This ancient town west of Chengdu is so low-key that it is painful!
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Among the many ancient towns in Chengdu, it is rare to hear the name Huojing...
Huojing Town is located in the west of Qionglai, more than 30 kilometers away from the city, close to Tiantai Mountain National Forest Park, and the town is built on the Yanjing Creek, which is now
It has a history of more than 2,000 years.
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The origin of the name of the well is related to the natural gas that rushes out of the surface. Natural gas was here as early as the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC).
It began to be used to produce.
1 km west of Huojing Town, you can reach the earliest surviving fire well ruins, which is an ancient well, just at the foot of the mountain. The well platform is about high
Half a meter, it is a gray-black Han brick base, and the pattern of the brick wall is still clear.
The Western Han Dynasty scholar Yang Xiong recorded in the Book of the King of Shu: "There is a fire well in Linqiong, five feet in length, and more than sixty zhang in depth... Inoue boiled
salt. ”
In 1659, the British discovered natural gas in the Western Hemisphere, and from 1790 onwards, gas was generally the main fuel for European houses.
At this time, the qionglai fire well town, which had been burned for thousands of years when it was first discovered and used, was rarely used.
Obviously, it has also had unlimited scenery in the history of science and technology in the world, and it is the well-deserved "first well in the world".
However, it lags behind other ancient towns in terms of economy and architecture.
As one of the top ten ancient towns in Sichuan, it has to be said that the presence of the fire well is too weak.
Even Qionglai locals rarely go: "Cycling is a bit far, and you have to pay a toll of 9 yuan to drive." ”
Outsiders rarely go to the fire well, and there is less and less news about it on the Internet.
What is the current state of the fire well today? With this question in mind, we made a special trip to find its lost "civilization" .
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In the old days, the fire well, the merchants of all directions gathered, and the business was booming since ancient times. On the scene, there is a Jiangxi pavilion called "Wanshou Palace"; on the middle street, there is a Fujian pavilion, named "Heaven."
Harem"; there is a Lake Guangguan in the next place, called "Yu WangGong".
Now the fire well, when it meets the rush day, it is fine, if it is on weekdays, it is also cold and clear.
The fire well was not large, and a not wide river ran through the town, and by the river were old old houses.
Among them, the oldest street is Hebei Street, about 1500 meters. It has a history of hundreds of years and has roughly maintained its original appearance.
Walking on the streets of the ancient town, you can still see the buildings built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty.
The streets of the ancient street are narrow and winding, with quaint wooden frame houses, old wooden plank walls, wooden plank doors, wooden paving, all of which are sloped roof bungalows or with low
The traditional building houses in the low loft exude a strong antique atmosphere everywhere.
The paving on the street side can be flexibly assembled or disassembled, and the paving board is removed in the morning, and the paving board is closed in the evening.
Hebei Street is not long, but it is original and exudes the breath of life everywhere. So many people sighed and went to the fire well once, as if traveling through time and returning to their childhood.
On weekdays, Hebei Street is always quiet and tranquil, the streets and buildings appear a little messy and the disorder of new and old, the street is not lively, but
On the day of the rush, the people who shuttle back and forth in the small streets and alleys appear to have a particularly pyrotechnic atmosphere.
The Fire Well Bridge is the most crowded place in the whole street, and the bridge is full of people buying and selling.
There are some small shops on the street, all of which are pure handicrafts, and the handicrafts handed down from generation to generation have become the survival of the craftsmen in the small town
root.
In Huojing, the wandering doctor stalls are more flooded than in other places, and the situation of 30 years ago is still preserved here.
Blacksmith shop, open-air shaving, handmade mats, bamboo grates...
The culture of the craftsmen and the life of the city are naturally integrated here, and it is very lively when it comes to the rush day.
There are still many old residents in the town, and almost all of them are elderly people, most of whom live a simple life or have no economy
Young people who can afford to buy a house are old natives who don't want to move out.
Young people are exodus, the family's farm work is done by the elderly, and the raising of grandchildren also falls on the shoulders of the elderly.
On the day of the fire well, the scene of the old man holding the child to buy the house can be seen everywhere.
There are also some small food shops in Huojing, some of which are exposed to the sky, selling all kinds of noodles, soups, blood, and a kind of boiled fried noodles
Balls, called vertical meat.
Huojing, one of the few ancient towns in Chengdu that still retains its old appearance, will gradually fade out of our sight one day;
or in another form before us;
But those about the glory and story of the fire well, I think will never change~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~