Xinchang ancient town

If it wasn't for the famous films "Lust Caution" and "Ye man", perhaps Xinchang ancient town would still be hidden in the depths of the city. Most of the dwellings here are built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and many of them are typical Chinese and Western styles.

Xinchang street runs through the ancient town, the business atmosphere of Xinchang is not strong, and most of the stores serve the residents in the town. And the people who come and go on the streets are mostly local people. There are few artificial decorations, and the original ecological environment makes the first visitors quickly integrate into the local people's living atmosphere.

Every April and may, when peach blossom is in full bloom, you can also visit Xinchang Taoyuan, which is located in the west of Xinchang Town and on Hunan highway.

Xinchang ancient town

Xinchang ancient town is located in the middle of Nanhui section of Hunan highway, in the central and southern part of Pudong New Area, about 36 km away from the center of Shanghai, 20 km away from Pudong International Airport, and only 8 minutes' drive from Disneyland. It is one of the four former towns in Nanhui area. It was once said that "jindatuan, yinxinchang, tongzhoupu, tiehuinan". In July 2002, the town was relocated from the original town of Xinchang and tangle. The total area of the town is 53.46 square kilometers, with a total population of 109 thousand, of which 52 thousand are registered residence. It has jurisdiction over 13 administrative villages and 7 neighborhood committees. In recent years, Xinchang Town has won the honor of "China's historical and cultural town", "China's folk culture and art town", "national health town" and so on.

After the merger of the two districts, Xinchang is located in the central and southern part of greater Pudong, which is not only the radiation range of the North-South central industrial belt, but also the coverage range of the East-West small town development belt. The road network layout of "four vertical and four horizontal + rail transit", the driving radiation of Disney and the linkage effect of Zhangjiang Industrial Park bring new opportunities for the development of Xinchang. In the 13th five year plan, the district Party committee has formulated and defined the goal of the rise of the central urban belt. Xinchang is one of the first towns in the central urban belt to define its function, that is, to accelerate the protection and development of Xinchang ancient town and promote the economic development of the whole region.

Xinchang area used to be the south of Xiasha salt farm. It was the place where salt people used sea water to bask in salt at that time. Later, the beach gradually grew out, and the salt farm gradually became a place for salt people to live and exchange goods. When Xinchang became a town, it was the heyday of Xiasha salt farm. The salt production and the number of salt stoves were better than those of other salt farms in Western Zhejiang.

The origin of the name

Xinchang was founded in 1128 A.D. and has a history of more than 800 years. Its name comes from the southward movement of Xiasha salt farm to form a new salt farm, so it is called "Xinchang". In the early Yuan Dynasty, the Songjiang branch of the two Zhejiang salt transport departments moved here. It is an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, which was formed and prospered by salt.

With the continuous development of the salt industry, salt traders have gathered here, so the population of Xinchang has increased dramatically. At that time, there were many restaurants and merchants in the town, which was once more prosperous than the county seat of Shanghai. It was known as "Xinchang ancient town competing with Suzhou" and was the largest town in Pudong plain at that time. Later, due to the changes of salt field and war, Xinchang Town experienced several ups and downs, but it is still a cultural ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. Xinchang ancient town has narrow river channels, exquisitely carved stone arch bridges, dwellings built by the water, stone revetments on high bases, and saddle shaped water bridges built by people along the river, which are very similar to the small towns in Zhouzhuang and Zhujiajiao.

The culture and education of Xinchang Town has always been developed. As early as the song and Yuan Dynasties, Qu Shiyan founded Yixue here. In the annals of Nanhui County, there was a record that Xinchang Town was called prosperous in the second Dynasty of science and technology, and there were more than 20 places like Nanping book house, where poems were recited and ink splashed. In the 28th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, there were women's schools. In the 30s, there were all primary and secondary schools in the town. After liberation, the cause of culture and education further developed. In the 1980s, the country's first co founded "community town cultural center" was established in Xinchang Town, known as "small town big world". It has been praised by the Ministry of culture for many times and is one of the famous advanced collectives of rural cultural center in China.

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Xinchang ancient town

At present, there are 150000 square meters of ancient buildings, 1200 meters of stone revetments in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and 69 ancient ritual doors. In 2008, it was rated as the fourth batch of "famous historical and cultural towns in China", and in 2009, it was named as "the first batch of Shanghai Cultural Industrial Park", which is a national AAA tourist attraction. Its historical buildings and cultural relics protection units have their unique and precious historical value, artistic value and ornamental value. There are more than 100 ancient residential buildings, Zhang's house built in the Xuantong period of the Qing Dynasty, with four entry courtyard, hanging angle cornice, carved beams and painted buildings, which are extremely exquisite and elegant. Xinchang street is 1.5 km long from north to south, and the roadway and the mottled Gables on both sides of the building form the artistic conception of "high mountain empty lane"; Hongqiaogang, baoqiaogang, houshihe and donghenggang are four river channels, which are two horizontal and two vertical. The ancient town is divided into the original historical appearance of "well" pattern. There are more than 70 water bridge ports on the river, including 15 ma'anshui bridges. Many water bridges are carved with exquisite "dark Eight Immortals" pattern, which means auspicious. The ancient houses on both sides of the river are continuous and spread, and the streets and lanes are dense, showing a thousand colors The unique life style of the typical people living in the water area since 1949. Professor Ruan Yisan of Tongji University praised that "Xinchang ancient town is an important carrier reflecting the land formation and development of ancient Shanghai, a miniature of the evolution of traditional towns in modern Shanghai, and a real picture of the life of the indigenous people in old Pudong of Shanghai."

Ancient town style

It is said that stalagmites were once found in the sand of shitouwan, shouenqiao, Xinchang, which is not deep enough. So in the past, Xinchang Town was also known as "stalagmite lane". The so-called "ten sceneries of stalagmites" means "ten sceneries of Xinchang ancient town". Among the ten sceneries, there are book building, temple, fishing boat pond, ancient bridge and so on. Due to the long history and many changes, some of them have been renovated and restored according to their original appearance, some of them have only their name but not their appearance, and some of them are in the process of planning and reconstruction. The Millennium historic sites are very precious. The ten sceneries of Xinchang ancient town are as follows: Xiwan stalagmite, Qiushuang bookstore, leiyinxiaozhong, Wanfu in Hengtang, Danxia in Xiandong, Yuanquan in Haiyan, clear clouds in Gaoge, misty rain above, moonlight in Qianqiu and snow in Nanshan. The old stone arch bridge in Xinchang Town is one of the characteristics of Jiangnan Water Town. Xinchang is known as "Thirteen memorial archways" and "nine ring dragons". The famous stone arch bridges are Hongfu bridge, Qianqiu bridge, Baihu bridge, Yanghui bridge, Yuhuangge bridge, Yongning bridge and Shengjia bridge. Xinchang Town still retains the style and features of the ancient town and remains some ancient scenery and historic sites.

Main scenic spots of the ancient town

Cultural exhibition hall

Xinchang historical and cultural exhibition hall (No. 367 Xinchang Street), with a construction area of 1500 square meters, was first built in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years. Before liberation, it was Xinchang's largest pawnshop, Xinlong pawnshop. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he once worked as a town culture palace and workers' club. After renovation in 2006, he was designed and exhibited by Shanghai History Museum as "Xinchang historical and cultural exhibition hall". There are four exhibition halls in the exhibition hall, which are vicissitudes of life, boiling water, gathering of celebrities and ecological ancient town.

Some materials reflect that it is an excellent building in Pudong New Area in the Qing Dynasty. It was originally Jiale hall, but it is still well preserved. It has a three entry structure, with a building area of 976.2 square meters. The hall is carved with beams and painted buildings. The eight doors of the hall are carved with eight steeds on the front and Water Margin figures on the back. The front and back doors are complete. It is a typical courtyard of small jasper style. Xinlong pawn has three entries, the first entry is bungalow, and the second entry is building Pan's north house, with a construction area of about 700 square meters, has seven entrances and five entrances. The second entrance is the guest hall, and the mud gold painted pillars are still there. The third entrance is the second floor. There are still five li shell windows, double eaves and corridor.

Sanshi erpin square

Zhu Guosheng, the Minister of Taichang temple in the Ming Dynasty, had a second-class official in his family for three generations. He built a "third second-class square" at the entrance of Zhongshi in Xinchang Town. The third second-class stone archway is magnificent and tall. The stone carvings are also very exquisite, with the inscription "nine famous ministers". There are more than 20 scholars in the past dynasties. After standing for more than 300 years in the world, this stone square was demolished in 1974. The stone square we saw was rebuilt 30 years later.

The third second grade workshop was built by Zhu Guosheng, the Minister of Taichang temple in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. His grandfather and father were both granted the title of Shandong right Buzheng envoy, which ranked second grade. Taichang Temple minister was also the official rank of second grade. The three generations of his family were all important officials in the imperial court of second grade, which was a matter of glorifying their ancestors. Therefore, Zhu Guosheng built the third second grade workshop in Xinchang, his hometown.

Jiangnan first floor

Located in the downtown area of Xinchang, Jiangnan first building is an ancient building with three floors of wood structure. The first floor is an ordinary teahouse, which was built in the late Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. The second floor is a bookstore and a high-end teahouse. Folk storytellers and Pingtan artists from all over the world often perform here. When famous storytellers come, cars and boats gather and visitors gather. The third floor is the "trestle room" for passengers to rest and stay.

Film shooting

Lust Caution

Recently, because of the hot film "Lust Caution" which was shot here, it became famous. Tourists come here every day. Although Ang Lee installed new signboards for every household in the town, only one signboard was left after the crew left.

Xinchang ancient town is known as "Thirteen archways, nine ring dragons, a small new competition in Suzhou". Archways and arch bridges are two local pride.

Ye Wen

As the last cultural heritage of Pudong, Xinchang Town completely retains the style of Jiangnan Water Town with deep courtyard and connected house and garden. Even if it's labeled as a Chinese major

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