Qijiawan, where Pingshi Street is located, is an area where Hui compatriots living in Nanjing are relatively concentrated. Beef soup, one of the "four wonders" made by Hui Li Rongxing, as well as dry-cut beef, beef noodles, and pot stickers etc., are all authentic and delicious Jinling delicacies that have been passed down to this day. Leather shops and leather workshops associated with "cow" are mostly concentrated here.

In fact, Pingshi Street was originally called "Pishi Street" and was later mistakenly called Pingshi Street. There are many old alleys adjacent to Pingshi Street, such as Daban Alley, Qianzhang Alley, Laofang Alley, Zouma Alley, Lingzhuang Alley, Pingzhang Alley, Chengshanfang, Xiuhua Alley, Ma Alley... and there are also the famous Alley Nanshi Building is a place where culture and commerce blend, and the economy is prosperous and "prostitution" flourishes. Only a small part of Nanqiao Hall is preserved now. It is said that the descendants of Weng Tonghe, the teacher of Emperor Guangxu, also lived in a street called Nima Lane. These alleys are connected with Pingshi Street and criss-cross, forming a unique scenery of old Nanjing.

Pingshi Street is mostly dominated by two-story old-fashioned wooden houses. Now most of the first floors have been transformed into facades, and small businesses have been started. Although the facades are small, they have everything, selling all kinds of Stalls selling gadgets and food occupy the curbs on both sides. Old people and unemployed people chat in twos and threes on the roadside. Walking in such alleys, it is difficult for you to feel the prosperity and hustle and bustle of the city outside.

There are many deep alleys on both sides of the old street. When you walk in, you will see connected aisles and patios, interlaced, connecting more than a dozen households into one. The food on Pingshi Street is also quite famous. The roast duck and salted duck at the corner of the street and the beef pot stickers at the end of the street are famous far and wide.

At the end of Pingshi Street near Shengzhou Road, there is perhaps the narrowest alley in Nanjing: Laofang Alley. The passage of less than one meter can only allow one person to pass. For those who don’t know, I dare not go in, for fear it will be a dead end. The entrances in the alleys are mostly old-fashioned wooden doors on bluestone steps. Residents often like to plant one or two green plants outside their houses. The alleys are extremely quiet.

The Wanshou Palace in the southern section of Pingshi Street is a very famous building in the south of the city. It was built to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West. Every New Year's Day or other grand celebrations, from the governor of Liangjiang to the civil and military officials of various prefectures, all in full guard of honor, go to the Longevity Palace to pay their respects to the Holy Annals. The ceremony is extremely grand. When Shen Baozhen was in charge of Liangjiang, on New Year's Day of a certain year, people gathered at the Longevity Palace as usual. Li, the general manager, was armed with a weapon and was waiting for an opportunity to kill his enemy. He was arrested on the spot. What's the purpose of the sword?...Look up and do the Dharma on the spot!" You can imagine the majesty of the Longevity Palace at that time.

After the 1930s, Pingshi Street became very popular. Several evening newspapers successively set up offices in Pingshi Street. Some famous journalists and scholars often hung out here. Before the Anti-Japanese War, there was Zhang Henshui. After the victory, there were Lu Qian, Zhang Huijian and others.

In addition to Confucius Temple, Pingshi Street is also the center of Nanjing’s lantern market. "Jinling Chronicles" once recorded: "The eighth, thirteenth, and fifteenth day of the first lunar month are all Lantern Festivals, and white clothes on Tianqing Street The nunnery is the most prosperous, as are the Jiangxi Guild Hall on Pingshi Street and the Mendong Changsheng Temple..." Jiangxi Guild Hall is the Wanshou Palace. Jiangxi people are engaged in porcelain business in Nanjing. In the past, porcelain shops could be found everywhere from Shuiximen to Sanshan Street, so the guild hall was located on Pingshi Street. However, after the Republic of China, the lantern market gradually moved to Confucius Temple, and only a few Mingjiao lantern shops remained on Pingshi Street.