Anfeng Ancient Street Review

Long street, blue brick, tile; slate, green vine, flower windows... Quiet and cozy An'an Ancient Street Anfeng Town belongs to Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province, a famous historical and cultural town in China, built in the Kaiyuan years of Tang Dynasty (713 AD), located on the bank of Fangong Dike built by the famous Xiangfan Zhongyan in the Song Dynasty, located at the intersection of Lixia River and the coast. Anfeng has unique geographical environment and regional advantages, 17 kilometers from Dongtai city. It is the hometown of Ming philosopher, Taizhou school founder Wang Qian and Qing Dynasty cloth poet Wu Jiaji. Tang Taizong Zhenguan 18 years (644 AD), because the Badger and the bandits often landed on the shore to invade the people of Tang Taizong, want to march east, delegate general Yuan Rengui to prepare for the war. Huan Rengui dug more than 2 square kilometers of water system Yaozhen on the beach near the sea in Dongtao, training the army, crossing the sea and leaving relics. In the first year of the South Tang Dynasty (937 AD), Dongtai set up Hailing Supervision, supervised the north and south eight salt farms, Anfeng was originally a small Taochang, also known as Xiao Taopu. Song Tiansheng five years (1027 AD) to Tiansheng ten years (1033), Xixi Yan warehouse supervision Fan Zhongyan and Jianghuai system delivery, Zhang Shu, Huainan transfer, Hu Lingyi led the people to build a full length of 143 miles, the world called Fan Gongdi's defense seagull, Fan Gongdi Anfeng section length about 9.5 kilometers, the bottom of the embankment is wide, The face is one foot, the height is 1 foot five feet, and the wall is made of brick. Not only has the production and living environment for the salt people to live and live in peace and happiness, but also the spirit of "the first world of worry and worry, the next world of joy and joy" spread into the hearts of the people of Anfeng, and since then "Dongtao" has been renamed Anfeng. Later Anfeng specially built "three Xianxuan" to commemorate. Ming Dynasty Anfeng became one of the famous "Huainan Middle Ten" salt farms. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Anfeng Town District has built an ancient street in the north and south of Qihuali, from the north to the stove Xingyue Bridge, and from the south to Yanyan Yingning Bridge, which is full of the prosperity of the "Seventy-two Temples in the 13th Lane of Jiuba". Sifang merchant Jia gathered, the store shop and shop hall was scattered, more than 800 large and small shops, more than 2,000 people operated Huizhou tea, paint, Jiangsu and Zhejiang silk cloth, Jiangxi porcelain, Central Plains dry smoke, and North and South goods from far and near. There were more than 19,000 stove households in the whole venue, and more than 48,000 stoves. The development of salt industry brought the prosperity of the market town and the prosperity of business, forming a seven-li long street facing north and south, the road is masonry and stone. On both sides of the street, houses are stacked and Shangjia spoke. The Haihe River on the east side of the street is the main road for the salt transportation of the waterway; the west of the street is directly connected to the Yangtze River. There are 13 lanes on both sides of the street, 16 bridges are erected on the two rivers, and the transportation is very convenient. It is close to the merchants and gathers here. Shops, shops, squares and museums are located in the ancient town.