What are the business hours of Xijindu Street?

Opening hours of Xijindu Street: 8: 00- 18: 00.

Introduction of Xijindu Street Attractions:

Located at the foot of Yuntai Mountain in the west of Zhenjiang, it is a historical relic attached to the broken mountain plank road. Xijindu ancient street is the most complete, concentrated and well-preserved area in Zhenjiang, and it is the "context" of Zhenjiang's historical and cultural city. There are 12 cultural relics protection units here, including 1 national cultural relics protection unit and 2 provincial cultural relics protection units. In ancient times, there was Xiangshan in the east as a barrier to stop the surging tide, and the north corresponded to Guhan ditch. Linjiang is a cliff, a natural harbor and a stable coastline. During the Six Dynasties, the crossing route here was fixed. During the unprecedented "Yongjia South Crossing" period, more than half of the northern refugees landed from here. In the fifth year of Long 'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (40 1), Sun En, the leader of the peasant uprising army, led "100,000 soldiers and thousands of ships" to enter the river from the sea and reach Zhenjiang. The strategic goal was to "shout garlic mountain", control Xijin crossing and cut off the north-south ties, thus besieging Jindun Jianye (now Nanjing) and being defeated by the northern government soldiers led by Emperor Wu of Song. In 684 AD, after the death of Li Zhi, Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, and Luo launched an armed riot in Yangzhou. Luo's "Fighting for" is well-known and a sensation. After the defeat, Luo, Luo and others crossed the river "running to Runzhou and diving under the garlic mountain". In the Song Dynasty, this was the front line of resistance to gold, and Han Shizhong was stationed in Garlic Mountain to resist the invasion of the southern nomads. There have been hundreds of important wars here for thousands of years. Xijin Gudu is surrounded by mountains and waters with beautiful scenery. Li Bai, Meng Haoran, Zhang Hu, Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Mi Fei, Lu You and Kyle Polo all waited for ships or landed here, leaving many poems for future generations.

Xijindu Ancient Street is about 1000 meters long. It was founded in the Six Dynasties. After the construction of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it left its present scale. So from the Six Dynasties to the Qing Dynasty, the whole street can be seen everywhere. Xijin Ferry was called "Suanshan Ferry" in the Three Kingdoms, "Jinling Ferry" in the Tang Dynasty and "Xijin Ferry" after the Song Dynasty. It used to be close to the Yangtze River, and the rolling river flowed under its feet. After the Qing Dynasty, due to the siltation of the floodplain, the riverbank gradually moved northward, and the ferry then moved down to Chao 'an Temple at the foot of Yushan Mountain. At that time, Xijin Gudu is now more than 300 meters away from the bank of the Yangtze River.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan's Dongwu Navy was stationed here. After the Tang Dynasty, soldiers were specially sent to guard and patrol here. In the spring of the first year of Song Xining (1608), Wang Anshi was called to Beijing and flew from the Western Jin Dynasty to Guazhou. When he sailed to Guazhou, he expressed his feelings on the spot and wrote the famous poem "Boating Guazhou": Guazhou in Jingkou is a piece of water, and Zhongshan is only separated by several mountains. Jiang Nanan spring breeze is green, when will the bright moon shine on me?

Kyle Poirot, a famous Italian traveler in Yuan Dynasty, came to Zhenjiang from Yangzhou and landed in Xijindu. It can be seen that Xijin Ferry has been the famous Yangtze River Ferry since at least the Three Kingdoms period. Since the Tang Dynasty, Zhenjiang has been an important water transport town and traffic throat. Xijindu was the only ferry from Zhenjiang to Jiangbei at that time, and its strategic position was extremely important. It has been a battleground for military strategists since the Three Kingdoms. When Lu You passed Xijin Ferry, he lamented that the ferry transported thousands of soldiers every day. This poem written by Yu Shuzi, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, tells the busy scene of people coming and going at the ferry in the Western Jin Dynasty: the grain ship left the Western Jin Dynasty for the second time, with its flag and sail shining on the waterfront.

In the steady crossing, it flows into Guakou, and the flying Zhang Chi Post plays Chen Feng. With the progress of science and technology, the development of society and the change of environment, the function of Xijindu as a ferry has gradually weakened, but its living fossil-like style has basically been preserved. The cultural connotation of Xijindu ancient street lies in its capital culture, religious culture and folk culture. Walking all the way west along the ancient street, the two-story buildings on both sides of the street take us back to the era of singing and dancing. Most of the buildings in ancient streets are relics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Brick and wood structure, cornices and carved windows are all painted with cinnabar, giving people the feeling of "flying pavilions and flowing Dan". Now we can clearly see the titles of Chang 'anli, Jiruili West Street 19 14 and De 'anli along the street in the spring of the first year of the Republic of China. According to the memories of the old people, there are more than 150 shops in this street just a few hundred meters from Guanyin Cave to the present Changjiang Road. From the perspective of industry types, there are generally food, life and culture. Of course, there are also many shops serving boatmen, such as carpenters' shops and cable shops. Before liberation, there were police stations, and these various shops, together with life-saving clubs and fire clubs, were simply a complete small society. The deep rut on the bluestone pavement is enough to prove the prosperity of this Millennium ancient road and Millennium old street. Scattered two-story buildings, cornices of pavilions, carved windows, mottled counters and ten-plank doors of Chinese fir all tell us the vicissitudes of "Millennium crossing, Millennium old street". Walking on this bluestone road deeply engraved by wheels, there are thousands of years of historical echoes in my ears, which can't help but make people feel infinite reverie and nostalgia. Even Han, a well-informed British Chinese woman writer, couldn't help exclaiming from the heart in Xijindu Ancient Street: "Walking on this quaint and elegant ancient street is like walking in a natural history museum. This is the real gold mine for Zhenjiang tourism. " Mr Luo, president of China Cultural Relics Society, even praised it as "China Ancient Capital Museum". Not only that, Xijindu is a harmonious blend of religion and secularism, humanity and nature, which is itself a long and interesting historical scroll. In this regard, the inscriptions on the foreheads of the four gates of the ancient street from east to west give us an unmistakable hint. Inscriptions include: "Tongdengjue Road", "* * * Ducihang", "Flying Pavilion and Flowing Dan" and "Layers of Castle Peak". There is no doubt that what is presented to us is the original historical customs. The maintenance and protection of Xijindu Ancient Street Life-saving Club, Zhaoguan Stone Pagoda and Guanyin Cave won the UNESCO 200 1 Excellent Project Award for Cultural Heritage Protection in Asia-Pacific Region. Xijindu Street is ancient and has a long history, but at the same time it is young and modern. Residents of the ancient street are bathed in warm sunshine, immersed in memories of the past and living leisurely. Perhaps in front of us are tourists riding donkeys to Jinshan, and their ears are intertwined with the sound of selling and the melody of flutes. They chew history, just like chewing the flavor of marinated dried tofu and maltose.

Yesterday has become history, and Xijindu Ancient Street is now infused with the connotation of the times and endowed with vitality. A long history, numerous historical sites, simple ecology, simple folk customs and traditional businesses all glow with an indescribable vitality. Xijindu Ancient Street is attracting the attention of domestic and foreign tourists and archaeologists with its unique charm. This is the unforgettable Xijindu. This is the world-famous Xijindu.