In the middle of the International Financial Center and Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li, there is a small street that crosses it, bordering Dacisi Road in the north and Xiadong Street in the south, which is Shamao Street.
Located next to the high-end and atmospheric commercial area, it is located in the bustling and lively center of Chengdu, which is somewhat unremarkable, and most people are hurrying by. In fact, this street has a history of thousands of years and is a veritable old street.
In the third year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1370 AD), Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated: "All those who often look at things should take a black hat, a regimental collar shirt, and a corset as the official dress." Thus unveiled the bustling prelude to the yarn hat street, which has experienced the rise and fall of the era of yarn hats, costumes and auto parts.
Later, this 350-meter-long street and 12 meters wide was divided into North Yarn Hat Street, Middle Yarn Hat Street and South Yarn Hat Street.
It is worth mentioning that from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, The North Shamao Street was still in the Daci Temple, and by the Qing Dynasty, the area of the temple was reduced due to reconstruction, so it formed a street.
In the Qing Dynasty, there was a Huangpi Office on Beisha Hat Street, that is, the guild hall of Hubei Huangpi immigrants in Chengdu. In modern times, the North Shamao Street Primary School is located here, and many dolls play football at the back door of Daci Temple, condensing the childhood joy of a generation.
The so-called "Yarn Hat Street", as the name suggests, is inseparable from the yarn hat. According to historical records, the official wearing a black hat originated in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and became an official hat after the Ming Dynasty, becoming synonymous with officials.
The official hat refers to the lacquered yarn, with horns on both sides, and the corner length is about 40 cm. The rise of the black hat led to its production, which also made the name of this street. At that time, Sha hat Street was very lively, and many officials came here every day to pick and buy.
In the feudal era of advocating civil rule, the peak of life was nothing more than "the spring wind is proud of the horseshoe disease, and the Chang'an flower is exhausted in one day". The black hat represents the happiness of the ancient literati, and I believe that the people who come to this street to buy official hats must be extremely happy.
In the famous scholar He Yunruo's "Bamboo Branches of the Old Affairs of Jincheng", he described such a prosperous scene: "Python robe jade with hat black yarn, lock gold bright armor." Going in and out will be into the ordinary, the industry should wear subdivision home. Even the Chengdu folk song also sang: "The official hat on the street is good, and the tianya stone is connected to the Qingyun Nunnery." ”
In the Qing Dynasty, Shamao Street was no longer mainly engaged in the production of official hats, but still produced the Wusha hats needed on the xiqu stage, as well as other opera costumes, and the name of the street has not been changed.
In the book "Searching for the City, Chengdu" wrote that in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, Chengdu was full of opera stages, and only the Jiangnan Guild Hall next to Shamao Street had 7-square opera stages, and the opera class was always invited to act to reward the gods. At that time, whether it was the small class in the county and township, the big class in the provincial city, or the famous head of the Sichuan opera line, they all admired the custom costume line in Sha hat Street, which can be called the Hermès production place in the costume industry.
The production process of Sichuan opera costumes covers a variety of techniques such as Shu brocade and Shu embroidery, and it takes dozens of processes and a full 3 months to make a complete set of costumes.
In addition, it has a wide variety, and there are strict and exquisite, python robes, leanings, official clothes, pleats, etc. all correspond to relatively fixed roles, and the old drama people have the saying that "it is better to wear it than to wear it wrong".
At that time, there were dozens of workshops specializing in costume production in Shamao Street, and there were more than 100 famous masters and craftsmen, not including workshops such as machine workshops, embroidery workshops, silk mills, flower cloth villages, and silk satin shops.
Until the founding of New China, Shamao Street was still the main production and sale place of opera costumes in the province.
With the development of the economy, after the 1980s, The Street of Yarn Hats was transformed again and gradually developed into a street of auto parts. "Chengdu Dongcheng District Chronicle" recorded: "After the reform and opening up, Beisha Hat Street has gradually developed from a residential area to an auto parts street. ”
Owning a car was a matter of great pride at that time, and when the women were buying and buying on Chunxi Road next door, the men were shopping for various car parts on Sha hat Street.
In the past 10 years, the merchants specializing in auto parts on Shamao Street have developed from more than 10 households to more than 1,000 households, which is well-known throughout the country.
There is a "full-flavor noodle" on the street, the taste is bashi, and the street is full of noodle delivery guys at noon, taken in 1994
Until July 20, 2002, the urban planning and construction of the Shamao Street area was officially implemented, and the pattern of "auto parts one street" after the demolition of the old houses was no longer there.
Today, Shamao Street is adjacent to the thousand-year-old temple Of Daci Temple, sitting on The Ocean Taikoo Li and IFS, becoming a combination of fashion and quaintness.
Do you think it has stopped the happy pace of contracting Chengdu people? No! It becomes the most direct sweet taste, for white-collar workers working overtime, fashionable girls, travelers competing for selfies... A steady stream of sugar from the city.
It is said that milk tea is half sugar and half water, but city life is so busy, when tired, it all depends on this sweet to heal.
Unlike coffee, drinking milk tea is not refreshing and utilitarian, indescribable and wonderful taste, so that people are trapped in this gentle township and can not extricate themselves. Swallowing a mouthful of sweet milk tea, chewing pearl balls, and sucking and sucking on fairy grass jelly, is a little spice for boring life: "Ah, you can be resurrected with blood again." ”
Now, about half of the bustling crowds on Shamao Street come to drink milk tea, especially the dense row of shops on the 50-meter-long Nansha Hat Street, which is a veritable milk tea street.
So Xiaobian walked all over this street and evaluated the following milk tea shops to see which one is your favorite?
1 pip
The Taiwanese milk tea brand, which has only been in the mainland market for 7 years, began to expand rapidly in 2015, and there are already thousands of stores across the country.
As the first milk tea shop to take root in Shamao Street, although it does not seem to be as popular as it first, it is still popular, selling an average of several hundred cups a day. Because there are no seats to queue up, the production is slightly slower, and this is the one that waits the longest on this street.
Ordered the most basic Boba milk tea, less than 15 yuan, very cost-effective. Because the drink is generally sweet, the three-point sugar is just right, the tea taste is heavy, the pearl is large, the Q is elastic, the ingredients are not him, it is a simple pearl ball, and the milk and tea are delicately intertwined to make a delicious taste.
As for the hidden feeding order raiders are too much, feel free to do it according to your preferences.
Business hours: 10:00-23:00
Coco is available
Coco as a 22-year-old traditional old milk tea, there are 3,000 stores around the world, the popularity of a long time, the past two years in the vibrato fire, the popularity of the hat street will not be bad.
It is worth mentioning that it is more convenient to support scanning code orders very early, and there are two rows of stools to alleviate waiting anxiety. Coco is also one of the more male customers on this street, I don't know if it is related to high sexual price comparison and strong palatability? Visually selling hundreds of cups a day is no problem.
Classic milk tea three brothers, rich ingredients, there are pearls, pudding, fairy grass jelly, etc., a bite down is very satisfying, small appetite girls can be a cup of full. When you choose a phobia attack, it's not wrong to choose this one.
Business hours: 10:30-22:30
Cuo Nei Small Family Village
A milk tea brand from Taiwan, "cuo" cuo (four sounds) is the Meaning of "home" in Taiwanese, and it can be seen from the name that it is taking a warm healing route.
It only entered the Chengdu market in the second half of 2017, and the first store was in Bichangba Street, and soon after, it took root in Shamao Street. There are no seats in the Yarn Hat Street store, and there are relatively fewer people than Coco, but the service attitude is very respectful, and there are many takeaway orders.
Trickle tofu milk tea is relatively novel, black tea base, tofu melt in the mouth, clear and smooth taste, people are impressive. You can also add taro puree and the like according to your preference, because the ingredients are sweeter, and small partners who do not like to eat sweet can order sugar-free.
Business hours: 9:00 -22:00
Deer's Horn Lane The Alley
Deer Horn Lane, which started in Taoyuan, Taiwan in 2013, is a young force that cannot be ignored in the tea industry, after all, it is the popular king who climbed times square in the United States. It is also the most ruthless thing about the cottage, and 5 or 6 different trademark stores can be searched out on the Meituan takeaway, and the true and false are not clear.
The Sha hat street direct sales store in Buckhorn Lane has only been open for half a year, but there is no queue that is slightly deserted, and it seems that there are more takeaways. Ordered 26 yuan deer pill poof, milk heavy, tea taste light, pudding soft, sweet pearl + thick syrup, for people who do not love sweetness are a bit accepting incompetent.
Business hours: 10:00 - 22:30
Books also burn fairy grass
In 2006, the book that started in Chengdu also burned fairy grass, with more than 30 directly operated stores and more than 500 stores nationwide, and in 2018, it also opened in Toronto, Canada.
Shamao Street shop is subject to the façade, no seats, more takeaways, the business looks average, I don't know if it is related to the dense regional distribution? At this point, Coco is also densely distributed, but there is no bad business.
Its eponymous roasted fairy grass, which was basically used as a summer dinner when he was a student, was also priced cheaply. Fairy grass jelly, red beans, peanut crumbles, pearl balls, coconut fruits, milk tea together, the layers are clear and blended, the sweetness is also very moderate, very suitable for afternoon tea to relieve stress.
Business hours: 9:00-23:00
The Story of the Beans
In Chengdu, there are only two stores in Raffles City and Shamao Street, based on making bean blossom sweet drinks, Shamao Street stores are slightly deserted, but the price of the people is very worth trying.
However, we drank too much and did not leave more stomach for this family, so we avoided the fullness of bean blossoms and chose taro round taro puree milk tea.
Taro balls are chewy, the taro puree is dense and delicate, the flavor of soy milk is very strong, the taste is rich in layers, healthy and delicious. We want to try Bean Blossom next time, which is much more cost-effective than X Bean Blossom.
Business hours: 10:00-22:00
Tachibana Confectionery
Although it is the most deserted drink shop on the whole street, it hides unexpected surprises. Look at it is from Guangzhou, there are only 4 stores in Chengdu. When I went at noon, there was still no one, which contrasted with the bustle of coco and 1 o'clock.
I ordered a signature strawberry fruit to see the granular strawberry grains, and the chia seeds supplemented with vitamin B, sweet and sour. Doing activities 10 yuan 1 cup, it can be said that it is very cost-effective, and boys who do not like to eat sweets also said that they will buy back.
postscript
According to a big data analysis, in 2018, the number of ready-made beverage stores in China has exceeded 450,000, the new Chinese tea market size has exceeded 90 billion yuan, the milk tea industry has been initially integrated, entering the market outlet period, and the enthusiasm for investment in the primary market has risen. The major milk tea brands not only occupy the north, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but also vigorously settle in the new first-tier cities, which are bound to be indispensable to the new first-line bellwether city - Chengdu.
As for why get together here? The staff of a milk tea shop said that the Chunxi Road - Daci Temple business circle has a large flow of people, each family has different characteristics, and people always have to change their taste when they drink more drinks from the same family. According to industry analysts, this is also a cluster effect. "For a newly opened milk tea shop, if it is opened in a place with little traffic and no milk tea shop, the business will not be good."
Nowadays, there are two sides of Samao Street, such as Hicha, Nayuki, Marumodo, and Chabaidao... Hundreds of milk tea shops rush to camp here, spreading a sweet taste from the left atrium of Chengdu.
If the street is the blood vessel of the city, then the yarn hat street is undoubtedly the sweetest and happiest of them, experiencing the era of the black hat to the costume to the car parts to the milk tea, witnessing the prosperity and ease of Chengdu people for thousands of years.
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