Send someone to visit Wu.
Author Du Xunhe, Tang Dynasty.
When you go to Suzhou, you will see that all the houses there are built by the river.
The houses in Suzhou city are connected together, and there is no open space; Even on the branch of the river, bridges are full of troubles.
The night market is full of water chestnuts, and the boats in the river are full of exquisite silk.
Recalling you far away, when the moon is not sleeping, hearing the songs on the river will touch your homesickness.
Translation:
When you go to Gusu, you will see that all the houses there are built by the river. The houses in Gusu city are all connected together, and there is no open space. Even on the tributaries of this river, there are small bridges. The night market is filled with the sound of selling lotus roots, and the boats in the river are full of exquisite silk fabrics. Thinking of you in the distance, when you are awake on a moonlit night, hearing fishing songs on the river will definitely touch your homesickness.
Appreciate;
These two sentences in Du Xunhe's Send People to Visit Wu in the Tang Dynasty are the most famous to describe the architectural features of Suzhou City in past dynasties. Suzhou was called Wu and Wuxian in ancient times, and it was the capital of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Although the overall layout of the city has experienced thousands of vicissitudes, it has never changed. However, due to the economic prosperity from generation to generation, the number of residential houses is increasing from generation to generation, and the land in the inner towns and cities is getting less and less, so there is a saying that there is less idle land in the ancient palace.
The narrative is appropriate. But there are objective reasons for "less idle land". Suzhou is a veritable water city, criss-crossing inland river water network, which more clearly reflects the many water ports and bridges and less idle land, highlighting the characteristics of "small bridges and flowing people".