Many people say that Zhengning Road is "dirty and messy", which is to harm tourists. It's expensive and tastes good. There are different opinions on this evaluation. The night market originated in Tokyo (now Kaifeng) in the Northern Song Dynasty. It not only buys and sells groceries and tastes snacks, but also plays games and performs acrobatics. But with the passage of time, night markets often have only groceries and snacks left.

It is said that before the renovation of Qing Ji Street Night Market in Wuhan, there was a folk art of playing and singing, which performed a different Wuhan style in crowded food stalls. Although the reconstructed Qing Ji Street still retains the performances of playing and singing, for most diners, the new environment does not mean the continuation of the old flavor.

Therefore, when traveling in a city, tourists think the night market is "chaotic". No matter how local people try to dissuade them from going, or how foreign tourists insult being cheated, the night market itself is innocent. Once it is on fire, it becomes an indispensable place for urban tourism. Which snack street in China is not like this?

If you want to know a city, you must not miss the night market, which is the most grounded food culture. In the floating population, no matter who you are or what your status is, as far as the night market is concerned, you are just a diner like everyone else.

Although the night market on Zhengning Road in Lanzhou is not big, it is only two or three hundred meters long, but there are many kinds of ingredients. I really can't buy it, but I can't think of it. It is said that this is the most popular night market, and it is called one of the six famous night markets in China. When the sun went down, Zhengning Road began to be noisy. At eight or nine o'clock in the evening, it was the most boiling time. It lasted until two or three o'clock in the morning, and the bustling night market with bright lights gradually quieted down. However, different from other food and snack streets in China, the night market here can be seen everywhere with northwest flavor, and there are many snacks and foods mainly made of mutton, including fried potatoes, various barbecues, roasted mutton, egg mash, sour soup jiaozi, mutton offal, Lanzhou cold rice noodles and so on. But there are also other urban flavors, such as grilled fish, grilled squid, Shandong pancakes, fried seafood, fried noodles, Shaanxi hand-rolled noodles and bacon buns.

When I stood at the crossroads of the night market, tourists from all directions flocked to me. Although those seemingly "elegant" snacks are not so exquisite, it is undeniable that when people are in this warm night market, they can easily get a sense of generosity, and there is also a sense of belonging and quiet comfort in the city. Therefore, when you walk in the night market on Zhengning Road in Lanzhou, you will feel that it is very substantial. Although just a passer-by, Zhengning Road still shows people an attitude: time is passing, the times are changing, some people scold, some people praise, but the inside story of a city has not changed.