Ningbo Hanling Old Street

"The No. 1 Ancient Street in East Zhejiang" - Hanling Old Street is located on the south bank of Dongqian Lake, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the lake on the other side. . Hanling Village has a long history, and it is said that it got its name from the Han surname in the early years. According to research, in the third year of Tang Tianbao (AD 744), there were residents here when Dongqian Lake was sparsely completed. When Wang Anshi ruled Yin (the eighth year of Qingli in Beining, AD 1048), the lake boundary was rebuilt. At that time, Hanling Village had formed a regular market every Friday and every tenth. When Shi Hao (1140 AD), the prime minister of Nanning, went to his ancestral home in Xiashui Village via Hanling, the book "You Mountain in the East Lake" left behind the sentence "There is a village called Hanling, and the sounds of fishermen, woodcutters and axe are related", which shows that Han Lingji Market was already well-known at that time. In the following hundreds of years, Hanling was an important transportation hub and water and land transfer center connecting the urban area of Ningbo to Xiangshan Port. There are two old streets in Hanling, namely the front street and the back street, which run through the whole village. Business is concentrated in Qian Street, with a total length of more than 500 meters. It is further divided into Lower Street, Middle Street and Upper Street. There are more than 30 shops in the village concentrated in Xiajie, and there is a stream flowing slowly in the middle of Xiajie. Originally, the entire street was paved with blue-black cobblestones, but it is now a concrete road. In addition, the old street still maintains the style of hundreds of years ago: two-story buildings on both sides, gray tiles and white walls, red lacquer facades, one connected to another, stretching forward, the use of the old market The place names left by the city, such as Bamboo Shedgen, Chaichang, etc. There is also a small manhole in the village. The well water is warm in winter and cool in summer and has a hint of sweetness. Although there is tap water in the village, the villagers still like to eat the water from the small manhole.