15 morning 7:30 I took the bus to the coach station to buy a ticket to 7:45 to the water East, only 30 kilometers of the road, 8:20 to the water East, I told me in accordance with Mr. Jiangnan location to go (in the old street temple door waiting for them), 10 minutes to arrive, and then I sent a text message to Mr. Jiangnan, told him that I have arrived at the destination. While I was waiting for them, I was going to go up to the old street myself to have a look around, but who knows, just after walking for a while, I received a call from Mr. Jiangnan, saying that they had arrived and that they didn't see me at the entrance of the temple, so I immediately returned and went to meet them. --The so-called "Jiangnan Five Demons" writings - "There is a kind of bosom called atmosphere". Here, I would like to thank the five talented women I have never met, appreciate their talent, I will certainly seriously read their beautiful articles, and even more grateful for the books generously passed on to me by the big sister of the flowing flowers.
We began to stroll through the old streets of Shuidong, used to seeing the modern metropolis, and then look at the old streets of Shuidong, like a reversal of the early liberation of that era. Walked to the triangular garden, a few large square stone piers attract attention, close look, above the handwritten respectively, "Shidong Old Street" four big words, carefully identify, should be the Chinese Calligraphers Association Chairman Mr. Shen Peng's handwriting!
About Shui Dong old street, it is said to have been built in the Tang and Song dynasties, the Ming Dynasty town has formed the scale, so that about to count the history of more than a thousand years, therefore, said Shui Dong is a thousand years old town is not excessive! Shui Dong old street was once unprecedented prosperity and wealth, and then gradually declined, after a long silence, these years only slowly out of the boudoir, for the world to know and love. Simple and elegant eaves and walls, green bricks and tiles, and y sunken green stone boards are the perfect place for teachers and students of major art colleges and universities to sketch, and at the same time, it is also a destination for many photography enthusiasts. It is said that the movies "Return of the Sword", "Sister Mei" and "Postal Margin", and the TV dramas "Wizard of Taibai Immortal" and "Jujube Aunt" have been filmed here on location!
A green stone road on the old street, a few centuries ago, lying peacefully here, hundreds of years of baptism of the wind and frost, giving them a layer of light ink color, the wooden structure of the houses on both sides of the road has also become the color of the ink, walk into the old street, as if it is in a painting called "ink Jiangnan" in the country. Stores stand on both sides of the old street, and a yellow flag hangs high above the lintel of each store, on which are written "Wei Ji Jujube Comb", "Wang Ji Jujube Comb", "Yang Ji Gomer", "Old Zhang Shaving Shop", and "Old Zhang Shaving Shop". "Old Chapter Shaving Shop" and other words, during the wanderings, where else would you feel that you are a modern person? All the goods in the store are so antique, they are fondly looking at you, full of temptation to consider your desire to buy. Next to Wang Ji Wooden Comb Shop, the scene of the owner concentrating on making wooden combs y attracted us, and I asked curiously, "Is this how the combs are made?" Yes, this kind of handmade traditional craft is not much nowadays, firstly, the market is not good, and secondly, handmade production is time-consuming and laborious! But in Shuidong, like this old gimlet work, the old barber store, the old tailor store, the old tofu workshop still abound, they are still sticking to it, maybe it is the habit of a lifetime, but in my opinion, this habit is more of an obsessive faith, a kind of tenacity of the inheritance!
Come to the old street, "eighteen step" can not go! Eighteen step for the water east of the first of five wells, is located in the street, cross street, pawnshop street intersection, through the hall, down eighteen steps, they went to a length and width of about three meters square well, only to see the well water is clear to the bottom, a small stone arch bridge will be divided into two parts of the well and the well, the well to drink, the well to wash. Experienced old man told us that this well has never dried up in history, according to legend, Emperor Qianlong traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, traveled here, the dragon's face was very happy, and waved his pen to inscribe "eighteen steps on the royal well". From then on, "Eighteen Treads" became famous all over the world. Although the well water is very clear, but there is still a little floating material on the top, can not restrain the urge to taste, asked a sister-in-law laundry, sister-in-law kindly said: "can drink! We don't use tap water in our house, we pick the water here to eat, the water here is sweet!" Gently cupped, a cool, fresh air refreshing ......
Quaint buildings, so that the people here also maintain that special innocence and simplicity, talk to them, that sincere enthusiasm and cheerful hospitality will make you y infected, then, all the unpleasant past will flow along the green stone plate away! ......
And then go inside is the old street behind the Church of Our Lady, said to have a hundred years of history, is the first Catholic church in southern Anhui Province, when the French priests presided over the construction, can not be said to be a major highlight; the old church is dilapidated chapel, and now there is a new scale of the new church, the periphery of the building is still in the middle of the construction.
When I asked the construction workers who work there, they said that every week there are people praying and worshipping here, and every year on December 24th, Christmas Eve, there are a lot of people gathering here, adding a point of bustle and a fashionable atmosphere to the old street.
We, a group of wind pickers, finally came to the "Song Dynasty Villa"--Shui Dong Dong Dongsheng Xiaohu Village. Shuitong Township Dongsheng Village in the southeast of Shuitong Township, and our Ningguo City Wangxi Office closely linked, which is a large village of more than 1,000 people gathered in the village, the village has a Song Dynasty villa - Xiaohu Village, Xiaohu Village, Song Dynasty flower theater and hundred steps three bridges, two county-level cultural relics protection units. The village is ancient and has a long history. After the construction of the new countryside, the old village has been revitalized.
No matter what, I hope, Shuidong Old Street and Song Dynasty Mountain Village Xiaohu Village - this precious cultural heritage, this home of the busy people's hearts can be permanently treasured!
The day's picking activities came to an end, we walked and talked to the side of the highway, which is very close to our Ningguo, I will take the car from here to go back to Ningguo, I invited my friends to go to Ningguo with me to have fun, how can I not help it that tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, all to be reunited with their families, and then I had to say goodbye to the brothers and sisters reluctantly, Mr. Jiangnan, the urban farmers and other friends have been to put me back to the Ningguo after the car! They only left ......