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I have been fascinated by the ancient town recently. As long as I have time to rest, I will look around. Jiangnan has no shortage of small bridges and flowing water in ancient towns, and has never stopped chanting for thousands of years. Wandering in the meantime, or wandering between white walls and tiles, or touching the vicissitudes of time, every brick and tile is leisurely and always intoxicating.

There are 4,000-year-old ancient towns in Zhejiang: Wuzhen in Tongxiang, Nanxun in Huzhou, a tourist port in Lanxi and a Buddhist temple in Yiwu. The first two, among the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, are familiar to everyone, and there should be quite a few people who come to punch in. The latter two are relatively low-key and hidden, and it is estimated that few people except local residents know about them. How low-key is it I ran a trip over the weekend, and the photos were sent in a circle of friends. Students who have lived in Yiwu for many years replied: "Is the Buddhist temple an ancient town?" Then I have to go shopping. "You say, low-key or not? This weekend, we set out from Hangzhou to visit these two isolated places.

The ancient town of Youbu is located in Lanxi, Jinhua, which means a commercial port in the lower reaches of Longyou County. Youbu has the reputation of "the first port in the upper reaches of Qianjiang River" and is an important trading place and commercial port of agricultural and sideline products at the junction of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Anhui. Look, whoever is prosperous can't live without convenient transportation.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the advantages of waterway transportation came to an abrupt end, and the years seemed to stop flowing in the port.

The two old streets are like frozen photos, which freeze the scene at that time. The old street is still the old street, but there are fewer people and no tourists.

A travel note nearby said: "Thousands of years have passed, and although the traffic advantages of the ancient port no longer exist, this excitement has remained."

However, we started late that day and delayed a lot of time on the way. When we arrived at noon, the streets in the town were empty, and we missed the prestigious Uber morning tea. We didn't see the legendary traditional Uber shortbread "crisp and delicious, like an autumn crab, but we didn't forget it", and we didn't have a chance to meet the network celebrities in the teahouse.

So empty, so quiet, so quiet that people feel lonely.

There is no one in the street.

Where are the lively scenes in the photo exhibition?

When the sun hid in the clouds, we found the century-old sauce shop.

Sanfu soy sauce is a famous soy sauce in the history of oil mouth. It is brewed with soybean and wheat as raw materials by traditional technology. The color is delicious, and there is no "white rot" after storage for several years. It is the top seasoning for cooking. 1939 won the Panama gold medal. One hundred blue-gray vats with fishermen's "big hats". Wear a hat before it rains to prevent water from entering the tank and soy sauce from "blooming". Take off the rain gear on a sunny day and let the soy sauce bathe in the sun.

The blue sky on the gray walls and tiles, the traces of years stained on the mottled walls, and the thick smell of soy sauce, the footsteps of children pattering from the depths of the alley.

Buddhist temples are famous for their buddhas, business by water, and prosperity by business. They enjoy the reputation of "Millennium Ancient Town, Breeze Commercial Port and Buddhist Holy Land". The Buddhist temple ancient town retains the original appearance of the shop, and its temperament is completely different from that of the claustrophobic Youbu ancient town.

It's lively and noisy here, and the streets are full of happy fireworks. The development of the ancient town continues, and the tickets are still confiscated.

Nearly 2 kilometers of Buddhist straight street is the commercial center and soul of the ancient Buddhist town. Straight Street, Chamber of Commerce Street, Yanbutou Cross Street, Fuqiaotou Cross Street and East-West Side Street constitute the core of the ancient town. From south to north, it is divided into three sections: Shang Jie, Zhongjie and Xiajie, which are called in the opposite direction to the flow direction of Yiwu River from north to south-the upstream of the river is Xia Jie, and the downstream of the river is Shang Jie, which implies the meaning of "the way to make money, the rich water does not flow to outsiders".

Xinhua Theater in Laojie is still the most distinctive cultural landmark of Buddhist temples. There are square tables and chairs common in the 1980s in the theater, and local operas are often staged.

The beam of light slanted down from the ceiling of the theater. Do you hear time whispering?

Outside the door is the noise of the city.

Most shops along the street are two-story wooden structures, all of which are buildings in the early Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The alley is narrow and curved, and the shops along the street still retain the pattern of storefronts downstairs and houses upstairs. Old wooden doors and low counters can be seen everywhere, and time goes back.

When I walked into Ji Yan Silk Village, I suddenly saw a dazzling contrast. I thought I had strayed into the folk museum.

"Take pictures? Yes, yes, welcome to shoot. Not a museum, not a museum. I put them all by myself. " The proprietress replied shyly and proudly, very cute. Who says middle-aged women can't have hobbies in interior design?

Stop-and-go, go to Yiwu Brown Sugar Culture and Art Museum, and find the truest memory of Yiwu people on brown sugar.

Brown sugar is the best and sweetest memory of many Yiwu people. Sugarcane is planted in many towns and villages. Every year 1 1 month and1February, every village starts to squeeze sugar. The air is full of brown sugar, which is fresh, sweet and soft and can be made into various sugar foods. Generation after generation of Yiwu people, carrying the burden of sugar, shaking rattles, walked out of the mountains, walked through Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and traded chicken feathers for sugar to enter the market.

"A hundred kinds of merchants bear two shoulders, and a pair of sugar bears eighteen changes; Walking around in the mountains, it's good to celebrate the New Year. "This is a true portrayal of the unique and hard life of farmers in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province in the old society. For hundreds of years, going from village to village and peddling along the street was once an important means of livelihood for many farmers in Yiwu. Tangren's chicken feathers used his rattle to incite the largest small commodity wholesale market in Asia. It is not a fantasy, but a real historical change in Yiwu, Zhejiang. The commercial tradition of exchanging chicken feathers for sugar handed down from generation to generation is the historical origin of the rise of Yiwu small commodity market, the first city in China.

When the old street comes to an end, you can see the Yiwu River passing through the Blue Pavilion.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, countless ships have come and gone on the river, and the Buddhist pontoon pier is the most important stop. The pontoon bridge lying across the river is like having just visited it, with the past on one side and the present on the other. Who is on the bridge, who is in spirit and whose scenery is it?

No matter how time changes, towns are built on the water, and the economy is booming along the water. This is always the case. As time goes by, some time freezes, and some go upstream.

On May 24th, 20 18, Fotang Town was selected as one of the top 50 most beautiful characteristic towns. This town is not simple.

There are three schemes from Hangzhou to Uber:

Scheme 1: 2 hours and 27 minutes 185.6 kilometers 12 traffic lights, via: Shen Chang Expressway and Hangxinjing Expressway charge 65 yuan;

Option 2: 2 hours 19 minutes, 203.6 kilometers, 5 traffic lights, via: Airport Expressway and Shanghai-Kunming Expressway charge about 75 yuan;

Option 3: 2 hours and 24 minutes, 20 1.6 km, 18 traffic lights. Via: Hangzhou Ring Expressway and Shanghai-Kunming Expressway charge around 85 yuan.

From the port to the ancient town of Fotang 1 hour, 9 minutes, 79.5 kilometers and 5 traffic lights. Via: Shanghai-Kunming Expressway and Jinyong Expressway charge around 35 yuan.