in Dong Tang Street. There used to be a saying, "Where is the restaurant? There are buildings everywhere along the Xutang River. " Speaking of this commercial street, we have to talk about the merchants in Xitang. An author who has been to Xitang said: Xitang is the intersection of Confucian merchant culture and civilian culture. There is a certain basis. There are many scholars here, but the road to being an official is too narrow. Most scholars can't be officials, so they have to come back to do business. Influenced by Confucian culture, these people have different business ideas from ordinary businessmen. On the street, there is a century-old Chinese medicine shop. There is a couplet on the gate, which reads: dust accumulates on the medicine rack, and I hope there will be no disease in the world. In other words, the store is willing to sell medicine and does not want ordinary people to get sick. Fully embodies the Confucian thoughts of "benevolence" and "harmony". Dong Tang Street also has the former site of Yuanyuan Silk Village. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/927, Comrade Chen Yun was chased by the Kuomintang in the "Fengjing Riot" and moved to Xitang. He stayed at Gao's home in Buzhuang for a few days, and then Gao arranged for the boat to go to a safe place by water.
Burning Hong Kong does not mean burning Hong Kong, but there used to be many temples on both sides of the strait, where good men and women came by boat to burn incense, hence the name burning Hong Kong. Ni Tianzeng ancestral memorial hall, Five Blessingg Bridge, temples, Ming and Qing woodcarving halls, etc.
Tawan Street is named after the original temple named Yanta Temple in the west of the city, which is located at the corner of Chenghe River. Seven masters finally entrusted themselves to Yanta Bay in Tawan Street. There were many restaurants in this area in the Ming Dynasty. A poet of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Ding, wrote a poem "Xitang Poem" to describe the prosperity here: the rising sun filled Qingchuan and passenger ships danced. A thousand dollars is a department store, a shoulder-length step. Bob Brown explains the market language, and all children know about fake money. Interlaced fishing nets, China's house is actually cooked and fresh. The scenic spots on Tawan Street include Zuiyuan and Qilaoye Temple.
Xitang has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the intersection of wuyue and China, so it was called "Wugen Corner" and "Crossroad". Villages and towns were formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xitang developed into a prosperous market town by virtue of the economic foundation of the land of plenty and silk and the convenience of waterways, and the industries such as kiln, rice market, food and ceramics became increasingly prosperous.
During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of villages had been built. People build houses along the river and live by the water. In the Southern Song Dynasty, villages gradually became larger and formed a market. In the Yuan Dynasty, the market towns prospered by water gradually formed, and commerce began to flourish. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has developed into a handicraft and commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River. "Spring and Autumn Flowing Water, Towns in Tang and Song Dynasties, Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Modern People" is the most appropriate description of Xitang. Hou Xian's Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties was also written when he was in the ancient town of xitang.
There is also Nanshe in the ancient town of Tang Xi, aiming at advocating national integrity, overthrowing the feudal Qing dynasty and establishing a democratic political system. It was secretly established in Suzhou in June of 1909+0 1 year, encouraged by the surging revolutionary wave of China Alliance led by Sun Yat-sen, and the founder of Nanshe was Liu Yazi, a famous poet in Wujiang. There are 18 members of the South Society in Xitang, among whom Yu Shimei, Li Zhongqi, Yu Zuomei, Shen Yuzhong and Jiang Xuecheng are famous. Nanshe is a revolutionary group, mainly advocating the anti-Qing revolution in words, echoing each other with the League and becoming a corner. At one time, many newspapers in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and even Nanyang were owned by members of Nanshe. "I want to spread the wind and thunder with words" (in Liu Yazi) created momentum for the anti-Qing national democratic revolution. Later, Nanshe was also torn apart in the Great Revolution, but a group of poets in Xitang organized Xushe, with the same purpose and personnel, which became an extension of Nanshe in Xitang. Most of the poems of the members of Xu Society have been preserved, and these poems, together with 90 poems left by their "master" Liu Yazi in Xitang, have become the eternal swan song of Xitang.
Tang Xi Ancient Town Tour Guide Fan Wen (5)
The former site of Xiyuan is located in Jijiaxiang, West Street. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zeng operated alone and then sold it. There are trees, flowers, rockeries, pavilions and ponds in the park with beautiful scenery. There is a "Tingtaoxuan" teahouse on the rockery on the east side, so it is named because there is 1 Pinus bungeana on the rockery, which is several feet high and the wind comes and the millet falls. /kloc-in the winter of 0/920, the poet Liu Yazi came to Xitang. I once lived in Xiyuan, where I took photos with friends from Xitangnan. His topic is "the second picture of the collection of Xiyuan Ya".
Xitang West Garden, originated from Liu Yazi, invited friends to sing poems in Xitang Courtyard, and photographed "the second elegant figure of the West Garden". Now the West Garden is a newly-built park in 1993, and the other West Garden is just an exhibition hall of Nanshe, which is not the place where Nanshe used to recite poems.
The former site of Xiyuan is located in Jijiaxiang, West Street. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zeng operated alone and then sold it. There are trees, flowers, rockeries, pavilions and ponds in the park with beautiful scenery. There is a "Tingtaoxuan" teahouse on the rockery on the east side, so it is named because there is 1 Pinus bungeana on the rockery, which is several feet high and the wind comes and the millet falls. /kloc-in the winter of 0/920, the poet Liu Yazi came to Xitang. I once lived in Xiyuan, where I took photos with friends from Xitangnan. His topic is "the second picture of the collection of Xiyuan Ya".
The West Garden was originally just an ordinary small garden of Zhujia in Ming Dynasty. It is a tiny place, with few pavilions and pavilions, and the area of the curved bridge lotus pond is not large. In the early years of the Republic of China, Mr. Liu Yazi from Lili, Wujiang and a group of literary friends from Xitang took photos of Yaji. The photo taken is called "the second picture of Xiyuan Ya Ji", and Xiyuan has gained some fame. This is a well-known thing.
Soon after, the West Garden was owned by Hu Mengzi, a famous Xitang family. Hu Mengzi is Mr. Wang Heng's grandfather, and Zuiyuan and Xiyuan have also become Wang Heng's childhood paradise. This scene is a bit like that described in Lu Xun's novels: the rockery with a winding path is a good place to hide and seek, and some unknown colorful birds often stop on the tall white pine in the West Garden. When shaking trees at night, some birds will unconsciously fall from the sky. ...
In the early 1950s, because the rockery in Xiyuan was transported to the cement plant to cement, the lotus pond was filled, the pavilion was demolished and Xiyuan was destroyed. In my young memory, the West Garden is already a vast white field, dedicated to outdoor movies, but it is still a place that our children yearn for to play in midsummer.
In some information about Xitang, Daxi Garden and Xiaoxi Garden are often mentioned, but they are simply mentioned. The so-called Daxi Garden was built on Hongfu Road in the early 1990s. 1998 Since the development of tourism, Sujiaxiang has imitated the old West Imperial Garden in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and changed to Pingchuan Park (Xitang is also called Pingchuan) to avoid name conflict. Today's Xiyuan is no longer the Xiyuan on the old site; Today's West Garden is no longer the West Garden where Liu Yazi friends get together.
The real West Garden is next to the Nanshe Exhibition Hall today. It was built in the Ming Dynasty. It is actually the largest private garden in Xitang history. Its owner is Ke. There are several generations of literati in history who have left many poems for the West Garden.
1in March, 1990, a park with a total area of 16.6 mu was built in the west hill of the town, and it was named "West Garden". At the entrance of the park, there are small bridges and flowing water, Shishi Pavilion, and there are brick galleries, waterside pavilions, curved bridges, rockeries, pavilions and artificial waterfalls around the park.