From New Year's Day to the fifth day, people in Tongli will rush to Luohan, the fulcrum of Nanguan in the southwest of the ancient town, to pray for peace in the four seasons. In the evening, several natural villages in the suburbs will unite to hold an evening party, with performances such as string lanterns, flower baskets and lion dances. From the Lantern Festival to the beginning of March in the lunar calendar, Chuntai operas in Tongli area are all over the town. Chuntai opera, also known as drama, is Beijing opera.
March 28th Zhu Tianhui
Zhutianhui is a non-governmental organization spontaneously established to commemorate Zhu Youjian, the last emperor of Ming Dynasty. It was also a religious anti-Qing organization initiated by some old people and young people after the demise of the Ming Dynasty. In Tongli, most of them are old women, and the folks call them "the old women who rolled on March 28". The main activity is "sitting on a stool and being a vegetarian". It is said that eating vegetarian food can make you healthy, which is understandable.
April 14 Fairy Club
Fairy gathering is a kind of activity with a wide geographical area. But Tongli has its own characteristics. There are stilts, river boats, clam shell essence and so on. In the celestial world, there are also few teams. Finally, a group of good men and women wore sinful skirts to show their atonement.
Dragon boat race on Dragon Boat Festival in May
Tongli has a vast water surface, and this activity is the most lively. The so-called dragon boat is to tie some simple colors with colored silk on both sides of the peasant wooden boat, and at the same time insert some small flags and flowers made of colored paper, and hang a big colored ball on the left and right sides of the bow. When getting out of the boat, shake two oars and jump abroad, that is, add a long springboard below the middle of the oars. The springboard requires that the left and right sides of the boat be one meter long and fixed, and then people will stand on the unfolded springboard and paddle together. It is said that the speed of the ship at this time is very fast, so people in the same trade also call it a clipper. During the competition, in addition to the drum team cheering in the bow cabin, the old people, children and women will all go ashore to watch, and the young and middle-aged will stay on board. After passing such a light barrel, the speed of the ship was inadvertently accelerated.
June 23rd sluice hose
Zhashuilong is a major feature of Tongli, an ancient town. On June 23rd of the lunar calendar, people from surrounding villages will come to see Zhashuilong, which is actually an annual fire fighting competition. The venue of the competition starts from the Great Temple and goes all the way to the ferry bridge. The farther west it goes, the wider it becomes. The westernmost fire dragon is a fire truck powered by the automobile engine of Mi Union, which is powerful and has a long range. Most of them are human beings, and the range is generally not far. However, people with faucets sometimes deliberately put the faucets in the air and throw dripping water at people without umbrellas.
July 30th, burning incense water lamp.
The 30th day of the seventh lunar month is the birthday of the Tibetan Bodhisattva. At dusk, every household should light candles and incense at the door or in the yard. They can be planted on the ground one by one, commonly known as "Dojo". After that, water discharge lamps were started, which were only found in Tongli in Wujiang area. Water lamp, a round bottom lamp is made of kraft paper, and the sun-dried duck feet made of mud in the middle are triangular claw-shaped, with a small hole on them, where you can put the lamp, and then add vegetable oil to the lamp. When the light is turned on, the monk puts Buddhist music on the boat in front, and the lanterns in the oil paper lamp are specially lit on the boat behind, and then slowly put on the water. In this way, while playing music and installing water lights, the river in Tongli Town was rectified in less than an hour.
Bronze drum on the seventh day of August
In fact, the bronze drum on the eighth day of August is Girls' Day. Newly-married women in rural areas can go back to their parents' home and reunite with their siblings in these two days, because after these two days, the countryside will be busy with the autumn harvest and can't visit relatives and friends any more. These two days, Tongli town will also be lively. Small traders in nearby market towns will gather in Beiguan and Xinzhen Street to engage in some foreign films, sell fists, put clay figurines, circus and so on. Many people are crowded and the location is fierce.
Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.
Mid-Autumn Festival colleagues pay attention to it, and every household should eat moon cakes. The barrel is made of thread incense and packed in the barrel, which has tower-shaped column incense and several layers. Japanese candle shops specialize in offering incense sticks for customers to choose from. Generally speaking, the supply of buckets begins at dusk. In addition to moon cakes, other fruits of various colors, such as water chestnut, lotus root and orange, should be prepared for barrel supply. At midnight, the incense barrel was moved to the venue for incineration. At this time, the family began to eat moon cakes and enjoy the moon. Garden ancient buildings
The retreat garden, with an area of ten acres and eight cents, is small and exquisite. Featuring residential buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, it integrates residence and gardens. Such as tuisi Garden, Chongben Hall and Jiayin Hall. Nanyuan Teahouse is a major architectural feature of Tongli, and it also uses local tiger stoves to boil water.
The retreat garden was built in the 11th to 13th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1885- 1887). Lan sheng, director of the park. Long Yuan, the designer of the retreat garden, is proficient in poetry and calligraphy. He built the park in two years according to the characteristics of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and local conditions.
Jiayintang, located in Youjia Lane, Zhu Xing Street, was built in the early years of the Republic of China with four entrances and beautifully carved doors and windows. The owner, Liu Bingnan, a native of Beishe, set up an oil mill before LULU, then moved to Tongli to build a mansion and spent 22,000 silver. Chongben Hall is located in the north of cheung tsing bridge, Guanfu Street, facing the water. It faces Jiayintang across the river in the east and is connected with cheung tsing bridge in the west. The neat stone revetment guards this antique mansion.
Located between Guanfu Bridge and Yong 'an Bridge in the north of Tongli Town, the Chenjia archway of Pearl Tower was awarded by the court in recognition of Chen Wangdao's integrity and achievements after his death in the eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1580). The arch is as big as three walls and stands on the ground with four square pillars with a diameter of feet. Above the archway, there is a nanmu structure, and the cornices on the square are upturned. The middle forehead is engraved with the words "Qing Fu Imperial Court", and the lower forehead is engraved with the words: "Daming Wanli is Nanjing Road Supervisor, Chenwang Road Lane". Many wooden frames are carved with all kinds of lifelike birds and animals. Behind the archway is Chen Wangdao's former residence, which contains the Chen Family Temple, Fu and Chen Cuie Bookstore.
Ancient bridge
There are three ancient bridges in Tongli Town: Taiping Bridge (19 13), Li Ji Bridge (1987 reconstruction) and cheung tsing bridge (1470 construction, 1704 reconstruction); Siben Bridge (1253), Guanfu Bridge (1353), Pu 'an Bridge (1369),
Tailai Bridge (1746), Zhongyuan Bridge (1755), Wujin Bridge (181year), Yongshou Bridge (1879 reconstruction), Daxing Bridge (.
Siben Bridge is the oldest bridge in the ancient town, which was built in the Southern Song Dynasty and crosses the bridge port.
Pu 'an Bridge, also known as Xiaoxiong Bridge, was built in Zheng Deyuan of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1506). On the stone wall on the west side, there is a pair of couplets, the upper part of which is "a moonlight with rules and shadows" and the lower part is "a song of books on both sides of the Taiwan Strait".
Shannon
Between the streets, there are many alleys, such as Youjia Lane, Chuanxin Lane, Tongtai Lane, West Lane and Cangjian Lane. These alleys are thin and long, like fish walking on the street, more than 300 meters long, and pedestrians will make a banging sound when they step on their feet.
street
The streets in Tongli are very old. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the southeast of the ancient town was a residential area. Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the streets in Tongli have been in use, such as Dai Nan, Dai Dong, Dai Xi, Zhu Xingdai, Lu Jiadai and Dao Shidai.
The length of Ming and Qing streets in the town160m. The old street retains the original stone pavement, and most of the buildings on both sides of the street were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, maintaining the original architectural style. There are eight main streets in Tongli Town, namely Zhu Xing Street, Guanfu Street, Xinzhan Street, Shangyuan Street, Sanyuan Street, Dongxi Street, Yuxing Street and Nanxin Street.
teahouse
Nanyuan Teahouse was founded in the late Qing Dynasty. It is located in Tongli, an ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River, at the southernmost tip of the town. It is called "the first teahouse in the south of the Yangtze River" and faces Chen Qubing's former residence across the river. The teahouse was originally named "Fuan Teahouse" and was built in the early Qing Dynasty. It has four facades, all of which are traditional brick and wood structures. The facade is decorated with wood carvings in Qing dynasty style, with two floors and a total area of about 400 square meters. Teahouses can taste various grades of black tea, green tea and scented tea, and also provide various refreshments such as smoked green beans and dried radish. Downstairs, the noodle shop has a counting room and a "tiger stove" soaked in water; There is also a "Quyuan class" upstairs, where tea drinkers can listen to some tunes such as Jiangnan silk and bamboo, whirling, pingtan, opera and minor.
Civilian residence
Most of the houses in Tongli Town were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, full of the charm of the ancient culture of Jiangnan water town. Most of the buildings in Tongli are built near the water. Because there are five lakes around the outside, including the town in the middle, almost all the old people in the town choose water to live in. In order to facilitate washing, every family in the town has built stone steps as water bridges by the water, which is simple and practical. Some people also built a small attic, extending to the noodles, and specially prepared a sling to take water at any time. In the forties and fifties, there were streets and sheds in many places in Tongli Town.
Brick carving is a major landscape of Tongli dwellings, which is generally divided into two categories: painting and calligraphy, and its techniques can be divided into relief, deep carving, general carving and pile carving. Most of the existing brick carvings are in the gatehouses, zhaobi and roofs of old houses and gardens, especially a large number of brick carvings. Among them, the five cranes gate house in Zhu Zhai is the most exquisite, with five male cranes hovering, which is a masterpiece of brick carving art in the south of the Yangtze River. The most popular wood carvings are "Chongben Hall" and "Jiayin Hall".
former residence of chen qubing
On April 18, 2002, Chen Qubing's former residence in Tongli, an ancient town, was officially opened to the public, welcoming friends from all corners of the country. Chen Qubing's former residence is located in Sanyuan Street, an ancient town. On the forehead of the lintel of the former residence is the inscription "Filial Piety for the Old Businessmen" by Nan Zhou, former director of Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong and then honorary president of China Nanshe. The main buildings of the former residence are Bai Chi Building, Jasper Pavilion, Family Temple and Study Room, Hauge Hall, etc.