Water Street

Water Street

Yanzhen Water Street is an important part of Haiyan historical and cultural area in Yancheng City. It is located in the east side of Chuanchang river landscape belt. It is planned and constructed from century avenue to Dongjin road and along the west side of Kaifang Avenue. It covers an area of 68000 square meters and a building area of 29600 square meters with a total investment of 310 million yuan.

Architecture

The whole architectural style of Water Street in Yanzhen town is an antique building, with more than 800 meters of winding waterways, pavilions and pavilions standing near the water. The walls are made of clay green bricks, the roofs are made of green tiles or glazed tiles, and the aluminum alloy antique doors and windows are equipped, showing the water style of Yancheng and the historical and cultural features of sea salt. The scenic area of Shuijie is divided into three areas: dazumen, Tianshui square and Yishui restaurant. It has Shuiyun Pavilion, piaozhou opera garden, Hanmo Pavilion and other special scenic spots and some commercial shops. It has arranged water cruise and land tour routes, and focuses on displaying folk culture such as local opera, acrobatics, old business and folk art. It also operates local snacks, tourist crafts, local specialties and study rooms Four treasures, supporting restaurants, tea shops, etc., fully show the unique charm of water town and sea salt history and culture.

Take a wooden canoe at the circular wharf beside the Chuanchang River, pass through the waterway entrance, and pass through the "water city gate" on the southernmost side of the water street scenic spot to enter the water street. There are more than 50 shops along the street, which focus on Yancheng characteristic tourism commodities related to sea salt culture. The wooden boat slowly passed through "piaozhou opera garden", "Laozhou tea house", "Hanmo Pavilion" and "Shuiyun Pavilion", and finally arrived at the salt merchant's house at the north end of Shuijie street. With an area of about 20000 square meters and three entrances, dazhumen is the largest group of centralized buildings in the whole water street scenic area.

Culture

On November 8, 2008, the opening ceremony of Shuijie and Yandu folk culture festival was held in Tianshui square. Zhao Peng, Secretary of Yancheng Municipal Party committee and director of the Standing Committee of Yancheng Municipal People's Congress, announced the opening of Shuijie and Yandu folk culture festival. Li Qiang, deputy secretary of the municipal Party committee and mayor, delivered a speech.

Hundreds of people came to watch the opening ceremony. Folk artists performed unique skills such as hair embroidery and paper cutting, and Lixiahe folk cultural performances such as dragon dance, lion dance and Huadan, which made the visitors smile. When fishermen get married on the water, they can see a kind of water culture From November 8 to November 20, the Shuiyun Pavilion in Shuijie will hold folk culture exhibition and folk art performance every day. The piaozhou opera garden will arrange Huai opera, acrobatics, magic, instrumental ensemble, opera performance and other performances every day. At the same time, the public can walk through the antique buildings in Shuijie by water and land, and watch Shuiyun Pavilion, piaozhou opera garden, Hanmo Pavilion and other tourist attractions from a close distance Enjoy the performances of folk artists. Instead of the traditional practice of "cultural setting up stage and economic and trade singing opera", the cultural activities with strong Yancheng characteristics and economic and trade activities with local characteristics sing opera on the same stage, fully demonstrating Yancheng's distinctive city image and historical and cultural heritage to guests at home and abroad.

The eaves are tilted, and the outline of the antique buildings has emerged; the artificial river course is zigzag, wandering among the buildings Water street not only provides a new place for entertainment and leisure for the general public, but also adds a scenic spot full of water style for Yancheng.

Address: Shuijie, Tinghu District, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.168543

Latitude: 33.361987

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day