? There is Dongtai in northern Jiangsu, which was called Yan in ancient times, also known as Xixi, Ninghai, Dongting, etc. It is famous for producing salt, because there are many fried salt pavilions, which was also called Dongting in the Song Dynasty. Dongtai is now a county-level city, selected as one of the top 1 counties (cities) in China in 219 and one of the 2 central cities in Jiangsu Province.
? Whether the status of a place is important or not depends on the whereabouts of the big shots. Yan Shu, Lv Yijian and Fan Zhongyan, three famous prime ministers in the early Northern Song Dynasty, all worked as salt officials in Dongtai in the early days. On the Xixi Ancient Street in Dongtai (an antique street built a few years ago), today's people rebuilt the Yanxi Academy and built a "Three-phase Pavilion" to commemorate these three prime ministers.
? Dongtai actually has a real ancient street-Anfeng Ancient Street. It is located in an feng (the first famous historical and cultural town in China in northern Jiangsu), more than 2 kilometers away from Dongtai city, by the river. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Anfeng Salt Field ranked first among the "Top Ten Salt Fields in Huainan", and merchants from all directions gathered. As a result, Qili Long Street, 72 and a half temples and thousands of shops came into being. The Anfeng Ancient Street now is the southern section of the "Qili Long Street" in the past, with six or seven hundred meters long stone roads and brick roads, both sides of which are old buildings, forming the largest and best-preserved ancient residential buildings in northern Jiangsu.
? The most dazzling thing in the ancient street is the "Bao's Building" built in the 3th year of Qing Daoguang (185). This group of Huizhou-style buildings was used as a bank at that time, and it was very huge. There are still three rooms and eighteen rooms. Simple gray walls and tiles, heavy black painted doors, and exquisite brick carvings are noble but unobtrusive.
? There are also Wu Family Ancestral Hall, Wan Family Ancient House, Hao Family Ancient House, Zhujia Courtyard, Weixiang Qian's Former Residence, Yuan Chengye's Former Residence and other celebrities' old homes and old courtyards scattered all over the street.
? Wu Family Ancestral Hall (Wu Jiaji Memorial Hall) is a famous cloth poet Wu Jiaji family ancestral temple in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. There are only a few rooms in the ancestral hall, but the layout is ingenious.
? The former residence (memorial hall) of the famous painter Ge Xianglan is also here. Ge Xianglan's brother Ge Gongzhen was a famous journalist in the 192s and 193s, and his nephew Ge Baoquan was a famous translator of Russian literature.
? Anfeng Salt Division was the government yamen for collecting salt tax in Qing Dynasty, but the courtyard in front of us was rebuilt by modern people. It introduced the salt-making process, arranged the scene of salt mining and salt making, and was introduced by several salt officials, which was a bit like a museum.
? I don't know if these officials are close to the people and aboveboard, but the yamen must hang up the brand of "People's Hall" and "Fair and aboveboard". Is this a declaration? Of course, declaration belongs to oath, and corruption belongs to corruption.
? At the end of the ancient street, the building with yellow walls and gray tiles is the Great Compassion Temple, where Zheng Banqiao lived for several years. At that time, there were many temples in this area, but most of them disappeared. This Great Compassion Temple was rebuilt in the first few years.
? An feng existed as early as the Kaiyuan period in the Tang Dynasty, developed with salt in the Song Dynasty, and became a world-famous saltworks in the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, the ancient street is far away from the hustle and bustle, and it is not as full of commercial flavor as other ancient towns, and it is still quiet and comfortable.
? In addition to the ancient street, Taishan Huguo Temple, which was built in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the old bridge in front of the temple are also old things in Dongtai, which is worth seeing. Dongtai is also the birthplace of the legend of the seven fairies in Yong Dong, where a large garden was built because it was too hot to go in.
? Where there is water, there is poetry. Dongtai has a long coastline, and the river network is vertical and horizontal, and the sight of small bridges and flowing water is unusual.
? The Yellow Sea Seaside National Forest Park is another landmark of Dongtai.
? The predecessor of the park is the forest farm. In the 196s, educated youths from Jiangsu and Shanghai planted Metasequoia glyptostroboides here, and now it has become the largest artificial ecological garden in East China. In 216, it became a national forest park and was renamed as "Jiangsu Yellow Sea Coastal National Forest Park".
? 45 hectares of forest has built a good ecological environment, and more than 24 species of birds and more than 3 species of mammals live in the gardens at leisure. There are also three vertical and three horizontal main rivers in the park, with flowing water all year round and flowers and birds singing on both sides. If you want to immerse yourself in the green forest, enjoy the fragrance of trees and understand the inclusive feelings of the forest, this is a good place to go.
? There are many rivers in Dongtai, some of which are canals, like Tongyu River. This artificial river, which flows through Nantong, Rugao, Hai 'an, Dongtai, Yancheng, Funing, Xiangshui, Guannan, Guanyun, Ganyu and other places, was excavated in 1959, but it was soon forced to stop because of the shortage of manpower and material resources. Later, it was dug intermittently until the whole line was completed in 22. Tongyu River has the effects of irrigation and flood control, and it is also a golden waterway for north-south transportation in Jiangsu coastal areas. ?
? Chuanchang River near an feng is also a canal, which is not only a flood discharge channel of Lixia River, but also an ancient salt canal. It is the cradle of salt culture in northern Jiangsu, which was formed as early as the construction of seawalls in the Tang Dynasty. Chuanchang River is more than 17 kilometers long, stretching from Hai 'an in the south to Funing in the north, stringing together 15 saltworks in this area during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, hence the name.
? Go to Dongtai, in fact, in order not to break your word. Teacher Xu Liangguan of Dongtai is an old correspondent who has a good relationship with our newspaper. I promised to visit him. I promised to go here and there, but I always broke my word. I have to see everything this time. So the trip to Dongtai became the last interview in the journalist's career. After more than a month, I retired.
? I went to two high schools in Dongtai, both in towns and villages. Respect for the laws of education, respect for students, facing the whole community, based on the countryside, attaching importance to quality and encouraging expertise ... In the extremely difficult environment of rural high school education in China, these two middle schools have opened up their own way.
? Dongtai is also indispensable for food.
? Dried tangerine peel wine is a must in Dongtai cuisine. It is made of glutinous rice mixed with traditional Chinese medicine, brewed and stored in an urn, and named as "Chen's fermented wine". Because it is homophonic and contains dried tangerine peel, it is called "Chenpi wine", and the brewing technology has entered the intangible cultural heritage list.
? Dongtai Watermelon is famous all over the world. At that time, our newspaper and China Trademark Society held the activity of "Essay on Geographical Indications for Middle School Students". Teacher Xu Liang organized many students to participate, and many of them wrote about Dongtai Watermelon, which made more middle school students know about Dongtai.
? Not far from the hotel is a river. It's spring, the shore park is pink and green, listening to birds in the morning and accompanying the sunset in the evening. The poetry of a small town is in this ordinary scenery.
? Four-day round trip, I only met Dongtai for the first time, but the ancient street is quaint and slightly shy and serene, the forest trees by the sea are fragrant and moist, as well as the hard exploration of principals, the enthusiasm of teachers and the youthful publicity of students, which are engraved in my memory and unforgettable.