Kuanzhai Lane Tour Guide's Poem 1
When you are used to seeing the flashing neon lights, listening to the roar of cars, and tasting all kinds of delicacies, will you begin to miss the quaint days, and will you miss the feeling of drinking sake in a pot? I think I will. I took advantage of the leisure days of summer vacation, made an appointment with some friends and came to Chengdu's business card. Kuanzhai Lane.
As soon as you entered Kuanzhai Lane, a cool breeze came at you, like a gentle and generous woman coming forward to welcome you home. There are many Sihe communities on both sides of the street, and Chengdu Shaocheng remains and century-old original buildings can be seen everywhere. Repair as old as before and keep the original appearance. Shops operate on the street. Along the street is the city, constantly shouting, attracting tourists, drinking tea, watching the scenery and relaxing, and the five senses of tourists have been fully enjoyed.
As soon as I entered Kuanzhai Lane, I was attracted by an old man who was a sugar man. I saw the old man leaning on a wooden chair, smoking his pipe leisurely, and there was a brand sugar blower next to him? And a rectangular cabinet with a shelf. There is a semi-circular wooden round cage with an opening under the cabinet, and there is a small charcoal stove with a big spoon filled with syrup in the middle. Although it is syrup, it is still glittering and attractive. I've only heard of the sugar painter, and this sugar blower is the first time to see you. Seeing me walk over, grandpa smiled and said, Little sister, do you want a sugar man? Well, grandpa, make me a big cock! ? I saw grandpa picked up a small piece of brown cotton bud candy, pinched it with his hand, blew it, pulled it, pulled it, pulled it, picked it up with his mouth, and then gently blew it up. That candy actually swelled up like a balloon. This is very different from the painting of sugar in Chengdu, which can be regarded as an eye-opener!
Just when I was amazed at my grandfather's superb skills, a cry led me to the past days. Stay in the hotel! ? At the gate of a snack bar, an uncle was shouting, and a steady stream of passers-by were attracted in, and I was also pulled in by my friends. Wooden table, wooden chair, wooden hip flask and wooden chopsticks on the table. The guests sit in the chair and enjoy the rare delicious food on earth. Xiao er kept walking back and forth in the crowd, the cook kept sitting on delicious dishes, and the boss knew that he was grinning.
Kuanzhai Lane's things are endless, and the life of the old Chengdu people is also unclear. It's better to take a time and come to this place. Take a walk in a wide alley, squeeze a narrow alley, and experience the enjoyment and relaxation of the soul. Introduction to Kuanzhai Lane, Chengdu
Welcome to Kuanzhai Lane, Chengdu! I'm your tour guide. My last name is X. You can call me Xiao X. In order to facilitate your visit, let me introduce you first.
Kuanzhai Lane, a historical and cultural district in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, consists of three east-west old streets (from north to south: wide alley, narrow alley and well alley) and residential houses between the streets. The area where Kuanzhai Lane is located was the residence of the Eight Banners in the Qing Dynasty, and there are many cultural, catering and leisure shops operating here at present. Kuanzhai Lane is a tourist attraction that focuses on displaying the culture of old Chengdu, and was awarded the title of 2118? China Creative Industry Project Construction Achievement Award? In 2119? China characteristic commercial pedestrian street? Wait for the title. On March 25th, 2114, at 5pm, US President Barack Obama's wife Michelle and her party visited Kuanzhai Lane, the most characteristic city in Chengdu, and stayed at a restaurant named? Great? Sichuan style hot pot restaurant for dinner.
"Kuanzhai Lane" is one of the three major historical and cultural protection areas in Chengdu, which is composed of three parallel old-fashioned urban streets, namely, Kuanxiang, Narrow Alley and Jingxiang, and the quadrangle community between them. It was listed in the Protection Plan of Chengdu Historical and Cultural City in 1981s. In June 2118, the three-year renovation project of Kuanzhai Lane was completed. The newly renovated Kuanzhai Lane consists of 45 quadrangles in the style of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, garden mansions with both artistic and cultural connotations, and newly-built house-style boutique hotels.
in the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi (1718), Junggar invaded Tibet. After the Qing court sent 3,111 officers and men to quell the rebellion, more than 1,111 soldiers were chosen to stay in Chengdu forever and build a whole city-a small city. The Qing system was strictly regulated, and all Manchu and Mongolian officers and men were not allowed to leave Shaocheng without permission to get their hands on business transactions. Live by the annual tournament in Shaocheng Park (today's People's Park) in the spring and autumn, and receive the imperial salary for outstanding achievements. The wind and rain are falling, and now there are only two alleys left in Shaocheng!
in 2113, the main reconstruction project of Kuanzhai Lane historical and cultural area in Chengdu was established. On the basis of protecting the original buildings in old Chengdu, this area will form a composite cultural commercial street with distinctive regional characteristics and strong Bashu cultural atmosphere, and eventually become a "rich and little city" with the connotation of "old Chengdu film, new city living room".
"Walking into the wide narrow alley, you are singing old Sichuan songs?" Bald li jin's MTV shows the quaint charm of Kuanzhai Lane. Chengdu held a ventilation meeting to officially announce that as the key project of Chengdu Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and the "business card project" of Chengdu cultural tourism, the protective renovation project of Kuanzhai Lane historical and cultural district has been completed and officially opened in May.
According to Yin Jianhua, Chairman of Chengdu Wenlv Group, the historical and cultural district of Kuanzhai Lane, which is composed of three parallel old streets and quadrangles, is one of the three historical and cultural protection areas in Chengdu, the last relic of the urban pattern of "a thousand years less cities" and the original architectural pattern of a hundred years in old Chengdu, and the "orphan" of the culture and architectural style of northern hutongs in the south. According to the plan, the control area is 479 mu, and the core protection area is 118 mu. "Renovating the old as before, giving priority to protection" and "restoring the original site". The coordinated renovation of buildings and architectural features around the core protection area has been completed, with 23 courtyards built, 21 courtyards under construction and 2 courtyards to be built. It is expected that the renovation of 45 complete courtyards will be completed in March, the landscape paving of streets and squares will be completed by the end of April, and the streets will be officially opened in May.
That's the end of my lecture today. Here is the time for everyone to visit freely. We will meet at the gate in about 31 minutes. I hope this visit will leave a deep impression on everyone. I wish you all a good time. Thank you! Dear friends, the next place we will go is Kuanzhai Lane. Starting from the hotel, along Zongfu Road and Shudu Avenue, passing Tianfu Square and People's Park, the journey takes about 21 minutes. Now we have passed Tianfu Square and are driving on Shudu Avenue, which is a traffic artery running through the east and west of Chengdu.
Now I want to ask, what kind of city is Chengdu in everyone's eyes? That's right, comfort (Sichuan dialect). Li Bai has a poem:? In nine days, 11% will be opened, and thousands of households will enter the painting? ; In the eyes of poet du fu, Xiao sees the red and wet place, and the flowers are heavy in Jinguan City? , the poet Lu You again? When I traveled to the west of Jincheng, I was drunk for plum blossoms. Twenty miles of incense, Qingyang Palace to Huanhuaxi? The poem truly tells the beautiful environment and leisure life of Chengdu in those days. In recent years, Chengdu has successively won? National historical and cultural city? China's Best Tourist City? National civilized city? Wait for the title. Last month, the ranking of the first leisure city in China was announced, and Chengdu was ranked by its? A high degree of happiness, a strong sense of human kindness, a strong tolerance, a love of leisure and no aversion to work, not only enjoying life, but also creating life? And get it? China's Best Leisure City in 2111? Title.
Time magazine once commented on Chengdu: china? s china? The most China. Then the Kuanzhai Lane we are going to today is the most Chengdu.
Kuanzhai Lane can be said to be the place that best reflects Chengdu people's understanding and expression of leisure life. Kuanzhai Lane is a large-scale ancient street of the Qing Dynasty left over from Chengdu. Together with Daci Temple and Wenshuyuan, it is also called the protected block of three famous historical and cultural cities in Chengdu. It consists of three parallel alleys: wide alley, narrow alley and well alley. Kuanzhai Lane is the epitome of the past of Chengdu, an ancient and young city. In the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi (1718), Junggar troops invaded Tibet. The Qing court sent 3,111 officers and men to quell the rebellion. In 1721, Emperor Kangxi sent flag soldiers to Chengdu in response to the feelings of Sichuan people. Nian Gengyao, governor of Sichuan at that time, ordered it to be built on the site of Shaocheng in Qin Dynasty? All over town? , for the flag soldiers to live. The Qing system was strictly regulated, and all Manchu and Mongolian officers and men were not allowed to leave Shaocheng for business transactions without authorization. They only lived on the annual tournament in Shaocheng Park, which is today's People's Park in the spring and autumn, and received the imperial grain for their outstanding achievements. However, the wind and rain are falling, and now there are only two alleys left in Shaocheng. At that time, the wide alley was inhabited by civil and military officials, while the narrow alley was inhabited by soldiers, with a strict hierarchy. Since then, the personnel structure of Kuanzhai Lane has continued in this way. Most of the wide alleys are dignitaries, while the narrow alleys are inhabited by civilians. But in fact, in terms of the structure and scale of the street, there is not much difference between the wide alley and the narrow alley, but the place where the dignitaries live, of course? Wide? Where civilians live naturally? Narrow? . So the people have it? Is the wide alley not wide and the narrow alley not narrow? The statement.
The architectural styles of wide alleys and narrow alleys are said to be folk houses in western Sichuan, but there are traces of quadrangles in the north.
The courtyards, large and small, on both sides of the alley are surrounded by walls on three sides, leaving only one frontispiece on the street, carved windows, magnificent gatehouses and exquisite door decorations. Although they are somewhat dilapidated, they are still telling the vicissitudes of the old alley. Kuanzhai Lane is the best place to reproduce the life scenes of the old Chengdu people. Neighbors are used to sitting in the alley with bamboo chairs. After dinner, they put a table of mahjong on the hem of the wall and sit on the stone bench under the tree with tea to watch the people coming and going in the alley. Or the family is drinking porridge in the yard and chatting with the family in Chengdu dialect, which is gentle and humorous.
However, the Kuanzhai Lane you want to see today is no longer that shabby old alley. In 2113, the main reconstruction project of Kuanzhai Lane Historical and Cultural District in Chengdu was established. On the basis of protecting the original buildings in old Chengdu, this area will form a compound cultural commercial street with tourism and leisure as the mainstay, distinctive regional characteristics and strong Bashu cultural atmosphere, and build a complex cultural commercial street with? Old Chengdu film, new city living room? Intrinsic? Tianfu Shaocheng? . In June, 2118, the three-year renovation project of Kuanzhai Lane was fully completed. The newly renovated Kuanzhai Lane consists of 45 quadrangles in the style of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, garden mansions with both artistic and cultural connotations, and newly-built house-style boutique hotels. After the reorganization, Kuanzhai Lane not only retains the original courtyard culture, but also makes the texture of the whole block clearer, and at the same time combs a clearer temperament for modern Kuanzhai Lane: wandering in the wide alley, tasting in the narrow alley and soaking in the well alley.
friends, we will arrive in Kuanzhai Lane in about 3 minutes. When we get to Kuanzhai Lane, you will find Chengdu? Leisure? It really lives up to its reputation.
well, please pack your belongings and follow me to taste the leisure atmosphere of Kuanzhai Lane. Dear friends, now that we have arrived in Kuanzhai Lane, I will explain some special buildings in Kuanzhai Lane in detail. Please follow me.
generally speaking, in the process of Kuanzhai Lane's maintenance, the shape of streets and lanes has been adjusted in space, and the original street texture scale has been carefully preserved. Just carefully done in moderation? Subtraction? Demolition of modern buildings that are inconsistent with historical features in the area.
We know that there are only 45 buildings in Kuanzhai Lane, so businesses that can enter Kuanzhai Lane are very lucky.
now, we are in a wide alley. The name of Kuanxiangzi in Xuantong period of Qing Dynasty was Xingren Hutong. It is said that the Qing army with red flags was stationed here. According to a Manchu who knows Mongolian in Kuanxiang, Hutong is a transliteration of Mongolian. As for the origin of Hutong, there is a saying that it refers to the passage between Mongolian yurts erected on the grassland. In the Republic of China, under the revolutionary atmosphere of anti-imperialism and feudalism in China, what was the name of the Qing Dynasty? Xingren Hutong? Renamed? Wide alley? .
What we are seeing now is No.21 Courtyard in Kuanxiang. It is said that many people can't pull their feet once they come here. Now let's go in and have a look. Master Lao Duan is an expert in design, for example, landscape design such as Yipin Tianxia is his handwriting. Traditional culture is not only his favorite, but also the most wonderful housekeeping skill.
No.21 Kuanxiangzi, a courtyard with two entrances, was rebuilt according to the style of the Republic of China, and the delicate wooden door head carved during the Republic of China was preserved. The beautiful traditional cultural symbols, such as the lion rolling hydrangea symbolizing good luck and the blessed bergamot, can only be preserved by others at most. The most surprising thing about Tianqu Manhan Building is that under the premise of not making any changes to the original building, the profound charm of traditional culture is highlighted only from the details and ornaments. In the courtyard, Long Mai Pool corresponds to Hongyun Spring, and Four Treasures of the Study corresponds to the clear sound of guzheng. The ancient paintings are blue and white, the peacock koi fish, and the Tianqu Manhan Building in the old section is like a gorgeous and delicate Shu brocade. In the hustle and bustle of Kuanzhai Lane, the ancient emotional appeal of deep curtilage compound and large family is preserved.
now let's have a look around the yard at will.
here is No.25, Kuanxiang, with a traditional black wooden door at the head and splayed shadow walls on both sides of the door, showing the style of a mansion. The red sand under the old gate stands quietly here, showing people the life of the flag bearer and the vicissitudes of the years. Now let's walk into the courtyard and see that the front eaves and the main building in the courtyard are decorated with exquisite wood carvings. Look at the two-story building in the east courtyard. People call it the Miss Building. It is said that when the courtyard was built, the owner built a boudoir for his unmarried daughter.
after visiting the wide alley, we will go to the narrow alley next. Through the north-south passage, we arrive at the narrow alley, whose name was Taiping Hutong in Qing Dynasty. The presence of Qing soldiers gave hope to Chengdu people in the war. The name of Hutong also represents people's good hope for life. The narrow alley is also called Taiping Hutong. What's its name? Taiping? Naturally, I hope that without war, the people of Chengdu can live in peace and harmony.
What we see now is the No.1 courtyard in the narrow alley. Its doorway is a four-pillar and three-mountain style in the west, and the top of the doorway is treated with grass lines, which is beautiful in architecture. When we walked into the yard, we saw that there were four traditional six-wipe lattice fans in the lobby. Everyone looked at the upper part of the partition fan, which was inlaid with ice crack lintels. According to legend, this courtyard was rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, the owner was a wealthy businessman. At the time of rebuilding, according to the instructions of Feng Shui master, the door wall was mixed with the old wall bricks, so as to take the meaning of innovation and bring forth the new. Therefore, the old door wall preserved in this courtyard is made of red, black and gray bricks of different ages. Today, this courtyard is named the Three Brick Club according to this legend.
The Three Brick Club is a gift from its owner to his wife, so the owner spared no expense and effort, and almost all the ornaments and red wine in the cellar were