Babao Street exits Dinghui Temple Lane in the north and connects with Zhangjia Lane in a four-fold turn from south to west. The alley is 150 meters long and 2-7 meters wide.
I think many Suzhou people have heard this street for the first time, yes, only 150 meters, and hidden behind Dinghui Temple. People who live nearby may not have heard of it.
Babao Street
However, as an ancient city in Suzhou, every street and alley hides a story. Look at the very ordinary, read carefully, the essence of the life of the ancients seems to be vividly remembered. The same is true of the little-known Babao Street.
The legendary eight treasures, nine cylinders and sixteen treasures.
The reason why Babao Street is called Babao Street stems from the fact that Babao Street hides the treasures of Eight Treasures, Nine Cylinders and Sixteen Treasures, who hid it, Zhang Shicheng, a tyrant in the chaotic world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
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Zhang Shicheng fixed the capital in Suzhou, occupied for twelve years, reclaimed land and reduced taxes, and won the hearts of the people. When he was defeated, he prepared to stay in the green mountains, which was theoretically certain, but in fact it must be so.
Perhaps, under the dirt of Suzhou City, there is not a treasure with eight treasures, nine cylinders and sixteen treasures.
Why is the secret of Babao Street alone publicized to the world? The soldiers who participated in the burial of the treasure leaked secrets? Or the confessions of Zhang Shicheng's courtiers? At present, there is no conclusion? One thing can be basically inferred, it must not be out of thin air.
Old shadow of Babao Street
Sure enough, it is rumored that during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Army dug out the Eight Treasures, Nine Cylinders and Sixteen Treasures. However, this is only a folk history, it is difficult to convince people, if there is a real thing, dig out such a large amount of wealth, there will be no written records and there will be folk tales; if there is a clue that must be provided by the local people of Suzhou, the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it will definitely settle accounts after the autumn, dig out the internal traitor, and it is a big internal traitor, such a big thing has not become a paragraph, how can the old man and the old lady in the streets and alleys give up?
Not poached? The treasure is still in its original location, where is it? At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was still a wilderness, and it was difficult to determine the concept near today's Babao Street, or possibly to the west of Phoenix Street. Maybe, in that year, it was stolen, perhaps, you found a brick carving in the grass somewhere in the ancient city of Suzhou, and on it was a treasure map, and you became a smeller of Suzhou Overnight. It's all hard to say.
At No. 10 Babao Street, there is a Republican bungalow with good quality that makes people happy.
The Republic of China bungalow on Babao Street can be said to be a landmark building on this street. It wasn't that the control building actually had such a good appearance, which really surprised me.
At present, suzhou's historical buildings, the control is equivalent to wearing armor, not controlling the demolition of some people have objections and no complaint significance. The number of historic buildings that disappear each year that are not controlled is staggering, I think.
The age and owner of this beautiful Republic of China building, I can't find relevant information.
It is said that the owner of the current house is a descendant of Pan Zuyin of the Suzhou Wang clan.
A few years ago, it was the Pan's Pine Scale Art And Culture Society, which is a private club that exhibits private paintings and gathers literati and entertainers to drink tea. A very small place of acclaim.
In the past two years, it seems to have become the residence of related companies. The house seems to be hanging on the Internet, and there is a willingness to sell. The specifics are unclear.