Happy Tycoon

Although Ge Ge dare not walk on that kind of transparent glass trestle bridge, she is very interested in this kind of high-altitude overlooking, even though the height of the Shanghai World Financial Center Building is far higher than that of the Shanghai World Financial Center Building, but the Shanghai Top Sightseeing Hall The ground is opaque, so she is not afraid at all here.

After all, the Shanghai Top Sightseeing Hall is located on the 118th floor, at an altitude of 546 meters above sea level. At this height, you will step on the whole of Shanghai under your feet.

Gege was very interested in the coin-operated telescope in the hall, and watched it for more than an hour, and then reluctantly left the telescope. There are many tourists who come here for sightseeing, and many of them like to watch with binoculars. Gege can’t occupy a binoculars by herself, so once someone wants to use the binoculars, she will take the initiative to give it to others, and wait for others to watch it. keep reading.

After seeing most of Shanghai and Shanghai through the telescope, Gege took Yang Jing to buy a lot of postcards, and then wrote a lot of names and addresses on these postcards, and threw them one by one into the green one on the side of the sightseeing hall. mailbox.

This mailbox is currently the tallest man-made mailbox in China and the second tallest man-made mailbox in the world, second only to the post office on the 148th floor of the Burj Khalifa at an altitude of 555 meters.

Of course, the altitude of this mailbox is only 546 meters, which is far worse than the highest post office in the world at the base camp of Mount Everest at an altitude of 5,200 meters, and even the highest post office in Europe on the top of Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. After all, it is a post office in an artificial building. It is actually very commemorative to be able to issue postcards in this mailbox.

In particular, Gege sent a postcard to the couple in her own name and Yang Jing's name. After returning home and receiving this postcard, it will be even more commemorative.

After coming down from the Shanghai Center, the four of them drove straight to Wuzhen, more than 100 kilometers away, after having lunch.

Wuzhen is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, one of the top ten charming towns in China, a town with a beautiful environment in the country, and a national 5A-level scenic spot. With a history of three hundred years, the town is a typical ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River in China, known as the land of fish and rice, and the home of silk.

Wuzhen was originally named Wudun and Qingdun. It was originally divided into two towns, Wuqing and Wuqing, west of Hexi and Qingzhen on the west of Shihe.

This quaint town is a typical ancient water town of the Han nationality in the Jiangnan area, and it completely preserves the style and pattern of the ancient water town in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Houses are built along the river, deep houses and courtyards, heavy ridges and high eaves, antique, stone paths, old wooden houses, and the clear lake atmosphere. In Gege's words, what you come here to play is a kind of sentiment and an atmosphere.

Yang Jing and Gege have been to Zhouzhuang Town and Tongli Town before, but neither of them has been to Wuzhen, so after coming out of Shanghai this time, Gege will come to Wuzhen to play.

And it just happens to be three days before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Wuzhen also has an important custom activity on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month during the Lantern Festival, which is walking across the bridge during the Lantern Festival.

The fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the Lantern Festival, commonly known as the first half of the first month. People in Wuzhen have the custom of walking on bridges, that is, they travel together in groups of three or five after dark, and they have to walk ten bridges on the way. The route cannot be repeated. A disaster avoidance and relief activity with women as the main body is called walking ten bridges or going away from all diseases.

In ancient times, after dressing up, women walked in groups with an earthen pot for decocting medicine, and threw the earthen pots into the river when they crossed the bridge, thinking that this would keep them safe from illness and disaster in the new year. However, it is not possible to throw earthen jars in modern times, but the activity of walking the bridge has been handed down.

Such a fun and meaningful event, how could Gege not participate? Even though there are still three days before the Lantern Festival, after arriving in Wuzhen and resting for a while, Gege dragged Yang Jing out of the hotel, and while taking a boat to experience the charm of this ancient town, he began to explore the route of walking the bridge at night.

It was rare for this girl to be so interested in this custom activity, and Yang Jing was also happy to play with her, so the two of them were followed by two big foreigners, this strange combination shuttled through the streets and alleys of Wuzhen like this middle.

After dinner in the evening, the four started to walk the bridge. To be precise, Yang Jing and his three elders accompanied Grid to walk the bridge. But what made them happy was that even though it was not yet the Lantern Festival, there were still many girls and daughters-in-law who came out to walk the bridge at night, all dressed up beautifully.

Occasionally, when you meet a lady walking the bridge, whether you know them or not, both sides will greet you politely. If you feel good, you will even stop and say a few words to share your experience of walking the bridge.

Anyway, Gege walked away very happily that night, and even Clark and John, who had been following behind, also giggled. Although they don't know what the big black sky is wandering around here, but they can also feel the good mood of the boss and the proprietress, and in addition, there is almost nothing about the two of them during this time, they are following the boss and the proprietress Apart from being happy, he also secretly felt that China's law and order is good.

After staying in the hotel for one night, the four of them drove two cars on the next morning. Although it was a return trip, the destination of the next stop was not Jinling, but Yixing on the Taihu Line.

It is only over 100 kilometers from Wuzhen to Yixing, and the whole journey can be reached in just over an hour on the expressway.

The reason why I went to Yixing was mainly because Yang Jing wanted to see it. After all, it is the pottery capital of China, and it is also the hometown of Mr. Gu Jingzhou, a master of purple clay pots. Since I came to Wuzhen, I happened to pass by Yixing when I went back. If he didn't stop in Yixing, Yang Jing would feel sorry for himself.

The reason why Yixing is called China's pottery capital is that it is said that after Fan Li assisted Gou Jian, the king of Yue, to overthrow the king of Chu, he retreated bravely and took the beauty Xi Shi back to the shore of the West Lake. And this couple of gods and immortals once fired pottery in Yixing for a generation, so Yixing was hailed as the pottery capital by later generations. Now there is a Li River in Yixing, which is said to be named to commemorate Fan Li and Xi Shi's boating here.

Yixing is not only the pottery capital of China, but also the birthplace of Chinese purple clay culture. In this small city, a generation of masters of purple clay teapots such as Chen Mingyuan and Gu Jingzhou were born. Dingshu Town, located in the south of Yixing City, is the real origin of Zisha Culture.

The town is not big, and the Li River looks across the town from north to south, and the real birthplace of the purple sand culture in the town is the Gunan Street of Shushan Mountain on the east bank of the Li River.

The Shu Mountain in Yixing is not the big mountains in Sichuan Province. This mountain is just a small hill with an altitude of tens of meters. It is only named Shu Mountain because Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, once said that this mountain is like Shu.

Shushan Gunan Street is at the foot of Shushan Mountain, with Lihe River on the west side, so it can be said to be close to mountains and rivers.

Dijie, often human spirit!

This long ancient street is not only the birthplace of Yixing Zisha, but also the production and sales center of Yixing Zisha from the middle and late Ming Dynasty to the 1960s, and the cradle of Zisha art masters. Chen Mingyuan, Gu Jingzhou, Zhang Hongshou, Gu Shaopei, Wu Yungen, Ren Ganting and many other Zisha teapot masters and even a generation of masters have been born.

In ancient times, it was very prosperous here. The mountain was a blend of mud and fire. Merchants gathered at the foot of the mountain. More than half of the residents were engaged in the production and operation of purple sand. It lasted for nearly 500 years. After the reform and opening up, with the development of land transportation, the production center of purple sand was transferred to Dingshan, and Shushan fell silent.

Yang Jing and the others parked the car outside, and then walked into Gunan Street.

The length of this street is only one thousand meters, and the width is only three or four meters wide. It is a small street paved with stones. It is so small that this ancient street cannot even be seen on ordinary maps.

On this street full of ancient charm, there are two-story brick and wood buildings on both sides. Zisha pot shops, tea houses, cloth shops, and small hardware shops can be seen everywhere. Wooden doors, lattice windows, telephone booths, and QR codes Small advertisement... History and reality, ancient and modern blend here.

If Wuzhen seems to be a peaceful and virtuous young woman, then this ancient South Street is a knight who has traveled all over the world. Although both are ancient, they have very different flavors.

Ge Ge is also very interested in this ancient street. She has been to Yixing, but she has never been here.

There are a large number of former residences of Zishahu masters on both sides of the ancient street. You can see the former residence of a Zishahu master within a few steps. There are also many antique wooden doors next to various small signs hanging on it. Some things Yang Jing and Ge Ge couldn't understand.

For example, two people saw an antique wooden sign next to a door, with the words a pot of Jiangnan written on it. Of course, the two people didn't know what it meant, and thought this house belonged to It is the former residence of the late Zishahu master. As a result, the people next to me inquired and found out that this is a purple clay teapot studio.

The two also found a wooden sign in front of another old house that looked full of history, with the words Shushan father's house written on it. The name is so grand, it should be the former residence of a certain master. Looking carefully, there is a line of small characters next to the four big characters. After reading it, the two of them couldn't help being happy. Because this house is still a modern Zisha teapot studio.

Of course, what I saw most along the way were the former residences of the world-famous Zishahu masters. Needless to say, the former residence of Master Gu Jingzhou. In addition, I also saw the former residence of Zhang Hongshou, Huang Fenglai, Huang Zhiqiang, Xu Xiutang, Ren Ganting and other masters. former residence.

Although the whole ancient street may not look big, it is a place of pilgrimage for purple sand lovers. Here, if you just knock on a house, you might be able to have a dialogue with the master.

Now that he's here, Yang Jing's thoughts changed. Regardless of the fact that Mr. Gu Jingzhou has only passed away for more than 20 years, the purple clay teapots made by his old man are now national treasures. If you take out any one, it will start with eight figures, which is very valuable for collection.

Now passing by Baoshan, how can I return empty-handed?