? Now located in Jinjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, the prefect street, named after the prefect's yamen in the past, is densely populated with nearly 311 department stores, candy shops, restaurants, junk shops, photo studios, theaters, barber shops, tea shops, bathrooms and pharmacies. In the past, Chengdu people were most impressed by its movies, "dumb tea" and delicious food.
? The prefect street in the city center is divided into three sections: East Street, Middle Street and West Street. It spans Qinrenli, Gulou South Street, Sangui Front Street, Goutou Lane and Taiping Street, starting from Shuncheng Street in the west and reaching Shuwa Street in the east. In the old days, some people in Chengdu misread "prefect street" as "shaving street", perhaps not many people could read at that time, and called "Zhuangyuan street", "Wugui bridge" as "tortoise bridge" and "Wanghua bridge" as "cucumber bridge". In fact, prefect street was named after the location of Sichuan prefect office in Qing Dynasty.
? Before Shudu Avenue was built, this street was the key part of the east-west traffic in Chengdu, and it was restricted by the poor traffic in Shuncheng Street to the west. During the rush hour every day, the streets are crowded with people and cars, making it difficult to move. The street is not too wide, but it just gathers popularity and is one of the busiest streets in Chengdu.
located in the center of prefect street is "Chengdu working people's cultural palace". In the old days, this was the yamen of the prefect's office in Sichuan Province, which always led the military affairs of the whole province. Later, it was renamed "Zhongshan Park" in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. In 1951, it was expanded to "Chengdu Working People's Cultural Palace", which is under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Federation of Trade Unions. Tickets cost only 2 cents, and you can enter for free with a trade union membership card. There are cinemas, small theaters, exhibition halls, libraries, gymnasiums, light stadiums and so on.
When I was a child, I liked to go to the Cultural Palace to watch open-air movies. The fare was 5 cents (including tickets), and most of the latest movies were shown. There are so many people watching movies that the screen that is temporarily pulled up is full of heads. Looking at the front of the screen, it is always difficult to squeeze into the crowd, and you can only look at it from a distance, even if you find a seat to watch. I can only run to the back of the screen to see it. Although the characters in the film all seem to be grabbing with their left hands and eating with their left hands, it is very strange, but it does not affect my interest at all. I watched dozens of classic movies here, such as Lin Hai Xue Yuan, Black Mountain Blockade, Story of Liubao, Red Boy, Female Barber, etc.
The Cultural Palace Exhibition Hall often holds exhibitions. When I was in primary school, I often came here under the guidance of my teacher. There is a fountain with a slightly western style in front of the exhibition hall, which is very beautiful in shape. The fountain spewed out in three streams and spilled on the pond. Jumping beads and splashing jade were very pleasing to the eye. The pond is full of water lilies, and in summer, the lotus flowers in the pond are exquisite and lovely. There is a Chinese-style "hero list" next to the fountain. The large glass window is covered with large photos of model workers' heroes. I remember Tian Jingqi, Zhang Decheng and others.
Although there are not many books in the palace library, it is an excellent reading place. There are big Woods around the pavilion, and there is no noise. When I was in middle school, I often brought books here to review my lessons and prepare for exams. Its elegance and tranquility are unforgettable. Not far from the library, there is a big tea shop, both indoor and outdoor. According to an old man, this tea shop was a regular gathering place for many fellow villagers' associations, alumni associations and trade associations before 1949. At that time, the brand of each association was covered with this tea shop, which was very spectacular. He also said that it was once a trading market for the money industry. The earliest self-organized Weiqi Club in Chengdu has also moved from Shaocheng Park to Zhongshan Park, where spontaneous Weiqi competitions are often held, attracting many fans and cultivating many players. The Cultural Palace also set up a short-term philatelic market, and later it was once prosperous because of the exhibition of famous snacks in Chengdu.
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when I was young, I used to go to Sanyiyuan Tea Shop on the East Street of Prefect with my father for tea. The Sanyi Garden in the north of the street is a temple dedicated to Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. The hall has been built with great boldness of vision, with towering stone pillars, soaring eaves and numerous couplets. The statues of Liu, Guan and Zhang are majestic. This is a place where people from the tea and farmland industries are concentrated, and the famous "lean" vinegar village is located at the entrance of the temple. To the east of Sanyi Garden is the "Prime Minister's Temple", which worships Zhuge Liang.
there are many tea shops in prefect street. The famous "Weijiaci" tea shop is also in the north of this street, where people in the leather shoes and leather industries often gather. These tea shops are full of people coming and going all day, and they are very prosperous. People often can't find seats for drinking tea. The most interesting thing is a tea shop called "Dumb Tea House". In the south of Sanyi Temple, there are often a large group of dumb people gathering here, making vague sounds and gesticulating with each other. They are very happy to talk, but passers-by are unintelligible.
the bustling prefect street once became a place for a group of people to make money. In the early years, every time I passed the "Military Shadow" (that is, the People's Liberation Army Theater, which was called the "National Cinema" before February 1951), I wondered why there was a man standing under a tree in front of the gate, and sometimes I squatted on the iron railing. These people usually come near noon, one of them stays under a tree and leaves late. These people's eyes are always fixed on passers-by, but they do nothing. Later, I learned that this is a group of "strings" specializing in ticket business (people who buy tickets upside down). The business of the "string string" became bigger and bigger, and more and more people joined. It is no longer limited to tickets. In the evening, they often gather in large groups of ants on the sidewalk and the street in front of the "Huamei Store" in the prefect East Street. Some of them sell transistor radio, some sell pure wool clothes, some sell alcohol, tobacco and sugar, and everything. These people didn't disperse until late at night.
At night, the prefect street is also a lively place. There are often some people setting up stalls to sell snacks and some singers around the Cultural Palace. One of them is particularly famous and impressed me the most. This man is a man, but he likes women. His waist is more enchanting and soft than ordinary women. His orchid fingers are thin and long, and his skin is white and tender. He is often stopped by a group of young men to ask him to sing. He always wriggles for a long time first. After his feminine shyness and coquetry are fully displayed, he sings with female voices one after another. He also sings very well and often wins a slap in the face. This "fake woman" is a pistachio in the street, but his life is somewhat difficult.
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there are many famous restaurants in prefect street, ranking first in the city, with more than 21 restaurants.
"Shishi Hotel" is next to a duck in the mouse hole, with the first floor and the first floor. There are many famous chefs in the hotel. Every time we eat, there is a noise upstairs and downstairs. The representative dishes of this store are shredded pork with fish flavor, spicy kidney flower, hot and crisp, kung pao chicken, fried pork with raw and fried salt, dried shredded pork and so on. Cooking does not change the pot, but the oil, now mixed with purple juice, one pot into a dish, reflecting the traditional characteristics of authentic Sichuan cuisine.
"Qilu canteen" is located in the west street of the prefect, and it is the only restaurant serving Shandong flavor in Chengdu. The famous Shandong cuisine chef takes charge of the kitchen and produces dozens of dishes with Shandong flavor. Among them, the representative dishes are Shandong steamed meatballs, sweet osmanthus slices, dry-fried tenderloin, clear meatballs, mustard noodles, fried chicken slices with floating oil, braised fish and so on. Its Shandong-style snacks are even more popular (original intention), such as silver coils. Just like fried noodles, there are fried eggs, seafood, shredded pork, shredded chicken and assorted scenes. In order to adapt to Chengdu people, this shop also serves Sichuan food. Its stuffy pot rice is particularly well cooked, soft and hard, soft and moist.
"Sanliujiu" restaurant, located opposite the Cultural Palace, is a special restaurant that deals in "Beijing-Suzhou flavor". The restaurant has a huge lineup of chefs, and the authentic Beijing-Suzhou-style dishes are unique in flavor. Its famous dishes include fried shrimp, roasted eel paste, sweet and sour pork ribs, fish head in casserole, roasted paddle water and so on. In addition, the food provided by this store, such as big meat, shrimps, big chops, fried steamed buns, meat dumplings, fish-sun porridge, fried noodles, soup dumplings, pot stickers and so on, is very popular. Its building is on the first floor and the first floor, where snacks and stir-fry are served downstairs, and seats and tables are hosted upstairs for more than 151 people to eat at the same time.
Zhong Dumpling, located in Dongjie, is famous both at home and abroad. It was opened in Lizhi Lane in 1893 by Zhong Xiesen. Therefore, it is also called litchi lane dumplings. The most famous in this shop are red oil dumplings and clear soup dumplings. Red oil dumplings are slightly spicy and delicious, salty and sweet. Clear soup dumplings are delicious, light but not thin, and the entrance is tender and slag. After eating the red oil dumplings, I often buy a piece of pepper and salt crispy pot kui, rub it into small pieces and dip it in red oil seasoning to eat, which has a special flavor. ?
The famous "Husband and Wife Lung Tablet" is also in the prefect street, which is located in the west street. In the early days, Guo Chaohua and his wife personally operated, and together they carried baskets and sold lung slices along the street. In order to distinguish them from other general lung slices, the masses dubbed them "husband and wife lung slices". Its production is very fine and its seasoning is exquisite. Beef offal is marinated with different heating times, and the heat is just right. Then it is cut with a thin blade, and the seasoning is also made of old materials, and then it is mixed with refined brine. The prepared lung slices are red and bright in color, soft and tasty, spicy and delicious, tender and slag-melting. One of my neighbors, surnamed Hou, cooked vegetables in husband and wife's lung slices in the early 1971s, and the produced lung slices can be called authentic husband and wife's lung slices. Now (note: this article was made in 2118), he runs a Guokui store in partnership with others, and husband and wife's lung slices are the main dishes.
Next to the couple's lung slices is another famous snack bar in Chengdu-"Dandan Noodles". Dandan Noodles is not only the name of the store, but also a kind of pasta welcomed by many customers. Dandan Noodles has been in Chengdu for more than 81 years. Originally, Dandan Noodles operated as a bearer, with a stove at one end and a food box at the other to store raw materials, bowls and chopsticks. Dandan Noodles used red oil, salty soy sauce, sprouts, chopped green onion, monosodium glutamate and sweet vinegar as seasoning, and then covered the leek leaf noodles with minced meat and dried minced meat, which was very refreshing. My sister was an educated youth in Yunnan and later married to Kunming. She said that in the early 1981s, Chengdu opened a "Dandan Noodles" restaurant on Jinbi Road in Kunming. Customers are like a cloud all day long, and she finally got a bowl of authentic hometown flavor Dandan Noodles, feeling that Chengdu is much closer to her. ?
a halal beef restaurant in the east street of the prefect is also very famous. The restaurant is large and deep, and the beef, sheep and meat products it sells are very halal. There is a mutton restaurant at Taisheng Road, diagonally opposite it. The mutton soup is delicious and unusual. The most eye-catching thing is the woman who sells tickets. She is petite and exquisite, with big watery eyes. Perhaps because she often drinks mutton soup, her skin is thin and tender, and her skin is white and red. Many young men come to eat mutton soup for a glimpse of their beauty, which is really full of food and eyes.
"Taohailou" and "Seafood Restaurant" are located in the East Street of the prefect, and the seafood produced is second to none in Chengdu. In the past, there was also an "Irish Western Restaurant", which specialized in selling western food.
The famous Dakelou Instrument Store is also located in this street. It is one of the main sales offices of Wenhua Food Factory, which was founded in the early years of the Republic of China. Xian Yi, old and young, produces brown sugar sesame cakes and sea-style steamed buns, which are praised by people. In addition, there are "Children's Food Store" and "New Shanghai Pastry Store", and the candy and cakes made are also very popular.
In addition to famous restaurants, there are the People's Liberation Army Theater, Yongxing Burning House, Lushan Photo Gallery, Linlin Shopping Mall, Sanjiang Shoe Store, Xiao Jihan Chinese Medicine Shop (founded in 1911 by Xiao Te, whose stone carving shop is said to be written by a beggar) and Workers' Bathroom (before 1949).
At noon on the Dragon Boat Festival in 1981, my girlfriend and I went to the mouse hole in the prefect street to eat a duck. We ordered a camphor tea duck and some side dishes. When the Zhangcha duck is served, a strong fragrance comes to the nose. Duck skin with red sauce and white duck meat make people feast. My girlfriend likes to eat braised dishes and barbecue food best. Later, I often pestered me to eat a duck in a rat hole. She said that she wanted to eat this duck in her dreams. Of course, I had to meet her modest requirements.
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