Jinxi Town belongs to Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, east of Dianshan Lake, west of Yicheng Lake, south of Jinze Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, north of Suzhou Wuzhong District Luzhi Town and Kunshan City Zhangpu Town adjacent, belongs to the 'South Gate' of Jiangsu Province, known as "the hometown of Chinese folk museums".
Jinxi Town covers a total area of 90.69 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 3 communities and 20 administrative villages, and has a permanent population of 51,811 (2017).
Jinxi Town has won the honorary titles of China's Famous Historical and Cultural Town, Chinese Folk Culture and Art Town, National Township with Beautiful Environment, National Characteristic Landscape Tourism Town, and National AAAA-level Tourist Scenic Area. In 2018, the regional GDP was 8.6 billion yuan, an increase of 14.5% year-on-year, and the total industrial output value was 33.3 billion yuan, an increase of 62.6% year-on-year.
In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reconfirmed Jinxi Town as a national health township.
Jinxi Town has a long history, as early as 5500 years ago in the Songze culture period, Jinxi has ancestors.
Jinxi Town
During the Spring and Autumn period of Wuyue, Jinxi became a market town and belonged to Huiji County.
From the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Wu County, and the five generations belonged to Suzhou.
In the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1107), the name Jinxi belonged to Suzhou.
In the first year of Song Shaoxing (1131), Jinxi was renamed Chen Tomb, Hexi (Shangtang) belonged to Changzhou County, and Hedong (Xiatang) belonged to Kunshan County.
In the second year of Qing Yongzheng (1724), the southern part of Changzhou County was separated to establish Yuanhe County (southeast), and the three counties of Wu County (southwest) and Changzhou County (northeast) were ruled in fucheng, which was also the annex of Suzhou Prefecture.
In October of the third year of the Qing Dynasty (1911), the Provisional Government of the Republic of China abolished Suzhou Prefecture and the three counties of Changzhou, Yuanhe and Wu and established Suzhou.
In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Suzhou was abolished and Wu County was established.
In September 1952, the Chen Tombs in Wu County were assigned to Kunshan County, and the former Chen Tombs in Kunshan County and Wu County were merged and upgraded to Become Chen Tombs Town directly under Kunshan County.
In February 1985, the township management system was implemented, and the two townships of Dianxi and Chen Tomb were merged into Chen Tomb Town, which is still under the jurisdiction of Kunshan County.
In 1989, with the approval of the State Council, Kunshan County was set up as a city (county-level).
In October 1992, with the approval of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, Chen Tomb Town was renamed Jinxi Town and was under the jurisdiction of Kunshan City.
Folklore
Literary art
Rolls
Xuanhuan, that is, silk string xuanjuan, is a fairly ancient local opera art in southern Jiangsu, it originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, indiscriminately coveted in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, to the 50s and 60s after the founding of New China, the silk string Xuanjuan art performance in southern Jiangsu is still quite popular.
Jinxi Xuan roll art museum
Silk string roll performance for singing and speaking table into one, mainly singing, speaking table as a supplement, the instruments used are mainly erhu, flute, pipa, yangqin, guzheng, sheng and other silk string instruments, so it is called silk string scroll.
The performance method of the silk string scroll is also quite simple and flexible, you can get on the stage when performing, or you can just arrange two eight immortal tables side by side, sit in the middle of a scroll artist, holding a wake wood or wooden fish, sitting on the right side of the accompaniment artist, and sitting on the left side of the accompaniment artist.
The xuanjuan artists are generally local farmers, who perform farm work when they are busy and perform everywhere when they are idle. They entertain themselves, but also make a living from it, the southern Jiangsu region is densely watered, and a small boat with a shed is their main food, housing and transportation.
Xuanhuan is similar to opera and commentary, the repertoire sung, most of the songs are transplanted from traditional opera, folk anecdotes, such as "Jade Dragonfly", "Qin Xianglian", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", etc., a repertoire is often sung several times, when it comes to different characters, it is divided into different roles, or male, or female, or old, or young, or crying, or laughing, chickens and dogs barking, all from the mouth of one person. Speaking in the local dialect, a bit like Suzhou Pingtan, but the singing voice has its own unique tune, which is popular with the local people.
In 2014, the Jinxi Xuan scroll was listed as part of the treasure scroll (Wudi treasure scroll) as a national intangible cultural heritage list.
Festivals
Every year on the first day, eighth and fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the local people of Jinxi Town will hold a Jinxi Temple Fair; every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, local people will also hold a full moon Jinxi Mid-Autumn Festival National Day Lantern Festival in the ancient lotus pond of the ancient town scenic spot.
Local cuisine
Pumpkin glutinous rice cake
Jinxi Town belongs to Jiangnan and is rich in rice, so there are many varieties of food made from rice and glutinous rice, and pumpkin glutinous rice cake is one of the most common local snacks. Pumpkin puree is added to the glutinous rice flour and steamed in a steamer to make a golden pumpkin glutinous rice cake.
Youth League
Qingtuan is a seasonal food of the Qingming Festival in jiangnan and later became a daily food. Emerald green in appearance, it is made by scooping the juice of the finches and glutinous rice together, with bean paste on the bread, bottomed with reed leaves, steamed in a steamer, and finally dipped in black sesame seeds and red dots.
Sock bottom crisp
The sock bottom puff pastry was originally made by sun chimelong South Goods Store in the front shop and back shop, and has a production history of hundreds of years. The sock bottom crisp is exquisitely made, using puff pastry and noodles, and kneading it five or six times repeatedly until it is completely uniform. The proportion of ingredients is very strict when making filling, such as the salt used to make pretzels, simmering in the pot, rolling thin with a rolling pin, and mashing the shallots into minced pieces. Baking determines the quality of the sock bottom crisp: the fire should not be too strong, and it should be turned from time to time until the shortbread showed a bright luster and emitted a delicate fragrance.