Brief introduction of viewing ginkgo trees in Huishan ancient town, Wuxi I Huishan Temple
Flower viewing period: 165438+ 10 turns yellow gradually in the middle of October, and usually enters the best viewing period around165438+10.25.
Viewing point: in front of Daxiong Hall.
Age: over 600 years old
Photo Raiders: On a sunny day, after 9: 00 am every day, it is the best time to photograph 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 Ming Dynasty, Master Xing Hai of Huishan Temple personally planted eighteen ginkgo trees in front of Daxiong Hall, symbolizing the eighteen arhats of Buddhism. Great changes have taken place in history. Now there is only one of the eighteen ginkgo trees, and it is a monoecious ginkgo tree. 1982, the king of ginkgo actually produced seven ginkgo fruits, which caused a sensation in Wuxi. But more than 30 years have passed, and Ginkgo King has never had a result.
Second, Zhang Zhongcheng Temple
Age: over 400 years old.
Flower viewing period: 1 1 It turns yellow in the middle and late period. Ginkgo trees are more than 20 meters high and flourishing, providing shelter for the ancient stage under the crown.
Address: Located in the middle of Xiuyan Street in the ancient town, the locals also call it "Zhang Laoye Hall". Enter the gate of Huishan ancient town and walk more than 200 meters from Guzhen Zhijie.
Admission: Admission is free.
Viewing point: In the courtyard inside the side door, most of the trees are in the yard, and the branches of the trees stick out of the fence of the yard. When ginkgo leaves fall, half of the yellow leaves cover the ground of the yard, and the other half falls in a secluded alley, which often attracts tourists to stop.
Photo Raiders: The front steps of the temple are covered with ginkgo leaves and turned into golden steps, which is very suitable for taking photos.
History: This was established by the people in the south of the Yangtze River to commemorate Zhang Xun who led troops to defend the enemy during the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty. It is also commonly known as "Zhang Laoye Temple". Historically, this temple of Zhang Zhongcheng has been built and destroyed repeatedly, but two ancient ginkgo trees in the ancestral hall for more than 400 years have been miraculously preserved and become a unique landscape in the temple of Zhang Zhongcheng.
Third, Gu Kejiu ancestral temple.
Age: over 470 years old
Viewing period: 165438+ 10 entered the best viewing period.
Address: Opposite to Fan Wenzheng Palace Temple in Hengjie, Huishan Ancient Town.
Admission: Admission is free.
There is a tall ginkgo tree in Gu Kejiu's ancestral hall. Its trunk is in the courtyard, and its crown covers the courtyard and alleys. When ginkgo turns yellow, half of the yellow leaves fall in the yard and half dance in the deep alley, which is very beautiful.
Fourth, the Yun Qi Tower next to Er Quan in the world.
Age: over 260 years old
Viewing Point: In the courtyard below Yun Qi Building.
Photography Raiders: When shooting ginkgo biloba in Yun Qi Building, you can climb the cloister and shoot a panoramic view from a height. This is the only place in the ancient town where you can climb up and shoot ginkgo trees.
History: Half of its trunk has been cut off by lightning, but the ginkgo tree still grows tenaciously.
Address: It is located on the edge of Huishan Temple, and it is also the only way to "the second spring in the world".
5. Bishan Yinshe Yinxing Square
Viewing point: Bishan Silver House is backed by Huishan, the highest peak in Wuxi, and there is a small ginkgo forest in front of it. This ginkgo forest is very secluded and there are few tourists. In late autumn, the leaves in the courtyard set off the ancient buildings with winding paths and Jiangnan customs, which is the most poetic place in the ancient town.
6. Gong Yugu
Age: over 470 years old
Viewing point: by the pond in front of Hu Ancestral Hall.
In the "Gong Yugu" separated from Bishan Yinshe by a wall, there is also an ancient ginkgo with a tree age of more than 470 years. Half of the trunk of this ancient ginkgo tree has also died, and the other half of the trunk is made of cement, so it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Most of the fallen leaves of this ginkgo tree fall on the water surface of the pool, making it golden yellow.
Wuxi Huishan Ancient Town Ginkgo Tree Food Raiders Qingshan Seven Dumplings: The storefront is relatively simple, but the taste of dumplings is nostalgic, with fresh meat stuffing, sesame stuffing, vegetable lard stuffing, bean paste stuffing and radish stuffing, which is called authentic five-color dumplings.
Lao Cao's snack bar: Lao Cao's bean curd flower is the memory of an era, and the spring outing bean curd flower at the entrance of Xi Hui Park is a delicious food in many people's memory. One of the magic weapons in the store is the bottomless soy sauce jar. After being exposed to the sun, the local soy sauce cooked by yourself is kept warm in a red mud stove. Thick soy sauce and tough white tofu flower make up a bowl of classic Wuxi snacks.
Er Quan Tofu Flower: Apart from Lao Cao's family, this tofu flower is also very famous. Square table, round wooden chair, antique. Salted tofu with laver, black and white and green, set each other off. Tofu melts in the mouth, which is a fresh and familiar taste.
Zhu Shunxing Pastry: Crispy pastry is a famous folk snack in Wuxi. Hand-baked, golden in color, moderate in saltiness and sweetness, crisp and pleasant in taste and unique in flavor.
Yellow goods praise tribute oil praise: the rock sugar sesame, onion flavor, seaweed flavor and original oil praise in the store are all hot-selling flavors. It's best when it's just out of the pot, and it will drop residue when crunching. The sweetness of flour blends with oil, so it's hard not to eat it!
Er Quan Garden Old Restaurant: a large bowl with a green edge, blue and white porcelain wine vessels, and a long-lost wooden lattice window bar. If there is Wu language background music, the humanistic atmosphere will flow out inadvertently.
Xinwanxin Silver Silk Noodle Restaurant: Chicken soup silver silk noodles are the signature here, and the noodle soup is smooth and large.
Old beef restaurant: an old restaurant in snack street. Many people who come here for dinner are Wuxi natives. The dishes in the shop are all authentic in taste and rich in variety. Steamed buns, wonton, stir-fried dishes ~ there are quite a few choices.
Huishan rice cake: The rice cake that just came out of the pot is steaming. The entrance is soft and slightly sweet, and the taste is quite rich, with the taste of osmanthus, black sesame and red beans.