Heming, the most famous local ancient town, is surrounded by mountains and waters, streets, rivers and towns. It's wonderful to go shopping while eating bayberry.
There are many ancient towns in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, most of which have become famous scenic spots. The process of commercialization begins with collecting tickets, but the ancient town of heming in Cixi, Ningbo is an exception.
This ancient town with a history of 1200 years has 28 historical sites and 34 scenic spots, maintaining the characteristics of Jiangnan water town. It is called "Gaohe Scenic Area". So far, I haven't received any tickets.
No ancient town, no water town first.
A few days ago, the reporter set off from the main city of Ningbo by car. At that time, Yangmei was still immature, purely for the sake of the ancient town. Arrive at the destination in about an hour.
Unexpectedly, there are so many people at the gate of the ancient town on weekends. More importantly, after crossing the archway at the entrance of the ancient town of heming, almost all tourists' first action is to look at the fence! It seems that we can't avoid customs.
Look at the water town first, then look at the ancient town. Long lakes and rolling green hills make people feel relaxed and happy. The local people told us that this large area of water around the ancient town is the two famous lakes in Cixi, Duhu Lake and Baiyang Lake. There are seven stone pagodas in Baiyangdian, which are similar to the "Three Ponds Reflecting the Moon" stone pagodas in Hangzhou West Lake. They are very distinctive.
Yao Xie, a poet in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote: "There is no water in the sky, but it floats in the sky. The poem "A blue mountain is far away, a thin blue with gradual changes".
Surprisingly, there are no cranes in the ancient town of heming. Its name began in the Tang Dynasty and was named in memory of Yu Jiugao, the great grandson of Yu Shinan, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
In the past 1000 years, the ancient town of heming has also produced many celebrities. For example, Yu Fan, a Yi-ology scholar in the Three Kingdoms period, Song Yu, an astronomer, Yu Shinan, a famous minister in the early Tang Dynasty, Tong Juyi, a teacher of Du Zhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Le Xianyang, the founder of Tongrentang, etc.
Ancient temples, bridges, ancient buildings and ancient towns are ancient towns after all.
During the visit, the reporter saw that there are not only Millennium temples such as Jin Xian Temple, but also Wuli Temple, the oldest temple in eastern Zhejiang. Jinxian Temple was built during the period of Liang Datong in the Southern Dynasties, but it was temporarily closed due to the epidemic situation when the reporter visited, so it must be another scene now.
There are many historical sites in the town, most of which are well-preserved, integrating ancient, temple, mountain, lake and water. According to official data, there are over 6,543,800 square meters of huge ancient buildings in the ancient town of heming, many of which are listed as cultural relics protection units.
There are seven ancient bridges in the Ming Dynasty in Heming. Crossing the ancient bridge and encountering some courtyards, you can see several green bamboo branches dotted with elegant gray walls. The entrance by the river is the most unique angle to appreciate this ancient town. Get together with old friends, enjoy tea and flowers, why not?
There are three long streets in the ancient town: Shang Jie, Zhongjie and Xiajie, among which Zhongjie is the most prosperous, about1500m long. Many old houses have become gourmet resorts, such as handmade rice cakes, Yangmei wine, stinky tofu, jiaozi rice cakes, bean jelly, osmanthus bean jelly, mouse candy balls, steamed dumplings with pine flowers and so on. All over the street
The reporter couldn't help buying some sumptuous food. When he was tired, he went into a coffee shop, ordered an iced latte, smelled the flowers and listened to the music. The sound of guzheng came from time to time in the teahouse next door, and tourists sang tea here, which was a leisurely scene.
Celadon Culture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
The most important thing is the profound cultural heritage in ancient times.
Heming, as one of the cradles of Chinese medicine industry in China, is known as "the first town of Chinese medicine" in the industry. Up to now, He Mingren has established 150 old brands, which is a demonstration base of traditional Chinese medicine culture and healthy tourism in Zhejiang Province.
Just like this dazzling "Yiguang" former residence covering an area of 1.600 square meters, it is the source of traditional Chinese medicine in the ancient town.
It is said that it used to be the property of Ye family in Tongrentang, Wenzhou, and was once converted into an educated youth factory in an ancient town; At present, most of the buildings in China Yiguang are rebuilt and look very new. It is also a Chinese medicine clinic. But some Yip's cultural relics in the museum are still worth seeing.
In addition, the reporter learned that tourism shopping will be the main development project of the ancient town of heming. At present, it has initially formed four functional sections, namely, professional medical treatment, characteristic health preservation, leisure culture and characteristic blocks, with a total of nearly 100 stores.
In addition to the above specialties, around the theme of TCM health care, TCM health care items such as medicated tea, medicated diet and Chinese herbal medicine sachet abound.
Location: Southeast Road of Sanxingqiao, Guanhaiwei Town, Cixi, Ningbo
Admission: 0 yuan/person, totally free.
Tel: 0574-6367 1996
Transportation: Take the bus to Heming Station, get off at Star Station and walk.