Wuxi Huishan Ancient Town Ginkgo Tree Viewing Introduction
One, Huishan Temple
Blossom viewing period: gradually turning yellow in mid-November, generally around November 25 into the best viewing period.
Viewing point: in front of the Daxiongbao Hall
Tree age: more than 600 years old
Photo tips: on a sunny day, after 9 a.m. every day, is the best time to take pictures of this ginkgo tree, because the sunlight will penetrate through the gaps in the leaves.
History: According to legend, in the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Venerable Sex Hai of Huishan Temple planted eighteen ginkgo trees in front of the Daxiongbao Hall to symbolize the eighteen Buddhist Luohan. History. Nowadays, there is only one ginkgo tree among the eighteen trees, and it is a male and female ginkgo tree. 1982, this ginkgo king surprisingly bore 7 ginkgo fruits, which sensationalized Wuxi. But more than 30 years have passed, the king of ginkgo fruitless.
Two, Zhang Zhongcheng Ancestral Hall
Tree age: more than 400 years
Flowering period: 11 in the middle and late began to turn yellow. The ginkgo tree is twenty meters high with thick branches and leaves, sheltering the ancient theater under the canopy.
Address: Located in the middle of Zhangxiu Street in the ancient town, locals call it "Master Zhang Hall". Enter the gate of Huishan Ancient Town and walk more than 200 meters from the straight street of the town.
Tickets: free of charge.
Viewing point: Most of the trees are in the courtyard inside the side gate, with their branches sticking out of the courtyard wall. When the ginkgo leaves fall, half of the yellow leaves cover the ground of the courtyard and the other half fall in the secluded alleys, often attracting tourists to stop by.
Photo Tips: The steps in front of the temple are covered with ginkgo leaves, making them golden steps, perfect for taking photos.
History: It was built by the people of Jiangnan in honor of Zhang Xun, who led the army during the An Shi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty. It is also known as the "Zhang Loyalist Temple". Historically, the Zhang Loyalty Temple has been built and destroyed, but the two ancient ginkgo trees in the courtyard of the shrine are more than 400 years old, but miraculously survived, and have become a unique landscape of the Zhang Loyalty Temple.
Three, Gu Kejiu Ancestral Hall
Tree age: more than 470 years old
Viewing period: the best viewing period for the middle and end of November.
Address: Opposite Fan Wenzhenggong Ancestral Hall, located on a small street in the ancient town of Huishan.
Admission: Free admission.
There is a tall ginkgo tree in the Ancient Nine Ancestral Hall, whose trunk is in the courtyard and whose crown covers half of the courtyard and half of the alley. When the ginkgo turns yellow, half of the falling yellow leaves stay in the courtyard and half of them dance lightly in the deep alley, which is a very beautiful mood.
Four: Yunqi Tower next to the Second Spring in the World
Tree age: more than 260 years old
Watch point: in the courtyard under the Yunqi Tower.
Photography: At the Yunqi Iron Tower, you can photograph the ginkgo trees and climb up to the cloister for a panoramic view from above. This is the only place in the old town where you can climb up to photograph the ginkgo trees.
History: Half of the ginkgo tree's trunk has been damaged by lightning, but it still grows tenaciously.
Address: Located on the edge of Huishan Temple, it's also the way to the "Second Spring in the World".
Fifth, Bishan Ginsha's Gingko Square
Viewpoints: Bishan Ginsha is backed by Wuxi's highest peak, Mount Huishan, and there is a small forest of gingko trees in front of its main gate. This ginkgo forest is very secluded and has few visitors. In late autumn, the courtyard is full of fallen leaves, the winding paths are secluded, and the ancient architecture of Jiangnan style is the most poetic place in the ancient town.
Six, Yugong Valley
Tree age: more than 470 years old
Viewing point: the pond in front of the Hu Ancestral Hall.
In the "Gongyu Valley", which is a river away from Bishan Ginsha, there is another ancient ginkgo tree that is more than 470 years old. Half of the trunk of this ancient ginkgo tree has died, and the other half of the trunk is made of cement, which makes it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake. Most of the fallen leaves of this ginkgo tree fell on the water surface of the pool, filling the pool with a golden color.
Wuxi Huishan Ancient Town Ginkgo Tree Food Tips
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Lao Cao snack store: Lao Cao's tofu flower is a memory of the times, the spring tour of the Xihui Park in front of the door of the bean curd flower is a lot of people's memory of the delicious. One of the small store's treasures is a jar of soy sauce that never gets bottomless. The boiled soy sauce is heated in a red clay oven after being exposed to the sun. The thick soy sauce is paired with firm white slices of tofu flower to form a bowl of classic Wuxi snacks.
Erquan Tofu Flower: Besides Lao Cao's, this tofu flower is also famous. The square wooden table and round wooden chairs are ancient. The salty tofu brain with purple cabbage, black, white and green, is a fresh, salty and cooked flavor as the tofu brain melts in your mouth.
Wishing Star Noodles: Noodles are a famous folk snack in Wuxi. Baked by hand, they are golden in color, moderately salty and sweet, pleasantly crispy and unique in flavor.
Royal Zan Palace Tribute Oil Zanzi: the store's icing sugar sesame, onion flavor, seaweed flavor, crude oil Zanzi are hot flavors. They are best when they come out of the pot and fall off the crumbs with a snap. The sweet flavor of the flour and the oil flavor blend together, making it hard to stop eating!
Erquan Old Restaurant: large green-rimmed bowls, celadon wine vessels, long-lost wooden frames, and lattice window bars. If there is a background music in Wu language, the humanistic atmosphere will flow out inadvertently.
Wanxin Silver Noodle: Silver noodles in chicken soup is the signature here. The noodles in fresh soup are smooth and large in quantity.
Niu Guan: It is an old store on the snack street. Many of the people who come here to eat are Wuxi locals. The store's dishes are authentic in flavor and rich in variety. There are quite a lot of choices of buns, wontons and fried dishes.
Huishan Rice Cake: freshly cooked rice cake, steaming hot, soft and sticky in the mouth, slightly sweet, quite a strong flavor, with cinnamon, black sesame and red beans.