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If you're craving an in-depth cultural experience, Fengjing and Zhangyan, the "famous historical and cultural towns of China" in Jinshan, coincide with the long-awaited National Day holiday.
Roam the ancient town, feel the profound cultural heritage, find the ancient historical origins, and let your taste buds start a cultural journey with the local food.
"The clear water passes through the town, and the people sleep on the river, three steps and two bridges, and one looks at ten alleys." Fengjing Ancient Town has 39 ancient stone bridges built in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and nearly 50,000 square meters of ancient buildings, white walls, green tiles, swallowtail cornices of ancient buildings, engraved with the city's annual rings, hooked up the blood of culture.
1. Ancient streets and alleys You can shuttle aimlessly through the twists and turns of the ancient streets and alleys, and you can meet Ding Cong Art Museum, Cheng Shifa's ancestral residence, and Zhu Xuefan's former residence around a corner. Step inside these ancient courtyards and listen to the stories of celebrities from the Fengjing years.
Or go to the Jiangnan Water Town Wedding Museum, Jinpu Mansion, and Zhuangyuanfang to explore the folk customs of the thousand-year-old town; Go to the former site of the People's Commune and feel the red erotic ......
2. Ancient towns and ancient bridges span time
There are more than 20 large and small rivers in Fengjing Town, and there are dozens of ancient bridges on the river. These ancient bridges have inherited the footsteps of the ancestors, condensed the wisdom of the nation, and finally became a unique historical and cultural symbol of Jinshan after a long time.
Zhihe Bridge, Baoyuan Bridge, Qingfeng Bridge, Zhuhang Bridge, Beifeng Bridge...... The bridge names with far-reaching meanings and educational etiquette express the people's yearning for a better life. Take a walk on the ancient bridge of Fengjing, and the sense of history will come to you.
3. Special food warms the heart and stomach
Fengjing is known as the "eating town", the hard-working and exquisite Fengjing people will be thousands of years of history into a series of delicacies, constantly teasing the taste buds of diners, among which the "Fengjing Four Treasures" (rice wine, Ding hoof, champion cake, dried tofu) is the most famous.
Choose a window-facing water pavilion, warm a pot of Fengjing rice wine, order a few dishes of appetizers, it can be Fengjing Dinghoof, Tianxiang dried tofu, or snail stuffed meat, Xiangyou eel silk, Wuyue tofu, etc., drink at the table, talk about life, and enjoy the taste of home.
4. National Day activities Audio-visual feast
On October 2nd, 4th and 6th, at 1:30 p.m., a special performance of "Laughing World" will be held at Fengjing Ancient Stage. Invite well-known burlesque performers in Shanghai to bring wonderful burlesque performances and create a joyful festive atmosphere.
Duoyun Academy, every day from 18:30 to 20:30, open-air movies will be shown in the square, and visitors can sign up to watch it for free when they enter the bookstore. At 14:00 on October 5th, there will be essential oil aromatherapy and exclusive gua sha board hand-made activities, inviting you to feel the charm of traditional culture together.
# Travel Tips
๐ Recommended venues: Jinpu Mansion, Ding Cong Art Museum, Yangtze River Delta Old Brand Culture Museum, Zhang Cizhong Book Binding Design Art Museum, Jiangnan Water Town Wedding Museum, Fengjing Dinghoi Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall, Zhu Xuefan's Former Residence, People's Commune Site, Cheng Shifa Ancestral Residence, Eastern District Fire Political Association, Chinese Peasant Painting Village
๐จ Recommended restaurants: Ngao Yao Li Restaurant, Fengjing Old Street Soup Dumpling, Ah Liu Siu Mai, One Foot Garden ๐ด Recommended Food: Ding Hoof, Zhuangyuan Cake, Rice Wine, Dried Tofu, Siu Mai, Dumplings, Zongzi, Wuyue Tofu, Taoyuan Old Chicken Soup, Cucumber Cone, Xiangyou Eel ๐ก Silk Recommended accommodation: Three Bridges Annex, Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Huazhu ยท Qingfeng Pickup, Shanlu Hotel (Xinfeng Road Store), Yunshe Annex
๐ Scenic address: No. 28, Lane 8588, Tingfeng Road, Fengjing Town, Jinshan District
โ Tel: 021-57355555
Zhangyan Ancient Town is very distinctive, the bazaar born because of the water, the buildings born because of the water, and the streets born because of the water, constitute the small and exquisite courtyard space and public space pattern of Zhangyan Ancient Town, and also present a unique landscape of "dense new villages in the southeast and northwest, and three miles of long streets across double bridges".
1. Follow the line to travel to Zhangyan
Follow the "Cultural Context Search" route, the "Ancient Town Cycling" route, and the "Liuxi Style" route to understand the historical changes of Zhangyan and explore the real fireworks in the ancient town of Jiangnan......
"Cultural Context Search" route: Zhangyan Historical and Humanistic Customs Museum โจ Chen's Residence โจ Baijiao Art Museum โจ Shanghai Nanshe Memorial Hall โจ Zhangyan Park
"Ancient Town Cycling" route: Zhangyan Historical and Humanistic Customs Museum โจ "Wenwantai" Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall โจ and Coffee โจ Baijia Village New Jiangnan Rural Revitalization Demonstration Exhibition Hall โจ Wenyingfang Cultural and Creative Park โจ Zhangyan Park
"Liuxi Style" route: Zhangyan Historical and Humanistic Customs Museum โจ Dajing Hall โจ Shanghai Nanshe Memorial Hall โจ Yale Hall (in Zhangyan Community School) โจ Dayin Bookstore
2. Jinshanyan cuisine taste buds crit
Jinshanyan cuisine with seven dishes as the core, such as shredded eel, braised pork, sweet and sour short ribs, pickled green eggplant, fried three fresh, fried trout and scrambled eggs with heavenly vegetables, has a suitable taste, thick and long, mellow and beautiful, and is famous in Shanghai.
In addition, on the old streets of the ancient town, Wu Apo's stinky tofu is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, Huangshan glutinous rice balls are fresh enough to stomp your feet, and Yongchun barbecue are all delicious foods that cannot be missed.
3. Exhibition activities invite you to participate
During the National Day, Dayin Bookstore also has a "only porcelain blue and white" Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain reproduction exhibition. Through pots, plates, bowls, bowls and other utensils of life, as well as elegant culture such as incense arrangement, flower arrangement, and tea ceremony. Combined with the modern aesthetic language, it restores the typical system and carved patterns of Qingbai porcelain in the Song Dynasty, and shows the beauty of Qingbai porcelain.
From 10:00 to 18:00 on October 6th, the ancient town will hold a four-o'clock tea banquet, where professional tea masters will perform tea arts, and the tea banquets in spring, summer, autumn and winter will be distributed in four different spaces, where you can taste the fragrance of flowers in spring, the coolness of the breeze in summer, the romance of fragrant in autumn, and the warm ironing of the stomach in winter.
# Travel Tips
๐ Recommended venues: Nanshe Memorial Hall, Zhangyan Historical and Humanistic Museum, Baijiao Art Museum, Dajing Hall, Dayin Bookstore, Chen's House, Park Cultural and Creative Park, Zhangyan Park
๐จ Recommended restaurants: the first floor of Liuxi, Wu Apo stinky tofu, Huangshan soup dumplings
The progress of the National Day has been refreshed!
This holiday season,
Looking forward to meeting you in the ancient town of Jinshan!!
Source: Cultural Tourism Jinshan Editor/Editor-in-charge: Pan Ting
Review: Chen Jianjun, Lin Kun