Shanghai Fengjing Ancient Town opening hours: 8:00-16:30
Shanghai Fengjing Ancient Town attractions introduction:
Fengjing Town was established in the Song Dynasty. Founded in Yuan Dynasty, it is an ancient civilized town with a history of more than 1,500 years, spanning the borders of Wu and Yue. Fengjing Town is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is surrounded by water networks and has rivers crisscrossing the area. It is known as two bridges with three steps and ten harbors at a glance. There are many small fairs in the town, shaped like lotus leaves; the territory is shaded by trees, and the houses are scaled. Secondly, the clear stream is rapid and full of lotus plants. It is elegant and beautiful, so it is also called Qingfengjing, Fengxi, and Furong Town.
Enter the three-room and four-column Fengjing stone archway, follow the city river and bifurcated rivers surrounding the old town, pass through the Dongzha stone square, and walk through the old buildings along the river lined with blue bricks and slates. Street, across stone bridges one after another, ancient buildings spread out along the five-mile-long river street. Every morning, the aroma of tea fills the teahouses on the bridges by the river. Fishing boats from all over the country pass through the waterside pavilions and stone river ports along the river, and gather in front of the long riverside corridors and sheds to form a fish market. The water on the river is rippling, just like a folk song. Snails in January and clams in February, peach blossoms in March...
Enter the production street after passing the stone archway, there is a long row of black corridors and sheds with small black tile roofs along the river. On the roof, small black bricks pave the floor, and bright red lanterns hang high under the eaves. It is the so-called ancient alley. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the rice shops on this street were one by one. At that time, there were weather porches and sheds built in front of every house. In modern times, many of them have withered. Now the porch sheds have been rebuilt. Usually young people go to work, and old ladies The river bank is used as a platform in the corridor, where people slaughter fish, wash rice, wash vegetables and clothes; although the old houses on the street have small facades, their alleys are long and narrow, which shows that the courtyards are deep; in Fengjing's river street, people are leaning against the river on one side. On one side, people face the river; on the opposite side of the river, there is an old house on Heping Street that pillows the river. On the east end is a flying beam painted building. Chinese drama began to take shape. By the Song and Jin dynasties, the ancient stage for drama with a stone foundation and angled corners was officially formed. The stage was an ancient An outdoor stage designed for performances. In the mid-Tang Dynasty, a kind of literary and artistic form. At that time, theater performance venues were collectively referred to as theaters, and Tang poems also recorded names such as music tents, singing platforms, stages, and terraces. In the Song Dynasty, they evolved into goulan and invitation sheds, and the goulan stage already had a fixed roof. In the Yuan Dynasty, Chinese opera reached its peak, and the name of the stage actor also officially appeared. The Fengjing Ancient Theater was built in the Square of the City God's Temple. One side faces the street and the other side faces the river. Whenever a play is performed, people who come by boat from the waterway can sit on the boat and watch the play. In the Qing Dynasty, temple fairs began to be held in the North and South City God's Temples. "Continuation of Fengjing Xiaozhi" records: When the time comes, the ladies and gentlemen go out to watch, and those who come from within a hundred miles after hearing the wind gather in boats and boats, and the river is blocked. You can see its grand occasion. At that time, vendors, Peking Opera troupes, circuses, etc. will gather in Fengjing, and the ancient stage will be very lively. The current ancient stage was rebuilt. After reconstruction, the stage is 64 meters wide, 44 meters deep, and has a stage area of ??28 square meters. It has a mountain-style roof and cornices, which is full of ancient charm. Opposite the stage, a row of old houses facing the river is the Chenshe Tea House. Visitors can choose a seat by the window to sit down and relax, sipping tea and listening to the play. They can also enjoy the scenery from the window. It is a leisurely and enjoyable time! According to legend, the beauties in the gallery can watch the performance just across the river from the beach.
After stepping on the zodiac stone, there is a conspicuous Western-style red facade at the city god's temple bridge at the east end of the corridor. This is the former site of the East District Fire Council and the only relatively complete modern firefighting organization in Shanghai. There is a red fireboat docked in the Qianhe River, which is the last water fireboat in Shanghai. The original building on Heping Street is being rebuilt as the Sanbai Garden. It has a stone gate and three entrances. It is the collective name of the three collection halls that collect and exhibit hundreds of folk items. The Hundred Basket Hall has been completed and officially opened. , the Bailan Pavilion is located in the middle row of buildings, with a courtyard in front. A huge imitation of ancient ingots and blue ingots is placed in the center of one side of the courtyard, becoming the symbol of the Bailan Pavilion. The museum collects various baskets from farmers in the Jiangnan water towns. There are one hundred actual baskets with various uses and shapes, which comprehensively reflect the close relationship between baskets and people's lives in the past dynasties: some were cradled when they were born, and some were carried while studying. There are a dazzling array of books baskets, gift baskets for home use, rice baskets and vegetable baskets for daily use, incense baskets for worshiping ancestors at graves, birthday baskets, sewing baskets for female workers, drying baskets for steaming things, cigarette baskets, etc. . At dawn, I carry a bamboo basket and the children buy spring vegetables.
Bai Juyi's poem vividly and vividly describes how baskets have been integrated into the lives of Jiangnan people. The importance of baskets in the people's livelihood in Jiangnan can be seen from the folk songs "There are many bridges and many lanes in Heduo" and "Oh yao oh li" and "Lantou" which reflect the style of Fengjing. There is also a place on Heping Street that retains historical traces from the second half of the 19th century, which is worth a visit.
North Street is the street with the best preserved ancient commercial street style. Walking through the stone streets and walking on the flat board road, at a glance, there are two-story buildings on both sides of the narrow street. When you are in it and look up at the sky, you can only see a narrow line of sky and wooden lattice doors. The windows reveal the original color of the wood. The side of the building facing the street all has a flat structure, and the characteristics and scale of each building cannot be seen. However, looking from the city river at the back door, every house has branches protruding from the river, either with double eaves and overlapping tiles, or with towering arcades, or Goulan pavilions, or pavilions on the ground floor near the water, with layers of stone steps leading to the river port, or leaning against Zhu Pavilions and small windows, form a colorful scenery of waterside folk houses, with large and small Jiangnan cruise ships passing through occasionally, and the people and scenery are reflected. The setting sun is shining, it is truly a water town in China and the Venice of the East.
Beijing Street is home to ancient shops and workshops, and the handicraft industry has always been developed. As early as the Song Dynasty, there were handmade productions of iron, wood, bamboo, agricultural tools and daily commodities. Textile technology was introduced and spinning and weaving became popular. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Fengjing was located in the national cotton textile production and trade center, with tens of thousands of pieces of cloth produced every day. According to historical records: In the pre-Ming dynasty, hundreds of cloth makers were all active in Songjiang, Fengjing, and Zhujing, and dyeing houses, kicking houses, and merchants all followed them. At that time, there were more than 200 Tubu villages in Fengjing Town. During the Qing Dynasty, there were many layouts in the town. Jiangnan Weaving also set up institutions and factories in Fengjing to produce and purchase cotton textiles. Fengjing cloth is sold nationwide. Fengjing, together with Shengze and Nanxun, became the most famous ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River at that time. In the late Qing Dynasty, the rice bran industry replaced the declining homespun cloth industry, making Fengjing's industry and commerce flourish again. In modern times, Fengjing Bodao and Fengjing pig have become well-known agricultural and sideline industry brands. Since the 1930s, Fengjing has become an important producing area for China’s rice wine industry. The three major local specialties are rice wine, Fengjing dingho, osmanthus champion cake and Tianxiang tofu, which have been popular for more than 100 years and are now known as the four treasures of Fengjing. In modern times, many ancient workshops have been dilapidated, and the most intact one is the Shi Taishan Pharmacy (pharmacy shop) at No. 375. In order to show the production status of ancient handicrafts, North Street, where handicraft workshops were concentrated at that time, is now planned as a handicraft workshop, equipped with production equipment according to ancient shapes, and training relevant personnel. It will then show visitors ancient handicrafts such as weaving, blacksmithing, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing bamboo and wooden utensils. Production technology. Visitors can also operate it with their own hands and experience it for themselves. In these workshops, you can choose and buy original and rustic handicrafts. Of course, you can also try to make your own small bamboo tubes, small shovels, small hoe, cloth shoes, homespun headscarf...
The ancient town of Fengjing Town is surrounded by water networks, and most people build their houses along the river. house. Boats come and go on the river, making shopping very convenient. The town has crisscrossed rivers and numerous bridges. It is known as "two bridges in three steps and ten harbors at a glance". By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were 52 bridges in the town, and more than ten are still preserved. The oldest one is the Zhihe Bridge next to South Street. It was built in the Yuan Dynasty. It is simple and vigorous, with moss growing on the stone cracks on the bridge. There are stone-stepped water piers built under the bridges at both ends. Looking from the bridge, you can see green trees on both sides of the river, ancient houses and river ports, a Hongqiao lying flat in front, a stone bridge across the back, and small bridges and flowing water everywhere. Shen Rongcheng wrote in "Fengxi Bamboo Branch Poems" that the swing is set up next to the Ruihong Bridge, and the scenery is beautiful during the Qingming Festival. When we walked to Hongqiao Point, the city river formed a T-shape vertically. Looking at the rivers on three sides, we saw three bridges at one side and nine bridges at the other side. According to reports, a nine-bridge pavilion will be built here to allow tourists to appreciate the scenery of the bridge township. Opposite the Hongqiao Youhao Street, the residential complexes along both sides of the river are authentic late Qing Dynasty style. The Zhouzhuang Twin Bridges are famous far and wide, and the Fengjing Three Bridges are unparalleled in their beauty. The Fengjing Three Bridges scenic spot, which is about to be restored and rebuilt, will become a scenic spot in Fengjing Ancient Town Tour.
Fengjing has a developed culture and is the birthplace of the famous Jinshan peasant paintings at home and abroad. The people of Fengjing love life and have a long history of folk arts such as blue calico, furniture carvings, stove murals, lanterns, paper-cutting, embroidery, and weaving. Rich folk culture and art gave birth to Jinshan peasant paintings.
Jinshan peasant paintings, mainly Fengjing peasant painters, created Jinshan peasant paintings with rich local flavor and unique artistic style, which have had a wide impact at home and abroad. There are many art galleries in the town as well as the ancestral residences of famous painters. The ancestral home of Cheng Shifa on Heping Street has been restored and opened. The Ding Cong Cartoon Exhibition Hall on North Street is located in a two-story Chinese and Western-style building. In front of the building, there is an ancient ginkgo tree and a clump of big trees. The museum displays Ding Cong's life and more than a hundred cartoons. The humorous paintings often make people stop and linger. The Jinshan Peasant Painting Exhibition Center in Shengtang Lane, South Street, is located in the reading building of Cai Yitai, the number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty. It is elegant, but the pictures reveal a strong local flavor. Peasant paintings and Ding Cong's cartoons, Cheng Shifa's traditional Chinese paintings and Gu Shuiru's Go game. These three paintings and one chess game have considerable influence at home and abroad. They are concentrated in the town of Fengjing. They are a rare regional cultural phenomenon in China.
Across the Xizha River from the town government, there is a 600-meter-long ancient mansion with a construction area of ??12,000 square meters. To the west of the ancient stage, the former site of the Qing Post Office at No. 92 Heping Street has gray walls and black tiles, and a solid structure. The door frames on both sides are stone pillars. The large characters "Post Office" are clearly visible above the tall door opening. This is the existing site in Shanghai. One of the few old Qing Post Office sites. Due to its developed culture and prosperous economy, Fengjing is a rare ancient town in Jiangnan that has complete Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Christianity. As early as the first year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasties (502), a Taoist temple had been built in Fengjing Nanzha. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Buddhism was popular and temples were built all over the streets, alleys, lanes and squares. There were only three temples in the town. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Catholicism and Christianity also began to become an indispensable part of Fenghua's resources. Going to Xingjue Zen Temple, Shiwang Temple, Yu Family Ancestral Hall and other cultural landscapes, you can find the historical relics of Fengjing Town's ancient division of north and south, which was half Wudi and half cross-border.