First, the ink garden scenic spot
Shuihui Garden is located in Bi Xia Road, Rugao City, the northeast corner of Rugao Ancient City, covering an area of about 300,000 square meters. Built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573- 1620), Dong Xiaowan, a gifted scholar, ventured to take refuge across the border.
The park is full of water, picturesque reflection, romantic love story, profound historical and cultural background and unique garden landscape, which makes the Shuihui Garden a tourist attraction integrating natural landscape, human landscape and history and culture, and is known as the "First Couple Cultural Park in China". The Shuihui Garden Scenic Area consists of Shuihui Garden, Shuiminglou Ancient Architecture Complex, China Rupai Ceramic Art Garden, Lu, Yiyuan Garden, Rugao Changshou Museum in China and other scenic spots.
There are many scenic spots 10 in the park, such as Hanbai Jade Pavilion, Yimozhai, Yinshulou, Xiangzhong Pavilion, Hangshan Tower, Jingge, Selangpo, Xiaosanwu Pavilion, Pillow Smoke Pavilion, Miaoyinxianglin, Ancient City Wall, Yanboyu Pavilion, Biluolou, Hanging Peak, Dishwashing Pool, Xiaosanwuxi, He Yu, etc. The park is full of smoke.
Shuiminglou complex is another important scenic spot in Shuihui Garden. It was built in the 23rd year of Qingganlong (1758). It is a beautifully sculpted boat-like water pavilion building, which is praised as "the orphan of Huizhou Garden" by Chen Congzhou, a master of landscape architecture. There are precious cultural relics and documents in Yinyuzhai and Yuxiang Temple in the west of the building for tourists to enjoy.
Second, Dinghui Temple
Dinghui Temple is located in Shuguang Road, Rugao City, in the southeast corner of Rugao Ancient City. It is an ancient temple in Sui Dynasty with a history of 1400 years. The entrance of the temple faces south, which is rare in many temples in China. The whole temple covers an area of 16 mu and is zigzag. Outside the temple, there are red columns and gray tiles with cornices. It is a typical Jiangnan temple with the longest history, the largest scale and the largest number of monks in Rugao. One of the most striking is the Guanyin Pagoda on the east side, which is a pagoda with seven floors and eight sides, 45 meters high, giving people a particularly majestic feeling. Climbing the pagoda overlooks the city scenery of Rugao.
Dinghui Temple is famous at home and abroad for its long history, large scale, unique pattern and strong incense. In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1607), the Ursa Major Hall and the King Kong Hall were rebuilt, and the mountain gate was changed to face north. Later, the second floor of the bell and drum, the Sutra Pavilion, the Zen Hall, the ancestral hall and the Zhaitang were successively built.
The entrance of Dinghui Temple faces the Daiyu River, with the release pond in the east and the Yulian pond in the southwest. The layout of the temple is in the shape of "Hui", the main hall is surrounded around, and the Jubao Hall is located in the center, forming a unique pattern of "water ring temple, building holding hall". The location of Dinghui Temple is very strange. Dai Yuhe, an ancient city river in the north, Haohe, a city protector in the south, the fish lotus pond of Song Xueshi in Longtuge in the west, and the release pond next to the temple in the east, forming the unique terrain of "Water Ring Temple".
Third, the Oriental Shouxing Garden.
Oriental Dashouxing Garden is located at the intersection of Huashi Road and Jiefang West Road in Rugao City, in the western suburbs of Rugao City, about 3 kilometers away from Rugao city center. It is an urban cultural park that promotes the longevity history of China and concentrates the longevity culture of China. Rugao is an internationally famous hometown of longevity, and its longevity history can be traced back to 6000 years ago. Rugao's longevity culture is the essence of world life science. This park is the condensation of history, the collection of classics and the presentation of the most wonderful longevity culture. The park is covered with green grass and trees, including Chongqi City, Mi Fei Palace, Shouxing Statue, Tianhe Lake, Longchi River, Liubeixi, wishing tower, transshipment wheel, touching longevity platform and other scenic spots, which contain longevity culture everywhere and the scenery reveals the mystery of longevity.
The main building of the Oriental Dashouxing Garden is "the largest birthday star in the world", which is 49 meters high and made of 208 tons of red copper. This is by far the only giant statue of the birthday girl in the East. Next to the statue is Tianhe Lake. When the weather is fine, you can see the reflection of the birthday girl on the lake. Full of green, a sloping green square in front of the lake, can accommodate 20,000 people. It is a good place for leisure, walking and fitness.
The location of Dashouxing Garden is called Hezhuang, which is named after a crane bay in the local area. Hezhuang people have always benefited from the longevity, not only the good weather every year, but also their health and moist life. People in the village live a long life. 80 years old is normal, 90 years old is not rare, 100 years old is refreshing.
Four, Rugao river scenery belt inside and outside the city
Rugao Inner and Outer River Scenic Belt is located in the ancient city of Rugao. The inner and outer rivers around the city, including the outer ring, look like ancient money. The inner city river, formerly called Dai Yuhe, was formed in Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty (1465- 1487). The Outer City River, also known as Haohe River, was dug in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty (1522- 1566). There are more than 10 historical and cultural attractions along the inner and outer river, such as the Shooting Pavilion at the Spring and Autumn Ruins, the Yingchun Bridge in Gao Qiao in Ming Dynasty, the Dinghui Temple in the Millennium Temple, Li Jixian, Jianghuai Ling Wei, and Fan Gongyuan who commemorates the famous Fan Zhongyan in Song Dynasty. There are 29 bridges with different shapes on the inner and outer rivers, carrying many wonderful legends and stories.
Rugao's double moat is now partially filled with inner city river, and both rivers still exist, connecting many scenic spots in Rugao in series. The white stone guardrail on both sides of the Shuanghuan River winds like a dragon, with lush trees and blooming flowers along the line.
The unique landscape of "water around the city and water in the city" has become a unique scenic zone in the ancient city of Rugao. There are 29 bridges on the inner and outer urban rivers, including 16 bridges on the inner urban river and 13 bridges on the outer urban river, all of which are of different shapes. Some ancient bridges also have historical stories reflecting Rugao's humanistic customs or the characteristics of the ancient city, which can let tourists know Rugao's customs and long history and culture from one side.
Five, magic weapon temple
Fabao Temple, formerly known as Shengjiao Temple, is located in Baipu Town, Rugao City, about 27 kilometers away from Rugao City. It was built in the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty (AD 830) and was unfortunately destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in the original site in the first year of Song Dynasty to Zhengzheng (A.D. 1054) and listed as one of the eight-leaf forests in Weiyang. According to legend, when the foundation stone was laid, a white turtle was dug out of the ground and presented to the court. The emperor named it "Fabao Hall". Zheng Banqiao, a painter and painter in the Qing Dynasty and one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", is a monument to the temple, and the incense is flourishing. Ren Yuan, a Japanese monk in the Tang Dynasty, Yue Fei, a national hero in the Southern Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang, an anti-Yuan hero in the Southern Song Dynasty, Shen Qi, an imperial adviser to Zuodu in the Qing Dynasty, and Yuan Mei, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, all visited and sang magic weapons in the Zen Temple.
Fabao Temple has a unique architectural style, which is relatively rare in general temples. The architectural layout of the whole temple is like an elephant. There are elephant ears on both sides of Trunk Bay, and two large release ponds have been dug. Shrimp, turtle, turtle and fish are raised in the pond, and hundreds of colorful ornamental flowers such as peony, peony and rose are planted around the pond. In the center of the pond, there is a "zhaoxin pavilion", and pavilions are connected with the shore through a curved bridge, which is a good place for tourists and pilgrims to enjoy the summer. There is a Zhaozhou stone arch bridge to the east of Fangshengchi, which is the epitome of Guwan 'an Bridge in Baipu Town. Ten scenes and famous sentences of Putang are engraved on the bridge fence. Two pairs of stone lions of Wan 'an Bridge were placed at both ends of the bridge. The stone pillars are engraved with the words "May God always produce good people and people always do good things" to teach the world at all times.