You must visit Jinxi Ancient Town when you come to Suzhou | Experience the purest Jiangnan misty rain!!!
| Experience the purest Jiangnan misty rain!!!. Jinxi Ancient Town is a Jiangnan water town with a history of more than two thousand years, known as the 'hometown of Chinese folk museums', preserving many cultural landscapes, historical sites and countless buildings with unique Ming and Qing characteristics. Famous attractions include Tongshen Yuyuan, Chenfei Shuizhong, Lianchi Zen Temple, etc.
Tickets: Free (no tickets required, some attractions charge)
Parking: Navigate to , no parking fee is required, but the space is limited, you need to grab it, there are other parking lots across the street, keep driving forward, there will always be a place
Riding a rowing boat: 150 yuan/boat, can accommodate 6 people, an average of 25r/person, there will be a boat lady singing for you, the experience is very good
Transportation: 0.5h high-speed rail journey from Shanghai, a few minutes from Suzhou high-speed rail station, about 1h by car. You can take bus 133 or 130 directly.
Highlights
1 Gallery Bridge Ancient Style: In the ancient town of Jinxi, which is less than 1 square kilometer, there are 26 ancient bridges, most of which are Ming and Qing buildings and are well preserved, forming a unique Jiangnan water town 'bridge culture', the most characteristic I think is the ancient lotus bridge, the ancient lotus pond full of lotus leaves even more sets off its delicate beauty, like a paper cut, can be considered the landmark of Jinxi Ancient Town
2 Water Town: Compared with other famous Jiangnan water towns, Jinxi still maintains a simple folk style. There is no overdeveloped commercial atmosphere here, no shops covering the sky, and no crowds. On the contrary, you can see the original flavor of Jiangnan water town everywhere
3 Hometown of Folk Museums: Jinxi is a famous historical and cultural ancient town in Jiangnan, with a rich and profound historical context, ancient brick and tile museum, Ma Ruote mud Zen workshop
4 Beautiful Scenery: Most of the existing houses in Jinxi Ancient Town were built during the Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods, with typical Jiangnan architectural style. When strolling around the ancient town, you might as well quietly appreciate the local characteristic architecture. Listen to the small bridge running water, look at the green bricks and white tiles, there is a different flavor
A boat can take 6 people. It is recommended to change the ticket and say 6 people directly. Otherwise, the ticket will write the number of people on the boat. The consumption in the ancient town is not high. The taste of the noodles is good. There is also a group purchase. The temple is free to open to the outside. The Buddha statue is very good. The snacks of childhood are full of memories. The scenery is great. It is worth coming again next time.
Jinxi Ancient Town, a 2,500-year-old ancient town, there is not much commercialization, simple villagers, leisurely and slow life, full of fireworks, people feel that they have come to the paradise of the world, and they are all small bridges and flowing water. People forget the fast pace of the busy and irritable city. Experience slow life, enjoy the fireworks of the world...
There was a mysterious ancient town filled with mist. In 2013, there was relatively little human interference, and many of them still had an antique flavor. I recommended it to friends who work there to take a walk. The promenade bridge is the most distinctive, and the boatman rowed through the lotus leaves. Not too many people.
Jinxi Ancient Town is in Kunshan City. It takes 46 minutes from Kunshan South Railway Station to take No. 133 and No. 46. No tickets are required. Shen Congwen Yu Jinxi is "a girl in a dream"; Feng Yingzi said that Jinxi "is always suitable for light makeup; the late master Liu Haisu praised Jinxi as the "most in the south of the Yangtze River" Jinxi - the last real water town in Jiangnan, the ancient town of Jinxi, is located in Kunshan. It is close to Shanghai and Zhouzhuang. It has a history of more than 2,500 years, It is known as "36 bridges, 72 kilns".
Jinxi Ancient Town, a promenade, a lotus flower, there is a parking lot at the entrance of the town, a typical Jiangnan water town, walk along the ancient street river, there are many small restaurants by the river, the price is fair, if you go to the town outside to eat, there are many places to eat.
You can't scan the code directly, it's a bit troublesome to go to the visitor center to change paper tickets. The boat lady will sing a song for free, and then you will pay for it. The boat lady sang four or five songs. We gave 40 yuan. Everyone is happy during the New Year.