Shuibei Street

Shuibei Street

Shuibei street is located in the north of Tangqi Town, Hangzhou city. It was listed as a cultural relic protection site in 2004. The original length of Shuibei street is 2500 meters, and the existing length of Shuibei street is 1386 meters. In addition to the residential buildings, there are also buildings such as Youfang, temple and dyeing workshop in the original block. Due to historical reasons, there are 700 meters of buildings along the street in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the building area is about 15000 square meters. In addition, the stele left by Emperor Qianlong when he went down to the south of the Yangtze River is still preserved in Shuibei street, and the stele park is planned and constructed based on this. Shuibei Street area is mainly divided into five categories: Tangqi folk food experience, intangible cultural heritage exhibition, traditional folk art exhibition, traditional folk art exhibition and traditional silk culture exhibition. It shows tourists Tangqi featured catering, snacks, local specialties, handicrafts and folk activities. At present, dozens of merchants have settled in Shuibei street, gathering "Tangqi time-honored brands" such as Huichang, Meiyuan candied fruit, Jinli silk, etc.

Brief introduction

Yubei Park (phase I) project, with a planned construction area of 16106 square meters, not only includes Qianlong Yubei and the former site of the national granary, but also includes the location of the former Shuili Tongtan Hall of Hangzhou government. Tangqi town has a history of more than 1300 years. In ancient times, it was the first of "ten famous towns in Jiangnan". Beauty by, eaves, ancient bridge water, white wall Daiwa Tangqi is famous for its unique water street style and strong historical and cultural atmosphere. Today's Tangqi is the only area in Hangzhou with large old houses and ancient streets. Since the Tangqi canal comprehensive protection project was launched in 2008, after several years of renovation, Shuibei street, Qianlong imperial Monument and other historic sites have reappeared.

Guangji Bridge across the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, built in 1498, is the only seven hole stone arch bridge on the Grand Canal; guopujing under Guangji Bridge. In the old days of Tangqi, there were sixteen sceneries of Qixi: Fangdu Lingge, the moonlight of Changqiao, Xikou Fengfan, Yongming evening bell, Qingliu Pavilion, Beitang night market, Nanshan Cuiwei, Liutang Chunxiao, chaodian yuanliao, Xihe night park, cuihe autumn, Chaofeng Xueji, Xipu Xiyang, hengtan Yuhuo, etc. Literati and refined scholars wrote poems for these scenes one after another, leaving many beautiful sentences such as "the city gate locks Changhong, the painting boat rushes to the cloud, taking advantage of the evening wind".

In order to facilitate tourists to Tangqi ancient town, there is a free shuttle bus (09:00-16:00, every half an hour) from Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center to Tangqi ancient town. There is no other stop along the way, and there is a corresponding free shuttle bus back to Hangzhou. Tourists can also take a water bus at the Wulin Gate Ferry Terminal or Daguan to Tangqi via the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal. The boat leaves at 9 a.m. every day. The ticket price (round trip) is 100 yuan per person. The whole journey takes about 2 hours. Scenic spots and tea services are provided along the way.

historical origin

According to the third volume of Tang Qizhi written by Guangxu, Shuibei street in the Qing Dynasty is located on the North Bank of the Grand Canal and east of Tongji Bridge. It is commonly known as "Guantang" (that is, the canal's Tangan Road). It is the main land passage of Hangjia lake. There are boat paths on the Tangan road. "The journey is like weaving day and night, and the residents are lined up by the river. It's cool in winter and cool in summer. In order to avoid the wind and rain, the street is the only way to build a slender road without double eaves. Shuibei street goes eastward from zhanghouci (later changed to daihoumiao), through Daheba bridge, tianjianfushu (built in Ming Dynasty, abandoned in Qing Dynasty), yubeiting, wenjiaqiao (commonly known as meijiadou, in Ming Dynasty, there are Lv's Jinqing building, yibentang, shijianlou, xishengguan, etc.), Xinnong (located in the middle of Shuibei Street), shidaodi (ferry berthing place on both sides of the canal), sanfenqiao (Renshou bridge), Xinnong (located in the middle of Shuibei Street) Qiaowan Street (waixinqiaohuan, also known as xinqiaonong, Tongbei township), qingliudi (qingliusi side road, tongsanfen Village), arrive at dongzhakou street. Beishengtang street, in the west of Tongji Bridge, is connected with Shuibei street, but it is not Guantang road. Therefore, cheshang, Yinhu and shimohuan are in the West. The branch streets include wangjianong (a convenient path for farmers to come and go), Shunde bridge (from the north to Yingxi) and dashansi Street (along the river there is Wulin Beitang, directly to Wulin bridge).

According to Volume 14 of the draft of Hang county annals of the Republic of China, "Tangqi town belongs to hang County in the South and Deqing County in the north. Long bridge across the north and south, the real official road, the rush of boats and cars, people living in the south, north water increased several times. Commercial location: from xishitang to dongshitang, and the East and West Bank of Heshi river is prosperous, famous for silk, rice, oil and tea. Local market fruit and fish for the bulk. Special products: Candied fruit, sugar color, Du Pian, lotus root powder, its superior soy sauce and mung bean cake are all in Suhu

A century old shop

Centennial Huichang

It was founded in the fifth year of Jiaqing (1800). During the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, Huichang's candied fruit was selected as a tribute by Emperor Daoguang. Since then, Huichang's reputation has grown and its business has grown. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it had become the "designated supplier" of the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty. Huichang wholesale and retail business, with candles, preserves, tea, lotus root powder four workshops, in addition to the distribution of candles, but also engaged in preserves, tea, fried goods, North and South fruit, seafood and more than 200 kinds of goods. Traditional products include: green plum, white plum, sugar lotus root, preserved cherry, sugar bergamot, sweet green fruit, honey fragrant yuan, red and green silk, Mashu sugar, shuitaosu, yunpiangao, pine nut sugar, Cunjin sugar, lotus root powder, colored eggs, dragon and Phoenix candles, etc. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, it had 18000 yuan of capital, nearly 100 employees and 94 trestle houses, and developed into the largest one in the food industry. Huichang created many "firsts" in the modern commercial history of Yuhang in the past century. During the period of the Republic of China, Huichang was the first to use fluorescent lamps in shops; it was the first to use glass counters in shops to display goods; Huichang was also the first preserves manufacturer to use glass bottles to seal and put sugar water plum. In the 1920s, Mr. Lu Yimei, the shareholder of Huichang, became friends with the famous Jinshi Master Wu Changshuo and his son Mr. Wu dongmai. Mr. Wu Changshuo came to Huichang north-south warehouse many times to taste Huichang preserves, cakes and other special foods. The sugar color making technique inherited by "Centennial Huichang" has been applied to the list of intangible cultural heritage of Hangzhou. In 2010, it was named "Zhejiang time honored brand" by Zhejiang provincial government.

Guangtai fengmi Restaurant

It's on Shuibei street, Tangqi town. Zhang Tangxuan had been living in Tangqi for a long time. He started a large-scale rice shop in xishitang. In 1918, Zhang Kechang bought a 36 piece diesel engine and set up Zhang Taifeng Chung rice workshop in Shuibei street, specializing in the white milling of brown rice. It is the first grain processing plant in Hang county. Later, it was renamed "guangtaifeng" and opened three rice shops. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, it was renamed "Guangtai fengdeji", commonly known as "detai fengmi factory", with a capital of 60 million yuan.

Dalun silk factory

Located on the Grand Canal to the northwest of Renqiao in Tangqi, it was opened in 1896. It was one of the three industrial enterprises in Zhejiang Province at that time. Pang Yuanji, the founder of Huzhou, and Ding Bing, the founder of Hangzhou, jointly invested 80000 taels of Baiyin to set up "Dalun silk factory". There are 208 imported Italian silk reeling machines and their own generating units to generate electricity. In the 12th year of the Republic of China, the number increased to 486. The fine silk produced by the factory is well-known in Europe and America for its 9-11 slivers. The factory reels fine and even silk with the trademark of "Xianhe" and uses the trademark of "gold, silver, red and blue" to distinguish the grade of the silk. Xianhe brand silk is very popular with foreign merchants.

Juyuanchang sugar mill

In Tangqi Town, Shuibei street, opened in the Republic of China. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of pilgrims from Suzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou have been going to Hangzhou for pilgrimage. Pilgrims have to stay in Tangqi town for one night. For a time, the Tangqi river was full of incense burning boats. "Xiangshi" has become a good time for Tangqi merchants to do business, and preserves, as the most distinctive commodity in Tangqi, are especially favored by Xiangke.

Ancient bridges

Chen Ting of the Ming Dynasty wrote the inscription of Tongji Bridge in Tangqi Town, which said: "Tang Qi did not give up to Zhejiang city. Its location reflects the rivers and lakes, connecting with Ouyue, and connecting with the Wu society. The missionaries, merchants, and apprentices travel together to meet the needs of the road. In addition, the river is horizontal in the middle, and the bank is wide. There are rafters in the urban area, row upon row, which are more than those in the countryside. The peddlers go out of the market in the morning and spend the night. They are tired of rubbing their shoulders. It is difficult to cross the river, but dangerous to wade in vain. Therefore, they can't walk on the track if they don't set up beams across Tianjin, and they can't respond to the call. They can't continue the local pulse, connect with the trend, and help the people

At the beginning of liberation, Tangqi water town still had "thirty-two half bridges and forty-seven half lanes". From the 1950s to the 1970s, with the development of economy, some street buildings and alleys have been demolished in urban construction. The existing relics include Guangji Bridge, Qianlong stele, Taishi Dilong, GuoPu ancient well, Shuinan temple, Qixi jiangshe stele, Tangqi Langyan, etc. Guangji Bridge is undoubtedly the most precious historical and cultural resources of Tangqi town. Along the Canal there are also scattered monuments such as Qianlong stele..

Renshou bridge, named waixinqiao, nanxinqiao and sanfenqiao, is located in xinqiaowan, Shuibei street, belonging to Guantang on the North Bank of the canal. It was built in the Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in 1746. In 1860, it became a military barracks of Taiping. There were no tiles and the bridge was destroyed. In the early years of Tongzhi, it was rebuilt and renamed sanfenqiao.

Beixinqiao, a lixinqiao, is located in Guantang on the North Bank of the canal. Reconstruction in the early years of Qianlong.

Guanyin bridge, also known as East Guanyin bridge, is located in front of Huoshen temple on Shuibei street, belonging to Guantang on the North Bank of the canal. West Guanyin bridge, on the other side of the East Guanyin bridge, at the mouth of Shao family.

Grandma bridge, on the side of Qingliu temple, leads to three

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