What is Fengjing?

fengjing ancient town, Shanghai

Fengjing Town became a city in the Song Dynasty and was built in the Yuan Dynasty. It is a civilized ancient town with a history of more than 1,5 years, which spans the two boundaries of wuyue. Fengjing Town is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, surrounded by water networks, and the rivers in the area are vertical and horizontal. It is known as "three steps and two bridges, one looking at ten ports", and the town is small and small, shaped like a lotus leaf; Within the territory, there are shady trees, small-scale Lushe houses, fast-flowing clean water, and lotus flowers all over the territory, which are elegant and beautiful, so it is also called "Qingfengjing", "Fengxi" and nicknamed "furong town".

enter the "Fengjing" shipai building with three rooms and four columns, pass through the "Dongzha" shifang along the city river and the bifurcated river surrounding the old town, walk through the old streets along the river with blue bricks and slabs, cross the stone bridges, and spread out the ancient buildings one after another along the five-mile river street. Every morning, the tea fragrance wafts from the teahouse on the bridge by the river. Fishing boats from the four townships pass through the waterfront balcony and Shihe port of Jiahe River and gather in the fish market in front of the long riverside corridor shed. The water waves on the river are rippling, just like the folk song "Snails fly in January, turtles are fat in peach blossoms in March ..."

Cross the Shipai Building and enter the production street, along the river. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Mihang went from house to house on this street. At that time, there were wind and rain corridors and sheds in front of every house, which had been withered in modern times, and now the corridors and sheds are rebuilt. At ordinary times, young people go to work, and old grandmothers use the river bank as a platform in the porch to kill fish and wash rice, wash vegetables and wash clothes; Although the old house on the street has a small facade, it is long and narrow, showing that the courtyard is deep; The river streets in Fengjing are all surrounded by people sleeping on the river and facing the river; Across the river is the old house on the pillow river in Heping Street. At the east, a flying beam painting building and China's drama took shape. By the Song and Jin Dynasties, the ancient stage of drama, which is a kind of outdoor stage dedicated to performances in ancient times, was formally formed. In the middle of Tang dynasty, there were three literary forms. At that time, the theater was collectively called the theater, and there were records of the names of "music shed", "singing platform", "stage" and "terrace" in Tang poetry. The Song Dynasty evolved into Goulan and Invitation Shed, and the platform of Goulan had a fixed roof. In the Yuan Dynasty, China opera reached its peak, and a "stage" officially appeared. Fengjing Ancient Stage was built in Chenghuang Temple Square, facing the street and the river. Whenever performing, people who came by boat from the water can sit on the boat and watch the play. In the Qing Dynasty, there were temple fairs in the North-South Town God Temple. "Continuing Fengjing Xiaozhi" contains: "By the end of the period, scholars and women will pour into the room to look at it, and those who come within a hundred miles will gather in boats and the river will be blocked." It can be seen that it is grand. At that time, vendors, Beijing opera classes, circuses, etc. will gather in Fengjing, and the ancient stage will be very lively. Now the ancient stage is rebuilt. After reconstruction, the table top of the ancient stage is 64 meters wide and 44 meters deep, and the stage area is 28 square meters. It has a hill-resting roof and a cornice, which is full of ancient meaning. Opposite the stage, a row of old houses facing the river is the Morning Club Teahouse. Visitors can sit down and have a rest by the window, enjoy tea while enjoying go to the opera, and enjoy the view by the window. According to legend, the beauty in the veranda can watch the performance just across the river.

stepping over the zodiac stone, there is a conspicuous western-style red facade at the east end of the promenade, which is the former site of the Eastern Fire Administration Committee, the only relatively complete modern fire-fighting institution in Shanghai, and a red fire-fighting boat docked in the river in front of the door, which is the last water fire-fighting boat in Shanghai. The former housing management office compound on Heping Street is rebuilding the "3 Garden", with stone gates and Sanjin Courtyard, which is the collective name of three collection halls that collect and display hundreds of folk goods. Now, the 1-basket Pavilion has been built and officially opened. The 1-basket Pavilion is located in the middle row of buildings, with a courtyard in front, and a huge imitation of ancient gold ingot is placed in the center of one side of the courtyard, which has become the symbol of the 1-basket Pavilion. There are 1 baskets with various uses and different shapes in the museum, which fully reflects the situation that baskets are closely related to the lives of the people in the past dynasties: there are cradle for sleeping at birth, book baskets for reading, gift baskets at home, rice baskets and vegetable baskets for daily use, incense baskets for ancestor worship, life baskets for longevity, sewing baskets for female workers, and baking baskets and cigarette baskets for steaming things. "The bamboo basket is carried in the morning, and the children buy spring vegetables." Bai Juyi's poems vividly describe the scene that the basket has been integrated into the lives of people in the south of the Yangtze River. From the folk song "There are many rivers, many bridges, many alleys, and many blue heads" which reflects the scenery of Fengjing, we can see the position of baskets in the people's livelihood in the south of the Yangtze River. There is also a place on Heping Street that preserves the historical traces of the second half of the 19th century, and it is worth seeing.

North Street is the street with the most complete style and features of the ancient commercial street. Walking through the stone street and on the flat plank road, at first glance, there are two-story buildings on both sides of the narrow street. When you look up at the sky, you can only see the narrow sky, and the wooden windows reveal the true colors of logs. The side of the building facing the street is all in a plane structure, and you can't see the characteristics and scale of each building. Looking from the city river at the back door, every house branches out of the river, or the eaves are stacked, or the arcades are towering, or the Goulan Pavilion, or the ground floor is close to the water tower, with layers of stone steps leading to the river port, or leaning against the Zhuge and Xiao Xuan windows, forming a colorful scenery of water towns and villages, and occasionally there are large and small Jiangnan cruise ships passing through it, and the people and scenery reflect.

The ancient shops and workshops in North Street are concentrated, and the handicraft industry has always been developed. As early as the Song Dynasty, iron, wood, bamboo, farm tools and daily commodities were handmade. With the introduction of textile technology, spinning and weaving prevailed. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Fengjing was located in the national cotton textile production and trade center, and "tens of thousands of pieces of cloth were produced every day". According to historical records, "hundreds of cloth names in the former Ming Dynasty were all in Songjiang, Fengjing and Zhujing, and dyeing houses, trampling houses and merchants followed them." At that time, there were more than 2 homespun villages in Fengjing Town. In the Qing Dynasty, there were many layouts in the town, and Jiangnan Weaving also set up institutions and workshops in Fengjing to produce and purchase cotton textiles. Fengjing cloth is sold nationwide. Fengjing thus became the most famous ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River with Shengze and Nanxun. In the late Qing dynasty, rice bran industry replaced the declining homespun industry, which made Fengjing industry and commerce flourish again. In modern times, Fengjing thin rice and Fengjing pig became well-known agricultural and sideline brands. Since 193s, Fengjing has become an important producer of yellow wine industry in China. Yellow rice wine, Fengjing Dingti, Guihua Zhuangyuan Cake and Tianxiang Tofu, which have been popular for more than 1 years, are called "Four Treasures of Fengjing" by people today. In modern times, most of the ancient workshops have been ruined, and the most intact one is the Shitaishan Pharmaceutical Room (drugstore) at No.375. In order to show the production situation of ancient handicraft industry, North Street, where handicraft workshops were concentrated in those years, is now planned as a handicraft workshop, equipped with production equipment and trained relevant personnel. At that time, visitors will be shown ancient handicraft production skills such as weaving, ironing, pharmacy and making bamboo and wood utensils. Visitors can also operate and experience with their own hands. In these workshops, you can choose and buy original and rustic handicrafts. Of course, you can also try to make your own small bamboo tubes, shovels, hoes, cloth shoes and homespun headscarves ...

The ancient town of Fengjing Town is surrounded by water networks, and most people build houses along the river. There are ships on the river, so shopping is very convenient. There are many rivers and bridges in the town, which is known as "three steps and two bridges, one looking at ten ports". By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were as many as 52 bridges in the town, and now more than 1 bridges have been retained. The oldest bridge is Zhihe Bridge next to South Street, which was built in the Yuan Dynasty. It is simple and vigorous, with moss growing in the crevices of the bridge body, and stone steps and water piers are built under both bridges. Looking from the bridge, there are green trees on both sides, ancient houses and river ports, with Hongqiao lying in front and stone bridges crossing behind, and small bridges and flowing water everywhere. Shen Rongcheng wrote in "Fengxi Zhuzhi Ci" that "the autumn swing stands beside the Rui Hongqiao, and the festival is clear and beautiful." When you go to Hongqiao, the city river is T-shaped and vertical. Looking at the three rivers, you can see three bridges and three bridges. It is reported that a Jiuqiao Pavilion will be built here for tourists to enjoy the scenery of Qiaoxiang. Friendship Street, opposite Hongqiao, and the residential groups on both sides of the river are the original features of the late Qing Dynasty. "The reputation of Zhouzhuang Shuangqiao is spread far and wide, and the scenery of Fengjing Third Bridge is unparalleled." The scenic spot of Fengjing Third Bridge, which is about to be restored and rebuilt, will become a landscape of fengjing ancient town.

Fengjing culture is developed, and it is the birthplace of Jinshan peasant painting, which is famous at home and abroad. People in Fengjing love life, and folk arts such as blue calico, furniture carving, kitchen murals, lanterns, paper-cutting, embroidery and weaving have a long history. Rich folk culture and art gave birth to Jinshan peasant painting. Jinshan farmers, mainly Fengjing farmers' painters, have created Jinshan farmers' paintings with strong local flavor and unique artistic style, which have had a wide influence at home and abroad. There are many galleries in the town where famous painters live in ancestral homes. Cheng Shifa's ancestral home in Heping Street has been restored and opened. The Ding Cong Comics Exhibition Hall on North Street is located in a Chinese and Western-style building on the second floor. In front of the building is an ancient ginkgo tree and a cluster of big bars. Ding Cong's life and more than 1 cartoons are displayed in the museum, and humorous painting often makes people stop and linger. The Jinshan farmer painting exhibition center in Shengtang Lane of South Street is located in the reading building of Cai Yitai, the champion of Qing Dynasty. It is elegant, but a pair of pictures reveals a strong local flavor. Peasant painting and Ding Cong's cartoon, Cheng Shifa's Chinese painting and Gu Shuiru's Go, which have considerable influence at home and abroad, are concentrated in Fengjing Town, which is a rare regional cultural phenomenon in China.

along the Xizha River opposite the town government, there is a 6-meter-long ancient mansion with a building area of 12, square meters. To the west of the ancient stage, it is located in the former site of the Qing Post Office at No.92 Heping Street, with gray walls and black tiles, and a solid structure. The doorframes on both sides are stone pillars, and the characters "Post Office" stand out above the high doorway. This is one of the few existing former sites of the Qing Post Office in Shanghai. Due to its developed culture and prosperous economy, Fengjing is a rare ancient town with complete Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Christianity in the south of the Yangtze River. As early as the first year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasties (52), a Taoist temple had been built in the south gate of Fengjing. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Buddhism prevailed, and temples were everywhere in the streets, lanes, alleys and squares. There were 3 temples in the town. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Catholicism and Christianity began to be introduced into maple resources. When you go to the cultural landscapes such as the Sexual Sensation Temple, the Shiwang Temple and the Yujia Ancestral Temple, you can find the historical traces of Fengjing Town's ancient division of north and south, which is half of Wu and half of border crossing.

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