Brief introduction of Changshu Fangta Park
Fangta, 1957, was listed as a provincial cultural relics protection unit, and was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 2006. In 2007, Fangta Site (Fangta Garden) was approved as a national 4A-level tourist attraction.
This square pagoda was originally named "Worship Pagoda", also known as Worship Pagoda. Although this square tower was built in the Song Dynasty, it still follows the shape of a pavilion made of brick and wood in the Tang Dynasty, with a height of 67 meters. Because of its nine-level square on all sides, it is well-proportioned and beautiful, so it is commonly called square tower. "Smell the wind chimes of the ancient pagoda and think about the ancient feelings", climb the tower and climb the stairs, and the ancient city has a panoramic view. Square pagoda, ancient well and ancient ginkgo in Song Dynasty are also called "three treasures in the garden".
The square tower stands out in the south of the Yangtze River and is a treasure in ancient buildings. After more than 800 years of vicissitudes, it is still magnificent and radiant, and it has become the symbol of the ancient city of Changshu, a national historical and cultural city.
In the fourth year of Jian Yan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 130), the eminent monks thought that Changshu City was high in the northwest and low in the southeast, which was called "low main position and high guest position" in geomantic omen, so a pagoda should be built in the southeast of the city to "raise the main position". At that time, the county magistrate adopted the monk's suggestion and began to build the tower. Six months after the tower was built, the monk who presided over the tower died, and this costly project was put on hold. It wasn't until after 140 that Shangfayuan started continuous construction. Changshu people are United, and finally achieved a grand view. Since then, the tower has been restored in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the tenth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1860), Xiaofu Temple, where the square pagoda was located, was destroyed by fire, but the pagoda was lucky.
Save. "Thousand-year-old landscapes, Wen Wei, Lushan and Fudi, steamed nine times, are famous in Wuzhou." Changshu people regard the surviving square tower as an auspicious sign. There is also a folk legend that Shiliyu Mountain (commonly known as Woniu Mountain), located in the northwest of Changshu ancient city, was changed from a magical cow, and the square tower is the pile that tied the cow.
There is a magnificent stone monument in the square at the entrance to the east gate of Fangta Garden. The forehead on the front is "reflecting the sea" and the back is "the legacy of sword and face". On both sides of the column, the book couplets inscribed by Mr. Qian Zhonglian, a famous scholar in Changshu, are engraved: The front title: "The tower was robbed by Tianshui Evonne, and the Jingneng Garden expanded its forest by 10,000 people"; On the back, the title is "Set floating pictures and natural objects to shine in a garden, and read the history of Zen for the fourth time from the Southern Song Dynasty to Schumann".
The east gate of Fangta Garden is a five-opening intermittent mountain gate with white walls and columns, which is dignified and clear. The "tail" shape of the roof is like a fish-shaped dragon, which is one of the characteristics of architecture in Song Dynasty. There is a plaque of "Fangta Garden" hanging on the gate, which is connected inside and outside: Outreach wrote a book for Wen Zhiming in the Ming Dynasty, "A century-old shape is better than blowing the sky, and a generation of articles are local"; Inline was written by Sun Yuanxiang, a Yi nationality in Qing Dynasty. "Qixi Xiang crosses the country, and the mountains fly into the city."
Enter the east gate, walk left along the corridor, and you can reach Zhichunxuan. A few plums were planted next to the porch to send a spring message. Walking along the "Chiba Gallery", along the way, bamboo forests are sparse and leaves are swaying, filtering out people's common concerns. Look at the southeast of the square tower at the moment. When the sky is full in Xia Zi, the rising sun of the Pagoda is gilded, magnificent and resplendent. At the end of the winding corridor, there is a square pavilion named "Wenyuan Pavilion" to commemorate the founder and successor of the square pagoda, Wen Yong and Fayuan. The pavilion is near the mound. The mountains are shaded by trees, the paths are elegant and birds are singing one after another. It is also a scene called "Nangang Songcui".
Turn right at the east gate and walk along the corridor to Lianchi. There are woodcuts of Changshu celebrities' anti-corruption warnings in the gallery. To "clear your heart with a spoon", you can watch the shadow of the tower in the water here. Millennium Pagoda, century-old trees, antique buildings with red columns and white walls, colorful bridges and flowing water, blue sky and white clouds, the pictures formed in this water are even more interesting.
There is an ancient ginkgo tree in the north of the pool. This ancient ginkgo tree is 20 meters high and its trunk is more than 2 meters thick at breast height. According to the column of Ancient and Famous Trees in Changshu City, the age of trees has exceeded 800 years. It is one of the "three treasures" left in this park in the Song Dynasty.
There is a hot spring hall in the west of Chixi, and there is an ancient well in front of it. The brick shape of the ancient well is the same as that of some tower foundations, which proves that this well belongs to the Song Dynasty. The upper well diameter is 0.52m and the well depth is 5.7m m. The well site is carved into an octagon with a huge blue stone, which is very unique.
To the northeast and north of Fangta Garden are "Clear Water and Qinchuan" Clean Government Culture Theme Park, Changshu Inscription Museum and Changshu Celebrity Hall.
The theme park of "Qingshui Qinchuan" clean government culture is one of the demonstration sites of clean government education in Changshu. The original buildings in the northeast of Fangta Park are mainly used for reconstruction, and the architectural style is basically consistent with the original shape of the park. It consists of four parts: Lianlang, Lianguan, Lianchi and Lianbei. It shows the life, epitaph pictures, honest deeds and honest aphorisms of honest people in our city.
Changshu Inscription Museum is a specialized museum that collects and displays inscriptions and rubbings of past dynasties. It was named Suzhou Patriotism Education Base in 2000 and renamed Changshu Patriotism Education Base in 2007. Covering an area of about 4,000 square meters, the museum was built in the model of Jiangnan classical gardens. The 500-meter-long stele gallery is divided into four exhibition areas: political economy, culture and art, religious folklore and biographies. More than 800 stone tablets of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties were displayed. There are also Changshu Hall of Fame, Chonglan Caotang, Jingxian Pavilion, Hanmo Pavilion, Tayingtan Pavilion and Qingyuan Pavilion.
Changshu Hall of Fame is the main hall of the official temple of Qing Dynasty outside Dadongmen in Yushan Town. It was moved here in 1993, with a construction area of about 280 square meters. The main exhibition content of Changshu Hall of Fame consists of three parts: First, the bronze statue sculpture exhibition area. Bronze statues of the ancestor of Changshu literature and history and the ancestor of Wu culture were exhibited respectively. The second is the graphic display area. This paper introduces the biographies of 136 famous people who died in Changshu, including famous revolutionary martyrs, academicians of the Second Academy of Contemporary Sciences and scholars and people who have made outstanding contributions in the field of social sciences. The third is the celebrity catalogue display area. * * * The list of 8 top scholars from Changshu, 483 top scholars from Tang Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty and 22 academicians from China Academy of Engineering is displayed, which fully shows the profound cultural background of Changshu, a famous historical and cultural city in China.
On the west side of Fangta Garden is the second phase development scenic spot of Fangta Garden. This scenic spot still follows the previous construction style of imitating the freehand brushwork landscape in Song Dynasty, and at the same time, it integrates the ecological concept and makes full use of plants for landscaping. It was completed and opened on National Day in 2002. There are drunken Weiting, Lingxiu Qingyuan, Clairvoyance, Yuexiu House, Wenhua Hall and other scenic spots. Zuiwei refers to Zhang Xu, a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty. During the Kaiyuan period, he served as Changshu Wei. He is good at cursive writing. Every time he drinks, he puts pen to paper and flies as if he had divine help, so he is called "Cao Sheng". Du Fu once described in the Song of Drinking Eight Immortals that "Zhang Xu's three cups of grass were handed down from generation to generation, taking off his hat and falling to the top of the maharaja like a cloud". When Zhang Xu was an official in Changshu, his address was Zuiwei Street, which was separated from Fangta Garden by a wall. The "West Wild Goose Lake" that he used to practice calligraphy and wash pens no longer exists. In order to commemorate this calligrapher, who plays an important role in the history of calligraphy in China, the Zuiweige was built, and it was named Zuiweichi. Now, watching fish in the drunken pond has become a popular attraction in Fangta Garden.