Author/Xu Jing (Suzhou Mudu Cultural Tourism), the article is authorized by the author
Xu Yang, a native of Wu County, Jiangsu Province, was a famous court painter during the Qianlong period, and his "Prosperous Breeding Map" was deeply loved by successive emperors, so the painting depicted the prosperity and magnificence of Suzhou as the theme, also known as "Gusu Prosperous Map".
The painting mainly uses "one village", "one town", "one city" and "one street" as the performance section, and its "one village" is the mountain front village at the southern foot of Lingyan Mountain, and "one town" is Mudu. In terms of length, the entire Mudu jurisdiction accounted for one-third, which shows that the socio-economic status of Suzhou at that time was very representative.
Let's take a few clips to consider:
This is Fayun Temple. But as far as the picture is concerned, the "Taiping Temple", this should be a Taoist temple during the Qianlong period, right?
Located in Mudu East Street, Wu County Shecang.
The owner of the Mudu SuiChu Garden is feasting on relatives and friends. There were gifts coming in at the door. The play of the Xuan Hall Hall meeting is "The Book of the White Rabbit", which may be the birthday of the old lady today. (Carrying water in green clothes and crying in children, that is the story of "The White Rabbit".) ）
"East Street Market". Looking at the lower left corner, the money house is not high above, crammed between the mat weaving workshop and the south goods store. Small money banks function more like "money changers" in Hong Kong today, that is, to exchange money between money.
"South Street Market". Notice that in the lower right corner, there is another money house. The characteristic of the development of the financial industry is that the money industry institutions here are small in scale and wide in distribution. At that time, there were money houses in every street and alley, which could be described as financial prosperity.
The "Mudu Town Government" during the Qianlong period. At that time, Mudu was a deputy county-level administrative unit, and the building in the picture was located in the north of Zhongshi Street, which was the county office, which was a unified organ of administrative police and government, so the structure was like both an official and a post.
The signs of this Mudu Zhongshi Street restaurant are touching. The focus is on the first picture on the right, "Five Gui Dacai". "Wugui" is a Wudi folk custom, and guests must have five dishes such as fish, meat, poultry, assortment, and sweet soup, which are later extended to a grand feast.
Suzhou can no longer hear the phrase "Wu Gui", and it is said that there are still remnants in Wuxi. Unexpectedly, this shop sign in the picture allowed us to find the Customs of Wudi during the Qianlong Period in Mudu.
Dongjiekou is the "cultural street" of Mudu. It is no wonder that Suichu Garden, the famous library center in Suzhou, is here.
During the Qianlong period, Xukou came under the jurisdiction of Mudu. In Xiangshan Mountain on the side of Qingming Mountain, two fishermen left their huts to go to a boat by the bridge to prepare to go down to the lake to catch fish, and a small dog followed not far behind. In the distance are the sparkling sail shadow and the seventy-two peaks of Taihu Lake.
In the three hundred years since the Qing Dynasty, there have been three peaks in terms of the timeline of cultural achievement.
During the Kangxi Dynasty, Ye Xie settled in Mudu Hengshan to open an apprenticeship, he was a famous poetic theorist, and his disciple Shen Deqian was also. As a result, MuDu became the poet Yuanxue during the Yongqian period. Qing Dynasty poetry is not famous, but poetry is a collection of masters, and Ye Xie and Shen Deqian are representative figures.
This line, in Mudu Shantang Street.
During the Kangxi Dynasty, Wu Quan settled in Mudu East Street and built Suichu Garden. After three generations of efforts, this area became a famous collection center in the country, and its grandson Tailai joined the Qianjia School and was able to be on a par with Qian Daxin Wang Mingsheng. Therefore, the "Gusu Prosperous Map" is specially marked with Suichu Garden.
This line is in Mudu East Street.
That is to say, during the Qianlong period, Mu Du was both the center of poetry and the center of examination, which was also the two major academic peaks in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.
More than a hundred years later, in the early years of Tongzhi, Feng Guifen settled in the old residence of Shen Deqian in Shantang Street to compile the Suzhou Fuzhi, and his disciples Liu Shangxian and Ye Changzhi came as promised and coordinated for seven years.
Thirty years later, Liu Shangxian purchased Suichu Garden and renamed Italia, and Ye Changchi lived here again, so it became a book collection center again.
This line is both in Shantang Street and East Street.
After the Xinhai Revolution, Liu Zhiying, a descendant of the Liu clan, and Yan Jiaxian, a descendant of the Yan clan, both became famous entomologists. This line, one end in the East Street Suiyuan, the other end at The West Street No. 108, the two places are 800 meters apart.
The famous academic achievements of the Qing Dynasty are nothing more than poetry, evidence, and books, and Mudu has produced peak figures. As for the ancient construction, the Yanjia Garden is still the pearl of suzhou gardens. In terms of financial achievements, there are Yan family in the nine major Chinese banking families in Shanghai.