Historical and Cultural Cities, Towns and Villages Series: Chunxi Town
by Xu Yaoxin
About This Novel
Chunxi Ancient Town is located in the west of the center of Gaochun District, Nanjing, an "International Slow City" in China. It is adjacent to Gucheng Lake in the south and Shijiu Lake in the north. It is only 56 kilometers away from Nanjing Lukou International Airport. The Wutai-Taiwan Expressway reaches directly into the territory. The waterway leads to the Yangtze River, the golden waterway, in the west and the Taihu Lake Sunan Water Network in the east. It is an economic corridor connecting southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui. Chunxi has beautiful landscapes and is known as the "Holy Land in the South of the Yangtze River". The beauty of Chunxi lies on the shores of the three rippling blue lakes. Shijiu Lake and Gucheng Lake have the reputation of "fighting for gold at sunrise and fighting for silver at sunset": the unique regional ancient culture represented by the Xuecheng ruins more than 6,000 years ago, and the stele of the Eastern Han Dynasty school official found on the shore of Gucheng Lake, have created outstanding local culture: the Baosheng Temple tower has Gaochun "the first of the four treasures" It has created a cultural brand that integrates culture and tourism; its splendid cultural source has created a local clan that has "farmed, read and passed down the family line", and cultivated cultural celebrities such as Xing Rifang, a commoner poet in the late Ming Dynasty; rural activities such as the Xing family's flower stage party in Xuecheng and the Yang family's dragon dance continue to flourish, and folk crafts such as feather fans are colorful, forming a village custom culture with Wu style and Chu charm. "Chunxi Town\u002F Historical and Cultural Cities, Towns and Villages Series" is a very vivid leisure travel book. It strives to use easy-to-understand language to explain the history and culture of Chunxi Town to readers, and leads readers to Chunxi to visit, see and reminisce about the past. They can not only go to Chunxi to buy distinctive specialties, but also appreciate the local folk customs.
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