What's interesting about Shuidong Street in Huizhou?

Huizhou Shuidong Street has only arcades.

Shuidong Street has become profound because of the existence of arcades. The arcade has left traces of years in Shuidong Street and experienced the vicissitudes of understanding and tolerance. Walking on Shuidong Street, I saw the alleys in the block as dense as cobwebs, the arcades of shops along the street were old and close to the ruins, and some iron houses were added to the roofs of some original arcades, which destroyed the scenery. The first floor of the arcade is mostly a shop, and most of the interior has been renovated. In the forgetting of time, the former style is being impacted by modern life, and it is increasingly difficult to retain its ancient charm.

The ancient gold shops, cloth shops, cigarette shops and brothels have all disappeared, and they have been replaced by modern shops such as flower etiquette shops, bedding shops, fashion shops, auto parts shops, pharmacies and wedding photo studios. But there are few pedestrians on the street. Some traditional industries, such as garages, oil mills and teahouses, are still struggling tenaciously in this street.

A middle-aged shopkeeper stared at the small TV set on the counter while eating; In a teahouse, several old people are drinking tea leisurely in the room, looking serene and happy, like a group of hermits living in the street. A fashionable girl sat in front of a flower shop, carefully trimming the flowers in her hand, with a focused face. Occasionally, pedestrians in fashionable clothes walk by in twos and threes, but there is also a feeling that history and reality alternate.

The historical origin of Shuidong Street;

Changting Shuidong Street was originally an "island", surrounded by Yinjiang (Tingjiang) and Jinsha River. Later, Jichuan Bridge (Shuidong Bridge), Tai 'an Bridge (jumping stone bridge), Taiping Bridge, dry bridge and Qiao Feng were built on the Yinjiang River and Jinsha River, and the concept of island was broken. Then, some people who didn't want to go into the city dispersed here, and gradually formed a city outside the city. This place was first called Zuoxiangli, and later it was called "Shuidong Street" because it was located in Yinjiangdong.

Secondly, this is the trade center, where people in the city and people outside the city do business shopping. Especially after the Song Dynasty, with the development of Tingjiang shipping, Shuidong Street on the bank of Tingjiang River became the largest and most concentrated material distribution center in the border area of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. Shuidong Street has been prosperous for 800 years. Chen, the magistrate of Tingzhou in the Song Dynasty, wrote that "hundreds of thousands of people live on both sides of the stream, and Qingyang locks the Jichuan Bridge", which shows the prosperity of Shuidong Street in the Song Dynasty.

Later, households or shops that moved to Shuidong Street built arcades with a unified style in Shuidong Street. The advantage of arcade is that it can keep out the sun and rain. When the weather is bad, it will open as usual, and passers-by can take shelter from the rain outside the store. Some wealthy families in Tingzhou saw that Shuidong Street was a prosperous place, so they also invested in building houses in Shuidong Street. They do business in Shuidong Street during the day and return to the city at night.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Shuidong Street.