Huai' an, northern Jiangsu, must be a place with outstanding people and outstanding talents.
Huai' an has a history of more than 2, years. In history, Huai' an was once called the "Four Metropolis" along the Canal with Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yangzhou. Huai 'an is the hometown of Premier Zhou Enlai, a great man, and Wu Cheng'en, the author of The Journey to the West. Han Xin, a great strategist, Guan Tianpei, a national hero, Liu E and others were born in history. Huai 'an won the title of national historical and cultural city.
as the core historical block of Huai' an, Hexia Ancient Town was rated as the first batch of 3 national key protected historical blocks by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Culture in 22, which shows the core value of Hexia Ancient Town in Huai' an Ancient City.
The ancient town covers an area of 3.5 square kilometers. It is a long stone alley, which starts from Xiangyu Avenue in the north and ends at Royal Wharf in the south, spanning more than 1, meters, including the three main alley areas of Shitougong, Huaxiang and Huzui Street, and passes through the center of the town.
another alley with the same history in the town-Juyi Street, which is perpendicular to the main road, starts from Chenghe Street in the east and extends for 3 meters to the west, forming a "golden triangle" topographic pattern at the stone foreman.
I believe that the soul of Hexia ancient town must be these two "long and short lanes" which are connected vertically and horizontally, echoing the "wide and narrow lanes" in Chengdu.
in this way, it is better to say that the ancient street is more appropriate than the ancient town.
I met the ancient town of Hexia by accident. The original trip was not planned for the ancient town. I rode my bike from the hotel in the early morning and went straight to Zhou Enlai's former residence. As a result, I was taken by navigation and lost my way near the Li Canal. Then, behind two small trees on the narrow sidewalk along the road, I suddenly saw four small words "Ancient Town Under the River" engraved on the wall of the house.
Many surprises in life always come quietly inadvertently. I believe that the long and short alleys under the river must be traces deliberately left by years, so that people who have missed them can have another chance to meet.
Summarize the six characteristics of Hexia ancient town online, including cultural town, military town, salt merchant town, traditional Chinese medicine town, gourmet town and Buddhist culture. For passers-by on a day trip, the ancient town may have more intuitive feelings.
(1) Culture
Undoubtedly, Hexia is definitely a cultural town with a history of about 2,5 years. According to records, there were 67 Jinshi, 123 Juren and 12 Hanlin here in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is known as the "hometown of Jinshi". Up to now, the town has completely preserved many literati monuments in the history of the river.
Shen Kun Zhuangyuan Mansion is located near Zhuangyuan Bridge at Zhuxiang Street. Shen Kun was the first scholar in Huai 'an history, and he was a good friend with Wu Cheng'en.
On the other side of Zhuangyuan Bridge, namely Chenghe Street, there is a three-story Kuixing Pavilion built by the river. Kuixing is a god in ancient myths and legends in China, and people believe that Kuixing is the god who dominates the literary movement.
Wu Cheng'en's former residence, a typical courtyard-style residence in the Ming Dynasty with Jianghuai style, mainly consists of five parts: Wu Cheng'en's former residence, Wu Cheng'en's life exhibition hall, Xuanzang Memorial Hall, Monkey King Family Art Museum and six-year-old children's studio.
Boli Peasant Painting Garden, Boli Peasant Painting was born in Boli Town, Huai 'an District, with the main feature of depicting the local culture closely related to farmers' lives, and it is one of the "four major peasant paintings in China".
Under the river, there has always been the deepest attachment and persistence to "culture" since ancient times.
(2) Ancient residential buildings
The ancient buildings under the river are relatively well preserved, basically in the style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties are mainly made of lime, earth, brick, wood, stone and tile. One of the characteristics of Ming and Qing Dynasties is that they are more rigorous, neat and elegant, and they mostly use blue-gray brick walls and tiles.
many houses on both sides of the roadway have been rebuilt to meet the needs of daily living, but the external walls of the building, especially the wall facing the street and the roof, have basically maintained the original appearance of the Ming and Qing buildings.
The real original buildings under the river are mostly concentrated in the center of the ancient town, especially in the long and short lanes, while many buildings near the main archway of the scenic spot and around the ancient town should be copied in the later period.
Stone roads, carved wooden windows, brick carvings, stone carvings, drywall, white walls, blue bricks, tiles, the peaceful Flour on the tiles, and the century-old houses in the alleys all silently tell visitors about the vicissitudes of the years under the river.
Fresh clothes and angry horses have become history. Now, only the quiet courtyard flowers are left under the river, the happiness in the long and short alleys, the idle clouds over the alleys and the long flowing water in the Li Canal.
(3) Ancient Traces
In addition to the old houses and former residences of celebrities, many historical sites have been preserved under the river, especially in the long and short lanes, and century-old shops can be seen everywhere, with heavy traces all over the streets.
huaxiang water dragon bureau. At that time, the "fire brigade" displayed the used fire-fighting equipment and equipment indoors.
Wu Jutong traditional Chinese medicine museum. Wu Jutong is a famous doctor and a febrile disease expert in Qing Dynasty. His Treatise on Febrile Diseases is one of the four classic works of Chinese medicine.
Xu Shi Traditional Chinese Medicine House.
Li Ji paper. Non-legacy skills, a century-old shop founded in the Qing dynasty, are now facing the embarrassment of no successor.
Xie's cotton shop in Huaxiang.
the former site of fuxingzhai Muslim restaurant. It is said that this place was originally a Fuxingzhai Muslim restaurant opened in the early years of the Republic of China in Ao, Zhang Bu, which was very magnificent and famous at that time.
oriental fashion shop. At present, there is only a broken wall left, and an old woman next to it said that this fashion shop has a history of more than 1 years, and it used to be the "star shop" and "online celebrity punch point" in this street.
Time flies and distant memories are rubbed into the alleys of bluestone wooden doors one by one.
(4) Gourmet
No matter in ancient times or today, Hexia plays an extremely important role in the history of Huai 'an gourmet culture. When it comes to Huaiyang cuisine, we have to mention Hexia Town.
Huaiyang cuisine is one of the four traditional cuisines in China, which originated in Yangzhou and Huai 'an. The raw materials of Huaiyang cuisine are mostly rivers and lakes, with top cooking skills, and the dietary concept of "harmony, precision, purity and novelty" is thoroughly implemented. ?
Hexia is the first town of famous dishes in Huaiyang, and it has been an ancient town of consumption in past dynasties, with many rich people and many foodies. Representative varieties here include crab roe soup packets, egg-rising, long fish feast, and magnolia slices. In addition, delicious snacks such as tea cake, oil terminal and lotus root starch are also classics that cannot be ignored in Huai 'an food spectrum.
wenlou. A Zhuangyuan Building, which was formed in the late Qing Dynasty, is a public building to commemorate Shen Kun and Ye Yunwu, the top scholars in civil and military affairs. Wenlou is also a restaurant. It is said that Zhou Enlai often came to Wenlou to eat soup packets when he was a child.
Wang xingmao sauce garden store. Founded in Qianlong for ten years, the founder is famous for brewing soy sauce and aged vinegar in Huai 'an City. Wang Xingmao is a descendant of the fourth generation, and there is a small brewing workshop in his backyard, which uses the ancient method to brew sauce.
yuejia teahouse. Founded in the Qing Dynasty, it has been passed down to the ninth generation.
oil terminal.
wenlou baozi stuffed with juicy pork.
Xu's crab roe soup packets.
Ruan Ji-zu passed on the bad deeds.
Qin gong rou yuan. Huaiyang cuisine is a classic dish.
wenlou hotel (former site).
various snacks.
For people under the river, the most romantic thing is the happy memory of the satisfaction of taste buds from generation to generation.
(5) Indigenous inhabitants
There are still a large number of indigenous inhabitants living in the ancient town, which is one of the great differences between Hexia and many ancient town scenic spots in China. Whether it is a scenic spot or a historical relic, the daily life of ordinary people in the town seems to have nothing to do with all this.
Home-grown fresh fruits peddled along the street, coal stoves lit in the roadway, fried eggs cooked by the old man in the kitchen facing the street, old ladies and sisters who are homely in the alley, chatting with old girlfriends and neighbors across the street, white-haired and dependent companions in front of the old house, uncle who is smoking cigarettes in the alley of white wine, clever cats under the wooden door and fireworks falling in the corner are all familiar, and inexplicably there is a surge of homesickness.
Walking in a long and quiet alley, I can't help looking into the residential buildings on both sides and looking through the cracked and mottled wooden doors. I am very curious. Did the ancestors of the owners ever win the first prize? Will there be calligraphy and painting or embroidery in the master's room during the Ming and Qing Dynasties? Will there be old silver ingots or snuff bottles in the attic? Is there an old camphor tree planted 5 years ago in the yard behind the house?
The residents are also very friendly. Perhaps they have long been accustomed to "peeping" from strange tourists. It seems that "history" and "culture" are just two terms in books for ordinary people. How was the town two thousand years ago? What is it now? Past lives in the ancient town is clearly written on their faces, which is a calm and indifferent attitude towards life, and a belief in the town's own history and culture.
(6) Free, free, free
Say important things three times.
AAAAA scenic spots do not need any tickets or any reservation. There is no "welcome mode" of long queues and ticket gates in Hexia ancient town, and there is no "farewell mode" of "thanks for visiting next time". The river is like an "old friend who met for the first time", waiting for guests coming and going at any time.
At the entrance to the side of the Li Canal, there is no big archway, no eye-catching signs, and no popularity of any conventional scenic spots, just like a small village entrance in my hometown in the countryside.
Walking in from the entrance of this small village is only a distance of more than ten stone steps, but it has already spanned dozens of centuries. Behind him is the busy Li Canal Avenue, and in front of him is a long and quiet alley. The ancient town just lies there "lazily", quietly hiding in the city. A casual step, one foot into the silence thousands of years ago, one foot still in the noisy world of mortals.
I always thought that there must be the farthest distance between ancient times and modern times in the world, but I didn't know that ancient times and modern times could be so close that there was no wall. I once thought that there must be the closest softness in the universe between people's hearts, but I never thought that there were still 1 million light-years between people's hearts.
Open, inclusive and comfortable. What's your reason for not coming?
Later, I learned that the gate archway, as the scenic spot of Hexia Ancient Town, was located at Xiangyu Avenue in the north and Chenghe Street in the east, and this side of the Li Canal was equivalent to an exit of the scenic spot, that is, the end of the ancient street, but it was so low-key that people couldn't believe that it was the famous Hexia Ancient Street.
three kilometers away, it is Zhou Enlai's former residence.
From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to Guangxu, history has gone for more than two thousand years; From the ancient town to the former residence of Premier Zhou, it only takes a cup of tea. For the film Nianhua, the scenery has never changed, only the plot and characters have changed.
it only takes an afternoon to walk through the ancient town, but it may take a lifetime of patience to understand it.