Dongtai Xixi Tourism and Cultural Scenic Area is divided into three areas from south to north: historical and cultural leisure area, modern cultural leisure area and ecological and cultural leisure area. Among them, the historical and cultural leisure area takes Xixi, a thousand-year-old town, as the core to create a historical and cultural landscape area integrating filial piety culture, sea salt culture and Buddhist culture; Modern cultural and leisure areas integrate traditional art and modern culture, and build facilities such as art dissemination, fine appreciation, leisure and entertainment; The eco-cultural leisure zone takes Xixi Botanical Garden as the core, and builds modern agricultural exhibition, agricultural popular science education, farming experience sightseeing and other leisure facilities.
Filial piety culture
Filial piety culture is a household name. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the legend of Dong Yong's beautiful love with the Seven Fairies has been widely circulated in Xixi. According to textual research, there are now more than 50 places related to it (Heluolun, Dongjiadui, Shezitou, Fenghuang Spring, Cilang River, Mo, Dongxxieerzhuang, Silk Reeling Well, Dongyong's Tomb, Hanxiaozi, Dongxiaoxian Temple, etc.). June 26th, 2002 65438+20021. In May 2006, Dongtai "Dong Yong Legend" was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Yong Dong Seven Fairy Cultural Park covers an area of 150 mu with a total investment of100000 yuan. The first phase of the project covers an area of 45 mu. Yong Dong Seven Fairy Sculpture, Dongxian Temple, Relief Promenade, Old Sophora Tree and Land Temple have been built. In February 2065, 438+00 was successfully established as a national 2A-level tourist attraction. On April 20 12, on the basis of the initial completion of eight scenic spots in the first phase, various tourist facilities such as trails and landscape bridges were built in the park, which improved the legendary 24 scenic spots of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies and amplified the love culture of the Seven Fairies in Yong Dong. The whole park was officially opened to the public on 20 13 Yong Dong Seven Fairy Cultural Tourism Festival, and a national 3A-level tourist attraction was built by the end of the year.
Haiyan culture
Xixi remains rich, and there are many ancient temples, pagodas and bridges in the territory. Haichunxuan Tower, a landmark building in Dongtai, is located on the north side of Xixitai East River. It was built in Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty. It is a two-story brick tower with a history of 1 380 years. Its age is the longest among the 58 existing ancient pagodas in Jiangsu. Commonly known as Xixi Tower, also known as Filial Piety Tower, Zhenhai Tower and Weichi Tower. Tongsheng Bridge and Figure-of-Eight Bridge-both bridges are single-hole arch brick bridges in Song Dynasty; Tongsheng Bridge is located on the Yan Xi River in front of Taishan Temple, and the "eight-character bridge" is located at the intersection of Yanxi River and Hexiong River. The "eight-shaped bridge" with "two bridges in one step, two bridges connecting three banks" was built more than 200 years earlier than Zhouzhuang Shuangqiao, and is now a cultural relic protection unit in Dongtai City. Limu Street-located on the north side of Yan Xi River, paved with blue bricks, has many existing Ming and Qing dwellings. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the plows and farm tools sold on Limu Street were very famous in He Lixia water town in central Jiangsu, hence the name Limu Street. Lisan Road, an ancient plank road in Haikou,
It starts from the east end of Limu Street in the west, with a total length of 1.600 meters (commonly known as Lisan Road). It was built in the period when Xixi Town was built, more than 2,000 years ago, earlier than the construction of Gong Fan levee 1000 years ago. Xixi Ancient City is located on the east side of Taishan Avenue in Xixi Scenic Area. According to the basic principle of "ancient town as the body and culture as the soul", highlight the theme of Song Wenhua, reproduce the prosperous scene of ancient Xixi salt pot business, and create a Song-style business group integrating classical and modern, culture and business. The newly-built scenic spots mainly include Chengmenlou Exhibition Hall, Yan Xi Academy and Sanxiangge. Xixi Ancient City has become a landmark building complex in Xixi Scenic Area, echoing with Taishan Huguo Temple, Yong Dong Seven Fairy Cultural Park and Haichunta Garden, forming a tourist concentration area combining point, line and surface.
Buddhist culture
The project of Haichun Pagoda and Buddhist Cultural Park focuses on the two remains of Haichun Pagoda in Tang Dynasty and Taishan Temple in Song Dynasty, which is a thousand-year-old temple with one temple and five temples. Relying on the rich ecological water network system of Yanxi River, Wu Zhao River and Fenghuang River, efforts will be made to build vegetarian restaurant, Lotus Square, corridor of Buddhist education and culture center, Guangfu Temple, Haichun Tower, Cixiao Cultural Center and Zizhu Jingshe. After completion, Haichun Tower Garden organically unifies "meditation culture" and "filial piety culture", organically integrates Xixi local culture and Buddhist religious culture, enhances the taste of scenic spots with cultural connotation, and embodies the harmony between man and nature.
ecological construction
Xixi Botanical Garden is located in the north of Xixi Tourism and Cultural Scenic Area, with a total area of about 2,300 mu. It integrates modern agriculture and eco-tourism, and is recognized as the first batch of "Jiangsu Modern Agricultural Industrial Park" and "Jiangsu Four-Star Rural Tourist Spot". The Botanical Garden, centered on the 600-mu artificial lake "Huxian", is divided into three functional areas: modern agriculture exhibition area, high-efficiency gardening demonstration area and agricultural sightseeing area. It is an ideal place for people to experience farming culture, return to nature and travel in agriculture.
Dongtai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government attached great importance to the development and construction of Xixi tourist and cultural scenic spot, and started the development of Xixi scenic spot in 2007. 20111February, the Xixi Tourism and Cultural Scenic Area Management Committee was formally established, organized as a whole, vigorously promoted and achieved remarkable results. The planning scope of Xixi Scenic Area starts from Chuanchang River in the east, reaches New 204 National Road in the west, reaches Taidong River in the south and reaches Xiangdong River in the north, with a geographical area of about 16 square kilometers and a total population of10.5 million, including Yanxihe neighborhood committee, Taishan Temple neighborhood committee, Wanlu neighborhood committee, Xijiao village and Sancao village. The development goal of Xixi Tourism and Cultural Scenic Area is to closely follow the development concept of "culture casting soul, integration and innovation, and industrial extension", and form a benign interaction between cultural inheritance and production development. Through the creation of waterscape space, the promotion of ecological environment and the excavation of cultural heritage, it will create a high-quality tourism destination integrating tourism, vacation, urban leisure and cultural industry, and strive to build a unique cultural industry cluster in the Yangtze River Delta in 3-5 years.
Address: Huiyang Road, Dongtai, Yancheng
Type: cultural tourist area
Grade: AAAA
Play time: 0.5 days is recommended.
Tel: 0515-60600960; 400926 1520
Opening hours:
165438+ 10-June of the following year: 8:00- 18:00, and July-10: 8: 00-2100.
Ticket information:
Cultural Park 30 yuan; Tayuan 40 yuan; Scenic spot 60 yuan (excluding Botanical Garden); Botanical Garden 10 yuan
Source: Jiangsu Forestry Bureau.