A guide to the ancient town of Xinchang, Chengdu

Xinchang ancient town in Chengdu is a characteristic town full of Bashu cultural elements, where you can feel the tremor from the depths of your soul. Everyone will get a good visit experience and feel the core and spirit of ancient culture. Here, I would like to share with you the specific raiders guide.

Xinchang Ancient Town, located in the west of Chengdu Plain, is the earliest established town in the west of Dayi County. It belongs to an area with mountains, hills and dams. From Chengdu, take the Chengdu-Wenzhou Expressway, exit Wang Si and Xinchang, and then drive for about 5 kilometers, with a driving time of about 1 hour.

Xinchang ancient town was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty and rose in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. Qionglai in the west, Wang Si Town in the south, Chujiang Town, Huashuiwan and Xiling Snow Mountain in the north. It is one of the famous historical and cultural towns on the ancient tea-horse road, with rich and colorful folk culture and farming culture.

Xiling Snow Mountain is rich in water, flowing through Touyan River, Eryan River and Sanyan River, and surrounding Xinchang ancient town.

There are seven ancient streets in the ancient town, namely Xia Zheng Street, Shangzheng Street, Taiping Street, Taiping Street, Taiping Hengjie, Shixiang Street and Heba Street. There are also six alleys, namely Shuixiang, Zhangyimiao Lane, Xie Jia Lane, Shi Mao Lane, Tongshi Lane and Shangziku Lane, with two vertical and two horizontal wells. The existing ancient buildings cover hundreds of thousands of square meters, and most of them were built in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

There are many large courtyards and pavilions, with blue bricks and tiles, wooden buildings and columns, carved beams and painted buildings, which are lifelike. The walls of the Bund are antique, including Li's former residence, club, inn, Huangdu Building, Guangdong Guild Hall, Catholic Church, Gospel Hall, former residence and Bishan Temple.

Walking in the ancient town, the biggest feeling is that you can hear the sound of running water everywhere. Where there is water, there are bridges, including the 100-meter-long Yong 'an covered bridge, the small stone bridge less than two meters long, and the nine-hole bridge nine feet long and one foot two feet wide.

All this water is running water, and there are often streams under the eaves. The trees on both sides of the stream are dark green, with several steps and several feet of guardrails, or washing clothes or vegetables, which has the charm of Jiangnan water town.

0 1, Three-inch Golden Lotus Pavilion Jianghu Bangge just arrived at the entrance of Xinchang Ancient Town, and two antique blue brick three-story towers came into view. The villagers in the ancient town said that they were replicas of ancient pagodas. These two towers are two small museums, namely: Three-inch Golden Lotus Museum and Jianghu Gang Museum.

There are many graphic materials and objects in the Jianghu Gang Museum. This paper introduces the origin, development and reform of Paoge organization, green gang and Hongbang (Hong Men) in the old society.

Three-inch Golden Lotus Museum records the history of women's foot binding in China feudal society 1000 years since the Song Dynasty, and exhibits three-inch golden lotus bow shoes, shoemaking tools and other physical objects. When the history of ancient women's foot binding began remains to be verified, but it is generally believed that it began in the Song Dynasty.

The so-called "a pair of little feet, a jar of tears", my little girl has been binding her feet since she was five or six years old, breaking four toes except her thumb with a long piece of cloth and bending them to the soles of her feet, forming a "golden lotus" in the shape of bamboo shoots. Its tragic pain can be imagined. "Small, thin, sharp, curved, fragrant, soft and upright" is the highest standard of foot binding, and it is also the guarantee of women's married life, otherwise they will not get married. The children's song of foot-binding goes like this: press oil, press the plate, warm up in the sun slope, boil hot water, put green salt on it, and my mother will help me bind my feet.

When I was very young, my grandmother was a pair of little feet and often tripped. Every time I wash my grandmother's feet, I feel scared. Thanks to the women's liberation movement, there is no more crying of little girls when they are feet. The torture inflicted on women for thousands of years has never been forgotten.

02, 3+2 Reading Club There is also a "3+2 Reading Club" in Xinchang Ancient Town that attracts me very much. This is a folk library initiated by book lovers who share the pleasure of reading. All books can be read for free.

The library has more than 80,000 books, most of which are donated by caring people and caring enterprises. When I went in, three girls were tidying up the bookshelves. They enthusiastically introduced me to the history of the reading club. From the establishment, development, growth to the activities held, I suddenly like it. The three of them are volunteers. Tea, ice cream and wifi are also provided free of charge.

I really like this sentence on the bar in the reading club: share the story of the book and let more people read it.

Reading clubs often hold various reading activities, and invite some famous people here to share reading stories with you. Public welfare classes held include: youth classes, rural classes, children classes, reading sharing classes, etc.

These three girls even took on many children's homework after school, which was welcomed by many parents. In rural areas, with such a reading environment, I really envy Xinchang ancient town.

I only plan to visit here for one day. I stayed here for a week because of the "3+2 Reading Club".

Every morning, I walk around the streets and corners of the ancient town with my camera. In the afternoon, take a notebook and sit in the corner of the reading club, either reading quietly or writing a few pages of travel notes to deal with the pictures taken.

"That afternoon, that weekend, seems to be yesterday. Actually, it's been a long time. Time can precipitate. It can also prove that a group of dream catchers, a place with love and ideals, are verifying that extraordinary dreams start with a group of ordinary people? "

Soak a cup of mint water, watch the tourists weaving outside the window and listen to the river gurgling. Tired of reading, chat with girls, help them sort out books and clean up. Discuss the fun of reading with them and share their joys and sorrows. Or invite them to put on their favorite clothes, dress up beautifully, hold umbrellas, come to the bridge and take beautiful photos for them.

03. There is an antique zhaobi in front of Jiudong Bridge in Qingyuan City, which reads "Original Qingyuan" with seal script.

Xinchang ancient town was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was called Qingyuan in ancient times. Because of the convenient transportation, it has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, and it is also a market where merchants from south to north gather. For thousands of years, the throughput of wood, tea and rice here is very large, and it is one of the important towns of the ancient tea-horse road and the southern Silk Road.

Especially in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, from the initial sporadic stalls and rest shops, it developed into a fair and trade place with many shops and prosperous market.

At present, there are still many Ming and Qing buildings in the ancient town, and the traditional custom of going to the market is still preserved in the ancient town. Every 2, 4, 7, 10, farmers and people in the nearby mountainous areas will come here with baskets on their backs, so some people call the new market "the market that lasted for thousands of years on the Southern Silk Road".

There used to be such a couplet describing Qingyuan city at that time: the clear sky met the misty mountains, the clouds were lingering and the people gathered together; Water comes from the source, which makes people outstanding and wise.

Liu Chengxun's former residence Xinchang Ancient Town has many former residences of celebrities, including Liu Chengxun's former residence. Liu Chengxun was a warlord in Sichuan during the Republic of China. He used to be governor of Sichuan Province and commander-in-chief of Sichuan Army.

Liu Chengxun's former residence, the gable is not big, only the width of a sidewalk. Walking into the front yard along the narrow aisle, you can feel the characteristics of western Sichuan folk houses everywhere. There are many wood carvings on doors, windows and beams, with rich patterns and exquisite craftsmanship.

There is an exhibition about the life of Liu Chengxun. After graduating from Sichuan Army armament school, he became a brigade commander, a division commander and a military commander step by step, until he went home to live in seclusion and did not ask about political affairs. He died in 1944.

Although he is a great warlord in Sichuan, his former residence is still relatively simple, which can't be compared with Liu Manor in Dayi County.

05. Bishan Temple, a grateful place, as an important town of commercial distribution in the past, can't be without a resort of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. However, the Bishan Temple in Xinchang Ancient Town enshrines a real person-Li Wanchun. And this Li Wanchun is not a big official, but a small county magistrate in Bishan, Chongqing in the Ming Dynasty. This temple is called "Thanksgiving Temple" by people in Xinchang Ancient Town. For hundreds of years, it has become a place where new people worship their gods and ancestors.

Perhaps Bishan Temple is adapted to local conditions, and the mountain gate is very different from other places, with only one empty gate.

According to legend, new traders Bi Peng is doing business in Bishan County. Li Wanchun is the county magistrate of Bishan, and Li Wanchun has made remarkable achievements in managing Bishan, and was praised as a "model of 100 counties" by the Governor of Sichuan. Bi Peng was taken care of by Li Wanchun and became a wealthy businessman a few years later.

In order to punish corruption, Li Wanchun was removed from office and threw himself into the river in a rage. When Bi Peng learned about it, he returned to Xinchang Ancient Town because he was grateful to Li Wanchun for his frankness and business help, and built Bishan Temple to support Li Wanchun, so that future generations could worship the master of the blue sky forever.

This is a temple rebuilt after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 with the strong support of the government and donations from people from all walks of life, because some buildings were damaged.

Rebuild the Hall of the Great Hero, the Hall of Guanyin, the sitting room, the Buddhist temple and so on. The famous monk Yicheng and the famous monk Wei Xian wrote a joint name respectively. Create a religious place for believers and tourists from far and near to place their faith, inherit cultural exchanges and promote economic prosperity.

06. Drink tea and play mahjong to experience a slow life. The biggest feature of traveling to Sichuan is that there are teahouses all over the street, and Xinchang ancient town is no exception. Almost all local residents have a cup of tea from morning till night, and tourists can also drink it from morning till night. As soon as they see someone's glass empty, they will immediately fill it up. I can't sleep as long as I drink tea, but Sichuanese can actually fall asleep after drinking it, which shows that drinking tea in Sichuanese has become a living habit.

Most of the teahouses here are concentrated in the small river that runs through the ancient town. You can drink tea in the private room of the teahouse, in the corridor by the river and in the open-air teahouse.

At the winding place of the riverside corridor, you can enjoy the scenery and listen to the gurgling sound of running water. Small round table, square table, several rattan chairs, cool chairs and even small bamboo chairs around, or in shady places, or holding umbrellas above tables and chairs, sitting together for tea and posing in a dragon gate array, fully embodies the slow life of Xinchang ancient town.

If you are particular, you can put tea sea, tea set or purple sand, or porcelain. At present, electric kettles are basically used, and tourists boil their own water for brewing.

Most Sichuanese drink tea with this beer cup. They like strong tea. There are more than half cups of brewed tea, which may be related to the generous character of Sichuanese. This kind of cup has a handle and is not hot. With more tea, it is convenient to drink. If you don't like tea, you can also drink Lycium barbarum, chrysanthemum and lemon tea. Most girls from other places prefer this kind of drink.

People in Xinchang Ancient Town prefer to drink local Sichuan tea, which is close to Qionglai, so there are more Wen Jun tea and black tea in Qionglai, and of course there are bamboo leaves in Emei Mountain, with nectar and yellow teeth on them, and there are also quite a lot of Sichuan Red Kung Fu in Yibin.

Drinking tea is not only for the dragon gate array, but also for chess and cards entertainment. Mahjong and Pai Jiu, which can be seen everywhere on the street, are also the favorite of Sichuanese. Ordering a cup of tea while playing cards, or the staff in the restaurant, when they are not busy, they can't even take off their aprons and have already started making cakes.

Grandma with gray hair will also play mahjong at the same table with the little girl, so absorbed that she doesn't even know that she has entered my lens.

There are also shirtless ones, and slippers have become the standard for local people. In the street, in the shop, playing mahjong, time slowly slips away from your fingertips.

07. A pair of skillful hands make a beautiful life. Others make their own small handicrafts and embroidery in the street, which is both a workshop and a facade. If you have business, stop what you are doing, negotiate the price and make a deal. When there is no business, I am busy with my work.

They are not only knitting bamboo baskets and baskets, but also knitting their own lives and a better life.

Silver needles are flying, colored lines are shuttling, and a peony is ready to come out. You see, every stitch is embroidered, and someone loves you; You see peony has a lifetime, and someone is waiting for you. There are thousands of red crisp hands, the sunset shines alone, and the peony is dyed with copper bottles.

08. The most unforgettable thing about the new world city is the "sun", which makes people feel the smell of fireworks. On the street, by the door, all kinds of sun, sun out of life, sun out of the world.

Unlike some man-made "ancient towns" with strong commercialization, these "sunning" on the street are not put out to take pictures of tourists. This is the result of generations living here in Xinchang ancient town, and it is real life.

There is its own farmland outside the town, and there is its own work and harvest day and night in the farmland. When the weather is fine, you can get a bumper harvest in the farmland and live a good life.

Therefore, I don't want to go here, as if I have a feeling of going home. There is a memory that when I was a child, my mother asked me to pick up pebbles, chaff and grass seeds in the valley.

Dried beans, dried sweet potatoes and dried radishes are all needed in the off-season. After a few days of drying, they will become delicious food in the future.

Mossy tiles, a pair of red shoes and a basket of dried sweet potatoes came into my lens, which made people wonder what kind of family this is. It may be that the child just went to middle school and went home on holiday, and the mother urged the child to take off the dirty sneakers and wash them clean while the weather was good, so as to collect Lisoso and tidy up the child on holiday.

Whether tourists come or not, the ancient town is here and life is here. Perhaps this is the place where the ancient town has been passed down for thousands of years.

Walking through the busy streets and into the quiet alleys, I found the reason why I like it here: I am looking for the ancient town, not for eating, drinking and having fun, but for the feeling of a fireworks-flavored home and childhood memories.

Grandma with gray hair is lying in the warm afternoon sunshine, playing with her grandson's or great-grandson's toys, and drying a pair of flat shoes with red tips on the steps. I greeted my grandmother and asked, "Grandma, are these your cloth shoes?" It's beautiful. "

"I still have many beautiful shoes and clothes. I used to make it myself, but now I can't see the stitches. The children bought it for me. I used to embroider flowers on my shoes. "

A lazy Xiaohua Mall, my lens has reached its nose, and I am too lazy to move.

"Hey, wake up, kitten, I'm tired of walking. Can you lend me your chair to have a rest? "

The little guy ignored me, meowed and dozed off again. Hum! Leave me alone. I will also ignore you. Let's leave now.

09. There are stories everywhere in the ancient town. There is an old bicycle in the street with a straw hat in the back seat, and two polished baskets beside it are empty. For thousands of years, Sichuanese have used baskets to carry life, the sun and the moon, the whole family, the future and hope. At first glance, there should be a story.

Sure enough, there are several brothers sitting in the street shop, who should be the owners of bicycles and baskets. Either they have just sold out their local products, and some brothers have a rest in the shop, eat something by the way and then go home; Or a few old friends, met in a hurry, came to the store, ordered some dishes, and several brothers had a drink. Several brothers have blushed after drinking, their trouser legs are rolled up, and there are some sweat stains on their backs. It is this backbone that holds up the whole family.

The warm picture appeared before my eyes again: an uncle shook his cattail leaf fan, barefoot, slippers aside, legs crossed, and a small dog kennel under a bamboo chair. Aunt probably asked uncle to go home for dinner.

The two grandmothers don't know whether they are tired from walking or selling endless vegetables in their own fields on the roadside. They don't shout or sell, or they are pulling the things in the basket, or they are sitting quietly on their cheeks.

Looking at the scene in front of me, I suddenly have an impulse to sing "Little Basket". Is there a naughty boy who wets his mother's back in this small basket?

We met in the street, ran out of the shop before taking off our apron, and started a family conversation with our passing brother. It must be saying, "I haven't seen my old sister-in-law for days. How have you been recently? " Let my old sister-in-law come to the next market and let us two sisters have a good talk. "

My little brother, who had just delivered the goods on a tricycle, saw his grandmother basking in the sun from a distance and quickly got off the bus to say hello to her. Grandma's kind face is full of smiles. He must be telling his little brother to ride slowly and pay attention to safety.

A small electric car with a red poncho stopped in front of an old house. I guess my married daughter must have used the weekend to visit her old mother.

Delicious gifts brought to honor the elderly were brought into the house. My daughter is tearing down and washing the old lady and sewing. The old lady is talking about her parents' shortcomings.

10, whether you come or not, there is a bamboo stick on the street of old city life, which is said to be a bug in bamboo. I don't know if someone bought this bug for fun, for eating, or for being a medicinal material. I can't understand the old lady's strong Sichuan dialect, so I left the suspense of this bug.

A few bamboo shoots, half a basket of eggs, an old scale and some old people. Sitting on the bridge corridor of Yong 'an Bridge, all the things on the stall in front of grandma are sold out, which is estimated to be more than ten dollars. But so busy, not for anything else, just for the excitement here.

Bamboo baskets, bamboo plaques, bamboo baskets and even those who wash pots are made of bamboo. Bamboo is planted on the roadside, in front of the house and around the pond in the ancient town. These bamboo products may be made of local materials.

There are several bamboo baskets on the roadside, and the business is very small. Someone asked how much these baskets cost, and they leaned out from behind the door and asked, are they big or small?

The barber's chair should be old and has a thick patina. The years are like this. Day after day, I cut off a crop of troubles and cut my black hair into white hair.

One, five, ten, fifteen, this basket belongs to Aunt Li Er, and that pile belongs to Uncle Liu. Aunt hasn't seen anyone these days. I'll send it to her later to see if my aunt is ok.

Two Lu Hua chickens are foraging in the bamboo forest, cooing and raising freely, indicating that they are very happy.

A farm tool stall that I haven't seen for years appeared in the camera. These farm tools stalls used to be the places where my father took me most often. When sitting on my father's shoulders, my father always felt that the weight of the hoe was very light. Slowly, my father's hoe became smaller and lighter. Father left, and the hoe was still hanging on the gable of his hometown, rusty.

At first glance, this uncle is an educated man who cares about everything. Probably retired, just reading the newspaper.

1 1. The food in the ancient town challenges your taste buds. During a week in Xinchang Ancient Town, you hardly ate the same food when you went to road trip. Zongzi alone is constantly changing patterns, including reed leaves, bamboo leaves, bean paste and dates.

Fried tofu, I don't know how the tofu in Xinchang ancient town is made, but it can be fried so golden and soft and tastes super good.

You must try the special fat sausage with blood. Blood clots are soft and smooth, and the intestines are oily but not greasy. Of course, it better be spicy. Take the blood out of the basin, cut it into small pieces with the knife in your hand, put it in the pot and "iron" it, and it will be out of the pot. The kind where the fat sausage is boiled, but it's not very bad. It needs to be chewed. With chopped green onion, Bashi! Addicted!

You can also have a cup of medicated wine with daughter red bubble. The medicinal materials in it are different, and their effects are different. Few people in the shop drink bottled wine, have a glass of red wine, a plate of peanuts, a plate of edamame and a pair of cucumbers, and live together to moisten!

12. When the B&B Hotel is not in the street, it stays in B&B, listening to the gurgling water outside the window during the day and listening to the frogs at night. Occasionally a few fireflies come to decorate the night sky.

The courtyard is deep and lazy, lying in a cool chair, with a literary look, turning over the books in my hand and turning off my mobile phone. You don't have to worry about your image. Anyway, you don't know anyone, and the whole day passed without moving.

You can also use a parasol, walk across a small bridge, walk through a winding corridor, and blend in with the crowd in Xinchang ancient town. The premise is that your Sichuan dialect is authentic, otherwise people will tell you Trump, and you won't hear the dialect and common sayings belonging to newcomers.

Walking through Yong 'an covered bridge, I came to the other side of the river. Many new houses are being built here, which are much more gorgeous than the old streets, but I still like the taste of the old streets.

In the old street area, there are smoke curling up, old people basking in the sun, and teenagers swimming in the river to touch shrimps and have a water fight. It smells and feels like home here.