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　　 Puli (¸¦Àï) was the ancient name of the river town Luzhi Township .
Luzhi is located in the Wuzhong District, 18 km east of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China.
This river town was named after a Tang Dynasty recluse poet Lu Guimong ( who retired in this town. Lu Guimong had a pseudonym: Mr. Pu-li .
At that time, Puli consisted of two districts: Puli and Liuzhi. Liuzhi meant that there were six straight rivers in the town. In the Suzhou dialect, "liu" was pronounced as "lu", and pronounced as Luzhi. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Puli was changed to Luzhi township of Yuanhe County.
Luzhi was reputed to be the Venice of the East, famous for its beautiful waterways and ancient bridges, some of the bridges dated back to the Song Dynasty. A walk in the ancient town Luzhi is said to be a walk into history frozen in time, tranquil and serene.
The Ming Dynasty poet Gao Qi poem : "Scene of Puli" is still an accurate description of the scenery in the ancient town Luzhi today:
Scene of Puli
Long bridge short bridge with willows; Front stream rear stream with lotus; People watching banner over wine store risen Seagulls escort boat to home of fishman.
In 2003, the Chinese government published a list of "Ten Famous Chinese Historical Townships". Luzhi is on this list. In 2004, Luzhi together with Tongli and Zhouzhuang were listed in the tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage Sites. With the rapid modernization of China, large number of historical towns disappeared under the bulldozers, with only a handful of well preserved historical townships remaining today. In 2004, Luzhi was awarded a Township Preservation Award by UNESCO.
Sights
Baoshen Temple. Baoshen Temple boasts a history of thousand years, built in the second year of Tianjiang of Liang Dynasty (503 AD). By Song dynasty it was called the Baoshen Zen Temple, with 5000 halls and one thousand monks. The Arhat statues in the Baoshen Temple are national treasures. They were the work of the Tang Dynasty sculptor Yang Huizhi. Tang Dynasty poet Lu Guimong tomb, with Fare Breeze Pavilion and two of his hand planted gingko trees.
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