What is the historical story of Mudu ancient town in Jiangsu?

Mudu is located in the southwest of Suzhou, 0/2km away from the center of Suzhou/kloc-0, and its name is legendary. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, first presented a beautiful woman to Fu Cha, the king of Wu, with a "honey trap". Fu Cha, who has a soft spot for stone and has no politics, specially built Guanwa Palace on the top of the beautiful Lingyan Mountain and Gusutai on Zishi Mountain for her. Gou Jian paid a lot of high-quality wood as building materials to support Fu Cha to build palaces, thus consuming the national strength of Wu. Guanwa Palace and Gusutai "take three years to pick wood and five years to become useful". In the past three years, a steady stream of wood has filled the tributary of the river at the foot of the mountain, "the cork is in blasphemy." Later, this area was called Mudu. At the western end of Mudu ancient town, the entrance is the four-column and three-door archway. Strolling through Shantang Street, the main street of Mudu ancient town, you can see the anecdotes of celebrities in the town. On one side of Shantang Street is Xiangxi, a stream from Lingyan Mountain. After the completion of Guanwa Palace, Gong E bathed and washed her makeup by the stream, and powder water flowed into the stream to produce fragrance, hence the name. Just entering the ancient town, you can see a big house with a plaque inscribed "Yan Jia Garden" by Weng Tonghe, the teacher of Emperor Guangxu. In the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), the richest man in Mudu bought the former garden with a history of more than 100 years, renovated it and renamed it "Xianyuan". People usually call it "Yan Jia Garden". This is a luxury garden with houses facing south and buildings arranged along the central axis, with three houses facing south in the middle and gardens on three sides. There is a museum of Yan's family history in the garden, which introduces Yan's descendants. His grandson Yan Jiagan grew up here, and Mr. Yan's cousin is Yan Juanqi, the current vice chairman of the National People's Congress. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Yuan Xian Garden was bombed by the Japanese, and was completely rebuilt in 2000. In 2002, Mr. Yan's son Yan Juantai returned to his hometown for the first time for the New Year. After seeing it, he said with emotion, "It is my father's long-cherished wish and my mother's wish to rebuild Yan Jia Garden." Located 200 meters east of Yan Jia Garden, it is a famous garden in Suzhou suburb during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, Yin Hong Mountain Residence. Yin Hong Mountain House consists of Xiuye Garden in the east and Xiaoyin Garden in the west, with a foyer, a drawing room and a stage in the middle. The building is huge and spacious, with both the elegance of the literati gardens in the south of the Yangtze River and the atmosphere of the royal gardens in the north. Between the big opening and the big closing, it shows everyone's tolerance and charm. It is a model of the ingenious integration of different cultural styles of the North and South Gardens, which is different from the exquisite tradition of Suzhou Gardens. Because the door faces Xiangxi and the back faces Lingyan, "the beauty of the mountains is better than the beauty of the flowers and trees in the pool pavilion", when Emperor Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River for six times, he went to Suzhou every time and lived in Lingyan Mountain Palace. He often took a boat to the Royal Pier in front of Rainbow Mountain House, and then visited the park, the theatre, tea and poetry here. At that time, Liu Yong, Liu Yong, and his entourage stayed at the Hongyin Mountain House. Liu Yong, who is good at calligraphy, will also give it to his master and write a plaque on the Hongyin Mountain Gate, leaving a much-told story. Xu Shiyuan, the owner of Yin Hong Mountain House, is indifferent to fame and fortune. He only likes reading at home, and has never been an official for himself through his contacts with emperors and prime ministers. He has been Ding Bai all his life. He has a hobby of drinking, and he can drink a lot of wine, so-called "Yin Hong". In addition, there is a Hongqiao more than 200 meters east of the homestead. "People who drink rainbows are also Xiangxi under the bridge", hence the name Yin Hong Fang Shan. Xiu Ye Tang in Xiuye Garden is now the "Imperial edict Collection Hall" in Mudu, which contains 20 imperial edicts of all ten emperors in the Qing Dynasty, plus an imperial edict of Empress Dowager Cixi. Xiaoyin Garden is the former residence of Shen Shou, the "embroidery queen" in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Now there are many Suzhou embroidery masters in Mudu, and there are special embroidery workshops on Shantang Street. Xiangxi is very small, and the oblique bridge that finally flows into Xujiang is only 20 meters wide. From Wang Jiaqiao on the west side of Yan Jia Garden, there are Yong 'an Bridge, Jinling Bridge, Xishi Bridge, Hongqiao Bridge and Xieqiao Bridge from west to east. Feng Guifen's former residence is on the Xujiang River opposite the oblique bridge. Feng Guifen, Lin Zexu's favorite pupil, was a Mudu man. He was the second best in twenty years, so the townspeople called his home "the second best house". He advocated the adoption of western learning and the manufacture of foreign instruments, which initiated the Westernization School. There is a Shi Jia restaurant in Zhong Shi Street, which is famous for its lung soup. It was built in Qianlong period, formerly known as Xushun Building. 1929, General Li Genyuan, a veteran of the Kuomintang, renamed it Shi Jia Hotel. On the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, another KMT veteran, Mr. Yu Youren, a contemporary grass saint, went to Guangfu near Mudu to enjoy the moon and had dinner at Shi Jia Hotel on his way home. This shop specializes in plate lung soup. I didn't expect Yu Xiansheng to have a soft spot for this soup and was full of praise. He improvised the poem "Old Gui blooms all over the world, sees flowers all over Taihu Lake and returns to Mudu", which is still memorable. Thanks to Shi Jia _ lung soup ". Source: Mudu Ancient Town