『Kuanzhai Alley is a commercial pedestrian street in Chengdu that is based on historical buildings and focuses on tourism and food. 』

Although it is just a street, it is a part of the ancient city of Chengdu that was preserved during the Qing Dynasty. This old city has both residential houses from western Sichuan and courtyard houses from Beijing. Mixed and intertwined, forming a unique style. Kuanzhai Alley is divided into wide alley, narrow alley and well alley. It has different characteristics and can be said to be the hutong with the most local characteristics in Chengdu.

The formation of Kuanzhai Alley originated in the Qing Dynasty. It was a residential and entertainment area formed due to the ruling policies of the Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers and the living needs of the military barracks.

After the Qing government entered the customs and established its dominance, a lot of things actually happened in the Chengdu area. Especially after Zhang Xianzhong decided to fight against the Qing in Chengdu, the people in the Chengdu area were first massacred by Zhang Xianzhong, a murderous maniac, and then the Qing army entered and were beaten out by unknown peasant teams. They were massacred again while the Qing army entered. once. Of course that was in 1650. Then, Wu Sangui, who had already become a beauty in anger, led his troops into Chengdu claiming to be the Qing Army.

Speaking of which, those years in Chengdu were indeed turbulent.

Of course, Wu Sangui could not stay in Chengdu for long, and was driven out of Chengdu by Zhang Xianzhong's remaining team.

Then the Qing army captured Chengdu again. At this time, the Qing army became smarter and killed almost all the people in Chengdu. The Qing army established official offices.

At the same time, Wu Sangui rose up and claimed to be against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. The whole of Sichuan responded one after another. Chengdu was not spared, and the Qing army was driven out of Chengdu again.

The San Francisco Rebellion during the Kangxi Emperor's period gave the Han people in Chengdu some hope. However, the good times did not last long. The Three Feudatories were pacified, followed closely by the purges of the Qing army.

It can be said that with every turmoil and every change in the status of the ruler, the residents of Chengdu will be artificially refreshed like cutting leeks.

By 1718, the Qing garrison in Chengdu continued to multiply, and there were more and more Eight Banners disciples. The Qing government decided to build a full city on the site of Zhang Yi's Shaocheng in the Qin State during the Warring States Period. , geographically separated the Manchus and Hans. Of course, Han people are not allowed to enter Shaocheng.

Kuanzhai Alley is adjacent to Mancheng. What I remember are the families of these officers and soldiers. One is the Manchu civil and military officials, the other is ordinary soldiers, and the one in the middle is for the entertainment and life of the idle Eight Banners disciples. area.

So walking in the wide and narrow alleys, we can see not only ordinary people's houses, but also spacious alleyways that can accommodate carriages. There are traces of the Eight Banners who wasted their time walking their dogs and playing with their cats. , there are also old images of rich and powerful Manchu families that have declined and disappeared in the long flow of history.

In today’s Kuanzhai Alley, we can find a comfortable attitude towards life, a small and beautiful petty bourgeois atmosphere, and we can also see exquisitely dressed girls from Western Sichuan and friends from all over the world. If you have time, If I have money, I really want to live nearby for ten and a half days and have half a day's leisure.