I think my first impression of Jiangnan is that I stayed in Zheng Chouyu's "mistake". Every line in the poem is like a beautiful painting. Lotus, catkin, Qingshi Street, and women who expect others to return are all attracting me.
Unfortunately, I am not a girl born in this water town. I often look forward to the day when I can walk into this beautiful painting wearing a floral skirt and holding up an oil-paper umbrella. ?
So when I boarded the southbound train and went to this place I had been longing for for for a long time, my heart was full of joy, even if it was a hard seat of 16 hours. ?
The first stop of our destination is Xitang. ?
The most fun season in Xitang: March-April is recommended to everyone.
Xitang suggests that everyone play for about 2-3 days.
How much is the ticket for Xitang: 100.00 yuan (including 1 1 small scenic spots in ancient town).
Opening hours of Xitang: all day.
Opening hours of small scenic spots: Monday to Friday 07:30~ 17:30, Saturday to Sunday 07:30~ 18:30.
Where is the address of Xitang: Tangxi Town, Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province
Xitang official telephone: 0573-84567890
Travel notes of Xitang self-help tour:
Get off at Jiashan, half an hour's drive from Xitang. After leaving the station, we met an innkeeper and happened to meet someone. We hitchhiked and avoided the pain of a crowded bus. Along the way, I saw many small buildings built near the water, unlike the towering high-rise buildings in big cities, which made people feel far away at a glance.
The tallest building here is no more than three stories, and the outside is a quaint cyan. I can't bear to leave my sight. I want to live in such a house, take care of a small field in front of the door and enjoy such a slow and quiet life. ?
After arriving in Xitang, I found a pre-booked inn, put down my luggage and had a rest before going out. ?
Outside the scenic spot, it belongs to a more modern style. We just looked around. There are many rickshaws in the street, which makes them feel very slow. ?
I bought tickets for scenic spots, because I used a student ID card, so it was half price. 50 yuan can freely enter and leave the scenic spot for two days, which is very cost-effective. ?
After I checked in, I walked into an alley, which was the deep and narrow alley covered with green slates. I was very happy. I stopped to let my boyfriend take my picture. After that, he said, even a casual shot here is beautiful. ?
He said it would be nice to shoot here at will.
Walking out of this alley, I saw the water and boatmen rowing wooden boats coming and going in the water. ?
I was also attracted by the fragrance floating in the street, so I bought a stinky tofu for the old lady, which was recommended by many raiders and tasted delicious. ?
Smelly tofu that is delicious enough to explode.
Further down the street, there are all kinds of small shops selling rice wine, scented tea, cultural clothes and all kinds of attractive and fragrant foods, and there are many inns hidden in the street. Most of them have an extremely literary name, which attracts tourists to find out. ?
Wenyide inn
Perhaps because of the holiday, every street in Xitang is crowded and full of people, coupled with the hawking and soliciting of shops, which makes Xitang less quaint and quiet and more secular. ?
After nightfall, Xitang became more lively. When I walked to the bar street, I was shocked by the music coming from various bars, and I was shaking all over. Countless young bodies in the bar danced to the music, publicized and released with great fanfare.
Neither my boyfriend nor I could adapt to such an environment, so we fled the shock like fleeing. ?
Corresponding to Bar Street is a street full of bars.
Almost every pub has vicissitudes of life men or literary women singing folk songs, and their unique storytelling voice makes me irresistible. I love the casual and casual feelings here more than the enthusiasm of the bar. ?
A female singer with a story
A male singer with a changeable voice
I have long heard that there is also a big icehouse in Xitang, but I didn't expect it to suddenly appear in front of us in a secluded corner.
With surprise, I dragged my boyfriend in, sat down in a corner and listened quietly.
A girl came up with a menu and asked us if we would like something to drink. I said we just wanted to listen to children's songs for a while, and she didn't force us to sit there and listen.
In the small room, the male singer plays the guitar and hums. His voice is very touching. I wonder if he wrote it in the story.
I always feel that every folk singer has a story in his heart, but we can't guess. It is enough to be a quiet listener.
Dabingde cabin
When I got back to my residence, it seemed to be close to the early morning. When I was really lying in bed, the accumulated sleepiness of the day came. I closed my heavy eyelids and fell asleep. It's like someone is still singing folk songs in my dreams. ?
On the second day in Xitang, it began to rain. ?
The rain in the south of the Yangtze River is not as violent as the rain in the north, but as gentle as this place in the south of the Yangtze River. Walking in the rain, even if you don't have an umbrella, you won't feel uncomfortable getting wet by the rain. On the contrary, it makes you feel romantic to walk in such an artistic conception. ?
Walking in the drizzle in Jiangnan
Xitang is an extremely literary place, and it seems that Xitang in the rain is a few degrees more literary than in sunny days. ?
The scenic spot is not big. In fact, the first day was almost over, but I always felt in a hurry, so I visited the scenic spot in a leisurely mood the next day, which was quite a feeling of revisiting the old place. ?
I visited several favorite shops carefully and couldn't put it down. The shopkeeper said that the flowers on the cover of the book were real flowers, made by hand. I looked at it for a long time, hesitated, and finally didn't buy it.
Sometimes I really feel that literature and art are things that need money to support. I have also thought about opening a small shop like this in the ancient town countless times and making these small literary objects myself. ?
Looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the road, walking on different streets of the ancient town, there are lonely people carrying SLR and full of artistic flavor, as well as young people laughing and laughing in pairs, and more of them are three or four.
Most of them are wearing parent-child clothes, and both mothers and children are wearing cheongsam of the same style and color. Dad followed them and recorded their every moment with a lens.
Every time I see such a situation, I will always be moved inexplicably. I will always hold my boyfriend's hand and tell him that when we have children, we will bring her here to play and I will wear the same clothes as her. He smiled and said yes. ?
After eating chicken feet with dragon feet in Xitang, I thought that the taste was still being swallowed, and I thought that even for the sake of the delicious food here, I must come again. ?
The indescribable delicious dragon's hoof
Some people say that when you come to Xitang, you must take a boat to enjoy the night view. However, when we arrived at the sailing place, we were told that it was too late to stop selling tickets. We were a little disappointed, so we had to stand outside the fence and look enviously at the last lucky tourists on board.
And our tickets will expire after that night, so we can only leave here with regret. Seeing my loss, my boyfriend comforted me and said that there are still many opportunities in the future, and we can come again. Well, the regret that I can't enjoy the night view by boat adds another reason for me to come here again in the future. ?
Night view by the lake
Late at night, I turned back to the inn, collapsed on the soft bed and closed my eyes. Although I was still a little lost, I thought of going to Wuzhen by bus after waking up, so I entered the dream with great expectation.
When I first went to Xitang, many friends went out to play together. I have been to many ancient towns before, and I have a good impression, but Xitang is really different. The streets of the ancient town all extend along the river. The most important thing is that there is a bar street in the ancient town!
Well, if you want to be ambiguous and have fun, this is a good choice. Personally, I prefer to be quiet, so I take my camera alone at night and go to a relatively quiet place to take pictures. At that time, we signed up for a tour, and everyone paid 180 yuan, including food, accommodation and tickets.
If you stay in a hotel, you can also stay in a small hotel. Don't sign up for the tour. After Xitang came out, the restaurant there personally felt that the food was terrible. Entering Xitangmen in the evening, the waiters in the barbecue shops and restaurants on both sides are very enthusiastic. There are many people at night, so take care of your belongings. Those who like to be lively and hi can go to the bar, and those who like to be quiet can go to the river to take a night view.
The most important thing is that it is free to enter Xitang at night, and there is no need for tickets or anything.