Chengdu Xinchang Ancient Town is a characteristic town full of elements of Ba Shu culture, where you can feel the vibration from the depths of your soul, and everyone will get a good visiting experience to feel the kernel and spirit of ancient culture, and the following is to share with you the specific strategy guide.

Xinchang Ancient Town is located in the west of Chengdu Plain, which is the earliest established town in the west of Dayi County, and belongs to the area of mountains, hills and dams. Starting from Chengdu, you will go along Chengdu-Wenzhou Expressway, get off from the exit of Wangsi and Xinchang, and then drive for about 5 kilometers, and the drive will take about 1 hour.

Xinchang ancient town was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty, rose in the Ming Dynasty during the Jiajing period, west of Qionglai border, south of Wangsi town, north of the town of Izhejiang, Huashuiwan and Xiling Xueshan, is one of the historical and cultural towns of the ancient tea-horse road, with a colorful folk culture and farming culture.

The rich and sufficient water of the Dajiang River from the Xiling Snow Mountain passes through the town via the Touyan River, the Eryan River and the Sanyan River, encircling the ancient town of Xinchang.

The ancient town has seven ancient streets, respectively, under the main street, on the main street, Taiping main street, Taiping Street, Taiping horizontal street, incense market street, river dam street; and six alleys, respectively, for the water alley, Zhang Wing Temple Lane, Xiejia Lane, Cat City Lane, Barrel City Lane, on the word library alley, the layout of the two longitudinal and two horizontal tic-tac-toe, the area of the existing ancient buildings amounted to hundreds of thousands of square meters, the houses are mostly for the Qing Dynasty, Republican period buildings.

Large courtyards and pavilions are more, green brick and green tile, wooden buildings and wooden columns, carved beams and painted buildings, lifelike, sealed fire wall group of ancient rhyme and color, such as Li's old mansion, Fulin Society, set of shares of the inn, the yellow stork building, the Guangdong Guild Hall, the Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church, etc., as well as Liu Chengxun's former residence, the Bishan Temple.

Walking in the old town, the biggest feeling is anywhere you can hear the lax sound of running water. Where there is water, there are bridges, both the Yongan Corridor Bridge, which is hundreds of meters long, and small stone bridges less than two meters long, as well as the Nine Hole Bridge, which is nine zhang long and one zhang and two feet wide.

These waters are alive, often under the eaves is the stream, the stream on both sides of the tree green forest deep, a few steps, a few feet of guardrail, or wash your feet, or laundry, or pawing vegetables, quite a faction of the charm of the water town of Jiangnan.

01, three inches of gold lotus Museum Jianghu Gang Hall

Just arrived at the entrance to the new field of the old town, there are two rustic green brick three-story towers into the eyes, listening to the old townships said that this is a replica of the ancient towers. These two towers are two small museums, respectively: three inches of gold lotus Museum, Jianghu Gang Hall.

Jianghu Gang Hall has a large number of graphic materials, physical objects, introduced the robe organization, the Green Gang, the Red Gang (Hongmen) and other three major gangs in the old society, the origin, development and change.

The Three Inch Golden Lotus Museum records the history of women's foot-binding in China for more than 1,000 years in feudal society from the Song Dynasty onwards, and exhibits such objects as the Three Inch Golden Lotus bow shoes and shoe-making tools. The history of women's foot-binding in ancient times is still to be proved by history, but it is generally recognized from the Song Dynasty onwards.

The so-called "a pair of small feet, tears a tank", the little girl from five or six years old will be entangled in the foot, with a long strip of cloth will be outside the thumb of the four toes along with the palm of the foot broken and bent to the center of the foot to form "bamboo shoots" shape of the "Golden Lotus", its miserable. The pain and misery of the "golden lotus" can be imagined. "Small, thin, sharp, curved, fragrant, soft, positive" is the highest standard of foot-binding, but also the guarantee of women's marriage life, otherwise they will not be able to get married. The children's song of foot-binding is sung like this: Pressing the oil, pressing the board, warming up in the sun slope, burning hot water, laying down the green salt, mother helping me to wrap my feet.

When I was very young, my grandmother was a pair of small feet, often hobbling. I would cringe every time I washed my grandmother's feet. Thanks to the women's liberation movement, there are no more heart-breaking cries from little girls when their feet are entangled, and this torture imposed on women for thousands of years has been thrown out of sight forever.

02, 3 + 2 reading Aloe

In the new field of the ancient town there is a "3 + 2 reading Aloe" attracted me, this is a share of the pleasure of reading the love of books initiated by the people of the folk library, all the books can be read for free.

The library has a collection of more than 80,000 books, most of which have been donated by caring people and enterprises. When I went in, three girls were organizing the bookshelves, and they enthusiastically introduced me to the history of Reading Aloe, from its founding, development and growth, as well as the activities it has held, which made me suddenly fall in love with the place, and the three of them are also volunteers. Tea, ice cream and wifi are also provided free of charge.

I love the quote on the bar: "Share the story of books, so that more people can experience the joy of reading.

Bookloo also organizes various reading activities and invites some famous people to share their reading stories with us. The public interest classes organized include: youth classroom, village classroom, children's classroom, and reading and sharing classroom.

The three girls have even taken on extracurricular homework tutoring for many children after school, which has been welcomed by many parents. In the countryside, there is such a reading environment, and I really envy the old town of Xinchang.

I had only planned to visit the town for one day, but because of the "3+2 Reading Aloe" program, I stayed here for a week.

Every morning, I took my camera and walked the streets and alleys of the old town. In the afternoon, I brought my notebook and sat in a corner of the Reading Aloe, either reading quietly or writing a few pages of travel notes and processing the pictures I took.

"That afternoon, that weekend, as if yesterday, in fact, it has been a long time, time can precipitate, but also can prove that a group of people chasing their dreams, a place of love and ideals, they are verifying that the extraordinary dream, started by a group of ordinary people?"

Bubble a cup of mint water, look out the window tourists like weaving, listen to the gurgling of the creek. Tired of reading, chatting with the girls, helping them organize their books and clean up. Discuss with them the joy of reading and share their joys and sorrows. Or invite them to wear their favorite clothes, dress up beautifully, hold a parasol, come to the small bridge next to the water, give them a beautiful photo.

03. The former Qingyuan City

In front of the Nine-Dong Bridge, there is an antique photo wall with the words "Zhengben Qingyuan" written in seal script.

The ancient town of Xinchang was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was first called Qingyuan. Due to the convenient transportation, it has been the gateway for soldiers and the marketplace for merchants from the south to the north since ancient times. For thousands of years, the throughput of timber, tea and rice here has been very large, and it is one of the major towns on the Tea Horse Road and the Southern Silk Road.

Particularly in the Qing dynasty during the Kangxi period, from the original sporadic stalls, resting guest store, developed into a store, the market flourished in the market place of trade.

Now the ancient town of Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings are still a lot, the ancient town still retains the traditional market customs, every 2, 4, 7, 10, the nearby mountainous areas of the farmers and the people will pick the baskets, back to the market here, so some people also say that the new field is a "southern Silk Road on the thousands of years of the bazaar".

Once there was such a couplet describing the city of Qingyuan: Qing Qi received misty mountains, Xiawei cloud steam, humanities glowing; the source of the water, the people spirit, Mingzhe quite life.

04, Liu Chengxun residence

Because the new field of the ancient town of humanities glowing, outstanding people, celebrities, and thus the ancient town of celebrities on the former residence of many, including Liu Chengxun residence. Liu Chengxun is the Republic of China period of Sichuan warlord, once served as governor of Sichuan Province and commander-in-chief of the Sichuan army.

Liu Chengxun's former residence is not big, just a store width, along the narrow aisle into the front yard, everywhere you can feel the characteristics of the Western Sichuan residence. There are many wood carvings on the doors, windows and beams, with rich patterns and exquisite craftsmanship.

Inside, there is an exhibition of Liu Chengxun's life, how he became a brigade commander, a division commander and a military commander step by step after graduating from the Sichuan Army Military Academy, until he stopped asking about politics and went home to live in idleness, and died of illness in 1944.

Although Liu Chengxun is a Sichuan warlord, but the former residence is still relatively simple, with the Danyi County, Liu Wencai Manor is not comparable.

05, Bishan Temple, a place of thanksgiving

As a former town of commerce and distribution, it is impossible to be less than a Confucian, Buddhism and Taoism resorts. However, the Bishan Temple in the old town of Xinchang enshrined a real person - Li Wanchun. This Li Wanchun was not a big official, just a small magistrate in Bishan, Chongqing in the Ming Dynasty. This temple is known as the "Thanksgiving Temple" by the people of Xinchang Ancient Town. Over the centuries, it has become a place for the people of Xinchang to worship their gods and ancestors.

Perhaps the Bishan Temple was adapted to the local conditions, and the gate is very different from those elsewhere, with only one empty gate.

Legend has it that Bi Peng, a merchant from Xinchang, did business in Bishan County, Chongqing, where Li Wanchun was the county magistrate. Li's achievements in governing Bishan were remarkable, and he was praised by the governor of Sichuan Province as a "model for all counties". The governor of Sichuan praised him as a "model for all counties." And Bipeng was taken care of by Li Wanchun, who became a rich merchant in a few years.

Li Wanchun, who was an honest official, was dismissed from his post for punishing corruption, and threw himself into the river in a fit of rage. Bipeng know, because of gratitude to Li Wanchun's integrity and help for their own business, back to the new field of the ancient town, built Bishan Temple, used to feed Li Wanchun, so that future generations will always worship this Qingtian big master.

This is the temple that was rebuilt after the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008 because some of the buildings were damaged by the waves, with strong government support and donations from all walks of life.

Rebuilt Daxiongbao Hall, Guanyin Hall, guest hall, Guantang monks and so on. Famous monks Yicheng, but Yin monks were written by the title. For the near and far believers, visitors to create a faith, heritage and cultural exchanges, and promote economic prosperity of the religious places.

06, tea, mahjong experience a slow life

To Sichuan travel, the biggest feature is the streets and alleys teahouse all over, and to the new field of the old town is no exception. Local residents from morning to night almost manually a cup of tea, tourists can also drink here from morning to night, as long as you see someone's cup is empty, will immediately renew the water. I can't sleep as long as I drink tea, but the Sichuan people can actually drink and fall asleep, so it's clear that the Sichuan people have become accustomed to drinking tea in their lives.

Most of the teahouses here are centered along the rivers that run through the old town, and you can have tea in the private rooms of the teahouses, or on the porches along the riverside, as well as in the open-air teahouses.

At the twists and turns of the riverside verandahs, you can enjoy the scenery as well as listen to the sound of gurgling water. Not big small round table, four square table, surrounded by a few rattan chairs, cooler, or even small bamboo chairs, or in the shade of the trees, or in the table and chairs above the umbrella, sitting around together tea, Dragon Gate, the slow life of the new field of the old town embodied to the fullest.

Polite, you can set up a sea of tea, tea or purple sand, or porcelain, and now basically with an electric kettle, visitors to boil their own water, their own brewing.

Most Sichuan people use this beer cup to drink tea, and like to drink strong tea, brewed tea on most of the cup, perhaps with the Sichuan people's brash character. This cup has a handle, not hot, loaded with a little more tea, drinking is also convenient. Do not like tea, you can also drink goji berries, chrysanthemum, lemon tea, most of the girls in the field prefer this drink.

One side of the water and soil to raise a party, the new field of the ancient town of people prefer to drink local tea in Sichuan, here is closer to Qionglai, and thus Qionglai's Wenjun tea and black tea is more, of course, there are also Emeishan's Bamboo Leaf Green, Mengding's Ganlu and Yellow Teeth, Yibin's Chuanhong Kung Fu is also quite a lot of.

Drinking tea is not only to swing the dragon door, often also for the entertainment of chess and cards, mahjong and pai gow everywhere on the street is also a favorite of the Sichuan people. Order a cup of tea on the side when playing cards, or restaurant staff, when not busy, the apron can not be unpacked, has already begun the cake tube Wan.

The gray-haired grandmother will also play mahjong at the same table with the little girl, so absorbed that she actually did not know that she had already entered my lens.

There are also bare shoulders, slippers have become the standard for the locals. In the street, the store, rubbing mahjong, time from the fingertips so slowly slipped away.

07, a pair of skillful hands weaving a better life

The streets also have their own production of small crafts and embroidery, both workshops and facades. There is business, stop the hands of the work, talk about the price, deal. When there's no business, they get busy again.

They are not only weaving bamboo baskets and traps, but also weaving their own lives, weaving a good life.

Silver needles fly, colorful threads shuttle, a peony out of the blue. You can see that for every stitch of embroidery, someone is there for your pain; you can see that for a lifetime of peony, someone is there for you and so on. The peonies will be dyed in a copper bottle when the sun shines on the lonely shadow of the red hand.

08, Sunshine out of the human flavor

The most people in Xinchang Ancient Town are fond of, and the most people feel the flavor of fireworks is "sunshine". On the street, door side, a variety of sun, sun out of life, sun out of the flavor of the world.

Here is not like some commercialization is very thick man-made "ancient town", these in the street all kinds of "sun" is not for tourists to take pictures and put out. This is the result of generations of people living here in the new field ancient town, is a real life.

The town has its own farmland outside the town, and the farmland has its own day and night labor and harvest. When there is a sunny day, the harvests from the farmland are sunburned and a good life is lived.

Therefore, this place also makes me fond of it, as if I have a feeling of going home, and memories of when I was a child and my mother asked me to pick up the small stones, chaff, and grass seeds inside the drying grains.

The dried beans, dried groundnuts and dried radishes are all needed after the season, and a few days of drying will make for a fragrant meal later.

The moss-covered seams of the tiles, with a pair of red shoes and a basket of dried groundnuts drying, came into my lens, and I couldn't help but guess what kind of family it was. Perhaps the child has just started middle school, home for the holidays mom urged the child to take off the dirty sneakers, while the day is good, hurry to wash them, so that the closing holiday can clean up the child's sharp.

The tourists come or do not come, the old town are here, life is also here, perhaps this is the old town inherited a thousand years where it.

Through the lively neighborhoods, into the quiet alleys, I found the reason I like it here: looking for the old town, not to eat, drink and play, it is to find a smoky home feeling, looking for childhood memories.

The white-haired grandmother, sitting in the warm afternoon sun, fiddling with her grandchildren's toys in her hands, had a pair of red-tipped, flat-soled shoes drying on the steps. I greeted my grandmother and asked, "Grandma, these are your cloth shoes? It's so pretty."

"I still have so many nice shoes and clothes, I used to make them myself, but now I can't see the stitches, they are all bought for me by my children. I used to have miles of flowers I embroidered on my shoes."

Lazy, a small, florid cat, not bothering to move even when my camera was up to its nose.

"Hey, wake up, kitty, I'm tired of walking, lend me your chair, can you?"

The little guy ignored me and with a meow, dozed off again. Hmph! Ignore me, I also ignore you, go.

09, the old town has a story everywhere

Street support an old bicycle, a straw hat clamped on the back seat, next to the two grinding clanking basket has been empty. For thousands of years, Sichuan people are using the basket to carry up the life, carry up the sun and moon, carry up the whole family, but also carry up the future and hope. At a glance, there should be a story.

Sure enough, there are a few old men sitting in the small store around the corner, who are supposed to be the owners of the bicycles and baskets. Either just finished selling souvenirs, a few old men in the small store inside a break, and then eat something to go home to catch up; or a few old friends from the past, in the rush to meet, come to the store, order a few plates of small dishes, a few old men to drink a little. A few of the old man has been drinking red face, high rolled up pants legs, back still have sweat stains, is such a spine support the whole family.

The cozy picture reappeared in front of my eyes: an uncle shaking a fan, bare feet, slippers on one side, crossing his legs, a small dog coiled nest under the bamboo chair. Auntie was presumably calling the uncle home for dinner.

The two grandmothers don't know if they are tired of walking and resting their feet, or if they are selling the vegetables they can't finish in their own fields by the side of the road, no yelling, no hawking, either picking at the things in their baskets or sitting so quietly with their cheeks resting on the ground.

Looking at the scene in front of me, I suddenly had an impulse to sing "Small Basket". Not this small basket in the back of whether there is a back wet mother's back of the little rascal.

Meeting on the street, I couldn't take off my apron in time to run out of the store and talk to my oldest brother who was passing by. It must be saying, "I haven't seen my old sister-in-law for a few days, how are you doing these days? Next time you catch the market let your old sister-in-law come over, so that we sisters can have a good chat."

Riding a tricycle just finished delivering goods, the little brother saw from afar is sunbathing grandmother, quickly get off the car and grandmother to say hello, the grandmother's kind face covered with smiles, must be urging the little brother to ride a little slower, pay attention to safety.

The red poncho on the small electric car parked in front of the old house, I guess it must be a married daughter to use the weekend home to visit her mother.

Bringing gifts of good food and drink in honor of the elderly has been carried into the house, the daughter is to the old lady dismantled and washed, sewing and mending, the old lady with the front and back, rambling about the East and the short.

10, you come and do not come, the old town life mood

Street useful bamboo sticks clamped with this small insect legs, said the bamboo inside the bugs, I do not know that some people buy this small insect is used to play, or eat, or a kind of medicinal herbs, do not understand the old lady's strong Sichuan dialect, but also on this small insect left in suspense.

A few bamboo shoots, half a basket of eggs, an old scale, a few old people. Sitting on the porch of the Yongan Bridge, grandmother in front of the ground stall all the things sold out, it is estimated that only a dozen dollars. But that's just how idle it is, for no other reason than it's a lively place.

Bamboo baskets, bamboo plaques, bamboo baskets, even brush pots are made of bamboo. The roadside of the old town, in front of the house, around the pond is full of bamboo, these bamboo utensils are probably also the local material it.

Several bamboo baskets are placed on the roadside, not much business, small business, when asked how much the basket, only from behind the door poked his head out and asked: big or small?

The barber's chair should have been years old, has a thick pulp, the years are so disk to disk, day after day, cut off a crop of troublesome silk, the black hair cut into white hair.

One-five, one-ten, one-fifteen, this basket is Auntie Li's, that pile is Master Liu's. The first one is the one with the most important thing, and the second one is the one with the most important thing. The second aunt hasn't seen anyone in the past few days, so I'll send it to her later, and see if the second aunt is well.

Two reedy chickens are foraging for food in the bamboo forest, cooing and clucking, free-range, just happy.

The farm equipment stalls that I haven't seen in years appeared in the camera, and they used to be the most common place that my father led me to. Sitting on my father's shoulder, my father always suspected that the hoe's weight was light. Slowly, my father's hoe became smaller and lighter, and with my father's departure, that hoe still hangs on the mountain wall of my old home, and it is already rusty.

One look at this moncler outlet store is a cultured person who cares about everything in the family, the country and the world. It is estimated that he has retired and just reads the newspaper.

11, the ancient town of food challenge your taste buds

Driving tour of the new field of the ancient town of a week, almost never eaten heavy food. Just the dumplings are constantly changing patterns, useful reed leaf package, there are also useful bamboo leaf package, there are bean paste filling, there are also jujube filling.

Fried tofu, I don't know how the tofu in Xinchang Ancient Town is made, but it can be fried so golden and fluffy, with a superb taste.

Specialty fat intestines and blood is a must try, the blood is soft and tender, fat intestines are not greasy, of course, remember that the best is spicy flavor. The blood from the water basin inside out, directly in the hand with a knife into a small piece of a small piece, put into the pot "hot", out of the pot. The fat intestines are cooked to perfection, but not so much that they need to be chewed. With chopped green onions, it's a great meal! Addictive!

You can also have a glass of Daughter Red infused medicinal wine with different herbs in it. Few people drink bottled wine inside the small store, pick up a cup of soy red wine, a plate of peanuts, a plate of beans, and then a two cucumbers, Qiqiu, moist!

12, hotel B&B

not on the street, nestled in the B&B, listening to the gurgling water outside the window during the day, and the frogs at night. Occasionally a few fireflies flutter up and dot the night sky.

The courtyard is deep, lying lazily on a cool chair, pretending to be a literary model, turning over the book in his hands, turning off the phone, no need to be concerned about the image, and anyway, who do not know, a motion can pass a whole day of time.

You can also play a parasol, walk across the bridge and water, walk through the winding corridors, to integrate themselves into the crowd of the new field of the old town. The prerequisite is that your Sichuan dialect should be very authentic, otherwise people will talk to you about Sichuanese, and you won't be able to hear the vernacular and colloquialisms belonging to the people of Xinchang.

Walk across the Yong'an Corridor Bridge to the other side of the river, where quite a few new houses are being built, much more gorgeous than the old neighborhood, but I still like the flavor of the old neighborhood.

The old neighborhood has rising smoke, the oldest old man in the sun in the warmth of the sun, there are down to the river to touch the shrimp, playing a water fight with the teenagers. There is a taste of home here, a feeling of home.