Visiting Gu Xiang in Ming and Qing Dynasties
As a famous historical and cultural town, Lizhuang still retains 18 ancient streets and lanes in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Xizi Lane is the best preserved old street in the ancient town. This hutong was built in the early Qing Dynasty, with a length of 60 meters and a width of 2.5 meters. This is a narrow street and alley. Looking up, you can see the real scene of the sky, but it is also the representative of Lizhuang ancient streets and lanes.
Streets and alleys are paved with strip or square stone slabs, with stone steps on both sides. On both sides of the street, there are still restaurants, teahouses and shops, which are bustling and lively.
The quaint old houses, narrow ancient streets, mottled slate and residential alleys in the Ming and Qing Dynasties are all telling the past!
Feel | Li Zhuang's past
In the 29th year of the Republic of China (1940), the war raged. At the invitation of the local people in Lizhuang, "Move to Sichuan with the Great University, and Lizhuang welcomes all the needs and supplies on the spot", more than 10 scientific, educational, cultural and health institutions such as Academia Sinica, Central Museum and Tongji University moved to Lizhuang. Scholars such as,, Liang Sicheng, Lin and Tong Dizhou lived in Lizhuang for six years, making Lizhuang a famous cultural center of the Anti-Japanese War.
Among them, Liang Sicheng's Architectural History of China was born in Lizhuang.
Now come to Lizhuang, you can also see: the former site of National Tongji University Medical College, the former residence of Liang Sicheng and Lin, and the China Lizhuang Anti-Japanese War Culture Exhibition Hall. ...
Liang and Lin's past
1940 In early winter, Liang Sicheng and Lin came to camp in Lizhuang Town. At that time, Lin Hui was suffering from illness and medicine was in short supply, so she bought expensive medicine and her life became poor.
In the end, Liang Sicheng had to pawn the goods and sent the Parker fountain pen and watch that accompanied him for decades to the pawnshop, but only two grass carp were exchanged. Even so, the two have not changed their open-minded attitude towards life. Liang Sicheng said humorously to Lin, "Let's stew this Parker pen and this gold watch."
Later, their plight was known to their friends, who advised them to go to the United States for medical treatment and research, but Liang Sicheng wrote in a letter to his friends: "Our motherland is in disaster, and we can't leave her. If we have to die under bayonets or bombs, we will die on the land of our motherland. "
If the thousand-year-old history and anti-Japanese war culture remain, this is the first reason why Li Zhuang "had to go", then the food here is the second reason why you chose Lizhuang.
Delicious food | Lizhuang delicious
About Lizhuang cuisine, it can be summarized as "one flower, two yellows and three whites".
"One flower" is a multi-flavored peanut here, with different tastes.
"Huang Er" refers to yellow diced peppers and yellow cakes. Spicy yellow diced fish is the best fish in the Yangtze River, with tender meat, rich nutrition and delicious taste!
In Ba Huang, brown sugar is mixed with local glutinous rice and glutinous rice and steamed with Liang. Golden color, rich aroma, sweet and soft, appetizing and refreshing, with a strong aromatic oil flavor. Sliced and fried after cooling, it has a unique flavor and is one of Yibin's famous snacks.
Three whites refer to white meat, white wine and white cake. White meat is the most unforgettable food when you come to Lizhuang, and it is the golden signboard of Lizhuang cuisine. The best boiled white meat is cut with a knife, and large pieces of white meat are thin and continuous! Meat is fragrant but not oily!
When eating, it is wrapped with spices such as pepper and hemp pepper, which is delicious and spicy, with five flavors. Even a lady's little girl can't help but open her mouth and stuff it in. It's delicious!
Liquor, the original wine cellar of the old winery with traditional brewing technology, makes it completely "fragrant and not afraid of the deep alley".
White cake: Yibin people are good at making snacks with rice. Highlight and Ba Huang are examples. White cake is no exception. It is made of high-quality glutinous rice and white sugar. And after more than ten traditional crafts hand-refined. When you take a bite, your mouth turns into slag, soft and refreshing, sweet but not greasy, and fragrant. Best companion gift get!
After talking about one flower, two yellow flowers and three white flowers, let's talk about the architectural miracle "Four Wonders of Zhuangli" that surprised Liang Sicheng here.
Sigh | Li Zhuang's Four Musts
One must: crane window
Baihe window is a carved wooden window in Zhangjia ancestral hall, and its 50 doors and windows are unique. Each door is carved with fine nanmu, with 2 cranes, 50 windows and 100 cranes. They are different in shape and lifelike, and colorful clouds are flying around them, so they are called "Hundred Crane Xiangyun" windows. Technology can be described as fine.
Two wonders: Kowloon Stone
On the stone tablet of Huiguang Temple, nine dragons swimming in the sea of clouds are clearly carved, from which each dragon can carefully distinguish its head, body and tail, and Longkou also contains a treasure that can not be rotated. The implication is that Dayu and the dragon of the river are subdued, and the nine rivers in the world lead to the sea, and there is no flood disaster in the world, benefiting all the people. Now the stone has been sealed in a glass cover and preserved.
Three musts: Kuixingge
Kuixing Pavilion was originally built in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, but it was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and rebuilt in 1998. Mr. Liang Sicheng once commented on it: it is the best pavilion built along the Yangtze River, which is more than 2,000 kilometers from Yibin to Shanghai.
Four wonders: spiral hall
The best of the four wonders is the spiral hall. Located on Shi Niu Mountain near Lizhuang Ancient Town, it was built in the 24th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1596). It was originally named Wenchang Palace, and later became the spiral hall.
The main hall is a pavilion-style wooden structure with octagonal plane, exquisite structure and ingenious mechanics. All eight sides are supported by a bucket arch, which rotates spirally from the right side to the top, hence the name "spiral hall". After 400 years of storms and earthquakes, it still stands as before. Mr. Liang Sicheng once praised it as "an excellent beam-column structure, which is quite contemporary".
Address:No. Wenxing Street 1, Lizhuang Town, Cuiping District, Yibin City
Admission: The ancient town is free. Some small scenic spots in the ancient town need to buy tickets and a pass to 20 yuan.
Telephone number of scenic spot: (083 1)7897789
Tourist route: After taking bus to Yibin, take bus No.39 and get off at Lizhuang Tourist Reception Center. You can drive directly to the ancient town of Lizhuang.