At the end of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Chikan ancient town gradually formed a whole area; In order to get better development opportunities, the ancient town quickly carried out the related construction work of roads and riverbanks; On this basis, some shops in the ancient town have also been built. In the development process of the next few hundred years, the development state of the ancient town is becoming more and more perfect, showing a positive attitude.
The scenery of Chikan ancient town is really intriguing. Compared with other scenery, the South Tower has a sense of history and vicissitudes. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the South Tower, as the border between China and the Japanese army, presented a long-term confrontation. The seven strong men of Stuart fought against the enemy to the end. Seven days and seven nights, difficult support, and finally heroic sacrifice Today, the South Tower, a five-story high-rise building, is still full of craters and is a patriotic education base with a long history.
Jinghui Building is a typical arcade in Lingnan Water Town. The building consists of three floors, with a total length of 45 meters and a width of 5 meters. It is located in the European film and television city in Chikan ancient town. Jinghui Building was named after a famous doctor in the Republic of China. There are double living room, bedroom, double staircase, vertical skylight, patio and so on. Every floor has it, which is very characteristic of architecture in the Republic of China.
There is also a street view on Xidi Road in Chikan Ancient Town, which is called European Style Street. The construction process of this street is also quite distinctive. It is said that overseas Chinese who lived in America and Europe in their early years brought some foreign architectural design drawings back to their hometown. Later, on the basis of adhering to the traditional culture, combined with these western architectural techniques, they were perfectly combined with each other, and finally a building complex with a combination of Chinese and western styles was built, which looked full of personality.
There is also a Ying Long Building near Sanmenli Village in Chikan Ancient Town. The building is only 6 kilometers away from Kaiping City and is the earliest watchtower in the area. During the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, Guan Jia took out a large amount of savings to fight floods and finally built this tower. The whole tower is a mixed form of brick and wood, with a height of11.4m; In the most traditional mode, the shape of the tower was built in a minimalist way and has been preserved until now.
On the occasion of 2005, Chikan Film and Television City, covering an area of 60,000 square meters, was established in the ancient town; The film and television city costs more than 20 million yuan, of which the most attractive is the watchtower complex; These towers are completely different from ordinary ancient buildings and are worthy of being a perfect example of the combination of Chinese and western. Many foreign tourists were stunned by the beautiful scenery here when they visited here, shouting: amazing!
The most famous ancient town of Chikan is the arcade complex. There are more than 600 arcades in the ancient town, stretching for about 3 kilometers. The most spectacular part of these arcades is located in Xidi Road, and the arcade styles are almost the same. Behind the western-style wall is the traditional "golden" tile roof in China; These baroque roofs are also inlaid with stained glass wooden windows and exquisite small balcony structures, which are very eye-catching from a distance.
You know, the famous film Let Bullets Fly directed by Jiang Wen was shot in several watchtowers and arcades in Chikan ancient town. These exquisite buildings are undoubtedly the product of the combination of Chinese and foreign styles; Today, it still exudes unparalleled elegance, and the light yellow and dark red colors are intertwined, which strongly impacts people's visual nerves.
In the ancient town of Chikan, there are not only the beautiful scenery of combining Chinese and western, but also many attractive foods. The half-tender and half-yellow tofu horn has both the fragrance of tofu and the fresh fragrance of fish, which makes people salivate. On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can also taste the silky and delicious Magang Seto powder. In the collocation, the first-class polished rice and moderately fat ducks were selected, and at the same time, they were cooked in a pot, and soon the delicious Chikan duck porridge was born.
From this point of view, Chikan ancient town is worthy of being a treasure trove of geomantic omen, which can make people's spirit relax infinitely in the beautiful scenery, and it is really a very pleasant thing to let tourists from afar taste the food that goes deep into the taste buds in the food. I hope that the eager tourists can visit the ancient town and feel the charm of walking between food and beautiful scenery.