Often driving on the highway, you will see the word "Xincheng", the word after that we will not read, check the meaning of "cheng", the meaning of the field mound. After a while and passed by, forgot and checked, this time we simply went to see this new ancient town, I believe that after reading it, we will never remember this word again.
Xincheng Town is located in the northwest of Jiaxing, south of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, bordering Tongxiang Wuzhen, across the river and Suzhou Wujiang River, in ancient times, water and land transportation is convenient, the location advantage is unique.
See the big archway standing at the mouth of the town, Xincheng Ancient Town will arrive, this town has a thousand years of history, once famous people, in the old days here there is also the "dragon and phoenix treasure land" said; is a historical and cultural town, from the Ming and Qing dynasties to the Republic of China, Xincheng's commerce and trade has been relatively prosperous; in the early years of the Republic of China, it was the capital town of Jiaxing Province, and it was a silk industry and rice industry distribution center.
Xincheng Ancient Town commercial atmosphere is not strong, we look across the river to see such a nearly dilapidated house, has long been uninhabited, feel quite pristine, stone steps on both sides can go down to the river, the old laundry and washing dishes are here, every family can go down.
Nengren Temple, built in the 503rd year of the Liang Dynasty, 1500 years ago, read nearly a thousand years of various dynasties, several rises and falls, repeatedly built, these inscriptions bear witness to history.
Little Penglai, is one of the twelve Zen rooms attached to Nengren Temple, which has a thousand years of ginkgo biloba, has been more than 1500 years old, and now grows very luxuriantly, Master Hongyi once lived here "four hundred and eighty temples in the southern dynasty, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain", Nengren Temple is one of the four hundred and eighty temples.
Nengren Temple was burned down by the Japanese in 1938, but fortunately the ginkgo tree is still there, and the two stone lions in front of the tree must have been left in the old days, without explanation, I don't know the details.
The Silkworm King shop in the back, which is also the only building left after the fire of that year, now looks like it is cherished outside.
Xincheng ancient town business atmosphere is not strong, roadside mooncakes seem to be a good business, buy a lot of people, checked the new mooncake is a local snack, all handmade, especially the pretzel taste, the sesame seeds used inside are all local sesame seeds, but the weather is hot, let people have a little appetite, so did not buy to taste, now think about it, but a little regret.
The Republic of China Cinema on the other side of the river is one of the must-see attractions to come to Xincheng Ancient Town, and we will go to see it later.
The northwest street and the southwest street of the ancient town are adjacent to each other across the river, and the commercial prosperity in the old days is now quiet and deserted, and this used to be called a street, but now it can only be called an alley.
Across the two banks of the river, connecting the Northwest Avenue and The Southwest Avenue Tianzhu Bridge, the three-span stone slab bridge, Jiaxing City Cultural Protection Unit.
The inhabitants are playing and singing here, time is slowing down here, and there is nothing in the world worth rushing to hurry.
Xiushui resident canteen, I don't know who is supplied to eat here, the former public canteen? Can old people come here to eat? Everything is unknown.
There are stalls with sharpened knives at the intersection, because the business is cold, and the old man who sharpens the knives is snoozing, and he has not seen such a stall for a long time.
Wu Runzhao Private Courtyard, built in the late Qing Dynasty during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, made his fortune in the silk industry and became a giant businessman, is now the Jiaxing Party History Exhibition Hall, because when the independent party branch was established in Jiaxing in 1925, Xincheng took the lead in setting up a party group, which was the liaison office of the underground party organization of the Communist Party of China before liberation, and the first stop for the liberation of Jiaxing. I wanted to go inside, but it was closed that day and we couldn't go inside.
Xincheng old theater, the Republic of China, here is now developed as the Republic of China style street, here once there was Jiaxing's famous ancient architectural complex "Little Spirit Vulture Mountain Hall", can still be seen. Many films made in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China will come here to shoot.
At the ticket window of the movie theater, the blackboard said that "Hibiscus Town" was screened at that time, which was really a place where movies could be made, but it was not usually used.
A stage where people can take the stage to shout and give speeches.
Someone on the side of the road was selling river fresh, snails, snails, crayfish, and a small crab and a turtle.
The smell of peanuts and melon seeds came from the fried goods store, and I walked over to have a look.
Freshly fried melon seeds peanuts are fragrant, not supermarket bags of nuts can be compared, melon seeds peanuts I weighed 10 yuan each, and relived the aroma of fried goods when I was a child, I still have a little at home, and it is not easy to buy such delicious fried goods.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, in the morning in Shanlian Town, eating spicy oil wontons and eel noodles has been digested, hungry, seeing this flavor defeng, there are many customers, we decided to eat lunch here.
It's usually a delicatessen, and locals buy a little to take home, either in whole boxes or weighed.
This house features roasted goose with sauce, which is raw and treated clean with goose in a large pot.
It's a roasted sauce goose hanging from a shelf dripping oil.
We ordered two set meals, both 25 yuan a piece, said that usually the package will have goose blood soup, these days the business is too good, goose blood soup is gone, I am very sorry, I really want to drink some goose blood soup, it must be fresh and refreshing and delicious. He ordered a cup of sour plum soup.
There are not many tables for dine-in in the store, four eight immortal tables, all have to be plattered, see that there are empty seats to sit down by themselves.
My sauce goose rice, a lot of sauce roast goose, and tender shoots, a piece of braised vegetarian chicken, not much white rice, you can add it yourself.
Husband's beef mixed rice is actually coriander peanut rice cold mixed with beef hundred leaves, and young shoots and vegetarian chicken are the same.
Two people two sets of two sets are 25 yuan each, sour plum soup 5 yuan, sour sweet and cold special thirst, husband said that without this cup of sour plum soup, rice can not eat, because walking in the morning and thirsty and tired.
I especially like to eat this tender shoot, it is so delicious, my husband's plate I have a lot to eat.
Sauce goose is worthy of the signature, the taste is very good, goose meat is also tender, the meat is fresh, not only in Jiaxing, it is said that there are several branches in Shanghai, the business has been good, this 25 yuan set, side dishes so much is also a conscience price.
The cow leaves are very tender, I think about buying some cooked food to take home, it is rare to come once, eating a meal is not addictive.
Vegetarian chicken salty a little, very flavorful, I think the rice is not enough, and went to add a bowl of rice, is eating, the waiter is saying that the rice is not enough, the next guests can only buy cooked meat, the set menu is not available. I was glad that I could eat the set menu a step earlier, and I was a little embarrassed to add rice, so that the store did less business. However, these dishes are also too hungry, and when we drove three hours back to our home in Ningbo, we didn't feel hungry.
Seeing that the guests eating next door also have pickles fried dried in the set menu, go and ask the waiter why we don't have it? Answer, just gave us a side dish is a novice, less put the same, and added us a spoonful of vegetables, this time I feel that rice is not enough. I said no wonder the old brand business is still so good for so many years, this 25 yuan goose meat set dish, these side dishes alone are worth 15 yuan.
Our bill, a good and super delicious meal, the next time I see Wei Defeng in other cities, I will definitely try it again.
Our CD-ROM.
Usually, there are also storytelling shows here.
I bought a box of chicken claws to take home, and drank it with beer in the evening, 30 yuan a box, it tasted super good.
Passing through the service area, I bought an ice cream, 7 yuan a piece, and the price rose sharply.
We went home, stayed at home for a long time and always wanted to go out, and after a long time out, we wanted to go home, and this is probably the case in this world.