Luzhi Town 甪直镇
Town
Canal in Luzhi
Luzhi Town Location in Jiangsu Show map of Jiangsu Luzhi Town Luzhi Town (China) Show map of China
Coordinates:31°16′29″N120°52′45″E / 31.27476°N 120.879149°E /31.27476; 120.879149
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Suzhou
District	Wuzhong
Area
• Total	75 km2 (29 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	200,000
• Density	2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	215127
Area code	0512

Luzhi Town (Chinese:甪直镇;pinyin:Lùzhí Zhèn) is a historic town located in theWuzhong District, 18 km east ofSuzhou,Jiangsu province, China.

Luzhi was also known asPuli (甫里),^[1] after the pseudonym of theTang dynasty recluse poetLu Guimeng who retired in this town.

Puli consisted of two districts: Puli (甫里) and Liuzhi (六直), which was pronounced Luzhi in theSuzhou dialect. The name Liuzhi referred to the six straight rivers in the town. At the end of theQing dynasty, Puli was renamed to Luzhi township of Yuanhe County.

Luzhi is known for its waterways and ancient bridges, with some bridges dating back to theSong dynasty.

TheMing dynasty poetGao Qi described Luzhi in a poem :

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.

Luzhi is a well-preserved old town. In 2003, it was listed as one of the "Ten Famous Chinese Historical Townships" by the Chinese government. In 2004, Luzhi was awarded a Township Preservation Award by UNESCO.

• Baosheng Temple, a Buddhist temple built in the second year of Tianjiang of theLiang dynasty (503 AD). By the Song dynasty, it had 5000 halls and one thousand monks. Itsarhat statues, sculpted byYang Huizhi in theTang dynasty, are national treasures.

• Tomb of Tang dynasty poetLu Guimong, includes Fare Breeze Pavilion and two of his hand plantedginkgo trees.
• Former residence of Shen Bohan (沈柏寒故居)
• Wang Tao Memorial Hall
• Ye Shengtao Memorial Hall, at the former site of 5th High School, where educator and writer Ye Shengtao taught from 1917 to 1922.

• Puli trotters (甫里蹄) and Puli duck (甫里鸭), said to be prepared according to the recipe of poet Mr. Pu-li; he often treated guests with these two dishes.
• Luzhi radish (甪直萝卜), a radish pickle with a Qing dynasty recipe

• Lu Guimeng: Tang dynasty poet with the pseudonym Mr. Puli (甫里先生).
• Pi Rixiu: Tang dynasty poet, contemporary of Lu Guimeng
• Gao Qi: Ming dynasty poet
• Wang Tao: Qing dynasty reformer, writer, newspaper publisher
• Ye Shengtao: prominent novelist and educator.

• Buses between
  • Luzhi andSuzhou, route 18.
  • Luzhi andKunshan
  • Luzhi andShanghai.
• Steam boats between
  • Luzhi and Suzhou
  • Luzhi and Kunshan

• Kang Guojian, ed. (2012). "Luzhi Town"《甪直镇》.《古镇》 [Ancient Towns] (in English and Chinese). Hefei, Anhui: Huangshan Shushe.ISBN 978-7-5461-2712-5.

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