Jiangnan Song City

Jiangnan Songcheng

Wander in the world of imagination, pass through the forest of grilles, listen to the sounds of Berlin, and feel the confession of a protagonist. In the intersection of time and space, I met Jiangnan Songcheng. Give me one day and I will give you Songcheng for a thousand years.

The breeze still retains the residual warmth of late summer. In this gentle early autumn, I came to Jiangnan Songcheng in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, to experience the unique cultural scenery and travel through the millennium of Songcheng.

"A Ganzhou city contains the entire history of the Song Dynasty." Ganzhou was one of the 36 major cities in the Song Dynasty. Today's ancient city is a collection of ancient city walls, ancient grottoes, ancient The ancient Song Dynasty city of Ganzhou, which is now a national 4A tourist attraction, is known as the "Song City in the South of the Yangtze River" and the "Song City Museum". Song City mainly includes the ancient city walls of the Song Dynasty, Yongjin Gate, Yugu Terrace, the ancient floating bridge, Bajing Terrace, the former residence of Chiang Ching-kuo, Zaoer Lane scenic spots, etc.

Walking from Jianguo Road, you can see a Song Dynasty city tower - Junmen Tower, standing in the middle of the square. Below the city tower is the city gate and above is the building. Looking from a distance, the black windows and ink bars, and the stacks of green tiles look like a period of vicissitudes of life that has passed. Looking closer, the cornices, friezes, and carved windows all tell the story of the infinite prosperity of the past. Walking through the gatehouse and walking into Songcheng, I was instantly stunned by the scene in front of me. I saw red lights hanging high, crowds of people surging on the streets, and a bustling and lively scene came into view. I felt like I had traveled through time and space and entered the real world. of the Song Dynasty. Walking on the streets of the "Song Dynasty", there are dazzling shopping streets on both sides, small streets extending in all directions, and shops closely connected, restoring the scene of the Song Dynasty. Walking in Song City in the south of the Yangtze River, you feel as if you have traveled through a thousand years and mistakenly entered Ganzhou in the Song Dynasty. The streets are full of bustling people. Walking in Jiangnan Song City, because it is not an ancient city moved from the painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", but a restoration of a real ancient city, the feeling of this Song City is real, and every part of it is full of It has a traditional ancient charm and a strong classical atmosphere. Entering Song City is like dreaming back thousands of years, immersing people in the charm of Song culture.

"Under the clear river water of Yugu Terrace, there are many pedestrians crying in the middle." In the poem "Bodhisattva Man" by Xin Qiji, a famous Southern Song poet in the Song Dynasty, Yugu Terrace was brought from the Song Dynasty to today. This Yugu Terrace is located on Helan Mountain next to Songcheng in the south of the Yangtze River in Ganzhou today. Yugutai is famous in ancient and modern times because of the word Xin Qiji. At this time, it was the morning of early autumn. I walked through the ancient streets of Songcheng and came to the foot of Helan Mountain alone. Step onto the steps and look up at the tower among the lush trees on the mountain, which is Yugu Terrace. The morning sun slowly sets on the blue bricks and black tiles of Yugu Terrace, and through the ancient atmosphere, it seems to be telling a forgotten past. Today, Yugutai is as silent as ever, as if it has not changed for thousands of years. And I stood lonely on Yugu Terrace, quietly as if I was integrated with Yugu Terrace, overlooking the Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, and I didn’t wake up until Dong Yanru, a girl from Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province who I met in front of Yugu Terrace and also came to travel alone, called me. Come back to reality.

The ancient city wall under Yugu Terrace is said to be one of the most complete and longest ancient city walls from the Song Dynasty in China. It is more than 3,000 meters long and was built standing on the Lingong River. From the tall and majestic ancient city wall, you can see the vast face of Gongjiang River and the endless flow of the river. The city wall is thick, and the mottled walls are covered with moss and grass, connecting Yongjin Gate, Jianchun Gate, and the Eight Mirror Platform. Yanru and I walked through the tall city wall, just like walking through history's yesterday to today. Looking up, I saw the blue sky and white clouds; looking down, I saw the inside and outside of the city wall; looking back, I saw the smile on the woman's face. Through the powder, I seemed to understand the vicissitudes of the ancient city wall.

The Gongjiang River under the city wall and the ancient pontoon bridge outside Yongjin Gate. The pontoon bridge is 400 meters long and is made up of a hundred small boats. Each group of three boats is divided into 30 parts. The three groups are connected with cables, and then fixed on the river surface with steel cables and iron anchors, forming a unique cultural landscape of Ganzhou, a famous historical and cultural city. Stepping onto the pontoon bridge, the ancient wooden boards accompanied by heavy creaking sounds seemed to tell the story of the ancient war and iron horses.

Nowadays, a fish market has been opened on the pontoon, and fishermen sell various aquatic products every evening. Tourists and locals come and go for walks, and it has become a good place for citizens to take a leisurely walk and cool off after dinner.

Near noon, look for delicious food in Zaoer Lane. Walking along the alleyway made of cobblestones and stepping on the stone slabs inlaid with "mingqian" patterns, it feels like walking through a time tunnel, from the sparkling Gongjiang River beside the city wall to Zaoer Lane, which has various architectural styles and large areas. Huizhou-style buildings and antique narrow alleys. The archway facing the street is simple and solemn, the cobblestone pavement is smooth and clean, the wind volcanic wall is well-proportioned, the gray plastic gate tower is antique, and the deep house compound is extraordinary, making the memory of Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River even stronger. Looking at the ancient appearance of the lanes, they complement each other and make people travel back to the ancient past...

It has been more than a thousand years from modern times to the Song Dynasty. Walking into Songcheng is like walking into a piece of history of the Song Dynasty. The depth of history is paved in the time and space of tourists, and an ancient Song style is vividly displayed in front of me. Walking out of Songcheng, the epitome of Songcheng in the south of the Yangtze River is still there. The sensuality and luxury of the Song Dynasty are all that is stored in the eyes and the heart, but there is a sense of return and ending in the air, and the reversed time and space returns to reality. The once prosperous and prosperous times seemed to be peaceful again.