Recently, the three-volt sky in Shanghai can be described as menacing, and you have to summon up courage to go out. However, taking advantage of such good weather, Xiaobian will take everyone to Nanhui's Xinchang Ancient Town to turn around.
As one of the four major towns in Nanhui Area, Xinchang Ancient Town once had the reputation of "Pudong Eighteen Shops, the First Town of Xinchang". As a gathering place for the life of the indigenous people in the old city, after more than 800 years, the atmosphere of life is still strong.
Xinchang Town was built in the Southern Song Dynasty, the name comes from the new salt field formed by the migration of the Xiasha salt field to the south, so it is called "Xinchang", which is an ancient town in Jiangnan that is made of salt and prospered by salt.
This is the hometown of Wang Manni in "Thirty Only", with "Happiness, Within Reach!" Hong Fuqiao, who appeared in "Color Ring" and "Ip Man" and other movies, have been filmed here.
Due to the sweltering heat, not many tourists come to visit the ancient town, so many shops are closed and rested.
Come to Xinchang Ancient Town, food is naturally essential!
Like Wuji Mutton Restaurant, Hong Fu Lou, Dongcang Soup Bun Shop, Chicken Soup Tofu Flower, etc. are the characteristics of the ancient town. However, helpless stomach capacity is limited and in line with the principle of not wasting, we have chosen some snacks that are convenient and easy to carry!
Jiang San stinky tofu, although this façade looks broken, but also let me doubt the authenticity of his home for a while.
But "stinky tofu can't be disguised", steaming stinky tofu with a spoonful of sweet noodle sauce, is the taste of childhood memories.
The price of 3 5 yuan is not expensive. Halfway through the bite of the tofu, the juice will burst out, and the salty and fresh taste plus the sweet sauce will be rich in taste and authentic.
Hongfuqiao Tangyuan shop, a small husband and wife shop.
Listen to the owner said that the weather is too hot so the business is not good, before the crowd, boiling tangyuan to use a large pot, a boil to cook 40-50. But now there are only one or two customers in the shop, and they only use a small pot to cook 4-5 at a time.
Local people sell tangyuan by one rather than by bowl. The dumplings are large, salty and sweet. Come here, give up the prejudice against salty tangyuan, and try the owner's proud work "Fresh Meat Dumplings with Chinese Cabbage"! I ordered two sesame seeds plus a tangyuan with fresh meat, and it can be clearly seen that the tangyuan of fresh meat with chinese cabbage is a top two!
The meatballs in the salty tangyuan are particularly large, biting open the outer layer of glutinous rice peel, there is a soup flowing out of it, and the meat balls are accompanied by cabbage, although it is a meat and a vegetarian, but the two flavors are harmonious. The glutinous rice skin is very soft and sticky, the classic black sesame dumplings, the taste is sweet, three tangyuan under the belly, basically full.
Wang Ji Begonia Cake is one of the oldest delicacies in the ancient town. The store was dim and dark, and I bought a piece of begonia cake to taste it.
Above it is a thick layer of caramel that tastes similar to the sugar coating of the rock sugar gourd.
Below is a chewy steamed bun with an unsweetened bean paste filling, and the ordinary bean paste bun is much softer than him. Take a bite, a variety of tastes are wrapped between the teeth, rich in layers.
Hongfu Bridge serves as the demarcation point, dividing Xinchang Avenue into east and west parts.
Hongxi Street is more lifelike. The dog is lying bored on the ground to escape the heat. The sound of shouting and chatting with a local accent is endless.
All kinds of local specialties are gathered, such as the bengua in Sanlintang, the farmhouse restaurant in Pudong Laoba, and the special peach gum.
Hongdong Street is more famous for the filming location of Wang Manni's residence in "Thirty Only".
The mottled walls, wooden doors, handrails, etc. all reveal a strong sense of age.
Hongdong Street came to the end, crossed the bridge, and came to Xiatang Street, which is full of promenades, which also brings a hint of coolness to the hot weather.
Each small flag represents a local restaurant, and the flowing water feast filmed in "Thirty Only" is also held here.
On the other side of the river, there are both warm shops and small bridges and flowing water homes. It is an ancient town that is partially commercialized, but still retains its own characteristics.
The ancient town connected by lanes and halls is like prose, "scattered and not scattered", recording the high bridges with flowing water, the houses living by the water, the green brick floors, the coffee courtyards... Together, they make up the long story of life.
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