Which prefecture-level city does Wujiang belong to and is it a county-level city? What are the main features of this city?

Located on the shore of Taihu Lake and the southernmost tip of Jiangsu Province, it is situated at latitude 30°46′-31°14′ north and longitude 120°21′-120°54′ east. South of Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province and Huzhou City, north of Suzhou Wuzhong District and Kunshan City, east of Shanghai Qingpu District, just Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai provinces, the city junction, the geographic location is very advantageous. The city is located in a very favorable geographical position. The waterways and lakes in the city are densely spread. The city is rich in produce, developed economy, known as the ancient Canal, "the land of fish and rice", "Silk House". The city covers an area of 1,176 square kilometers (excluding the surface of Taihu Lake), of which the water area is 267.1 square kilometers. the city's total household population at the end of 2006 was 788,438, with a registered population of 600,000 foreigners. The city has a total population of 788,438 at the end of 2006, with a registered foreign population of 600,000. It is now under the jurisdiction of the provincial-level Wujiang Economic Development Zone, Fenhu Economic Development Zone and 8 towns. In the territory of Sujiahang Expressway, 227 Provincial Highway, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal running north and south, 318 National Highway, Taipu River, Shanghai-Suzhou-Zhejiang Expressway is expected to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of 2007 (Wujiang section) across the east and west. 2006 completed the municipal highway construction investment of 2.21 billion yuan, new construction of 53 kilometers of highway above the municipal townships, the completion of the 230 Provincial Highway and the Sutongli Highway, Wujiang section of the road, the municipal townships above the road Density has reached 180 kilometers per 100 square kilometers. Basically built all towns within 20 minutes on the highway, within 30 minutes to the city, transit vehicles within 40 minutes from the border of the road traffic pattern. All toll stations on the highway have been relocated to the inter-provincial borders. Wujiang is 80 kilometers away from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, 22 kilometers away from Suzhou Station of Beijing-Shanghai Railway, 190 kilometers away from Shanghai Yangshan Port and 105 kilometers away from Taicang Port of Suzhou, the well-connected land and water transportation network connects Wujiang with Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other large and medium-sized cities, making the transportation of people and goods very convenient. 2007 GDP of the city amounted to 61.8 billion yuan, the full-caliber financial income was 11 billion yuan, and the local general budget income was 47.7 billion yuan. In 2007, the city's GDP amounted to 61.8 billion yuan, full-caliber financial revenue 11 billion yuan, local general budget revenue 4.7 billion yuan, and investment in fixed assets 26 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 23.4%, 37.5%, 33.9% and 19.6% respectively. The per capita disposable income of urban residents is 22,000 yuan and the per capita net income of farmers is 11,283 yuan, with an average annual growth of 13.2% and 13.8. At present, Wujiang City, which is ranked as the ninth among the top 100 counties in the country, has more than 20 national honorary titles, such as National Sanitary City, China's Outstanding Tourist City, the National Advanced City in Creating Civilized Cities, the National Model Environmental Protection City, and the National Garden City.

Throughout the ages, the land of Wujiang has been full of humanities and talents. Since the Spring and Autumn period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more than two thousand years, emerged a large number of famous historical figures. According to the information reflected, belonging to the Wujiang nationality or living in Wujiang for a long time in the history of more than 140 people, of which the more famous are the Spring and Autumn period of Fan Li, Western Han Dynasty, Yan Jie, Yan help father and son, Western Jin Dynasty, Zhang Han, literary exegete between the Liang and Chen dynasties in the South, the painter Gu Nuwang, the Tang Dynasty, the writer Lu Guimeng, the Sung Dynasty, the entry of the Xie Jingchu Xie, Xie Tao, the Ming Dynasty, the poet and the writer of the Shijian, Shen Hao, the architect of the garden JiCheng, the Qing dynasty, the astronomer Wang XiErong, literary Wu ZhaOng. In the Qing Dynasty, there were the astronomer Wang Xijian, the literary scholar Wu Zhaoqian, the lyricist Xu Xi, and the medical doctor Xu Dachun. In modern times, and gave birth to the Xinhai Revolutionary figure of Chen Daqi, democratic warrior, patriotic poet Liu Yazi, revolutionary martyr Zhang Yingchun, master of Chinese literature Jin Songcen, literary Fan Yanqiao and a large number of outstanding figures.

The long history of Wujiang has created a deep cultural heritage, showing the distinctive characteristics of Wu culture. Wujiang folk literature has a long history and is rich in treasures, especially the loud and clear, sincere and simple feelings, beautiful and refreshing tunes, and a strong sense of local flavor of Lushui Mountain Songs, which is unique in Wuzhong. Folk dances, operas and folk crafts have been passed down in many different genres, each presenting a thousand different flavors. The staple food of Wujiang people is mainly rice, and grains are only used to regulate the taste, among which Pan Long Cake, Min Cake, Malt Collapse Cake, Smoked Beans, and Zhenze Black Tofu Dried Cake, etc. are the famous food of Wujiang with special characteristics.

Folk customs

Three bridges

Taiping, Jili, Changqing, commonly known as the "Three Bridges", is the treasure of the Tongli bridge, both small and exquisite and rustic elegance, the old days of marriage in the sound of drums and music in the sedan chair over the Three Bridges, the custom was inherited by successive generations. With the development of tourism, walking three bridges as a fun activity and open to the majority of tourists. The boat ride through the ancient town of the water village landscape, more interesting.

March 28, Zhu Tianhui

This is a spontaneous commemoration of the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yujian, and a religious form of anti-Qing organization initiated by some of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty after the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Most of the old women in the same place, folk said "March 28 rolling old lady", the activities are mainly "sitting on a bushel stool, eat vegetarian fasting", it is said to eat a large vegetarian diet can be healthy, no taboos.

New Year's Eve Lantern

The same with the Shandun family to blanch, eat Lantern, to the evening downtown lights, drums and music, many stores are hung with a variety of lights, really colorful, dazzling, while the city center location and the Qingyin class playing Jiangnan silk and bamboo and "ten gongs and drums "The night is late, the beautiful music is still in the ancient town of the sky for a long time floating.

From the Lantern Festival to the beginning of March on the lunar calendar, the Tongli area Chuntai theater one after another, overwhelmed, east, west, south, north and south, blossoming everywhere. Chuntai theater, also known as the opera, that is, today's Beijing opera. The family hair in order to see the play during the day, often in the middle of the night under the stars and moonlight to pigeonhole river mud, bright, men, women, children and young people rocking a fast boat, all the way to the theater with laughter.

The first day of the year to the first five

The beginning of the new year, the first day of the year to the first five, with the four townships and eight neighbors of the good men and women to do the first thing, is to rush to the southwest of the town of the "South View" support point Lohan, in order to pray for peace in all seasons. At night several natural villages in the suburbs will be united out of the night, dragon lanterns dance with the gongs and drums, the scenery is very beautiful and chic. In other villages, there are horse lanterns, flower baskets and lion dances, which are also very lively, among which Jiangjiabang's lion is the most famous.

The 30th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Jizo Bodhisattva, and at dusk on that day, every household should light candles and burn incense at the entrance of their homes or in the courtyard, and incense and stick incense can be inserted one by one on the ground, which is commonly known as the "dog dojo". After the end of the beginning of the water lanterns, water lanterns in the Wujiang area only with a place all. Water lanterns, the Department made of kraft paper round lamp with a bottom, in the middle of a mud made of sun-dried duck feet, triangular claw shape, there are small holes, can be placed in the lamp grass, and then add vegetable oil to the lamp. Put the lights, the front of a boat by the monks playing Buddhist music, behind a boat is specializing in oil paper lamps inside the lamp grass lit, and then slowly put on the water surface, so, while playing music while putting the water lamps, do not need an hour, the whole repair with the town of the river are flashing lights up the water lamps, as if the sky full of stars put in the river, the scenery is very magnificent.

June 23 gate water dragon

This is a major feature of the ancient town of Tongli. On the 23rd day of the 6th lunar month, people from the surrounding villages come to watch the water dragon, which is actually an annual firefighting competition. The competition place from the big temple to start, to the west has been lined up to the ferry bridge side of the bridge, the more to the west of the river is more open, help the most west of a fire dragon is the rice trade union with a car engine to start the fire engine, the power is big, the range is far, which are manpower, the range is not far away from the general, but take the head of the dragon sometimes intentionally dragon head towards the sky to launch the water droplets splashed to the crowd did not bring umbrellas, so that the visitors are wet! But everyone is still laughing and having a good time.

May Dragon Boat Race

With the vast surface of the water, this activity is the most lively, and the so-called Dragon Boat is just on both sides of the wooden boat in the farmhouse with colored silk tie some simple color, while inserting a number of colorful flags and confetti made of flowers, the bow left and right strip hanging a large colorful ball. Out of the boat when shaking two sculls, foreign and then out of the jump, that is, below the middle of the sculls, plus a long springboard, springboard requirements out of the left and right sides of the boat each one meter, and to be fixed, and then the people stood in the outstretched springboard, sculling in unison. It is said that the speed of the boat at this time is very fast, so the people of Tongli also called it "fast boat". In addition to the drum team in the boat's head cabin to cheer, the old man, children and women have to go ashore to watch, stay in the boat are all young and strong, after such a light from the tube, inadvertently accelerate the speed of the boat.

April 14th fairy meeting

This is a wider geographical activities. But Tongli has its own specialties. There are stilt walkers, river boats, mussel shells, etc. The procession is small, and at the end there is a group of good men and women wearing sin dresses as a sign of atonement for their sins.

August 7th and 8th copper drums

This is actually a daughter's festival, the rural areas of the year the newly married women, in these two days can go back to their parents and siblings reunion, because after these two days of the countryside will begin the fall harvest busy, and can no longer visit friends and relatives. In these two days with the town will also be lively, the nearby town vendors will be assembled to the "North View" and the new real street, to engage in some of the pulling the film, selling fists, sets of mud people, waves of circus and so on, a sea of people, the site of points of noise.

September 9, ate Chongyang cake

From September 9, families ate Chongyang cake, while generally there is no great activity. The countryside is still busy with the three autumns, and business in the market towns has turned into the off-season. The towns will only come alive again when the new rice comes on the market, but it won't be for long, and then it will be time to prepare for the New Year.

December 20 on New Year's Eve

This holiday with the people also pay more attention to the dust, to dust the eaves first, after making dumplings, dusting the eaves is also the annual cleaning, generally use straw to tie a broom, first use it to dust the clouds on the beams, look at the bricks on the rafters, rafters, columns on the dust, and then set up a wipe Taiwan, wipe the table, and finally swept the ground. Once the house was cleaned, the dumplings were made. Dumpling filling with fresh meat, lard bean paste, shredded radish and other kinds of, in the countryside there is a kind of dumplings commonly known as "barley dough", especially large, and use it on the Zaojun emperor, praying for next year's rice harvest. Legend has it that how big the rice barley dough, next year's rice hair tree is also how big, so this dough later more and more big, so big that a doughnut can be eaten by several people as breakfast.

December 28 to do the rice cake

New Year's cake varieties, there are white sugar osmanthus rice cake. Rose lard rice cake, brown sugar rice cake, and so on. Generally have to eat the first month of the next year 15, but also a few pieces of waiting until the second day of February to eat the waist cake.

December 30 New Year's Eve dinner

This is the grandest festival of the year, hard work for a year in the town. At this time, all the worries are left behind. Preparation of the end of the year meal, braised pig's trotters and legs, braised fish and meat, as well as eight treasures duck, white chicken, a table full of rice is essential. Then comes the preparation of the New Year's money, and then the drinking and waiting for the clock to strike midnight. When the bell rings and a new year begins, everyone scrambles to put up spring couplets and set off firecrackers, and the sound of the firecrackers shrouds the old town in a peaceful and cozy atmosphere.

And so, a cycle ends. A new cycle has begun.