Suzhou Old Man of Shengze

Shengze the town and the silk about

for small bridges of small alleys and old houses and the like have a preference, always stubbornly believe that the history of a place hidden in an old alley in the old house, a place of life that really is only in this is the most natural place most real. So, every place, as long as know this place has such a scene, always going to look at, in Wujiang of Shengze, a reputation out of the silk town, I naturally would not miss out on this landscape.

Shengze town to see the rain

afternoon to Shengze about it that is called "Dandelion\rain Shengze town.

have always said, the most charming town in the rain, not that I am skeptical before Shengze, Shengze walked in heavy rain the river, bridges, old houses and small alleys, I believe that.

Shengze is Suzhou Wujiang and even the name of the town, right from the beginning of the Ming and Qing "sunrise million silk, clothing, and the world" nickname, silk processing industry has been very well developed, and local residents are quite affluent, and therefore the residential areas in the old house Shengze reservation status, small bridges in the usual view of the landscape and not too prominent. But that day, in torrential rain, the whole river Shengze have a sense of movement, the water clear than the old days a lot, and those old stone bridge in the rain is showing a kind of scouring shiny heart of stone people.

but such a moment, go deep in Shengze a small alley, the better the taste experience to the Rainy, always feel a small lane which will be out of a girl the same as cloves, and Shengze The alley is said to have 72 and a half.

find silk garments silk city

Maozhaotaiyu Shengze those in the dye house, loom jargon like a small alley named shopping easy, to see huge drops in Shengze the river and the bridges on stone splash of that moment, I actually saw a small tailor shop in Shengze hanging silk dress that processing, but I still have not Shengze's "Sunrise million silk, clothing, and the world" in the "10 000 silk" accurately understood to silk fabric. So when I was too big rain-fed whole body moisture permeability of breath, are quite assured, thinking of that moment located at Shengze China's largest city to the time of silk in the tens of thousands of shop pick any one silk clothing will exchange his wet clothes off is certainly no problem. As a result, when I finally found the city tens of thousands of silk cover silk production shop though every link of the various original parts and raw materials, including fabrics finished, but no clothing, although the size of the Silk City, rather praise, the heart which is faint disappointed. (From Shengze back, listen to people say the way New Shengze's Shun Tingzhi silk clothing, cheap in price, due to heavy rain does not traveled Shengze, I do not know how in the end.)

Fortunately, the summer rain comes and goes fast, fast wet clothes are done quickly, so I went first silkworm silk city of Temple, and the rain stopped, the clothes are basically done, on the only surviving this year the country for the ritual silk silkworm industry first Patriarch of the Ancestral Temple also has exploration interests. Silkworm Ancestral

first play in that Xiaoman

first silkworm shrine temple building is a classical style, is said to be the Qing reign Sheng Zesi traders for public buildings, 170 years ago have been history. Front gate cornice brackets, imposing imposing, eight-shaped brick next to the wall, above the main entrance were written on both sides of the "weave cloud" and "embroidered brocade" of the plaque.

went in the main hall dedicated to the Xuan Yuan, Shen Nong and Ancestor three statues, of which the ancient woman who is said Ancestor Yellow Emperor's wife, is also the patron god of China's silk industry grandmother. The sons of hanging such as "first silkworm left Chak\Thanks, now in the main hall of the visit, very few people, it touches on Southwest Chamber in the main hall before a small garden rocks winding bridges, because there are going to say three times auspiciousness in fortune, many years will be interesting to those who took three times.

the first silkworm Temple made me feel funny in a calendaring tool to silk, is made of stone, and ancient ingot shape but a look. There is Xiaoman play. Temple's main entrance prior silkworm there between the old and the main hall stage. It is said that this stage, there is a very special feature is that for many years to sing for three days every Xiaoman should play, the first day is Kun, the next day (now) and on the third day of the Peking opera, are invited to South Name class stars performing on stage, plays a prominent figure are also silk hall set point, are auspicious drama staged to discuss the auspicious. Where there are illegitimate or dead story plot Operas absolutely banned, because "dead\as the psychological state of good fortune has some similarities.

Traffic

Hu Tai Road coach station (No. 1015 Zhongshan North Road Passenger Transport Co., Ltd. Shanghai Long Distance Bus Station) every morning at 8:30 and 4:50 pm have to Shengze the coach. If time is unsuitable, it can be transferred from the flat look. Suzhou direction as a transit point to the flat look of the car a lot, every morning starting from 5:55, as short as half an hour, or as long as there will be a group of more than an hour to the flat look of the car, glancing from the flat Shengze crossing car lot.

specialty

Shengze in rich golden triangle around the center of Shanghai, Nanjing, early in the Ming and Qing Dynasties have "sunrise million silk, clothing, and the world" in the world, and Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huzhou and said Four of China silk. Today's Shengze, silk industry is still the backbone of the economy. Polyester chips, polyester filament yarn, silk, chemical fiber silk, silk garments, clothing, handicrafts, industrial fabrics are local specialties.