Anchang ancient town: a sauce flavor of "La"
More than ten kilometers to the west of Shaoxing is the historical and cultural protection area of Zhejiang Province - Anchang Town, Shaoxing County. Anchang is a famous ancient town in Jiangnan with a thousand year history. The stone paved Sanli old street is lined with shops and connected by two corridors. There are groups of "felt hats" fluttering the tune of social drama. Under the stone bridges with different shapes, there are wupeng boats shuttling. The water is deep green and unpopular. It's like old wine, rippling with the past and filling the countryside.
As the Spring Festival approaches, the flavor of the ancient town of Anchang is getting stronger and stronger. If you want to go to Anchang during this period of time, you have to choose a good winter weather. Before we stepped into the town, we could smell the sauce in the wind. Strings of bright red sausages and dried dried fish covered the riverside eaves. The fragrance of soy sauce floats and makes people feel exciting.
People are busy with blessing, such as new year's cake, zongzi, sausage, sugar, etc.
Recommended food: sausage, sauced duck, dried black carp, sauced chicken wings, sauced chicken legs.
Address: Anchang Town, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang Province
Wuzhen: a long street banquet for people beside the pillow
Wuzhen is one of the most classic ancient towns in Jiangnan. The river flows slowly throughout the town. The houses are built according to the water and are decorated with wooden external walls. It is known as "water pillow family". Walking into Wuzhen, walking leisurely on the narrow street paved with bluestone slabs, you can see all kinds of folk houses on both sides and the old people still living in folk houses, which makes people feel kind and natural. This visual site is called the original Wuzhen east gate.
Wuzhen is divided into two scenic spots, dongzha and xizha, about 2km apart. Because of the relative quiet, xizha is more popular with tourists. The layout of xizha Street reflects the harmony between man and nature. The main road, xizha street, extends parallel to Xishi river. The window lattice of the residential buildings is exquisitely carved with different patterns. The long alleys are quiet and quiet. The long stone slabs on the street are clean and solid, and bear the traces of the vicissitudes of time. Once in a while, the owners of one or two shops in the deep lane take the sales work as a way of life, and the fun is hidden in it. I like such a quiet, natural and original living environment.
Wuzhen three liquor is brewed with pure grain, with simple technology and mellow aroma. The most important thing to miss is Wuzhen's traditional long street banquet. Sitting on the long street banquet for several miles, drinking Wuzhen rice wine and tasting the local flavor of water, the traditional Chinese new year on xizha old street is fixed in mind.
Recommended food: Wuzhen stinky dried bean has stinky dried bean all over the country, but Wuzhen stinky dried bean has its own flavor.
The whole sauce of sanjhen pickled chicken is soaked and roasted, and the soup is produced three times; then the sauce, yellow rice wine, sugar and spices are added to stew; after the pot is finished, a layer of sesame oil has to be coated, the appearance is red and bright, the taste is crisp and delicious, and the aftertaste is endless.
Wuzhen gushao cake is the traditional name of Wuzhen in Tongxiang.
Transportation: self driving from Shanghai to Shanghai Hangzhou Expressway to tudianxia, via Tongxiang to Wuzhen
Ancient town under the river: the charm of Ming and Qing Dynasties along the ancient Yunhe River
Hexia ancient town is located on the Bank of Guyun River, three miles northwest of Chuzhou District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province. It was a place where a large number of Huizhou salt merchants lived in the past. It still retains the charm of a small town in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Hexia is the best preserved historical block in Chuzhou ancient city, and the whole block still maintains the architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Representative streets, alleys and bridges include Huzui street, Juyi street, Huaxiang, Chaxiang, Luojiaqiao, etc. Here were born heroine Liang Hongyu, great literary scholar Wu Chengen and other historical celebrities. The cultural heritage is very strong. During the Spring Festival, the ancient town of Hexia is decorated with lanterns and colorful folk activities, such as writing Spring Festival couplets, eating meatballs and welcoming friends from all over the world.
Special recommendation: it is one of the important birthplaces of Huaiyang cuisine, such as Wenlou crab soup bag, long fish feast, etc.
Address: Xitang ancient town, Huai'an District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province
Xitang is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with rivers crisscross, green waves rippling, bridges flowing in the morning, mist like yarn; in the evening, the setting sun slants and fishing boats are flat. Xitang water town has its own elegance and charm of being pure and refined. It's like a boat with two friends. You can enjoy the boat with you.
During the Spring Festival, Xitang is full of new year flavor and attracts tourists with different programs every day. All kinds of traditional folk activities run through the Spring Festival. All kinds of participatory folk performances, such as offering sacrifices to stoves, sending blessings, sending Spring Festival couplets, sending God of wealth and Osprey show, let tourists really appreciate the charm of Xitang.
Recommended food: pepper and salt pumpkin, cicada wrapped garden, river crab, wonton duck casserole, tofu flower, Zha Rou, Euryale ferox cake, orange cake, stinky tofu, steamed pork with lotus leaf powder
Transportation: self driving from Shanghai - Shanghai Hangzhou Expressway - shibaliqiao exit to Jiaxing - Jiashan - Xitang Longmen ancient town: Sun Quan's hometown
Longmen ancient town is the largest settlement of the descendants of Sun Quan in the Three Kingdoms. It is also a living fossil to explore the origin of Sun Wu and the clan culture in the south of the Yangtze River. The ancient town preserves a complete group of ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The corridors are connected with rooms and the lanes are vertical and horizontal.
The folk custom festival of Longmen ancient town creates classical culture in the name of the Three Kingdoms and vividly presents the rich folk tradition of Fuchun. Traditional Chinese New Year folk activities include watching social opera, playing New Year cake, dancing Kuixing, Sun Quan fighting horse and so on. During the Spring Festival, tourists can not only feel the poetic and picturesque, but also taste the pure Longmen food and participate in various wonderful activities.
The Lantern Festival in Longmen ancient town has its own characteristics. From the 13th day of the first lunar month to the 18th day of the first lunar month, all kinds of traditional lanterns and red gauze lanterns are hung in the ancestral halls and all halls of the ancient town. In the center above each hall hang the portraits of each room and each ancestor. All kinds of fruits and pastries are put on the altar in front of them, and all the people have to offer incense to their ancestors. I wish you peace and good luck in the coming year. In addition, there are traditional play lights of different colors. The lantern festival lasted for five days, and it was very busy. People in Longmen ancient town were in a state of joy.
Special recommendation: Wentai vermicelli, Guotai tofu, Jiangdong Yuanbao, gluten square
Address: located in the South Bank of Fuchun River, 52 km southwest of Hangzhou City, along Hangzhou Qianlong expressway or national highway 320 westbound to Zhongbu exit, turn to provincial highway 19 to Fengjing ancient town: the antique in the half bank corridor shed
Fengjing town is a typical market town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is surrounded by water networks and rivers. It is known as "three steps, two bridges and ten ports in one sight".
During the Spring Festival in previous years, red lanterns will be hung high on the promenades and riversides of the ancient town. Every family is busy sending couplets with decals, making square cakes and steaming New Year cakes. Naive children play traditional and interesting games such as shaking diabolos, throwing top and pushing iron hoops in Sanqiao square. Yao Jianming, a well-known paper-cut artist and those who love the art of paper-cut, cut the joy and blessings in their hearts into beautiful window flowers and presented them to the residents of the town. Calligraphy lovers distributed the Spring Festival couplets to everyone on the spot. On the ancient stage, the actors braved the cold to perform for the tourists, and the familiar Opera Aria added charm and dynamic to the ancient town.
Although there are a lot of tourists during the festival, there is still a quiet feeling away from the noise of the city. This kind of quiet, all because of the place in the ancient scenery, as if into the time tunnel, the mind of those who are long and familiar with the distant thoughts.
Recommended food: Fengding wine, golden delicious rice cake
Transportation: self driving from Shanghai, from Xinzhuang to Shanghai Hangzhou Expressway (A8) → straight to Fengjing exit (right) → Tingfeng highway (G320) → Fengjing
Xinshi ancient town: "little Shanghai" with simple folk custom
The ancient town of Xinshi has a history of thousands of years, and its organizational system has a history of more than 1200 years. For thousands of years, the residents have built along the river and along the bridge, forming a typical Jiangnan style. This place has been prosperous since ancient times, with simple folk customs and a large number of talented people. Since Lu Xiujing, a famous Taoist in the Southern Dynasty, built a building to study here, Mr. Zhao Zichen, an academic authority in modern Christian theory and a national theologian, and Wang Jialun, a young love novelist in modern times, he has left a lot of cultural relics. If he lingers in it, he can appreciate the purity and calmness of this place. Among them, the Ming and Qing Dynasty's residential communities, juehai temple and ancient bridges are all worth visiting. The ancient buildings in Xihekou Street are relatively concentrated, well preserved and of considerable ornamental value.
Under the cover of great fame such as Wuzhen and Xitang, it is really a simple and harmonious town. Tourists here can experience a strong flavor of the new year, but also nostalgia for the special food here!
Recommended food: Quanyang banquet, Xinshi tea cake, Yamai Yuanzi. In addition, Xinshi's fine sand sheep tail, Douchi, Qiantiao noodles and crisp sugar are all local specialties with a history of more than 100 years.
Transportation: from Shanghai to Hangzhou, on the Hangzhou Nanjing Expressway, drive 24 kilometers to Deqing exit, small car toll 15 yuan. After getting off the expressway (turn right, with the sign of Xinshi), drive about 7 km along provincial highway 09 to reach a trident (turn left) and go up the Detong highway (with the sign of Xinshi), then drive another 22 km to Xinshi ancient town. Tangqi ancient town: the flavor of laodizi
The ancient Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, winding from north to south, is like a colorful ribbon to maintain the north and south. Tangqi, an ancient town, is located at the southern end of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal. If many famous towns in Zhejiang Province are compared to bright pearls, Tangqi is an eye-catching and dazzling pearl inlaid on the Bank of the ancient Yunhe river. Its unique style of Water Street and rich historical and cultural atmosphere are irreplaceable. Feng Zikai, a famous literary master, once commented on her like this: "the beautiful land in the south of the Yangtze River, Tangqi water town is one of the representatives."
Every year when the Lunar New Year comes, the old shops in Tangqi ancient town of Yuhang District become lively again, and the traditional foods made by various old crafts create a strong new year flavor. Crisp sugar, sesame cake, laohuozao New Year cake, Tuzao tanguoci Five yuan a big five flowers meat dumplings, one can eat support, super glutinous taste of maorouyuan, let many people back to the taste of childhood.
Recommended food: shayangwei, maorouyuan, Mizu, salted duck, Huichang zongzi
Address: from Shanghai, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, to Tangqi ancient town, Yuhang, 180km, about 2 hours.
Lin'an: a landmark of folk customs at the end of the year
Lin'an used to be the location of the Southern Song Dynasty, which means "temporary settlement". Through the hustle and bustle of history, now Lin'an has gradually become a city with tourism as the priority. With its unique mountains, beautiful waters, steep rocks and steep peaks, the rich tourism resources here make countless tourists linger.
During the Spring Festival, Lin'an focuses on folk custom tourism, and this folk custom tourism is not a traditional street block, which is the year-end folk custom landmark strongly recommended by Lin'an. Every village here has its unique New Year customs. Compared with some ancient towns, it is more life-oriented and primitive. From the beginning of the twelfth lunar month to the Lantern Festival, many villages in Lin'an can experience the unique Chinese New Year customs here.
Special recommendation: East Tianmu Mountain, baishuijian, Taihuyuan, shenlongchuan, etc