The New Year's goods are not closed Kongcheng Old Street is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, located in Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, with a length of 22 kilometers, north-south direction, in the shape of "S", a main street and a horizontal street, and seven lanes and thirteen lanes. The ground is paved with long strips of granite, which is as bright as a mirror, and the long history of the old street can be seen. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Eastern Wu general Lü Meng built a city in Kongcheng, which was called "empty city" at that time, and later evolved into Kongcheng. The layout of the ancient buildings of Laojie was formed in the Northern Song Dynasty at the latest, and was seriously damaged during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and most of the ancient cities today were built after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. There are as many as 118 houses in the ancient building, which are in the Hui style, with blue bricks and gray tiles and horse-head walls. There are more than 300 shops on the front and back squares, which is the most complete, largest and authentic old street in Jiangbei area. The reason why there are so many shops and prosperous businesses in Kongcheng Old Street is because there is a Kongcheng River on the edge of the old street. The river surrounds Kongcheng Old Street on three sides and is connected to Caizi Lake and the Yangtze River. There is a land and water wharf on the east side of the street, the goods in and out are very smooth, and the water and land ** radiate the two lakes of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi regions, and become one of the capital distribution centers in the Yangtze River Basin. 
The commercial houses on the old street of Kongcheng include the Huang family's house, the Jiang family's house, the Yao's house, the Ni's house, and the Zheng family's house. The Huang family's big house, that is, "Manjiang Village Tea House." The people of Kongcheng Old Street have the custom of going to the teahouse, and disputes between neighbors often go to the Manjiang Village teahouse to resolve. Tell what happened in front of the tea guests and state their reasons. Tea guest comments on the merits. The wrong party knows that he is at a loss, and takes the initiative to pay the tea money for the other party to apologize. The right side no longer cares, the two sides shake hands and make peace, turning hostilities into friendship. The Yao family's big house is seven deep, and there are one or two osmanthus trees in the patio, which are more than 150 years old, blooming in August, and the fragrance is fragrant throughout the street. Ni's mansion is the residence of the old Mr. Ni Fuzhai, the prefect of Fuzhou in the late Qing Dynasty, and the whole house does not use an iron nail, which is a miracle in the history of architecture.
The famous business name is Li Hongzhang Qianzhuang, which is seven deep from west to east. The back three entrances are an independent "Miss Building", which is the place where Miss and Mrs. live, which is a cloister-style wooden building, closed and locked, elegant and quiet. There is a patio in the middle of the downstairs, 16 meters long, 13 meters wide, with an area of 208 square meters. Li Hongzhang's wife, Zhou, was a native of ancient Tongcheng, and his son Li Jingfang used the real estate in Zhou's name to set up a money village in Kongcheng, taking advantage of Kongcheng's developed commerce and diversifying its currency, and urgently needed to make money. At that time, there were many foreign goods shops in Kongcheng, including the Asian kerosene store, which was run by the BritishMobil kerosene stack, operated for Americans. There are also iron shops, liquor shops, wood shops, pottery shops, confectionery shops, general goods stores, yarn shops, cloth shops, incense paper, and merchants. Among them, there is the words "Jingguang foreign goods silk and satin cloth" on the gable on the south side of Ruihe Xiangbu Village, which has a modern advertising consciousness. In addition, there are also cigarette factories and pharmacies in Greater China. Special mention should be made of Ruifu Hospital, a Western-style hospital that has created the history of Western medicine in Kongcheng Old Street. Confucius Old Street has a long history and a prosperous culture, with lecture halls and academies. There is a wooden building in the middle of the old city - Chaoyang Building, which is the former site of Tongxiang Academy. Tongxiang Academy has built five buildings, including Chaoyang Building, lecture hall, back hall, classroom, etc. The whole building is ingenious, and it was founded by Dai Junheng, a descendant of Dai Mingshi, the originator of the Tongcheng School, a famous prose school in the Qing Dynasty, with the purpose of educating Sangzi. The number of students in the surrounding counties and townships is spectacular, and the number of students living in the school reaches more than 800 at its peak.
The religious culture of Lao Cai is also relatively prosperous and does not exclude each other. The Buddhist temples in the old street of Confucius City have the "Lingdi Shuan" shrine, the Tongzishan Temple, and the Daxiong Treasure Hall of Zaoqing Mountain. The pox temple was built in the Ming Dynasty. According to the research, the country is the only one, the original name is "Dushen Nunnery", later changed to "Pox Shen Nunnery", the legend is given by the Qianlong Emperor. One day, the owner of the nunnery went to the Manjiang Village teahouse to drink tea. Coincidentally, Qianlong went to Jiangnan Weifu for a private visit, and happened to come to Kongcheng and met him. The owner of the nunnery saw that Qianlong had a literary atmosphere, so he asked to inscribe the name of the nunnery. Emperor Qianlong splashed ink and wrote down the three words "pox god nunnery" in a chic manner. Then he threw the pen and laughed. The owner of the nunnery looked at it, the font was strong, the force was penetrating three points, it was clearly the emperor's handwriting, "Putong" knelt on the ground, and shouted "Long live my emperor, long live!"Qianlong was silent, so he quietly left with his entourage.
The prosperous commercial civilization of Kongcheng Old Street has given birth to a matching commercial culture - A. A is the unique ancient street culture of Kongcheng, and the people of Confucius are happy to divide the old street into ten jia from north to south. A is not only a sign of a region, but also a division of functions, and different nails have different functions. Traditional handicrafts are in the first class, cloth and medicinal materials are in the second class, the academy merchants are in the third class, and the political and economic center is in the fourth ......Loutang freight in Jiujia, inn hotel in Shijia. With the change of the times, the rise of Kongcheng New Street, the old street will gradually fade out of people's field of vision, become history, and gradually decline. If it is not well protected, one day, the dilapidated and withered old streets of Kongcheng will disappear in the wind and rain, leaving people with endless thoughts.