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Suzhou repays a debt of gratitude the temple tower north in the west to repay a debt of gratitude in the temple located at Jiangsu Province Suzhou in (people's road 652), also north name temple tower. Tower high 9 (76 meters), occupy a land area of 1.3 Chinese acres. This tower is known as “Wu Zhong the first ancient temple”. in 1957 is listed as Jiangsu Province Cultural relic preservation organ. repays a debt of gratitude north the temple popular name the temple, is the Suzhou most ancient Buddhist temple, was already more than 1700 years. Builds in three-country Wu Chiwu the year (A.D. 238-251 years), hands down is Madame Sun Quan mother Wu Tai the shed dwelling constructs, the ancient name acquires understanding of esoteric teachings the temple. Tang Kaiyuannianjian (A.D. 713-741 years) change Kaiyuan Temple. The Five Dynasties Northern Zhou Dynasty obviously Germany year (A.D. 954-959 years) reconstruct, change name to repay a debt of gratitude the temple. repays a debt of gratitude the temple tower is the Chinese pavilion type pagoda, the biography builds in three-country Wu, Southern Dynasty Liang (A.D. 502-557 years) when constructs 11 towers, the Northern Song Dynasty burns; During a Yuan abundant (1078~1085) year the reconstruction is 9, at the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty constructs the inflammation four years (1130) duplicate to destroy in Song Jinzhan; The Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing 23 years (in 1153) rebuilt eight nine pagodas, the extant north temple tower's brick structure tower body was the construction in original then. The tower body's wooden construction part repaired for the end of the Qing, already not all was the original condition. This tower once engraved into Southern Song Dynasty Shao decides four years (1229) "the Pingkiang Chart" in the tablet. While the tower Pingkiang (Suzhou the most main north and south to the avenue northmost part, become the avenue at once) to the scenery.
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Jiangsu located at Yangtze River, the Huaihe River downstream, shore of Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, north meets Shandong, west continually Anhui, the southeast and Shanghai, Zhejiang border on, is the Yangtse Delta area important component, is situated between the east longitude 116°18 ' -121°57 ', north latitude 30°45 ' - 35°20 ' between. Acquires fame in the Qing Dynasty Jiangning government office and the Soviet state capital two government offices the first character. Is one of Chinese population density highest provinces, the total area 102,600 square kilometers, account for the national total area 1.11%, the continuous nearly 1000 kilometer coastlines are hugging the approximately 9,800,000 Chinese acre gold shallow seas and tidelands. Within the boundaries plain is vast, the land is fertile, the product is rich, the rivers and streams lake is densely covered, in five big fresh water lake's Tai Lake, Hongze Lake recline in this, in the history is known as “the land of plenty” fine reputation, Jiangsu's abbreviation “Soviet” the traditional character is this Italy originally. The Jiangsu history is glorious. Here is the Chinese Wu culture and the Chinese culture birthplace, as early as area Nanjing already was the humanity lives together the place hundreds of thousands of years ago. more than 6000 years ago, nearby nearby Nanjing and Tai Lake as well as Xuzhou and Hongze Lake already presented the primitive village, started the primitive farming production. more than 3000 years ago, Jiangsu bronzeware's smelting and forging, has achieved the very high technical level. 3- the 6th century, Nanjing became south China's economic civilization center. 7- after the 10th century, south the national economical center of gravity moves, has so-called “the world important matter, supinely in southeast” the view, Yangzhou becomes the national liveliest city. A.D. 14- after the mid-17th century, places such as Suzhou, Songjiang District and Nanjing, become the birthplace which our country capitalism germinates. The 19th century end, modern industries and so on silk reeling, spinning and weaving, bread flour, mining coal, in places such as Wuxi, Nantong, Suzhou, Changzhou, Xuzhou emerge one after another. Hereafter, Jiangsu's economy, the social development have been among the best in China.
