
淹城旅游区与外界的分界线。“仰淹阙”,顾名思义,就是仰望淹君的阁楼。


广场中央巨大的器皿称为双兽三轮青铜盘,根据是1957年在淹城地界出土的青铜盘原件按1:10的比例放大的,由中国文物协会赠送。
青铜三轮盘原件现收藏在中国历史博物馆。造型独特,它通高15.6厘米,口径26厘米,底径14.5厘米。盘敞口、浅腹、圈足,盘底下装有可转动的三轮,每轮六条辐,其前轮两侧伸出长颈回首的双兽,兽首有冠,大目圆睁,吻部前伸,兽身饰鳞纹、三角纹、窃曲纹等,兽首作饮水状。盘周围有编织纹。在春秋时期,它应该是一个很精致的餐盘或者果盘,可以在客人面前来回移动,满足他们的需要。这尊青铜三轮盘结构合理,在制作过程中使用了浇铸、焊接、榫卯组装等工艺,把实用器与艺术品融为一体,显示了高超的青铜工艺水平。目前所见古代青铜器,三轮盘仅此一件,是吴越青铜器中具有浓厚地域风格和时代特征的器物。
青铜盘周围嵌的这四块石刻分别是青龙、白虎、朱雀、玄武,他们是道教的四方神,分别护卫东西南北。左右两边是钟楼和鼓楼。广场四角的四根琮柱是用五彩石制作的,每根重30吨。


武进是孟河医派的发源地,自古以来名医辈出;武进中医文化底蕴深厚,晚清时期名扬天下,素有“吴中名医甲天下、孟河名医冠吴中”之称。淹城中医街依托武进医派的深厚沉淀,开设了各类特色中医馆、养生馆等。正如街首的石牌坊上所书”医惟好德”,中医街对传承和繁荣中医文化发挥了积极作用。


淹城文化街与中医街、美食街毗邻,街坊枕河、小桥虹连,亭、榭、轩、阁错落有致,尽显吴越风韵。文化街以淹城博物馆、武进文化馆为核心,云集了一批非遗工艺、古玩鉴赏、书画美术等文化体验项目,向游客集中展示了常武地区独特而深厚的文化底蕴。


It is the symbol of boundary between Yancheng Tourism Area and the outside world. “Lord-Worshipping Tower”, as the name suggests, is the attic to look up at Yan territory.


袁晓园艺术馆坐落于淹城文化街内。袁晓园先生是中国第一位女税务官,也是我国第一位女外交官。她出生于翰墨世家,曾用名袁行洁,其伯父为帝师,现悬挂于北京中南海之“新华门”匾额,即由其手书,外祖父叶楚伧以诗文名世,胞妹袁静、外甥女琼瑶则以小说驰名。晓园先生青年时冲破家庭藩篱,只身赴法勤工俭学,三十年代曾任厦门税务局副局长,成为我国第一位女税务官;四十年代曾任印度加尔各答领事馆副领事,成为我国第一位女外交官;八十年代她放弃美籍回北京定居,曾任六、七届全国政协委员、北京国际汉字研究会会长等职。此一生经历可谓传奇。2003年,晓园先生去世,享年101岁。2011年,武进区建立袁晓园艺术馆,收集展示了晓园先生备受好评的诗、书、画艺术作品及各时期的照片、证件和实物。


The huge vessel in center of the square is called Double Beast Three Wheels Plate Bronze Plate. It is presented by China cultural relics Association and is magnified in the proportion of 1:10 to the original bronze plate unearthed in Yancheng in 1957.
The origin of bronze three disc plate is now collected in Chinese History Museum. The plate has a unique shape, with a height of 15.6 cm, a diameter of 26 cm and a bottom diameter of 14.5 cm. The plate has open mouth, shallow belly and encircled feet. Three rotatable wheels with six spokes are installed under the bottom of the plate, with two beasts with long necks protruding from both sides of the front wheel looking back. Beast heads have crowns, and big eyes open, with snout extending forward. Beast bodies are decorated with scale patterns, triangular patterns, Qiequ patterns (curved and hooked patterns derived from animal elements), etc., and the beast is like drinking water. There are braids around the plate. It should be a very exquisite dinner plate or fruit plate in the Spring and Autumn period, which can move back and forth in front of guests to meet their needs. This bronze three wheel plate has reasonable structure, integrating practical utensils and works of art through production processes of casting, welding, tenon and mortise assembly and other processes, showing superb level of bronze technology. There is only one such three wheel plate ancient bronze ware at now. It is an artifact with strong regional style and era characteristics in Wu and Yue bronze ware.
The four stone carvings embedded around the bronze plate are Blue Dragon, White Tiger, Rosefinch and Xuanwu, protecting the east, west, north and south. On the left and right are Bell Tower and Drum Tower. The four Cong columns at the four corners of the square are made of multicolored stones, each weighing 30 tons.


It is the tremendous and sublime Yancheng tower. The “Spring and Autumn Yancheng Relics Park” on it is inscribed by calligrapher Shen Peng. The font has profound artistic conception, elegant style, ink with spirit, and overwhelming power.