Chuanshalao Street

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Chuansha Old Street is a famous historical and cultural street in the center of Chuansha Ancient Town. It is the most famous archway with many small streets with historical flavor, such as Nanshi Street and Beishi Street, which is very iconic. It can also be seen in many movies and TV dramas.

The impression of Shanghai is always a modern city full of tall buildings. In fact, Magic City is also a famous historical and cultural city. There are many ancient towns with rich heritage in the suburbs of Shanghai. Among them, Chuansha is a unique ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. Unlike Zhouzhuang, Wuzhen, and Xitang, which are water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, Chuansha does not win by water. There are not only traditional Chinese ancient buildings, but also a large number of old-fashioned buildings after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, many of which retain the characteristics of the 1950s and 1960s . Especially the slogans with the characteristics of the times, it is easy to draw people back to those fiery years. This is a good place to remember the long past.

It took more than an hour to transfer from the urban subway to the bus, which is really a bit far away. Fortunately, the bus is just there. The old street is composed of three streets in the north, south, middle and north of Xinchuan Road. Huang Yanpei’s former residence is the first in history. It is free to visit with an ID card. Those without an ID card cannot enter. On Zhongshi Street, there are many facades showing Chuansha culture, which are worth savoring and interesting. There are snack shops and restaurants in the old street, and consumption is not expensive. Nearby Chuansha Construction Museum, Chuansha Park, Ancient City Wall Park, one day, can be arranged full.

After getting off from Chuansha Metro Station on Line 2 you have to walk for nearly half an hour or take a bus for two or three stops. So it is really far from the city. Personally, the area of the ancient town is not as large as Zhujiajiao and Nanxiang, but it has a unique flavor. (If you remember correctly) Nanshi Street and Zhongshi Street are more comprehensive. The main attractions are Chuansha Construction Museum (open during the epidemic), Huang Yanpei's former residence (can be reserved online at the entrance, and closed before 16:00). The interesting point of Chuansha is that some renovated new houses are interspersed with occasional old houses and a strong city life (maybe due to the lack of tourists during the epidemic, many older generations of surrounding residents will sit on the side of the road. Tourists coming and going). There are also some newly remodeled houses on the outside, but the height of the houses inside is still low. Passing through the door, through the gap of the railing of the security door, you can see the old homeowner sitting and watching TV in the dim light. And standing at the entrance of an alley more than one meter wide, you can see the colorful clothes floating on the outer clothes pole, almost perfectly avoiding the zigzag wires In these fragments that are both now and backward, Lao Cai has lived from the past to the present.

Take the ride of my wife and girlfriend to the old town of Chuansha. They put me down at the ancient city wall park and went to the small town of Florence, while I visited the traditional Chinese town. There are still a lot of tourists coming on weekends. I started from Nanshi Street, and went around Dongshi Street, Beishi Street, Zhongshi Street, Xishi Street, including Shipi Lane. Even the hotel "Yiyuan" went. I looked at the Beihucheng moat and the big cake stall in Xishi Street. There are a lot of small spots where you can look around. I think it's worth it.