Early Spring in February next Xitang Authors: Zhang Laolv Amidst the hazy early spring in February, I gently pushed open the door Xitang, hidden bitterness of the rain and fog strands Manjuan the slightest eye, "Oh is a" sound of the oars, since distanced themselves , is the daughter of Xitang do, faces the prospect to escape me?
Overlooking Xitang, white walls ink top, boat shadow waves, in the rain and fog just as the Yin dyed a pastel hues under the rice paper painting; into the town, Langpeng hoarse, deep alleys seem to have entered a long history ... ...
I walked into a dream reminding us of scenes in general into the graceful and restrained Xitang Yangtze River Delta.
The past two years to learn to see cloud's efforts have not been in vain, to Xitang is indeed a time when spring rains come. The afternoon of March 15, from Shanghai West Railway Station on the train, about an hour later arrived at Jiashan Jiaxing-Huzhou Plain. The train on the CMB, the neighbor is a teacher in Jiashan, who lives in Mr. Xitang women. So I asked how to go to Xitang. Mr. woman, she has told me go. Get off, she began to have told one, a little later into the town, you say that they are relatives of my house. To the town of mouth, not my turn to open, they said, Mr. F: This is my home Shanghai relatives. She did not know I was from Nanjing, about Shanghai than in other parts of who is good enough for Xitang bar. No wonder, Jiashan close to Shanghai, from Suzhou, Hangzhou is also not far from ancient times there, "Wu Kan Yue Kok," said.
As a result, do not buy a ticket. I have this "Xitang relatives" who lives openly with Xitang of "relatives" into the town. In this way, still greedy enough thought, if said I was "my family cousin," would it not be more cordial.
Walking along the street, asking female President, Xitang to live where the good. She answered: I have a house near the old one inn, just fine for. To the female owner of the inn, Mr. made a brief introduction, we took leave to go home. Later, listening to Chi-ling said that she is great man of letters Feng Xitang teacher daughter. Unfortunately, the walk anxious not revisit Fung, Ms Fung.
The Inn is located in Tong Village, Agile, the name is Jiang's residence compound. The hostess called Chi-ling, warm hospitality, good female red hand experts work, and her embroidery had been traveling at sea, a very high price tag. I went to the post, Chi-ling told me that today came 78 Beijing guests, rooms are fully occupied, but you are introduced by Ms Fung, and my room let you live there. A sudden surprise, and tonight, I am actually able to occupy Chi-ling's boudoir! However, the detection probe to the living room, and indeed there are 78 guests, turn a thought, a good go well, but may be too much trouble. Chi-ling, then to a re-Xie Xie, out of the river house.
Look at the map, I was at Tower Bay, on the street, while seven Laoyemiao tower on Bay Street, a short end, and went.
In fact, seven Laoyemiao does not have any good-looking from the exterior, where the temple than it is for the style. However, there is, but it tells a touching story.
Legend, the late Ming Chongzhen, Zhejiang Jiashan area of severe drought, many hungry, hungry prisoners everywhere. A nursing officer grain imperial grain ships in the Governor's transportation Xitang, rushed out of the miserable, so life boat stopped, looking up expectantly north awake at night, one is hungry, one is the imperial head of the Ukrainian grain with his yarn. Get up early on the 2nd, he finally made a very tragic choice, unloading, and food, so hungry people surging to the four townships, while retaining grain officer who was very aware of him, even more facts to be out of Ukraine yarn, is clearly fresh items on the sinking of the head. As a result, his only option is to commit suicide in the tower of the Bay, the river drowning. He used an office, a life, saved countless people. People do not know what the officer who is only know that he called the golden seven lords. Xitang were grateful, the construction of this seven Laoyemiao Later, the court was informed that after the dare not go against public opinion, gradually yielded seven gold master for the care bestowed on the country with food king, therefore, this temple also known as protect the country with food Temple and enjoy the place's incense. Said this is just a legend, but I think honest people will not necessarily pay homage to an icon made out of thin air. I believe that certain ancient times when there are a good officer, abandoned his responsibilities sake of the conscience. Of course, from the Administration's point of view, the older generation can not become a public servant. But "with the grain King" titles, though not found in the Code of Imperial volumes, but was Xitang people devoutly worship together.
Out of seven Laoyemiao, Bay Street will be free to walk along the tower up, stand Yang Yuan Wang Jing river, the river slightly arched stretched to the distance to go, it seems that for this Xitang Town thick curtain of hanging a curtain of a narrow the gap ... ... and build houses along the river, the river is the road leading to Xitang town, through the town, and it is blamed for the markets become Xitang ... ...
Tower Bay Street, go to this head, is far from seeing an arched bridge. Marked on the map is "Huanxiu bridge." Cross the river bridge on the show ring, such as a tall arched gateway, distant land stands in the Western Paradise, it is some towering. Come near to, see the arch of the bridge urns-Song up high to the bridge on the shoulders of stone steps going up a one way, but feel that it is some grace graceful, and coupled with its shadow fell on the river the waves sloshing , it gives people a Pina if to see these feelings. Huanxiu bridge across the river became narrow, and both sides of the market relies on the past, and houses repeatedly, Langpeng winds, the smoke is slowly everywhere, and soon the town will be scattered in the sky, with the blowing wind and rain They also dropped down, indistinct, burst to gently stroke the river burst. The river he is a stone revetment, stone quay one after another, a woman crouched above the panning, the river will circle stretching out to go to the other side, so the reflection of the water also swing forward, as if a town has also changed with a shaking up.
Even a rise of a sudden I saw, ring show on the bridge stood a graceful young woman, this is what I imagined Jiangnan look, immediately press the shutter.
Paradise scenes, paradise, fish, rice Township, San-Qiu seeds, and ten-mile lotus, all of this, of course, is the scene captured the hearts of the literati, but in fact often is nothing but southern background. For thousands of years, so that Chinese literati Tour in dreams, even an emperor, the North will not hesitate to abandon the royal government and the southern three times the real reason, I thought it was charming in the south of that round after round into the background, more a real "hero Jiangnan" , that is: "clay side of people like eyes, Hao Wan Cream Snow" southern woman.
Woman is the soul of Jiangnan. While this criticism may lead people to feel a hint of the flavor of sex, but no way. Man is so good for nothing, scholars should be more suspicious.
In fact, pornography is not a dirty word, by the color health conditions since ancient times alike, as long as this situation is true, is the good. What's more "color" is also a kind of beauty. However, as people have become accustomed to a kind of argument, so if I say that the word implied in south of a "porn culture" Meaning, I am afraid will cause many southern women with the lawsuit, and sue me "dirty people clean" .
Jiangnan woman's Yun Zhi is a tool for capturing a man-hearted. Look at the 1000-pin Wanlv woven out of Kam-forging and silk, listening to a sentence of that lingering Wen Ruan, Wu-ning soft language, which is not the same woman Qinchuyigu thick smell?
Frankly, I like southern women. Such like, not a desire, but a spiritual mood. Because in the southern women's body, a natural with a southern culture of Yun Zhi. I believe that psychologically and I have every sympathy with a man must not unusual, but dare not many people, probably because the family of "Kingdom by the Sea" and therefore have a "thief" Heart without a "thief" gall bladder. Certainly, as a kind of southern culture, southern women to enjoy the final analysis, after all, or a "thief" heart only.
Xitang woman should be under the bridge, and I immediately decided that fat old man like me talking crazy youth, followed by!
I saw this woman was under the bridge, the right Shui, but also left a Shui, turned into a thin alleys. Busy reading the map, the original is the "stone skin get."
Stone Leather Lane Kuanjin 0.8 meters in length and 70 meters, both sides of the brick wall of the small vama head, mottled walls of the root walls with a nail, is said to be the pillars in order to maintain a fixed housing wall and perpendicular to the ground. Mottled mottled lime wall, but he still left in the wall ones are dark gray color, while revealing dark green color of the parts are in the wet air, the moss grow fresh, get is of slab , the stone is said to be the thickness of only 3 cm. This is the case, this atmosphere, it is suitable for one person alone, walk through, you can enjoy the heart of loneliness, you can enjoy the inner contend. If the two met on their territories, a kind of feeling, but in order to best of both worlds to achieve a win-win, it must give way but to face on her face, belly to belly close to the pass by.
Walked on to get the end of the previous flash Xitang Lifting woman disappeared, but I saw an old ancient Zhaizi stand in the end get. This is Jingyi Xuan had. To reach out and pushed open the door, then suddenly the door wide open, which is a lively and very elegant little hospital, shouting numerous that no one should be, then a swagger to go upstairs, downstairs in the others up. Zhaizi structure and room furniture are old to be. Later, they heard Jingyi Xuan Xitang big names in the three hundred years has been the wangzhai back garden, I heard that Miss or boudoir. Master dispatched, the door did not lock, the so-called closed out the non-households, a very Tianshi feeling quietly for us.
Out too Jingyi Xuan, which Xitang woman has appeared. Is far from walking in the road get out of stone skin. In fact, this Xitang woman and I can not imagine women in the town is still quite Plum distance. May be rich, maybe the approach of the Soviet Union the Shanghai-Hangzhou city bar, now Xitang very modern woman, before me, Xitang woman is no exception. So, I suddenly thought that walking in front of the Wang Anyi, "" The story is, to the countryside to hide the current situation of Shanghai women. Although not ome woman but the woman's high heels Xitang knock at the stone skin of the quartzite get on a Tuk Tuk, it is in a different kind of rhythm.
With the Xitang woman's footsteps, through a primitive, narrow-short, dark little alley, saw a horse has tall walls at the top is a hollow wall displaying rich family of the Ming and Qing Shui commercial and residential houses. Xitang woman get in hall, without looking, only Shouyi Zhao: "There is guest Laila!" (Reminder: I thought to write the text read south, with the most Ciace Wu notes Vietnam) This Zhaizi male and female masters crashed Ying in the ranks, warm water, assemble a side of tea. Introduction This is the house master Yao and smoothly handed a self-printed leaflets introducing Yao house. As we speak, then changed the body Xitang woman's clothes from the hall behind the graceful way out of. This is the first one hit the front, he said: I knew you followed me, at first thought that fear is a bad bar, but another look, you just follow the end of a machine, not like there is another attempt, therefore, be a a good thing, deliberately quoted a town you go the classic route, learn from Lei Feng Well. She said she was the daughter of this house, I looked proprietress, hatchback contrast, from the age point of view, it seems impossible, but it was inconvenient to ask. Asked the master called Mr Woo, ask the girl Yoshina, the woman says, Call me Miss Yao Zhai bar. Master see us warm, and he donated his personal emotions, called Miss Yao Zhai took me upstairs, downstairs to see. It turned out that Yao is very distinctive house was built in the late Qing, Zhaizi to wooden structure into a fan-based, basic all removable, and in accordance with "The West Chamber" in the style, exceptionally room, inner room, the room, atrial interlinked. In order to prevent fire and theft, special construction of tall firewall, the highest point on the wall there are five different tile patterns combined into a wall displaying, each tile has its own symbolic meaning.
The essence of the house is on the second floor of the Miss boudoir. Over the past people, whether it's ladylike, or Xiaojiabiyu, are closed, two do not step all day long in the boudoir where cross-stitch embroidery Duo, up some 3 from the four virtues, not as a modern, urban young lady, frequently wading climbing, wild, sleep, get some outdoor fashion. When a rope from the kitchen to eat bamboo blue house hanging up the meals, eat a small bowl and chopsticks and then down to the wood. Boudoir, the phoenix is embroidered Diao painted bed, bed clothing with red lacquer barrels, shoes, barrels, and the other head is like a bedside cabinet, in fact, known locally a "chamber pot box" ... ... I interrupted Miss Yao Zhai's endless and said, since it is in the boudoir, and you are Miss Yao Zhai, not as good as a model, I拍几张照片bar. Miss readily accepted, and can be later playback, how it all some strange feeling. Semicircle on the table downstairs has a very interesting cup. It can only be sung half a glass of water, if the water filled a will all streamer. Wu Bin told me that this is the ancestral material cautioned by future generations, can not be greedy way of doing things, contentment, otherwise they will have nothing. I suddenly feel the Government should mass-produce this "ethics Cup", to each officer issued a.
See the master passion in every possible way, I have insatiable and speak out for the Miss Yao Zhai walk around town with me. Yao house owner readily agreed, but also sorry to say that today occupied by the guests, arrange accommodation difficulties. I hastened to say, rude, rude, and besides, you live in the boudoir, I also inappropriate to ah!
The way to talk about one of the two major characteristics that accompany Xitang get. Accompany Lane is an integral part of deep house, so it's above all have well-covered roof. In the past those days, mostly for the servant out of place. There are exceptions, if someone came, the owner was unwilling to make public, then get inside and out from paternity, both secret, but also safely. When I was a walk in Langpeng when they huddle in the Langpeng Crackdown not significantly behind the mountains do not get to accompany the dew, they have to Shentou looked at, Xian Zhao a seem invisible in the end, it will be on a dig into Probing into the so-called want is to feel this kind.
Outside is the next big, sometimes small, when the early spring rain, from the house to accompany the hijacked Yao out, even the umbrella, do not require belt, dangling body can go out. After going out, standing on Rain in corridor, first heard Sha La La is one of the world's rain, and then is seen falling from the eaves Langpeng side, like a string of crystal beads are suspended hundreds of Yulian, falls the river, ding-dong's voice sometimes clear and sometimes vague, but at this time the river has long been something of a show is another busy, and the river has been playing some of the rain hits boiling, so, the river seem to grow from a layer of fog , there is wind, this is layer of fog in the river where it suddenly west to east suddenly swing forward. In such a rain, walking Langpeng, it can be met exactly, but not impossible in a good mood.
Path is also connected to the high Langpeng Laifeng bridge has ever been a time, show a wide field of vision will be to put together. In fact, the bridge has ever been with a boy or girls Laifeng there is no connection, only bridge at that time, the feng shui masters had their shop to wait for the Phoenix flew on the first one was unlucky stone. So looking at the horizon and other craftsmen on the emergence of Phoenix, all the way to see that there are only birds and sailing over, that the Phoenix came, hastened to put the first piece of slate covered with, and who knows it's not Phoenix, but an unknown black birds, had no choice but to continue to bridge capped with stone, and covered on the fourth block, the Phoenix flew in from the horizon. The bridge was originally named "Laifeng Bridge", but because the bird in front of Blackbird, so the children will be deemed to be the first to step in Phoenix and later renamed the "sons Laifeng bridge."
Over the "sons Laifeng Bridge", abductions of a small bend on is the Yongning bridge. Yongning walk a few steps down the bridge, and then on the river located in Xitang security throughout the bridge, north and south sea, I saw the bridge where sets with a small bridge, a Xitang River Bridge has become a bunch of these.
Xitang the heart of town in this direction to go, the hubbub of the city, far away voice gradually moved farther and tend to be quiet. Wind with rain Chuigua over, people seem to some trance, but also seemed intoxicated, standing at the mouth of this alley West, I look around and look semi-open-mouthed, speechless.
This West is the world's other side is the time the other side.
Miss Yao Zhai a "silly啦," dragged me from the trance-like in the wake. Xitang the most ancient in the West, the same color of the Ming and Qing dynasties were built without a non-preserved as is. Out of the eaves, faded wooden doors and windows, stone streets, they are even kept a few hundred years ago, old-fashioned flavor. Shop here in front of the wall are vertical stacks with yellow color and a trace of wood of the door, where shops, many of carpenter's square-shaped counter, is the kind of children to be looked up Dianqi Jiao Gu Jiu sharp upward wine delivery pot, while the treasurer's hands, leaning on the counter leaned over to look at the kind of down. More unique is that this street is very narrow, both sides are two-storey building, I saw two Xitang Yichuang written for the woman upstairs and knock the seeds, separated by a short street where the parents spoke. Pleasing to the ears with their ears heard the soft words of Wu-ning, and then take a look at the top of a street shop in precarious a card bills Sapporo, legislative time they feel in an antique flavor.
Turn a full circle, back to the misty rain gallery, this time is late afternoon. Go Langpeng meandering east, has a little deserted, the door of every family has been falling on the red lanterns, which although not very bright, but the trend with Langpeng inserted into the depths of Xitang. Linhe south of the upstairs, the window is also light the lights, eliminate the high and low-ming, while the reflection of the river houses, Yingyingchuochao, shake over a boat, they are gently-opening, and then re-aggregation, lights in the river, just like a day stars in there, the occasional flashes --- --- I do not know what came several more barking, and then Lang Peng Wu, children under the woman, call Shannon soft language, That people feel the trance back to earth.
Feeling empty stomach wheel, and they are invited to dinner with Miss Yao Zhai, Miss A: No, the house the car body are something el gently. Having also softly ask: tomorrow morning, you have to do Yao house? I said, want to come, and I would like to fill拍几张照片. Miss Yao Zhai smiled, "bye", waved and turned away lightly.
Reached a called "ring tong" a small restaurant and sat down. This shop stand in Langpeng the next, it is simple, spacious door Ying River, into the depth is very shallow, halls can only put a few square table, but added pieces of the wall's owner, a friend sent photos to make shop Xitang graced. Please boss recommended a few dishes, can you guess how she Answer? "To only fish Egg cauliflower soup can also do a; Sauce is their own doing, with a fried river snail, quite tasty, and eating just old wine; but at the present, a new side dishes of fresh and fresh, but also tender. Well, Nong a head endured enough. enough to eat together, come Xi's. "hear my index finger big move, done to accelerate nodded. A meal down, dishes, prices are Hexin the water, which is very affordable. Due to this type of scenery Aunt aqing boss on the "ring tong" arousing a good impression. By the way, people are aware of Shaoxing wine. In fact, Jiashan rice wine is quite good, the country's largest single rice wine production base is in the Jiashan Xitang wineries, with good brew is particularly impressive.
Out of a "sound chamber," was widely indeed true as the sky was dark. The lanterns are hung the two sides of the red lanterns hanging all lit up, light pouring into the river, the river illuminate the shiny shiny, but also has cast over the river as often as red rouge. Gallery stroll in the misty rain digestion, he saw a simple paternity Nongkou the legislature Zhu posted a piece of paper read, "Wani Yi Tang Inn on the inside," suddenly remembered places not yet been implemented, then they plunged headlong into the faint of paternity Lane. Accompany get through and felt suddenly see the light, Journey Into Amazing Caves. Car Hall and the living room is a courtyard between the small homes, streaks of ivy crawling in no hurry no hurry to lime sparse on both sides of the firewall, the front hall is a door to spend the entire surface of the flower windows, the classroom was placed a four-ming -style lanterns, all the wood components painted scarlet, white wall brush too. Across the hall, is a small garden, another on Several Strains of Chun-mei was there quietly bloom. From the garden adjacent to accompany a short walk through the alley, is a small building along the narrow, winding staircase to the second floor, is an inter-Yaya rooms. You can saw the distant misty rain promenade and next door to the roof wall displaying others.
Inn owner called Shen Jin-new, the house is the old one to her home, her sister renovation investment, because the sister is a deputy mayor, inconvenience come forward, then by her boss. I see her in the ring finger is obviously inappropriate boss called and asked how called, she said, is called Shen girl bar. Shen said the girl has not been long here, opening today, not customers, you are the first one, sky is so dark, and may be the only guest. The middle of my liking, in this live-in.
Put away package, came downstairs hall, the entire Wani Yitang extremely quiet. Plus I only have four. I sat in the square table next to the reading, one side, girls on the Shen Tang dressed in embroidered jacket, pants are tweed skirt, bohemian feet is the prevailing winds halfway boots, clutching his hot hands PO, sitting on a rocking chair watching TV lying; hall door, the old lady through a weak light I do not know dichotoma basket inside rake something; maid holding cloth while not adding anything to the table to wipe a few on the rubbing with one of leisure other people's sight. I can not help cranky up, "lamp reading, netrose ... ..."
It's that sat quietly around to nine o'clock, I got up and want out, girl, Shen said: "It's so dark, but he still went out ah?" I replied: "and Luk had arranged to sit him," ; Shen girl again admonished, "to come back early"; I draw a line: "know of." So go out.
I'm going to be a luk, is Xitang a celebrity. Pull hand good erhu, playing the hand well zither, with a lot of students, but also as a Chinese folk artists performed abroad.
Afternoon went to Tong Street, luk at home he has done at home is now a restaurant, called Fuyuan Restaurant, by Lu Taitai perform household. But this restaurant with other companies of varying, there are tables, but also Gujiu counter, but an empty office in the lobby, but also stood zheng, erhu wall. Was not at home when I went to Luk, Lu Jiashan, teaching students to say too much, because the next morning there are classes in the evening do not come back. See, I come from Nanjing Lu is too have a phone conversation with Mr. Lu, Lu wife and children his daughter had fallen on dial several times, I pick. Wang Dan's light Luk said at once in the evening after class, he plays back home around 10:00. By the Fuyuan Restaurant Luk, Luk has been waiting in the main room with a. Mrs Lu said, and burning a few sample dishes, I have done a poor job, which is the lotus leaf Fen Zhengrou bull store bought, you will be a drink, and I had a rest upstairs.
Luk Daming Lu Xian Cheng, legs somewhat cumbersome. To teach students at home with the original erhu, later, fame growing, Jiashan and elsewhere, people are sending their children to land to teach Therefore, in Jiashan city, rent-a house to open to teach Guzheng Erhu Museum, every Saturday, Sundays go to 2 sub-classes.
Lu took out a bottle of the old, "Plum Blossom 3 white", the old Lu said, "Plum Blossom 3 white" is not an ordinary rice wine, is called a three-white, is one for the off-white, two colors of yellow rice wine is crystal clear although the permeability white, 3 is loaded with white lime wine jar seal, if used other, it left a taste.
With regard to Xitang, the old land knows a lot, and the elegant style of conversation. Old Lu said that you've been my next-door "Le country"? I said, the afternoon, and if not opened. Old Lu say, ah the early years, it was a land of elegance it! I know that he said was Liu Yazi Xitang of elegance in the story.
Liu Ya-zi is true Mingshi.
"Le country" is a restaurant and inn, a look that is full of names are a kind of joking taste. That year, Xitang key elements of the Southern Society, and others I 10-mei Kung urged Liu Yazi to Xitang poems making friends. At first, Mr. Yoo is about disapproval. 10-mei are, of course I know that Mr. Yoo frequented Zhouzhuang there is a "floor fan", "floor fans" there are places on the Arab-Israeli golden girl very much liked. Then a flash of inspiration, we Xitang there is also a "country music", "country music", there is also one of only Keren, and the clever elegant hostess. As a result, Mr. Yoo will be a pleasure to be around. Arrived in the "country music", in the face pretty good words Food & Wine and the female boss, Liu Yazi into poetic reverie, into Doujiu made Sentences, coupled with their eyebrows more than 10 joined in the chorus, booze Fang Ge, poem 35. Ambitious Mr. Yoo will certainly not cold, "country music" and mistress, he recited two-phase way gift. "Le country" who had pretty good make wild poet's mistress heard "generation leisure to pay Sha," Fan Li rather than the generation Mingshi since she was a beauty compared Wun Sha, even more ecstatic, and I The excitement and tenderness between the words will not wait. That night, night, Liu Ya-zi is very happy, a drunk drunk, and drunk from the bed and rolled on the ground and still not aware of, two days after being pushed is still immersed in the wake of yesterday's good sense in the letter I blamed for recited verse: "plunging to the ground."
Drink to the Hindu, I said, the old land, pull a bar. The old land will be Cao Qin, and Latin America, "North Henan Ballade," I said, how such a sad song pull the old Lu said that the erhu, not to do with pulling sad song? ! Of the rain outside is a melancholy man, which is a plaintive sad song, this heart re-up.
Men drink, you can not help but talk about a woman. I said this afternoon, the impression that the old Lu said, Xitang this place is somewhat strange, but you had to see more of. Lu also said that the old, in fact, Xitang woman a woman like other parts of the countryside, only hard to do good, submissive, Xitang woman is that some "as", but they are "will be subjected to." They do not make something "a crying two downtown three hanging", that is "North cavity." They make up just the right sense of proportion well, pour into a kind of style. The so-called, more Xian Fan, alas, not enough flavor. They are selective for, and the particular person to make, at a specific time to make.
I afford to listen to this high on the old land. Instead want to land too is the upstairs to rest, and if she heard this on the "for" high theory, I am afraid that ultimately, and Luk to make a made.
Talking about midnight, I say good-bye. Old Lu skull-bone to stand up a little bit, "I send you", I also micro-skull-bone said, "No, you are drunk," the old Lu added, "I did not drunk, let's go." Security throughout the bridge walk, I am bent on denying the old land and sent. Yongning alone on the bridge, had sons Laifeng bridge, along the promenade Rain in Back Wani Yitang.
Wani easy to open the church door, I saw the house church, Shen girl anxious round and round, almost angrily angry: "You come back in the end! We should go out looking for a." Shen girl told me that last summer, Chi-ling, Beijing, where a guest at night drunk, brought back, resulting in the Wolong bridge slept. I tease her, "Well then, there are mood Well." Shen girls also angry that, "A Good ghost Yo, this day, your mood and then to go outside, you deserve to freeze to death." Then, Shen girl yawn repeatedly,: "It's so dark, and fast sleep." Hear out of words where some blame.
Deep night, and Wani Yitang extremely quiet, calm Xitang extremely ancient; standing small building flower window, only to hear the distant buzzing of the rain, only to hear the ticking of the rain under the eaves near. Around midnight in the quiet, I seemed to have heard of the Millennium Town Amid a deep breath. Xiaolou night listening to the rain, this situation, this scene, not help people do not intoxicated.
Early in the morning, they woke up. Crept to get up, crept way down the stairs, into the money room pressure in the main room with the cup on the square table, and then crept out of the Wani easy to get to accompany Hall.
After a sons Laifeng bridge, turn left into the north on the deletion Street. Deleted the other side of North Street and South Street, Kerria japonica is a typical ancient Langpeng Xitang. Amidst the promenade, of course counted, but the deletion Street, North and South because of back and easy-Di Street, has been neglected.
The Langpeng Xitang and the alley is the same as the famous. Rain in ten-mile corridor is, in fact, it is exaggerated. The total length of approximately Lang Peng Qi Babai m, which is equivalent to the Xinjiekou from Nanjing Zhujiang Road.
Langpeng are built according to river, according to River waterfront homes, the river walk, meandering twists and turns. It is the east-west, north and south trippingly stagnation, it is like a spectrum of good tunes, from in front of hundreds of Linhe after, can fill out a different song lyrics to. This song, sing sometimes lifted whole workshop is truly time to time, continuous. The river as it slowly seems to appear before Fuqin, rain hit Ceiling and butter for its piano, but the wind from Langxia through, but if it blows long reed pipe. Oblique bridge stood staring, which was daily Langpeng heavy atmosphere of the smoke and the mist was sparse, rustic get some dowdy. This shabby, the burning of its former glory.
With regard to the origin of Lang Peng is a story. Said that there is a well-meaning early Cigarette Paper store owner because of slack business worrying about. One day came a beggar in the rain under the eaves, the boss not only the facilities of the meals he still be allowed into the room, the beggar persisted in his refusal, shop at night to play pretend, beggar does not go, the boss to see the eaves are too narrow, took a roll bamboo curtain on the roof of a makeshift hut to beggar in the following sheltering. 2 days beggar disappeared, and shops on the left line peeling off the walls of the lime with the written word "Langpeng night cover wind and rain, charitable people good luck to" Sure enough, from this shop business is booming. Owner of gratitude, just under the eaves in the shop before the ride of which have brick and tile with columns across the street until He Bu Lang Peng. Later, on the street in front of stores to follow suit in the house to set up the arbor. When all was built up, it was found that each speaker has been linked up into an arbor, miles and miles. Be able to stretch for miles, then the number of shops properly? The kind of personal conduct for commercial purposes eventually led to a majority of the public works service. What is the business culture? The face of the Three Mile Lang Peng, empty advocating the "business culture" who should feel failure. Never mind what the profits and balance sheet, just this Langpeng, Xitang has its proud capital of the.
However, Langpeng in Xitang town, but also out of the civilian character of Jin Xian. Langpeng real people connected to each one Xitang together. Lang Peng is no longer a family home to build up a temporary arbor, but has become a household housing construction each an integral and important component of good character who has been Xitang materialized into such a living form, has become Xitang people spiritual world one of the most moving performance of a person form. Under the Langpeng Xitang walked in, have a heart of nostalgia. In a door, an old woman, carrying his hands a bowl of white rice, stood on the side of a small-cap Pickle to get a taste of life Youziyouwei; old ran some simple tourist items, a small - basket container of the local specialties Fen Zhengrou. Old people stopped to see me, it does not sell its own goods, but from next to get to a small bench, only with a warm gaze on me, just like my family frequently see each other as a guest. I seem to understand why Xitang preserved so completely, she detached world outside of folk customs, tenacity will surely be pure and honest personality disputes and noise outside was a shame the Vietnamese government, pure and her own to protect the character his own, but to protect Pure Land one of the men's hearts.
Along the North deletion Street Langpeng away in the end, that is, Wolong bridge, on this bridge, there are a moving story. According to legend, the Kangxi reign, there is a wide margin of monks called see pedestrians in the past shabby wooden bridge bitter rain, but also was witness to a pregnant woman cross the bridge Zhuihe died, so vowed to alms-made stone blocks. This bridge should be completed in the last one when the boat arrived in stone, wide margin of monks had passed away because of alms falling sick from overwork. Stone business is very anxious, however, wide margin of monks to eat leftovers for the bridge-building for many years He Liangshui do not owe and heavy reputation is well-known resort, merchants opened up a broad margin of Buddhist monks in his charge as collateral where the burden. Can open one to see, but it is widely edge of a pair of monks Poseng shoes. Businessman stunned and speechless, wide margin in the last trading deceived him. However, the businessmen have been deeply moved, and wide margin, after all, not for himself, he lives and the credibility of his life were the last to deceive, so traders will be sent to the dead white stone the whole wide margin of monks and people living Xitang .
Deleted from the North Street Bridge over the Wolong Di Street, then walk south to the Yongning Bridge and security throughout the bridge. At this time, respectively, waited at the two bridge, the two old Tam Dan Zhao feeding attracted me. A man named Lu's really fresh, to a small wonton, bean curd with a family called the meter. The price is very cheap, delicious, value for money, is the city does not appreciate the benefits. Heard that two elderly people because of age and has no fear of another life long ago did not want to do it, but the town government subsidies to preserve the scenery of this old couple living on Road to allow them to continue to do so. In my opinion, the officials Xitang visionary. But the two old people, after all, is really old, and this Road landscape can be maintained for how long? Well, they're completely unfounded, census drawn, which Luc small wonton and counting at home I eat the bean curd.
Early in the morning, standing on the bridge watching Yongning Xitang, layer upon layer of buildings arranged gradually opened to the water's edge. Bang Shui door of Xitang people, buildings built exquisite, eclectic, high-ridge sharp eaves, bluestone architecture, the background color of white powder Yinyun years due to water vapor and wind and rain erosion, and touch of the history of the old shop on display in a heavy, sincere true inner feelings, such a motionless on the stand in Riverside, carries one of the descendants of interest interest-bearing soil and water hygiene, but also a certain time to meet with such and such, as I look for a passing dream.
Xitang some of the old house on top of nearly foot long tile grass, reportedly is the former residence depends on the owner of the souls attached to these grass so that they grow so lush, tranquil and historic houses Youhu the long-length, also Yu , patrol town's prosperity and harmony.
Xitang residential areas are mostly the Ming and Qing architecture, has the unique Jiangnan Water Village, which has a world of difference between the construction in northern China. The residential areas in northern China are very particular about symmetry and Founder, and gives too heavy meaning, resulting in a spiritual burden, which the town refused to rivers and lakes with symmetry, refused the Founder, also refused the shackles of emotional and human of sticking to the regulations. From here you can see a white clearly reveal the truth of human nature, if this house was built on higher-lying areas, they bent down to try to do a large flat on the top side, like Chinese painting in the abstract deformation of the brush strokes, if you are low-lying position, you can follow the easy choice to make, and no one to care about high or low, the windows of this house can be built entirely in another family's roof, while in the north, for fear of pressure of the feng shui adjacent premises even higher compared to a brick and tile are taboo; is in the high slot where a low, if there is a small space can also be used, then, it will not easily let go, and垒一间堆放杂物的空房，也是好的。
西塘民居，即使富裕些的人家，往往宅邸的第一进都是很不起眼的。它不象婺源晓起商宅，门楼理直气壮地把个商字张扬得大气回肠。这里的第一进大都低矮而不张扬，似乎在向人们示着弱，所谓“银不露白、暗可藏财”。不显摆，不露富，是这里人家的一个传统。这传统的形成可以追溯到明代。那时候这里常有倭寇与湖匪相勾结，坐船半夜来抢掠，抢过后就是一把火，烧了就走，所以他们来，从房屋外表是看不出住户是否富贵的，而这房屋的结构，也是在防这一个抢字上用尽了脑筋。凡事隐着点，避着点，忍着点，这或者也可以称得上西塘人家过去的一种性情，一种智慧了。
西塘和周庄同里乌镇这些水乡小镇原都是同一类的，只是没有了沈厅和张厅的繁华，没有了同里退思园的奢华，也没有古戏台和那些作坊的喧闹。说到沈厅、张厅，应该是周庄的骄傲。一个是贵胄的私邸，一个是巨贾的毫宅。退思园主人任兰生，在职时的官职不过现在一个军分区司令而已，罢官回老家后，居然造起了这么大极尽豪华的园林，他的钱是从哪儿来的？要知道他任职的地方可是个几乎年年都要闹饥荒、饿死人的地方。任兰生被罢官后，又用这贪来的钱造园隐居而退思反省，这就有些玩弄天下人的良心与眼睛了。相形之下，西塘就很见拙了。西塘的深宅大院很少，一定要列举，只有两个。一是倪氏故居，一是王家大院。前者是前上海副市长倪天增（一个鞠躬尽瘁的好官）的老家。当年倪天增从这里踏出去，可能后来也没有再回来过；后者是据说南宋初年御营制置使王渊后人的栖所，当年他们从外面躲进来，可能后来再也没有出去过。西塘不出产贵族，也绝少同贵族挤眉弄眼，眉目传情。前后八百年能够与“权贵”搭上边的，怕只有这两位了，而这二位的辉煌，又都不在西塘。
早上的西塘是不应该错过的。还是那条街，还是那样的老屋，还是那水墨韵味的景色，但是早晨却更有味道。整个西塘雨雾蒙蒙，如水中望月，如雾里看花，神秘而诱人。人们开始在廊棚边生火，在河水中洗刷，做着平常人家的晨间功课。
清早的老街，又是阴雨霏霏，此时，漫街之上甚为清冷。只我一人孤零零地站着，抬头看上去，两边是一色的木楼贴得很近，木匾的店招牌。布质的酒幌… …真的有些迷惑起来，这里的一切都刷着明清时代的锈色，我真的一脚又跨进明朝或是清朝了？这是到了什么地方？我清醒着，我却又完完全全地迷惑着。老街口斜上去，有一座短短的小桥，桥旁立一木牌，上书“渔家码头”，站在桥上看过去，薄雾中，几条乌蓬船挨挨挤挤地泊在港湾里。这时，一幅令人喜悦的画面映入了眼帘。一座河房二楼的窗口，一个略带女相的小伙子在梳头，头发老也弄不顺，于是，小伙子把手伸出窗外，梳子上接些雨水再梳。
在西塘，弄堂一律完好地保留着，不仅仅是式样、格局，就连色泽也是古旧的。一条条古旧的弄堂似乎还在时时散发阵阵撩拨人的明清年代的呼吸。到西塘来就去闲散地穿穿弄堂吧，那个感觉与趣味就会很不一样。
西塘的弄堂据说有一百二十多条，最著名的是苏家弄、叶家弄、计家弄和石皮弄。
这一早上，我在这些弄堂里走了少说也有三、四趟，跑到了弄堂的那一头，我便又回到了现代，返过来跑到这一头，又来到了古代，一种奇妙的趣味和愉悦包围着我，紧随着我，一会儿今天，一会儿明天；一会儿现代，一会儿又到了清代或是明代，这些弄堂把自古至今两个世界，只用短短几分钟就给两厢沟通了，这哪里是什么弄堂，简直就是一条时空隧道。
终于要走了。西街商市也渐渐热闹起来。我买了些阿牛荷叶粉蒸肉、阿三薰青豆和一线天芡实羔。回来后，我那嘴很刁的老娘直夸芡实糕好吃。
走进苏家弄，渐渐地听见了远远的市声，那声音起先是从前头飘飘而来，继续前行就越来越显出人声鼎沸车马熙攘的喧嚣，急走几步出得弄堂，满眼都是发廊、酒家、商店，拉在街道上的横幅，比比皆是的灯箱广告，就连商家的叫卖声也是声嘶力竭，与南京新街口如出一辙。走了很长的路，找到了位于银川路的西塘邮局，拿出在姚宅买的西塘明信片，请邮局的小姐一一盖上西塘的邮戳，然后回到新镇等车北上。
在登车的一瞬间，回望古镇，心里道着：再会了，清茶老酒；再会了，水墨西塘。
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