Make up your travel experience to make up for the lack in your heart. It was on the afternoon of April 6th, 218. My family of five took Harmony from Shanghai Railway Station to Jiaxing to visit my wife, brother and sister who were engaged in aquaculture in Wang Jiang Jing. They have left their hometown and gone out to raise fish and shrimp for nearly 3 years. It is very hard to get up early and get rich.
? I haven't been to Jiaxing for several years, and I haven't visited my wife, sister and brother-in-law. My wife often nags me and misses me very much. Our trip is a two-way street. One is to visit them in the past and see the current family business and living conditions with our own eyes. The other is to visit the famous scenic spots in Jiaxing by the way.
? A moment together is worth a thousand dollars. During the day, I drink tea at my sister-in-law's house, eat melon seeds and chat at home.
? When the sun was going down, all three families set out, took the battery car together, went to Shuangqiao town not far away, and had a reunion dinner in a private restaurant on the side of the road. My wife and siblings are very polite. A dozen adults and children have dinner, but they all ordered a large table full of side dishes and more than 3 pots of vegetables, all of which have local characteristics, and there are plenty of pots. This time, we must have spent a lot of money. The main dishes are braised pig's feet, steamed eel, fried beef steak, braised eel, steamed mandarin fish, braised turtle pieces, chicken soup, Jiaxing slow-fire sauce duck, boiled chicken and so on. Most of them are meat dishes. Jiaxing cuisine is similar to our Huzhou cuisine, and it tastes good, but it is a little spicy. Everyone is sitting around, very happy, drinking drinks, chatting, talking happily, and talking endlessly.
? All good things must come to an end. After dinner, we shook hands and said goodbye. My wife and brother drove us to Jiaxing for the night in a car. That night, our family stayed in a hotel in the southeast of Yuehe Bridge.
? After dark, the family went to the nearby big commercial street and took a look. Jiaxing block has luxurious buildings, spacious and clean streets, bustling shopping malls, quite a few people visiting the night market, crowded restaurants and surprisingly many diners. My brother-in-law told me that Jiaxing people are very particular about food and clothing, especially like to eat casserole in the streets, and often take their relatives for a stroll in the shopping malls at night, leading a colorful life and enjoying shopping. There are many boys and girls here, and their clothes are comparable to those of Huzhou people. Women love to dress up, and their clothes are beautiful and bright, while men are decent and handsome. Let me see. People on the streets of Shanghai are dressed better and more fashionable than usual.
On the morning of April 7th, the temperature in Jiaxing plummeted. I felt very cold when I went out that time because I didn't bring more clothes and wore little clothes. It is estimated that the wind at the south lake is definitely relatively strong, so we dare not go to Jiaxing Nanhu to play here, and we backed out.
? When I came out of the hotel, I went to a small restaurant nearby and had a famous breakfast in Jiaxing. Then the family can only helplessly go to the old neighborhood of Yuehe not far away. Passing by a long covered bridge, I saw two big red characters "Yuehe" engraved on a big stone at the bridge, turned down dozens of steps and entered the scenic spot. The house at the entrance of this ancient street is very beautiful, with cornices and upturned corners. There are no tickets for sightseeing here.
? Yuehe Old Street is similar to the ancient houses in Zhujiaba, our hometown, with small bridges, flowing water, pillow water for people to live in, corridor chairs, stone slabs, wooden boats, riverside trees, bonsai ornaments, stone banks, and the water town scenery is particularly rich and simple. It can really be compared with Wuzhen and Nanxun.
It is said that Yuehe Ancient Town was transformed from its original old residence, with a total area of about 9, square meters. It was built with more than 4 million yuan invested by the government. It is an ancient town with human history, cultural leisure and livable tourism. There are two north-south roads on the east and west sides, and the traffic is very convenient. The scenic spot is adjacent to the Grand Canal (Ring River) in the south, and there are Liyue River and Waiyue River in it, which divide the block into orderly and neat. On both sides of the old bluestone road in the street, there are various shops, carved beams and painted buildings, with different plaques, which are ancient and quaint. One family connects that family, and this shop is next to that shop. Some sell snacks, some sell local specialties, some sell handicrafts, and some take art photos. The shops have their own characteristics, and every family is beautifully decorated.
? Looking around, looking at the alleys on the street, each one gives you different visual enjoyment, which is very childhood-like, as if returning to the childhood scene. I have familiar memories, including scattered houses, alleys, stone bridges, gatehouses, horse-headed walls, wells, stone mortars, wooden boats, and the reflection of the house and trees in the water. Ripples and ripples in Fen Street are charming and touching. It's a bit like the oil tanker pool in Linghu Lake, just like entering Clothes Street in Huzhou, as if in Nanxun, Wuzhen, Tongli, Xitang, Luzhi, Mudu and the new city. Small bridges and flowing water, living by the water, white walls and tiles, blue brick and wooden buildings, rowing boats, swaying willows and beautiful chairs. Everything in front of you will make you seem to travel back to the past at once. Is this the years of precipitation or am I sleepwalking?
here, the traditional folk houses in the south of the Yangtze River are built on the water, and the ancient streets and deep lanes are winding, winding and criss-crossing, full of historical rings and vicissitudes. Wooden buildings, flower windows, stone-gang rivers, ancient stone bridges, narrow alleys, old-style houses, corridors and sheds, etc., all show a strong style of the ancient water town, reflecting the prosperity of Jiaxing as a "southern city" in the old days.
The wide Moon River here is a small tributary of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The ancient street on the Moon River, built by the river, was named after the river embraced the city and curved like the moon, according to the Records of Jiaxing in Guangxu of Qing Dynasty. Yuehe Ancient Town is now the most intact and largest architectural complex in Jiaxing, which can best reflect the characteristics of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River in China.
? The middle street of Yuehe ancient town is the most prosperous. There are many shops and merchants on both sides of the street, which are the most popular and have a lot of tourists. The crowd is crowded and noisy. There are Jiahe Shuiyi, Dragon Boat Festival Folk Culture Experience Museum, Jiaxing Zongzi Culture Museum, Ceramic Culture Experience Museum, Laoxianghe Silver House, Flower and Bird Workshop, Goldfish Pond and so on in the street.
? Next to a huge stone square in the scene, there are many tourists crowding together, a pile here and a piece there, and everyone is watching. I took a closer look curiously, and there were seven or eight craftsmen, scrambling to make things under their sheds. Some are buying maltose, others are kneading the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Tang Priest, and some sugar blowers are stealing oil from mice. There are also people who make marshmallows, hand-woven small animals with long calamus leaves, and so on. Traditional skills have attracted many tourists of all sizes to wait and see. We stayed there for a long time, too, and our grandson never saw it, so we watched it with him. My daughter bought a panlong dripping with syrup from the sugar blower, and also bought a wisp of empty galloping horse made of sugar. The grandson was so excited that he could not bear to eat it in his hand. These old craft jobs were often seen when I was a child, when I went to the streets on holidays. I haven't seen it for many years now. It's very rare to see so many at once here.
Walking through the ancient town, you can also see the Shadow Play Hall, Teahouse and Restaurant, Pingtan Bookstore, Flower and Bird Market, Antique Market, Lihe Style, Xiushuidou Fountain and so on. There are many things to see and tourists are woven. In the winding alley of the scenic spot, in the amorous feelings, unconsciously, the family lingered in the old neighborhood to watch for half a day.
At about 11 noon, the family reluctantly left Yuehe Street Scenic Area and went to Huating Street on the south side of the river to enjoy Jiaxing's delicious food-Tongxiang Pot, or the daughter and son-in-law paid the bill, which cost more than 2 yuan.
Tongxiang clay pot is an intangible cultural heritage in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, and a traditional famous food in Tongxiang City. It is favored by people for its unique taste of hemp, spicy, fresh and fragrant. The main ingredients in the pot are prawn, chicken feet, crab, Chinese cabbage, wax gourd, potato, dried white and so on. Tongxiang pot tastes delicious, salty and appropriate, and has balanced nutrition, which is deeply loved by people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and is also the favorite of Jiaxing people. The cooking method of Tongxiang Bao is not the same as that of Chongqing's hot pot. The hot pot is cooked and eaten at the same time, while Tongxiang Bao is prepared by a chef. After it is cooked by fire, it can be eaten with chopsticks.
? There is a big pot full of Tongxiang clay pot, and there are two hot bowls of food in our place. The food is much more surprising and the taste is especially delicious. It is the first time for my wife and I to meet and taste this kind of food for the first time. Before ordering, we asked the shopkeeper not to put spicy food. The taste is still very suitable, and the family has a good time. Such a pot of Tongxiang pot, five people let go of their stomachs and still can't finish it. There is still a lot left in the soup basin before the table, which is really a bit wasteful and a little guilty. I didn't perform the CD action when I went out for dinner this time.
? This delicious meal, this delicacy, only when you have tasted it yourself, will you know that it deserves its reputation and understand why Jiaxing people love it so much. If I travel to Jiaxing next time, I will definitely eat it again, order a slightly spicy Tongxiang pot and try it, so as to experience this luxurious dinner with strong flavor in the south of the Yangtze River in all directions.
? The old street of the ancient town of Yuehe in the Millennium is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, which is very distinctive, exquisite, charming, unique and beautiful. It is elegant and quiet, simple and beautiful, like a colorful landscape painting in the south of the Yangtze River. It is beautiful and worth seeing and revisiting in the future. You can imagine how comfortable and beautiful it is to taste distinctive dishes with your relatives in an excellent environment!
? The May Day holiday is coming, let's take a domestic tour! Beautiful scenery and delicious food are the blessings of romantic life in life.
On the evening of April 3, 221, it was added at home in Shanghai.