Lishui, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Songyang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, a place known as the "last secret land in the south of the Yangtze River", has become a tourist destination full of ecological and cultural charm with its 78 traditional Chinese villages, 80.2% forest coverage and 100% excellent air quality ratio. The Song Dynasty poet Shen Hui once praised this place as "the only peach blossom source, and there is nothing else to worry about", showing its unique natural scenery and cultural landscape.
Songyang County not only has beautiful natural scenery, but also has a profound historical and cultural heritage. Songyang County, built in the Eastern Han Dynasty for four years, has a history of more than 1,800 years, and the ancient streets of the Ming and Qing dynasties are an important carrier of Songyang's history and culture. This ancient street has preserved the architectural pattern of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the two-story buildings of the civil structure are still in the ancient style, and there are many shops and crowds.
On the ancient streets of the Ming and Qing dynasties, visitors can feel the charm of traditional handicrafts. The owner Wu Zhongliang inherited the ancestral iron-striking skills, mainly producing all kinds of kitchen knives, axes, and grease tools. Another brown board shop is run by Huang Weibing and Wu Jinmei, whose palm board craftsmanship originated in the Song Dynasty and is a relatively high-end household item in the region. The inheritance of these traditional handicrafts has added a unique humanistic atmosphere to the ancient street.
The Songyang County Party Committee and the county government attach great importance to the protection and development of ancient streets, adhere to the principle of repairing the old as before, and adopt the least, most natural and most casual artificial intervention to ensure the organic continuation of the Chinese and spiritual development of urban development. Today, the ancient streets of the Ming and Qing dynasties have become an important link between the past, present and future, and have promoted the rejuvenation of traditional culture.
In addition to traditional handicrafts and ancient buildings, Songyang Ming and Qing Dynasty Ancient Street also retains some public facilities with historical value. One of them is the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, which was built in the 29th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1903), and this mud and wood structure building covering an area of about 300 square meters has a distinct style of the times. In addition, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum is also a place worth visiting, where intangible cultural heritage projects such as "Songyang High Cavity" are displayed all year round, allowing visitors to appreciate traditional art while also feeling the profound cultural heritage of Songyang.
Overall, the Ming and Qing Dynasty Ancient Streets in Songyang County is a place full of historical charm and cultural heritage. Here, visitors can appreciate the charm of traditional Chinese villages, feel the exquisite skills of traditional handicrafts, and enjoy public facilities and traditional art performances with historical value. At the same time, Songyang County also pays attention to the protection and development of traditional culture, so that the ancient streets are rejuvenated and injected new impetus into the local economic and social development.