Brief introduction of Xixi tourism and cultural scenic spot in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province

Dongtai Xixi Cultural Scenic Area has a rich cultural history and is one of the birthplaces of culture. There are many ancient cultural sites in it, so it's worth knowing our ancient history and culture in China. Today, we will introduce Xixi cultural scenic spot in detail and why it has a profound history and culture.

Dongtai Xixi Tourism and Cultural Scenic Area is divided into three areas from south to north: historical and cultural leisure area, modern cultural leisure area and ecological and cultural leisure area. Among them, the historical and cultural leisure area takes Xixi, a thousand-year-old town, as the core to create a historical and cultural landscape area integrating filial piety culture, Haiyan culture and Buddhism culture; Modern cultural leisure zone integrates traditional art with modern culture, and builds facilities such as art dissemination, fine appreciation, leisure and entertainment; The ecological leisure zone takes Xixi Botanical Garden as the core, and builds modern agricultural exhibition, agricultural popular science education, farming experience sightseeing and other leisure facilities.

Filial piety culture

Filial piety culture is a household name. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the beautiful love story between Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies has been widely circulated in Xixi. According to textual research, there are now more than 50 related place names (Heluolun, Dongjiaduo, Shezitou, Fenghuang Spring, Cilang River, Morangfan, Dongxieerzhuang, Misijing, Dongyong's Tomb, Dong Xiao, the filial son of Han Dynasty). On June 26th, 2002 10, two stamps of "Folklore-Dong Yong and the Seven Fairys" were issued at the same time in Dongtai, Jiangsu, Xiaogan, Hubei and Anqing, Anhui (Xiaogan, Hubei mainly focuses on filial piety and Anqing, Anhui mainly focuses on Huangmei Opera). In May 2006, the legend of Dongtai Winter Swimming was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Yong Dong Seven Fairy Cultural Park covers an area of 150 mu with a total investment of 10 billion yuan. The first phase of the project covers an area of 45 mu, including Yong Dong Seven Fairy Sculpture, Dong Xian Temple, Relief Corridor, Old Sophora Tree and Land Temple. February 20 10, 10, successfully established as a national 2A-level tourist attraction. On April 20 12, based on the initial construction of eight scenic spots in the first phase, various tourist facilities such as hiking trails and landscape bridges were built in the park, which improved the construction of 24 scenic spots in The Legend of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairys, and excavated and amplified the love culture of the seven fairies in Yong Dong. In 20 13, the whole park was officially opened to the public at the Yong Dong Seven Fairy Cultural Tourism Festival, and a national 3A-level tourist attraction was built by the end of the year.

Haiyan culture

Xixi is rich in relics, and there are many ancient temples, pagodas and bridges. Sea Election Tower-Dongtai landmark, located on the north side of Xixitai River, was built in Tang and Song Dynasties. It is a two-story brick tower with a history of 1380 years. Its age is the largest of the 58 existing ancient pagodas in Jiangsu, commonly known as Xixi Pagoda, and it is also called Xiaomu Pagoda, Zhenhai Pagoda and Weichi Pagoda in 1988. Shengli Bridge and Figure-of-Eight Bridge are single-hole arch brick bridges in Song Dynasty. The Holy Bridge is located on the Yan Xi River in front of Taishan Temple, and the "Eight-character Bridge" is located at the intersection of Yanxi River and Hexiong River. The "eight-shaped bridge" with "two bridges in one step, two bridges connecting three banks" was built more than 200 years earlier than Zhouzhuang Shuangqiao, and is now a cultural relic protection unit in Dongtai City. Limu Street 10 is located in the north of Yan Xi, with a blue brick pavement. There are many houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The plows and farm tools sold in Limu Street in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were very famous in Xiahe Water Town in central Jiangsu, hence the name Limu Street.

Lisan Road is an ancient plank road in Haikou, starting from the eastern end of Limu Street in the west, with a total length of 1.600 meters (commonly known as Lisan Road). It was built more than 2,000 years ago during the construction of Xixi City, 1000 years earlier than Gong Fan levee. Xixi Ancient City is located on the east side of Taishan Avenue in Xixi Scenic Area. According to the basic principle of "ancient town as the body and culture as the soul", highlight the theme of Song Wenhua, reproduce the prosperity of ancient Xixi salt water trade, and build a commercial group in Song Dynasty that integrates commerce and culture.

: 2 Buddhist culture

In 200 1 year, the Haichun Pagoda Garden and Buddhist Cultural Park project, with the remains of Haichun Pagoda in Tang Dynasty and Taishan Temple in Song Dynasty as the core, built Suzhai Pavilion, Lotus Square, Blessing Corridor, Buddhist Education and Cultural Center, Guangfu Temple and Haichun Pagoda relying on rich ecological water network systems such as Yanxi River, Wuxian River and Fenghuang River. After completion, Haichun Pagoda Garden organically unifies "meditation culture" and "filial piety culture", organically integrates Xixi local culture and Buddhist religious culture, enhances the taste of scenic spots with cultural connotation, and embodies the harmony between man and nature.

ecological construction

Xixi Botanical Garden is located in the north of Xixi Tourism and Cultural Scenic Area, with a total area of about 2,300 mu. It integrates modern agriculture and eco-tourism, and is recognized as the first batch of "Jiangsu Modern Agricultural Industrial Park" and "Jiangsu Four-Star Rural Tourist Spot". The Botanical Garden takes the 600-mu artificial lake "Fairy Lake" as the core and is divided into three functional areas: modern agricultural exhibition area, high-efficiency gardening demonstration area and agricultural sightseeing area. It is an ideal place for people to experience farming culture, return to nature and visit agriculture.