Taicang Attractions
Taicang, also known as Loudong. With its long history, prosperous economy and splendid culture, it enjoys the reputation of "Golden Taicang" in Jiangnan, which is known as "Paradise on Earth". Taicang is located on the coast of the East China Sea in my country, at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The intricately intertwined rivers, green and yellow fields, and mild and humid climate within the territory are the cradle of ancient Taicang civilization. According to historical records and archaeological relics discovered since the founding of the People's Republic of China, our ancestors worked, lived and multiplied here as early as two or three thousand years ago, creating a splendid fish-rice culture. According to legend, King Chu of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period stored grain and set up warehouses here to serve the imperial court. This may be the origin of the place name Taicang. Taicang is "the richest region in the southeast" and "the best port in the world". The person who laid this cornerstone should be attributed to the Yuan Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, Taicang not only built a garrison city and became a coastal defense outpost on the southeast coast of my country, but more importantly, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty developed water transportation, strengthened economic exchanges between the north and the south, expanded maritime foreign trade, and accelerated the development of agricultural and sideline products in Taicang. The circulation of aquatic products and handicrafts and the opening up of the economy have made Taicang, in less than a hundred years, a city with "tens of thousands of water transports, thousands of trade ships, tall ships and big masts, gathered like a forest", "which is known from all over the world". The largest southeastern port with the "No. 1 Pier in the World". With the prosperity of the economy and the rapid increase of population, it has completed a leap from a coastal market town to a port city with "unforgettable mansions of wealthy families, and rows of palaces and temples". The formation of a port city planted a cultural gene for Taicang that is open to all rivers and embraces everything. In the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongle sent Zheng He seven times to set sail from Liujiagang in Taicang in order to show his prestige to the world and maintain good relations with friends. He also accumulated for Taicang the spiritual wealth of daring to be the first and pioneering. Taicang, located at the intersection of the river and the sea, has experienced many large-scale collisions between mainland culture and maritime culture. Therefore, as early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it had formed a diversified economic structure that included farming, fishing, industry, and commerce. The economy is relatively developed, and the society has experienced unprecedented prosperity. At the same time, it has also given birth to a humanistic spirit of balancing justice and interests, innovation and pragmatism. Taicang is not only a "caozhou port" and a "commercial area", but also a place where people gather together. The prosperous economy and generous and outgoing people have attracted countless talents from all over the world to gather here. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the culture of Taicang became active with the development of the economy. Through the active advocacy and practice of the Confucian sages and people with lofty ideals who were originally from their ancestors or lived in Taicang, dozens of historians emerged in the fields of Confucianism, history, science, literature and art, science and technology, etc. Famous figures included. For example, Wang Xijue and Wang Juan, the prime ministers of the ancestors and grandsons who had great talents and great plans and served the country loyally; the great thinker Lu Shiyi; Zhang Pu, the leader of the restoration society; Xiong Zhuan and Ren Huan, the famous anti-Japanese generals; Jia Quan, the water conservancy expert in Wuzhong; Wang Shizhen, who was talented and unique in the literary world; The poet Wu Meicun; Qiu Ying, one of the great painters of the "Four Ming Dynasty"; Wang Shimin, Wang Jian and Wang Yuanqi, the founders of the Loudong School of Painting who have dominated the Qing Dynasty painting circles for three hundred years; Wei Liangfu, the founder of Kunqu Opera and opera musicologist; The classical historians Bi Yuan and Chen Hu who moralized people; the educators Lu Baozhong and Tang Wenzhi; the pioneers of the democratic revolution Yu Jianhua; All the famous teachers in this field. To this day, in the ancient land of Taicang, many of their precious cultural relics are still preserved, a large number of their interesting anecdotes are circulated, and the excellent traditions they left behind continue.
South Garden
South Garden was built in the Wanli Year of the Ming Dynasty by Wang Wensu (also known as Xijue), the prime minister at that time, covering an area of ??more than 30 acres. The main buildings include the "Embroidered Snow Hall", "Tan Ying Pavilion" and "Xiang Tao Pavilion", which are where Prime Minister Wang handles government affairs and grows plums and chrysanthemums. Taicang folk also call Nanyuan "Taishi's Mansion". In the early Qing Dynasty, the painter Wang Shimin, the grandson of Wensu, collaborated with Zhang Nanyuan, the master of folding mountains, to expand the area. There were two peaks named "Hao Yun" and "Shi'er", which were moved from "Yanshan Garden". They were deserted during the Qianlong period, Jiaqing and Daoguang. It was rebuilt during the 19th century and renovated during the Tongzhi period. Later, it gradually became dilapidated and was damaged again by the Japanese invasion of China. In 1998, with the help of the Provincial Cultural Management Committee and the Suzhou Municipal Garden Bureau, the design and planning were carried out according to the original photos and drawings, and they were gradually restored.
So far, the "Gate Tower", "Embroidery Snow Hall", "Xiang Tao Pavilion", "Da Huan Pavilion", "Hemeixian Pavilion", "Hanbi Fang", "Tan Ying Pavilion" and "Long Corridor" have been restored Eighteen other attractions. The urban forests, green leaves and red flowers, springs and clear streams have transcended self and material desires - the harmony between man and nature. The ideal living environment pursued by the ancients is an eternal issue in human development, and what is eternal is the most valuable.
The Dilemma in the East China Sea
According to Taicang local records: There was a stele "The Dilemma in the East China Sea" in Lao Nanyuan, which was inscribed by Wang Zhideng, a calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty. One theory is that it was inscribed by Wang Shizhen and Wang Shimao; another theory is that it was inscribed by Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai. Cha Wang Zhideng was a writer and calligrapher who lived from Jiajing to Wanli years in the Ming Dynasty. He was similar in age to Wang Shizhen and Wang Shimao, but lived longer than them. However, Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai ascended later than Wang Zhideng, so it can be determined that the "dilemma" in the "East China Sea Dilemma" refers to Wang Shizhen and Wang Shimao. "Dilemma" comes from the word "brothers in distress" in Liu Yiqing's "Shishuo Xinyu. Virtue". The original meaning is that the two brothers are both talented and moral, and it is difficult to distinguish between them. The "East China Sea Dilemma" praises and praises Wang Shizhen and Wang Shimao for their literary talents, achievements, and strengths.
Dahuange Qin Guan and Xu Shangying
Xu Shangying (date of birth and death unknown), also in Qingshan. He was a famous guqin player from the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. Xu Shangying was a martial arts practitioner when he was young. He had the ambition to help the world and serve the country since he was a child. However, he had bad luck. He failed to get the appreciation of the examiner twice when he took the martial arts examination, so he had no choice but to give up. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Qin playing became popular in Taicang. In order to relieve his boredom, Xu Shangying gave up martial arts and studied Qin. He first learned Qin from Chen Xingyuan, the son of the famous Taicang Qin player Chen Aitong, and then from Zhang Weichuan, a disciple of Chen Aitong. In order to go further, he studied piano with Yan Zheng, a native of Changshu. Thanks to the guidance of a famous teacher, his piano skills have made great progress. Later, he formed the Qinchuan Qin Society with Chen Xingyuan, Yan Zheng, Chen Yudao, [ ] Zhuang Le and others, known as the "Yushan Qin School". Xu Shangying is the author of "Dahuange Piano Score", "Xishan Piano Conditions", "Wanfeng Pavilion Fingering Secret Notes", etc. On the basis of summarizing Yan Zheng's "qing, subtle, light, and far", he took the strengths of other schools and created an original style, proposing "harmony, tranquility, clearness, farness, ancientness, indifference, tranquility, ease, elegance, and beauty". The twenty-four-character key of ", bright, colorful, clean, smooth, round, strong, macro, thin, slippery, healthy, light, heavy, slow, fast" had a considerable influence on the later theoretical development of piano theory. In ancient my country, It has a high status in the history of music aesthetics. In order to commemorate this Ming Dynasty guqin master, the Taicang Municipal Government built the Dahuange Qin Pavilion during the restoration of South Park. This is the first guqin pavilion in my country. The building area of ??the museum is more than 800 square meters. The main building is two floors. In addition to the main hall, there are four piano rooms. It follows the traditional "Wuzhizhai", "Yuguzhai" and "Xilu Hall" , "Chuntao Hall" and other restaurant names. Displayed in the main hall upstairs are Cai Shangying's "Dahuange Qin Pu" engraved by Cai Shangying during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, precious guqins, and the eight-tone chime stone recently discovered at the former site of Liwang Temple in our city.
Yuhuang Pavilion
Yuhuang Pavilion was formerly known as Pufu Palace, also known as Yuzhi Pavilion. It is now located in Shuangfeng Town, Taicang City. In the 22nd year of Yuan Dynasty (1285), Zhou Jingqing, a disciple of Zhang Zongyan, the leader of the imperial Taoism, was ordered to build it. In 1994, the reconstruction was approved. Covering an area of ??more than 30 acres, it mainly includes Yuhuang Pavilion, Cijian Hall and Bihuang Temple. According to legend, Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty once took refuge here with his ministers. Jade Emperor Pavilion is an ancient Taoist temple recorded in history books. There are many Taoist Jade Emperor Pavilions across the country.
Haitian Zen Temple
Haitian Zen Temple is located in Banqiao Town in the east, on the north side of the Taicang section of the Hujia Expressway on the outskirts of the city. It was founded in the 1990s. The name of the temple comes from the shaking of the sea water. In the sky, the ceiling is blowing, the wind is good beside the Zen, and the Banqiao next to the temple is open. Its building is magnificent and can be said to be "one of the best in Jiangdong". It covers an area of ??more than 100 acres and contains the Shanmen Hall, the Emperor's Hall, the Main Hall, and the temple. Yun Pavilion, Dizang Pavilion, etc.
The ancient town of Shaxi
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“The ancient alley is as wide as the shoulder, the ancient street is three miles long, the ancient bridge is a single hole, and the ancient bridge is as wide as the shoulder. The houses all have beams, every household has carvings, every house has work windows, the bridge enters at the front door, and the boat swings in front of the door." Shaxi Town is a thousand-year-old ancient town in Taicang City, Jiangsu Province. It is located in the west-central part of Taicang City beside the 204 National Highway. As early as the Song and Yuan Dynasties, markets and towns had been established. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, dignitaries, merchants and common people built mansions and housing estates along the banks of the Laoqipu River, gradually forming Henan Street, which is several miles long. Hebei Street. According to records in the chronicles: "The town stretches for several miles, and is home to many wealthy families. Its gentry and scholars are almost half of a state. The scholars write well, practice rituals, and look after each other, while the people cultivate the fields. He was also diligent in harvesting crops and using them for money, so he was known as the Paradise." During the Republic of China, it was still a giant town, commonly known as "the Eighteen Townships in the Southeast and the First Township in Shaxi." The most distinctive features of the ancient town are those that have been preserved. A complete group of waterfront residential buildings built along the Qipu River. In order to facilitate life by the water, the residents living here have built river sheds, stone water bridges, and wooden bridges with windows. They can not only overlook the river view, but also go shopping by water, forming a A landscape with unique charm. The residential buildings are uneven and scattered. Almost half of the buildings facing the water extend from house to house to the river. Above is the Linkong Water Pavilion, which is supported by stone pillars below. The river port and dock are located under the water pavilion. It is extremely clever. This is a real "waterside home". ". There are many ancient residences and monuments in the ancient town, such as Yinxi Bookstore, Nanshou Zhaiju, Lianxin Tower and other ancient residences, which are full of humanistic atmosphere. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the mansion of the wealthy businessman Gong was full of carved beams and paintings, with cloud patterns all over the beams, tangled branches and flowers all over the beams, graceful reliefs and fine carvings. It was a unique masterpiece in the south of the Yangtze River and is still well preserved today. Among the former residences of modern celebrities is the former residence of Wu Xiaobang, the former chairman of the Chinese Dancers Association. It was built in the early years of the Republic of China. It is a European-style double-story building and offers a view of the ancient town. In addition to the architecture, the garden is also a scene. Leyin Garden, whose name was inscribed by Zhu Qizhan, a master of traditional Chinese painting, has rippling blue waves, flourishing flowers and trees, and pavilions, corridors and pavilions. It is the most exquisite garden in the south of the Yangtze River. Coming out of Wu Xiaobang's former residence and strolling along the vertical Sanxing Ancient Street, the sign "The No. 1 Ancient Alley in the World" is clearly visible. Antique time-honored shops line the streets, with small yellow flags fluttering in the wind. From time to time, the Ming and Qing Bridge gates flash before your eyes, making you feel like you are dreaming. After walking, we went to Olive Island. This is a unique artificial island among the ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Three ancient bridges from the Ming and Qing Dynasties span the island and the town. The island is lined with green trees and surrounded by green bamboos, which is breathtaking and makes you feel like you are back to nature in an instant. The specialties of Shaxi Town: Shaxi soup dumplings, crab shell yellow and other snacks are delicious. Lanterns and crickets are historical specialties of Shaxi. The ancient town has beautiful scenery, simplicity and elegance, with streets three miles long, deep gardens, and cultural landscapes with different styles such as the Carved Flower Hall, Leyin Garden, Olive Island, and Wu Xiaobang's former residence. The unique waterside buildings, the old streets with dense ancient houses and the simple and majestic stone bridges are the three major characteristics of Shaxi's existing cultural relics. The attractions in the town include: Gong's Carving Hall, "The No. 1 Ancient Alley in the World", An Bridge, Wuyunhui Ruins, Leyin Garden, Wu Xiaobang's Former Residence, Waterfront Buildings, Ming and Qing Ancient Bridges, Olive Island, Sanli Ancient Street, Sha Xigu Town Archway, Xingyi Bridge, Puji Temple, Xiaoshi Temple, the former residence of Kuomintang official Lu Jingshi, etc. The Tianfei Palace in the town was the place where Zheng He worshiped before he went to sea. It has been converted into the Zheng He Memorial Hall.
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Leyin Garden
Leyin Garden was originally the study place of Qu Xiaozhen, a recluse in the Song Dynasty. at. Located in Shaxi Town, it is known as a famous garden in the south of the Yangtze River. It covers an area of ??22.5 acres and 5 acres of water surface. The buildings are built near the pond. The whole garden is divided into three parts: middle, east and west. The pool is located in the middle and is surrounded by rockeries, promenades, waterside pavilions, flower halls, hexagonal pavilions and Tongjin Road. The gate and walls are modeled after the entrance to the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou; there is a small flower hall on the north side and a carved hall on the west, with exquisite carvings on the beams.
The Three Bridges of the Yuan Dynasty (Zhou Bridge, Zhoujing Bridge, and Gao Bridge)
Due to the development of shipping in the Yuan Dynasty, Taicang was known as the "Six Kingdoms Wharf", with a prosperous economy and developed transportation. There are still three arched stone bridges from the Yuan Dynasty in the city, namely the Zhou Bridge, Zhoujing Bridge and Gao Bridge across Zhihe Pond. The three bridges were jointly initiated by local officials and Buddhist temple leaders, and built with private donations. They have a history of more than 600 years. The bridge body and arches are made of bluestone, and the arches are arranged side by side in sections. There are no bridge columns on both sides. These are typical bridge styles and construction methods of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhouqiao is located at the south end of Funan Street, Chengxiang Town, across Zhihetang. It was built in the second year of Tianli in the Yuan Dynasty (1329). It is a three-hole stone arch bridge and is a provincial cultural relic protection unit. The bridge is 16.2 meters long, the middle hole is 4.27 meters high, and the span is 8.05 meters wide. There are reliefs on the arch stone and the words "Yuan Tianli Year 2" are engraved on it. The word "Anfu" is engraved on one side of the blessing stone in the middle.
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Zheng He Memorial Hall
The Zheng He Memorial Hall is an antique brick and wood structure house located in Taicang In Liuhe Town, the vermilion-red facade is very grand, and the courtyard is lined with cypress trees, which is quiet and solemn. Important historical relics introducing Zheng He's voyages to sea are displayed inside the house. Zheng He was a great navigator in my country's Ming Dynasty. He set anchor from Liujia Port in Taicang and sailed to the Western Ocean seven times. He made outstanding contributions to the economic and cultural exchanges with foreign countries in ancient China.
Tianfei Palace
Tianfei Palace, located in Miaoqian Street, Dongshi, Liuhe Town, is an important historical relic of my country’s Ming Dynasty navigator Zheng He’s voyages to the West. It was first built in the 23rd year of Yuan Dynasty (1268). During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, before Zheng He's voyages to the West departed from Liujiagang, he would offer incense here to pray to the Goddess of the Sea for a safe voyage. He also erected the "Tongfan Deeds Monument" here after his seven voyages to the West.
Nanguang Temple
Nanguang Temple is located in Nanjiao Town. It was built in the second year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 800 years. It was approved for reconstruction in 1993 and covers an area of ??97 acres. There are mainly Shanmen Hall, King Kong Treasure Hall, Guanyin Hall, Ksitigarbha Hall, Dharma Hall Abbot Building, etc.
Mo Miao Pavilion
Mo Miao Pavilion is located in Taicang Park. It contains the decree of Zhao Mengxi, a great calligrapher of the Yuan Dynasty! Duan Tu Banyan Tanbanjie Pan Ting Dou Hibiscus ダchuangqiafei?phlegm taken?
Qiyuan
Qiyuan, also known as People's Park, was founded in 1130 and is located in Park Lane has a history of more than 600 years. In the park there are the tomb of Jia Dan, a famous water conservancy expert in the Northern Song Dynasty, a large-scale "Iron Cauldron" in the Yuan Dynasty, "Tonghai Spring" in the Ming Dynasty, and "Wanghai Peak", a relic of the Song Dynasty Huashi Gang. The most famous one is "Mo Miao Pavilion". There are also many valuable steles such as Shuxuanzhai and wall inlays. In addition, there are lotus ponds, Sanqu Bridge and other scenic spots.
Meihua Thatched Cottage (Zhu Qizhan’s studio when he was young)
Plum Blossom Thatched Cottage is located in Liuhe Park. The studio where I studied painting. Zhu Qizhan (1892-1996), whose surname was Zengjun, also known as Erzai Laomin, also known as Meihua Caotang, Peisiju, etc., was a famous longevity painter in my country and a great master in the painting world. He once served as the executive director of the Chinese Artists Association, the Chinese Calligraphers Association, the Shanghai Artists Association, and the consultant of Xiling Seal Society. Zhu Qizhan has been practicing painting since he was a child. He went to Japan twice to study oil painting and inspect art education. At the age of 27, his oil paintings participated in the first Suzhou Art Painting Competition. After the founding of New China, Zhu Qizhan was employed as a librarian at the Shanghai Museum of Culture and History, and later as a painter at the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. After that, he went to other places to sketch and create many times, held personal exhibitions, and became a famous traditional Chinese painting master in my country. Zhu Qizhan's painting style is sophisticated and self-contained. He is the author of "Collection of Zhu Qizhan's Paintings", "Talk about Paintings of Cuisiju", "Selected Paintings of Zhu Qizhan", etc. His works have been collected by many museums and art galleries at home and abroad. In 1995, the Shanghai Municipal Government built the Zhu Qizhan Art Museum in Hongkou Office. Zhu Qizhan loved plum blossoms throughout his life. During the Anti-Japanese War, the old house in Liuhe was burned down by the Japanese army, and the walls of the new house were also filled with bullet holes. So the remaining rooms of the old house were demolished, the new house was repaired, and the Japanese bomb crater was dug into an "Iron Egg Pond", and the soil slopes around the pond were planted all over. Mei Hua named his residence "Plum Blossom Thatched Cottage" and called himself "the owner of Plum Blossom Thatched Cottage".
In 1936, Zhu Qizhan invited Pan Tianshou, Jiang Danshu, Jin Weijian, Wu Fuzhi, and Zhang Zhenduo to an elegant gathering at Liuhe Meihua Cottage, where they recited poems, painted, and discussed art. They gathered for a few days and then dispersed. Later, we collected pictures of plum blossom thatched cottages by famous domestic artists Wang Yiting, Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Wu Hufan, He Tianjian, Ding Fuzhi, etc., and compiled them into a huge volume. In 1991, when Zhu Qizhan turned 100, his hometown government rebuilt the "Plum Blossom Thatched Cottage" in his former residence, with one courtyard and five rooms, divided into exhibition halls, painting studios, and reception rooms. To this end, Zhu Qizhan presented six masterpieces to Meihua Cottage, including "Purple Orchid Buds Grow Newly in the Spring Breeze", "Old Gans Grow as Color as Iron", and "Streams and Mountains After the Rain".
Caoxi Pavilion
Caoxi Pavilion is located in the east of Taicang City. It is a two-story classical building. It contains treasures such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jade and rare stones, as well as various sculptures and high-grade craftsmanship and straw paintings.
Zhang Pu’s former residence
Zhang Pu’s former residence is located at No. 8 Ximen Street, Chengxiang Town, Taicang City. It was built during the Tianqi and Chongzhen years of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, both the main entrance and the backyard have been abandoned for a long time, and only the three-entry modular Tongzhuan Malou house remains. The entire building has complete brackets, exquisite craftsmanship, and exquisite layout. It is equipped with corridors and wing rooms, almost like a maze. It is a typical and complete Ming Dynasty building. It houses the county museum and the exhibition room of Tang Wenzhi and Yu Qingtang's deeds. There are also Fushe Memorial Hall, Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall, Taicang Hall of Fame and the "Four Kings" Memorial Hall. Zhang Pu (1602-1641) was a Jinshi during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, a writer in the late Ming Dynasty, the leader of the "Fushe", and the author of "Tombstones of Five People". Loudong Erzhang refers to Zhang Pu and his friend Zhang Cai. Zhang Cai, courtesy name Shouxian, was a writer and historian. He once organized Yingshe and Fushe together with Zhang Pu, and was one of the important backbones of Fushe. He is the author of "Zhiweitang Collection", "Taicang Prefecture Chronicles", etc. Because Zhang Pu lived in the western suburbs and Zhang Cai lived in the southern suburbs, they were called Xi Zhang and Nan Zhang, and were also called "Mr. Er Zhang".
Wang Xijue’s former residence
Wang Xijue (1534-1610), a native of Taicang, was the chief minister during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. His former residence is commonly known as Taishi Di. It is a mid-Ming Dynasty building with carved beams and painted pillars and complete brackets. , high-ranking and majestic. His descendants, Wang Shimin and Wang Yuanqi, the great painters of the Qing Dynasty, also lived here. There is now a gatehouse with five rooms in width, and the entrance hall is divided into upper and lower floors. This kind of gatehouse-style entrance hall is unique in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It houses the Loudong School of Painting Exhibition and the Taicang Stele Gallery. In the early years, there was an archway with "two generations of Dingjia, four generations and one grade" in the eastern suburbs of Taicang. "Two generations of Dingjia" refers to Wang Xijue, a bachelor of Wenyuange and chief assistant in the 21st year of Wanli, and his great-grandson Wang Guan, a bachelor of the cabinet during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. They are known as the "prime ministers of ancestors and grandsons". "Four generations and one rank" means that Wang Xijue, his son Wang Heng, grandson Wang Shimin, and great-grandson Wang Guan were all first-rank officials of the imperial court.
Wu Jianxiong Cemetery
Wu Jianxiong Cemetery is located next to the Wisteria Pavilion of Mingde Senior High School in Liuhe Town. After Wu Jianxiong passed away on February 17, 1997, according to her last wish, a cemetery designed by the Architectural Design Institute of Southeast University and approved by the world's architectural design master Mr. I.M. Pei was built in Mingde Senior High School at the end of May 1998. Yang Zhenning wrote the five characters "Wu Jianxiong Cemetery" for the cemetery, and Li Zhengdao wrote the inscription for the cemetery. Wu Jianxiong is a world-famous contemporary physicist. He was born on May 31, 1912 in Liuhe Town, Taicang County, Jiangsu Province. He studied at Liuhe Mingde School in 1923 and was later admitted to Jiangsu Women's Normal School in Suzhou. He graduated from Nanjing in 1934. Central University; in 1936, he traveled across the ocean to the United States to study at the University of California; in 1940, he received a doctorate in physics.
In 1942, he married Yuan Jialiu in the United States. In 1952, he became an associate professor at Columbia University. In 1958, he was elected as an academician of the American Academy of Sciences. In 1963, Wu Jianxiong's series of experiments on beta decay proved the conservation law of vector flow in nuclear beta decay, which was the first time in the history of physics. It was experimentally confirmed that electromagnetic interaction and weak interaction are closely related, which played an important role in the later proposal of the electroweak unified theory; he served as Pubin Chair Professor in 1972; in 1975, he was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Ford of the United States. In the same year , was elected as the first female president of the American Physical Society; in 1978, she also received the first prize awarded by the international Wolf Foundation; retired in 1980; in 1981, the President of Italy awarded her the "Outstanding Woman of the Year Award"; in 1991 Won the Puping Memorial Medal, which represents the highest honor in science and engineering. In October 1984, she returned to her hometown of Liuhe and participated in the inauguration ceremony of restoring the name of Mingde School and the Mingde Building built in memory of her father. She also established the Mr. Wu Chuyi Scholarship Foundation. Her gift fund also served as the foundation Honorary President.
Gao Renqi Oil Painting Museum
Gao Renqi Oil Painting Museum is located on Liuzhou Road in the New District. The museum contains more than 60 fine oil paintings created by Gao Renqi. Gao Renqi is a native of Shisi Town, Taicang, a famous military painter, and is currently a professional painter at the deputy division level of Jinan Military Region. His works won the gold medal in the army art competition and have been selected for many national art exhibitions.
Wu Xiaobang Dance Art Museum
Wu Xiaobang Dance Art Museum is located in Taicang New District. It has two exhibition halls with a construction area of ??400 square meters each and a multi-purpose hall with a construction area of ??150 square meters. Function room. Wu Xiaobang was born in Shaxi Town, Taicang in 1906. He is a pioneer, pioneer and practitioner of new dance art in my country. He is an outstanding dancer, theorist and educator. He has served as the chairman of the Chinese Dance Association, the second, fifth and sixth Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Wu Xiaobang (1906-1995) was born into a poor peasant family. He was later adopted by a wealthy family named Wu in Shaxi Town and named Jinrong. Influenced by the May Fourth New Culture, Wu Xiaobang was full of revolutionary enthusiasm in his youth and joined the army. During the Northern Expedition, he served as a trainee platoon leader of the Ye Ting Regiment. After the failure of the Great Revolution, he went to Japan to study music in 1929. Because he admired the Polish musician Chopin, he changed his name to Xiaobang. Later, he was inspired by the dance performances performed by students at Japan's Waseda University, and became interested in modern dance. He studied ballet and modern dance at the Takada Masao Dance Institute, Eguchi Takaya and Miya Soko Modern Dance Institute in Japan. After the "9.18" incident, he returned to China and founded "Wu Xiaobang Dance School" and "Xiaobang Dance Research Institute" in Shanghai, and held his first dance work presentation. After 1937, he joined the anti-Japanese national salvation drama troupe, during which he created a number of anti-Japanese dance programs such as "March of the Volunteers", "Broad Sword Dance", and "Song of the Guerrillas". He arrived in Yan'an in 1945 and taught at "Lu Yi". After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was elected as the Vice Chairman of the National Dance Association, and concurrently served as the head of the dance troupe of the China Youth Art Theater, the head of the Central Ethnic Song and Dance Ensemble, and the chairman of the Chinese Dance Art Research Association. In 1956, "Tianma Dance Art Studio" was founded. He was affected by decentralization during the Cultural Revolution. After the Cultural Revolution, Wu Xiaobang came back and served as Chairman of the Chinese Dance Association, member of the Standing Committee of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Editor-in-Chief of "Dance Art" magazine, and Chief Editor-in-Chief of "Collection of Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dances". Wu Xiaobang expressed his aspirations with dance, warned the world with dance, danced for life, and remained determined. He adhered to the trinity of dance education, creation, and theory, and cultivated a large number of dance successors. Throughout his life, he created 18 popular new dance programs such as "Hungry Fire", "Thinking of Fans", "Ugly Biao Gong", "Goose Falling on the Flat Sand", "Welcome to Spring", "Autumn Resentment", "Tiger Lord", and "Pagoda Archway". . He has written monographs such as "Introduction to New Dance Art", "New Theory of Dance", "Talk about Art", "Dance Sequel", and "Dance Research". Wu Xiaobang is the founder, pioneer and practitioner of new dance in my country, and an outstanding dance master of the generation. To commemorate this pioneer of new dance in my country, the first dance memorial hall named after an individual in my country - Wu Xiaobang Dance Art Museum - was built in his hometown of Taicang in 1999.
Song Wenzhi Art Museum
Song Wenzhi Art Museum, built in 1989, is located at No. 12, Xianfu East Street, Taicang City. He has collected 60 representative works from the 1980s, more than 30 treasures of calligraphy and painting from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and 30 pieces of ancient painted pottery of high value. Song Wenzhi was born in the western suburbs of Taicang and studied under the famous painters Zhang Shiyuan and Wu Hufan. He has successively served as a director of the Chinese Artists Association, vice chairman of the Jiangsu Artists Association, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial CPPCC, vice president of the Provincial Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, and professor of Nanjing University.
Kun Opera
Kun Opera originated from Taicang South Wharf (also known as Nanguan, now Nanjiao Town). Kunqu Opera is a wonder in the art field, and the spring and snow in opera have always been favored by literati. According to local chronicles, Taicang South Wharf was a prosperous live wharf during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. People from the south and the north lived together, and the accents of the south and the north influenced each other. During the Jiajing and Longqing years of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Liangfu, who had lived in South Pier for a long time, improved the dialect and created a very elegant and gorgeous new tune, known as Kunqiang and Kunqu in the world. Kun Opera's move from folk to stage began with Liang Bolong's "The Story of Huansha" in Kunshan. Wu Meicun, a great poet in Taicang in the early Qing Dynasty, said in his poem: "The local people wrote songs about Wei Liangfu, and the high scholars wrote lyrics about Liang Bolong." This refers to this matter. Due to the success of the performance of "The Story of Huan Sha", Kun Opera's reputation is growing. Scholar-officials all regard listening to and studying Kun Opera as a refined thing. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taicang had many Kun Opera troupes and many Kun Opera artists. In modern times, Taicang also had Zhu Chuanming, the first generation artist of Kun Opera, and Gao Buyun, a Kun Opera musician and Kun Opera flutist. To this day, people in Taicang can still collect Kun Opera Gongchi Pu, which to a certain extent also reflects the popularity of Kun Opera in Taicang. , as well as the Taicang people’s contribution and feelings towards Kunqu Opera.
Wei Liangfu
Wei Liangfu (date of birth and death unknown), Ming opera musician, founder of Kun Opera (Southern Opera). His courtesy name was Shangquan, originally from Yuzhang, Jiangxi (now Nanchang City), and later moved to Taicang South Pier (now Nanjiao Town). Wei Liangfu was familiar with music and started to learn northern music. Because he was not as good as Wang Youshan, a northerner, he studied southern music. Yiyang opera was popular in his hometown, but he despised Yiyang. In order to change the artistic environment, he came to Taicang during the Jiajing period (1522-1565), where Southern Opera and Northern Opera were very active at that time, and lived at the South Pier of Taicang. There were many people in the local garrison who were proficient in music, and Wei Liangfu often competed with them on skills and music theory. At this time, he got acquainted with a resident Nanqu expert, Taicang Wei Baihu Guo Yunshi, and he often asked him for advice. Every time he performed music, he would not give up until he was satisfied. He also consulted Zhang Yetang, a dramatist from Shanxiansuo and Beiqu who was sent to Taicang from Shouzhou (today's Shouxian County), Anhui Province. At that time, Zhang was serving in the army and readily agreed to Wei's request for advice, and the two became close friends. Later, Wei Liangfu betrothed his daughter to Zhang Yetang. Later, with the assistance of Guo Yunshi, Zhang Yetang and others, Wei Liangfu absorbed some characteristics of the popular Haiyan tune, Yuyao tune and Jiangnan folk tunes at that time, processed and organized the opera singing tunes spread in Kunshan, and integrated the northern and southern tunes. As a whole, it can not only make the southern songs "pure and fine", but also name the northern songs "turn without the northern air", thus changing the dull singing style that was flat and unrhymed in the past, forming a novel style, delicate singing method, Shu Xu's euphemistic "Shui Mo Qiang" (Kun Qiang). It appeared in the form of a cappella, which finally enabled Kunqu Opera to be clear and distant, and the melody more beautiful without the background of big gongs and drums. At the same time, Wei Liangfu also reformed the accompaniment instruments. It turns out that the main accompaniment instruments of Nanqu Opera are Xiao and Guan. In order to make the singing of Kun Opera more appealing, he brought together flute, Guan, Sheng, Qin, Pipa, Xianzi and other instruments to accompany the singing of Kun Opera, which was a success. . Since then, Wei Liangfu's reputation has greatly increased, and he is known as a "national worker", a "sage of music", and even the "originator" of Kunqiang (Southern Opera). He is the author of the book "Qu Lv" (also known as "Nan Ci Yin Zheng"), which is an important work on Kunqu opera singing and the northern and southern opera schools.
Jiangnan Sizhu
As an independent music genre, Jiangnan Sizhu was only named in the early 1950s. However, the prototype of Jiangnan silk and bamboo, "Xiansuo", was created by Zhang Yetang, a Taicang guard sergeant during the Jiajing and Longqing years of the Ming Dynasty. It has a history of more than 400 years.
According to records, after Zhang Yetang, a string worker, was sent to Taicang for a crime, he and the dramatist Wei Liangfu fell in love with each other and soon became close friends. Because Wei loved Zhang Zhicai, he later betrothed his daughter to him. After Zhang Yetang collaborated with Wei Liangfu, he began to learn Nanqu, changed the strings and strings to make them similar to Nanyin, and changed the style of the three strings, which was named Xianzi. A full-scale silk and bamboo band was formed with string instruments, wind instruments, and drums and boards, and created a new Wuzhong music "Xian Suo" that is "quite harmonious and especially listenable." During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xiansuo was mainly used for the accompaniment of Kun Opera. After the mid-16th century, Kun Opera gradually became the main type of opera that dominated the Chinese theater scene. Therefore, in addition to accompaniment for Kun Opera, Xian Suo evolved into an independent silk and bamboo performance band. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Xijue, the bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and the first assistant, had a preference for music, opera, etc., and often invited Zhang Yetang, Zhao Zhanyun, etc. to perform and teach skills, which contributed to the spread of Jiangnan Sizhu. During the Yongzheng and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty, many home music classes that performed Jiangnan silk and bamboo music turned into professional folk music classes, and they often visited folk temple fairs, lantern festivals and other festive places. At this time, Jiangnan silk and bamboo playing was not only an entertainment, but also a means of livelihood. By the time of the Republic of China, there were more than 100 Jiangnan silk and bamboo groups in Taicang. The main music includes eight famous songs that are widely circulated among the people, including "Xingjie", "Sanliu", "Yunqing" and "Happy Song".
Four delicacies of the Yangtze River
Taicang is located at the estuary of the Yangtze River. At the intersection of the river and the sea, there are many kinds of fish. The more famous one is the whitebait, collectively known as the "Four delicacies of the Yangtze River" , saury, catfish, shad. Silverbait: In ancient times, it was called "鄍 Remnant Fish". This fish is slender in shape, transparent and smooth, about one finger long. It likes to live in the Yangtze River estuary offshore. Its official name is whitebait, and the local people call it "noodle fish". Because this fish has fine bones and no scales, its color is as bright as silver, and its taste is extremely delicious, it is very popular among diners. Knife fish: Because the fish looks like a knife, it is commonly known as knife fish. The swordfish is "narrow and long-headed", similar to the phoenix bream, but larger than the phoenix bream. It is also called the river bream. The big one is about a foot long. The characteristic of this fish is that its meat is delicate and tender, melting in your mouth, but it has more silky hair and bones, so you need to be careful when eating it. A large number of them were put on the market before the Qingming Festival. As soon as the Qingming Festival passes, the silk and wool bones harden and the price begins to fall. Catfish: also known as catfish, commonly known as white halberd. This fish is characterized by its rounded snout, mouth and abdomen, and scaleless body. The largest ones can be more than one meter long. The current production has decreased sharply, and it is no longer easy to catch big catfish. The catfish meat is fat and fresh, stewed and braised, and is a famous fish. Its swim bladder is thick and can be used to make fish maw. It has always been a top-quality edible fish. Anchovy: It was called "魱" in ancient times. The shape is beautiful and flat, like a bream and long, about 70 cm long, silvery white, with ribbed scales on the abdomen. Generally mature at three or four years old, at the turn of spring and summer, it goes up the river. It is mainly produced in the lower reaches from the estuary of the Yangtze River in Taicang to Yanziji, Nanjing. Its taste is extremely delicious, and it is better to be stewed without scraping the scales. It is the best fish in the Yangtze River. Unfortunately, it has been on the verge of extinction in recent years and its value has become increasingly expensive.