Wuzhen has typical characteristics of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, completely retaining the original style and pattern of water towns in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Chen Yunhe's poem "Silhouette of Wuzhen" praised "a world with little influence of modern civilization and a page of history with strong ancient colors". Taking the river as the street, connecting the street and the bridge, building houses by the river, and integrating water and town, the architectural elements with unique charm in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Shui Ge, Xiaoqiao, Shiban Lane and Mao Dun's former residence, are organized, which embodies the humanistic thought of "harmony is beauty" in China's classical houses, and presents the spatial charm of the ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River with the overall beauty of harmonious coexistence of its natural environment and humanistic environment.
Xitang is one of the first ten famous historical and cultural towns in China, and has been included in the preparatory list of world cultural heritage protection by UNESCO. The 250,000-square-meter Ming and Qing architecture in the old city is rare in the south of the Yangtze River. The ancient town of Jiangnan water town has formed rich natural landscape resources in Xitang. Streets and roads are built by rivers, and houses are built by water. 1 square kilometer in the old city, there are 27 stone bridges, 122 Gu Xiang and promenades with a length of 1000 meters. There are Xiyuan, Zhongfutang, Shipinong, Root Carving Museum, Button Museum, Tang Sheng, Qilaoye Temple and Ni Tianzeng ancestral home. Xitang has become one of the film and television shooting bases in China. Mission impossible 3, who cares about my youth, doesn't love me, likes fog, rain and wind, etc. Shooting here one after another, the number of tourists in 20 12 years exceeded 4.72 million.
Suzhou has always been famous for its beautiful scenery and elegant gardens. It has the reputation of "the garden in the south of the Yangtze River is the best in the world, and the garden in Suzhou is the best in the south of the Yangtze River", and it is also known as the "Oriental Water Capital" because of its characteristics as an ancient water town with small bridges and flowing water. The density of Suzhou ancient city remains is second only to Beijing and Xi 'an, Suzhou ancient city 14.2 square kilometers. Suzhou Ancient City and Suzhou Gardens are "double heritages" of world cultural heritage and world intangible cultural heritage, while Kunqu Opera, Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab and Zhouzhuang are three major international heavyweight brands. Suzhou Gardens is one of the top ten scenic spots in China, among which 9 gardens are listed in the World Cultural Heritage List. By 2009, 6 intangible cultural heritages have been listed in the World Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage. The profound cultural accumulation of Tiger Hill, the first scene in Wuzhong, makes it a must-see for tourists to visit Suzhou.
Zhou Enlai's ancestral home "Baisuitang" is located in today's Shaoxing Labor Road, formerly known as Baodou Bridge Riverside and Wooden Bridge Bridgehead. Zhou Enlai Premier Monument Browses the Eight-Shaped Bridge Block, and Zhou Enlai's ancestral home is not far away. Go west along Changqiao Street, cross Zhongxing Road and walk into Laodong Road, and you will soon see Zhou Enlai's ancestral home. If you get off at Jiefang Road City Square Station by bus, you should first visit Zhou Enlai's ancestral home and then visit Baziqiao block. The ancestral home is a brick house with the architectural style of Ming Dynasty, facing south. The five Chinese characters "ancestral home in Zhou Enlai" above the ancestral gate were inscribed by Comrade Chen Yun. The ancestral home was originally named "Sunset Hall" and later renamed "Hundred Years Old Hall" because there was a king who lived to be a hundred years old and was awarded a plaque by the Governor of Zhejiang Province. The ancestral home has been repaired several times, but the style and structure remain basically the same. Zhou Enlai's ancestors lived here until his grandfather moved to Huai 'an, Jiangsu Province to be an official.
Lingshan is located in the beautiful Mashan Mountain in Wuxi, bordering Lingshan in the north and Taihu Lake in the south. It perfectly combines the long-standing Buddhist culture with the beautiful natural landscape. It is the most complete and unique Buddhist cultural theme park in China. After 17 years of development and construction, it has become a famous Buddhist cultural tourist resort and blessing resort at home and abroad. ?
This park is grand in scale and vivid in content. With the historical inheritance and the characteristics of the times, it has formed a unique tourism cultural landscape in which traditional culture, modern art, Buddhist culture and scientific and technological civilization blend with each other. The bronze statue of Sakyamuni Buddha "Lingshan Giant Buddha", the Millennium Temple "Xiangfu Temple", the large-scale dynamic music group sculpture "Jiulong Irrigation Bath", the site of the World Buddhist Forum "Lingshan Gong Fan" and the "Five-tone Tancheng" which show the essence of Tibetan Buddhist culture and art complement each other, forming a complete, orderly, independent and closely related landscape group showing Buddhist culture.