The commercialization of the ancient town has spread to the north and south of the river. Although the ancient town is also a little commercial, it is relatively small according to the number of tourists.
This is the Tongli ancient town called Oriental Venice. It belongs to Wujiang District of Suzhou. It started in Song Dynasty and has a long history
Like other ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, stone arch bridges connect the ancient buildings on both sides of the river
There are also three bridges in Tongli, which are the treasures of bridges in the ancient town. The local people call them three bridges. Taiping Bridge, Jili bridge and Changqing bridge are three ancient stone bridges
Since ancient times, walking three bridges has become a folk custom for local people to avoid disasters and pray for their children.
Every time a baby's full moon, marriage, birthday celebrations and other festive events, accompanied by the spread of happy sugar and happy drum music and firecrackers, smiling relatives and friends, the vast, back and forth around the three bridges, the residents along the street have also come forward to congratulate. This kind of harmonious and happy scene has become a beautiful scenery in Tongli ancient town.
Today's Tongli also implements the ticket system. The ticket is 100 yuan. So how to spend 10 yuan to get into the ancient town? There are many residents outside the ancient town near the check-in gate. They usually say that they want to play in the ancient town. They can take you in for 30 yuan. Then you can say that 10 yuan is OK. Of course, you need to know that they will take you into the ancient town from the local alleys. It doesn't need to spend money. Every day, they will take you in To 20 people, that's 200 yuan, high income, let alone some people do not bargain, can earn a lot in a day.