Surrounding environment of Yinding Bridge

On the Yinding Bridge, the scenery of old Beijing is unobstructed. It is also a pleasure to look at the flowing water of the bridge to the east and the verdant mountains to the west, with a vast field of vision and a deep and broad field of vision. The famous "Silver Ingot View Mountain" and "Seawater Backwater" are all here; Looking south of the bridge, there are famous old hutongs with big and small gold sleeves. On the north side of the bridge, there are dozens of steps, and you will arrive at the antique Yandai Xiejie. Looking around, the feeling of simplicity and the scenery of the mountain are in harmony. There are many styles of bars here, which are good places for leisure. This is a place suitable for swimming twice.

For the first time, I went quietly alone. On the way to find, those symbols and smells that reveal ancient Beijing are solidified on the freehand brushwork wall of the bar and in the depths of various criss-crossing hutongs, and you will touch the most secret purity in your heart if you are not careful. The second time, go with friends. In addition to tasting the charming breath of Houhai, the antique of Yinding Bridge and the endless surprises, it also has the meaning of sharing.

1, Houhaigang nationality and ideographic, Chinese and Western.

Houhai Bar enters Shichahai, and many people like to enter from Houhai. It is a small fairyland on earth suitable for a leisurely afternoon with no purpose. Turn right from Xinjiekou North Street, cross the traffic lights and walk in from the bridge. When an open water with blue waves appears in front of you, you will arrive.

The road near the water will give you enough time to suck the humid air greedily, and large pieces of wild ducks will walk around on the water. Occasionally, a pair of mandarin ducks will cross the water regardless of others. In this season, the magnolia flowers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are particularly ostentatious, stimulating the visual senses. There are street vendors pinching traditional sugar people in Beijing, which is an old craft in Beijing. Unfortunately, the kneaded puppies and sugar people in Monkey King can only be eaten, and each is sold at 10 yuan.

The most famous bars in Houhai are all kinds of bars. It is said that there are one or two hundred rooms along the way, traditional, modern and combining Chinese and western. Petty bourgeoisie complex spread, lingering sense of laziness. There are not many bars in Houhai area. Maybe a small space can avoid too much noise. Even if you are just passing by, the unique decoration style of each bar is enough for you to taste some small details of culture.

There is a bar called "Hutong freehand brushwork", which only draws "boy photos" on both sides of simple brick walls and gates, holding fresh peaches on the left and wearing copper coins on the right, meaning "longevity" and "congratulations on making a fortune". Strangely, when I passed by, a French couple was tired and were drinking tea and chatting here. Inside is the West, and outside is China.

The wall of "30BAR" is also very eye-catching. Four painted carp, yellow, pink, red and black, shuttle on the wall. Not far away, a Houhai bar named "Thirty-one Coffee" was covered with English letters on the black wall, and a "waiter" wearing a rose T-shirt walked out of the store, showing a modern atmosphere. Another significance of Houhai Bar may lie in the integration and acceptance of culture.

The price of Houhai Bar varies according to the consumption content. Most bars have preferential consumption, such as "after 12 pm, the minimum consumption of 50 yuan, plus a bottle of Budweiser beer" and other packages. It is said that some well-known bar owners can get a 20% discount on their online names. It's a pity that knowing their ID doesn't count.

2. Wonderful Hutong Tour Hutong Street to Shichahai. Riding a tricycle to visit Hutong is a compulsory course. In the past two years, various tricycle drivers and tour guides are more famous than Shichahai, and you will meet many "Hutong tour guides" riding tricycles along the way. They will tell you endlessly about the profound historical and cultural accumulation of Shichahai Scenic Area: there are more than 40 cultural relics protection units, accounting for more than 1/3 of Xicheng District. There used to be more than 30 palaces, temples and temples in this area in history, and there are still more than a dozen, mainly including Gonghe Garden, Soong Ching Ling's former residence, Guo Moruo Memorial Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, Deshengmen Arched Tower, Guanghua Temple, Huitong Temple and Huixian Hall.

Shichahai's "Hutong Tour Driver" will take you through hutongs, big and small, and arrive at the scenic spots he introduced one by one, and promise that if you want to go in for a tour, he will wait at the door. This form is very popular with foreign tourists because they are afraid of getting lost in hutong. According to Hutong Tour Driver, the old hutong is like a maze, especially in Shichahai. Therefore, looking into those speeding tricycles, there are still many tourists from South Korea, Japan and the United States.

But if you need a visit, you have to bargain with him. Generally speaking, he will ask you for a total of 180 yuan's tour fee and lecture fee. But there is still room for manoeuvre at this price. If you have a good mouth, basically 40 yuan can let him show you around, one hour at a time and two hours at a time.

Hutong Tour Driver "Hutong Tour Driver" will explain the origin of Silver Ding Qiao to you. For example, it has a history of more than 700 years, connecting Qianhai and Houhai. Although the Yinding Bridge is small, it is the "finishing touch" of Shichahai Scenic Area. Perhaps, Shichahai is too famous these two years. Another scene on the Yinding Bridge is that TV photographers from all over the country are carrying machines and radios, and the host is holding a microphone, looking for "tourists" along the way.

In addition, The Upper Reaches of Shichahai Water is worth a try. The water tour takes an antique paddle boat with a length of 7 meters and a width of 1.7 meters as the means of transportation. It is built according to the boat shape in Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, and goes from the waterway to Soong Ching Ling's former residence, Guanghua Temple and Gongwangfu Garden via Yinding Bridge. At sunset, the ship is sailing in Shichahai, and tourists light paper river lanterns and put them into the water. The lights floated along the stern, flickering. This scene makes people seem to have returned to the "Moonlit West Lake" in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

There are new ideas for old things in Beijing.

Xie Jie, Dai Yan is an old commercial street with a history of one hundred years, which is located on the left side of Yinding Bridge.

The Record of Nine Songs on Xie Jie in Dai Yan starts from Di 'anmenwai Street in the east, reaches Xiaobei Hutong in the west, and is connected with Yaer Hutong, with a total length of 232 meters. According to the book Textual Research on Old News in the Sun published during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, this street was originally named as "Drum Tower Xie Jie", but it was renamed as "Tobacco Bag Xie Jie" in the late Qing Dynasty. There is a "Shuangshengtai" tobacco bag shop in the north of Dongkou Road, which leans towards tobacco bag street. The woodcarving tobacco pouch standing in front of the door is as high as a bowl, and the golden tobacco pouch pot is tied with a red silk spike, which is very eye-catching. This "Shuangshengtai" big tobacco pouch is really the largest tobacco pouch in the same industry in Beijing. Besides, the tobacco pouch diagonal street itself is like a tobacco pouch.

In Xie Jie, Dai Yan, everything in old Beijing is sold. Embroidered shoes, embroidered clothes, and some national cotton skirts. However, if you are careful enough, you can still find some wonderful things. In an unmarked shop, the shopkeeper sells something with a picture of pipa and Qin Yue. The unique national flavor is full of the whole instrument. According to him, "This is unique in Beijing!" Pipa is painted with colored works of art such as classical lotus flowers, which are designed and drawn by the owner. Price 600 yuan.

In addition, one store and one store are also chic. "Naxi's mother-in-law" sells silver ornaments and girls' knitwear, but there is a record store called "Jiuge Records". These two stores are examples of the combination of Chinese and western. The Record of Nine Songs has a unique style. A large number of posters are plastered all over the walls, and the shopkeeper plays the piano and sings in the pavilion. It sells many old CDs, each 5 yuan. The store also sells his "handmade watch", which is actually adding a second hand to the old record, which is full of flavor. Each watch only sells 55 yuan, but there are only three watches.

"Animal Husbandry Crafts" is also a shop worth visiting. This shop only sells handmade books, leather books with various patterns printed on them. If you are interested, you can also provide your own photos to the owner and print them in the manual. The cover is more like an old photo.