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By Zhou Yang |
February 28, 2011, Monday
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ANTING Old Street is a kaleidoscope of sights, sounds and smells, from the breeze gently buffeting the curtains of a tearoom to the haunting melodies musicians play in ancient instruments.
The street is a repository of history dating back to AD 239, when the Puti Temple was built here and a town was gradually formed around it. During the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Gui Youguang, a famous scholar, moved here from Kunshan in Jiangsu Province. Gui gave lectures, which attracted many followers. Thus the fame of Anting Old Street was spread.
The street is built along a river and lined with traditional buildings that house restaurants, tea shops, fruit sellers and crafts stores. Vendors ply their goods on this cobblestone way.
In the morning, Anting Old Street is abuzz with the sounds of local commerce. Then the noise dies down during afternoons, only to revive as schools let out.
Children noisily making their way home after school sometimes poke their noses into shops, being fascinated to watch things like the old man who repairs broken iron pots with the liquid iron in crucible which is set in fire to melt the iron with a bellow.
This is a street of endless fascination.
One of its more famous landmarks is a pomegranate tree growing from the gap in a stone bridge that dates back 600 years. Watching boats on the river through the leaves of the pomegranate instills a sense of eras gone by.
The craft shops along Anting Old Street include the ancient arts of ink-wash painting, Lingbi stone art designing, bamboo carvings, wood carvings, tea serving and furniture making. People who possess traditional ink-wash paintings often go there to have them framed by masters.
During the summertime, locals and visitors alike love to wander along the street. There they can enjoy a pot of tea and listen to folk opera singers performing only for 3 yuan. Children are often sent to learn ink-wash painting and calligraphy from the experts working along the street in their summer vacation.
Restaurants and pubs are popular meeting places. You may find the members of a car club getting together to sing songs in the Night Night Bar. In a Prague restaurant, a chef is busy cooking up delicacies from Europe. The street is also famous for an array of snacks.
The street is a repository of history dating back to AD 239, when the Puti Temple was built here and a town was gradually formed around it. During the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Gui Youguang, a famous scholar, moved here from Kunshan in Jiangsu Province. Gui gave lectures, which attracted many followers. Thus the fame of Anting Old Street was spread.
The street is built along a river and lined with traditional buildings that house restaurants, tea shops, fruit sellers and crafts stores. Vendors ply their goods on this cobblestone way.
In the morning, Anting Old Street is abuzz with the sounds of local commerce. Then the noise dies down during afternoons, only to revive as schools let out.
Children noisily making their way home after school sometimes poke their noses into shops, being fascinated to watch things like the old man who repairs broken iron pots with the liquid iron in crucible which is set in fire to melt the iron with a bellow.
This is a street of endless fascination.
One of its more famous landmarks is a pomegranate tree growing from the gap in a stone bridge that dates back 600 years. Watching boats on the river through the leaves of the pomegranate instills a sense of eras gone by.
The craft shops along Anting Old Street include the ancient arts of ink-wash painting, Lingbi stone art designing, bamboo carvings, wood carvings, tea serving and furniture making. People who possess traditional ink-wash paintings often go there to have them framed by masters.
During the summertime, locals and visitors alike love to wander along the street. There they can enjoy a pot of tea and listen to folk opera singers performing only for 3 yuan. Children are often sent to learn ink-wash painting and calligraphy from the experts working along the street in their summer vacation.
Restaurants and pubs are popular meeting places. You may find the members of a car club getting together to sing songs in the Night Night Bar. In a Prague restaurant, a chef is busy cooking up delicacies from Europe. The street is also famous for an array of snacks.
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