Author/Meng Jing

The weather is gradually showing the flavor of crisp autumn, the days of relying on air conditioning are coming to an end, and a wandering heart is beginning to go wild again.

As a person in half the tourist circle, friends have come to inquire one after another in the past two days,"Where to play this day?"

After making some mental comparisons, Suzhou Luzhi was finally listed as a key recommendation list.

Luzhi Ancient Town is an ancient Chinese water town cultural town of the same age as Suzhou and with a history of more than 2500 years. It is praised by the famous sociologist Mr. Fei Xiaotong as the "No. 1 Water Town in China".

"Apricot flowers and spring rain alleys, sycamore trees drizzle at dusk, small bridges and flowing water people." Luzhi has the characteristics of a mellow and upright Jiangnan water town. It is famous for its abundant water, many bridges, many alleys, many ancient houses, and many celebrities. It is also famous for its plastic wall arhats--half of the two halls of arhats in the world, as well as women's costumes in the water town.

Water is the soul of the ancient town.

The ancient town is built near the water. There are long water, winding rivers, winding bridges, narrow streets, deep alleys, long corridors, spotted powder walls, heavy black tiles, and thousands of households. There are hundreds of merchants.

"Long bridges and short bridges and willows, people can see the flag coming out of the wine market with lotus flowers in front of the pool and back of the pool, and gulls send boats back to the fishing home." Luzhi gathers water to form a town. The flowing water and bridges complement each other. On the river with a total length of 5.6 kilometers, at its peak, there were "seventy-two and a half" ancient bridges of various types in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and 41 of them exist. These bridges vary in size, form and style. They are veritable "Water Town Bridge Capital" and are called "Ancient Chinese Bridge Museum" by famous bridge expert Mao Yisheng.

There are 10 main streets and 69 ancient streets and alleys in the ancient town. There are many relatively well-preserved ancient houses in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, the houses of wealthy merchants such as Xiao House, Zhao House, and Shen House have exquisite architecture and fine carvings.

"The prosperity of Fu Li shines brightly on the market, but many people are famous for their talents." Luzhi has worshipped literature and education since ancient times, and talents have emerged in large numbers. Late Tang poet Lu Guimeng lived in seclusion here for a long time. Ming Dynasty poet Gao Qi and opera Xu Zichang and other celebrities gathered together. Famous people such as Luo Yin, Liu Guan, Ni Zan, Zhao Mengfu, Wen Zhengming, Shen Zhou, Gui Youguang, Dong Qichang, Ye Shengtao, Gu Gang, and Guo Moruo all lived and traveled in Luzhi.

From the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, more than 50 people were awarded Jinshi in the town. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Luzhi's "four academicians in one town" were even more impressive.

This is the well-known "International Slow City".

As the "homesickness inn" of Suzhou, a paradise on earth, Luzhi was finally recognized as the "International Slow City" by the Italian International Slow City Headquarters due to its distinctive farming culture of the Jiangnan water town. This is the first in Suzhou and Jiangsu. The second one is also the 8th "International Slow City" in China, alongside Shennongjia.

The 25-square-kilometer Chenghu Agricultural Park retains the imprints of nature, humanity and life to the greatest extent, and protects and develops the most traditional and pure "primary colors","green" and "characteristic" Jiangnan pastoral water towns.

Many years ago, Luzhi began to plan and layout shared farms (country houses), Yaosheng Geng Fun Farm and Jiezibang Shared Farm formed clusters to integrate "slow-life" leisure formats such as agricultural and sideline products, accommodation, and catering.

By building 2 slow-moving water and land routes, 8 land-node stations, and 4 water-based docks, and connecting Luzhi to agricultural tourism carriers such as Shuibaxian Ecological Cultural Park and Chenghu Flying Camp, the international slow-city modern agricultural tourism comprehensive tourist destination comes out.

Luzhi has always adhered to this beautiful countryside with clear scenery and broad and meaningful cultural relics, respected and protected the original villages, ecological water system texture, and cultural and historical sites in the water town, and inherited the farming life of the water town of "picking chrysanthemums and seeing Nanshan leisurely under the east fence"."Water Eight Immortals" characteristic planting culture.

In addition to the ancient town with a strong historical heritage and the beautiful pastoral scenery, now you can fly to an altitude of 4000 meters in Luzhi and become a free flying "bird man."

On the 17th, Tianshi Aifei Skydiving Club officially opened at Suzhou Chenghu Aviation Flight Camp. This is the first high-altitude skydiving project in Jiangsu Province settled in Luzhi, and it is also the first 4000-meter high-altitude skydiving project in East China.

The flight camp project covers an area of 680 acres, including a thousand-meter standard flight runway and a 280-acre water flight camp. Providing comprehensive services such as leisure sightseeing, outdoor sports, flight events, aircraft sales, flight experience, themed activities, and high-altitude aerial photography, it is the first approved water airport in East China. The camp strives to build a "water, land and air" three-dimensional outdoor sports and sports park featuring multi-aircraft flights and combining RV camping, water sports, etc.

As a sport for brave people, even former U.S. President George W. Bush was not satisfied with his age and once celebrated his 90th birthday by parachuting.

So, what does it feel like to jump from a height of 4000 meters?

What many people don't expect is that skydiving is actually a sport that calms people's minds.

The moment you leap out of the cabin, you pass through the freedom and excitement of rapids falling on cliffs, and then you spread your wings and soar like an eagle. The mountains and rivers are in your eyes. You feel like a knight riding on the wind. There is only the whistling sound of the wind between heaven and earth and your own heartbeat, and the whole world returns to tranquility in an instant.

Skydiving tips:

Skydiving is safe

First of all, the current commercial high-altitude skydiving is "follow-up skydiving." It means that you don't jump alone, but you jump tied to a professional skydiving instructor. Therefore, the knowledge and technical movements you need to learn are very simple, and you don't need to control any equipment. Whether your weight and physical condition are suitable for jumping, where to jump after going up, when to jump, when to open the parachute, how to control the direction of flight. You don't need to worry about where to land, and how to accelerate and slow down.

Secondly, the umbrella will not fail to open. Because the current equipment for parachuting is generally at least triple. If the first umbrella cannot be opened, a meeting will be held to replace the backup umbrella. If the backup umbrella cannot be opened, the intelligent automatic parachute opening program will be entered-at a certain height, if the main umbrella and backup umbrella cannot be opened, the computer will help you open the third umbrella.

Thirdly, whether the current weather is suitable for parachuting is calculated by commercial companies for you. If it rains that day and is not conducive to the plane's take-off, or the wind is too strong for parachute control, the skydiving company will tell you to cancel or change your ticket. If you have already flown into the sky and discover that the situation has changed, the captain and coach will cancel or outline your parachute plan at any time.

Not afraid of skydiving

First, the action of jumping was not done by you, and there will be no hesitation or fear.

Since you are tied to a professional skydiving instructor, and the jump height and landing location have been calculated for you, all you have to do is move to the edge of the cabin and stretch your feet outside the cabin. The time, initial power and acceleration of the leap are all given by the aircraft and the coach. You don't have to worry about the problem of not daring to jump at the moment.

Second, when you jump, your face will be facing up and you will not be visually afraid of heights.

Why is the face facing up? Because in free fall, you have to bend your body into a banana shape in order to float, so your head must be tilted back ~~ you can't see the bottom.

Third, the sense of weightlessness that everyone fears most is actually not that uncomfortable.

Most of everyone's fear of weightlessness comes from rides such as roller coasters, jumpers, and pirate ships. But parachuting is different. After jumping, it will only be affected by inertia and the upward air resistance of gravity. This effect is fixed and changes slowly. Therefore, for the body, the discomfort caused by the feeling of weightlessness is Predictable and adjustable.

Even if you are super afraid of weightlessness, basically complete weightlessness only occurs in the first 3-5 seconds.

After 5 seconds, because the speed is too fast, the air resistance will form a very large buoyancy, and you will feel like you are soaring like an eagle. How can that feeling be so good?