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Source: Longevity Daily
Between Chongqing Changshou New City and the Old City, there is a Ming and Qing Dynasty street market complex, rich in antique atmosphere, living in the world and hidden in the city, so far, Chongqing's only recognized Chinese historical and cultural street, it is commonly known as the locals "three inverts".
Three inverted turns, is located in the longevity of the Yangtze River on the steep ridge of an ancient block, in front of the Yangtze River, looking at the vast, eight sides of the wind.
A street takes three sharp turns
Three inverted ancient street is a stone avenue built in the ming and qing dynasties of the ancient county from the bank of the Yangtze River to the city of Longevity, with a total length of 2.5 kilometers, is a pedestrian passage from river street to the city, its street is built along the mountain, by more than 3,000 stone ladders to pick up the steps, the whole street is meandering, to turn three sharp bends, people are accustomed to called "three turns". The three roads are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the rivers and rivers are long and colorful, and there are many monuments and legends along the way.
The ancient street Bayu City well culture, folk culture, local religious culture, dock culture, three gorges culture reflect each other, with the evolution of historical scenes as the main line, the style is simple. In 2013, the three-inverted street was shortlisted for the top 15 of the "Famous Streets of Chinese History and Culture".
As the saying goes, "climb three inverted and sweaty, and the next three inverted crutches and feet tremble". Passing by Shikumen, you will begin to appreciate the difficulty of climbing the hill with three inverted turns. The entire street surface is not wide, curved and extended, sometimes gentle, sometimes steep. Folk song "A good longevity city, the mountain road is uneven, the feet climb the mountain and turn backwards, and the road is exhausted." ", is a true portrayal of the uneven road of the three inverted slopes.
Climb along the stone streets to the middle of the mountain and turn around to look back, at the foot of the green mountains, between the Skyline of Daiqing, the water of the Yangtze River, gushing east, passing away, boats or boats on the river bank or mooring or walking like a silent picture. The white tower on the top of the speechless mountain in the distance loomed in the gray fog. The lower left of the Sandonggou Gorge is overgrown with fruit trees, and the Peach Blossom Creek is horizontally swinging like a mirror. The entire River Street West Street, Guankou, East Street landform panoramic view.
Distinctive "Cliff Sky Street"
This is not only a typical representative of Chongqing's ancient neighborhoods, but also the largest mountain ancient building complex on the banks of the Yangtze River, and it is also a cliff street, which has the artistic value of the three universities of history and culture, architectural art and era memory.
Longevity Three Reversals in the old days was the only way to connect the upper and lower cities of longevity. Changshou Three-Invert Historical and Cultural Block covers an area of about 70 acres, with a construction area of about 32,000 square meters, and is divided into about 130 buildings by house number relationship: Three Inverted Turns, Peace Street, Octagonal Well and Taoyuan Lane. The main street is about 1 km long, the total number of alleys is about 1.5 km, and the entire area is relatively well-preserved.
With a vertical height difference of 165 meters, it is a "cliff sky street" with very distinctive characteristics of mountain blocks, and is the city card with the most historical and cultural value of longevity so far.
The three-inverted building dates from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. The entire layout is based on the mountainous terrain, winding up the bluestone pavement. All buildings are mainly composed of bucket structures, supplemented by raised beam structures, small green tile roofs, roofs hanging mountain type and mountain type combination, simple and elegant. Among them, there are many courtyards, there is a small patio in the courtyard, the upper hall is open with a beam structure, there are three to five steps between the upper hall and the left and right wing rooms, especially the diagonal brace of the upper hall is mostly decorated with hollows, rich in content, vivid and exaggerated, with the legendary carved beam painting building, pavilion window ledge, very interesting.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Sanbei was the most prosperous area of Longevity, with developed national industries, more than 100 flour mills, salt, tea and other shops, providing Chongqing with a large number of grain, vegetables, meat and other logistical support materials.
Local cuisine
Among the specialties of longevity in Chongqing, there is a cake as thin as a cicada's wing, which is the longevity cake that is passed down by word of mouth in the lyrics of the Lyrics of Chuanjiang Trumpet's "Running rivers and lakes——— and the longevity is thin and crisp. In the list of municipal intangible cultural heritage published by Chongqing Municipality, "longevity is thin and crisp" is listed among them.
This cake is as thin as paper, delicious color, pure sweet aroma, crisp and slag, crisp and not broken, good for qi and blood, for longevity unique specialties, in the Qing Dynasty Xianfeng years popular longevity and the Yangtze River area. It is a green, healthy snack food.
"Blood tofu" is a unique local cuisine in Chongqing's longevity, and its origin is too long to verify because of its long history.
It is said that the "blood tofu" promoted to the whole country was a long-lived man named Sun Zhiping. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Sun Zhiping successively served as a aisle in Beijing, Guangdong and other places, because he coveted the delicacy of "blood tofu", he took a lot to Beijing, Guangdong and other places.
"Blood tofu" is named because of the embedded pork, the outer wrapping of refined tofu, and the color is rosy. It is quite convenient to eat "blood tofu", wash the surface of "blood tofu" with warm water, basket it and cook it over high heat, cut it into slices, and then you can put it on a plate and eat it.
Longevity rice noodles have thousands of years of craftsmanship, it is rumored that longevity rice noodles were liu bei into the river at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a military leader named Zhang Tonggan, brought the technology over, since then rice noodles have taken root in the local area and become the love of everyone's tongue.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, rice noodles were regarded as auspicious things, and the round shape when steamed symbolized reunion and happiness. Every lunar winter month, every household in the longevity needs to steam rice noodles, and like tangyuan, rice noodles have become an indispensable delicacy for longevity people to eat and treat their guests.