Xiaoqinhuai River

Xiaoqinhuai river is the only remaining inner city river in the ancient city of Yangzhou, formerly known as Xincheng river. It connects Beicheng River in the north and flows into the ancient canal through longtouguan in the south, with a total length of about 2 km. It is the witness of the rise and fall of ancient cities in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The xiaoqinhuai River and its two banks were once the most prosperous areas in the Qing Dynasty.

Xiaoqinhuai River

Xiaoqinhuai river is the only remaining inner city river in the ancient city of Yangzhou, formerly known as Xincheng river. It connects Beicheng River in the north and flows into the ancient canal through longtouguan in the south, with a total length of about 2 km. It is the witness of the rise and fall of ancient cities in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The xiaoqinhuai River and its two banks were once the most prosperous areas in the Qing Dynasty.

The name of xiaoqinhuai began in Kangxi years. Does the name have something to do with Lin Zhang's famous sentence "I don't know which bridge to take to Yangzhou to build Qinhuai River"? Of course, the water of xiaoqinhuai in Yangzhou does not come from Qinhuai River in Nanjing, but the name of xiaoqinhuai must come from Qinhuai River in Nanjing. Just as the buildings on both sides of the xiaoqinhuai River in Yangzhou are similar to those on both sides of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, in a sense, all kinds of Customs of the xiaoqinhuai River in Yangzhou represent the customs of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing.

Range

Some views on the scope of the xiaoqinhuai River

① According to the records of Hongqiao travel notes written by the king of Qing Dynasty: "out of Zhenhuai gate, along the small Qinhuai River, the north is Hongqiao." That is to say, the section from Beimen to Hongqiao is xiaoqinhuai. On both sides of the river, there are many beautiful gardens and countryside.

② According to Zhao Zhibi's Ping Shan Tang Tu Zhi in Qing Dynasty, the Jiahe River in front of Xiao Dong men is Xiao Qin Huai. On both sides of the Strait, there are more shops, song halls and teahouses. This is the little Qinhuai in most people's mind.

③ In the Republic of China, Xu qianfang's "a brief account of Yangzhou's local conditions" said that there was an endless stream of tourists around pingshantang in the four seasons, and it was prosperous in the summer. "When the sun goes down in the west, many people roam in small boats The scenery of the Qinhuai River is unparalleled, so it is also known as "little Qinhuai." This is almost the thin West Lake under pingshantang as a small Qinhuai.

The origin of the name

When did the name of "xiaoqinhuai" begin

According to the statement in volume 9 of Yangzhou Huafang Lu written by Li Dou in Qing Dynasty, "the name of xiaoqinhuai does not contain Zhicheng." From the poems left by the ancients, we can see that before the Ming Dynasty, there was no saying of "little Qinhuai". The name of "little Qinhuai" began in the Kangxi period. Does the name have something to do with Lin Zhang's famous sentence "I don't know which bridge to take to Yangzhou to build Qinhuai River"? Of course, the water of xiaoqinhuai in Yangzhou does not come from Qinhuai River in Nanjing, but the name of xiaoqinhuai must come from Qinhuai River in Nanjing. Just as the buildings on both sides of the xiaoqinhuai River in Yangzhou are similar to those on both sides of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, in a sense, all kinds of Customs of the xiaoqinhuai River in Yangzhou represent the customs of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing.

Historical evolution

Prosperity of xiaoqinhuai River in Ming and Qing Dynasties

There are more than ten brick and stone single span bridges across the xiaoqinhuai river. In the past, cruise ships often crossed the bridge to reach the Slender West Lake. Most of the residents living along the river are single door and single courtyard, with pink walls, dark tiles, horse head Gables, and gray footlines. Occasionally, new buildings are built with cornices and corners, lattice fans and flower windows. The antique buildings and the small Qinhuai River complement each other. The two kilometer long river course is surrounded by stone railings. Peach and willow are alternated along the river. The branches are crisscross with luxuriant grass. Visitors walk along the river as if they are in the picture. On a sunny spring day, you can reach Dadongmen bridge from beishuiguan bridge to the south. Standing at the end of the bridge, you can see siwangting, which was built in the 38th year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, and Caiyi street to the east of the bridge. In the Qing Dynasty, Caiyi street became a distinctive clothing street because of the gathering of cloth shops and clothing shops. You can imagine the maids coming and going in and out of the mansion among the many shops, following the jeweled hostess, holding piles of bright ready-made clothes and silk on the stone paved street in a hurry.

According to textual research, on the day of Shen Fu's downfall in the reign of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, he once lived with his lover yunniang by the Dadongmen bridge and made a living by selling paintings. Maybe the beautiful water of Lingshan in Yangzhou inspired him to create six chapters of a floating life, which made a good story in the history of Chinese literature.

When you go down the Dadongmen bridge and go southward along the river, you will see willows and peach blossoms on the bank. According to experts, there are many varieties of peach trees in Jiaan. The petals are divided into multiple petals and single petal. In terms of color, peach flowers are light white, pink, bright red, multicolored and other colors, while leaves are green and purple. In March, when flowers are in full bloom, the flowers on both sides of the xiaoqinhuai River are colorful, which makes people dazzled by the buzz of bees Into the Peach Blossom Land. Walking along the bank, you will find that almost every family grows flowers and raises birds. Flowers are mainly grass flowers, while birds are mostly thrushes and myna. If it's the plum rain season, the dense and thin rain will make the flowers and trees green and the leaves more plump and bright. Gardenia white flowers are in full bloom under the green screen windows of the people along the river. The fragrance of the flowers also falls in the rain and wind. It is not far away. People are wrapped in the fragrance and smoked day and night. It makes people feel that the residents here are really happy and even their dreams are fragrant. On the Bank of the river, there are clusters of Tanchun flowers, like beautiful hair, swaying in the river, which makes people feel more and more excited. In the humid air, the Hosta flower holds up a tube of light purple on its long stem, which is a bit like an orchid, a bit like an ox. Honeysuckle, also known as honeysuckle, is white when it first opens. It turns yellow after two days. The vines are everywhere, and gold and silver are shining with each other. They are all light and soft fragrance. They are not publicized like flower growers.

Just a few steps past Wuben bridge, you will arrive at beiliuxiang primary school, a hundred year old school. It used to be Zhengyi Academy. On the campus, there is Dong Zici, the Prime Minister of Zhengde of Ming Dynasty, which has been through wind and rain. It is already dilapidated, just like an old man who has experienced many vicissitudes telling a little-known history to later generations.

The characteristics of xiaoqinhuai River are smart and beautiful. The architectural sketches along the river are just like the landscape on the palm and the clean supply on the desk. In the northeast corner of Wuben bridge, there is a small pavilion with high eaves. An old tree with small leaves and yellow buds is intertwined and luxuriant. Beside the pavilion, there is a white stone rockery with several bamboo poles swaying in the wind. At the root of the rockery, there are several clumps of Cymbidium. During the day, there are often old people here to drink tea, play chess, walk birds, watch flowers or fish. If you hold a bamboo flute on a clear autumn night and play "three lanes of plum blossom" in the pavilion, let the melodious flute rhyme catch up with the Qingbo of the xiaoqinhuai River and fly into the dreamland of people along the river. In the clear moonlight, the one who blows is as crazy as the one who listens is as drunk as the one in the painting.

After leaving Dongzi temple and passing Wuben bridge, you can continue along Henan to Sanyuan road bridge, which has become a thoroughfare of Yangzhou City, full of traffic all day long. If you are interested, you can see the Church of Christ, which was founded in 1923 by American missionary bill Beals and imitated the American church form, just a few steps east of the bridge.

People say that the night in Yangzhou is charming. If you are a guest from other places, I would advise you to go to Sanyuan road bridge to see the night of the xiaoqinhuai river when the night falls and the lights begin to shine. At that time, when you stand on the bridge and look north, you can see that the green floodlights shine the weeping willows on the banks of the xiaoqinhuai river green, pure as washed. The green skirt of the weeping willows is reflected in the clear river, like a still three-dimensional painting. The light from the street lamps makes the river more winding and deep. It's tempting to go and explore. When you look back to the south, you can see the shadow of the weeping willows in the south of the bridge Under the reflection of the light, it is like covering in the green fog, and with the reflection of the colored lights in the river room beside the bridge, it is like a dreamland, so your impetuous mood can be completely released, and your mood is as clear as smoke.

From Sanyuan road bridge along the river to the south is Cuiyuan bridge. The bridge is full of people all day long, vendors gather, and the noise of the market stirs up the small Qinhuai River. The quiet water is also trembling and rippling. There are dozens of white pigeons and gray pigeons in the pigeon shed of a family near the bridge. They coo all day and don't know what to say. I noticed that pigeons fly once a day in the morning and afternoon. Passers-by heard the rustle of pigeons' wings at the end of the bridge. It was like a light rain. Groups of white pigeons fly upward and then upward in the clear sky, first in a group, then in a line, and then in a little bit, and then fly back to the pigeon shed to look for food. It's a pity that so many pigeons are not equipped with whistle, which makes the little Qinhuai River less charming.

To the south of Cuiyuan bridge is Xiaohong bridge, which goes eastward through Yiren lane to Jiaochang. Here, we can find the site of xiyuchun tea house, a collection of literati in Yangzhou in the late Qing Dynasty described by Mr. Hong Wei. If you are a literature lover, you can chant "March 30, spring farewell to me, Gongjun don't have to sleep tonight, it's spring before dawn" with Jia Dao of Tang Dynasty. At the same time, you can have a time-space dialogue with Gao Naichao, the famous camel in the tea house.

The new bridge is not far south of xiaohongqiao. If you cross Xinqiao and go eastward through Shenfu street to deshengqiao, you can find Fuchun tea house, a century old shop. If you are a wanderer, a cup of Quebec dragon ball can arouse your endless thinking.

To the south of the new bridge is the park bridge. The water surface between the two bridges is relatively open. I remember when I was a child, the water quality here was still clear. Small fishing boats often stopped here. On the wooden frames on both sides of the fishing boat, more than ten Osprey stood tremblingly. Under the coax of the fishermen, they dived to the bottom of the water to catch fish one after another. All the fish the Osprey caught were live crucian carp. If there is a big fish, it is usually carried by two Osprey with their mouths together. Such a wonderful scene often attracts passers-by to stop and watch, clapping and cheering. Of course, most of these lively river delicacies are sold to people along the river. I remember in the kitchen where the smoke was all around

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