Foreword Although Wuhan will be unblocked next month, our community is still under control. I have no desire to go out. I just read the travel notes I wrote in the past few days, which reminded me of Missing the places I once visited.
I organized the text again and found the photos from that time on the hard drive. Fortunately, everything is still there.
The first time I heard the name Wuzhen was from a TV series - "In Time". Wuzhen is like an intoxicating ink painting slowly unfolding on the TV. The elegant male protagonist and the beautiful heroine meet here by chance and their hearts beat. A thirty-year-old love fairy tale, the most eternal longing in life is here. It is narrated in the beautiful picture scroll...
The sleepless night on the train disappeared inexplicably when I arrived in Hangzhou. Hangzhou is a city that makes people feel friendly, as if they have been there before and not just on the map. piece of color.
On the special bus from Hangzhou to Wuzhen, a pair of curious eyes kept browsing the scenery on the roadside, and a curious heart became more and more eager to join the dream town in the picture.
Like all water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, Wuzhen is simple, beautiful and quiet, with small bridges and flowing water, deep houses and courtyards, bluestone steps and exquisite residential buildings.
Because of the water, it is aura, because of the water, it is sentimental. Some people call Wuzhen the cover of Jiangnan Water Town, and some people call Wuzhen the brightest pearl scattered in Jiangnan Water Town. When you walk into this place in person When I visited this dream-like place, I realized that all the descriptions were not enough.
After completing all the procedures at the Wuzhen B&B Tourism Center, we took a special boat and docked at the B&B in Xizha, Wuzhen. The weather in April and May is said to be the best time to visit Wuzhen, and we happened to be there just in time.
The first sight of Wuzhen is a leisurely wooden boat, which slowly pulls us from the turbulent world into a dream; it is the black and white horse head wall that we can see at a glance. We were slowly dragged from the reinforced concrete forest into the elegant and mysterious Ming and Qing Dynasties; it was the wood-carved courtyard gate with no end in sight that suddenly awakened the latent tenderness and romance in our hearts.
We entered a triple room facing the water. When we first arrived, the simple and enthusiastic landlord was waiting for us at the door.
I almost rushed into the room. There was a kettle and teacups with a very simple temperament on the table. The bedside was made of blue calico, and a white mosquito net was carefully hung beside the bed.
When we opened the doors and windows, we cheered in surprise. The river slowly flowed in front of the door, and we could sleep on the river at night.
Although Wuzhen has gone through many vicissitudes over the years, it still completely preserves the style and pattern of the original water town. The town is built with rivers as streets, connected by bridges and streets, and houses are built along the river, with deep courtyards and pavilions near the river. It presents a quaint tranquility.
Xizha is a well-developed scenic spot in Wuzhen. It combines the characteristics of the original residential style and builds a harmonious neighborhood under the shell of Ming and Qing buildings for tourists, which seems to travel through ancient and modern times.
The most beautiful time in Xizha is when the lanterns are first lit. When you board the painted boat, you can have a panoramic view of the scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The lights were reflected in the water and moved by the cool breeze, making it difficult to tell whether the lights were in the water or on the shore.
In the distance, an exquisite lantern boat was brought by the boatman; while nearby on both sides of the bank, there were groups of three or five sitting by the water, laughing and laughing. After getting off the boat and walking along the long alley of Xizha B&B, everything you see is fresh. The significance of tourism to people is not only a change of space, but also a change of mood. Walking on the bluestone road, the encounter between soul and relaxation is indescribable.
There are all kinds of special shops in the huts along the river in Xizha Scenic Area. The shops sell local handicrafts or their own creativity. In short, there are a hundred reasons for us tourists to be willing to spend our money. .
There are also modern bars and teahouses in the scenic area. The simple architecture of Wuzhen gives it a special and mysterious feel. The open-air bar is a refreshing exchange of cups, and a cup of scented tea under the gauze curtain is a reflection of deep thoughts.
Dongzha is the earliest scenic spot opened to the outside world in Wuzhen.
Among all the attractions, the most eye-catching is the former residence of the great writer Mao Dun. We followed the tourists and poured into Mr. Mao Dun's former residence. It is said that what we saw before us was still the same as when Mr. Mao Dun lived there.
The former residence is a two-story wooden structure building. At that time, my husband’s family had a large population, and the stove used for cooking was a large four-hole stove. A room facing the street to the west is the private school where my husband once studied. Although the decoration is simple, it reveals the elegance and tranquility unique to the Shen family's scholarly past.
Everyone has said that you must visit Lin’s Shop in Wuzhen. Opposite Mao Dun’s former residence is a store with the “Lin’s Shop” hanging high. In today's Lin's shop, there is no longer Mr. Lin with a long gown and a sad face in the old movies. Instead, there are several pretty girls from the south of the Yangtze River, wearing blue calico scarves and blue calico clothes and pants, who enthusiastically recommend to us A variety of local specialties.
It is said that this Lin’s Shop didn’t exist before. It was built because of Mr. Mao Dun’s “Lin’s Shop”. With the continuous flow of people coming to visit, the business of this shop is getting better and better, which is not the case at all. It’s like the tragic fate of bankruptcy in old movies.
Another attraction that attracted me was the Yu Luliang Coin Museum in the Dongzha Scenic Area. According to the introduction in the museum, I learned that Yu Luliang was a coin collector, a native of Wuzhen, known as Jiangnan. "Rich people". He has painstakingly collected them for decades and owns nearly 26,000 kinds of coins from more than 230 countries and regions in the world. We walked around this small blue-tiled house and wandered in this vast world of coins. Our eyes were attracted by these small coins again and again.
Dongzha was a lively scene during the day, with busy footsteps and people coming and going. Then I went to the Jiangnan Folk Customs Museum, Jiangnan Wood Sculpture Museum, and Jiangnan Hundred Beds Museum to listen to the legendary stories and appreciate the uniqueness. Some Jiangnan characteristics made me feel a little envious of the Wuzhen people in the past.
Before arriving in Wuzhen, I had already collected local delicacies and recorded them one by one, secretly determined to taste them all.
During the stay in Wuzhen, braised mutton, steamed white water fish, live-killed chicken pot, braised pork with pickled vegetables, small screws, stinky dried tofu, Dingsheng cake, green onion buns, and fetal chrysanthemum tea The specialties are all placed on our table one by one, but my favorite is the Dingsheng cake. The glutinous rice flour is wrapped in thin red bean paste, which is fragrant, glutinous and delicious. It is said that this is a small pastry with a story. Victory is certain, victory is certain, what a good fortune!
It started to rain on the morning I left Wuzhen. I couldn’t wait to open the door along the river and watched the raindrops fall on the river and draw concentric circles one after another.
I feel that I am really lucky, because the moment I stepped into the alley of Xizha, I remembered the song "Rain Alley", and I had the extravagant hope of walking around in the alley with an oil-paper umbrella. It's amazing that even this wish can be realized.
Looking out the window, I saw someone standing on the bridge holding an umbrella. Does he have the same wish as me?
The bluestone steps were washed even cleaner by the rain. I stepped on them again, and my heart was filled with the tenderness of the water town. The air around me seemed to be filled with a thin layer of water mist. The simple landlord My wife said goodbye to us in the rain.
I think I will come to this place again...