During the Spring Festival, the ancient cities with strong historical and cultural atmosphere have become popular travel destinations for tourists from all over the world, and people feel different regional cultures and customs in the ancient cities. In recent years, the management of ancient cities around the country has actively created new consumption scenarios to attract more traffic. Tourists are no longer just checking in well-known scenic spots, more and more people are choosing to live in the ancient city for "slow tourism" and immerse themselves in the heritage of the ancient city. In the ancient city, City Walk has become the choice of many tourists, especially young people. This article selects 4 popular ancient cities and leads readers to walk through the streets and alleys to find history and culture.
Hunan Phoenix Ancient City:
Sense of history, national style, fashion style
Zhang Ling, a reporter of this newspaper in Hunan.
During the Spring Festival, the Miao silver costume parade held in the ancient city of Phoenix Photo by Wu Donglin.
This Spring Festival, the ancient city of Phoenix in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province is particularly lively. As a new national 5A-level scenic spot, this ancient city of Xiangxi with a long history and unique ethnic customs has presented a rich cultural feast for tourists, and a variety of activities such as literary and artistic performances, Miao silver clothing parades, and Miao flower drums to welcome the New Year have attracted many tourists. According to the big data monitoring of the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, during the Spring Festival, the ancient city of Phoenix received a total of 89 tourists40,000 people.
The reporter walked along with the tourists from the south to the north in this ancient city where mountains and rivers depend on each other, admired the ancient stone bridges and exquisite stilted buildings on both sides of the Tuojiang River, and felt the history and humanity of this ancient city in the festive atmosphere of the New Year. Walk to the north gate city wall of the ancient city of Phoenix, only to see a hundred Miao drums lined up on the city wall, like a giant dragon, hundreds of Miao sisters dressed in costumes and playing Miao welcome drums, the scene is spectacular. The ancient city wall full of traces of time and the festive and lively atmosphere collide with the majestic beauty of the ancient city. On the other side, the Tuojiang River, the mother river of Phoenix, runs through the entire ancient city gracefully, showing people the unique charm of the ancient city in the south. Roaming along the Tuojiang River in the ancient city of Phoenix is a must-see route for almost every tourist, many well-known scenic spots in the ancient city are concentrated on the Tuojiang River, and the bridges that carry the beauty and culture of the Tuojiang River have long been famous.
Located in the core of the ancient city of Phoenix, Hongqiao lies on the Tuojiang River, formerly known as Wohongqiao, which was built in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. The bridge has two piers and three holes, and is divided into two levels. Standing on the Hongqiao, the picturesque scenery on both sides of the Tuojiang River is in full view, and tourists who come and go stop here to enjoy the scenery and take pictures.
Jumping Rock is another unmissable "bridge" on the Tuojiang River. The jumping rock is more than 100 meters long, one high and one low two rows of neat rock piers stand in the water of the Tuojiang River, when a group of girls dressed in Miao costumes line up to walk through the jumping rock, the beautiful picture instantly freezes the unique beauty of the ancient city of Phoenix. During this year's Spring Festival holiday, thanks to the Miao silver costume parade held in the ancient city of Phoenix, this picture can be called the "cover" of the ancient city of Phoenix, which feasts the eyes of tourists from all over the world.
There are also four antique landscape bridges of "wind", "rain", "snow" and "fog" designed and donated by Huang Yongyu, a painter from Phoenix, on the Tuojiang River, among which the snow bridge is the most famous. It is a cascading double-layer bridge body, which has always been arched, like the eyes of a beauty, and the eyebrows are affectionate. There are pavilions on the bridge, cornices and corners; There are holes under the bridge, and the sizes are staggered. The water passes under the bridge, like the tenderness of Jiangnan women flowing quietly. There are many bridges on the Tuojiang River, which are soaked in the wind and rain of history, and together with the slowly flowing river and the people living on both sides of the river, they depict the trajectory of the changing times. They carry the hurried footsteps of countless people and also witness their life journey.
Walking in the streets and alleys of the ancient city, the business of various stores and stalls is booming, and groups of tourists are tasting delicious food, some are busy exploring the store and hunting for treasures, some are tasting wine and enjoying the scenery in the ** bar, and some are wearing Miao costumes to immerse themselves in the ancient city ......In addition to the parade of Miao silver costumes, the ancient city also held a traditional folk tour, lion dance, waist drum, overlord whip, clam shell, flower basket and other intangible cultural heritage folk performers composed of a parade team shuttled through the streets and alleys of the ancient city, stopping at the rock jumping, the north gate, Hongqiao and other scenic spots, so that the whole ancient city immersed in the lively New Year's flavor.
Some people say that "Xiangxi is in Shen Congwen's book and in Huang Yongyu's painting". The former residence of Shen Congwen, located in Zhongying Street in the ancient city of Phoenix, attracts many tourists. This courtyard with strong Xiangxi characteristics is the place where Shen Congwen was born, the Ming and Qing dynasties architectural style, the courtyard is small and chic, displaying Shen Congwen's relics, manuscripts, relics and portraits, and there is an endless stream of people who come to pay respects. There are also cultural attractions such as Xiong Xiling's former residence, Wanshou Palace, and East Gate Tower in the ancient city of Phoenix, which are worth visiting in depth.
During this trip to the ancient city of Phoenix, the reporter found that the current popular travel photography is very popular here. In the streets and alleys of the ancient city, on the side of the Tuojiang River, and on the city wall, no matter day or night, there are tourists dressed in national costumes everywhere, using light and shadow to freeze the beautiful encounter with the ancient city of Phoenix. Fenghuang County has identified the two projects of "travel photography" and "travel image design" as special vocational ability assessment and development projects, and organized photographers and makeup artists in the ancient city to conduct on-site practical assessments, and take up posts with certificates to provide services for tourists.
The ancient city of Xinzhou, Shanxi:
Half-city fireworks and half-city ancient rhyme
Zhu Meng, an intern reporter of this newspaper in Shanxi.
Tourists stroll through the ancient city of Xinzhou.
It has been six years since the annexation of the state, and the way back in his eyes is straight to the string. Chunqingmen Lane is mulberry elm green, and I still remember riding a donkey to plunder the society's money. In 1221, the poet Yuan Haowen wrote "The Dream of Returning to the Home Mountain", using three poems to express his thoughts about his hometown.
Walking into Yuan Haowen's hometown Xiurong (now Xinzhou, Shanxi), every brick and tile makes people feel the thickness and depth of history. Founded in the 20th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (215 years), the ancient city of Xinzhou has a history of more than 1,800 years, and was once the political and cultural center and commodity distribution town in northern Shanxi. There are 52 alleys in one vertical and five streets, carrying the memory of Xinzhou people. In 2017, the Xinzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government launched the ancient city protection and renovation project, focusing on building a sustainable ancient city.
During this year's Spring Festival holiday, there were more than 800,000 visitors to the ancient city of Xinzhou. The flavor of the year here is strong, people taste food, appreciate ancient buildings, collect stamps to check in, and experience intangible cultural heritage, so it is not lively.
Standing in the Tuxiaomen of the ancient city of Xinzhou, the first step of the tour is started from the exhibition of "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow of the Ancient City of Xinzhou", and the cultural tourism positioning of "drawing a new era of "Returning to the Dream of the Family" on the exhibition board is very eye-catching. Walking into the city, the ancient buildings are glazed and tiled, and the cornices are warped, showing the simplicity and solemnity. Looking at the scene of prosperous commerce, tourists coming and going, and full of fireworks, the reporter realized what the "family mountain" that Yuan Haowen always cared about looked like.
The most important thing in the ancient city of Xinzhou is the fireworks in the world. The data shows that snacks account for 40 of the Spring Festival cultural tourism consumption income77%。Daizhou rice wine, Xizhang dried tofu, Tongchuan crisp pear, original pan helmet, Xinzhou tile crisp, Shenchi stewed mutton, seven helmets and eight bowls, hundreds of Xinzhou special foods are dazzling. "Jin Bo was drunk in Yanmen Prefecture, and there was June and Autumn in the world" Daizhou rice wine, "Shenchi moon cakes have been inherited for a long time, sweet and refreshing taste" Shenchi moon cakes ......The ancient and modern stories about these Xinzhou delicacies are hidden in the store's text-like door-to-door couplets.
On the north and south streets, Liu Yinchan, the inheritor of Dingxiang dough sculpture, displays all kinds of flower buns in the "Liu Po Flower Bun Shop", which is decorated with various colors of beans and red dates, and attracts tourists from all over the world with exquisite shaping and exquisite skills. "Dingxiang dough sculpture is mainly plain, there are many shapes, and this dough sculpture dragon in the cabinet has won the gold medal. The old man who guarded the shop spoke a Xinzhou dialect and proudly introduced it to tourists.
Attracted by the rent-free policy for handicraftsmen in the ancient city, Zhao Hui, the inheritor of natural dyeing skills, and Wang Cuiling, Li Binjie, the inheritors of paper-cutting intangible cultural heritage, have settled in to bring traditional handicrafts into the ancient city. The shadow puppet show and other intangible cultural heritage experience stores along the street are a good place for tourists to learn about the history and culture of Xinzhou. According to their own interests, visitors can make their own shadow puppets, watch a wonderful shadow puppet performance, and also listen to a paper-cutting class and experience paper-cutting skills. Tourists who like to collect stamps take the "customs clearance documents" to the White Rooster Teahouse, the "Meet Xiurong" theater, the wild dog camp and other scattered 20 merchant stamp points, almost all of the ancient city of Xinzhou.
Half-city fireworks and half-city ancient rhymeIn recent years, Xinzhou has guarded the "ancient" in the city in an all-round way from cultural preservation units to celebrity hometowns, religious sites, historical districts and then to the protection of the whole city. The relics of the mountain temple built in the thirteenth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1353) were built to commemorate Yuan Haowen; Founded in the 40th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1775), Xiurong Academy was once the highest institution of learning in Xinzhou and cultivated countless literati and artists; Xiurong Lane of Nanguan Street, Guandi Temple is solemn and solemn, and the incense is prosperous; The small octagonal pavilion in Xiurong Academy has the story that Qiu Mingtai, the governor of Zhizhou, often came here to look high and miss his relatives.
In recent years, tourists' demand for ancient city tourism is not only simple walking and viewing, but also more in-depth cultural research and popular science education. The increasingly rich urban roaming experience of the ancient city of Xinzhou allows tourists to listen to local stories and inject more vitality into the ancient city tourism.
Liaoning Huludao Xingcheng Ancient City:
The city, springs, mountains and seas are at your disposal
This newspaper's correspondent in Liaoning is Ge Xin.
During the Spring Festival, the ancient city of Xingcheng is filled with a festive atmosphere Photo courtesy of Huludao Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio and Television.
The vicissitudes of Ningyuan are uneven, and the mountains and seas of the city are at your disposal. "Xingcheng, Huludao City, Liaoning Province, known as Ningyuan in ancient times, is a treasure town surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a pleasant climate, although low-key and introverted. There are mountains, seas, hot springs, human history, natural scenery, and a national 4A-level tourist attraction with cultural texture - Xingcheng Ancient City.
This city, which was built in the third year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1428), is one of the four best-preserved ancient cities of the Ming Dynasty in China. If you travel back to ancient times, the reporter seems to see the night of the "Ningyuan Great Victory", Yuan Chonghuan stood on the high place of the city tower, his brows stretched and stared at the colorful Acropolis, as well as the joyful and jubilant crowd in the city, they listened to the bright drums that were beating in the city's ** bell and drum tower, and the two dragons on the war drums were about to come out and congratulate the people. Outside the city gate, the soldiers stationed in the semicircular urn city sang loudly and loudly in the sky, and the Hongyi cannons at the four corners of the city wall were also tied with red silk symbolizing victory, facing the sea, and the spring flowers were blooming.
Now, standing on the stone road of the ancient city, the reporter was surprised to find that the historical relics here are so well preserved. In 600 years, the ancient city has already absorbed the Central Plains, the Kanto culture of all kinds of customs, quietly stationed on the Bohai Sea, the sea breeze snuggled in the memory of the past, the ancient city wall, the bell and drum tower, the Confucian Temple, the Jiliao Governor's Mansion, the Gao family residence, the Zhou family residence, the stone archway and so on retain the past style, the clear sky after the snow reflects the picturesque scenery between the pond and marsh pavilions, and tells the story of "a Ningyuan city, half of the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties".
Between ordinary homes and shops, people walk in groups or ride bicycles to experience the fireworks of this ancient city. Every year around the first lunar month, the most lively festival of the year is held. During the day, the "Ming Dynasty Iron Cavalry" patrolled the city with full armament and swords to protect the peace of the people; The calligraphers in the city splashed ink and happily pasted couplets to the city gates, and the neighbors gave each other the word "Fu", presenting a festive and peaceful picture of the world; With the shouting of the New Year's market, boys and girls dressed in ancient costumes wandered along the street, and the youth exuded the beautiful connotation of traditional culture; The flash mob teams of stilt Yangge and lion dance performances at the entrance of the street also "waves" in a high-profile manner, pushing the taste of the prosperous New Year to a climax ......
Ten dishes into a banquet guests, sweet spring sour leaves into the copper pot. Ugin is made to bake the copper gang at the bottom, and it is boiled thousands of times and other fruits. The red and white cooked broth is shocked, and the Bohai fresh plate is lively. Three ingredients, four dishes and all kinds of flavors, Fangde Xingcheng seafood pot. Not far away, the "Seafood Hot Pot Festival" is boiling hot and churning with fatty "seafood" from the Bohai Sea, and the rich and fragrant traditional taste attracts citizens and tourists. The respected old man presided over the ceremonial "unveiling the copper top, taking the black gold, converging thousands of streams, accepting all flavors, cutting holly, locking the wealthy, entering the extreme freshness, lighting the red square, covering the canopy, and tasting the guests", each step corresponds to auspicious blessings, hoping that the new year will be smooth and the country will be safe.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, the lanterns of the ancient city cross street and the urn city are lit up, as if to announce the official start of the celebration. People walked out of their homes, and the surging ** gathered from all directions to the two stone squares on Yanhui Street. The stone lion here is wearing red flowers and a joyful welcome to the guests, and the hundred-year-old custom of "touching the lion on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month" has become a scene of the festival life of Huludao citizens, attracting many foreign tourists to join it. People help the old and the young, shoulder to shoulder, compete to touch the stone lions, pray for peace and health, and make good wishes for a happy life.
Anhui Shouchun Ancient City:
The vicissitudes of a thousand years "dialogue" the ancients
This newspaper's correspondent in Anhui is Kong Linghui.
The New Year's entrance ceremony held in the ancient city of Shouchun was taken by Yang Tianchen.
To visit the ancient city of Shouchun in Anhui Province, walking is the best choice, only by stepping on the uneven stone road, stopping to touch the mottled city wall, can you feel the thousand-year-old vicissitudes of this ancient city, and realize the "dialogue" with the ancients.
Shou County, known as Shouzhou in ancient times, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shu was called the emperor here, called Shouchun. It has been the capital for four times in history, and has been a state and county for many times, and it is the place of Chu cultural accumulation and the second batch of national historical and cultural cities.
This Spring Festival, the local cultural and tourism department prepared early and arranged rich play and consumption scenes. A series of activities such as hanging Spring Festival couplets at the city gate, light and shadow show in the ancient city, New Year's entrance ceremony, folk culture festival and New Year lantern festival, calligraphy and painting exhibition, national style market, and street parade have been held one after another, arousing the traditional cultural memory of tourists and arousing people's deep nostalgia.
On February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the "Entrance Ceremony" spanning thousands of years was held outside the Binyang Gate of the ancient city. Zhao Kuangyin, Liu An, Xie An, Sun Shuao, Huang Xie, Mi Yue, ......Historical figures related to Shou County are here. The actor's retro interpretation reproduces the prosperity of the ancient city thousands of years ago. The ceremonial official sang "Shouzhou welcomes guests into the city and welcomes the arrival of guests from all over the world", and the tourists at the scene seem to have traveled through time.
When I arrived at Binyang Gate and looked up at the ancient city wall, the sense of history made the reporter forget the hustle and bustle around him. The ancient city wall of Shouchun was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it has been repaired many times in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and has gone through more than 900 years, and it is the most well-preserved ancient city wall of the Song Dynasty in China.
The unique charm of the ancient city of Shouchun lies in the fact that the residents who live within the city walls are still contented, and the fireworks of their lives make the ancient city show its steaming vitality. Enter through the city gate and use this as a starting point, and go forward, and the straight street leads to another city gate; To the left or right, there are street streets along the city walls, and the buildings of the old town have been through the vicissitudes of life, but they are simple and tidy. A wall separates two worlds, the hustle and bustle outside the city and the silence inside. The reporter walked into the alley, the width of the alley can only accommodate two three-wheeled electric vehicles side by side, and there are various characteristic shops on both sides, including croquettes, sachets, and Shouzhou kiln ......There is also a small breakfast shop with fireworks, and tourists can find a mazha outside the door and eat casually.
Around a private house in the city sits the Bao'en Temple built during the Tang Zhenguan period, the history of more than 1,300 years makes the temple solemn, the two ginkgo trees in the courtyard cover the sky and the sun, the golden and brilliant Daxiong Treasure Hall and the east and west corridor houses are hidden in the shade of the trees.
Along the Bao'en Temple, there is a neighborhood where the Spring Festival holiday is very lively. From February 10th to 15th, the neighborhood held the Bao'en Folk Culture Festival, and held 12 folk performances in a row. Walking and listening, excerpts, small operas, Huai Ci, Huangmei opera, Tui opera, Lu opera, Peking opera, big drum book and other programs make people feast their ears; The national style market, on-site production of Shou County traditional folk snacks, sales of special food and products, so that the public can regain the taste of childhood; In the Chinese New Year Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshop and the Idiom Museum, visitors can experience creative paper-cutting and rubbing on site, and buy special cultural and creative products.
At night, the ancient city, the light and shadow show begins, the bright lights are projected on the ancient city wall, like ripples on the water, and the light pillars in the city shoot directly into the sky, intertwined with each other, giving the ancient city new vitality. Nighttime markets, lantern festivals, folk performances, and young people wearing Hanfu shuttling back and forth seem to allow reporters to travel through the ancient street scene and linger.
The ancient city of Shouchun is an ancient city that makes people not want to leave. Here, people can feel that the city's historical relics and cultural heritage have become a part of the city's life. Nowadays, the history and culture of the ancient city and modern life have been integrated, showing more vigorous vitality.
March 2, 2024 China Culture Daily
A special report was published in the 4th edition.
"Walking in the Ancient City and Feeling the Flavor of the New Year".
Editor-in-charge: Chen Chen.