Looking for the old streets and alleys in memory -Kaihua Temple Street

Old streets are the "memoirs" of a city. Each old street name records a period of history. It is like the texture of the city, which reflects the historical scene at that time from the side. The old streets are covered with traces of years, leaving beautiful fine branches everywhere ...

In the early years, the streets of Taiyuan under the name "Kaihua Temple" can be called a series, including Kaizhen Temple Street, Kaihua Temple East Street, Kaihua Temple West Street, and Kaihua Temple South Street. Kaihua Temple Street used to use Kaihua City Street. It is now merged from Kaihua City West Street, Kaihua East Street and East Mi Street. , To the east side of the southern section of Jiefang Road in the west, the middle section is intersection with the Kahua Temple market and the South Street Cross. It is a well -known old street in Taiyuan.

On Kaihua Temple Street, the most famous one is the opening of the open market. When it comes to the open market, the old ladies are all known. It is the oldest market in Taiyuan history, which has a century of history.

According to the "Yangqu County Chronicle", the temple was repaired during the Zongzong Shaosheng period of the Northern Song Dynasty, named "Hanshou Temple", and the Yuan Dynasty was changed to "Yanshou Temple" during the year. "Kaihua Temple". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Kaihua Temple was located in the center of the city. So that the vendors gathered before the temple became a very lively and bustling market at that time. As a result, some streets and lanes were sent in the name of the temple, such as Kaihua Temple West Street, Kaihua Temple South Street, and East Street of Kaihua Temple.

In 1913, the empty house in the north of the temple was opened as the market, named "Republican Market". At that time, the shops here were lined up, and they were called "Taiyuan's Dasaira". In 1920, the temples and Buddha statues of Kaihua Temple were demolished and opened with the original republican market. Due to the long -term practice of Kaihua Temple, it has been used for a long time. So far, Kaihua Market has since become a major comprehensive market.

At that time, the Kaihua Market started the Zhongtou Street north and the south to Kaizheng Temple Street. The whole shape was like a "double -headed phoenix". It opened the wings to welcomes guests in all directions. The "cousin" on both sides was the two entrances of the Kaihua market.

In 1985, the Kaihua Market was renovated again. The new opening market integrates the ancient structure and modern decoration art. The overall three -story antique building, simple and elegant, magnificent, unique in style, which is today's Kaihua Temple antique market.

In the early morning, this is the morning market in Taiyuan. The aroma of melon fruit is permeated in the air. The fruits, vegetables, pork sheep, beef, fish and shrimp cooked food, bread snacks, and daily miscellaneous department stores are all available. Most of the earliest customers in the market are nearby residents and businesses. As soon as they enter the market, they lock in fresh and cheap ingredients in minutes, and immediately open the "buy, buy, buy" model, calling for selling, bargaining, and laughing. Together, the red -fire morning market has made the fireworks of the Kaihua Temple market stronger.

Every weekend, as soon as the morning market passed, the vegetable stalls in the market immediately turned into small booths selling antiques. The varieties traded in the market include porcelain, jade, wood, miscellaneous, strange stones, calligraphy and painting, etc. It is currently the scale of Taiyuan City. The largest antique art and cultural market. This is not so much an antique market, it is a market that sells old objects. Here, you can see many old objects that have never been seen but very familiar. In the minds of people, this is a memories, and it is an era that can never go back.

A colorful cloth was paved, and another pony was supported, and a small stall rose. On the stall, the old man slowly took out a piece of watch with a very sense of age from the bag, and then neatly placed on the gray -blue cloth that was paved on the ground. He stared intently at the hand of the uncle, and wanted to see what rare stuff he could take out from the bag.

To say the most lively, it is a stall that sells 蝈蝈, a stall that is less than a square meter is full of people who look at the crickets, some stare at the cage, and some are carefully selected, and some of them are playing in the hands. The small bottle of the 还, and some of them bargained with the boss, and finally took the small cage sent by the boss, pretending to leave with a beloved 蝈蝈, and left with satisfaction.

In addition to selling old objects, there are many craftsmen in the market. On the gourd painting booth, the stall owner's eyes are like a torch, and the "brushes" in the hand are freely fiddled with the "brush" in the hand. Suddenly far and close, the sudden and strong, giving people endless surprises and charm.

Wandering around in the market, it has been traveled to the 1970s and 1980s. Even if you do n’t buy anything, you can visit it for a day. Essence

Entering Kaihua Temple Street, the past is prosperous and vulgar, and you can look back faintly. It is lively and crowded, simple and noisy. Today, Kahua Temple Street, high -rise buildings on both sides of the street, and new subway stations have been added, which is far more lively, but the memory of Kaihua Temple Street can still evoke the beauty deep in our hearts.

Text: Huang Lin

Photography: Huang Lin, He Qiang

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