Feel the beauty of life in the streets and alleys
Taste the culture of Fucheng in the historical relics
Come to Splendid Taiyuan
How can you not visit the thousand-year-old mansion city?
Wuhan has Hubu Lane, Xi'an has Muslim Street, Nanjing has Confucius Temple Snack Street, and in Taiyuan, Food Street is the most popular place to visit and check in.
Taiyuan Food Street starts from Fudong Street in the north and reaches Zhonglou Street in the south, with a width of 10 meters and a total length of 552 meters, and it was the commercial center of Taiyuan City in the Song Dynasty. Today, the food street is the new urban food gathering place, which is both a witness to the ancient history and one of the most popular tourist attractions in modern Taiyuan City. It is not only a quaint antique street, but also a bridge between history and modernity. The architectural style on both sides of the street is unique, as if people can travel through time and space and feel the long history and culture of Taiyuan.
With food as the main body, this street is divided into a special flavor area, a fashionable bar Western food area, and a Shanxi special flavor area. Visitors can indulge in a variety of traditional Shanxi delicacies and specialty snacks here. The streets are dotted with many long-established specialties that are loved by everyone, and there are even long queues in front of some shops, vividly demonstrating the popularity of the food court.
Taiyuan's skewer big brother "Qu Lihong", the taste is still so good over the years, the taste has not changed, pour the fragrant sesame sauce on the skewers, and then put a spoonful of chili oil, it is really delicious. Snow Mountain West Restaurant Cold Drink Hall, Taiyuan's super popular Internet celebrity ice cream shop, whether it is the elderly, or young people, all love to come here to eat ice cream, among them, sea buckthorn ice cream is the signature, sweet and sour taste, there are sea buckthorn fruit grains in it, you must eat it when you pass by. While walking and eating, you must show off a bowl of Yang Ji enema, enema with Taiyuan special marinade, sauce and chili pepper unique fragrance to show the flavor of Taiyuan. God fried chicken, located directly opposite the south entrance of the food street, is also Taiyuan people from snacks to big delicacy, you can smell the fragrance at the door, eat to the mouth, the skin is crispy and the meat is fragrant, according to personal preferences, you can taste it.
Today's capital city, modern and historical complement each other. Coming out of the south exit of Food Street, there is Bell Tower Street. Founded in the Song Dynasty, Zhonglou Street has been reborn and has become a fertile ground for commercial development integrating business and cultural context, where thousand-year-old history and modernization are perfectly integrated.
The Bell Tower Pedestrian Street, named after the Bell Tower, is engraved with the historical imprint of the prosperity of the thousand-year-old Fucheng and has witnessed the rapid development of Taiyuan's century-old commerce. After a year and a half, the main street and the surrounding 25 historical streets and alleys were upgraded from the six dimensions of "spatial structure, landscape attractions, commercial layout, infrastructure, integration of culture, business and tourism, and smart management", forming a new format integrating leisure and entertainment, sightseeing and tourism, and shopping experience, attracting tourists from all over the world. The block has successively won the honors of provincial pedestrian street, provincial night economy life cluster, provincial tourism and leisure block, national night culture and tourism consumption cluster, and has now become a landmark commercial, cultural and leisure tourism street in Taiyuan City.
"China Li Ning" has injected new sports and trend vitality into the neighborhood, "UR" has arranged every corner of the store into an art space where the cover of fashion magazines can be photographed at any time, "UNIQLO" with a minimalist style can make men, women and children wear comfort and fashion, cool girls with personality and fashion love the difference of "Vance", and trendy brands and fast fashion brands such as "MLB" and domestic "Huili" gather here. The entry of these well-known brands has made Zhonglou Street a bright new business card in Taiyuan and even Shanxi, and has become the "most trendy", "most cultural" and "most poetic" life landmark in the land of Sanjin.
With the bell tower as the center, whether you go east or west, you can see the original sites of various time-honored brands and trendy fashion stores, and the whole street is full of ancient and new blends, and tourists are weaving. Tourists can visit the century-old shops such as Huataihou, Hengyicheng, Hengdeli and Kaiming Photo Studio in one go. Passing by the "Mouse Cave Lantern Festival" shop, a burst of glutinous rice fragrance and honey sweetness come to the face, tourists can taste it.
The old and the new collide, the traditional and the trendy. Zhonglou Street carries the city's culture and collective memory.
Walking to the east exit of Zhonglou Street, it is not far from the oldest park in Taiyuan - Wenying Park. Often overlooked by tourists, the park is a tranquil corner where people can relax and feel the breath of life. The history of Wenying Park can be traced back 600 years, carrying the years and memories of the city.
Here, you can see citizens walking around the lake, dancing in the square, picnicking on the lawn, taking pictures under the trees, documenting the beauty of the city.
One step at a time in the park, the Zhuangyuan Bridge is the only place for students to go to the Gongyuan to take the examination; on the Quanye Tower, Mr. Sun Yat-sen gave a speech calling on industry to save the country; on the shore of Wenying Lake, several revolutionary predecessors inherited the glory and dreams on the South Lake, established the Taiyuan branch of the Communist Party of China, and the spark of the Shanxi revolution burned the prairie from here; the Wanzilou has gone through vicissitudes of life, stands majestically, and the only existing "swastika" shaped building in China blooms with its unique charm; the Simei glazed tower is reflected among the rockery and green willows, showing the moving charm of Yinghai Cuiying......
In the lake and water, choose a book to read, and read a page in the bustling city. The new "Internet celebrity check-in place" Wenying City Study is located in Wenying Park. Built by the lake, the Wenying City Study covers an area of 450 square meters, with a collection of 15,000 books, integrating culture and art, experience and leisure, communication and exchange, and creative landscape. Whether it is a quiet night or a sunny afternoon, come here to sit, drink a cup of coffee or tea, and read a book, which is the best nourishment for the body and soul, and the book and beauty "meet" here.