The best night market snack street in Wuxi is Nanchang Street.
Nanchang Street is a famous ancient street in Wuxi, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, located in the bustling center of Liangxi District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, with the Grand Canal connecting the Yangtze River in the north and Taihu Lake in the south.
In the center of Wuxi, where there are many high-rise buildings, Nanchang Street, which is gentle, long and antique, is the place where a tender heart returns. The Qingming Bridge historical and cultural block in Nanchang Street is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River along the Grand Canal, and it is known as "the water alley in the south of the Yangtze River, and the canal is out of print".
The block consists of Nanchang Street, Wuxi section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (the ancient city of the Canal), Nanxiatang, Bodu Port, Dayao Road and other areas with rich historical and cultural connotations.
History of Nanchang Street:
The history of Nanchang Street can be traced back to the 1th century, and it is a post road opened in the Northern Song Dynasty. The post road connects Suzhou in the south and Changzhou in the north, parallel to the ancient Shuiyi Canal. Machanglong, located at the northern end of Nanchang Street, is the site of the ancient Xishan Post Office. Posthouse is a transportation organization that successive dynasties relied on to deliver official documents, greet transit officials, rest and board, and transfer to chariots and horses. Machanglong is an important land and water post station because it is located in the land and water.
Nanchang Street is engraved with many historical marks. The original Huangni Bridge was built in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Nanchang Bridge, Rihui Bridge and Qingning Bridge (Qingming Bridge) were built in the Ming Dynasty. From nanzenji to the banks of the Qingming Bridge, eight archways were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Nanchang Street, home to the people of the Canal, is still full of vitality. This ten-mile old street has now become the epitome of Wu culture, water culture and Buddha culture in Wuxi ancient city for thousands of years.