Dinghuisi Lane

Dinghuisi Lane

Dinghuisi lane is located in the east of Suzhou city. The east entrance is on the pond bank of guantaiwei bridge, facing Wuwang bridge, and the west entrance is in the north section of Fenghuang street. There is Dinghui temple in the lane, so it is named. The shops and houses on both sides of the lane are antique buildings, and the pavement is paved with small square stones, which is flat, solid and clean.

geographical position

The east entrance of dinghuisi lane is on the pond bank of guantaiwei bridge, opposite Wuwang bridge, and out of the north section of Fenghuang street in the West. The lane is 294 meters long and 11 meters wide.

Place name allusion

There is Dinghui temple in the lane, so it is named. Lu Xiong's "Suzhou Fu Zhi" and other works were all written as Wang Ping Si Xiang. The first volume of the book "Wu men Biao Yin" says: "the twin towers were built by Wenhan, the king of song Yongxi, who gave up 580 mu of land. Today, Wenhan is worshipped as the God of Jialan, and there are three brothers. Its tomb is in the east corner of the temple. Its home is very high and people dare not get close to it. Its real name is wangdingsi lane. " In addition to the relevant items in Volume I of Wumen biaoyin, Wu county annals of the Republic of China also notes: "wangpansi lane is Shouning Temple Lane, which is also in front of Shuangta temple and is now named Dinghui Temple Lane. In Tongzhi's annals, Wang Fansi lane was recorded, but it was not recorded in Shouning Temple Lane. Kangxi "Zhi": Shouning Temple Lane, now in front of Shuangta temple, that's it. " Huisi lane was marked in the painting of Suzhou city. In the old days, the lane was also used in front of Shouning Temple Lane and Shuangta temple, because there were Shuangta temple and Dinghui temple in the lane. There are two temples in Pingjiang. On the right (East) is the long live courtyard (drawing double towers behind the temple), and on the left (West) is Dinghui temple. After visiting Suzhou, Professor Liu Dun frame, a modern scholar, wrote a survey of historical sites in Suzhou, a survey of Shuangta temple. Note: the Gongyuan built in the Qing Dynasty is located between Shuangta temple and Dinghui temple, covering an area of about six mu. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial examination was abolished, and the Gongyuan was abandoned. Later, folk houses were built on it. However, the Gongyuan was still marked as a Gongyuan in the painting of Suzhou City, and the left and right sides were still marked by temples.

historical event

Dinghui Temple Lane South of the original river, known as Wangchang River, East under the Yanzhi bridge, West to Dinghui temple. In the old days, it was convenient for water pilgrimage and examinees to rush to the exam. In the third year of tongzhi (1864), the Qing army invaded Su city. More than ten thousand Taiping soldiers who used to guard the city were slaughtered in the temple, and the dead bodies were thrown into Wangchang River and filled in.

Streets and alleys

In the early 1990s, the lane and its surrounding area were renovated as "No.37 block". There is a new granite archway at the west entrance of the lane, which is engraved with a couplet: "the old houses of celebrities were left in those years, but the Zen gate is still bright today", and the forehead is inscribed with "Dinghui Temple Lane".

Address: Canglang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.63375854492

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