I watched the documentary "China" on Mango Channel a few days ago. I saw the aesthetics of the Song Dynasty and thought of the grand scene of Tokyo Menghualu. I couldn't help but give it to everyone...

Lively In the market

Endless folk performances

Endless seasonal fruits

Looking up, the world is prosperous

Brothel Painting Pavilion

Embroidered Hu Zhulian

Turn around with a sudden glance

Looking for him thousands of times

It is the joy of looking back

Zhuang Zhou dreamed of butterflies, and Hua Xu had a dream

It was once upon a time

The ancients dreamed of traveling to the country of Hua Xu, and their joy was boundless. I recall it now, and look back with sadness. Isn’t it the land of Hua Xu? Mengjuezai. The title is "Meng Hua Lu".

——Preface to "Tokyo Menghualu" by Meng Yuanlao

After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Meng Yuanlao from the Song Dynasty took refuge and recalled the prosperity of the capital in the past. From the layout of Tokyo City, teahouses and restaurants, Food and daily life are written about the seasons, from songs, dances and music to wedding and funeral customs. It can be said that opening "Tokyo Dreams" can give you a glimpse of the prosperous corner of the Northern Song Dynasty, as if the life of the people in the Northern Song Dynasty is unfolding before your eyes.

If you are a foodie, you must visit the Zhouqiao Night Market. The author describes: "Go out of Zhuquemen, go to Longjin Bridge, and go south from Zhouqiao. You can eat rice, boiled meat, and dried preserves on the street. ..." and so on, listed one by one, the types of delicious food are too numerous to mention, and they are open until the third shift.

During the Lantern Festival, when the east wind blows thousands of trees and flowers bloom on the night, and BMWs and cars fill the road with fragrance, you may still meet the girl in the dimly lit place. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a mountain tent was erected in Kaifeng Mansion, where visitors gathered, sang, danced, and played, and the music was noisy for more than ten miles. It was probably the grand scene of "having fun with the people" in Fan Zhongyan's words.

"Tokyo Menghualu" is an important book that records the geography and scenery of Kyoto and Bianjing in the late Northern Song Dynasty, including the layout of the city, street corners and lanes, palaces in the inner city, institutional settings inside and outside the palace, and restaurants in the capital. Shops, hook-and-mortar tiles and other places reproduce the commercial prosperity of the capital.

It introduces the management of the capital, fire protection, transportation, etc., secular life in the capital, marriage, customs and habits of major festivals, etc., and reproduces the lifestyle of the people in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

Just as Mr. Meng said: It is a pity that those who have been immersed in it for a long time and discuss their customs will lose sight of the facts. I would like to record them carefully and compile them into a collection. When I open the book, I can see the prosperity of that time.

Shopping, eating late-night snacks, appreciating calligraphy and painting, watching dramas, and having fun here all day long, it’s almost dusk.

Tokyo Menghualu, when opened, is a living picture of Riverside Scene during Qingming Festival.

Hua Xu had a dream, and it was not just Meng Lao. Amway shares this book with you to get a glimpse of the glory of the past.