Nine-Curve Lane
Jiuqu Lane, located in the jurisdiction of Jiefang Subdistrict. Jiuqu Lane, also known as Feng Ya Lane, is connected to the west side of Wenqing Road in the southeast and the middle section of Qingshuitang in the northwest.
Ganzhou people often say: "Money is not exposed, rich and hidden in deep alleys." "In the old Ganzhou City, in many alleys, green bricks and gray tiles, fire-sealed independent buildings, among them, the houses are deep, the alleys are curved, and many rich people live here.
In the history of Ganzhou, the Southern Song Dynasty has always been a key village for the use of soldiers in Tun, and it is also a place where porcelain and wood are distributed, and it is also the hometown of oil and rice tea. In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were ten prefectures, one government, and two armies, and Qianzhou ranked first in the country; the annual output of shipbuilding was 1130 ships, and Qianzhou also ranked in the forefront of the country; qianzhou ranked among the top in the country in various taxes on gold and silver, department stores, and water transportation; and the production and trade of agricultural and sideline products was the center of the four provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Xianggan, and Gansu. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Ganzhou was the office and guidance station of 28 county-level "industrial cooperation" in jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, with more than 700 industrial cooperatives, and once became one of the fourteen major cities in the country.
In the early Qing Dynasty, after the first visit to China by the Dutch governor-general Johann Niehoff in July 1655, he wrote a book stating that Ganzhou was "one of the most famous cities in China" It can be seen from this that there must be quite a lot of Jia merchants and rich people who have settled in Qiancheng, and it is understandable that they choose to live in the deep alleys of Qiancheng.
"Nine Curves Lane", 163 meters long and only 2 meters wide. According to Qing Tongzhi's "Ganxian Chronicle", it was originally named Feng Ya Lane. The alley is full of green brick walls, but it winds and winds, commonly known as "Nine Curves Lane". Why do pious people talk about the Nine Songs? "The geography of the Nine Curves, each saying has its own reason." Mr. Waring studied one of the stories. It turned out that the first person to settle here was a Wupin official, and the house sat facing north and south, and within two years, it was removed from his post and investigated, and thus declined. The rich merchants adjoining them listened to the rumors, the feng shui here was not good, and they were frightened, that is, they asked Mr. Geography to observe, and the compass put "due south to the fate of the Gong, fierce", and quickly changed to sit in the northwest, facing the southeast, so a song was formed. Although the gate was changed, it was difficult to escape, and two people died in the family. The official family next door also asked Mr. Feng Shui to put a compass, "Leave the fate with the gun, no doctor and no death." Mr. Xin said, and then sat in the northeast and faced the southwest. Coincidentally, he was murdered again. The neighbor also asked Mr. Geography to look at the six scourges of "Kungun". So change back and forth, the alley lives eight, but it becomes nine curves. The alley left a two-meter passage, and the opposite family had to build in the opposite direction. This naturally became "Nine-Curve Alley".
At the east end of Jiuqu Lane, there was once a "Zhang Wansheng Restaurant", which was a popular restaurant in the early 1940s. Why? Here is the most prestigious small stir-fried fish in Ganzhou cuisine, which is a unique local dish in Gannan Province, which is called Ganzhou "Three Fish" together with fish cakes and fish dumplings.
Stir-fried fish is a local dish pioneered by Chef Ling in the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that when Wang Shouren was serving as an inspector in Ganzhou, he hired Ling's cooks to cook, and Ling learned that Wang loved to eat fish, and in order to show his cooking skills, he often changed the methods and tastes of fish, which was deeply appreciated by the king. Once Ling fried fish with vinegar, a unique flavor, the king was very happy after eating, so he called Ling and asked what the name of this dish was. Ling Lingji moved, thinking that this was a small wine (Ganzhou used to call vinegar a small wine) fried fish, why not call it a small fried fish? So he casually replied, "Little fried fish." Hence the name of this dish.
During the Republic of China period, the small fried fish made by this "Zhang Wansheng Restaurant" in Jiuqu Lane, Ganzhou City, was delicious and delicious, and it was in the same vein as Chef Ling, and Mr. Jiang Jingguo, who was the commissioner at the time, often tasted the small fried fish he made in his shop with his lover Zhang Yaruo, so the small fried fish in Ganzhou became famous again. In 1941, before Chiang Ching-kuo sent his lover Zhang Yaruo to Guilin to secretly go to Guilin to give birth, he "invited some close associates to set up a banquet at Zhang Wansheng's restaurant to entertain Zhang Yaruo, and even if they made their crush public to some insiders." (Xu Haoran, "The Days of Jiang Jingguo Zhang Yaruo in Gannan")
A place loved by celebrities, ordinary people are attached to elegance and flock to it. Zhang Wansheng's restaurant business grew bigger, and later moved to Carpenter Street. After that, small fried fish became a home-cooked dish in Ganzhou, and the name of this restaurant faded.
Even a few years ago, Jiuqu Lane still had a lingering charm. When people enter it, they feel that there are twists and turns, and they are full of fun. Under the old house of green bricks and gray tiles, the rain slipped from the eaves like beads, and the dripping bluestone slabs sounded crisply, quietly releasing a period of old things. Today, there is no such thing as this scene, and several high-rise buildings have completely replaced the former Nine-Curve Lane.
In 2014, a fire burned most of Jiuqu Lane. Of course, a story land full of feng shui consciousness has evolved into a new building, although it has lost some quaint style, but it is no longer necessary to investigate which door is going in which direction, which alley is how to turn.
Text/Wenrui, Photo/Network