During the reign of Ming Hongzhi, Shengze was still named after the village, and the residents were only.
Fifty or sixty. Jiajing's "Wujiang County Chronicles" began to call Shengze a city. In the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1647), the town system was established. In the fifth year of Qianlong (1740), he moved to the county. From the second day of the seventh month of the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860) to the spring of the second year of Tongzhi (1863), the Taiping army established local power in Shengze, and Shengze was assigned to Xiushui County (that is, Xiushui County, Zhejiang, because of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom).
After the Xinhai Revolution, Wujiang and Zhenze counties were combined into Wujiang County, and the county was divided into six cities and twelve townships, and Shengze was one of the six cities. **In August 18 (1929), the county's eighteen cities and townships were divided into ten districts, and Shengze set up the third district. **In July 26, the Japanese army invaded China, and on November 9, Shengze Town fell. In 29, the Wang puppet regime still set up Shengze as the third district, and in July 31, it was renamed the fourth district. After the victory of the anti-Japanese resistance, the National ** Army took over power on August 16, 34, and Shengze was restored to the third district.
On May 6, 1949, Shengze was liberated and the people of Shengze District were established, and Shengze was a district town.
In January 1950, it was upgraded to a county town.
In December 1988, Shengze Town and Shengze Township were merged, and the establishment of Shengze Township was revoked, and the township management village system was implemented. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Shengze Town was mainly composed of two wei, the west intestine and the chongzi, and the rural area had jurisdiction over 44 wei.
During the Tongzhi period, Shengze Township was composed of 5 wei, 23 capitals in Fanyu Shangxiang Township, 18 capitals, 20 capitals, 21 capitals, 22 capitals and other 36 maps and 139 weis in Chengyuan Shangxiang.
*In the early years, the township area was still the same. **In August 18 (1929), the town was divided into 5 towns: Shengdong, Shengnan, Shengxi, Shengbei and Shengzhong, and the countryside was divided into 17 townships, including Taoyuan, Chengxi, Maota, Xinan, Xibei, Daxie, Beiwang, Dazhong, Changdian, Yingnan, Louxia, Tanzi, Xiexi, Nankun, Huangxi, Wuniu and Beijiao.
In March 1934, the old system was still being used in the 5 towns. Rural redivision: the original Yingnan and Tanzi townships were merged into Yingnan Township; North Corner, Huangxi and Dazhong North Corner, East Corner, Daxun, Xinzhen, 5 Wei of inscription and 3 Wei of Kuozi, Dachen and Xiaochen of Nankun Township, which were divided and changed to Hongdou Township; The big bell, small bell, south corner, pincer and other wei of Dazhong Township were merged into Xie Xi and renamed Hongli Township; Louxia and Wuniu townships were merged, and they were still called Louxia Township; The remaining characters of Changdian Township are divided into Xibei, and the 7th district is divided into Lin'an Township. The town has jurisdiction of: Shengdong Town has jurisdiction over 36 Lu and 194 neighbors; Shengnan Town has jurisdiction over 25 Lu and 121 neighbors; Shengxi Town has jurisdiction over 20 Lu and 147 neighbors; Shengbei Town has jurisdiction over 37 Lu and 184 neighbors; Shengzhong Town has jurisdiction over 45 Lu and 233 neighbors. There are 14 townships in rural areas: Yingnan, Hongdou, Hongli, Louxia, Changdian, Taoyuan, Beiwang, Nankun, Chengxi, Maota, Xinan, Daxie, Xibei, Lin'an, etc., with a total of 552 Lu and 2665 neighbors.
At the end of 1934, after the change of the neighborhood to the Baojia system, Shengze District governed 5 towns and 14 townships, with a total of 106 Baojia and 1345 Jia.
In August 1946, the original Shengzhong and Shengxi towns were merged into Shengnan Town, and Shengnan, Shengdong and Shengbei towns were merged into Shengbei Town, and Taoyuan Township Dafengwei was still included in the town. The original 13 townships in the countryside are divided into 8 townships, including Daxie, Chang'an, Xinan, Xita, Hongdou, Louying, Nancheng and Jingyuan.
In October 1947, Shengnan and Shengbei were merged into Shengze Town. The original red beans and Louying were expanded to Hongfu Township, Nancheng and Jingyuan were expanded to Xinhang Township, Chang'an and Xinan were expanded to Zhongjie Township, and Daxie and Xinan were expanded to Xie Sheng Township. Towns and countryside are still Baojia, totaling 102 Bao and 1097 A, of which 24 Bao and 354 Jia are in the township.
In January 1950, Shengze Town was promoted to a county town, with 16 sub-district residents' committees and sub-district residents' groups.
In 1957, 4 warehouse guards were established, each with 4 blocks.
In July 1960, the town set up 6 management areas of factory, garden, Taiping, Li'an, Dangkou and Hongxing, and in July 1962, it was changed to 5 joint offices: Taiping Joint Office, Factory Joint Office, Garden Joint Office, Li'an Joint Office, and Red Star Management Area was changed to Vegetable Brigade.
In 1981, the joint office was abolished and the neighborhood committees were reinstated.
By July 1986, there were 16 neighborhood committees, 6 new village committees and 1 vegetable brigade. [6]
In December 1988, Shengze Town and Shengze Township were merged, and the establishment of Shengze Township was abolished, and the township management village system was implemented, with 32 administrative villages under its jurisdiction.
In July 2000, Tanqiu Town was merged into Shengze Town, and in December 2003, Nanma Town was merged with Shengze Town.
In July 2011, Shengze Town opened a new community structure, and the original 11 communities were redivided into 8. As of October 2022, Shengze Town has 12 communities and 30 administrative villages, namely: Qiaobei Community, Tanqiu Community, Nanma Community, Shunhu Community, Hengyue Community, Shantang Community, Mulan Community, Jinghu Community, Dongfang Community, Xibaiyang Community, Lanxi Community, Qingxi Community; Donggang Village, Hongzhou Village, Shengtang Village, Xingqiao Village, Quntie Village, Qianyue Village, Xingfu Village, Huangjiaxi Village, Beijiao Village, Shengtian Village, Hehua Village, Tanqiu Village, Renfu Village, Longqiao Village, Nantang Village, Bali Village, Daxie Village, Qiaonan Village, Yongping Village, Shenjia Village, Zhuangping Village, Sixiyang Village, Shenghong Village, Yonghe Village, Maota Village, Yangfan Village, Yuyu Village, Langzhong Village, Shuangxi Village, Longquanzui Village. Shengze Town is located at the southern end of Jiangsu Province, with geographical coordinates of 120°40 east longitude and 30°54 north latitude [9]. Shengze Town is located in the center of the Yangtze River Delta and Taihu Lake region, the center of the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou Triangle [10], bordering Hangzhou and Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province to the south, Shanghai to the east, and Taihu Lake to the west. The total area of Shengze Town is 14774 square kilometers (2017), with an urban area of 4598 square kilometers. The climate of Shengze Town belongs to the monsoon area of the northern ** zone, with mild climate, four distinct seasons, abundant rainfall and long frost-free period. The average annual temperature is 157. The average annual sunshine is 20937 hours, with an average annual precipitation of 10233 mm, with an average annual relative humidity of 82% [9], suitable for rice, wheat and sericulture. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the population of Shengze Town fluctuated greatly, roughly divided into two periods, the early period was before 1978, the population outflow of the town was more, the total population showed a downward trend, from 1954 to 1978 in 24 years, 15,680 people moved in, 21,421 people moved out, the two offset each other, and the number of people who moved out was more than 5,741 people. In the later period, from 1979 to 1988, the population of the town increased with the rapid development of the silk industry, and by 1988, the registered population of the town had reached 10,025 households and 28,556 people, and the actual permanent population of the town reached 48,992. In 2013, the registered population of Shengze Town was 1330,000, more than 300,000 immigrants. [8]
In 2020, the permanent population of the town was 500,000. Tourist attractions.
Ancestral Shrine. The first silkworm temple is also known as the silkworm flower hall or the silkworm king hall, located at the intersection of Wulong Road in Shengze Town. During the Qing Daoguang period, the Shengze silk industry merchants built a public building, which is a public shrine to worship the ancestor of the silk industry.
Ancestral Shrine. The first silkworm temple is a classical temple-style building, the front gatehouse flies the eaves and arches, the side is the figure-eight clear water brick wall, and then the front gate is a small square, which was originally a pilgrim distribution place. The plaque in the middle of the three arches is the name of the ancestral hall, and the two sides are written respectively on the top of the "weaving clouds" and "embroidered brocade", which is a portrayal of the prosperity of the silk industry in Shengze in those years. Not far from the gatehouse is the theater building, the two sides of the theater building communicate with the wing building, the stage faces north, the stone square below extends to the front of the main hall, the venue is open, can accommodate 10,000 people.
The main hall enshrines the three statues of Xuanyuan, Shennong and the ancestor of the Chinese nation. There are plaques in the hall of "the relics of the first silkworms" and "the clothes are born". [21]
Ancestral Shrine. Mirror Lake Park.
Jinghu Park is located in the north of Shengze, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, was founded in 1999, officially opened in September 2002, covers an area of 530 acres, of which the water area accounts for two-fifths, the garden pays attention to plant landscaping, the mountains and rivers in the park are beautiful, the trees and grass are lush, there are tea house snacks, children's paradise, shallow water beach, landscape garden, cruise ship dock, horse riding field, song and dance hall, antique wedding photography, small zoo and summer bathing and other attractions. According to the function, the park is divided into two parts: the water-friendly recreation area around the lake and the ecological sightseeing. The former is located in the east and south of the garden, and rows of weeping willows along the lake. There are three islands in the middle of the lake, and the "Mirror Lake Hall" built close to the water is located among the three islands. [22]
Shengze Zhongzi Temple.
Shengze Zhongzi Temple is located in Xiaokouwei, Shengze Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, the temple is also known as the Yuci Zhongzi Temple, also known as the Yuci Hanoi Gong Temple, was built in the first year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, and was given by Zhao Gou of Gaozong of the Song Dynasty. Zhongzi, that is, the sage Zhongzi. The sage Zhongzi, the surname Zhong, the name by, the word Zi Road. Confucius Da**. Tang Xuanzong Kaiyuan 27 years posthumously named Wei Hou, Song Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu two years to seal Hanoi Gong, Southern Song Dynasty Duzong Xianchun two years into the Wei Guo Gong, Ming Shizong Jiajing nine years posthumously called the sage Zhongzi, Qing Shizong Yongzheng 11 years on the title of Wei Sheng.
The temple is the only ancestral temple in the history of the Zhong family, and it is the Zhongzi temple with the largest area and the highest sacrifice specifications in the middle temple in the country. After the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the main building is still there, ** during the renamed Zhong family ancestral hall, around 1949 because the patriarch Zhong Shaomei crossed the sea to Taiwan, the ancestral temple was deserted.
Zhongshan Ancient Tomb (Tomb of Song Secretary Bachelor Zhongji).
Check the fourteenth volume of the "Shenghu Chronicles", the fifth volume of this volume, the "Tomb Domain", page nine, "The tomb of the secretary and bachelor Zhongji is in the north of Pufu Bridge in Xiaokouwei, and Sun Dajixiu, a descendant of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty." Ring to the stone city, build a workshop, in front of the tomb gate Huating Chen Jiru inscription "Zhongshan Guyi" four words, is the ancestor of Zhong's Nandu. During the Song Jianyan period, he came from the left side of the mountain, and his descendants became a family. Qian Yun of the National Dynasty "Confession to Zhongshan Guyi" "People come to Zeban to start punishing Mao, and choose the suburbs of Niu Mianbu." The originator occupies the pepper Yanshi, and the ear grandchildren see the phoenix bud again. ”
For the "Pufu Bridge" of Xiaokouwei, the fourteen-volume "Shenghu Chronicles" published in the ** period recorded: "Pufu Bridge, across Xiaokouwei, with two words, is here. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the Pufu Bridge was also known as the "Xiaokou Bridge" in the early Qing Dynasty, and was published in the second volume of the "Shenghu Chronicles" in the 37th year of Qianlong, which contained "Xiaokou Bridge: under this bridge, that is, the ancient temple of Zhongshan, and the surname of the Zhong family has been sacrificed endlessly. ”.
Mulanzhou. Mulanzhou.
Mulanzhou was built in the 14th year of Yuan to Yuan (1277), and the name is Guchi Nunnery. Yuan to Zhengma (1341-1368) changed its name to Yuanzhaoan, because there is water on all sides, the waves are overflowing, so it is also called Lanzhou. ** When it is changed to a park, there is a "Yuanzhao Hall" in the east of the park, commonly known as the four-sided hall, the plane is square, the corridor is circumferential, and the corridor on each side is 9 long. 12 meters; At the southernmost end, there is a waterfront causeway, which is planted with wisteria. There is still a stone tablet in the first year of Ming Zhengde (1506) "Yuanzhao Anji" in the park. It covers an area of 7300 square meters. [23]
Tanqiu White Dragon Bridge.
Bailongqiao is located in Bailongqiao Village, Tanqiu, Shengze Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, with clam piers in the east and small cows in the west, and the river surface is open. It was built in the early years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the 34th year of Guangxu (1908) and completed in the third year of Xuantong (1911). North-south trending, three-hole arch structure. The arch is laid in parallel with the longitudinal sectional method, and is all constructed with granite, which is anti-wave and anti-collapse, and there are berths at both ends. Width 380 meters, length 4060 meters, the height of the middle hole is 560 meters, span 990 meters. The two holes are smaller than the middle holes, so that the bridge shape is varied, like the order of geese in the sky. The top stone of the bridge and the arch coupon Longmen stone are respectively engraved with auspicious patterns such as "pen ingot Ruyi", "bottle sheng three halberds" and "cloud dragon" and "Taiji". There are four couplets engraved on the bridge, one of which is: "The wind sends the sound of ten thousand machines, and it is easy for Mo Dao to be successful; The sun is turning over a thousand feet of waves, so that you can drink water and think more about the source. It vividly depicts the prosperity of Shengze's textile industry, and the wealth of the water town can be seen.
On July 1, 1986, Bailong Bridge was listed as the second batch of Wujiang City Cultural Relics Protection Units by the city. In September 2012, due to the change of Wujiang administrative division, it was adjusted to be a cultural relics protection unit of Suzhou City. [24]
Specialty cuisine. Specialty.
Satin. Shengze silk production, from ancient times to the present, has a wide range of names. Mulberry silk products, the Ming Dynasty has silk, Luo, silk, silk, yarn, cotton, ramie, silk cloth and so on. In modern times, it has developed from traditional mulberry silk to four main categories of interwoven silk, human silk and synthetic fiber silk. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a total of 540 varieties of various types of silk were produced.
Malt cake. Every year between Qingming and Lixia, the grass heads such as purple thoughts and lime roses are boiled and drained to remove the slag, mixed with glutinous rice flour and malt powder, and filled with red bean paste and soybean paste to make dumplings. After steaming, it is fried in oil, which can be stored for many days without deterioration, and the food is cool, sweet and soft.
Sauce meat. In the wax moon, the pork is compressed with pepper and salt, soaked in soy sauce for several days, and then dried and dried, and the cooked food tastes excellent.
Yellow muffin. Take brown sugar mixed with coarse rice flour as the blank, take red bean paste and sugar-pickled lard grains and walnut meat as the filling, paste more pine nut meat, add a few watermelon seed meat, and then sprinkle rose petals and osmanthus, a little red and green silk, and put it in a square frame steamer to steam thoroughly. The cake noodles are filling, sweet and delicious when eaten hot, and have a unique flavor when eaten cold.
Cloud slice cake. Also known as ice flake cake, there are all over the county, but the knife for cutting the cake is made from Shengze Xujiawan. Legend has it that the wrought iron is made of the water in front of the bay, the blade is sharp, and the cake slices are evenly cut without silk.
Maltose (i.e. caramel).
After the sugar is fried and clutched, the color is white, and it can be eaten in the shape of a cake.
Spiced white sugar.
The skin is made of maltose, and the stuffing is filled with mashed sesame seeds, peanuts and sugar, and it is made into various shapes, and the food is sweet and delicious.
Red meat. It is made of fresh pork stewed in red yeast rock sugar wine, and the taste is extremely delicious, but it is only available in winter. This meat is now rare and almost lost. There is also a red hoof, which is prepared in the same way as red meat.
Roasted pork with moldy vegetables. After the moldy vegetables are dried and cut finely and steamed, they are stewed with fresh meat, and the famous moldy vegetables are roasted with meat. The more steamed this thing is, the more flavorful it becomes, and it is not easy to rancid. Chinese people especially like to eat in summer.
Dishes in a bottle. Add a little maran head to the six hemp moss cabbage, and put it into a small reins to pickle, commonly known as a bottle dish. [25]
Delicacies. Shengze Town is located in Suzhou City, Suzhou cuisine is its typical flavor and special cuisine, has formed a unique local characteristics of Suzhou cuisine.
From the Qin and Han dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties, Suzhou has always been one of the best bases for the food of the royal court, fragrant japonica rice, Sanpo glutinous, Dongting red orange, Nandang water lotus, Biluo spring tea, etc. have become royal tributes, and lettuce, sea bass are also famous local foods. In addition, there are a variety of colors, well-made pastries and candies, Shengze Town's Suzhou-style snacks and other special delicacies. [26] Among them, minced meat siu mai is one of Shengze's famous dim sum.