Hefang Street

Hefang Street, located at the foot of Wushan mountain, is a part of Qinghefang, which belongs to the old urban area of Hangzhou. It starts from Jiangcheng road in the East, goes West to Vietnam, and goes north and south to Jianguo South Road, Zhonghe Middle Road, Zhongshan Middle Road, Huaguang Road, Laodong road and Nanshan Road. The section from Wushan Square to Zhongshan middle road is a pedestrian street with green stone pavement, 13 meters wide, and the rest 32 meters wide.

In the old days, Hefang Street and Zhongshan middle road intersected with "four corners of Qinghefang". Since the Republic of China, they have been Kong Fengchun's fragrant powder shop, Dachang's tobacco shop, Wanlong's ham shop and Zhang Yunsheng's Maozhuang, each occupying a corner. Hangzhou is famous for its "five Hangzhou" (Hangzhou scissors, Hangzhou fans, Hangzhou powder, Hangzhou tobacco and Hangzhou line). There are more than 100 time-honored brands and shops with Hangzhou characteristics.

The reconstructed Hefang Street shows the style of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, maintaining its historical authenticity, cultural continuity and style integrity. Hefang Street is one of the streets that can best reflect the historical and cultural features of Hangzhou. The restoration and reconstruction of it reappeared the historical context of Hangzhou and left a valuable historical and cultural heritage for Hangzhou.

Hefang Street

Hefang Street has been the commercial center of Hangzhou since ancient times. In the old days, the four corners of Qinghefang, which intersected with Zhongshan Middle Road, used to be the corner of Kong Fengchun fragrant powder shop, MI Dachang cigarette shop, Wanlong ham shop and Zhang Yunsheng hat shop, which became the famous place at that time. Hangzhou is famous for its "five Hangzhou" (Hangzhou scissors, Hangzhou fans, Hangzhou powder, Hangzhou tobacco and Hangzhou line)

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Hefang Street is a historical and Cultural District in Hangzhou. Hu Xueyan's former residence and Zhu Bingren's bronze sculpture art museum are the most influential ones on the street, which have become a highlight of the street.

Hefang Street, located at the foot of Wushan mountain, is a part of Qinghefang, which belongs to the old urban area of Hangzhou. It starts from Jiangcheng road in the East, goes West and North and south to dejianguo South Road, Zhonghe Middle Road, Zhongshan Middle Road, Huaguang Road, Laodong road and Nanshan Road. The length of the road is more than 1800 meters. The section from Wushan Square to Zhongshan middle road is a pedestrian street with green stone pavement, 13 meters wide and the rest 32 meters wide. In the old days, there were "four corners of Qinghefang" at the intersection of Zhongshan middle road. Since the Republic of China, there have been four famous districts, namely Kong Fengchun fragrant powder shop, MI Dachang Hanyan shop, Wan Long ham shop and Zhang Yunsheng Maozhuang. The famous "five hangs" (hangfen, Hangjian, Hangfan, Hangyan, HANGXIAN) of Hangzhou city come from this. There are many special snacks, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, shops. There are more than 100 time-honored and Hangzhou featured shops.

The origin of the name

Hefang Street used to be called Qinghefang, because Qinghe Prefecture is here. Qinghe Prefecture is Zhang Jun who is involved in the plot against Yue Fei, but many people only know Qinghe square and don't know Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun and Qin Hui are now cast into iron men kneeling statues, kneeling in front of Yue Fei's grave forever, spurned by the people

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Cultural value

Hefang Street was opened in October 2002. The reconstructed Hefang Street reflects the style and features of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The emphasis is to highlight the cultural value, create a market culture with commerce, pharmaceutical industry and architecture as the main body, maintain its historical authenticity, cultural continuity and style integrity, and determine Hefang Street as a pedestrian street.

Hefang Street is one of the streets that can best reflect the historical and cultural features of Hangzhou, and it is also an organic part of West Lake's declaration of world historical and cultural heritage. Its restoration and transformation reproduces the historical context of Hangzhou and leaves a valuable historical and cultural heritage for Hangzhou.

Special food

There are many traditional snack stalls on the short streets, such as Dingsheng cake, onion wrapped cypress, stinky tofu, pastry, duck, soy sauce meat, steamed river shrimp with bacon, and lake crab with bacon.

Buildings in the street

Time honored brands: Kong Fengchun powder shop, Zhang Xiaoquan scissors

Century old pharmacy: Hu Qingyu hall, Baohe hall, Fang Huichun hall, ye Zhongde hall

Crafts: Xiangyi Pavilion, Shengtan Pavilion, Longquan kiln, Wuyue family, Ouzhi sword, WANGXINGJI Fan Village

Shops: No.1 Yuanguan, West paradise, Wang Runxing restaurant, huabaozhai, pan Yongtai, Wanlong ham, Hyderabad silk

Teahouses: Taihe teahouse, Taiji teahouse, Weng Longsheng tea house

Special exhibition halls: Zhu Bingren copper Carving Art Museum (Jiangnan copper house), rongbaozhai, Guanfu Museum, Yafeng hall, Hefang Street Post Office, Santai Art Museum, ShouZhen special art museum, World Coin Museum, ancient ceramics museum, and the middle street has exquisite handicrafts

Former residences of celebrities: former residences of Hu Xueyan, Yu Qian and Yu Dafu.

Landscape features

Hefang Street is an ancient street with a long history and profound culture. It was once the "Imperial root" of Hangzhou, the ancient capital, and also the cultural and economic center of the Southern Song Dynasty. The "time-honored" shops on the street, such as Kong Fengchun powder shop, Wanlong ham shop, MI Dachang dry tobacco shop, ye Zhongde traditional Chinese medicine hall, Wang Shunxing noodle shop and Weng Longsheng tea house, are still familiar to Hangzhou people. As the only old street in Hangzhou to keep the historical style of the ancient city, Hefang Street embodies the most representative historical culture, commercial culture, market culture and architectural culture of Hangzhou. Therefore, it is not to be demolished completely in the reconstruction of the old city of Hangzhou. In 1999, the Hangzhou municipal government decided to redevelop the 13.6 hectare block close to the cultural square of Wu Shan (Town God's Temple) and build an archaize commercial and tourism pedestrian street. Hefang ancient street is a concentrated representation of the customs and customs of Hangzhou's ancient capital, because Hefang Street can maintain the ancient style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as an antique shop dealing in jade, Ming and Qing porcelain, and famous people's calligraphy and painting; a "tea doctor" who wears a robe and carries a long mouthed copper teapot to pour tea for customers; a "Wuyue family" cloth art shop who shakes a wooden spinning wheel and spins yarn for customers Even the man who sold maltose in the shop wore a long gown and waved a rattle to attract customers. With orange tiles, bluish white riding walls and bright archways, the Qinghefang historic district last night has become more and more charming in the warm and cold light. This is the lighting test of Hefang Street. Visitors stop in succession

The lighting is so exquisite that people roam in the lines of the ancient buildings outlined, as if back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. When the eaves of Jingyanggang wine shop, Qinghefang archway and other places have been installed tile lights to illuminate the eaves, almost all the people playing in Hefang Street cheered. Cheers attracted a lot of foreign tourists, who surrounded the guide to inquire about the origin of these lights. In the street, the ancient costume stalls renting Qing Dynasty costumes suddenly become lively. Many people rent a suit of Ge Ge clothes and stand in the light to take photos. According to the principle of "no light in sight", the lighting of the whole block adopts the combination of ancient and modern methods, and makes "non-standard" lamps and lanterns that are unified with architecture. The color temperature of lamps and lanterns is also very particular, debugging different effects. It's late at night, but attracted by the exquisite night scenery, more and more people visit Hefang Street

The lighting of Hefang Street outlines the custom map of Hangzhou city.

festival activities

After the integration of the north and the south, Hangzhou urban customs have basically formed a set of customs with Hangzhou local characteristics in production, life, marriage and funeral, age, entertainment and so on. People in Hangzhou used to eat rice as their staple food. Later, because of the large number of people living in the north, the number of pasta increased sharply. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the rituals of marriage, child rearing, full moon, hundred days and one year old in Hangzhou also penetrated into the customs of the Central Plains, and many of the entertainment customs were inherited from the north. Currently, the activities held throughout the year include the West Lake Lotus Festival from July to August, the West Lake International osmanthus Festival from September 16 to October 31, and the Hangzhou West Lake International Expo from late October to early November.

Bus routes

Lotus pond head

East entrance of Gaoyin Street

Wushan bus station

Wushan Square

Qingbo gate

drum-tower

Address: Hefang Street, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou

Longitude: 120.17548982

Latitude: 30.239656697703

Tour time: 2-3 hours

Traffic information: Hefang Street is located in Shangcheng District, which can be reached by bus.

Take bus 25, 35, 51, 108, 187, 212, 327, 992, holiday line of South West Lake scenic area, Y10, Y8, etc. and get off at Wushan bus central station.

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all year round

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