Hongjiang Ancient Mall is one of the best preserved ancient buildings in China. Like Chongqing, it is built on a mountain. However, Chongqing is known as the "Mountain City", but no one calls it Hongjiang Ancient Mall, because the terrain here is far less than that of Chongqing. Although some places need to take sloping roads or stone steps, there are many flat places on the whole.
How long is the history of Hongjiang Ancient Mall?
It originated in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,000 years ago and was formed in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it became an important commercial port in southwest China, with many banks, merchants, theatrical troupes and escort agencies. Known as "little shanghai in Western Hunan", "Little Tianjin in Hunan" and "Little Nanjing in Hunan", its commercial prosperity has long surpassed that of Fenghuang Ancient City.
Although Hongjiang Ancient Mall has been developed into a scenic spot, there are still aborigines living in it, walking on the stone street, and local people passing by from time to time. You can also see local people drying clothes at the gates of some yards, which is very human and much better than some places that move aborigines out of the scenic spot.
The ancient city with aborigines is more real and grounded.
After years of evolution, although the building of Hongjiang Ancient Mall is very old, it is still strong because of the investment of manpower and material resources. What's rare is that in order to save trouble, the local area did not make the ancient buildings very new or paint them in bright colors, but repaired them as old as before, retaining a heavy sense of history.
Hongjiang ancient shopping mall has many scenic spots, which is worth spending a day playing carefully.
Most of the buildings preserved in the ancient city were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Data show that there are more than 380 buildings. Lijin Bureau, Shaoxing Ban, Escort Bureau and Temple of Wealth are all representative scenic spots.
What is the Lijin Bureau? Its nature is somewhat similar to that of the current tax authorities. In the past, Lijin Bureau in Hongjiang Ancient Shopping Mall levied a certain tax on local inbound and outbound goods, and many similar institutions were set up in Qing Dynasty, which spread all over the land and water arteries of China.
Some old shop sites or scenic spots in Hongjiang ancient shopping mall are guided or performed by staff wearing costumes at that time, which is very distinctive. As a tourist, I suddenly have the illusion of traveling through the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the early years of the Republic of China.
The location of Hongjiang Ancient Mall used to be an ancient post station, which was surrounded by Shui Yuan, Wushui and? Water, convenient transportation, which is an important reason for later development into a prosperous commercial port. 1934, among Hongjiang's population of 37,600,13,000 people engaged in business operations, which shows the prosperity of business culture. 1930, 1933 According to the Records of China Industry, Hongjiang's currency circulation ranks second in Hunan, following Changsha, the provincial capital.
Today's Hongjiang ancient shopping mall is no longer a commercial center, but walking on the streets, you can still feel the commercial atmosphere of distant times.
Walking into the ruins and scenic spots of the ancient city, you can see many ancient things, such as wooden furniture, ancient beds, wood carvings, brick carvings and so on.
In Zhong Yi Escort Agency, you can also feel the rules of the Escort Agency, the deliberation style of the Escort Agency and the ceremony in front of the Escort Agency.
Travel guide: self-driving is the most convenient. If there are many people, chartered cars are also a good choice. You can play the ancient city of Qianyang. There is a bus to Hongjiang at Huaihua South Bus Station. Be sure to ask if you want to go to Hongjiang Ancient Mall before shooting, because there are two Hongjiang in Huaihua.