Xitang tourism culture

1. Introduction to the scenic spot

The ancient town of xitang has a long history, rich human resources and beautiful natural scenery. It is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture, and it has preserved many ancient buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties, so it is called "a thousand-year-old living town". Xitang is one of the first historical and cultural towns in China and one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. It is also included in the world historical and cultural heritage reserve list, and it is the most attractive film and television base in China.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the ancient town of xitang was the intersection of wuyue and China, so it was called "Wu Gen's Crossing the Corner" and "Crossing the Corner Family". There are more than three in Xitang, namely, more bridges, more lanes and more corridors. Now there are 27 ancient bridges, the promenade is over 2000 meters, and there are five alleys over 100 meters. These faint long alleys seem to be a time tunnel, bringing people into distant memories.

2. Ticket price

Ticket information:

Adult ticket: 95 yuan.

Two tickets: 190 yuan.

Preferential treatment policy:

Children: height less than 1.2 meters (excluding), free of charge; Suitable for children from 1.2 meters (inclusive) to 1.5 meters (inclusive), with discount.

Old people: over 70 years old (inclusive) with old-age card or ID card, free of charge; It is suitable for the elderly aged 60 (inclusive) -69 (inclusive) to enter the park with their valid ID cards or old-age cards (for the elderly aged 70 or above, they can enter the park free of charge with their valid ID cards or old-age cards).

Students: It is suitable for full-time students in Chinese mainland (excluding students with graduate degree or above) who are over 1.2 meters in height, and enter the park with their valid student ID card at a discount.

Military personnel: officer's card (active service) and soldier's card (active service), free of charge.

Reporter: The press card issued by the Central Press Office is free of charge.

Supplementary note: the above information is for reference only, please refer to the disclosure of the scenic spot on the same day.

3. Traffic in scenic spots

1. How to get to the ancient town of xitang?

In order to facilitate tourists' travel, Shanghai Tourism Distribution Center (which runs every day) and Hangzhou Tourism Distribution Center (which runs on weekends) have set up Xitang tourist shuttle buses, and all major hotels in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu have opened Xitang tourist routes.

The ancient town of xitang self-driving route:

(1) Shanghai direction: get off at Jiashan Dayun exit of Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway-follow the signs of Xitang along Shanjiang Highway-get off the expressway and drive for about 15 minutes to reach the ancient town of xitang (the total journey takes about one and a half hours).

(2) Hangzhou direction: Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway Jiashan Dayun exit.

One-day tour in the ancient town of xitang includes the ancient town of xitang, Ancient Pharmacist Temple, Xitang Huaxiang, Dongyue Temple, Jiashan Taohua Island Eco-tourism Zone in northern Zhejiang and so on. The ancient town of xitang is located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Jiashan is located at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, two provinces and one city. It is within 100 kilometers from Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou, with convenient transportation, flat Xitang, dense rivers and very quiet natural environment.

I. Ni Zhai

Located in the south of Shaoxiang Port, the Ni family is a scholarly family in the town. There are five entrances before and after the Ni residence, with a veranda in front and a garden in the back. The main hall is called "Chengqingtang". Xitang town is rich in cultural heritage and clean government cultural resources. On this basis, we should make full use of these resources, combine the promotion of excellent clean government culture with the promotion of the party's fine clean government tradition, and build a clean government cultural education base. At present, the newly renovated "Ni Tianzeng ancestral home" and 10 units, including Ancestral Hall of Yu Qian, Ningbo Qingfeng Garden and Jiaxing Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall, have been named as the first batch of "Zhejiang Incorrupt Culture Education Bases", which has become a place for party member cadres to receive incorruptible political education and ordinary tourists to cultivate their sentiments.

Second, the temple

The temple was first built in the third year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1575), and it was visited by Pang Shangpeng. In the seventh year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Jingjue Temple. It was rebuilt twice in the thirteenth year of Kangxi and fifty years of Kangxi, and it was changed to Guandi, commonly known as Shengtang. Guan Yu, a warrior sage, is a teacher for generations with Confucius in Wen Sheng, and is called a temple. At the peak of the incense in the temple, many pilgrims could not squeeze into the hall, so they had to put candles on the street outside the hall to worship. In the Spring Festival, this street is even more lively when the temple fair is held, and the procession of incense burners has been lined up from the temple to the incense burning port. There will also be temporary food stalls on the street, and the main hall of the temple sells all kinds of pictures. There are proverbs among the local people: visit temple fairs, see pictures and eat and sell. Every year, on the fifth day of the first month, the businessmen in the town must go to the temple to burn incense and worship, and exchange the ingots made of pumpkin paste at home for the ingots of the temple, which means that the financial resources are rolling in a year.

Third, the Ming and Qing Woodcarving Museum

Located in the north of Shaoxiang Port. The museum displays more than 250 pieces of wood carvings of residential buildings in the south of the Yangtze River represented by Xitang since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including beam frames, beam pads, arches, sparrows, lattice windows, etc. The carving techniques are rich and colorful, and the patterns are elegant, neat, exquisite and beautiful, which shows the unique soft, delicate, fresh and gorgeous style of wood carvings in the south of the Yangtze River.