Xihe Ancient Town

"The curved blue stone road is full of years, the ancient corridor window is like a mysterious smile vortex, thousands of feelings open up in the wind, just for a lonely" Ma Zhong's "Moon on the West River" wrote the charming scenery of the ancient town of Xihe and the simple hospitality of the street people. After hundreds of years of storms and vicissitudes, now the ancient town of bluestone is still built, the ancient houses on both sides are built, and the gray wall of Daiwa is quite characteristic of the southern Anhui style, which generally retains the original true style of the Huizhou style in the late Qing Dynasty. Along the river side of the old house, the wall is high and steep, the base is made of hemp stone pile, the ground is measured, the cliff stands, known as the "Jiangnan hanging foot building" reputation, the inside of the dike house shop is more than several connected, from the street to step down the green stone steps, into the interior, can extend more than ten meters. The ancient town is bounded by dry bridges, more than 500 meters on the street, about 100 meters on the middle street, and more than 600 meters on the street. The door is opened and the street is on the street. The window can be seen by the water. It was once a must-pass transit station for ancient Hui merchants to enter and exit.

The ancient town of Xihe has not received tickets yet. It is located at the intersection of Wuhu County, Nanling County and Xuanzhou District. From Wuhu County, follow the Bay West Highway to the south for 33 kilometers to reach the Qinglu River, and then spend 1 yuan to cross the river by ferry. The old street of Xihe was built along the road, and the embankment was reinforced year by year, so that the roof base was about1.5 meters below the road. Powder wall Daiwa, Qingshi Long Street, twisting and twisting about 1200 meters, along the river side of the old house, the house is steep, the base is mottled, the ground is measured, the water surfing during the flood period is not moving, the bluestone guardrail on the outside river, people can pass. The inner house shops are many in series, and they can be extended for more than ten meters from the green stone steps in the heart of the street. There are also sites such as ancient Wanniantai, Wenchang Pavilion and Luzu Temple in the town. Xihe Ancient Town has been named since the Ming and Hongwu years (1368-1398) and has a history of more than 700 years. Although it has been destroyed and rebuilt by the soldiers, its old street style still exists today. Especially with the old buildings along the river standing on the shore, it is quite distinctive and has the reputation of "Southern Weijiao Building". TV drama "Mishi Spring and Autumn", TV special film "Traveling through China and Entering Wuhu "Baogu Escape", "Li Hongzhang and Wuhu Rice City", etc., are all filmed here. In the early 1930s, there were more than 100 shops in Xihe Ancient Town, and large shops employed apprentice craftsmen of 20 or 30 people. At that time, the famous cake shop had Wang Yijiang, Yuan Taihe, and the processed pastries were varied, especially the square cakes were finely made, and the slices were thin and sweet and far and far. There were many snacks in the ancient town, such as Xihe, lamb, cakes, fried stinky dried seeds, square cakes, Qinglijiang small fish, etc.

The various flowers bloom in season, here open the "wings" composed of flowers, to meet friends from all directions. Plus the time to wash the formation of "old" flavor, so that there are more fun to play here.

Xihe Ancient Town, about 50 kilometers away from the center of Wuhu, can be reached by car for more than an hour. The ancient town is not big, divided into two places on the street and the street. Most of the streets are old houses, old inns, old objects, and the New Fourth Army Memorial Hall. Down the street there is a city memory memorial hall, calligraphy and painting exhibition. Although there are many ancient towns in Jiangnan area, it still has its unique characteristics. First, it is high, and the main street of the ancient town is visually higher than the ground plane 20-30 meters; Second, the real, these old houses, although worn, but different from the copy copy, they once existed in the past era, especially the stone road, really have vague memories of childhood; Third, in addition to the general residential building pattern, there is also an old-fashioned inn, the pattern is slightly different; fourth, there is no ticket here, there are few internal commercial shops, it seems that there are only two, there is a visitor center on the street, you can rest for free, you can also charge your mobile phone, watch TV and flip through books. In general, a simple and quiet town in the West River is a place with heritage, culture and memory. It is worth a visit.

The ancient town of Xihe in Wuhu is much lower-key than the town of Jiangnan. There is no excessive commercialization. It is rumored to have a history of more than 600 years.

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