Speaking of Bao Zheng, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty who is respected by the world as "Bao Qingtian", I believe that everyone is familiar with this name, but if you ask about Bao Zheng's hometown, many people will mistakenly think that he is a Henan native because of "Kaifeng Province", and in fact, Bao Zheng's hometown is located in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, which has the reputation of "the hometown of the Three Kingdoms and the first county of Jianghuai".
Hefei, known as "Luzhou" in ancient times, is an ancient city with a history of more than 2,100 years of county rule and more than 1,400 years of prefectural rule. As a famous and excellent tourist city in China, Hefei can be described as a beautiful mountain and clear water, a brilliant spirit, rich in products, in addition to a long history and a fair and clean "Bao Gong culture", there are many natural scenery and cultural scenery for tourists to play and appreciate, enjoy the "eight hundred miles of lake sky" reputation Chao Lake, Hefei's largest and oldest Buddhist temple Mingjiao Temple, one of the four major hot springs in China's bantang hot spring and so on.
Of course, in the territory of Hefei City is far more than these worth punching in the cultural landscape, its territory also has a most unmissable, and is the only national 5A level scenic spot in Hefei, it has a beautiful scenery, unique charm, since ancient times enjoy the reputation of "Xiao ZhouZhuang", the most important thing is that it is also quite generous, no admission fees, free open. It is the ancient town of Sanhe.
Sanhe Ancient Town is located in Hefei, Anhui Province, Feixi County, Lujiang County, Shucheng County junction, because of the Fengle River, Hangbu River, Xiaonan River three rivers through between and named, has a long history of more than 2500 years, is a fusion of Jiangnan water town style and Huizhou charm and integration of the charm of the unique ancient town. The ancient town has been connected by land and water since ancient times, and the goods are all over the world, and has the reputation of "Anhui Central Commodity Corridor", which is not only a gathering of merchants and merchants, but also a place where soldiers and families must compete.
It is precisely because of its importance to the location, so in the long run, it has formed the appearance of the ancient town we see today, especially the ancient alleys, ancient bridges, ancient streets, ancient temples, ancient tea houses and ancient city walls and other very characteristic "eight ancient" landscapes, which is also unique to the Jianghuai area, unique existence. And the town's pieces of cornices and angles, carved beams and paintings of the Ming and Qing dynasties, is also a classic fusion of Jiangnan water town and Huipai architecture, when we are in it, it seems to have traveled back to ancient times, the traffic here is busy, and the antiques here make us linger.
In addition to the typical Jiangnan water town style of small bridges and flowing water, as well as the picturesque gentle and simple Huizhou ancient village style, Sanhe Ancient Town is also a famous ancient town of food culture in China, which can be described as extremely accomplished in traditional food culture and has a long history. Due to its special geographical location, it has set a large number of Hui, Sichuan, Huai and Yang cuisines in its cuisine, forming its own unique characteristics. Here the food is gathered, snacks are gathered, what small stir-fry, crispy duck, dried tea, shrimp paste, noodle fish soup, horseshoe puff pastry, etc., are all delicious things that cannot be missed when traveling to Sanhe.
Of course, the most famous of them is the Sanhe rice dumplings and fried roasted selling, about these two Anhui special snacks, there are also stories related to them in the local area, legend has it that the People did it for the Taiping Army stationed in Sanhe, and it is indispensable to achieve the Great Victory of The Three Rivers, and the fried roasted wheat is taken from a folk song of "Ten Reluctances" circulating in the local area in the past, including "Eight Reluctance 'Natural Building' Fried and Sold". If you have the opportunity to visit The Ancient Town of Sanhe, be sure to try these two "storied" delicacies.