Open hour
8: 30- 17: 00,16: 30 stops selling the ticket.
Ticket
The block is free of charge; Jade contain hall, the intersection of Quanzhou and association, continue, revitalize association, ancient stage, the intersection of pond on a hill and pavilion, safe and sound can fire fighting, the intersection of the South and the intersection of ready-made clothes and the intersection of hall,etc.
and seven the intersection of ticket and 45 of coupon ticket The ticket price of sightseeing boat: 25 yuan for each person (20 people / class of busy season, 8 people / class of slack period) ,45 minute such as visiting distance, hand row a boat 100 yuan / ship, can take 8 people.
Traffic
Suzhou can reach to take the public transit to set out: Get to half a pool bridge ancient streets: 6 10 40 317 324 529 public transit, swim 2, swim 3, visit 5; Get to the ancient first street widely and help the bridge, cross monk s bridge: 7, 34, 54, 64, 70, 161, 204, 304, 311, 406, 415, 501, 522, 622, 921, Tour 1.
Introduce
The street of pond on a hill was established in treasure of the Tang Dynasty over the years, Bai Juyi went to Suzhou to take the post as the feudal provincial upon instruction in A.D. 825. Shortly after taking up an official post, he has taken the sedan chair to go to the tiger mound, see and silt up in the nearby river, obstructed in the waterway, after going back to the government, send for relevant government officials to discuss immediately, decide to construct a canal to build the road on the tiger mound mountain surrounded by mountains, and set about cutting river of a pond on a hill. It crosses monk s bridge adjacent place from Chang door in the east, look at the mountain bridge to the tiger mound in the west, it is about 3600 meters long, so commonly called as 3.5 kilometers of ponds on a hill get to the tiger mound . This river is connected to canal on Chang door. Build the dyke, namely the street of pond on a hill by the river embankment. The pond on a hill and river cut and the construction of the street of pond on a hill, it is convenient to irrigate greatlying and traffic, this area has become that livens up in the flourishing town. The common people in Suzhou thank Bai Juyi very much, after he leaves one s post, common people call the street of pond on a hill as the common dyke in vain promptly, has also built the common shrine in vain, in order to commemorate.
Because its unique geographical position and superior land and water traffic condition of street of pond on a hill, it was once one of China s trade and business, the most developed block of culture in the period of Ming and Qing, the street of pond on a hill after repairing in recent years is nature and human cultural sight essence in Suzhou ancient city, can be rated as the old epitome of Suzhou, window of culture Wu . The street presents running side by side, adjacent pattern of river street of land and water, the building is exquisite and refined and dredging bright and causing, the street shop four stands in great numbers, associations gather, flourishing in flourishing age reproducing the street of pond on a hill. There is folk song that sings: Up above there is Paradise, down here there are Suzhou and Hangzhou. There is the West Lake in Hangzhou, there are ponds on a hill in Suzhou. Two good places, the good scene limitlessly. This is vivid portrayal to the street of pond on a hill.
The street of pond on a hill connects flourishing Chang door of shopping center of Suzhou directly, connect with tiger mound town and scenic spot tiger mound mountain that the flower-grower gathers directly, so, it has been the collecting and distributing place of the goods, the place of gathering of the north and south businessman all the time since the Tang Dynasty. Qianlong Year of Qing Dynasty, famous the intersection of painter and the intersection of breed, pursue flourishing age and long paper (claim the the intersection of aunt and flourishing picture scroll Su too) that Yang Xu create ,Having drawn a village of Suzhou, a town, a city, street one at that time, among them what street one is drawn was the street of pond on a hill, show occupy the intersection of goods and mountain, accumulate, natural and smooth, list four signboard, brilliant if Nanjing brocade Flourishing town scene. Cao XueQin calls Chang door, area of pond on a hill in the first time of Dream of the Red Chamber too It is most the place where a second-class is rich and powerful and distinguished and admirable in the human society .
Suzhou is a land of rivers and lakes, there are many rivers, there are many bridges, and the street of pond on a hill has model of the lane characteristic of Suzhou street most. Among it is pond on a hill and river, the street of pond on a hill draws near the north of the river closely, connect with street of the other side through the stone bridges. The shop, household are in a compact mass in the street of pond on a hill, the house here is mostly Qianmen along the street, the back door borders on the river, some still build up special overhead building projection, it is really one storey of buildings of bright red fence, playing and singing of catkin. Pond on a hill street one typical the intersection of water and lane, load jasmine spend and ship of pale orchid and other goods come and go at the river, the intersection of sightseeing boat and leisurely gaily-painted pleasure-boat. There are stone steps along the river in the house here, the women do washing to wash the vegetables on the bank of the river. Some retailer shake boat, do business in river still at that time, sell rice, sell inevitably firewood, there are ones that sell the pastry, snack, daily necessaries. The ones that live upstairs need not go downstairs either, so long as use the rope to hang holding the basket of the things, can buy the thing that you need.
Pond on a hill street can divide into two sections in the east and the west, eastern section cross monk from the bridge to half pool bridge from the intersection of Chang and door, this section is mostly retail shops and households, various shops and one are by one, the eastern section livens up most flourishingly with the bridge area of the star. The west section of the street of pond on a hill means half a pool bridge to the tiger mound mountain. This section of asymptotic countrysides, the river surface should widen more than the eastern section, the bank of the river or green tree becomes overcast, fragrant grass in accordance with depending on, or Jian Jia is grey, wild light boat of cottage. Here s the general wonderful scenery of helping the bridge, wild sweet-smelling Bang,etc., there are five people s tombs the virtuous tomb Ge Wait for the historic site. five people s tomb Bury face to wear Wei five righteous man, for protest ZhongXian Wei castrate party, arrest east Zhou Shunchang, partisan of forest, they end of Ming Dynasty, rebellion of all citizens of rate, die a hero s death finally. Walk westwards,there is the wonderful scenery Wu Tiger mound of title mountain,ridges and peaks tower shadow, be made people charmed furthermore mountain forest meteorological phenomena.
The street of pond on a hill is always doted on by past dynasties men of literature and writing and celebrated scholars of court and the commonalty, the ones that have left and chanted are done. But emperor to pond on a hill street to favor particularly Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, in the poem that he write, mention to 9 pond on a hill directly. Qianlong imitated Suzhou street by Beijing Wanshousi Zizhuyuan along the jade river specially on empress dowager is 70th birthday in 1761, and taking street of pond on a hill as original version in this Suzhou street. 1792 year, the intersection of Qianlong and the Supreme Being resist Garden of Clear Ripples of the garden (namely the Summer Palace later on) Having built Suzhou street in the north of the Longevity Hill, it is still a reprint of the street of pond on a hill too. These two Suzhou street were destroyed, rebuilt Suzhou street in the Summer Palace again in the flames of war in 1986 later, make the styles and features of 3.5 kilometers of ponds on a hill reappear in the capital again.
The street of pond on a hill has always been still the place to hold the rich and colorful folk custom activity, some dragon boat game and various temple fair, section will, go on here often at flower fair. Pond on a hill street write many popular legend into still and among the artistic works, the intersection of Suzhou and storytelling the intersection of jade and dragonfly , three smile , write it right away by the white the intersection of snake and biography . Gold promotes and gets to know in the Buddhist nunnery of China of laws of the pond on a hill with the chastity of youth s woman annals of Nicaragua expensively in jade dragonfly ; Tang Bohu must meet fragrant autumn three smile at , so-called 3 laugh at and show mercy Take place in the intersection of tiger and mound, and fragrant to go down the hill, belong to boat in autumn, Tang the third of the twelve Earthly Branches hire boat track sell for and taken as the slave to Wuxi, that chases the boat The place of the book of once, just in the pond on a hill and river.
The street of pond on a hill has already gone through the experiencing many changes of more than 1100 years, the numerous renovation after the foundation of the People s Republic of China too. Especially in 1985, the government of Suzhou was under the principle of in fact keeping the style and features as much as possible, have carried on renovation of a larger scale. We will go the mound of tiger of Suzhou is visited now, can go to by car, and I thought that if could walk unhurriedly and do along the street of pond on a hill, can have a taste of the special glamour of the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Suzhou street lane heartily, it is a realistic dialogue with history at the same time, this must not have some flavors!
Enter the street of pond on a hill, make people have a stream of ancient flavors to come head-on. Special snacks, delicious food The flowing water of small bridge, ancient conditions and customs, like fairyland.
Especially remind: The street of pond on a hill of Suzhou, it is nearly a widely known oldest and gracefullest street name in Suzhou. Its popularity is second only to the street in front of the temple of the town, and had one to call street of pond on a hill to show disrespect on too with ancient town wood close at hand of Suzhou Street lane,you had better not two places as one place.