The history of fenghuang town can be traced back to the Majiabang cultural period 6000 years ago. The ancestors who lived here created splendid ancient culture. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the late Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it belonged to Wu Jun, then called Heyang. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Heyang Town was destroyed by Japanese invaders, and then moved to Grange. Since the sixth year of Liang Datong, it has been under the jurisdiction of Changshu County, and it was transferred to Shazhou County in 1962 (Shazhou County was abolished in 1986 and Zhangjiagang City was established). In 2003, the original ports, Fenghuang and Xizhang were merged into the new fenghuang town. It has successively won the honorary titles of "Hometown of Wu Ge in China", "Hometown of Folk Culture and Art in China" and "Famous Historical and Cultural Town in China". In August, 20 1 1, Fenghuang Mountain Scenic Area was successfully established as a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, and in February, 20 12, it was successfully established as a go on road trip base in Jiangsu Province.
Phoenix has enjoyed its peak writing style since ancient times, and talented people have come forth in large numbers. From the Tang Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, a total of 36 people were awarded the title of Jinshi, known as the hometown of Jinshi. Qilu, the first scholar in Suzhou, Sun Chengen, the scholar in Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, Wang Yi and Wang Yingquan, the first scholar in Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, Jiang Tingxi and Jiang Pu, the prime ministers of father and son, and Yang Yisun, a famous calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, all formed a splendid humanistic landscape. Shi Naian, a novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, once lived in Yongqing Temple and wrote the immortal masterpiece Water Margin in Wenchang Pavilion.
Phoenix Mountain Scenic Area includes Tianzhuang Ancient Town, Yongqing Temple, Heyangshan KTV, Hongdu Garden, 10,000 mu Taoyuan, golden phoenix Hot Spring Resort and Phoenix Lake Ecological Park.
1. Tianzhuang ancient town has a long ancient rhyme. Tianzhuang Ancient Town has complete historical buildings and blocks, with a core protection area of 4.62 hectares. It was founded by the Qian family in xipu in the Ming Dynasty to collect land rent, and reached its peak in the years of Qingganlong and Jiaqing. The existing Yangjiazhai (the second place, Yangjiaxiao House and Yangjianan House), Jiangshi House and Inscription Hall are precious heritages left by historical celebrities. The second place was built by Dai Yang during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Dai Yang was a very famous dutiful son in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, and his great-grandson Yang Sisun got the second place in the exam. Therefore, it is called the second place. It is a typical official residence in Qing Dynasty, with a building area of 1948 square meters. * * * There are five brick and wood structures, stone drum piers and brick carvings in the house. In May 20 13, Yang Mansion was rated as a national cultural relics protection unit. There is also an ancient street in Guzhen District of Tianzhuang, which is 280 meters long and has 48 1 bench stone. The monument museum here is magnificent, with 65,438+000 pieces of various inscriptions and stone components collected and exhibited. Some precious stone inscriptions mainly record the historical position, social influence and merits of local officials and celebrities. The original calligraphy works of Liang, Yang and Jiang, the great calligraphers in the late Qing Dynasty, are displayed in the Monument Garden, which is precious and is a cultural hard business card for understanding local historical and humanistic knowledge. On the ancient streets, the alleys are antique, and the buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, ancient wells and ancient ginkgo tell the vicissitudes of time. It is quiet and comfortable, quiet and pleasant, and it is also a unique scenery.
This thousand-year-old temple is famous far and near. The first feature of Yongqing Temple is "antiquity": it was built by Liang Wudi people in the Southern Dynasties and has a history of 1500 years. It is one of the "480 temples in the Southern Dynasties". It was once as famous as Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou and Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang. Over the past 1000 years, it has experienced many ups and downs and been repaired many times. According to records, the most famous scenic spots in Yongqing Temple are the "Three Wonders", namely the Millennium Cooper, the Body Bodhisattva and the Natural Shijing. Up to now, there are still natural stone wells in the temple. In the 12th year of Tang Tianbao, Jian Zhen, a monk, sailed to Japan for the sixth time after five unsuccessful voyages to the East. Before his trip, he entered Yongqing Temple, boarded a boat from ancient huang temple and arrived in Japan smoothly. Since the reconstruction of 1992, the incense of Yongqing Temple has been increasing day by day. Yongqing Temple is a "miracle": from June, 5438 to June, 20021October, a small ganoderma lucidum miraculously grew on the right arm of the statue of Amitabha, which is still well preserved. This spectacle has amazed countless tourists and pilgrims. Moreover, there is a magical and wonderful Buddha light phenomenon in Yongqing Temple. Yongqing Temple is elegant: Yongqing Temple and Ursa Mahayana Hall were written by Zhao Puchu, a famous poet and calligrapher, the late former vice chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the former president of the Chinese Buddhist Association. The word "Buddha" in the stone carving was inscribed by the famous calligrapher Mr. Wu Zhongqi. Extremely cool was written by Master Hongyi, a monk in modern times; Solemn Law was written by the famous calligrapher Qi Gong; Guifu was written by Mr. Shen Peng, the current chairman of China Calligraphers Association. Many literati in history have left poems praising Yongqing Temple. According to legend, Shi Naian once lived in Wenchang Pavilion in seclusion and wrote the 28th to 32nd chapters of Water Margin. In 1930s, people from the Order of the Phoenix saw Shi Naian's tomb with clothes on it, and people still went to Phoenix Mountain to explore the remains of Shi Naian. The Buddhist Square in Yongqing Temple is full of Buddhist culture. The four great bodhisattvas in China's four Buddhist resorts and the three-sided Guanyin in Sanya, Hainan, are all vividly shaped. Jiu Feng Bi and Kangxi's handwriting is "the best in the world". Quotations from Buddhist celebrities, the abbot of Damo Gushan, Taiwan Province Province, about life 108, which is very enlightening.
Heyang folk songs are handed down from ancient times. Heyang folk songs are original songs created by working people in Heyang area for thousands of years, with a history of 6,000 years. They were praised by Zhou, the former chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, as "the voice of the people, the complex of the nation, the treasure of the country and the miracle of the world". According to experts' research, his masterpiece Song of Bamboo has a history of more than 6,000 years, and is known as "the living fossil of ancient music in China". 1996 Heyang folk songs were broadcast on Scola TV network and Chinese TV station in new york, USA. 1997, CCTV, People's Daily, Hong Kong Ming Pao and Korean Chinese Publishing House all introduced Heyang folk songs in detail. In 2006, Heyang folk songs, as an important part of Wu Ge, were listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Fenghuang town is also named as "the hometown of Wu Ge in China" and "the hometown of folk culture (folk songs) and art in China". Heyang folk songs have been broadcast in seven sets of central township conventions, four sets of central distant homes and seven sets of central homeland, which has fully appreciated the infinite charm of Heyang folk songs. There are many kinds of folk songs in Heyang, which are divided into short stories, medium-length stories and long stories according to their length. The long folk song "Zhao Resurrection" has 6476 lines and is known as the "Dream of Red Mansions" in folk songs. 20/KLOC-In May of March, Zhong Yiyuan, a tin drama adapted from Zhao's Resurrection, won the 26th China Opera Plum Blossom Award. In order to protect and inherit the intangible cultural heritage of Heyang folk songs, fenghuang town invested in the construction of Heyang Folk Songs Museum, covering an area of 20 mu with a construction area of 3803.5 _. The pavilions and pavilions in the museum are simple and exquisite, and the bridges are quiet and elegant, which can be compared with Suzhou gardens. There are Heyang Folk Song Exhibition Hall, Historical Relics Exhibition Hall, Historical Celebrity Hall, Folk Customs Corridor, Academic Research Center, Folk Song Training School, Folk Song Performing Arts Hall, Characteristic Exhibition Hall, Phoenix Pavilion and other functional places 10. It is a comprehensive cultural exhibition hall with the functions of performing arts, academic research and cultural exchange.
4. Millennium red beans are in full bloom. "When those red berries come in spring, they flush on your southern branches. For me, take a hug home as a symbol of our love. " Since the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei wrote the poem Red Bean, red bean has always been regarded as a symbol of love and loyalty. There is an old red bean tree in fenghuang town. This red bean tree is 6 meters high and its circumference is 1.4 1 meter. According to legend, Xiao Tong, a famous writer in Nanliang, went to Phoenix to edit Selected Works of Zhaoming and met a beautiful nun. They fell in love at first sight, but they were finally separated because of the disparity in identity. So they planted red beans themselves to show their loyalty. This tree has a history of 1500 years. After many vicissitudes, it was transplanted to the current red bean garden by Xu Ke, a counselor of the Ming Dynasty. This old tree has withered and sprouted. Acacia red beans are heart-shaped, deep red in color, timeless and hard in texture, and have always been treasured by people. Red bean trees don't blossom and bear fruit every year, and if they bloom, they only have one or two directions. After the founding of New China, * * * bloomed five times, the first time was 1949, then it bloomed once in the 1960s and 1980s, the fourth time in 2000, and the fifth time was 20 12. Red beans are affectionate and bloom again.
5. Modern Taoyuan has beautiful scenery. Phoenix has loose soil and excellent environment, which is very suitable for peach growth. Peach has been planted in Phoenix for nearly a hundred years. In 2009, the planting area has exceeded 1 10,000 mu, and fresh peaches will be listed in May and June. After years of careful cultivation and improvement, it has formed excellent quality of thin skin, juicy, sweet taste, big fruit and good shape. In 2007, Phoenix Peach was named the first peach in Suzhou. In 2008, many varieties won the gold medal of high quality peach in Jiangsu Province. In 2009, "Zaofengwang" peach won the gold medal of "the first national peach and fruit appraisal activity"; 20 10 phoenix peach obtained the national geographical indication certification trademark. The excellent quality of Fenghuang peach has won the love of the masses. Whenever peaches are in full bloom and mature, many tourists will come to Taoyuan to pick them, experience the farmers' fun and taste the delicious "the first peach in Suzhou". Fenghuang town began to hold the Peach Blossom Festival in 2006, and it has been held for eight consecutive times. By holding the Peach Blossom Festival and relying on cultural brands, the popularity and reputation of Phoenix Peach and Phoenix are rising.
6. Phoenix Liquan is happy and comfortable. The health hot spring "Sunan No.1" originated from the underground 1206 meters deep and contains many minerals, among which "fluorine" and "radium" are the main components, and both of them are rare minerals. "Sunan No.1", also known as "the fountain of youth", has obvious curative effect on many chronic diseases. Golden phoenix Hot Spring Resort was built by Taiwan Province Jinbi Group with an investment of 400 million yuan in 2006 and officially opened to the public on March 20 10. The resort adopts the design concept of China Gu Chan as a whole, with exquisite landscape as the main layout focus. It has high-standard business rooms, hot spring soup houses, holiday villas, gourmet houses, shopping places and so on, and won the "Best International Leisure Resort Hotel in 2009". At present, the hot spring resort has 44 indoor soup rooms, 56 outdoor Tang Chi rooms and 99 four-star hotels with standard rooms. Here you can listen to melodious music, close your eyes in steaming hot springs and enjoy the best supporting services provided by the resort. All the tiredness and troubles will disappear immediately, and all the earthly noise will leave you. This is a real leisure paradise for modern people.
7. The ancient charm of Fenghuangshan Lake is today's wind. Fenghuang Lake Ecological Park is located in the national AAAA scenic spot of Fenghuang Mountain, fenghuang town, Zhangjiagang City, in the center of fenghuang town. It is an important part of Phoenix New Town, covering an area of 600 mu, including 300 mu of lake surface. According to records, there used to be Ji Fang Wine Pool, Shi Naian Tea House, Xiao Kui's former residence and Xiao Ying Palace in the Southern Song Dynasty, with profound historical and cultural connotations. The construction of the lake area is guided by culture, with the concept of ecology, and integrates historical and cultural heritage, natural resources integration and beautiful ecological construction, forming humanistic landscapes such as Taoran landscape, Di Feng stroll and wild wetlands. Lakes and mountains have built a beautiful picture of the phoenix in the south of the Yangtze River. Across the lake from Phoenix Lake is Phoenix Mountain, where the "eight views inside and outside" compete for beauty: the eight views inside are Santan, Sijing, Guyi, Kongyang, Xiufeng, Liquan, Prime Minister's Tomb and Champion Terrace; The eight scenic spots outside are the book sound under the lake, Ji Fang restaurant, fishing songs in the harbor, pastoral songs in Chai Tian, singing pigeons on the shore of mulberry, fishing in the lotus pond, settling the pines and floating in the elegant house, with a long history and culture. Lakes and mountains, beautiful scenery, the victory of nature and the beauty of artificial integration.
In recent years, in accordance with the overall requirements of "a big cultural town, an important economic town and a famous tourist town", around the overall goal of creating a "vibrant phoenix, a mighty phoenix and a charming phoenix", combined with the changes of the four seasons, the tourism resources have been further integrated to create a "Four Seasons River and Yang" tourism brand featuring "enjoying ten thousand mu of peach blossoms in spring, picking peaches in summer, visiting ancient temples in autumn and enjoying happy hot springs in winter".
Since 2006, China Heyang Folk Song Art Festival has been held in fenghuang town in March every year? During the Phoenix Peach Blossom Festival, tourists from all over the country gathered in Phoenix to enjoy peach blossoms, listen to folk songs and taste delicious food, which greatly improved the popularity of Phoenix Mountain Scenic Area. After years of painstaking efforts, China Heyang Folk Song Art Festival and Phoenix Peach Blossom Festival have become the most prestigious cultural tourism festivals in Zhangjiagang, and have a certain influence in the Yangtze River Delta region. 20 13 was jointly sponsored by Jiangsu Provincial Tourism Bureau and Xinhua Newspaper Media Group, and was exclusively hosted by China Jiangsu Net. fenghuang town was awarded the title of "Jiangsu Peach Blossom Scenic Spot".
On this basis, around the tourism brand of "Four Seasons River Happy Phoenix", combined with the seasonal season, the first selection activity of "Peach Baby" Phoenix tourism spokesperson, "The Most Beautiful Phoenix, Meeting Children's Supporters on New Year's Day", "Peach Blossom Festival Leisure Road Trip and the First Mountain Bike Invitational Tournament", "Bonfire Party", "Spring to Peach Blossom Garden" and "Ten Thousand People Tour" were successfully held. Successfully held two sessions of Zhangjiagang Phoenix Peach Picking Culture Festival and "Thousand People Driving Phoenix Peach Carnival Night" and other activities; Carry out Mid-Autumn Festival poetry, Heyang Lantern Festival, Phoenix Folk Culture Festival, Zhangjiagang Hot Spring Food "Eating Phoenix" Cooking Competition and other activities; A variety of interactive activities such as "Tianzhuang Ancient Street Folklore Week" and "Spring Festival" were held, which achieved good results, the visibility of the scenic spot was greatly improved, and the tourism image and brand of Phoenix continued to rise.
Jiangnan Peach Blossom Garden is elegant. Enjoy peach blossoms, listen to folk songs, visit ancient streets, visit ancient temples, taste peaches and soak in hot springs. Phoenix tour is an ecological tour, a leisure tour, a cultural tour and a special tour!