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Taihu Lake and Canal
From Qin and Han dynasties to Tang and Song dynasties, people of Wuxi carried out treatment of lakes and rivers including Taihu Lake, Furong Lake, Changguangxi Brook and Liangxi Brook. Wetland surrounding Taihu Lake was reconstructed to a water supply network system with convenient water transportation and combination of irrigation and drainage, which greatly reduce drought and waterlog disasters in the are...
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Land Irrigated by sweat
With construction of water conservation works and emigration movements, agricultural production stepped forward to a great extent. During East Wu period in the Three Kingdom Period, Tuntian mode (army farming system) was mainly adopted for agriculture. After move to the south in Yongjia Period of West Jin, some aristocratic families built up giant manors, and at the same time, wheat-growing technology in th...
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Resident of a city culture
As development of agricultural production, progress was also made in all kinds of handicraft industries. Since Han Dynasty, bronze wares and iron wares have been widely used in Wuxi, of which, some were processed quite delicately. Glazed pottery vessels became popular in West Han Dynasty. By Tang Dynasty, celadon wares of high quality have been produced in Yixing. Textile industry became a brand new highlig...
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Taihu Lake Fishing Families
Wuxi is located in Taihu Plain. Besides the mist-covered Taihu Lake, there are also small or large lakes, rivers and streams spreading over Wuxi, which are rich in aquatic products including fish, shrimp, crab, snail, mussel and corbicula. Near lakes and rivers live hard-work fishermen who take the boat as home and lead their life by fishing.
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Culture art and Religion
After move to the south in Yongjia period, emigration of nobles in Central China and economic development of Tuntian water control not only fundamentally changed economic appearance of Wuxi, but also improved cultural character of Wuxi slowly but firmly. The climate of military and valour worship was gradually replaced by an elegant and delicate taste. Culture developed rapidly in the aspects of Confucian c...
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The Prosperous City Srrounded by the Canal
After the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, Wuxi was degraded from a prefecture to a county which still belonged to Changzhou. In the forth year (1726) of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, Wuxi was divided into Wuxi county and Jinkui county ,which both belonged to Changzhou. After the perdition of Qing Dynasty, the two counties were combined togother again. During this period, depending on the advantages of natu...
