Travel Notes of Anchang Ancient Town in Shaoxing

Anchang Ancient Town is one of the four ancient towns in Shaoxing. It has a long history and is also a typical ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. Full of tenderness and literary atmosphere of the water town. The quaint town will surely fascinate you. Let's share the travel notes of Anchang Ancient Town in Shaoxing.

It is said that the weather is fine on Sunday, so I plan to go to Anchang ancient town in Shaoxing.

"I really miss the sausages over there!" My colleagues and sisters who have been there lamented that I, a carnivore, didn't sleep well all night.

So, the next morning, I got up and set off.

The weather in early winter, after several days of rain, finally ushered in the bright sunshine.

It's close, less than an hour from where I live. As soon as I entered the scenic spot, I saw the goods hanging at the back door of a sauce shop by the river.

Sauce-brown sausages, each of which is two fingers thick and more than ten centimeters long, are hung on the shelves in strings and shine in the sun.

The black sauce fish was cut in half, and the texture of the fish inside turned deep red, like soft amber in the sun.

The sauce-red duck is clean and tidy, with an iron hook in its mouth, hanging upright, naked and shining.

I was furry and warm in the sun, looking at these uniform and imposing meats for a long time.

It suddenly occurred to me that if I were a dog here, I would bark happily because I live in a world of meat.

Or is it because you can see and smell the light every day and you don't have enough to eat?

While thinking about this mystery, I didn't idle to take out my camera and shoot at the sauce.

Go to the scenic spot, there is a souvenir shop at the entrance. Needless to say, they are all specialties of Anchang and Shaoxing, such as sausages, sauced ducks, sauced chickens, sauced fish, sauced ribs, soy sauce, preserved pig's head, preserved pig's trotters, preserved pig's tail, dried plums, moldy tofu, fennel beans and Shaoxing rice wine.

Sell it and sell it. You have to put a pot in front of the shop to sell freshly cooked sausages. I surrendered on the spot and immediately paid five dollars to buy a bunch.

Nowadays, the whole steamed sausage is shiny, fat and thin, thin and black, fat and bright, and I can't wait to try it.

Meat, oil, salty and sauce are all mixed together. Lean meat is chewy and fat meat is soft and waxy.

Inner soul patting thigh: pony! What a nuisance! Pony! Encore! !

Then calm down a little, and finally you can chew the second root with a little elegance and reserve, and slowly walk into the scenic spot.

The weather is fine on Sunday, and the sun is just right, neither cloudy nor sunny; Tourists are just right, not too bored or too cold to be desolate;

The scenic spot is only good at being an intangible carnival. There are also some folk performances such as Yue Opera, Zhezi Opera and Lotus Falls, and the onlookers get together to watch them for a while.

It is said that there is a twelfth lunar month wind plot, and it is interesting to watch water weddings and various customs. I've been longing for it for a long time, but it's a pity that the time has not come.

But I heard that such a festival is crowded with people, and I feel very good now.

After watching the Yue Opera "Yiyi Yaya" for a while, it is even more interesting that there are several children playing hide-and-seek beside them.

I can't help applauding their vivid expressions.

The little boy who found the camera smiled shyly at me and ran away screaming like a small train, hiding behind a big tree.

Suddenly I feel that so many scenery are not as lovely as so many living people, right?

Shaoxing is a small town with many bridges and is called Venice of the East.

I've always wondered why I should compare with Venice. Shaoxing is prosperous in Bissau. She is so quiet, misty and rainy, so Jiangnan, so water.

As a part of Shaoxing, the ancient town of Anchang is even more so:

The ancient town, surrounded by water and built by the river, has residential buildings and shops, and different bridges "sew" the two banks together.

Black tiles and white walls, in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the Buddha will dissolve in water; The wooden corridors, roads and bridges of the bluestone slabs have infiltrated little by little.

The locals seem to be the same, not anxious or irritable, gentle and introverted.

The scenic spot is still alive, and most of the residents are old people who live by the river and do some small business.

Sausage is cooked in a steaming pot, and the bright silver sugar wrapped on the stick is pulled long and thin.

The tables and chairs selling tea and rice are waiting quietly.

Tourists come and go like rivers. They are like patient fishermen.

I cast my net again and again, catching my life in this river with ancient craftsmanship and industrious spirit.

The more you get, the better. The less, the angrier. Waiting for the next high tide.

Although I know it's impossible, I always think when I look at it, is this fireworks scene no different from hundreds of years ago?

Wu Peng's boat in the river is very busy today.

I have been on an awning boat several times in Shaoxing, and I have asked many Shaoxing people that I often went out by boat when I was a child.

Now the roads are getting better and better, there are more and more cars, and the small awning boat will gradually disappear and become a must in the scenic spot.

The awning boat is very small, no more than one meter wide and no more than three or four meters long, with a black canopy at each end to make a hut.

According to the old people, the middle section used to be fully covered, but now it is to carry tourists, so the middle section has been removed.

The boat is small, so it will inevitably shake when you step on it. You need to stand firm and keep your balance.

The boatman sat at the stern, wearing a black felt hat, paddling long paddles on his feet and shaking short paddles in his hands.

They use their hands and feet, and the boat swings freely in the river like a fish.

The water surface is so close that it is within reach, and the unique smell of water vapor in the river diffuses, and the paddles make a rhythmic sound on the water surface.

The boat swayed leisurely, crossed the skylight, crossed the bridge and let the Buddha fly under the moon.

If you meet a talkative boatman, I will definitely tell you a story between rivers in Shaoxing dialect.

Many tourists have come. At lunch time, many restaurants set tables on the banks of the river, and tourists eat Anchang's lunch in front of the river view.

Fresh fish and shrimp are indispensable. Sauté ed pork ribs with sausage sauce and duck sauce. Add prunes, braised pork and fried stinky tofu, and you won't regret it. Oh, by the way, another glass of Shaoxing Daughter Red or carved flowers is the real job.

But if you want me, I'll have a glass of fragrant snow and sweet wine. It's very girly.

But I didn't drink or eat vegetables, so I found a small shop on the bank of the river, ordered stinky tofu, cut sausages and served a bowl of wonton.

Lazy food, average, delicious, not bad.

There are two pairs of tourists next to the seat. One pair is a mother and son, older, and the son looks more than forty.

Mother is very kind, smiling at the bald son eating noodles like a three-year-old doll;

A pair is a father and a daughter. My father is still young, but he is over thirty. The little girl is seven or eight years old, and she can't eat wonton. Her father is helpless.

I really want to take pictures of their soft eyebrows in the sun with my camera.

I used to think it was good to go to a deserted place to enjoy the scenery, but today I suddenly feel that someone is very nice.

Maybe the sunshine is so comfortable that everyone melts like chocolate, soft and sweet.

Many tourists come from all over the world. They are husband and wife, friends and family.

Maybe here and now, not for the scenery, not for a meal or a photo,

Just want to find a place where we are alone and find something to do together; Find something to eat together; Find several ways to go together,

And feel closer to each other.

I saw an old man holding the little girl's hand and walking slowly in the crowd. As I approached, I heard the old man say to the child:

"Grandpa will buy you anything you want."

Then after a while, not far away, I watched the little girl sitting there rocking the car happily, while the old man smiled contentedly.

The sun is shining. I sat by the river and listened to the birds singing.

I didn't go to many scenic spots, such as the City God Temple, the Master Museum and the former site of China Bank, but it doesn't matter if I don't go.

I photographed the fire thorn by the bridge, the dog gnawing at the bone in a daze, the fragrant bubbles hanging on the tree, and many people.

Anchang is beautiful, which is good. It will feel good to be a dog, and it will feel good to be a fairy.

After coming back, I checked the information and said that there are many small bridges in Anchang. There is a saying that "thousands of households in the street are clear, and seventeen bridges cross the Rainbow River".

The most famous are three bridges named Fulu, Wan 'an and Ruyi. People in ancient towns have to walk three bridges to marry their daughters.

What a nice name. I hope that day has passed.