A historic building in Tunxi Old Street, currently a restaurant
In 2021, the Dragon Boat Festival was a small long holiday, and I drove to Jixi Jiapeng and Xiuning Baiji. On July 22, he traveled to Tunxi, walked along the Xin'an River, visited Tunxi Old Street, and met Huizhou again.
Huizhou is a regional concept. Today's so-called "Huizhou" was originally named Shezhou, and the center was in today's Shexian County. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Fang La Rebellion occurred in Shezhou, and after the uprising was put down, the imperial court changed "Shezhou" to "Huizhou". Since then, Huizhou has existed as an administrative region for 780 years. The scope of ancient Huizhou included "one prefecture and six counties", namely Huizhou Prefecture and its subordinates Wuyuan, Xiuning, Qimen, Yixian, Shexian and Jixi. In 1934, the Nationalist government assigned Wuyuan to Jiangxi, and in 1987 Jixi was assigned to the newly established Xuancheng City, and the Huizhou area was renamed Huangshan District, since then "Huizhou" has become history as an administrative division, and Huizhou, which has existed for 780 years, has become a historical concept.
The stone wall opposite the West Gate Arch of Tunxi Old Street, introduction to the old street
Ancient Huizhou, currently belongs to Jiangxi, Anhui two provinces and three cities, coupled with "Huizhou" has been renamed "Huangshan", from the perspective of administrative regions, "Huizhou" has ceased to exist. But whether it is in downtown Huangshan or in Jixi, the shadow of "Huizhou" is everywhere. Originating from the Ming and Qing dynasties, the "Huipai" architecture is a symbol of Huizhou spanning thousands of years. Tunxi Old Street, located in the downtown area of Tunxi, with a total length of about 1.2 kilometers, a vertical and three horizontal streets, more than 300 old buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties, which also makes Tunxi Old Street a historical and cultural street with the same name as Beijing Guozijian Street. What is valuable is that these historic buildings are still in normal use, used for commercial stores, residential buildings or homestays. The ground of the old street is paved with bluestone slabs, and I don't know how many years it has existed. Walking on the stone slabs of the old street, looking at the horse head wall and Ming and Qing dynasty buildings on both sides, there is an illusion of crossing back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Tong Deren is a Chinese medicine shop on the old street, there is an old Chinese medicine sitting hall, the store is about 3 meters wide, not very large, but the depth is very deep, the counter is very long, the door uses wooden door panels, there are slots up and down, at night along the slots the door panels are installed one by one, and taken down one by one in the morning. The second floor of Tong Deren has wooden windows outwards, and the wood carvings are exquisite. Tong DeRen is also a well-established Chinese medicine shop in China, which is still operating normally.
The goods operated on the old street can be roughly divided into several categories: First, pen, ink, paper and other calligraphy and art supplies, the impression of operating the four treasures of the study room is the most, the variety is also very rich, the production skills are exquisite, some of the old workshops in the teacher Fu on-site production, inadvertently passing a shop there is a national arts and crafts master at work, it is really breathtaking. The second is the local production of stone, stone carvings and stone relics purchased from around, it is said that the seemingly inconspicuous three stone sculptures placed in front of a shop, each worth more than a million, each stone is worth a set of commercial houses. The third is large and small emblem restaurants, pickles, and baked cakes. Hui cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines in China, eating is a dish, tasting is culture and tradition, looking at these restaurants in the Ming and Qing dynasty buildings, want to go in and taste the heart but a little nervous, worried that their own culture is not enough, ordering, eating is laughed at by people no culture, or only taste the taste of the dish and did not taste the culture. The fourth is the homestay in the old streets and lanes, the buildings of these homestays are mostly old buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the pink wall of Dewa Matou wall, the bed is a rare Luohan bed in the city, and the tables, qi and stools in the room are all wooden and have exquisite carvings. For hundreds of years, I don't know how many huishang nobles and ladies were born, grew up, and started a family in this room. Stay here for a night, and in your sleep you may be able to meet homeowners from hundreds of years ago and listen to their stories that belong to that era.
In addition to the rows of ancient Ming and Qing dynasty buildings, there are also gentle and elegant shopkeepers on the old street. There are many shops in the old street, but there are few loud shouts and sales, and every shopkeeper is gentle and elegant. A female shopkeeper who sells pen, ink and paper went so far as to spread out the rice character grid in Linyan Zhenqing's posters, dignified and quiet, which is a three-dimensional female figure in front of her. There is a strong commercial atmosphere here, but it exudes a cultural atmosphere everywhere.
The smoke and rain in Huizhou are also different from other places. It is said that Tang Xianzu was very fond of the smoke and rain in Huizhou. Huizhou smoke and rain, spontaneous and come, sprinkled as soon as possible, come without warning, do not quit when leaving. Surrounded by mountains, clouds and mist quickly gathered, the sun was shining here, and it was raining not far away where the clouds were thick. When I first arrived, the clouds even took care of me, inadvertently moving above, caressing the hem of my clothes with a drizzle, and cooling me off. On the bank of the Xin'an River, more and more raindrops fell on the surface of the river, splashing tens of thousands of ripples, and the distant mountains and near the water were purified in the smoke and rain. Suddenly, the clouds and rain stopped, and the sun shone again on the scorching sun on the surface of the Xin'an River and the roof of the old street. There is a lyric: I blew the evening wind you blew, is it counted as our embrace? At this moment, I think Tang Xianzu said, I have drizzled raindrops from you, walked through the shops you have visited, and sunned the sun you have sunned, is it considered to be an encounter with you?
Another Ming and Qing Dynasty building
Meet the Smoke and Rain of Huizhou in Xin'anJiang
The Xin'an River is the source of Qiandao Lake
The Old Street Gate Arch is a punching card for tourists