Wen | Mu orange seeds
Gangnam is good, the scenery used to be familiar.
The sunrise river flowers are red and the fire is better, and the spring river is as green as blue. Can you not remember Gangnam?
Jiangnan is the ripple in the heart of every Chinese, layer upon layer, lingering and compassionate. Jiangnan is the great tang dynasty poet Bai Junyi's dream of peach orchards and spring wind ten miles. Jiangnan is the flashing light that often flashes in your circle of friends not far away.
Wuxi is the most beautiful Jiangnan that orange seeds have encountered recently.
The time in Wuxi is leisurely and dangling.
Coincidentally, I got acquainted with Kou Kou.
A town that was preserved due to the decline of water transport.
The town slowly awoke at dawn, and a thin morning fog filled the entire water, covering the town faintly. The red ancient lights swayed gently in the breeze, shining on the light and shadow above the black tile walls. It was peaceful yet cozy.
A rose is in full bloom, sitting by the meandering river, sparkling bridge shadow, the sound of the paddle in the ear, the years are quiet...
So, a little time in the ancient town of Dangkou.
Dangkou Ancient Town, located 25 kilometers southeast of Wuxi City, hides the golden area at the junction of Wuxi, Suzhou and Changshu, and has the feeling of stepping on the three cities. The ancient water town of Jiangnan, which is haunted by the trickle, has a history of more than 3,000 years.
Around Wuxi, the ancient town of this age is unique. Looking at the whole of Jiangnan, it is rare among many ancient towns.
With the rise of railway transportation and road transportation, Jiangnan water transportation gradually withered. Therefore, the decline of jiangnan ancient town that rose up by water transportation has been inevitable, but many old houses have been completely preserved, so that we, the later generations, can get acquainted with this ancient town and imagine the past that we did not know.
Speaking of the name of Dangkou Ancient Town, it comes from its geographical location. Dangkou is located in the west of Goose Lake, is the port of Goose True Dang, so the name "Dangkou". The psychic treasure-like Goose Lake has given birth to this historic town. Babbling water surrounds the town, and the sun sprinkles the town with warmth, delicacy, simplicity and peace, with a different taste.
And I, from Wuxi East Railway Station only about 20 minutes by car to reach The Mouth. Bluestone trails, babbling water, looking at the window pavilion, barge river port, boats coming and going, taking a rocking boat through Jiangnan Town, feeling the ancient town by the water, everything still maintains the appearance of 100 years ago...
Nowadays, on both sides of the Yisheng River, there are complete ancient buildings, including the Beicanghe Old Street, which has been lined with various shops since the Qing Dynasty, the former residence of Hua Xiangfang, the forerunner of modern Chinese science, the Sangong Ancestral Hall with the tools of measuring land during the Jiaqing period, as well as precious historical sites such as Siquan Pavilion, Bubow Carved Stone, and Zhifu Ancestral Hall Theater.
To say that there is the most complete preservation and largest building in the Jiangnan area in the ancient town, it is Huashi Yizhuang. The earliest and largest, known as the "First Righteous Village in Jiangnan", there are four existing houses, covering an area of 3510 square meters.
Friends who first hear Yizhuang may not know much, Yizhuang is a charity founded by a certain family in ancient times, which has fields for the clan, schools, and can also receive money and food here.
In front of the door, across the river to illuminate the wall, the dock, the figure eight to illuminate the wall, the entrance hall on both sides of the wall embedded with several inscriptions. At first glance, you will think that the walls are broken and the house is old, but in fact, the beams and arches are painted and carved, and the third entrance hall is composed of valuable nan wood structures. The fact that a righteous house is so exquisitely built shows the wealth of the Hua family and the importance attached to helping the poor and helping students.
In the ancient town of Dangkou, the Hua clan is a large local family, capable of generations, and accumulated virtue and good deeds, with the accumulated wealth, built a righteous village, there is a record of "the independent Yitian 1,340 acres of support", and also received praise from the Qianlong Emperor. Looking at the ancient building complex, it is not difficult to imagine how prosperous the ancient town was.
With the passage of time, some traces are still intact, some are obliterated by the wind and dust of history, and some have been rejuvenated with new vitality. Nowadays, when you encounter a quiet swing, safely shuttle through the ancient town, you can tease the cat and the dog to drink coffee, and walk aimlessly and casually, such a beautiful scenery is even more memorable.
In the porch shed on the barge with the imprint of time engraved on it, several old people sat on the bench of King Wu and talked about that year. In the morning, a few small shops selling breakfast waft out the heat and fragrance. A rooster was surrounded by several hens "clucking" and cheering, and a black dog was lying lazily on the ground, monitoring everything. Ancient poetry cloud cicada noise forest more than quiet, here is the chicken chirping calm more than quiet...
Looking back on the past, Dangkou Ancient Town has been transformed from a "Ding Village" dominated by fishermen and farmers, and has become the first township in Jiangnan to be given grain endowments through earth-shaking changes. The great change in this has to mention an important family: Fahrenheit.
The ancient town of Dangkou was called Ding She in ancient times, and legend has it that this was the hometown of Ding Lan, the filial son of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so it was named Ding She.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the wealthy Hua family settled in Dangkou. His ancestor, Mr. Hua Zhengu, advocated farming and reading, and passed on the poetry to the family, which was deeply loved by the people and clans in the local area, and wrote the "Collection of Worries" and passed it on from generation to generation. Speaking of the rise of the ancient town, there are two heroes: one is a descendant of Hua, who was given a pint of clothing by the royal family to send to Korea, Hua Cha (the Hua Taishi in "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang"), and the other is the descendants of the Ding clan who first lived here.
With two important ministers, since then, Langkou has begun to gather a large number of civil engineering merchants. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, Dangkou had gradually developed into a major commercial port in the Xidong region at that time, and it had the reputation of "Little Suzhou and Yindangkou".
From the Ming Dynasty to the present, There have been many celebrities in the past: Hua Fu, the inventor of Chinese copper movable type printing; Huaxia, a giant eye and a great collector in Jiangdong; Hua Xiangfang, a modern scientist and mathematician; Hua Junwu, a master of art, and Qian Mu, the last scholar in China...
This ancient water town with a long history, these celebrities have left a large number of cultural heritage and cultural landscapes in their hometowns, and the beautiful Goose Lake and Yuxiu's swing mouth have become the cradle of celebrity families.
In the old town, the old streets and deep alleys, every bluestone slab road, has been worn away by the years. At dusk, take a cruise along the river and lake to explore the ancient town, small bridges and flowing waters, blowing river breeze, enjoy a comfortable slow life!
"Raccoon Girl Hammer Dress River beachhead, passenger ship stopped under the eaves."
Accustomed to seeing the wind and sand in the north, I know the beauty of Jiangnan.
With the passage of time, the development of science and technology and transportation, so that those of us who rarely see the northern children of Jiangnan Water Town can also feel the sound and shadow of paddles and the continuous stone road on weekends. Leave the hustle and bustle of the city and stay in the quiet old town of Dangkou.
In the early morning and dusk when day and night intersect, in the most beautiful time of Dangkou Ancient Town, free to fly and quietly taste.