Tongli

Tongli, is once called as " the rich soil " ,Because Tang Chu because its is too wasteful, changes into it " in the copper " ,Dai Song, have scholar the old name " rich soil " Two word fold, get on some, China transects, divines by means of characters as " Tongli " ,Use till today.
Tongli lie in Zhouzhuang the west 10 place, have only 18 too from Suzhou city, ring water on four sides outside the ancient town, inlay in Tongli, 4.5 kilometers, pool of the leaf, south star, Pang Shan five lakes. The building sets up in accordance with water, there is " small eastern Venice " It claims.
The main characteristic in Tongli is: There are many water, bridge, there were many buildings, celebrities had many refined scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with " small bridge, flowing water, household " Remarkable, the main beauty spot can be summarized as " a garden " , " two " , " three bridges " . There are many local-style dwelling houses of the ancient town of Tongli, although does not build along the river as all of Zhouzhuang, give somebody a space sense. Widen in the river here, paved with blue and green slabstone.
The most famous one is in Tongli " A garden, two, three bridges " ,All antique model. A garden is to retreat and think of the garden in the famous garden of the South, this garden of exquisite arrangements in the area not big, make the small garden give somebody one kind to move one's steps and change the changeable feeling of scene. Two mean high this one, Jiayin hall. Three bridges mean the peaceful bridge, lucky bridge and celebrate the bridge long.
Tongli is in five lakes encircle, the street lane is winding in the town, vertically and horizontally, therefore has just left numerous building the ancient bridge to all times in the river. In the ancient town, the oldest bridge is thinking in this bridge. It builds in the Southern Song Dynasty, that was more than 700 years ago, though attacked by the trials and hardship, still steadfastly stand one's ground so far, cross over on the clear and bright and beautiful river harbour of Sichuan. The name of the bridge is " originally thought of" ,Fetch " the country is based on the people, food is god for the people " Its meaning.
In Tongli, the minimum bridge should be located the unrivalled bridge on the green lotus pond of mountain villa of the ring. This bridge bridge floor the total length last 1.67 meters,every one onlies wide, meet need lean to one side two people but, single hole arch, pretty and cleverly-made, rated as an unsurpassed one. And can reflect the diligent and eager to learn knowledge bridge of the people of Tongli most, is no more than the bridge of Puan, also called the small east small stream bridge.
First build on bright straight the first year of an era such as Germany ' 1506 years) ,On its cliff in the west, is carving a pair of very noticeable antithetical couplets, the first line of a couplet is that " a deep moonlight includes the rule shadow " ,The second line of a couplet is " The book sound of two sides receives the roll song " . The ancient bridge most rich in mythical color is the rich view bridge. At Longmen stone of bridge this, have one remarkably true to life " peach blossom fish dragon in the wave " Stone carving.
The coal bridge is located in the northwest suburb in the town, is from Suzhou of those years to only road of Tongli, it is the important entry to the ancient town too. The common people in the ancient town of that year are in order to meet the peaceful army, build this bridge overnight. In the center of bridge floor has carved one specially on the square stone " Report success at once " Pursue, in order to wish the peaceful army to win the first battle, gain an immediate victory.
It is above-mentioned that the ancient town is the most famous " Three bridges " ,Three bridges lie in centre of the town, present posture of standing like the legs of a tripod and stand still for a long while in the intersection of three brooks, the green water reflects the ancient bridge, green tree hides the shadow of spoiling, is very a block of pleasant scenery, " walk in three bridges " It is the old folklore of Tongli.
Tongli attract visitor besides model different various ancient bridge, have of all kinds river bridge let, come ancient people of town broaden horizon. The so-called river bridge, the northerner calls that water quay, the southerner calls its river pier, river bridgehead. Tongli is the land of rivers and lakes, there are always 5 -km-long and many rivers of town district, it is the land of rivers and lakes where the typical every family faces water, open boat of every family