World Heritage - Ancient Village Dongshan Taihu Lake
At 12:21 on April 12, 2003
Commentary:
In Enpa Haomiao around Taihu Lake, scattered with dozens of large and small, ancient villages, which are rich in Wu Ming and Qing dynasties and the prosperity of the witness. However, as the years goes by, the ancient village has been bustling past Tunjin. Thus, our crew decided to those lost in the cultural history of eolian do a search for remains.
Tong Qisheng: Yu Qiuyu
Lake Taihu in Chinese culture among its status is very important, especially in and around some of the major cities it is related, it is also away from the Nanjing and Suzhou are relatively recent, it has relations, but there is such a large number of ancient poems written by many lakes, it appears is very important, and it is something very important inside and some religious facilities, is also very beautiful scenery, and products are also very abundant, so that even in Taihu Lake to be a memorable place in Chinese culture, the relationship between the lakes and mountains, and cultural remains have
Commentary:
A folk saying goes: "Su hushu, the world is enough," Wang Yang 36,000 ares Taihu Lake, surrounded by waterways criss-crossing, north-south canal, well-developed water and land transportation bred south of wealth and civilization. Dongshan Lake Dongting, Taihu Lake, southeast of the original is just a desert island, after the Tang and Song dynasties, where the population has gradually become a fan of Shu, the Jiangnan land of plenty. To the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there have emerged a Huizhou, Shanxi, Guangdong providers, Fujian together, dash, neck and neck Jiangnan business help - drilling days Dongting.
Tong Qisheng: Writers Zhu
Because many small fields Dongshan less, then it is to use this Higashiyama this form it is close to the lake, we know that it is easily accessible lake, the Taihu Lake Basin which can lead to the Yangtze River can pass east coast, so a lot of it out of business people, the first time in the early years of the Republic of sand out of a surname, and his health Matheson in the sand when the comprador, there is one person to Shanghai, after the success he brought the Dongshan brought out, and one until now, we re-Statistics what was found in Southeast Asia in the Americas, in Europe, what have they established financial institutions, ie the descendants of Dongshan people now go to the world because it is this wide range, and others to give it a nickname called the drill days Dongting, It can drill up days
Commentary:
Dongting good businessmen seek personal gain, eager to plan their activities in the Yangtze River and along the Hunan-Hubei Jingzhou and Xiangyang large areas, business is Liangmi, silk and cloth business. Among them, Weng, Hui, Xi's and Ye's are all prominent families by the year's prominent high, they developed led to the flourishing prosperity of the whole Dongting Higashiyama.
Tong Qisheng: Writers Zhu
Is now a mess, when you are telling some big people, you see, it has a feature of the ancient village, which is called Shiji brick, stone foundation bricks of the wall, this house has been broken, Shiji example, it re-repair , stone, or to take advantage of, we can now see that you look at the stones, Song Shi, how to look out? He used to say it is the Shiji Song, how do we look at the Song of the wealthy family, he couched in such a house built on bluestone, stone, Shiji, then the Ming Dynasty, when it is more affluent, who are more meticulous, so he was walls, when you see it is not a hollow wall, which is 10 10 fold in the above, it is below two layers, and then the top three layers, the edge of recycling and the top four layers, the edge of do four layers, work very hard, and later to the Qing Dynasty after it the following two-layer or a layer made hollow walls, and here put a vertical brick, knocking them altogether pass up loud, this wall if the force at once, it will break , and illustrated in the Ming Dynasty, when his economic strength, he built the brick wall I am afraid that only deep-fried large artillery could not put it ripped a hole.
Commentary:
Due to the unique geographical environment and beautiful natural scenery, ancient villages inhabited by the year a large number of prominent celebrities and wealthy the moment, and left a large mansion. Although the changes experienced vicissitudes of life, there are still hundreds of buildings in Ming and Qing mansion been preserved. The old one are mostly brick-wood structure, longstanding, already dilapidated, but the door of that building and into the halls with elaborate carvings is still to what has been described a spectacular year. According to historical records: it was "The Road, passers-by of the dressing, Dizhai the grand, cultural system, code of dress of the music, a style Dayi," a village with busy peak has also created a number of cultural celebrities, mansions everywhere, arch connecting the Roger Lane, an ancient village is the best witness.
Tong Qisheng: Writers Zhu
To the Ming Dynasty, when there out of an outstanding figure in his tempest Zhaoao is that we can now see his house called the Hui and Tang, there are more than 100 houses were out of Dongshan start from the literati of the Ming Dynasty, during the Ming and Qing Just about jinshi scholar out of more than 40, it is probably now a professor of nearly 100 more than it would if one adds an associate professor of hundreds of people, it's all Dongshan, a small place, more than 50000 place out so many professors now an associate professor in the whole country is rare, and this place you have to note that this place is probably Wang Quan Wang Zhaoao ah ah their gardens, because the benefits and the church is surrounded by a dozen royal garden , but now of course, no longer, and you see turned into a vegetable garden.
There is a strange monument, the word strange, Kangxi also finding out, this is what characters do, I know, from the Song Dynasty, from the emperor began to have a private signature called the charge, handle next to a B, C Ding A, the charge what it meant, the word that we now charge Bank of signature, signed too guri weird, and others have copied the like, and people that one can tell, he is also the word play such a role, that is, He made such a word, at the same time with this strange pattern as an indicator, said Wang Hui, and Hall Zhaoao property rights, he did in the Beishang a monogram.
(Vermilion with the local people talking)
In the demolition of garbage啦, yes, in the clean up, this place is a shot orange red, and here, is here ah. What is inside the repair ah, here is the former residence of King Zhaoao, you now repair the backyard garden, he was the famous garden, you go look at the good, now how to fix it ah, preparing to repair it in accordance with AS or now, who is going to find a way to repair it, which is modern, and cultivated itself into a modern garden, the original, are collective kinds of orange trees have been rid of.
So I think we in the protection of ancient villages in Dongshan can also be said to protect our Suzhou, a very important cultural heritage, and I think there should be a practical proper measures, otherwise I probably have 10 years of it, came has changed so much, and down the streets here, I see, there are some stone road, this old stone road Jiugen Care Lung Street, Suzhou, is completely identical to the stone path, and only this place has, I like this that we do not protect the down, is likely to be separated a few years later, there is no
Commentary:
Every autumn, Lu Lane, red, orange mountain village with hill and dale, but it is at the foot of this piece of it year after year in the ancient village is a dying scene dilapidated. In Suzhou declared World Heritage in the process of the ancient village Dongshan Taihu Lake is one important cultural relics, but the crew of the observation, in front of these ancient villages have been hard to them and the "drill days Dongting" brilliant past brilliant link, they are from the real world heritage, there is a long way to go. Today, however, still live in the ancient village, and all those who have the older old people, they have the capacity to protect, repair and save the old house?
Tong Qisheng: Yu Qiuyu
Dongshan, Xishan some of the villages, some villages, especially some old houses, old houses, I think that era is not too long, many of the oldest of the oldest there are some I believe it is in the Qing Dynasty, the best houses are generally the best after the Republic of house, these houses are also very good, it retained some of the early 20th century in Shanghai, Suzhou has become a big business after the fortune left by a rich ecology, because of this big house in the periphery of people live together with him, the entire surrounding ecological Ye Hao, these villages are actually quite good, it is not possible a few areas that I do not want all exhibitions of this kind of turned into something it is difficult to refuse it because you had a good life, it's hard to refuse it too of modern life, choose a few old houses, I went to read a few old houses are really high walls and into an alley into a very good, it is now inhabited by some totally unable to care for the elderly, this feels very run-down, and very Unfortunately, that is to be finishing, because it is the lakes and mountains is very good, brings a quiet and there are a number of religious facilities, I feel very good.
Reproduced "Dongshan Tourism Online" http://dongshan.nease.net
Author: weron_sz
