Taizhou old street

Taizhou old street, outside the Taoyuan scenic spot on the Bank of Fengcheng River, is a stone paved lane of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which shuttles through the deep courtyard. The sound of Pingtan, rap and singing, the delicious snacks and the long cry, which stretches for 600 meters, is an ancient building belt with black bricks and tiles. This is "Taizhou old street". It has been 300 years since then.

Taizhou old street

Taizhou old street, located in Hailing District, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, is a national AAA scenic spot. Taizhou old street is not an old street in the real sense, including the adjacent Taoyuan plot, which used to be a piece of farmland and villagers' residential land in baoba village in the eastern suburb. With the planning and development of dongchenghe scenic spot, the construction of Taizhou old street was officially started in 2007. After two years, it has formed its present scale.

brief introduction

Today's old street

Taizhou old street, outside the Taoyuan scenic spot on the Bank of Fengcheng River, is a stone paved lane of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which shuttles through the deep courtyard. The sound of Pingtan, rap and singing, the delicious snacks and the long cry, which stretches for 600 meters, is an ancient building belt with black bricks and tiles. This is "Taizhou old street". It has been 300 years since then.

In fact, Taizhou old street is not an old street in the true sense, including the adjacent Taoyuan plot, which used to be a piece of farmland and villagers' residential land in baoba village in the eastern suburb. With the planning and development of dongchenghe scenic spot, the construction of Taizhou old street was officially started in 2007. After two years, it has formed its present scale. To be exact, Taizhou old street is an antique tourist attraction in rural land. Of course, its formation has also gathered a certain popularity, but there is no such old street in the old city of Taizhou.

History Introduction

According to Marco Polo's record of Taizhou 600 years ago, Taizhou is not a big city, but there are a lot of happiness in the world

Old street culture

Customs and culture

Taizhou old street is a young old street. Under the construction of Fengcheng River Management Committee, it has become the most prosperous business district in Taizhou in only two years. It is also a gathering area of intangible cultural heritage, where secular culture and secular life are wantonly displayed. "Old trade" continues here, and "old craft" revives here.

Pass through the ancient archway and enter the ancient stone streets. On both sides of the Yingjie Street are ancient shops. Strings of red lanterns are hung on the arcades. The shop covers, plaques and banners complement each other.

You can taste the hand-made "straw oven Shaobing" and "Taizhou dried silk", you can eat the local authentic "Jingjiang Tangbao", "Qinhu Baxian" and "Honggao hairy crab", you can also easily buy the special food and clothing from all over the country.

At the corner of the old street is a small square in the middle of the street. At the south end is an ancient theater building with cornices and carved beams. In the west, there is a winding stream flowing by the square. In the stream stands a water wheel with a height of three stories. The rushing torrent impacts the bucket of the wheel car. When the water wheel rotates, the bucket will lift the water into the air, like fog. In an instant, it's misty and rainy. It's very interesting and presents the scenery of the water city. Every night, when the lights are on again, the scenery is more charming.

There is a screen high-rise building on the East Street of the ancient theater building. It stands on the ground with bronze carvings, reflecting the small scenes of the streets in old Taizhou. The image is lifelike, as if you were on the scene, recalling your childhood memories. The ancient stone roller, wooden wheel and the lantern in front of the shop on the corner bring you into the ancient civilization, as if you saw the life of ancient people.

Food culture

In the old street, we have to pick up the big stove. "MengXiBiTan" records: the stove Zhang 80, people into the stove, left and right paste, taste sweet America, is the world's top grade.

The big stove for baking cakes is built on the wall, nearly one person high. The furnace cavity with spherical cavity is very large. Wheat straw is burned at the bottom of the furnace cavity, and small bundles of grass are put in. No matter in winter or summer, the master who pastes the pancake must be naked with a little water on his hands. He picks up the pancake blank and bumps it left and right on his hands to make the bottom of the pancake wet. Then he pastes it into the stove, and the left, right and top are all covered with crackles. When you stick it to the top of the stove, you will be most master. You must look up and lean up and put it in the deepest part. The upper part of the body is in the furnace. The clay oven rolls are the essence of Taizhou snacks, because it condenses the spirit of Taizhou people's earnest and hardworking.

Fish noodle soup can be called another unique. Fish soup noodle production, first to cut fish cleaning, leaving no residual blood. Boil the lard to 80%. Fry the fish one after another. Do not scorch. Add eel bone or pig bone to the fried fish, boil the thick soup with river water, remove the fishy smell with Scallion wine, filter the clear soup with fine sieve, or add a little shrimp seed to make noodle soup. Cut the noodles with a white knife. Fish soup is full of color, fragrance, rich nutrition, refreshing and delicious.

In the Qianlong period, boiled dried silk was called "nine silk soup", including shredded ham, shredded bamboo shoots, Shredded Mushroom, shredded fungus, shredded silver carp, shredded laver, shredded egg skin, shredded chicken, and high-grade shredded sea cucumber or bird's nest. A bowl of hot dry silk, yellow and white, a dish of food, teeth cheek fragrance.

The reporter learned from the Fengcheng River Management Committee that since the completion of the old street, the average daily flow of people is more than 10000 people, and the flow of people during festivals is as high as 100000 people. In the past two days, the Taizhou traditional snack competition was staged in the old street. Traditional snacks such as Matou, Mahua, stinky tofu and diamond navel aroused the collective memory of Taizhou people. Tourists from Shanghai and Nanjing linger here.

"The old street is a young old street, which has left a platform for Taizhou people to remember the past and taste happiness," said Liu Ning, Deputy Secretary General of Taizhou Municipal government and director of fengchenghe Management Committee. The humanities, opera and folk customs displayed in the old street of Taizhou skillfully reflect the historical and cultural elements of Taizhou and fit those who taste. It is reported that in the near future, in the south of the old street, a Ming and Qing "Water Street" is under planning. At that time, the old street and the water street will be in harmony, which will not be able to express the infinite charm of Fengcheng River's "water paradise · night tour city"; nor will it be able to express the charm of the old street's beauty like "sky · night tour city".

Address: Yingchun East Road, Hailing District, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province (opposite to Meilanfang Park)

Longitude: 119.931821

Latitude: 32.484013

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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