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Tongli Travel | Water Town in China
Tongli (同里), an ancient town in the Yangtze River Delta, located south of Suzhou city in Jiangsu Province. Called initially Futu (富土, which means the soil of wealth), but in the Tang Dynasty people thought that it was too vulgar to speak such a name, so changed to Tongli (铜里, "铜" means copper). Later in the Song Dynasty, Futu reused but the characters combined, removed the top dot of "宀" part, extended the two tiny strokes on both sides, divided the character by half horizontally and became the new name "同里".
The town has a total area of 102.91 sq. km with a population of 58,000. Tongli’s people are diligent, hard working and well educated, and many celebrities come from here. The scenic Tongli is surrounded by five lakes, which are named Tongli, Jiuli, Yeze, Nanxing and Pangshan. The town is divided into 7 small islands by 15 rivers connected by 49 ancient bridges, making these islands an integrated area. The architecture built by riverside, famous for "small bridge, flowing stream and thatched households", which make Tongli town the best-reserved town by riverside as well as the key cultural relic’s protection unit of provincial level, which has been listed as one of 13 scenic spots of
Pretty and rustic Tongli town is famous for its fertile paddy fields, rich natural resources and outstanding natives, thus crowned as "Small Oriental Venice". Tongli is characterized by a large number of buildings from Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as small bridges and celebrities in history. Tongli has 38 houses in these periods, as well as 47 ancient temples. And there are ancestral halls and around 100 personal houses of local rich and famous people. In the past, Tongli town features over 20 natural interesting places including "Eight Scenes Ahead", "Eight Scenes Back" and "Successive Four Scenic Spots", while new attractions are "Eyeing on the Moon by East Creek", "Mist in Southern Area", "Overlooking on Top of Northern Hill", "Flute form Fishing Households" and "Flourishing Vegetation of the Hill".
Because Tongli is a waterside town and the water quality is good, so drinking tea has been very popular. Before the Anti-Japanese War (1937 – 1945), there were about 20 Chinese teahouses in town. They all built by the side of the rivers for the convenience of taking water. Meanwhile, the history of Tongli has been closely related to Chinese classical gardens. At present, the UNESCO has listed Tuisi Garden in Tongli town in the World’s Cultural Heritage, and Tongli town is also applying for join in this list. Nowadays, there are many media coming Tongli for their film shooting, so Tongli become a big attraction in China tour.
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