In the early summer of May, the sun was blazing,
I've been halfway around the world, and for reasons that are now well known,
Began to look for the beauty of the country,
In 2021, I have walked through the vast Qinghai, the frozen Tibet, and the Banna full of southern flavor.
Unexpectedly, I finally fell in love with the Jiangnan style of Suzhou, and the poetic spirit of Xiaoqiao flowing people.

Mudu ancient town, Qianlong six Jiangnan, all want to stop in this place.

Small bridge flowing water, stone alley is born with a bit of comfortable, ethereal and graceful charm, this ancient town with Suzhou has experienced the changes of The Times, so far has more than 2,500 years of history.

Take a wooden boat leisurely through the ancient bridge caves, an instant into the light and shadow mottled south of the water town.

If you have been to Zhouzhuang, Tongli, these ancient towns surrounded by a strong commercial atmosphere, I believe that the unique quiet of Mudu ancient town will give you a completely different feeling, leaving the main street, deep in a variety of paths and lanes, see the walls mottled, see the river leisurely, everywhere a quiet years.

Mudu Town in May, coincuding with the royal tour Festival, the whole festival will reproduce the Qianlong Emperor to the big scene of the ancient town of Mudu, you can immerse yourself in the scene of the "Qianlong flourishing", you can also go to the ancient town slowly stroll around, to see the mark he once left here more than 250 years ago, Have been to the "folk palace", personally planted the "magnolia tree".

Mudu Ancient Town can be counted as a representative of the ancient town of Chinese gardens. There were more than 30 private gardens in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there are still more than 10. Among them, Yanjia Garden, Hongyin Mountain House, ancient pine Garden, Banyan Mansion, etc., connected with the outside world as the most prosperous commercial port in the west of Suzhou during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

From the air, the cruise ships along the river dotted with stars, vaguely a few traces of the bustling commercial port of that year.

There are a variety of ways to visit the ancient town of mudu, you can take a cruise along the river through the ancient bridge, you can walk slowly on the green stone, travel history and culture, and read stories between the ancient buildings.

Stepping into the simple Yan family Garden, you can feel the fresh and simple, the spirit of craftsmanship and the exquisite style of Suzhou garden, jump before your eyes. This typical private garden in the south of the Yangtze River developed from the "Bamboo Xiao Xuan" of Shen Deqian, a famous scholar in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, and the "End Garden" of Qian Duanxi, a poet in Mudu, into the "envy Garden" of Yan Guoxin, the richest man in Mudu during the Guangxu period, and gradually became the common name of Yan family Garden. Pavilions in the park, rockery ponds, green plants and bamboo, each has its own wonderful scenery. The deep and tortuous corridor, like the rise and fall of the Yan family past events, is breathtaking.

The deep house compound of Yan Family Garden has Qiankun, quite a lot of points, twists and turns, if you have enough time, walk slowly and enjoy the quiet beauty of Jiangnan gardens. Look at the rockery, the bridge, the water, from which corner to look, is a charming ancient painting. In particular, it is worth mentioning that the designer has arranged the garden into four parts in different forms, with four seasons of flowers and trees, forming four scenic spots in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Since the 1920s, many films and TV dramas have been shot in Yanjia Garden, including "A Dream of Red Mansions", "Water Moon Cave", "Ruyi's Love", etc., which makes people have more understanding of Jiangnan gardens, and also makes the picturesque garden scenery perfectly reflected in the movies and dramas.

Hongyin Mountain Room, located 200 meters east of Yanjia Garden, was a famous garden in the suburbs of Suzhou during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Because the door to Xiangxi and the back to Lingyan, "the beauty of the wind and moon of the stream and the victory of the flowers and trees of the pond Pavilion" were far superior to other gardens, so every time the Qianlong Emperor went to the South of the Yangtze River to visit the forest, he would go to Hongyin Mountain Room to enjoy the garden, watch the opera, drink tea and compose poems. Until the night came, just reluctant to part, along the front of the mountain pond road, return to Lingyan Mountain palace. Therefore, Hongyin Mountain Room is also known locally as the Qianlong Emperor's "folk palace".

The architectural style here integrates the beauty of Jiangnan literati gardens and the grandeur of northern royal gardens, which can be described as "the beauty of rivers, mountains, wind and moon, and the victory of flowers and trees in the pond pavilion." "

Mudu Imperial Edicts Collection Hall displays ten imperial edicts of ten Qing emperors, namely Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu and Xuantong.

There are four major collections in Hongyin Mountain House Exhibition Hall:
I. Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty. A dozen authentic imperial edicts of ten Qing Dynasty emperors are displayed.
Ii. Imperial Examination System Museum. The detailed information of the imperial examination, including the examination of the scholar, the examination questions, the examination papers, and the Zhu paper; There are examination papers for Jinshi and champion; There are also silk woven ribbons and miniature "Four books and Five Classics" used by imperial examination candidates to cheat.
Third, the palace supplies museum. Hundreds of pieces of dragon robes, royal court, officials and folk articles of the Ming and Qing dynasties are displayed.
Fourth, the Qing Dynasty plaque hall. There are nearly 100 pieces of calligraphic inscriptions and finely carved imperial edicts on display.

The ancient Pine Garden was built by CAI Shaoyu, a rich man of Mudu in the late Qing Dynasty. CAI Shaoyu ancestral home Dongting West Mountain, originally in Shanghai to do foreign goods business, developed back home to buy land, good land. CAI Shaoyu and Yan Guoxin (Yan Jiagan's grandfather), Zheng Lingjiu, Xu Fenglou three families called Mudu "four rich people", rich one side. Its architectural layout is the front house and the back garden, a typical Qing Dynasty mansion garden style. The buildings in the house are simple and elegant, the carvings are very fine, and there is a certain artistic and cultural value, and it is a cultural relic protection unit of Suzhou City. There is a Ming Dynasty Luohan pine in the back garden, green and strong, beautiful posture, the ancient pine garden is so named pine.

Now the ancient Song Garden is not only to see the mansion garden style architecture, there are also Wang Lipeng Art Museum and calligraphy museum and Yao Jianping's embroidery art Museum, are worth visiting.

Rice in Suzhou these days, almost every meal has, eat to eat, no exaggeration, from the bottom of my heart to recommend it. In the ancient town of Mudu, Wuzhentang's Wulme rice is the best meal I have ever eaten in terms of taste and taste. It appears to have appeared in the documentary A Bite of China. Its raw material is glutinous rice, which is soaked overnight by the leaf juice of the southern candle, making the originally white glutinous rice black and shiny. Black and purple glutinous rice, the surface is dark and bright, the entrance fragrance is unique, the rice grains are soft and tender, the mouth is sticky, and the flavor is unique. After mixing with white sugar, a light sweet glutinous rice can not stop eating.

Mudu Town at night lights are confusing, but there is a wonderful performance in the deep house of Yanjia Garden, the first immersive real drama "Mudu Past" presents the story of the ancient house 100 years ago, elegant and popular, tourists with the actors in the Yanjia Garden to change the scene, feel the characteristics of Shangxian Tang wedding customs, and listen to the drama at the cottage banquet around the mountain. Sitting in Ming is the floor to enjoy the Pingtan performance, listening to the parting feelings in the pavilion in the back garden... Everything in it is worth the price.

This is also a unique flavor of the night tour Yanjia Garden, the actors in the Yanjia Garden of the ancient building live performance, interwoven Pingtan Kunqu performance, about as a wealthy side of the richest man Yan family rise and fall of the family, the actors superb acting, close to the performance is to let people have the wonderful feeling of integration, see the whole story, it is refreshing.

The drama is divided into nine stories and nine scenes, showing the story of the ancient house 100 years ago. In the moment of national upheaval and change, as the representative of the Dongting business group, the master contributed to the faith and justice of the ancestral house, and the patriotic feelings of "giving up the small family for everyone" who contributed his own son to the country.

Gallery pavilion even Qu, stone bridge even moon
Light changes, people move through
This visual feast inside the Yan Family Garden is highly recommended.

"The dome, is exhaustive, large, deep, high meaning, so it can be extended to 'heaven', the so-called 'heaven shaped vault, its color'. Then the word "dome" is interpreted as "long ran high also". So the word 'vault' was used to mean 'bulging in the middle and hanging down on all four sides.'" This is the type of dome mountain, is also the origin of its name, it is located in the western suburbs of Suzhou, the main peak Indocalamus peak 341.7 meters above sea level, for the east coast of the Taihu mountain crown, the highest peak in Suzhou City. In 1993, Dongwu National Forest Park was established, and in 2006, Dongxiang Mountain Scenic Management Area was established, which is now an important part of Wuzhong Taihu Tourist Area, a national 5A scenic spot.

The south gate of the mountain is also the location of the Sunwu Cultural Park, a cultural park with the life story of the famous ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Wu as the theme. The park involves the resume of Sun Wu's life, the military culture, the development of Wuyue culture and the overall situation of the prosperous country after the war. And the use of modern advanced high-tech means to simulate the military strategic layout, operational reality and characteristic cultural experience area. The ancient military culture and modern high-tech flexible combination together, let people feel the military culture at that time and the combat wisdom of the generals.

The early summer sun has been hot, but into the forest can feel the unique cool of the mountains, the breeze, see the buds grow gently.

Although it is a mountainous scenic spot, there are still many Soviet-style garden buildings scattered among it.

Sun Wu study, now converted into a small tea room between the mountains, in the quiet valley quietly lying in a corner, can be about three or five friends, in this tea, talk, extremely comfortable.

The garden buildings in the mountains have a unique charm in the early summer of Jiangnan, with green shade, red leaves, ponds, and beautiful scenes of quiet summer.

The herbal museum in the scenic spot displays dozens of traditional Chinese medicine and related introductions, and more than a dozen common Chinese herbs are also artificially planted outside the museum for tourists to enjoy.

In the herbarium, you can also make fragrant sachets made by yourself from the traditional classic ancient prescriptions of the Wu Men Medical School. By atractyloatractyloatractyloatractyloatractyloatractyloatractyloatractyloatractyloatractyloatractyloatractylosa, cinnamon, mugwort, frankincense, cloves, artemisia artemisia, turmeric, Qingdai, borneol, windproof 10 flavors of Chinese herbs carefully prepared, their own production, wearing the sachets not only helps to clear the brain, but also can improve their own immunity, both healthy and beautiful, can be described as multiple.

Heaven rewards the diligent, the eternal truth, if you get up early, sunrise before the vault mountain forest walk up the steps, you can see a red sun slowly leap from the horizon, gradually lighting up the whole city's beautiful landscape.
In my eyes, the people of Suzhou have the natural big oxygen bar of the dome mountain is extremely happy, Sun Wu and other ancient celebrities left footprints here, and the scenic spots on the mountain are mostly around these celebrities. It is the first high mountain in Suzhou with history, culture and feelings. It not only has the characteristics of strange, beautiful, spiritual and hidden, but also a fresh and cool forest under the hot summer sun.

Ningbang Temple is located in the north foot of the mountain, was built in the Liang dynasty, surrounded by dense forests, towering ancient trees, bamboo pieces. Up to now, there are two stone carvings in the temple of Ming Dynasty, one is "Built in the Ningbang Temple of the Liang Dynasty", written by Wen Zhenmeng and sealed by Zhao Huanguang; Second "Shan Hui Chuan Mei" book strip stone, by Xu Fang book. Ningbang Temple near the play platform, under the Baizhang spring, not dry for years, crystal clear, is really a mountain temple, bright moon springs, is a spot to enjoy the moon. According to legend, the famous Han Shizhong of the Southern Song Dynasty often lived here briefly in his later years to visit his subordinates, enjoy the moon on the stage, and worry about the country.

At sunrise, Ningbang Temple is solemn and dignified, and the rosy sky slowly turns red, which also gives this ancient temple a layer of pink.

Continue ascending from Ningbang Temple to the top of Sanmao Peak, and you will come to the true view of the important scenic spot on the Vault Mountain. This is an important place to carry Taoist culture on the mountain. Throughout the ages, whether it is a rich official, or a scholar, to the beginning of this mountain, have to go to the true view of worship.

The location of Shangzhenguan is very distinctive: facing the ancient city of Suzhou, the east is adjacent to the famous Buddhist mountain Lingyan Mountain, and the south is adjacent to the same vein of Xiangshan Peach Hill and other mountains, and the peaks and peaks are rolling like a swimming dragon, which is magnificent. Taoist temple built on the mountain, magnificent momentum, with the nature of ingenious combination. The main buildings are arranged along the central axis, from east to west, from low to high. Hanging in the middle of the mountain gate, Emperor Qianlong's handwritten book "Vault Mountain" horizontal plaque and "Shangzhen View" vertical forehead, from the mountain gate hall upward, you can see a Kowloon giant wall, showing the lofty atmosphere here as a royal monastery.

After two thousand years of ups and downs of the vault mountain view, witness the changes of the sea. The true view of the vault, which has accumulated profound religious history and culture, will continue to be brilliantly displayed in front of the world!

Sun Wuyuan Cottage is a total of five rooms, built on the mountain. A clear spring in front of the house is drawn down from the hill with bamboo tubes. The house is equipped with an ancient bed, ancient stool, raincoat, hoe and other facilities. Outside the house, there is a vegetable field on one side and a bamboo pavilion on the other side, which simulates Sun Wu's secluded life in those years. Sun Wu was a native of Le 'an in the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. Le 'an is today's Huimin County in Shandong Province, where Sun Wu's former residence is still built. Sun Wu was a noble in the State of Qi at that time. Later, he came to the State of Wu to avoid internal strife in the state of Qi, so his life activities were mainly in the State of Wu, and his achievements were also in the State of Wu. When Sun Wu was young, he learned the art of war from his uncle Joju, who was the great Sima of Qi at that time and also a famous military strategist in early China. The formation of Sun Wu's military theory is closely related to his uncle. After Sun Wu took refuge and came to our state of Wu, he went to the Maopeng dock on the mountain of the vault to write a book and wrote the world-famous "Sun Tzu's Thirteen Art of War". Later Sun Wu and Wu name cheng Wu Zixu met, was recommended to Wu King Lu, and ultimately help its achievement.

There is a plaque of "Sun Wu Garden" inscribed by General Zhang Aiping on the entrance door of Sun Wu Garden. There is a clear spring from the mountain in front of the cottage in the garden. There is a vegetable field on one side of the house and a bamboo pavilion on the other side, which restores the scene of Sun Wu's life and living here. In the park, there is a black marble inscription "Know yourself and your enemy, and win the battle", as well as a statue of Sun Wu. "Sun Tzu's Art of War Inscription Gallery" is in the shape of "Hui", 19.3 meters long and 4.8 meters high on the black marble, engraved with the full text of 13 Sun Tzu's art of war.

Built on a mountain, the Hall of War is a ritual building in the imitation of the Spring and Autumn style. Designed according to the remaining sample drawings of ancient cultural relics, there are 72 large screens inlaid with redwood, on which the full text of Sun Zi's Art of War is inscribed in gold, and the "Map of land and water attack" with more than 500 characters is inscribed on the base. On both sides of the inner wall are 14 line carved stone tablets that record Sun Wu's brilliant achievements in his life. In addition, the hall also displays simple daily necessities and precious historical materials about the grandson.

As a good place for summer summer, Mountain Vault is not only the green mountains and green water and the reflection of the floor into the pond, but also the ten thousand bird garden in the Verde is also an excellent place to go, which is called the ocean of birds, bringing together more than 150 varieties around the world, tens of thousands of birds, of which more than 20 rare birds in the world and more than 30 rare birds in the country. At present, it is one of the bird viewing parks with the most complete bird varieties, the largest number and the richest bird art performances in China.

I think this is the best place for friends in Suzhou to take their children on weekends.

According to the bird species and characteristics, combined with the topographic conditions and various functions of the park, the park is divided into eight districts (streets) : entrance service area, single net cage rearing area, bird viewing area, high net raptor area, waterfowl free-range rearing area, bird disinfection and epidemic prevention area, bird performance area and 10,000 bird culture Street. In the single cage area, special birds such as peacocks, flamingos and ostriches are kept separately. In the bird viewing area, you can see the world's endangered rare turtledove, red-ejected bulbul, etc. In the waterfowl range, there are red-crowned cranes, white swans, black swans, crested ibis, great ostard, mandarin ducks, swan and other waterfowl, such as red-crowned cranes, second-class protected animals mute swans, white swans and pelicans of various colors that grow in Africa, Australia, America and other places.

It takes a lot of luck to see a peacock in full bloom. Rare birds, melodious birdsong, harmony between man and nature, with birds, joy into heaven, all in the bird's words and flowers.

According to legend, Suzhou cuisine originated in 514 BC, Su Bang cuisine with superior materials, fresh sweet and delicious, pay attention to the heat, thick oil brown sauce, belongs to the "southern sweet" flavor, not only the selection of rigorous materials, fine production, but also because of the ingredients, the four seasons are different, cooking skills to stew, stew, simmering known, pay attention to soup, to maintain the original juice. Special dishes are: Gusu braised duck, crab bean curd, pickled Tuxian, braised pork with blinds, ginkgo cabbage heart, etc.

All the way to Suzhou, naturally want to find an authentic Suzhou restaurant, located in Mudu Lingtian Road No. 55 Pattaya recreation Square in the old maple pavilion is a good choice, after visiting Mudu town can spend a few minutes to walk to this, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine, is a must eat restaurant, the environment is good. Once you enter the hall, you can feel the elegance and beauty of the Soviet-style courtyard, pavilions, Bridges and rivers, white walls and daitile, maple bamboo and plum peaches, poetry and painting delicacies... As far as the eye can see, it is scenery.

According to the comments of local friends in Suzhou, the taste of Su Bang food is more authentic, steamed white fish is very fresh, white cut chicken, glutinous rice dumplings are their childhood taste back, ring oil eel paste is my favorite.

Because you want to shoot the sunrise of the Vault Mountain, the accommodation is naturally as close to the Vault Mountain as possible, Suzhou Sunwu Academy Luofu Hotel is located at the foot of the 5A scenic spot of the Vault Mountain, adjacent to the beautiful Vault Mountain National Forest Park, the environment is quiet and natural, the scenery is natural and beautiful, and the architecture cleverly combines simplicity and elegance with fashion and modern. Pavilions, white walls and black tiles, the exquisite garden of Jiangnan, but also highlight the luxury and atmosphere of modern hotels.

The rooms are orderly, the sanitary conditions are good, and the most important thing is quiet and natural

If you are too lazy to go out for food, the hotel's restaurant can also provide authentic Suzhou cuisine, the restaurant has a banquet hall and various boxes, for about 300 people to eat at the same time

In three short days,
Having seen the preserved customs of Mudu Ancient Town,
Through the ancient and lush primeval forests of the Vault mountains.
Looking for monuments that have weathered the vicissitudes of life,
The natural beauty of the connected mountains and rivers is amazing everywhere.
Always a place to come again...