常熟市新塘口是一个古老而又年轻的小镇。说古老,始建于清嘉庆之初;说年轻,腾达于二十世纪上半叶。它地处水乡古道的耿泾塘畔,水陆交通发达,南接梅塘三里桥,北抵长江三角洲,东西距周行、谢桥各三公里。镇长四百余米,宽约三米,一律青砖黑瓦木梁柱平房。居有五十多户人家,二百五十多个居民。家家经商开小店,前店面后作坊。 Changshu Xintangkou is an ancient and young town. Said ancient, was built in the beginning of Qing Jiaqing; said young, Tengda in the first half of the twentieth century. It is located in the ancient waterway Gengjing pond, developed water and land transportation, south of Meitang Sanliqiao, north of the Yangtze River Delta, east and west from the Zhouxing, Xie Bridge three kilometers. The mayor of four hundred meters wide, three meters wide, all brick black tile beam beam bungalows. There are more than 50 households, more than 250 residents. Every family business opened a shop, shop front workshop.