Walking time: 2021.3

Walking method: self-driving

Walking route:

D1：

Nanjing--Tongli Ancient Town, Suzhou (Tuisi Garden--Lizze Girls 'School--Wang Shaoao Memorial Hall--Pearl Tower--Chuanxin Lane)

D2：

Tongli Ancient Town, Suzhou (Jiayintang-Chongbentang-Geng Letang-Luoxingzhou)-Tongli Beilian Village-Suzhou Luzhi (Baosheng Temple-Shen Baihan's Former Residence-Mihang-Jiangnan Cultural Park)--Nanjing

Leave Mihang and head for Jiangnan Cultural Park. Jiangnan Cultural Park is located in the southeast of the ancient town and covers a large area. It is a man-made garden with a different style from the ancient town. This archway is very tall, changing the temperament of the small family in the ancient town.

The garden-style Jiangnan Cultural Park is built along the water, with pavilions and pavilions.

The river rippled, the small bridges flew in the rainbow, and the flowers and trees were sparse. Step into it, one scene at a time, and the elegance of the Soviet style was fully displayed.

Follow the road signs and walk into a garden. The garden is covered with green bamboos.

There is a national intangible cultural heritage "Luzhi Water Town Women's Costume Museum" in the park.

Entering a courtyard again, scaffolding was also being repaired in the courtyard.

Because it was almost closing, the staff originally wanted to advise me not to enter the tour. I explained that I would just be alone and make a detour would end quickly and would not delay them from entering this fee-paying attraction after work.

As soon as he entered the door, the preface made a brief introduction to the costumes of the water town.

Luzhi's local water town women's costumes are listed as one of China's first batch of intangible cultural heritage. The museum displays women's costumes in water towns through objects, models, texts and pictures.

Luzhi women wear a bun, from the two-color "head head" to the "spliced shirt" with the large placket and button loops, to the elegant and free "embroidered pleated skirt" on the waist, and wearing embroidered shoes on their feet. Such distinctive costumes also make Luzhi women known as "Suzhou ethnic minorities." These costumes show the beauty of women's costumes in Luzhi Water Town and are particularly convenient for the work of women in Jiangnan Water Town. They have a unique charm.

Imagine wearing any of these sets of clothes and walking through the streets of Luzhi. It will be beautiful in response to the scene.

I'm back at this T-junction

I just passed by and they were still using pencils to hook sketches, and now they are painted. It shows their proficiency.

The first step in painting is observation, and observation must be made from time to time during the process.

All the attractions are closed at 5 p.m., so I don't have to rush to various attractions. Instead, I can slow down and stroll around the ancient town at will.

Take a look at the scenery and stroll around the streets to enjoy the tranquility and beauty of the ancient town.

There is a handmade soil cloth shop here. The various sizes of soil cloth with blue background and white flowers in the shop dazzled me and made me happy. People in the ancient town are simply busy making a living. No one will deliberately sell you local specialties and crafts. Only when you ask the store owner will they get up to greet you. I like this dullness very much, like an old friend.

There is also a West Gate Building of Jiangnan Cultural Park on Xiatang Street in Nanshi

There is a granite stone beam type flat bridge on the river-Sanyuan Bridge.

Step on the stone bridge and view the ancient town with the river as the central axis. The ancient town is centered on the river, and the neighborhoods are built next to the water. The streets in the town also follow the trend of the river.

There are many ancient bridges on Xiatang Street in Nanshi City. A few steps further will be the Zhong 'an Bridge during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Stepping on these antique ancient stone bridges is like stepping into the long years of Luzhi, which has a unique flavor!

The bridges in the ancient town include large porous stone bridges, small stone bridges with single holes, spacious arched bridges, narrow stone bridges, double bridges, sister bridges, key bridges, half-step bridges, etc. Guangu Bridge is built on the bank, and the sailing cruise ship and the small bridge and flowing water complement each other. It really has a unique charm and makes people feel unforgettable.

At this time, many places in Luzhi Ancient Town are under renovation. Maybe March is the off-season here, so we should maintain the ancient town well during this season.

The ancient town is full of greenery that nourish the eyes and nourish the heart, and the roadside trees on both sides of the river will be connected into green tunnels.

Follow Xiatang Street in Nanshi all the way north to the north side of the ancient town. A small river running east-west forms a "T-shaped" intersection with the small river accompanying Xiatang Street in Nanshi. On Xiatang Street in Dongshi, there is a Huanyu Bridge built in the early years of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. The bridge spans the north-south river.

There is a Hefeng Bridge across the east-west river on the northwest side of Huanyu Bridge. Hefeng Bridge is the oldest ancient bridge in Luzhi Town. It was built in the late Northern Song Dynasty and has a long history of more than 850 years. It has an arch-shaped structure. The arch ring is bluestone, the bridge foundation is Wukang stone, and the rest is granite. Each bridge deck stone is embossed, with elegant patterns and fine carvings that are eye-catching. "Hefeng Bridge" and "Huanyu Bridge" constitute the "double bridge" landscape.

Wandering here, you will find that Luzhi Ancient Town is built along the water, the people's houses in the south of the Yangtze River are simple and elegant, and the streets in front and back rivers, where people sleep on the river. Accompanying the river is Xiatang Street in Dongshi. There is a covered bridge along the river. The beauty on the covered bridge can allow tourists to rest here and enjoy the scenery.

On the west side of Hefeng Bridge is Xishi Xiatang Street, which winds westward along the river.

Standing on the Hefeng Bridge and viewing the scenery, all you can see is the Fuchang Bridge. After looking at the small bridges, I understood why Luzhi Ancient Town has the reputation of "Bridge Capital". The ancient town has not only a large number of bridges, but also has different bridge types and unique shapes.

Bridge streets are connected, the river is connected, and blue calico canoes traveling leisurely through the river bed. With the leisurely rhythm of rowing, the rhythm of life here is so leisurely and comfortable.

It's getting late, and we have to return to Nanjing. We're going back. We did not turn back, but chose to head west along Xiatang Street in Xishi here.

Looking back at Hefeng Bridge

Every family has a small dock

The ancient town is not big, but it is exquisite, extremely quiet, and small and exquisite. There is a faint taste of youth.

Such a picture reminds me of only four words: "The years are quiet and happy."

Every small detail of the residential house is filled with careful design.

There are many ancient towns in Jiangnan's water towns. They are also typical water towns and houses with small bridges and flowing water. There is no noise here. She silently experiences the reincarnation of the four seasons in the crisscrossing water with a unique attitude, and she quietly waits here with the four seasons...

Although I only stayed in Luzhi for more than two hours, I could only take a quiet look at this ancient town. It was just this quiet glance that I already liked the original self here, so I had no regrets. To be honest, if you come and go around Luzhi, you will follow the long water and winding river here, walk in deep alleys, long corridors, and winding bridges to see the ancient town and experience the ancient town's original self. Life is good. You don't need to spend tens of yuan to buy tickets to visit attractions that require tickets to enter. The beauty of the ancient town lies between that bridge and stone.