This food street is a business card of Huzhou. It is close to downtown and full of ancient charm. It is also a paradise for foodies.

There is such a food street in Wuxing District of Huzhou, which is close to Aishan Square, but it has a history of thousands of years. If you travel to Huzhou, don't miss such a good place with beautiful scenery, delicious snacks and beautiful ancient architecture, that is Clothes Street!

Misunderstood Food Street

Speaking of Clothes Street, outsiders may think that it is a market for selling clothes. Like other cities, Clothes Street is where local people buy clothes. But what is disappointing is that there are basically no shops selling clothes in today's Clothes Street, and they are replaced by a variety of snack bars.

Clothes Street and the downtown area of Aishan Square are separated by only one road, and they are located in a bustling business district, which is very lively during the day and at night. Therefore, if you come to Clothes Street to buy clothes just by listening to the name, you will definitely be laughed off. Coming here to eat all kinds of local food can really make visitors linger, leaving their teeth and lips fragrant.

In fact, Clothes Street did have a lot to do with selling clothes before it became a snack street. Now Clothes Street has gone through thousands of years of wind and rain, and it is not what it used to be. What is the reason for this?

From the commercial street to the snack street

It doesn't make sense to say that Clothes Street has nothing to do with selling clothes. It was once named after many clothes estimation shops. Although it has changed over the years, the name of Clothes Street has remained unchanged, which is a historical issue.

As early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xing Wu was too thin and Xie An lived here, and Xiao Chen, the satrap of Liang and Xing Wu in the Southern Dynasties, built the Baiping Pavilion here. Yan Zhenqing in the Tang Dynasty and the later great poet Du Mu both left footprints here. It can be seen that the history of Clothes Street spans thousands of years and has a strong human history.

from Huzhou library, we can borrow local chronicles here. In the Song Dynasty, there was a record about Clothes Street in Jia Tai Wu Xingzhi. At that time, it was called Zhouzhi Street. In the Ming Dynasty, it was called Fuqian Street and Xiaoshi Street, and the name called Clothes Street was in the middle of Qing Dynasty.

It was mainly because it had become the main neighborhood in Huzhou at that time, and all kinds of shops gathered in the street, especially more than a dozen clothing evaluation shops such as Wangji and Jiujia. There are also some dowry shops, pharmacies, jewelry stores, etc., and there are even money houses and pawn shops with Jiuqu Lane as the core, which became the more important financial and commercial center in Huzhou at that time.

However, the prosperity of Clothes Street was destroyed in the subsequent war. At that time, most of the clothing appraisal shops did not exist, while the money houses and pawn shops were buried in the torrent of history. In recent years, with the vigorous development of tourism, Clothes Street has regained its brilliance. The former clothes shop here has gradually been replaced by various food and snack bars, and has gradually evolved into a unique business card in Huzhou, a food street worth punching in!

Food and alley culture in Clothes Street

Clothes Street is not long, only over 311 meters long, and it takes no more than an hour to go around. However, such a small ancient street has gathered all kinds of special snacks, both local and foreign.

Besides snacks, the alley culture of Clothes Street is also a compliment. For example, Wupen Lane and Jinpo Lane are all very suitable places to punch in and take pictures, especially an alley called "Louzan", which is even more impressive.

I asked the local people in Huzhou to understand the real meaning of this alley. It turns out that "lousy praise" means very good, and it is a local dialect in Huzhou, which foreigners can't understand. If there is a local explanation, it will definitely be interesting!

Shops and snacks on the main road of Clothes Street are more expensive, and there are also several snack bars in the alley, which are affordable, but they are hidden near the water. You can only find this place after a walk. But the food here is also a must, and it is guaranteed to make you memorable!

at night, the clothes street is full of beautiful scenery.

There are a lot of people in the clothes street during the day, and it is very lively at night. Every time I walk in this ancient street, I always feel that I have traveled through ancient times, and that kind of taste is especially unforgettable.

Occasionally, I can meet a few Hanfu young ladies who get together to take photos here, which is particularly eye-catching with several ancient buildings nearby. From the main street of Clothes Street, through the alley, you can reach the river next to the street.

at night, the alley is really beautiful against the light, and the water ripples on the river, which makes me feel pity. Whenever night falls, it is a rare experience to come to this bridge or lake with friends or lovers for fun, such a poetic picture scroll.

You can visit Clothes Street in all seasons.

Clothes Street is located in a downtown area, with many business districts nearby and convenient accommodation, so you can visit it in all seasons. But it is not recommended to play during the day in summer, because Huzhou is still very hot in summer. In addition to visiting Clothes Street during the day, don't miss the beauty of Clothes Street at night. It is best to stay near Clothes Street for a day and see that day and night here are equally beautiful!

Huzhou is really a good place with beautiful scenery and beautiful streets, which makes people particularly nostalgic. If you take a walk on the quaint street like Clothes Street in your spare time every day, you will feel very comfortable.

If you are tired of shopping, you can enjoy all kinds of delicious food while enjoying the scenery of the snack street, which is particularly pleasant. Even taking a rest on the street, going to the river for a stop-and-go, and just taking a shot, is a beautiful picture scroll, and it feels like being in Traveling in a pictorial world.