Baipu hotel

Sandy and I made an appointment to watch the football match on the weekend, and made a whole day plan for this: running and reading in the morning, driving Sandy's super fuel-efficient car at home after lunch at noon, the first stop being Baipu Old Street, the second stop being Rugao Water Painting Garden, and the third stop being Rugao Olympic Sports Center to watch Zhiyun's football match.

San Xiang Zhai cha gan

In the afternoon, I enjoyed my trip to journey to the south and was in a good mood. Soon I came to Baipu's first stop: Sanxiangzhai Tea Dry Factory, an intangible cultural heritage in Jiangsu Province.

There is no lush forest to prune bamboo, clear water and turbulent water. There are only two ordinary buildings, and the appearance is extremely simple. But when I saw the big sign on the right that said "Time-honored Chinese Brand", I walked in, with little space and a lot of incense. I bought some dried incense and felt a heavy joy when I thought about the intangible cultural heritage in my hand. I couldn't help tasting it immediately. This dry fragrance was originally introduced, which was unremarkable and quite disappointing. However, after 10 seconds, all these thoughts vanished. This kind of dry incense tastes delicious, the fragrance is inside, lingering in the tongue, and the aftertaste is endless. Just like rich yellow rice wine, the deeper the taste, the better.

Yinchi north lane

I bought dry tea, inquired about the location of the old street with the store, and left in despair. When you arrive at the old street, you are greeted by the contrast between civilization and ancient style, and the blending of blue bricks and black tiles. On one side is Wenfeng World, and on the other side is Baipu Old Street, which shows how close and far the modern version is.

The first place we arrived at was Yinchi North Lane. On a towering archway made of blue bricks, the four characters of "Yinchi North Lane" are engraved, and the pen is vigorous and powerful. On the stone wall on the left, there is a beautiful article about the charm of Putang, which tells the story of the past life of Baipu ancient town. I didn't look closely, so I took a photo as a souvenir, so I was qualified to "come here."

Seeing Yinchi North Lane, I feel back to the eighties and nineties. The location moved to the ancient city of Xuzhou. Many houses have similar architectural styles but different colors. The black and white here is solemn and durable, and the black and red are simple and elegant (black and white+black and red is a bit messy). When red bricks are fired, iron oxide is added, and black brick is iron oxide. I can't help but sigh that high school knowledge has not been learned in vain.

Yinchi North Lane is the oldest of several alleys, and the ground is even dirt road, while many other alleys are paved with blue bricks or dirt roads, but the flatness is very high. There is a ginkgo tree hanging on the wall around the alley, which looks a little old and has a unique flavor.

Xiucai lane

Xiucai Lane is the most representative old lane in Baipu Old Street. Xiucai Lane runs north and south, narrow and cramped, with a total length of just over 200 meters and a width of 3 meters. Along the deep alleys on both sides of the alley, there are many scholarly families. "At that time, the children in Putang got up at dawn, and the sound of books was loud. Both of them were stunned and read by candlelight at night, which became a common practice." In Ming and Qing Dynasties, Putang had 12 Jinshi, 56 Juren and 185 Gong Sheng. Take juren as an example. What is this concept? In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the person who got mixed up the worst may be a county grandfather, which is today's county magistrate and mayor. It's too low-key to call it "Xiucai Lane". There are many provincial-level cultural relics protection units in the alley, almost every few meters, and they are generally ancient houses, such as the two-room house in the Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty and the double Jinshi house in the late Chongzhen period of Ming Dynasty.

After Xiucai Lane, I also saw several other hutongs, such as Wang Jiaxiang, whose styles and characteristics are very similar. They are all old houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the tour, we also found a phenomenon. Most people living in old houses are old people, but few are young people. We only saw a man in his thirties.

Xinhua Bookstore

Xinhua Bookstore is everywhere, but it's different here. The difference is still in the word broken and old. Broken to the wall with only cement embryo, it presents four characters of "Xinhua Bookstore", which is quite uncoordinated but unique. Not much to say, above.

I have seen many ancient towns, such as Wuzhen, Zhouzhuang, Tongli and Mudu. Compared with them, Baipu is small, poor and true. In maintaining the ancient temperament, Baipu is primitive and has no commercial development. Only one old lady sells small specialties, all made by herself, such as fermented grains, cold sesame balls, distiller's grains and so on. I wanted to buy cold hemp balls at that time, but unfortunately I didn't buy anything. Now that I think about it, I regret it. I should buy some. It may not be easy for old people.

After seeing the ancient town, it's getting late. In the following year, two projects: the water painting garden and the ball game were cancelled and they went home happily.

? Nantong, April 28th, 20 16

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