1. Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Street Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Street is located in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou. It is a main street laid in Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Documents such as "Xianchun Lin'an Chronicle" record that more than 10,000 stone slabs were used to pave the Imperial Street in the Southern Song Dynasty. However, previous archaeological excavations only found Xianggao bricks.
2. Zhongshan Road Zhongshan Road in Hangzhou is divided into Zhongshan North Road, Middle Road and South Road.
Zhongshan Middle Road was once the imperial street, and it still retains more than a dozen time-honored brands such as Fang Yuhe, Zhuangyuanguan, Gao Yitai, Jiuzhizhai, Bian Fumao, Yufengxiang, and Jiangnanchun.
Zhongshan Road connects Fengshan Road to the south, Chaohui Road to Hedong Road to the north, and is bounded by Gulou and Zhongan Bridge and is called Zhongshan South, Middle and North Road respectively.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, the emperor went to Jinling Palace to worship his ancestors along the imperial road, which was named Yujie (starting from Heningmen in the south, to Tianshuiyuan Bridge in the north, and to Wanshou Pavilion in the west).
3. Qinghefang Qinghefang has been a prosperous area in Hangzhou since ancient times.
To the east of Xingong Bridge on Hefang Street is the ruins of Deoksugung Palace, the palace of Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The residence of Zhang Jun, who was named Qinghe County Prince in the Southern Song Dynasty, was located in Taiping Lane, which was called Royal Street at that time, so this area was named Qinghefang.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, Qinghefang was lined with shops, restaurants and teahouses. It was the political and cultural center of Hangzhou and a gathering place for merchants.
Through the Yuan, Ming, Qing, and Republic of China periods until the early days of liberation, this area was still a prosperous commercial area in Hangzhou.
Century-old restaurants in Hangzhou, such as Wang Xingji, Zhang Xiaoquan, Wanlong Ham House, Hu Qingyutang, Fang Huichun Hall, Ye Zhongde Hall, Baohe Hall, Zhuangyuan Hall, Wang Runxing, Yiyuan Gold Store, Jingyangguan, Yangtang Restaurant
are concentrated in this area.
Zhu Bingren Bronze Sculpture Art Museum is an important cultural and artistic display point in Qinghefang Street.
4. Hefang Street Hefang Street is located at the foot of Wushan Mountain and is part of Qinghefang. It belongs to the old city of Hangzhou. It starts from Jiangcheng Road in the east and goes west and north to Jianguo South Road, Zhonghe Middle Road, Zhongshan Middle Road, Huaguang Road, and Laodong Road.
Nanshan Road is more than 1,800 meters long. The section from Wushan Square to Zhongshan Middle is a pedestrian street with bluestone pavement. The road is 13 meters wide and the remaining roads are 32 meters wide.
In the old days, it intersected with Zhongshan Middle Road at the "four corners of Qinghefang". Since the Republic of China, four shops, namely Kong Fengchun Fragrance Powder Shop, Mi Dachang Dry Tobacco Shop, Wanlong Ham Shop, and Zhang Yunsheng Hat Shop, have occupied one corner each, making it a well-known district at that time.
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The famous "Five Hangs" in Hangzhou (Hangfen, Hangjian, Hangfan, Hangyan and Hangxian) originated here.
?5. Qingtai Street Qingtai Street in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province starts from Huancheng East Road in the east and ends at Zhongshan Middle Road in the west, opposite Kaiyuan Road.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, the city gate at the entrance of the city head lane was called Chongxin Gate. Because there was a Jianqiao Bridge on the Yanqiao River, it was also called Jianqiao Gate. The gate directly called Chongxin Street and Jianqiao Street, also known as Xinnankai Lane.
There used to be a screw port and a screw bridge outside Qingtai Gate, also known as the screw gate. There is a Hangzhou proverb that says "the screw passes through the grass bridge gate".
The area along the river was a place where brine was boiled and salt was made in ancient times, so there is also a folk proverb of "salt burden outside the screw door".
The Jianqiao Bridge inside Qingtai Gate has been a bustling market since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Merchants from the Western Regions opened shops in the Jewelry Alley on the west side to buy and sell gold and silver jewelry.