The first flavor is "I'm waiting for you in Xitang". "I'm waiting for you in Xitang" this sentence in a variety of ways exist in Xitang, some corners: door signs, stone pillars, piers, walls, small mailboxes, small pieces of wood on the ...... handwritten body, the word is a variety of, inadvertently broke into your eyes, warmth and affection! Look at you, as if to ask you, as if to imply a romantic story, as if to let you deliberately think of who ...... many attractions like the big red slogan "so-and-so welcome you!" The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty and get out of the way, and then you'll be able to get out of the way. You do not come to be embarrassed, to come to the still want to come.
Xitang's delicate flavor lingers on her porch. The house is built along the river, the porch along the house and set up. Walking along the river, the summer does not sunshine rainy day does not shower. Every paragraph, under the shed there are some wooden benches and stone tables for pedestrians to rest, there will be a garbage can next to it, but made into a fairy tale cottage mold, so you can not bear to throw garbage. These zig-zagging corridors are not for a particular family, but for everyone. Not one section, but the whole street. As soon as you walk into the town, you walk into the porch shed, the porch shed as if it is to welcome you to the first owner, and then have to take care of the whole process. Courtyard shed connected constantly, often in Jiangnan. But the whole street is constantly connected, Xitang unique one. This is the characteristics, this feature comes from the spirit of love. It is said that Xitang merchants, traditionally Confucian businessmen, reading is not, but raised out of Confucianism, obviously open a pharmacy, the door is written on the "would rather the shelves are full of dust, do not want the world sick.
Xitang Confucian businessman's meticulous sentiment is not only manifested in benevolence and righteousness, but also manifested in the aesthetic style of the businessman. You see the name of the inn in Xitang: Xitang that day theme inn, Xitang long time no see theme inn, Xitang Queen's Castle Inn, Xitang dumping theme inn, Xitang Fangmanting inn, Xitang love time boutique apartments, Xitang meeting pavilion inn, Xitang strangers blossomed theme inn, Xitang exclusive memories of the theme inn ...... are all stories! The name of the inn gives you the urge to stay there for a night, not to mention the fact that the inns are often not the most popular ones. What's more, those inns often do not let you see at a glance, you see the door plate, see the publicity, and then see a deep alley, as if to bring you to the mysterious zone, and then open up, you seem to walk into all kinds of dream garden ...... is not there a time-traveling rush? Interestingly, each store name in front of the title "Xitang" word, is not with a pride to show the difference? I walked through four or five of them and inquired about the prices, which are very affordable.
Xitang has a lot of stores, it can be said, where there should be, everything, each store is small and fine, there are many flowers and trees embellished, as if to talk about the family's idyllic courtyard. Stores have also taken a poetic name. I walked into the name of the first store is called "red makeup", a seemingly random old wooden board leaning at the base of the wall, the board on the upper line of writing red "red makeup" two words, the next line is written in black "to be a good-looking woman! "The handwriting was so casual and clumsy that it looked like the handwriting of a third-grade child. The window is very large, only a few pieces of clothing, seems not to sell, just waiting for you to wear, the purpose is to let you be a good-looking woman. The word "woman" is used well, much more than "beauty".
"Sound slow" store to "sound slow" with a different flavor: the door frame on the red old-fashioned telephone, sneakers grew flowers, crooked little sign is which child's work? The big "Welcome to Dabble in the Internet" reveals the enthusiasm of the owner, and under the "Welcome to Dabble in the Internet" sign there is a small line "Music, let us be so close", as if it is already a friend of the old friend. As for the "can drink, can date, can take pictures, can be erotic encounter ......" prompt language make you have to stop.
"Once upon a time" under the name of the store has a line of small words: a lifetime only enough to love a person. In front of the store is a small green mailbox with a few words: If you are in Xitang. There are a lot of tourists stopping here, but it's not crowded. Everyone is conscious of leaving each other a space. Not many take pictures, they are like me, just standing there, what do not want to stand, no, or in thought: once upon a time slow; or in a light hum: once upon a time slow ......
"Brain in the water alliance" is definitely a store you want to cross into. The owner kindly reminds you to "protect your man and your wallet, we are not responsible for loss". Take a look at other people's brains:
"From elementary school to college
the only constant is
not wanting to study"
"I hate Emperor Qin Shi Huang
? Burning books
I can't believe I didn't finish them"
"If you don't love me anymore
I'll make you a dish with my own hands
Chicken with mushrooms
? Chicken with your"
Isn't it a brainwave? Guests inside please -
Almost all stores in Xitang welcome photos. I think of a lot of places where stores do the same thing but refuse to take photos. Are they worried about people copying them, or are they just not confident? Xitang has a pastry store called: Algiers, unlimited free samples. Doorway alone set up a place, set up a variety of props, specializing in letting people take pictures, but also provides a network for you to share the circle of friends. Ya, store this is for their own for Xitang advertising it!
"Mom's Kitchen" slogan is "eat well, every day up", so strong encouragement makes me feel that eating is so justified and full of responsibility.
"This delicious store" is widely publicized: "trickery, not robbery, not harmful to life" "small business, if you want to bargain, please be pet". "If someone touches you, please don't be angry, it means he is drunk, he is drunk, it means the wine is real."
"Taste of Bugs" sells bugs: Thai spiders, Yimeng scorpions, fried grasshoppers ...... you dare to eat? Although business is not much, but the young man is still not slow "shrimp pulling eggs". This is a style.
Put the wish on a pillar, there is really no one. The problem is, Xitang to you carved writing "so-and-so to this trip" the opportunity to make a mistake, and also provide the tools of the crime - black pen. But not everywhere can write Oh, only this bridge. Suddenly remembered, Xitang a lot of store signs are written with chalk on the blackboard. What the hell?
Xitang specialty stores abound, it is really worth to come to see.
The night in Xitang is quiet and peaceful. Dim yellow street lamps and big red lanterns shroud the green brick rubble, and the sky color running water, like a dream, so that people do not know what is happening. But Tangdong Street bar has exposed the other side of Xitang, like a whole day seems to be very elegant woman suddenly revealed her wild side, but the time is limited, after 11:30 at night, immediately have to turn off the lights and close, like a good girl to comply with parental agreement, 11:30 must go home, the time is up, the street as if it was who pressed the switch, the sound immediately stopped, so that you feel the Xitang is how much of a restraint! The first thing you need to do is to get a good feeling for the situation. I think I'm not a good excited person, but to Tangdong Street is still very lost in thought, inside some hidden very deep and primitive things seem to be stimulated at once, must be hand of the dance of the foot of the throat of the song in order to be painful. Each bar is like a mysterious zone, inside the powerful song and dance rotating lights phantom color is full of magnetic force, attracting every passer-by. I looked around and saw that everyone was like a duck with its neck, with its head poking in one direction and its body twisting involuntarily.
The pace of life in Xitang is slow, and there seems to be a huge magnetic field that relaxes the body and mind as soon as you enter. Whether walking or resting, drinking tea or eating, buying or selling things, are so unhurried. Xitang does not have the smell of copper, even if the family are doing business, you can not see the eyes of the rush, as if people are doing their favorite things, you a passer-by to disturb, and as a result, was included in the life of the family.
Xitang is one of the six ancient towns in Jiangnan, Xitang's ancient different from other places to do the old to the new old mixed or do the old to the old old to the old true and false, Xitang is the old, but this old constantly into the new, is full of vitality of the rustic. For example, the bar, it seems that Xitang thousands of years ago, now towards maturity. I often wonder, Xitang in China's various movements in the past how to preserve the simplicity and accommodate the new times? Perhaps Xitang is located in the junction of three provinces is easy to be politically ignored, but the people here because of the study of business is not closed it.
Xitang has been recognized as a 5A attraction, and the government has strengthened the management of Xitang. The owner of my store is a fifty-year-old man, rough-looking but mute and gentle, only elementary school education, but is currently studying the management of farmhouse, according to him, the government also requires them to learn simple English, and foreigners to be able to carry out simple exchanges. When we left, the boss mischievously came to say: hometown - worship!
Some people say, Jiangnan ancient towns are all the same. I want to say, Xitang is not the same. If you want to ask me out, please wait for me in Xitang.