Tongli Millennium EldestTown
千年古鎮同里
自然概況
Tongli , which belongs to Wujiang in Jiangsu Province，is located along the bank of Taihu Lake and to the east of ancient canal with eight lakes surrounded;it is 80 kilometers away from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport in the east and I 8 kilometers away from Suzhou in the north，adjacent to 318 national highway in the south and Suzhou-Jiaxing expressway in the west. The administrative district of Tongli town，after mergence of Tongli and Tuncun in October，2001，covers a total area of 102. 91 square kilometers and boasts a total population of 58 000 with 12 administrative villages，I aquatic product base and 6 community residents" committees affiliated.
同里隸屬江蘇省吳江市，位于太湖沿岸，古運河之東，八湖環抱;距離東邊的上 海虹橋機場80公里，離北邊的蘇州18公里，南邊連接蘇州至嘉興的318國道。2001年，同里和屯村合并后，同里鎮行政區域總占地102. 91平方公里，下轄12個行政村，總人口 58 000人，還有一個水產品生產基地，6個社區研委會。
Tongli，formerly known as Futu，changed its name as"Tongli(銅里)"in ear1y Tang dynasty due to its luxuriousness，and the current name"Tongli(同里)"can be traced back to the Song dynasty when people re-created the two characters of“fu(富)”and "tu(土)”.
同里，舊稱富土，由于這個名字太過奢華，故于初唐時期改為“銅里”。現在的名字”同里“課以述到宋朝，那時候的人重新創造“富'和“土”兩個字。
Tongli，the ancient town with beautiful scenery，is surrounded by five lakes， namely Tongli，Jiuli，Yeze，Nanxing and Pangshan. The town is divided into 7 small islands by I S rivers arranged like the Chinese character"川"connected by 49 ancient bridges，making these islands an integrated area. The architectures built by riverside，famous for“small bridge，flowing stream and thatched households"，make Tongli ancient town the best-reserved ancient town by riverside as well as the key cultural relics protection unit of province level，which has been listed as one of the 13 scenic spots of Tai Lake.
風景優美的同里古鎮鑲嵌在五湖(同里湖、九里湖、葉譯湖、南星湖和龐山湖)之中。小鎮有15條河，被分成七個小島。小河的排列l掛“川”字塑,49座占橋使這些小島連接成一個整體。以“小橋、流水、人家”而著稱的瀕河建筑群使同里古鎮成為保存最好的瀕河占鎮和太湖風景區13大景點之一的省級重點文物保護單位。
The ancient town is open to the public in 1986,and is listed as the first group of historical and cultural towns in Jiangsu Province by the provincial government in 1995.
同里古鎮1986年對外開放,1995年被江蘇省政府列為首批江蘇歷史文化名城。
Pretty and unsophisticated Tongli town boasts fertile paddy fields rich resources and outstanding natives，thus crowned as"Small Oriental Venice" . Tongli is characterized by a large number of architectures in Ming&Qing dynasties，small bridges and outstanding celebrities. Tongli boasts 38 residences in Ming &Cling dynasties，4.7 temples and ancestral halls and around 100residences of local rich and powerful people as well as former residences of celebrities. In the past，Tongli ancient town featured over 200natural scenic spots including "Eight Sceneries Ahead"，"Eight Sceneries Back","Successive Four Sceneries"etc.，while such scenenes as 'Eyeing on the Moon by East Creek"，.'Mist in Southern Area"，“Overlooking on Top of Northern Hill"，"Flute form Fishing Households"，"Flourishing Vegetation of the Hill"，etc.
優美秀麗的同里小鎮以其沃野良田和豐富的自然資源而素有“小東方威尼斯”之稱。明清時期建筑多、水鄉小橋多，名人志士多是同里古鎮的特點:這里有38處明清時期住宅,47座寺廟和祠堂，大約100多處當地大戶人家和權貴的住宅和名人雅士的故居。同里古鎮歷史上有20多處自然景觀，包括八景、續，又景、后四景等，至今尚豐“‘東溪望月”、“南市曉煙”、“北山春眺”、“水村漁笛”、‘'長山嵐翠”等景點。
Tongli people are diligent，hard-working and well-educated，and many outstanding celebrities come from Tongli town. From 1247 AD in Southern Song dynasty to late Qing dynasty，Tongli cultivated 1 Zhuangyuan(champion in imperial examinations)，42 Jinshi(imperial scholars ) and 93 Juren(first-degree scholars)in civil and military field.
同里人勤奮好學、知書達理，這里曾走出許多杰出名人。從1247年南宋時期到晚清時期，同里先后出了一位狀元，42位進士和93位文武舉人.
Famous Tongli people were Zhu Heling .Yuan Long，etc，while famous ones in modern times were Chen Qubing，Fei Gong，etc.
同里古代名人有朱鶴齡、袁龍等;現代名人則有陳去病、費鞏等。
At present，Tuisi Garden in Tongli ancient town has been listed as one of the world's Cultural Heritage，and Tongli ancient town is applying for it. With the reinforcement of publicity，an increasing number of people are aware of and familiar with the ancient town. Many newspaper media in mainland，Hong Kong and America introduce Tongli with illustrations;many shooting crews come to Tongli frequently，and Tongli Shooting Base was established here by China Film Association due to its natural film studio renowned both home and abroad.
目前，同里的退思園被列為世界文化遺產之一同里古鎮正在申請世界文化遺產。隨著宣傳的廣泛深人，越來越多的人開始了解這個古鎮。大陸、香港和美國的許多新聞媒體都用圖文并茂的形式介紹同里;許多影視攝制組也頻繁來同里取景。由于同里擁有蜚聲海內外的這、天然攝影棚，中國電影家協會也在此設立了“中國同里影視攝制基地”。
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