Jiande has an ancient city with a history of 1800 years, which is comparable to Hangzhou in history.

At the intersection of Xin'an River, Fuchun River and Lanjiang River, there is a thousand-year-old ancient city. She lies on Wulong Mountain in the north and Sanjiangkou in the south. The famous "Yanzhou Ancient City" in history.

The ancient city of Yanzhou is located in Jiande City, Zhejiang Province. It has a very long history. As early as the 25th year of the Qin Dynasty, the county government was established. So far, it has a history of 1800 years.

More than that, the ancient city of Yanzhou also has a history of more than a thousand years of state government administration. Tang Wu Zetian proclaimed the emperor, and in the first year of Shengong (697), the state administration of Muzhou moved from Chun'an to Meicheng. From then on, it was until 1959. The ancient city of Zhou is the seat of the state capital, road and agency, and the existing ancient city pattern has a history of nearly 700 years.

Ancient Yanzhou is prosperous because of water transportation. In the ancient times when water transportation was the main transportation, Guyanzhou was a major waterway port for thousands of years and the throat of the waterway. The goods from the north and the south gathered here. At that time, its political and economic status was comparable to that of Hangzhou.

The ancient city of Yanzhou is now called Meicheng Ancient Town and enjoys the reputation of "Plum Blossom City". According to the "Jiande County Chronicle", "Jiande City is Yanzhou City, commonly known as Plum Blossom City, and it is also in the shape of a plum blossom in a pheasant battlement in Linjiang."

The name of Plum Blossom City comes from the ancient city wall. It was built by Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Li Wenzhong. There are two and a half plum blossoms in the world, including one in Beijing and Nanjing, and half in Plum Blossom City. Of course, there are disputes over the origin of Plum Blossom City, but its profound cultural heritage still exists.

The ancient city wall built at that time has also been preserved, and its inscriptions can be clearly seen on the city bricks, and the city bricks are engraved with names to express their responsibility for their quality.

On the first day of the new year in 2022, I spent time in the ancient city of Yanzhou. This day, the ancient city of Yanzhou was very lively, especially the "city gate opening ceremony", weekends and holidays, 9:30-10:00, at the Chengchengmen held on the front square. In addition, there is a parade of prefects at 10:00 and 14:30 every day.

The time has come, and I saw the prefect of the prefect striding forward to the city gate, announcing to the world that the city gate was opened, and the guests were welcome!

Then the ancient music sounded, the bells and drums sounded, and the actors in ancient costumes seemed to have traveled through time and space. Looking back on the historical changes of the ancient city of Yanzhou in the past thousand years, people can't help but feel a lot of emotion. In history, she has been glorious and declining, and now it is even more gorgeous.

Passing through the city gate, walking towards Zhengda Street and Fuqian Street, you will be greeted with an antique fragrance. In the atmosphere of the New Year/New Year's Day festival, the old streets are crowded with tourists, which is particularly lively. Historically, this place was a prosperous place, with merchants from south and north gathered, and literati gathered. It is the same now. There are many old-fashioned shops on the streets. , the rich literary play, snacks, calligraphy and painting are dazzling, dazzling.

Among the many state capitals in the country, the ancient city of Yanzhou is one of the few ancient cities with clear regulations, complete streets and alleys, traceable historical context and rich historical relics, especially the number of arches standing in the streets and alleys. There are 12 buildings, and there are more than 100 buildings here in history, but most of them were destroyed by war. They were restored and built according to historical records. Their shapes and carvings are very exquisite and simple.

If you go back to ancient times, there will be many stories of Meicheng.

Li Bai, Meng Haoran and other literati have traveled here and left many wonderful poems; Fan Zhongyan, Lu You, Du Mu and others once served as officials here; the humanistic landscape of Meicheng in Chinese classical novels such as "Water Margin" and "Jin Ping Mei" also There are descriptions, which shows the rich cultural atmosphere here.

Walking on the ancient street, the characteristic cultural and creative shops and gourmet food will definitely leave a deep impression on you. The heritage of the ancient city, the natural scenery and the modern literary and artistic atmosphere complement each other here, showing the fireworks of the world.

In addition, the ancient city of Yanzhou is also a "city of food". In ancient times, as a major waterway transportation, it gathered merchants from all over the world. Its snacks are diversified, integrating the characteristics of Wuyue culture and Hangzhou and Anhui provinces. Popular and sought after.

The most popular snacks in Yanzhou Ancient City are Yanzhou scones, Yanzhou crispy cakes, Yanzhou mochi, Meicheng wood comb, Jiande tofu buns, corn cakes, Zhuangyuan wontons, cylinder bean pancakes, salty dumplings and Yanzhou Thirty-one, eating while walking, so enjoyable.

Yanzhou scones are really amazing. There are prunes and meat filling. The prune filling is a larger cake, and the meat filling is a small cake. You can smell the aroma of the scones from a distance and eat it in your mouth. It is even more fragrant. I love the plum scones here, and a bowl of Zhuangyuan wontons. Even in the cold winter, the whole person is warm.

Corn kueh is also a very popular snack in the old street. The raw material is fine powder ground from alpine corn. The fried corn kueh is golden and golden. One of the fillings is white tofu and the other is stinky tofu. It is recommended to try Look at the corn kueh with stinky tofu, although it smells stinky, it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it is especially delicious.

There are two lakes on both sides of the old street in Meicheng Town. If you have enough time, it is recommended to visit the East Lake.

Under the scenery of lakes and mountains, there is a pavilion hidden here. This is the "Longshan Academy". During the Northern Song Dynasty, when Fan Zhongyan was an official in ancient Yanzhou, he dredged the East and West Lake and founded the first school in Yanzhou, Longshan Academy, which is now restored by the East Lake. The establishment of Longshan Academy also means that the culture of the ancient city of Yanzhou will reproduce its youth!

Longshan Academy is located on the bank of East Lake and at the foot of Wulong Mountain. There are buildings such as Cangjing Pavilion, Dacheng Hall, Chisa Tower, Fan Gong Temple, etc. If the ancient city of Yanzhou is the foundation of Meicheng, then Longshan Academy must be the culture of the ancient city of Yanzhou. logo.