If you come to Dongshan, you must visit Luxiang Ancient Village

After coming to Suzhou Dongshan with my bestie on the weekend to eat loquats and Taihu boat cuisine, I was amazed by Luxiang Ancient Village 🥳. Luxiang Ancient Village is located in Suzhou Dongshan, backed by the Moling Green Mountains, facing the vast Taihu Lake. It is said that the village got its name from the six alleys within it, hence the name Luxiang 🎉 Time seems to slow down here, with the strong scent of life being the dense Baiyun Yufang cakes, the scattered ancient buildings, and the plaques made of blue bricks 🧱 and red tiles, ⛩ with inscriptions of 'Zhuangyuan', 'Huiyuan', 'Tanhua', 'Bangyan'. Many ancient top scholars came from this village, truly making it a place of outstanding people and a spiritually endowed land. Visitors are also captivated by the spirit of Prime Minister Wang Ao 👍 ➡️ A senior official through three reigns of the Ming Dynasty - Xianzong, Xiaozong, and Wuzong - locals called him the Prime Minister. He is the pride of Luxiang. In the tenth year of the Ming Chenghua period (1474), he was first in the imperial examinations, the following year he was first in the metropolitan examinations, and the next year, he was third in the palace examinations, earning the title 'Tanhua'. The Jieyuanfang 🥇, Huiyuanfang 🥈, and Tanhua • Grand Scholar Fang 🥉 were built by the government for Wang Ao 🪨 The ancient village is more like an ancient house museum 🕋 with relics everywhere. Especially the remnants of the blue stone archways of Tanhua, Huiyuan, and Jieyuan, which take visitors back to ancient times～ Snacks, the streets 🈶️ have a faint scent of cakes, and when you come here, you can also try the distinctive Baiyun Yufang cakes, loquat honey 🍯 wine, etc. If you don't know where to go on the weekend, then make a date with your good friends 😌 to come and eat loquats and 🚢 Taihu boat cuisine, 📍 check in at Luxiang Ancient Village in Suzhou ✔️ 🚗 Luxiang Ancient Village has a parking lot 🅿️, best for self-driving. 🎯 It is 129m from Molifeng Huan Shan Road in Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province to Dongshan Luxiang Bridge (bus station), about a 2-minute walk 🍴 Have an authentic Taihu boat cuisine meal at the 28 Li Taihu Boat Cuisine (Jixiang Road store), 👀 watch a Kunqu opera performance, and enjoy the twelve flavors of Taihu while dining on a four-story wooden boat.