Hello, everyone. I'm the tour guide along the bell tower and the city wall.The bell of __ bell tower interprets the simplicity of the ancient city of Xi'anand the richness of this historical ancient city. In the next few days, whileenjoying the scenery along the walls of the bell and Drum Tower, you can alsofeel the other side of the charm of the ancient city of Xi'an, that is, Xi'an'sfood culture. Speaking of Xi'an's food, can you tell us what are the more famoussnacks in Xi'an?
Xi'an's food culture is full of rich northwest customs. Tasting Xi'an'ssnacks is a great pleasure to visit Xi'an. Whether it's mutton steamed bun,which has always been loved by Xi'an people, or the famous "Xi'an DumplingBanquet" at home and abroad, it has distinctive local characteristics.
On my right hand side are two buildings imitating Ming and Qing Dynasties.I wonder if you have noticed the striking sentence on the building: "eternalflavor dumpling fragrance, legendary quality tefachang". Yes, this is thewell-known Chinese time-honored tefachang at home and abroad. Tefachang isfamous for its dumpling feast. If you want to taste it, you can go with eachother to feel the extraordinary things of DeFaChang after our trip. At the sametime, I also tell you a very unfortunate thing: I haven't tasted the dumplingshere! But I think since it has the name of eternal flavor, it must be worthy ofits name. After finishing the dumplings, some people will ask where the muttonsteamed bun is Is there any place for sale? Please follow me. We can clearly seethat there is a restaurant with the same architectural style next to DeFaChang -tongshengxiang. At the gate of tongshengxiang, we will inadvertently notice asculpture. Can you tell which of the eight monsters in Shaanxi is displayed bythis sculpture? (don't sit up on the stool.) tongshengxiang is mainly engaged inbeef and mutton steamed buns, various special snacks, and integrates traditionalcharacteristics with modern fashion. So when you come to this place for dinner,I think you will feel the diversity of Xi'an culture Colorful!
Through the bell and Drum Tower Square, we now arrive at the magnificentand elegant Drum Tower. On both sides of the street are antique buildings, andthere are all kinds of famous Xi'an snacks. So I want to ask you, what is themost famous snack street in Xi'an? It goes without saying that it is the Huisnack street. If tourists come to Xi'an have a chance to come to the Hui snackstreet I think it's not only because of the huge number of food shops andjewelry shops on both sides of the street, but also because of the profoundcultural connotation of the street.
Huimin Street generally refers to the North-South street from Gulou toBeiyuanmen, but sometimes it also includes Huajue lane, Xiyang city andDapiyuan. As the name suggests, Hui Street is a place where Hui people livetogether. Xi'an Huimin street is a street in Huimin District, about 500 meters,characterized by bluestone paving and green trees
Chengyin, on both sides of the road are antique buildings imitating theMing and Qing Dynasties. The shops on both sides are mainly engaged in cateringand some accessories with Shaanxi characteristics, and they are all operated byHui people, with strong halal characteristics, which are deeply loved by foreigntourists.
The restaurants you see on both sides of the street are authentic Muslimhotels. There are several famous restaurants, such as halal Pingwa barbecueshop, Jia Sanguan soup bag, fried rice with red and red pickled cabbage,Laosun's mutton steamed bun in Dapiyuan, etc. There is also an interestinglegend about Xi'an mutton steamed bun. It is said that Zhao Kuangyin, theemperor of the Song Dynasty, was trapped in Chang'an before he became emperor.He lived a life of drinking and starving all day. One day he came to a shop thatwas cooking beef and mutton. The shopkeeper saw that he was very pitiful, so heasked him to break his own dry steamed bun. Then the shopkeeper poured aspoonful of boiling broth and put it in the kitchen Cook well on the fire. ThenZhao Kuangyin ate the meal, and he felt that it was the best food in the world.Later, Zhao Kuangyin became emperor. One day, when he passed Chang'an, he stillcould not forget the beef and mutton steamed buns he had eaten here. He went tothis restaurant with the Minister of culture and military to eat a bowl of beefand mutton steamed buns. After eating, he still felt delicious, so he rewardedthe shopkeeper. Since then, as soon as the story of the emperor eating paomospread, beef and mutton paomo has become a famous snack on Chang'an Street. SuDongpo, a great writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, once wrote a hymn that"there is Xiong La in Longxi, and only sheep soup in Qin cuisine". So if youhave a chance, you must taste the local folk flavor.
In fact, in the street of Hui people's snacks, there are many ornamentswith local characteristics for you to choose from. You can see that theseornaments are full of variety. For example, there are terracotta warriors andhorses ornaments, the eighth wonder of the world. You can buy one or two as amemorial to Xi'an. At the same time, we can notice that there are manychildren's tiger shoes, big red hats and so on. As we all know, red representsauspiciousness and Ruyi, so I think it is necessary for you to buy somesouvenirs in Huimin street.
Just now we said that the Hui people's snack street has a profound culturalconnotation. Who knows its origin? As early as more than 1000 years ago in theHan Dynasty, the Hui people's street once served as the starting point of theSilk Road, welcoming merchants, envoys and students from ancient Arabia, Persiaand other places. So these people are the later Hui people. According tohistorical records, many people along the silk road came to the bustling city ofChang'an, where they did business, studied abroad, and became officials. Today,it has become a community of more than 60000 Hui Muslims. As a place for theinheritance of Islamic culture, there are still many cultural relics of the TangDynasty, such as the light gate, the west gate gate group of the Ming Dynasty,many well preserved mosques and Taoist Town God's Temple, five Buddhist temples,and the Lamaism Guangyuan temple. Many streets in the block have a strongIslamic style, with Muslim Food City, ethnic shopping center, mosque and Muslimliving area.
As you can see now, the temple is located in Huajue lane. It was built inthe first year of Tianbao, Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. It has a history of morethan 1200 years. After several renovations and extensions in song, yuan, Mingand Qing Dynasties, it gradually formed a huge ancient architectural complexwith the style of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is large-scale, compact,harmonious and solemn. Its architectural style embodies the organic unity ofIslamic culture and Chinese traditional architectural art. It is one of the mostdistinctive, well preserved and typical Chinese style mosques in China so far.The temple is divided into five courtyards, covering an area of 13000 squaremeters. After 30 years of renovation by the government and the temple, not onlythe original appearance of the temple has been maintained, but also a lot of newMing and Qing buildings in line with the style of the temple have beenadded.
It is believed that through the effective protection of the culture in thisarea, Xi'an Hui historical district will become a tourist attraction that canreflect the cultural characteristics, loess culture and Muslim culture ofXi'an.
Next, we will go to our next stop - Xi'an ancient city wall. On the way tothe ancient city wall, I will briefly introduce the scenic spots along the way.What is worth mentioning is the ancient culture street,
From the south of the bell tower in Xi'an, when you get to the south gate,and then turn east, you can see the ancient culture street of Shuyuan gate.There is a tall archway with ancient charm at the entrance of the street. Abovethe archway are three gold faced characters of "Shuyuan gate". On both sides areeye-catching couplets of "the forest of Steles collects national treasures, andthe Academy cultivates outstanding people". From this couplet, we can easily seethe theme of the street. Obviously, the gate of the academy has more poeticcharm than the Hui snack street we just introduced. If you are interested, youcan visit the gate of the Academy. Maybe you will have more harvest here.
That's all for the explanation from the bell and drum tower to the citywall. If you don't know anything else, just ask me, and I'll try my best toanswer it for you. At the same time, I sincerely hope you can have a good timein Xi'an!
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