苏州运河十景

　　吴门望亭（普通话版）：望亭是今日京杭大运河由北往南流经苏州地界的第一站，春秋时周边一带有吴王狩猎的场所——长洲苑。史载东汉末年孙坚在此设御亭，唐贞观年间常州刺史李袭誉因南朝诗人庾肩吾路经此地时有“御亭一回望”的诗句，将此地改称为“望亭”。此后，望亭就成了吴地水乡重要的往来驿站，唐代白居易的诗句“灯火穿村市，笙歌上驿楼”，描绘的就是古时望亭驿的繁华盛景。如今的望亭既有良渚、崧泽等古文化遗址、又保留了太湖文化、稻作文化的深深印记，而位于沙墩港、被人们称道为“水立交”的望亭水利枢纽以及矗立于运河东岸的望亭发电厂，更是新中国成立以来水利事业及电力工业蓬勃发展的见证。

Wangting, the Gatekeeper Town of Wu Land

When ships sailing southwards on the Grand Canal enter the canal's Suzhou section, the first thing they will see is the town of Wangting. In the Spring and Autumn period, not far from the location where the town now sits, there was a royal forest owned by Helv the king of Wu and known as Changzhou Court长洲苑. There in the late Eastern Han dynasty Sun Jian built a pavilion named Imperial Pavilion 御亭. When Yu Jianwu, a poet of the Southern dynasties,passed the pavilion, he wrote a verse that says 'when I stand in the Imperial Pavilion and look afar'. It was due to this verse that Li Xiyu, the governor of Changzhou 常州 in Zhenguan period of the Tang dynasty, renamed the area where the pavilion stood Wangting 望亭, literally 'looking afar from the pavilion'. Since then Wangting had become an important post station in the water-blessed land of Wu. Its air of prosperity inspired the renowned Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi to write down the verse, 'Immersed in the lantern lights and tunes are the courier station and the town.' Today, Wangting boasts not only historical relics like those of Liangzhu and Songze cultures, but also time honored intangible heritage like Taihu Lake and Rice Cultivation cultures. Additionally, the Wangting Water Conservation Project in Shadungang, reputed as the 'Overpass above the Wangyu River', and the Wangting Power Plant residing on the east bank of the Grand Canal, have also witnessed the thriving development of local water conservation and power sectors since the nation's founding in 1949.

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吴门望亭简介（苏州话版）：运河葛水兜兜转转，从北面葛无锡流过来，过仔丰乐桥，到仔伲望亭么侪晓得苏州到哉，所以叫“吴门望亭”。老底子该搭有座驿亭，公家葛船、往来葛客人么侪勒该浪向停一停勒歇一歇，辰光一长，人来客去么，该场化闹猛起来哉，成仔一个镇，听年纪大点葛老先生笃讲，运河水流过望亭该段，当地人叫俚鹤溪，运河浪有桥，像仙鹤葛背梁脊骨，两旁边葛河水么就是两只肌夹，两岸贴勒运河葛上塘街、下塘街是头搭尾巴。倷倒说说看，望亭阿有味道？百闻弗如一见，欢迎大家到伲望亭来白相。