Bottle Kiln 丨you don't know Hangzhou town - the beauty of the old time to come

When it comes to bottled water, probably a lot of people haven't heard of it, but those who care about the price of housing in Hangzhou should know about it. After all, now also on the bottle kiln side of the house prices are lower...

But as a small township in Hangzhou, Bottle Kiln not only attracts a lot of photographers of the reeds, with the color of the 70's old street, and Liangzhu Ancient Kingdom of the cultural heritage, the uniqueness of this place is probably only personally experienced to know it.

Bottle kiln town is located in Hangzhou Yuhang District, west-central. North and east of neighboring Liangzhu Street, south of Yuhang, Cangqian Street, west of Huanghu Street. It is indeed a small place, but small does not mean that the characteristics are less.

In 2007, in the town of Bottle Kiln territory of the Anti-Shan, Hui Guanshan, Mojiao Mountain, Wu Jiabu and other places have been found 4,700-5,000 years ago Liangzhu culture site, unearthed a large number of pottery, jade, rice, silk and other relics of the ancestors of Liangzhu.

Ten miles west of the town's Penggongling ancient anti-bow ridge, rumored to be the dyke pond of the ancient country of the wind. It can be said that in the bottle kiln on this piece of land 4000-5000 years ago, there are Liangzhu ancient state and the ancient state of the wind to prevent the ancestors to thrive.

There are now archaeological research sites near the site, and the whole large area is still in the development stage. The large plains, white sand, grass, and a wide view, sitting on the ground, feel like the whole world is their own.

"Bottle Kiln was originally a three-piece suit, a mountain, a stream and a street."

When you come to Bottle Kiln, the old street is also a must-see place.

The existing Bottle Kiln Old Street is not just a street, but a synonym for the old town.

On a rainy day, the old street is slightly mysterious in the veil of rain and mist, with rows of doors, supply and marketing offices, movie theaters, and grain stations, as if we had traveled to decades ago.

Walking along the road, and occasionally saw a Lane turned in, trying to find the mark of time. But found that the most is empty and dangerous houses and a big fork, probably the next time to come, these old alleys have been changed into another look.

From the old street out, you can see the bottle kiln's mother river - Campsia Creek, is one of the eight water systems in Zhejiang, is also an important tributary of the Taihu Lake basin. Because of the reeds along the river in the watershed, into the fall, the reeds scattered on the water like snow, striking, local residents called the reeds for "camas", so the name camas creek.

In the Bottle Kiln, the North Lake is the best place to see the reeds, the ancient saying "three autumn colors, one point of reed", Yuhang's "one point of reed" in the North Lake grass.

In late fall, the grassy slopes are already in full bloom, from the riverbank, a white blanket, near and far, layers and layers, stretching to the distant kiln under the mountain, beautiful to the extreme.

If you have walked through the old street, seen the reed flowers, or feel that something is missing, perhaps the heritage of the craft can fill this vacancy.

If you remember Mr. Dai Wangshu's "Rainy Lane", you must also remember the umbrella.

If you open it, the rain is misty; if you close it, the wind is in harmony with the sun.

In fact, paper umbrellas have a history of more than a thousand years in the folk of Yuhang, and they are common items in the homes of ordinary people. Grandpa Liu Youquan of Xiwu Village, Bottle Kiln Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, is the local Yuhang paper umbrella inheritor.

In Liu Youquan's memory, every family had oil paper umbrellas when he was a child. People who lived frugally, an umbrella repair, can be used for many years. But in the 1960s, by the impact of industrial umbrellas, Yuhang oil-paper umbrellas are almost extinct, the old artists have to change careers.

Liu Youquan, who is already 64 years old, should have been enjoying his old age, but he couldn't let go of the umbrella complex. He has always insisted on following traditional practices, and handmade a Yuhang paper umbrella needs to go through more than 70 procedures.

But Liu Youquan is also very lucky that his grandson, Liu Weixue, who is 90 years old, is happy to carry on the tradition.

The third generation of Yuhang paper umbrellas in Tangbu Village has brought new vitality to this ancient craft.

Now in the bottle kiln, Tangbu Village, Dongwu 55, there is their umbrella exhibition hall, you may want to go to experience, heritage is not just inheritance, the old objects are not dull.

When we went to Bottle Kiln, the weather was not good, the old street near the construction, dusty, muddy road, it seems that at first glance is not pleasant. Just after approaching her, touching those old houses in the last century, the heavy sense of history came to life.

Then went to the site, went to the north lake grass swings, tasted through the bottle kiln history in the accumulated flavor, before leaving the time are yelling next time again, I think this is the charm of the bottle kiln it.

While the old street has not been demolished, while there is still not too much outside the sound of disturbing her, to see the beauty of this old time to come, and occasionally indulged in the beauty is not bad.