May 15, 2004 in Suzhou on Saturday, the rain been many times, for this only two hours away from Shanghai city journey is both familiar and strange feeling. This is directed at Pingtan to go, so though it was raining, I was duty-bound to go.
I love this period of time to travel by train, but only within three hours away; in particular, to Suzhou, I feel more and more by train is much better than driving. By "T" prefix train, went to Suzhou, need only one hour; I have a friend drive the fastest car but also one hour from Shanghai in the past three quarters of an hour, the most so I can not stand the traffic jams. And from Shanghai to Suzhou, high-speed road is not looking very bored --- last visit to Suzhou, a meeting, I have a mulberry tree to see what my colleagues want to look like the way the past, simply did not see! I had tried to comfort him, next time on the Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed Kanba. Feeling much better train, the railway has neat green trees on both sides of the car window eyeful of green, through the branches to see the back of farmland and farmhouses, and occasionally after some small railway station, one or two flash shadows, so that people feel very live, very pleasant.
1410 train, 1500 went to Suzhou, a station when the uncharacteristically few people, probably because of the relationship between the rain, there is probably already is the afternoon, few people get off, I and my friends finally get off, walk in the back , from the tunnel out, the entire station platform actually only two of us, empty. This is my imaginary Suzhou, Suzhou's old used to be very noisy, Suzhou Jiangnan jasper should be, should be "quiet" in. The rains come, there was no come to the right.
Trip to Suzhou, the purpose is to listen to the night Pingtan, booking that is "Qiantang tea." For a long time did not stay overnight in Suzhou, and many times back and forth all day, so I have no opportunity to listen to no time to be properly Pingtan. The last in Suzhou training, Zhuliaoliangtian, but are catching up, "Qiantang tea" and the decoration, but also missed an opportunity, this time finally to wish fulfilled.
Suzhou, the rain gives the impression that good urban renewal project was temporarily a paragraph seems, a lot of neat. I used to fear most of Suzhou dusty, When it rains, I feel more fresh. Six o'clock, when a taxi to the Qiantang tea has been the pupils in attendance. Here is my favorite place in Suzhou, renovated after the environment better than before, I thought surely this decoration expensive, rare is a bit quieter, soft lighting and elegant string and wind music, it feels great to relaxation; as a whole is very Chinese style tea house, screens, wood carvings, wood tables and chairs, tassels, marble, antiques, Buddha statues, bridges, water and the looming candlelight everywhere revealed deep breath of elegance and culture; here, waiter boys is the Song of the dress, the Guest is dressed in cheongsam, so we feel we have come a leisure, a little to live up to the environment here. Qiantang tea service attitude is very warm, bright smile unusual and thoughtful to let us almost a bit surprised and flattered.
To us is a two small private dining room, a comfortable cushion, it is suitable for two people chatting. I order a Tie Guan Yin, friends, points of Biluochun, tea and good tea Ye Hao, if only tea is also worthwhile. Qiantang man of tea is a buffet style tea, dried fruits, snacks, cooked food, soup, desserts, porridge, cold vegetables, fruits, variety is very rich; staple food is the point of meal, and do not take turns when delivery of supplies, that night I remember the service has sent a plum, red to mention, steaming chicken legs, ribs soy sauce, a soup (forget the name, we did not have to), there is a good fruit to eat ice cream. Charges, but he is not expensive, from 50, the maximum if not more than 200. Here is a Confucian Merchants boss, I and my friend have been discussing such a location, such an environment, diet and good, but also the only way the price, I am afraid that shop owners are not purely for profit, only for their own interest in bar .
Pingtan 8:00 start, a man and a woman, man a gray robe, woman dressed in red dress, singing in Mandarin will be put before the content that you wanted to sing again, and then start. Wu Nong soft language is already a reputation overseas, has been said that if the Chinese dialect of Suzhou, the most soft, sing out feeling less like a good woman singing in particular. The corner of the stage in the hall in front of the long hanging tassels, soft, singing tone from the inside slowly revealing, it seems very far, but clearly a little infiltrated the heart; hear their was not much to understand the relationship between important is that this music makes you feel that the whole people are very relaxed, very calm, suddenly feel that we can not think anything, anything does not matter; long seen the word before, saying that is the most suitable Pingtan healing music, not without reason . I quietly distorted in the back of a chair and saw wood ditch gurgling water revealing little candles and let his thoughts flying very far, a lot of memories inadvertently rise in my heart, like a movie-like scenes flash. Pingtan the end of it is a "Maple Bridge at Night," which the poem well known to, but it is the first time I heard singing, a lot of flavor.
Tea from the Qiantang out is 11:00, the rain is still underground with Li Li Xi River Xi River, is not no little rain tick to knock on the umbrella is another kind of music. We decided to go back. Rainy night in Suzhou is very quiet, even in this well-known Shiquan to night street, brilliant neon is not appropriate for Suzhou; rain infiltrated the city is very clean, the air moist and fresh wind in the face of Wei Liang very comfortable, renovated antique people are Jiangnan Road ------ this, is my dream, Suzhou, China.
Author: Judyll
