My notes from Jiangnan Jiangnan
"Jiangnan Well, the old landscape has come to know, sunrise Flaming Red Flowers, spring green river, such as blue, can not Yi Jiangnan." Every time when the thought of poem is always another sub on the south by a yearning. However, with the "Memories" to describe it is not very appropriate, because although I was born in Jiangsu, longer than in Jiangsu, but my family is in the Yangtze River north bank, in the absence of previous Jiangnan been yearning to me and the students from the Northeast or Northwest also summoned up the courage, fifty paces, and only the difference hundred paces.
In a sense, Jiangnan in my mind is equivalent to Yangtze River Delta (in fact, my home is a dense water network), that is what I aspire to the area of Suzhou Jiangnan, the absence of water bridges people, even if the is a southern city does not give me the feeling of rivers and lakes. Therefore, Nanjing, Shanghai and I repeatedly went to the number of occasions, the Shanghai-Nanjing line also killed a few back and forth, it can not be considered have been to the rivers and lakes; Sometimes the windows had already been seeing the outline of Jiangnan, "Xi Hu come and gone, each time face to face missed. " The long-planned to achieve social practice Summer Zhangjiagang, Suzhou, is one step away from away, but it is almost live to regret the response. Finally tired of the week, out of a stadium after the tender program, the hospital sent a total Santana specifically to accompany us out and looked. But think about it is worth, if this bid is the individual and private living, I do not have enough Qu Tang Xin Matai had won the bid, if successful direct is to go Europe. Sigh, but it is also special in the first咱easy to satisfy, the other side out of the bus had been accompanied to the bad, after all, is a social practice Well, the light of exploitation does not accompany you out to play you Mozhe. Shrug.
Because time is arranged by the other side, so divided twice-out, each time the same day to day back, July 16 went to Zhouzhuang, Tongli, Suzhou, looked at the back is the way of the Tung-fang Lane. August 1 experience is over, went to Yixing and Wuxi. To go only with the Tsinghua University and I "zai3" a pair of fellow sufferers, I think of flower and the kid go to Zhouzhuang has PPMM accompanied, I am really very depressed. Hee hee!
Zhouzhuang
July 16 early morning 5:20 on up, 5:40 start, drove straight to Zhouzhuang.
Zhouzhuang is located in Suzhou, Kunshan City, under the southwest, west of Suzhou near Shanghai in the east is surrounded by water, and the Shanghai Grand View Garden is the Dianshan River known as the Pearl of the two, but I looked at the lakeside struggling, or did not see the Grand View Garden.
Spring and Autumn Period, Zhouzhuang called "Shake City", the Northern Song Dynasty Yuanyou first year (1086), Zhou Di Koro "Shezhai as Temple," before saying Zhouzhuang. The mid-Yuan, Shen Manzo camp house Zhouzhuang, Gonggeng started, Tung Fan business, Sui Wei wealthy south. Merchants gathered in this Zhouzhuang, China Yin Fu objects.
Since Mr. Chen Yifei oil painting "Double Bridge" is Comrade Deng Xiaoping as the country after the ceremony, the Ambassador presented an unknown Zhouzhuang suddenly famous abroad, described as "wall flowers wall Xiang", which years it has become a tourist destination. Wu Guanzhong wrote that "Huangshan in China several episodes, the beauty of mountains and rivers, the beauty of Zhouzhuang set of Chinese rivers and lakes." Kuang said Yamin Zhouzhuang "is fairyland," "Life can not Zhouzhuang Tour will be a matter of regret." These words of praise too exaggerated, and sometimes want to be too Great disappointment is often large and difficult for me after reading Zhouzhuang not feel that way. But I think that using so-called "unfortunate" to describe what a bit too general, lack of imagination, the most kind words or even a mentor to listen to my talking about a foreign architecture critic of India's Taj Mahal praise, he said that the world's There are two people, one is visited Taj Mahal, and the other one is not been to the Taj Mahal. I was listening to after all silly, and thought for a long time can not think of a more powerful words can express the highest praise of a building.
Pull far away, or talk about Zhouzhuang bar.
Early Zhouzhuang
Early in the morning less than 7:30, we arrived at Zhouzhuang, spent 10 yuan parking fee we started walking in the streets of Zhouzhuang, but look around the streets with the town in general is also no distinction, 1:00 the feeling of rivers and lakes are not. Wu Zong came to tell us the same to go into the town to see the Zhouzhuang.
Just stopped the car, the car park uncle told us that the driver can be free of charge, others must buy a ticket, or else no access to, because pass into the Zhouzhuang's only two bridges, the top one, "This is my bridge repair, This boat is my open, in order to go into the village, leaving the road to buy wealthy. "We do not quite believed bully would like to see, Liu Dadao bridge one, because they are still early into the bridge of people not to go to work, we are secretly Qiexi, the three men may be able to save 105 yuan it. But later, a look inside the various attractions to be checked in, sigh, no way, at the time of entering the whole Temple had no choice but make up to buy tickets. Pass in the form of this is really black, 35 yuan, including all the attractions, in fact, detailed examination of just a handful of votes also important, but you do not vote really is to look at can not. Think of Beijing's attractions tickets, or cheap, like when I go to Beihai Park, when the ticket was fifty cents, student ID are half price, really hard to imagine the cheap, if the size of the park and the North Sea the same in other places, tickets no 30 stuck atop. But really, the driver virtue of a driver's license that can be really free of charge, where can go in, so to remind you, if you have a car of this test to Zhouzhuang Do not forget to bring the time, tickets can be saved. Zhouzhuang eating is also not flattered because in early, we want to eat breakfast bar inside Zhouzhuang, the wrong decision leads us to the town only a breakfast shop inside (a lot of respect of hotel This is a selling breakfast) bite the bullet and eat the meal Wonton Huancou He can be fried fritters, and fried hard-upper takes a child-like and the price is not cheap breakfast. Zaozhidaojiu out to eat in the town south of the most classic fried rice cake rice cake forget. It seems really a monopoly is not good, ah!
Zhouzhuang impression
Zhouzhuang tour ticket with the words "China's rivers and lakes (NO.1WATERCOUNTRYOFCHINA), but if this is true, then China's rivers and lakes and there is indeed not up to much.
Since business erosion, rivers and lakes have long lost the purity of the past; filled alley is covered with a variety of signs and banners, colorful, is simply a shrink of the Nanjing Road in Shanghai. Shop in front of the house's structure down, or retained, but it can not be opened all over the alley full of shops ah, Zhouzhuang people's purchasing power surely not so great, even if the expansion of domestic demand and stimulating economic growth is no need so far, and the store how the business is not good.
Along the town says, "Well" shape of the river side of "home" also can be seen faintly fishing village style, near water right close by the "beauty by" almost everyone has a direct extension into the water a small quay, Then there is scattered under the eaves of the roof and played with bamboo sticks leaking window. Years of vicissitudes in the residential areas of the powder wall Daiwa imprint left sparse, but many of them later to re-paint and build though not obvious, but still undermine this sense of history. But also with other types of residential areas (such as residential areas in southern Anhui, northern expensive homes), compared Zhouzhuang's residence (belonging to Jiangsu and Zhejiang residential) appears to be lacking features, rare personality. In addition to a relationship with water where there are some impressive things, other places is really a general look a little bit more than the exquisite slim enough.
Zhouzhuang is printed on the ticket has 10 attractions, Shuangqiao known for painting rich Onkyo is the entrance through the massive, no tickets to see the same. The so-called "Cheng Virtual Road Home" is a three-yard, Zhouzhuang Qi Yuan is really nothing to say, a little chess collection only; fan floor, is even more deceitful, and several "move-off man of" where the drinking a wine, well-known, but in fact nothing inside, people do not do not speak up getting snookered. What is "Ye Chucang House" and "Zhouzhuang Museum" I fundamentally to no go, but also do not intend to go. It is worth saying that is Shen hall, Zhang Hall and South Lake Park, the whole Temple.
All Temple
Zhouzhuang's south along the river have been away, that is, South Lake, South Lake of the whole Temple sit River falls. To the lake Zaiwang Hui a turn, is the entire Temple of the gate, and feel of winding paths feel. When it comes to the whole Temple early, we do not have to eat breakfast, which in addition to our Temple, not a tourist.
All Temple by Zhou Di Koro Shezhai built, and has always enjoyed "Water Buddha country" in the world. Temple majestic temples, though not spectacular, but also quite imposing. Surface water throughout the temple was built a few steps away from the entrance is the South Lake of the lake, looking ahead, the vastness, one of our hearts for the width. But the whole arch in front of Temple Hill built really a bit cramped. As the building facing due south, while the shore is steep, built along the shoreline and thoroughly empty walls straight Lengleng De Xiecha to the arch of the foot is not looking very uncomfortable.
Journey Into Amazing Caves Temple is found through the gate. The monastery in general are often built on mountains, just one after another into the temples and into the courtyard, with little water, and some were merely a palm-size Fangsheng Chi only. All Temple of the gate and the main hall there is a good big one between the water, an arch bridge to be crossed to reach the temple hall. We arrived just a few days ago issued a flood of Suzhou, Zhouzhuang is the first to be affected. In all of Temple's main gate, main hall and other buildings on the wall, you can clearly see from the interior floor areas of about 50 cm surprised to have a dark green mark on the whole Temple really wanted to come to all of those few days to soak in the water years, and is really worthy of the name "Water Buddha country" had.
Really have a lot of temple architecture, shag, rooms, many rooms, but have nothing to look at, there is a connected through the Zigzag Bridge and the Basilica of the front yard loft was also quite fine, unfortunately not allowed to enter to see. Three of the depositary of Buddhist texts the whole Temple is also the town's tallest building, and in the town can often inadvertently see it of the iceberg. As an empty stomach, we have inadvertently love to see, hastily slap a back door out.
As for why the whole Temple, called "full-fu" She did not thoroughly understand, just remember that there are self-proclaimed emperor of "Shiquan the elderly", which "full blessing" I do not know whether there is any literary reference.
Shen referred to the Office of the Office of Zhouzhuang without mentioning the Shen Shen Hall was then wealthy descendants of Shen Manzo buildings built in the Qing Dynasty, is the largest architectural complex Zhouzhuang.
There is an interesting talk about Shen Manzo Zhouzhuang is everywhere, "Manzo hoof", went into the new town of Zhouzhuang town also saw a lot of the shop along the street are selling "Manzo hoof", stood on the counter market's cooked into the glowing red of the Tibang, scent can be smelled from afar, behind the cupboard is also filled with boxed. Tibang also asked about a 15-18 yuan, but still without food, the key is how each of those stores were burned with a big, a daily amount of the sale of the fundamental is not so much do not know what Tibang burn How many times, and estimated to be burned again cold, cold, then burning, afraid to eat bad stomach, had endured a gluttonous. We advise you to Zhouzhuang Do not be greedy, when at best, even really want to eat it's best to buy it vacuum-packed, and to bring their own back, do not bad to eat there after all are delayed travel plans.
Shen said that the Office of large-scale, first, because it covers an area of large, reaching more than 2000 square meters, and second, its construction area is also great, a total of more than 90 rooms, the third highest building specifications are also (in the residential areas mentioned). Ordinary people in the street also accounted for one-bay, and the Office of the streets, Shen accounted for up to five-bay, now apart from the middle of the bay is the entrance, and the rest are already in stores.
Shen is the most prominent features of the Office of the courtyard design. From the main room look inside, almost every entry has a relatively around two small courtyards, covering an area, but more than 1 square meters, up to two-story, inside or species of banana, or planting bamboo, or a small pond, can lighting , but also double as ventilation. And this does not appear the proportion of people feel depressed.
Another point is that the use of space, Shen hall, two-story design is very clever. Because the main room and other major space require a higher space, Shen are basically along the second floor of the Office of the space around the layout of the main and second floor windows open in order to flower, and some see is the main room (with Fukinuki like), Some see is a small courtyard, as well as to see the layer upon layer upon layer of the roof. Unfortunately that was seen urgently, can not draw down, and now has a little bit not remember clearly recalled.
Many buildings have a central axis of the openings carved archway, but very simple, although the floor with the famous Jiangnan carved more backward compared to a lot, but is also very significant in.
Construction of one side opened a long corridor, through to the end, along the back, that is, the Office of the exported Shen.
Zhang Hall
More than 20 meters far from the Double Bridge, is the famous Chang hall. Zhang hall more than the old era of Shen Hall, built in the Ming Dynasty; and Chen Ting slightly smaller than the size of buildings, a total of 70 rooms, the construction area of more than 1.6 thousand square meters, but this is beyond the scale of residential areas is also a general of the.
Residential areas with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhang Shen Office of the Office of the architectural style and similar, but slightly smaller bay and into the deep. From the main entrance into the main room is also an entry into the yard, the side layer is also the same one, and Chen Ting runs through the corridor, perhaps the role is used as an auxiliary (such as freight) channels, may not affect the axis line halls and other major space of the family activities, which is now more luxury villa or apartment kitchens or workers have a separate entrance room similar in essence.
Zhang is the most prominent feature of the Office of Mr. Wu Guanzhong's inscription of "forward from the door sedan, the ship from their homes gone." Buildings have a back garden, has been in the living room and suddenly see the light and spacious walk through the back garden, as well as the green is suddenly see the light after the park. Quote from Zhouzhuang river after the water has flowed and formed a small pond garden, the ship was from this channel into the home, but racks in the Chinese Room and the stone bridge on the waterway makes the headroom is very small, also less than one meter, not to know how the boat was passed, but perhaps because of recent floods caused water levels to rise owes something. Chinese Room where a number of "Young Pioneers guides" is to explain things by the book to practice reciting the word.
As the Ming Dynasty architecture, Zhang Shen Office Office also has some different characteristics of the Ming Dynasty architecture, mainly over the Qing Dynasty architectural simplicity. Second into the main room is often referred to as "Shamao Hall", which is named because of the short beams and between the wooden beams is an imitation of the Ming Dynasty officials Shamao style hats and wings; then went back inside thinking the same park There are also a similar "Shamao Hall." Hall furniture is also typical of Ming-style furniture, simple to the extreme, in addition to the necessary components without any cumbersome things, unlike Shen Qing-style furniture, like hall harassment to. Armchair's back on the stick and the two legislative stick plus 1 rely on a horizontal plate; square table better, on the desktop and four round-table legs, but I found that on both sides of a long narrow table was high for several more complicated, I suspect that not a "first wife" in may be wrong later addition of the Qing style. Simple beauty is extreme beauty is the ultimate pursuit of beauty. This is not only in the construction, in furniture, but also in the non-art are reflected in the field.
MISSVANDELUO's "less is more" is based on such considerations suggest possible; mathematicians, physicists seek a formula or a theory of the time is always the hope that it will achieve the best possible simple beauty, love for Stan, after half a lifetime dedicated to the construction of a unified field theory that is out of the simple pursuit of beauty.
When we went to Chang Office buildings are simulated heads look like a happy occasion, the first into the living room there is a group of the bride and groom, as well as master of ceremonies such as wax, lifelike, trumpeter face blue veins exposed, as if resorted to feeding effort. The side of the corridor into a compartment where the waist hung a long red lanterns, adding to the somewhat festive to construction.
From Zhouzhuang
Zhouzhuang time to leave less than 11 o'clock, so we canceled the Zhouzhuang eating "Manzo Hoof" program (of course, was also worried that it is not fresh), drove to the same way inside the sun in the Wujiang Hotel used lunch money or can not have our own sense of真爽gluttonous feast meal.
As has been placed on the Zhouzhuang, a relatively high expectations, so after seeing a little disappointed. Picturesque scenery of Zhouzhuang is more than it hard into the photographs, on the one hand because too many people too crowded, but the most important thing is still some lack of landscape and architectural features of the camera's viewfinder box to see it is very difficult to make I pressed the shutter, perhaps my eyes found the lack of bar. Painting is different, painting's secondary processing can be given new Dongdong to the scene, and played the role to weed. The way to see several dial in the painting of the DDMM, do not know which schools.
Precisely the time to write these words on television again in introducing the wind-induced Zhouzhuang, Zhouzhuang actually said, the quiet, I did not feel, and then walk all the way apart from 8:00 ago no one would be, and later has been spent in the din (Shanghai to the tourists are many and trouble), but this is not a big Sunday. There is that "Zhouzhuang water is not very clear, but the inside precipitation is history," the real people FAINT, obviously water is contaminated is also so compliment. SIGH. Maybe I am too picky, and in general in the eyes of tourists Zhouzhuang is quite attractive, watching with interest when they visited the know.
We went to the same left Zhouzhuang Village.
Tongli
In the Taihu Lake a number of rivers and lakes scattered around the town, Zhouzhuang, Tongli, deer straight, Mudu, etc., each one has its own characteristics, from the Wujiang Tongli to see a signpost on the road we have right hand does not show Mudu can go far in the past. However, because of time, we can not all go, had to have a choice to see a little more. In Wu Zong's recommendation and then we went to another town of the famous rivers and lakes - the same years.
Early with the Village
Words must first return to Kunshan, to Suzhou, then to the Wu River, and finally to the same, the journey of about eight times the water is about time to have longer, about two hour. Since our car was parked in Zhouzhuang, if the boat, then goes back to Zhouzhuang to obtain the vehicle, the time-more, they still chose to drive to Tongli. Suggested that if we had no car, then go to the same years was a good boat.
To the same where the time has more than two o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhouzhuang, Tongli, and the same for the rivers and lakes, but there Zhouzhuang, Tongli, and different. In terms of scale, with the inside slightly larger scale than in Zhouzhuang. Zhouzhuang river generally only 6-8 m wide, while the same inside the river are generally more than 10 meters wide, river on both sides of the building slightly larger scale than Zhouzhuang. The protection of residential areas, nor was there the same protection Zhouzhuang be so complete, the new houses are more of the town have some measure of damage, but in general still maintain the characteristics of rivers and lakes.
Zhouzhuang no less than that is the same inside the business climate. Just entered the same, the first thing that catches your eyes is the road on both sides of row upon row of stores, but also specially stocked with a street named "Ming and Qing Street" franchise a variety of souvenirs. The street there is a restaurant called "San Mao Restaurant," The strange thing is there is still such a Zhouzhuang called "San Mao Restaurant". It seems the same it seems a bit deliberate and Zhouzhuang Ouqi mean, Zhouzhuang as "Double Bridge", with the inside, they use a "Bridge" in the beginning of the road into the town on both sides of the see "Bridge" propaganda light boxes, but later to the scene a look, there are three bridges, but that was fairly close, two from the third seat is too far away from the point a little too far-fetched.
Zhouzhuang, Tongli is less than the monuments, but thinking back garden really good, go inside the goal is the same here.
Garden Retreat
2 Zhang Yu-high powder wall within the reservoir is the famous Garden Retreat.
"Retreat" It's a take to grow old and return home, but You Suosi after the withdrawal of Italian officialdom.
Retreat garden gate is very obvious, just a simple brick gate, a door into the yard is a three-second into the living room also "Shamao hall" format, is generally used to meet guests and the official host of the , we go a little bit tired, still inside the Ming-style furniture, straight-backed chair sat for a while, very comfortable, a little sense of local owners.
In the third, after entering the hall is a narrow-Chek courtyard, and then that wall and the courtyard is planted with thick bamboo, with no thought it went wrong, but in fact a side door next to another, bypassing the side door but Journey Into Amazing Caves .
Side door of this group after the first group of buildings and courtyard just parallel, but both the building or the courtyard of the scale are much larger, especially the last entry is a two-tier, seven bays of the small building.
When we go inside is to have a crew filming, the actors who may have been shot is a morning lunch break, a number of costume dress up a bunch of soldiers in the East, the West lay a bunch of places. Into the main room to see two very PP, MM (also a costume dress up) are having lunch then, probably the female lead bar. Later, around the circle back to see if they have started filming, and actress was rushed upstairs in time for the makeup, one covered in blood, which serves some of masculine men in listening to opera director said, many of those with interest in the Garden pointing to one side. Soldier with the playing side of the inquiries a moment I learned that the filming TV series, "Liu Bowen," seems to be making a "son encounter danger, Miss Xiulou Tibet," the classic story is not so can only be watched TV until that time, known . So many are now also lamented the proliferation of costume drama, quiet garden has been filled with both rich and so commercialized.
From the main room is a pile south there are some rockery courtyard, a number of actors for the martial arts scenes are being shot practice it if it tries to back out the back door Civic Park, and just going back to the courtyard, then go east.
This group of buildings and then east through a side door, is thinking back garden the most important and exciting part.
Chinese gardens pay attention to operations, especially smaller in the large, can in the limited space layout as much as possible the content, reflect the landscape have always focussed on the highest level. Retreat to this group of garden pavilion, Taiwan, House, Pavilion, pavilion, Fang patchwork, complement each other well distributed in a pool of clear water around the jagged path string them together, by King, to King, step King of the effects of different shift here has been the greatest expression.
Has just come out from the side door is a semi-pick in the water pavilion, pavilion surrounded by a circle "beauty by" a number of comfortable old age old people are leaning above the rest, may be local residents bar.
Half a turn from the Pavilion to the right, no steps is a Marble Boat. Said to be one, in fact half, with the first non-tail, Fang head Method of Direct them to the surface. From the Marble Boat and then out again to go down south is a two-storey small building, the following layer is very low, almost level with the surface of the water phase, number of "Guan Yu", along the stairs on the second floor, the entire small garden to make close fundus. Story buildings built in accordance with rockery, a second floor through "small Feihong" and both sides of the auxiliary building or rockery connected southward along the rockery Shiji, there is a small back garden, small building and rockery to the back garden and clean water divided into two heaven and earth.
Xiaolou positive north of the main hall is a garden, gentle to sit in a small park at the north end, in front of the platform is open, from the platform when they can go back to just the recent semi-booths around in a circle.
This is a garden of the building a lot, but complement each other well and not messy, inadvertently plays an order, and some construction Haipo some meaning.
First, Marble Boat. Fang half the construction of the body have been very rare, even more special is the next fang itself is stone wood, Fang ground following is a stone above the building is wood, and the combination should make sure you are not easily detectable. Fang is also useful feature of the windows of the body, unlike ordinary wooden architecture is a fan of the casement window, but from the waist to the upper level by level, Yan Xia your window, a total of four. Live-fang, the outside layer of the light through the layer to open your window to a different degree of leakage gap and scattering-fang, the poetic way changes the. Fang sat side bench outside the garden through the leaking window to see the same do not have wind-induced.
There is also a more romantic is located at the west side of the main hall, and into the garden just before a two-story attached to a two-story small building, is said to be Miss Xiulou. Xiulou for this piece of garden, but it can not be mounted to this piece of the garden. With this story: Miss kept in purdah, they also need some fun. When nothing better to look at the board Xiulou landscape downstairs, only to find a Pianpiangongzai reading in the garden this reason that the young woman a hydrangea, a handkerchief or a note thrown something in the past, hitting son. Son met with Ms. natural yearning of the heart may be exhausted around the garden could not go up, inaccessible, and not worry ah! Miss upstairs overjoyed, smiled, closed the window leaving only Daitou E went back to a rest house. We have carefully looked for to find them, finally found the stairs pass Xiulou hidden into the garden of the former a two-story buildings, but also a layer of Tang, the really hidden a lot. Although it had not Miss, we climb to the Xiulou turn full circle. Think about the year son has been playing Miss was also truly suffered, but also to find the stairs even if his wife was hit in the front is sitting lords know that the stairs can not go up after the Tang it is more dry anxious. Hee hee! To leave this piece of a small park, across a courtyard to the Retreat on the back door garden, high wall is noisy on the earth has. This wall wall is like two worlds, a trip away in the yard seems to be a sense of entry into the WTO was born.
Also recalled the City God Temple in Shanghai Yuyuan, thinking back garden and she felt quite a bit similar.
The first is the feeling of entry into the WTO was born, both numerous and noisy in the earthly, secular, in the high walls and separated after a paradise, of course, near the City God Temple in Shanghai is more secular and more fun. However, thinking back garden is relatively the same inside and outside plaza is already the most crowded parts of the same, and everywhere is a commercial street and the storefront, there are a lot of public buildings, such as what cultural centers, and garden designed by Mr Qi Kang Opposite with the Village Cinema.
Second, is that we are operating in space on the same fine, the same ingenious. Were inadvertently not very visible from the entrance, in the courtyard, after bypassing several suddenly see the light, before reaching one of the main garden space, the space arrangement of the major ways and the Yuyuan Garden and arrangements similar in essence.
Another essay is also very similar. Yuyuan Garden, there are a southern rock, one of the three names "Jade Delicate," thinking back garden of a very resemble the Taihu Dan.
After a very round in the post I could not help but stand sits outside and bought two gadgets, of course, intense bargaining is inevitable her homework, Aunt shouted at the stall holders suffer losses before finally closing the sale. It is also to buy things out of routine, in fact, we really want to lose money that she will not sell it, anyway, she did not say what it is not comfortable, just like we do not cut the buyer is not comfortable haggling is the same. Hee hee! However, such an outcome is still good, it wants the two sides are satisfied.
I think back garden of
With the where monuments are not too many, there is no room and Chen Ting Zhang Zhouzhuang that representative, and read through the Retreat Garden, leaving a few very small spots, mostly used to make up the numbers, though tickets is also quite impressive on the watch there are so several attractions like.
Now want to come only vaguely remember that there are so few yard with a few relatively small, also the largest of five into the bar, there is in the final 12 is a two-story entry, a few in the flank of the corridor also has an auxiliary. Now that these have been made full use of the yard, and many do not know show some coherence to these yard irrelevant objects, but also even a small museum bar. Business climate here is still a ubiquitous filled with several small homes were the first into the arrangement of the souvenir retail outlets, but still very few real tourists to patronize, but the selling of the older sister Aunt seem to not care to see is no reason to bar the contractor.
Nothing else worth mentioning, and there is one. Glass windows and doors of an old courtyard is some high-tech means, without clay sticky, and without nails, complete with the active connection. 2 wooden grille to a transparent glass in the middle, there are assembled the wooden grille fixed to live with the current point glass has quite similar to the active connection is really working people of ancient wisdom ah. I go to Xiao Zhang studied with a half-day want to take them down and began to have failed. Xiao Zhang said the Moxi, and not so easy to remove, and can you dare not, and I bet (he lost me a lot already). He went out of the post I will be pondering, and finally to the full unloaded down, out to give him a look: "I said, the bar is reversible," he had served. Also quietly installed quickly to the back, afraid of Aunt saw the janitor to fines.
To leave the same had already been fast four o'clock in the afternoon.
Suzhou
After the way to Suzhou, a large electronics market, we have enlisted a lot of money to buy the D version of VCD, is quite cheap. Might be more sleepy in the car fell asleep, I do not know when entered in Suzhou.
Nanjing, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, after the second largest city in ancient times known Pingjiang House. Do not look now Suzhou, not even the provincial capitals, but in the past, but not simple Pingjiang House. "There are heaven on Earth", Suzhou and Hangzhou, in the past has always been ranked in the above. Even after the breeding ground corner of the Southern Song Dynasty in Hangzhou, the government has also been Pingjiang reputation did not fall, known as "the government, arrived in semi-country", that is, the government Pingjiang 1 m is equivalent to half the fish in China (at the time Pingjiang, including Wuxi and other places seems to be a). The Republic of China in modern times due to Nanjing is the capital of the impact of apical dominance, as well as suppression in Shanghai after the founding of the policy orientation of the implications, as well as the status of today's Suzhou, as before.
Although political and economic status has been downgraded prominent, but the "Oriental Venice", Suzhou is still the title makes the claim to fame, coupled with under heaven garden in Suzhou (China's four famous gardens of Suzhou Ancient exclusive second) and the famous Suzhou Silk and embroidery, Suzhou became the first choice of tourists to southern land.
Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden Needless to say, there are well-known Tiger Hill, Lion Grove, Nets Garden, Canglang Ting, West Park, Cold Mountain Temple, etc. There are many other famous sites, remember it is not clear. But our trip was one of these spots also did not go, our relationship because of the time (required to return the same day), just to see Tung-fang Lane.
Tong Fang Lane
Tong Fang Lane Suzhou in recent years, the planning and construction of an upscale residential district, due to a certain degree of representation and reference value, and thus won many awards, is also common header Zhu Journal tail. Since the drivers are not the way, Wu Zong also said that the wrong Road, toss for a long time before we reached Tung-fang, Lane's door.
Tong Fong Lane planning adopted a "siege-style" layout, surrounded by street business, relatively large scale, in the middle is a low-rise residential, due to land adjacent to the Lion Grove and the Humble Administrator's Garden, which is not only driven by economic interests also Naozhongqujing necessary.
Construction, the "small in the see the big" approach being used in the Tung-fang, Lane head. The arch from the entrance to the lane area of the plaque, couplets ubiquitous expression of the good intentions of the designer. Because there can not be located in downtown chunks of public green space, and thus scattered in different parts of the small green areas, rockery, banana, bamboo powder wall fitting place Zhuizhuo Daiwa's overall tone, this "three noes" Thought architectural style of the North is not Taidalielie can done for. Prostrata doors, cornices, rafters, Awning, to mention the stack of architectural design is more detail later in Suzhou has become the standard residential architectural design elements.
The general feeling in the residential area south of the scale is still very pleasant, and very fine. However, in the north, stay for a long time, the South saw the beginning of the residential feel that their row with the total distance between rows is too small, a little accustomed to, in fact, according to the local people of sunshine spacing, the United States is certainly a problem.
Suzhou price is not high, Tong Fang alley with the most upscale villa gardens before Wuliuqianyi square meters, compared with Beijing's sky-high price is still acceptable. I always think of this in the future if the development community to the network office of the era, I lived in the southern small town, through the network carrying Beijing's salary, but added so cool to. XIXI
Suzhou impression
Although only a cursory manner in the car looked in Suzhou, but also a small half asleep, but its urban landscape, or left me with a good impression. In all fairness, Suzhou's urban planning and design in China is still very good, especially in the old city protection, although some Guoyu than she did in Venice.
Back street building red and high control are appropriate powder wall characteristics of Daiwa's southern residential areas of the low-rise buildings in the street (red line width is generally based on different streets have different limits high) still have a certain expression . Suzhou also used Phi sloping roofs and eaves, but the height and the advance and retreat was a ingenuity on the run, and Beijing and some other parts of the roof, "Guapi Mao" times are different. A unified and coordinated the entire city. Suzhou construction of housing and residential areas are also good, just mentioned, Tung-fang, Lane is one of more well-known one.
Not long ago I watched to see if a user said a masterpiece of Mr. XX is quite aspire to, but was disappointed in the future. I humbly think that this man of the text travels most of the acid can not be read in the tourism before, and most likely make you feel fooled there at the time of the. Therefore, the actual travel before or Aspect of pure introductory text, the author's travels, or wait until after the return, or at regular intervals after the shining of view, but there Back there again, replicability harvest.
Tong Fang Lane in front of the hotel dinner was very unhappy, and Miss love take care of, and vegetables taste and poor, even the food ladder did not, man side dish is very easy to Peng Zhao guests, everyone be careful. Suzhou, a good impression greatly reduced.
Back to Zhangjiagang hotels have been nearly 10 o'clock at night, and washing of the call.
Yixing
Yixing, known as the "pottery capital", and "porcelain capital" Jingdezhen adding that known to the world. Far more than 5000 years to the Neolithic, where humanity's ancestors created the pottery was invented. Today's Ding Shu radius of dozens of the town remains an every family to do blank, everywhere kiln, where Zi Shahu was produced in the famous specialty.
Yixing, Jiangsu one of the most southern town, located in the Yangtze River Delta, Taihu West Bank, and Zhejiang and Anhui provinces bordering.它的西南山秀林密，峰高谷深，"清溪无底，上有千仞嵯峨"；东、西、北三面则是富饶的太湖平原，湖泊荡，星罗棋布，港湾河渎，四通八达。
宜兴古称荆溪，秦汉两代叫阳羡。后晋惠帝将阳羡改名义兴，至宋太宗（赵光义）年间为避讳皇帝名号而改为宜兴一直沿用至今。
宜兴的名胜古迹众多，自古文人墨客偏好于此，陆机、王羲之、苏东坡、岳飞等在此多有咏题。到明代以后唐伯虎、文徵明等江南才子诗文书画更多。我们来宜兴却主要还不是冲他们而来，而是久闻这里的二洞--善卷洞和张公洞--可与桂林的芦笛岩，七星岩争艳，不可不看。
正好陪我们参观的吴总也没来过，于是我们在实践结束的最后一天清早就驱一子弹头车直奔宜兴而去。
善卷洞
善卷是四千多年前唐尧时代的一位贤人（也是诗人），为了避虞舜禅让给他而隐居此洞，因而得名。甚至有传说说善卷非但不肯接受，还认为这是舜侮辱了他，污了他的耳，于是他忙到河边清洗了一下耳朵，遂南逃，以此洞为藏身所在。
善卷洞坐落在宜兴西南祝陵村的螺岩山中，距宜兴城25公里，现已有公路直达洞前。全洞面积约五千平方米，游览全程约八百米。洞分三层，层层相连；又分上、中、下、水四洞，洞洞相通，蔚为壮观。
在一个公园里走了一段路以后，就来到了位于中洞的入口。把着洞口的是一座大石笋，7米来高，名曰砥柱峰，据说已经长了三万年左右。转过砥柱峰是方圆千余平米的狮象大场，因其中的"狮王"、"象王"巨石得名。拾级而上就是上洞那方圆比狮象大场还大的"云雾大场"，里面有"万古寒梅"、"荷花倒影"、"蜗皇池"、"盘古开天"等造型，恕我记性差且笔拙，无法一一描述。
下洞狭长，为180米，宽18米，高22米；洞外一个6米高的瀑布飞流直泻，穿过四重门（风雷门、波涛门、金鼓门、万马门），一直流到水洞。
善卷洞最有特色的就是这"水洞泛舟"。从下洞末端的"洞庭西台"十人共一舟，沿120米长的地下河迤俪而行，转过三道弯才到达洞口。弃舟登岸，只见壑厅四壁皆为古今中外游客的吟咏。
张公洞及其他
出得洞来就是觉得洞内的灯光设计不到位，比我早些年在神龙架看的"蟠龙洞"的灯光差了不少，即使人手一个小手电也不成。看来是好久没投资了啊，现在可能还是大多吃的宜兴储南强先生倾其家财于1921~1935年间修缮两洞的底子。
善卷洞外是善卷公园的院子，山下就是祝陵村，传为祝英台埋骨所在，相传梁山伯与祝英台的动人传说便发生在这里。近旁有依此修建的"碧鲜庵"，反抗"女子无才便是德"的祝英台就是女扮男装在此读书，"晋祝英台琴剑之冢"的石碑尚存。一种物是人非的别样的感觉，不时从眼前翩然而过的一对对的凤蝶不由得让人相信这传说是真的。
近旁还有善权寺，是为善卷寺之讹。
再向外走两侧尽是紫砂壶的店铺，价极廉，且叫卖声极甜，然我等皆不顾而去。
张公洞与善卷洞齐名，两者的风格又有所不同。由于时间的关系，我们没能去看看，只是听说了关于它的传说，汉代的张道陵（就是那个张天师，专管捉鬼驱魔的）和唐代的张果老（八仙里倒骑驴的那个白胡子老头）都在此隐居修炼过，号称"张公福地"，因而得名"张公洞"。此洞与善卷洞的最大区别就在于"洞中有洞"，其中"海王厅"最为著名，现在想来当时还是应该去看看，既然都来了。
Wuxi
江南的城市我感情最深的是无锡，可能是因为很小的时候（大概四岁吧）就去过的原因吧；而且沪宁线上除了两头的南京和上海，去得最多的就是无锡，前后一共去了三次。
小时侯那次去无锡现在已经没太多的印象，但却给了我最早的江南的概念。依稀记得的只是动物园里的狮子和鼋头渚那绕过山头而豁然开朗的太湖，前者是小儿的天性，后者却不能不说明空间给人的巨大的震撼和冲击，那种收放抑扬的变化在我的脑海里经二十年而不磨灭，以至于在大四的绿化课上当鼋头渚的幻灯片映出来时我竟下意识地说出了它的名字连我自己都觉得惊讶。
二次去无锡是两年前的那个暑假，我留下的印象是干净而清新，城市建设得也很快，中心的商贸区已经初见规模。姨妈的契儿陪我看了鼋头渚和锡惠公园里的寄畅园，虽然无锡的名胜不如苏州那么多，但这两处还是很不错的；其他如三国城、水浒城什么的都是假古董，没什么意思，不去也罢。
寄畅园这次我没去，为了避免走样就不写了吧，不过确实是很不错的，北京颐和园的谐趣园即仿其建造。就把这次去的灵山大佛和鼋头渚写了吧。
对了，"惠山泥人、肉骨头、小笼包子和油面筋"是无锡的四大传统特产，还有"玉露蜜桃"更是古时贡品，诸位大虾去的时候切莫错过。
Lingshan Buddha
太湖虽位于江苏和浙江交界，但太湖的开发机遇却大多被无锡人给抓住了，同在太湖之畔的苏州和浙江湖州就相形见绌。灵山大佛就位于无锡近年来开发的太湖国家旅游度假区。我们从宜兴出来就抄近道直插向灵山而来。
灵山大佛面临太湖，背倚灵山，左青龙，右白虎，地形灵胜，风水佳绝。我把大致的规划布局写一下，大家没去过的就充分想象吧。
景区前广场上是号称"华夏第一壁"的灵山照壁，长39.8米，高7米，最厚处1.9米，照壁正面为"灵山胜会"大型石刻组雕，神仙道佛，千人千面，栩栩如生；背面为"唐僧赐禅小灵山图"和两篇铭文。
灵山景区门楼为城楼式，上悬赵朴初先生手书"灵山胜境"四字匾，在此买的门票比较新奇，是磁卡式的。由此入园达佛手广场，有大佛右手之1:1复制品，印相为"施无畏印"。再经过祥符三桥（大觉、慈恩、普渡）过放生池而至祥符禅寺，禅寺的具体细节跟一般寺院相仿，不浪费笔墨了。
接着是杏坛广场，在此可瞻仰大佛的全景。
大佛高88米，用青铜700余吨。从杏坛广场经218级台阶即达大佛基座，内藏佛教文化博物馆和灵山万佛殿，说是用铸大佛的剩余的青铜铸了9999尊小佛（其实就是让人捐钱请个佛回家，钱多少不同佛像的等级也不同）。伴随218级台阶的七层浮雕倒是颇为精美，找个好点的角度还可以拍出大佛摸头的照片来。
大佛的设计很不错，无论你站在哪个距离，大佛那略倾的头部好象一直在看着你似的。但整个景区的建筑设计却不敢恭维，园内的那些仿古建筑虽不地道吧也还看得过去，门外的那些三产的建筑物就实在不忍目睹，不说也罢。 //SIGH
Yuantouzhu
去了三次无锡，就去了三次鼋头渚，或许真的有点缘分吧。
第一次去是晴是雨已经不记得了，最近的这两次都赶上了雨。杏花、春雨、江南，吹面不寒杨柳风，好象都是一回事。没有雨的江南实在是让我不敢也没法想象。从第一声春雷，雨就开始了，到了梅雨季节更是象"人来疯"似的淅淅沥沥下个没完，就算是出了梅也还是没个放晴的意思。心情要是好，这春雨清新轻快，可要是有点离愁，那可真是"别有一番滋味在心头"了。小的时候在梅雨季节里就经常搬一只小板凳，坐在堂屋的门口，看着檐口的雨水慢慢聚集，从滴滴嗒嗒逐渐变成细线，又哗啦哗啦地变大，然后又变回去。一根两根地数着这雨线，早就不知道数了多少个一百了，可就是没个尽头，盼着雨停了出去躲猫猫的愿望也就随着这没个止境的雨成了一个遥远的梦想。对农民们来说这春雨真的是贵如油，可家里的大人们也不喜欢，因为出了梅后的繁重的衣被晾晒又得翻箱底，哪家的女人也不觉得轻松。我没来北京的时候是极不喜欢下雨天的，尤其更不喜欢阴而不下的那种天气，甚至连考试也因这种天气而影响心情导致成绩不佳；来到北京以后却时常盼着下雨，思念那种因躲避未及而被雨丝轻吻的惬意，可惜北京的雨总是显得浮躁，根本没有"润物细无声"的感觉。也许真的是失去了才知道它的可贵吧。
扯远了，还是说正题吧。鼋头渚位于无锡西南十多公里的太湖畔充山西端半岛上，形如鼋头突入湖中故名，为观赏太湖的最佳地点，郭沫若曾有"太湖佳绝处，毕竟在鼋头"的称誉。
经过长长的引道才到了鼋头渚的大门，进去了又是长长的道路才到了有建筑和古迹的地方，这长长的、单调的准备便是为了给你的一个突然的惊喜和震撼，那就是你突然在不经意的一转之间看见了太湖，六百里的太湖。
沿山的一周有不少的古迹和新建，记性的原因使我只能这么大概地一说，具体的还是留待诸位自己去吧，全说了也就梅什么意思了。从鼋头有班船或快艇去湖中的三山仙岛，不过那几个原本面积不大的岛上新建了颇多的景点，还有耍猴的在那里献艺，我总有种太臃肿的感觉。而且岛上最高的楼阁高度已经大大超过了岛本身的高度，把原先三岛那美好的轮廓线给破坏殆尽，实在是有些煞风景。更煞风景的就是太湖的污染了，两年前的那次还没感觉，这次去但见湖岸附近漂着不少的绿色的有机污染物，实在是到了不治理不行的地步了。
Rain has always been the next.走在林间的小路上，雨水滴答在我的伞上，虽不是一把油纸伞，我却突然想起了戴望舒的《雨巷》（抑或是那首MTV）。可惜旁边与我共伞的是快六十了的吴总，发生什么故事也浪漫不起来了。
离开鼋头渚只一会就到了无锡市，安排下住宿后我们一起去有名的三凤酒家吃了一顿散伙饭，点了些无锡特色菜，其实就是一个甜字。实践算彻底结束了。
Postscript
总算写完了，抬头看钟已经4点了，真累啊！
由于是实践单位安排的参观，客随主便，所以写的不一定有江南的代表性，而且大多是些流水帐，大家就凑合看吧。还有就是由于是对方招待，不用自己掏钱，所以经济上对诸位没什么参考价值，就不多写了。
中间其实自己还陪同学去了趟扬州，但感觉没什么可写的，只好以后再说了。
Author: koukkp
