Yuanhua was formerly known as Yuanhua, also known as Longshan, and also called Huaxi. It has a long history and is a thousand-year-old ancient town. The literati described it as "the sky of Longshan: blue sky, white clouds, birds, flowers and streams; small bridges, flowing water, and people's houses." It vividly outlines the charming scenery of Jiangnan water towns.

Yuanhua Nanfang Pear was first planted in the 1970s and developed in the 1990s. By 2007, the planting area had reached 8,000 acres. It is a national pollution-free fruit base named by the Ministry of Agriculture. Yuanhua Nanfang pear is famous in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai for its juicy, sweet taste, fine meat and small core. Among them, Haichang brand honey pear, which has won the famous trademark and famous brand product of Jiaxing City, has been awarded the gold medal of Zhejiang Provincial Agricultural Expo for five consecutive years. Products are mostly sold to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places. The Pear Blossom Festival held in early April every year has become a well-known leisure farm tour.

The local specialties of Yuanhua in the old days: mainly include "Longshan White Shell Bamboo Shoots", "Shelled River Shrimp", "Tender Braised Tendon", and "Longshan Brand Immortal Vinegar" which is unique in Shanghai's condiment market. .

Jin Yong’s former residence

Jin Yong’s former residence is located in Yuan Huaxinwei’s house. It is the former residence of the famous martial arts novelist Jin Yong and the place where he was born. The old residence was rebuilt in 1998, covering an area of ??1,876 square meters. The structure of the house is a single-story antique building, mainly made of wood. The main body is a bungalow with four bays, two front and rear entrances, and each bungalow has five bays. The front eaves are 3.5 meters high, and the roof height is 6 meters. There is a car house in front of the house, a wing next to it, and a wind and fire wall around it. It includes the "Seventy-Two Knights" corridor, the study room - Heshan Room, and the "Into Jin Yong" exhibition hall.

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The Three Wonders of Haining

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Ziheng’s paintings, Zha Shenxing’s poems, and Zha Sheng’s calligraphy were known as Among them, Zha Sheng worked for Kangxi Nan Study Fan for thirty-eight years. Emperor Kangxi praised: "Others' books are all vulgar, but Zha Sheng is free from vulgarity..." Zha Sheng once ghostwritten for Emperor Kangxi. Writing scrolls were given to subjects for hundreds of years. These three people are all from Yuanhua, so the "Three Wonders of Haining" are actually the "Three Wonders of Yuanhua"

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Twelve Scenes of Huaxi

Yuanhua was formerly known as Yuanhua, also known as Longshan, and also called Huaxi. There are many natural landscapes, which are called "Twelve Scenic Spots of Huaxi", there are also ten sceneries, fourteen sceneries, etc. There are different historical records and folklore. Today, I will give an introduction to the "Twelve Scenic Spots" that are widely recognized, so that foreigners can recall the ancient times and think about them.

1. "Dragon Head Misty Rain": Yuan Hua originally had a dragon head, dragon tongue, dragon waist and dragon tail, winding on the west side of the town. According to folklore, Liu Bowen, the imperial master in the early Ming Dynasty, helped Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang to eradicate the dragon's body as the "king's energy". There is a saying that the gate breaks the dragon's waist and the blood stains the rainbow (red) bridge. Legend has it that every time there is wind and rain, a giant dragon can be seen spraying water from Longtou Pavilion, which is a spectacular sight.

2. "Xiqian Early Plum": Xiqian Tomb is located in the northern section of Dongkong Mountain. According to legend, it is the ancient tomb of Zhu. Later generations cultivated wintersweet and red plum. In early spring and February, when it is cold and warm, The plum blossoms are already in full bloom, making it a great place to enjoy plum blossoms in early spring.

3. "Banqiao Fishing Sing": "Banqiao" is the front wooden bridge, located about 300 steps from the south end of the back wooden bridge. Every evening at dusk, you can faintly hear the sound of fishermen singing under the bridge. , there is a bamboo basket that the fisherman makes peace with all the year round. Hence the name.

4. "Red Leaves in Dongkong": Dongkong Mountain is located at the westernmost foot of Chenghuang Mountain. There are a large number of maple trees planted there. Every late autumn and early winter, "the frost leaves are as red as the February flowers".

5. "View of the Yellow Road": The Yellow Road Bridge is located in the north gate of the town, spanning the Yuanhua to Xiaoshi Canal. Legend has it that it was first built in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the middle of the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. There are twenty-five stone steps at the top, and twenty-four stone steps from the west to the top. The bridge is a ring-shaped stone arch with the highest height among all the bridges in the town. Standing on the top of the bridge, you can have a bird's-eye view of the town and the nearby countryside. On the morning of the first day of October in the lunar calendar, you can see the "sun and moon rising together", which can be seen from the top of the Eagle's Nest in the North and South Lakes of Haiyan. Comparable.

6. "Listening to Sutras on the Stone Wall": It is located next to Zhu's "Xiangyuan Temple" at the foot of Miaoguo Villa. In the dead of night, when everyone is quiet, I invite two or three friends to bend their heads against the stone wall and hear the faint sound of chanting sutras, which is very interesting.

7. "Donglin Canxue": Located to the east on South Street, at the end of the south alley, there is "Donglin Nunnery".

Whenever it clears up after a snowfall, the snow in other places has melted, but there is still residual snow on the roof of "Donglin Nunnery". This is because the temperature there is expected to be extremely low.

8. "Genglou Xiaoyue": "Genglou" refers to the Drum Tower with the surname of Yuanhua in the old days. It is now about two miles south of Yuanhua. At that time, it belonged to the urban area of ??Yuanhua. After the late Qing Dynasty, the town gradually It moved north and is now a rural area. The "Geng Tower" is several feet high, with its lower string at a high place, where you can see "the jade rising in the east".

9. "Longwei Steaming Xia": It is located on the northwest side of the town, north of Longyao, and is called "Longwei Mountain". The Guan Yu Temple is built on the top of the mountain. When the sun sets in the west, the afterglow shines through the roof of the temple and looks into the distance, like thousands of golden lights shooting into the sky. 10. "Miaoguo Xinhuang": "Miaoguo Mountain" is also called Chenghuang Mountain because of the construction of the Chenghuang Temple, and is also called "Miaoguo Villa". In the spring of March, there is competition among acres of new bamboo in the square garden. The wind is swaying the bamboo and the mother-in-law is whirling.

11. "Dragon Bamboo Wonder": "Dragon Bamboo Tomb" is located in the north of Zhu's Xiqian Tomb. There are several "Dragon Bamboo" plants. At that time, "Dragon Bamboo" was a famous bamboo and attracted many visitors. .

12. "Beauty Looking in the Mirror": Located on the southwest side of the thousand-year-old "Chongjiao Temple", there is a pond with water chestnut flowers, as horizontal as a mirror, with no ripples in the wind. Someone once saw a beautiful lady in ancient costume with The ground is used as a mirror and the mirror is washed, hence the name.

In addition, there are also landscape sayings such as "the leopard hides in the pine wind", "Xu's tomb has a slanting glow", "wins the clouds and accumulates green", and "gingko leaves bloom".