Wufangzhai (shendang)

In the Ming Dynasty's "Haiyan County Atlas", it is recorded: "Chendang Town is a big town, 26 miles away from the county, with water flowing in all directions like Xishi. People from the northwest of the salt border all go there. There are five to six hundred shops, grain, silk, cloth, bamboo, wood, oil shops, pawnshops and big merchants." It can be seen that Chendang has been a prosperous commercial town since ancient times. In its heyday, there was a saying that "there were lumber shops in the east market, money shops in the middle market, pawn shops in the east and west markets, and thirty-six rice shops." Chendang Ancient Town, also known as Benhu Old Street, Benhu Old Street, is more than 1,500 meters long, and most of the buildings are ancient buildings from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China. I heard that the old street is divided by the town bridge. Historically, the East Market had wood shops and mainly residential houses, the Middle Market had money houses, and the West Market had many shops. This is a description of the former appearance of Chendang Old Street. Of course, these can no longer be seen now, but the old streets, old alleys, old houses and stone bridges have witnessed the long historical changes of Chendang Ancient Town, and currently retain their original color. In the 1980s, when the famous writer Yu Hua was working at the cultural center of his hometown, he often went to Chendang and Qijia in the northwest of Haiyan to collect folk songs, and based on this, he compiled "Three Collections of Chinese Folk Literature: Haiyan Volume". Yu Hua wrote in his autobiographical essay "The First Years": "Although I have left Haiyan, my writing will not leave there. I have lived in Haiyan for almost 30 years. I am familiar with everything there. When I grew up, I also saw the growth of the streets and the river. I can find every corner there in my mind, and the dialect there will come out when I talk to myself. My inspiration in the past came from there, and my inspiration in the future will also come from there." Today, Chendang Old Street still retains the style of the 1980s and 1990s due to the decline of inland water transportation. After the renovation and development, taking a stroll through the area, you can find that it corresponds to the hometown in Yu Hua's works everywhere. There are many parking lots, free of charge. The town is not big, so it is enough to have a meal and drink coffee for half a day.

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The starting point of Yu Hua’s quote “I want to swim until the sea turns blue” is right here in Shendang! Chendang has been a prosperous commercial place since ancient times. In its heyday, there was a saying that "there were lumber shops in the East Market, money houses in the Central Market, pawnshops in the East and West Markets, and thirty-six rice shops". Today, some of the old buildings in the town are fortunately protected and in use, while others have become dilapidated and are waiting to collapse. Sometimes I want to escape the endless internal consumption and self-coiling of the big city, come here to stay for a few days, listen to the roosters crowing in the morning, watch the rice fields heading, eat fresh vegetables in the countryside, stroll along the riverside promenade... #小有哪些免费打卡地推荐 #休閒去地方 #小有哪些发现社

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