Under the influence of "Daxian", this ancient town is empty and uncontroversial. It was supposed to be unknown. I didn't expect a delicious sauce mutton to make it "fire out of the circle", and even some netizens vomited that it was "not a fairy". Is this reasonable?
Xinshi Ancient Town is located in Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, with a history of 1200 years, and is also called "Xiantan". It was once one of the cradles of the ancient Silk Road and an important commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River. This is the secluded place of Lu, the hometown of Shen Quan, a famous flower and bird painter in Qing Dynasty, and the hometown of Janice, the prime minister of Southern Song Dynasty.
In the ancient town, rivers are like nets, and water streets are interdependent, retaining the original ecological atmosphere. The house is built along the river, and there are many bridges on the river, such as jia county Bridge, Huixian Bridge and Wangxian Bridge. The style of ancient buildings preserved in the ancient town combines a large number of Taoist gatherings, and the geomantic implication of the whole town terrain also has obvious Taoist theoretical color.
There are unique folk customs in the ancient town. Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, silkworm farmers pray for the silkworm god to clear away diseases and disasters for the silkworm baby, let it have a high-yield year, and hold a silkworm flower temple fair. The temple fair was crowded with people, and women were pregnant with silkworm eggs and all kinds of silkworm flowers. After the temple fair, people began to raise silkworms in spring.
This ancient town is a good place to eat. There are many delicious foods in the ancient town, including tea cakes, crispy duck noodles, mutton in soy sauce, and various cakes. The most special is the mutton in sauce, which is different from the mutton that can be eaten all over the street in peacetime.
The mutton eaten outside is basically skinless, but this kind of mutton is skinned, unique in taste, bright in color, thick in soup, soft and mushy when chewed in the mouth, tasteless and very delicious. The most important thing is that the bones are loose and melt in the mouth. Just a few simple chews are enough to make the meat melt slowly in your mouth. Visitors who have tasted it are unforgettable.
Although today's new town has lost the brilliant atmosphere of the seven ancient towns, it is a little more modern and exquisite. There is no harsh commercial sales, no noisy fast-paced life, and there is a rare peace and tranquility. This real "small bridge, flowing water, people" scenery is an ideal living condition for many people.