東聖堂

Lili Ancient Town, one of the "Jiangnan Sili", is a well-preserved ancient town, with many Ming and Qing styles of old buildings, Dongshengtang is one of them. Dongshengtang is built in memory of Zhao Yulao, the founder of Lili Ancient Town. It is located in the east of Zhendong, so it is called Dongshengtang. Zhao Yulao really has his people. Ziqi Shi, No. Humble Yi, Dongping, Shandong, Song Xiaozong once held important positions such as Lin'an Zhifu, Ministry of Industry Shilang, 57 years old returned to Yinli, rectified the city appearance, advocated reading and writing, guided young people to learn culture, improved Lili's overall style, and promoted Lili from village to town.

The East Shengtang, located in the east head of Lili Ancient Town, was built to commemorate Zhao Yulao, the founder of Lili Ancient Town in the early Southern Song Dynasty. Zhao Yulao, a senior official in the early Southern Song Dynasty, was a former worker. He told the old man to return to his hometown and chose to settle in Lili. Zhao Yulao came to Lili and did three major events that had a profound impact on Lili. First, he mediated the contradiction between the local residents of Lili and the immigrants in the north, and Lili was upgraded from a village to a township. Second, he was rectifying the city river and rectifying the streets. At that time, Lili Township, the smoke was quite dense, there were many shops, and there were many merchants who were picking and selling, but there was a serious lack of public facilities. Zhao Yulao made plans, the first step was to manage the Lichuan City River, the second step was to renovate the street, and the third step was to build red columns in each of the key points. The third is the first private garden in Lili, the house garden is unified, and the heavens are raised. The main Yake came to work, and the high friends here are full of people, and the place is full of fun. The guest is throwing ink and swinging. There is a guqin in the hall, burning incense and playing the piano, and cultivating. More days, Zhao Yulao and friends recited poetry and filled in words for young students. With Zhao Yulao, Lili people began to pay attention to reading, and took poetry articles as an important element of standing up, including many who entered the way of the examination. East Shengtang, now still a folk museum, the first floor displays Jiangnan Shili red makeup full set of old objects and big red flower sedan, even women entangled feet (picture 11) and golden lotus embroidered shoes (picture 12, 13), there are three inch photos of golden lotus (picture 12) Stunning... The second floor is the traditional furnishings of newlywed families in Jiangnan, painted gold and red paint, red and red! The study room is elegant, pen, ink and paper, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, all available. [Attraction Guide] Detailed address: East of Lili Ancient Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City. Traffic guide: self-driving. Open time: 9：30-16：30. Ticket price: included in the ancient town package. Highlights: 1. Sacrifice to Lili Ancient Town founder Zhao Yulao; 2. Visit the folk museum to learn about the past and present lives of Lili Ancient Town.