Walking time: 2020.10.18

A friend recommended a hair stylist on Shengzhou Road. He has been here for haircuts for the past two years. Every time, he comes here to have a haircut during the noon break and comes and goes in a hurry. Looking at this archway style alley on Shengzhou Road, I have never entered it once. Occasionally, my circle of friends will see a market exhibition of "Nan, Eighteen Fangji" on October 18, which is in this alley. So he arranged the haircut on this day. I made an appointment for a haircut, but I missed the appointment because I was delayed for a long time at the last stop, Nantu. When I arrived at the store, the hairdresser was already busy with other customers who had to wait, so I turned around and went to Daban Lane. I brought my camera because I came prepared. At the entrance of the archway on the south side of Daban Lane, a cute rabbit lantern nearly 6 meters high and full of modern fashion greeted us lovingly.

The residential building at No. 146 Shengzhou Road on the west of Paifang Square is a three-storey and two-story Qing Dynasty building. It is now a fashionable West Point shop.

The sculptures at the entrance of the alley vividly show the life of people in the south of the city, which is witty and interesting.

When Jinling was established as the capital in the Ming Dynasty,"nine cities and eighteen workshops" were formed in the southern area of Nanjing's old city: fish meat market, vegetable market, leather market, fruit shop, etc.; brocade workshop, dye workshop, cloth workshop, iron workshop, etc. Daban Lane was originally Gutu Street, an unofficial market. In the Ming Dynasty, it became one of the eighteen government-run workshops. Nowadays, many ancient cities are building historical districts, and Nanjing is no exception. Due to the renovation and renovation of Nanjing's Laocheng District, the 18th Square of the Ming Dynasty, which had been silent for more than 600 years, now reappears in Daban Lane. The street guide board on one side can show the rich content in Daban Lane now.

Enter the archway on the south side of Daban Lane. On the bluestone pavement are lined up with small shops for handicraft workshops. Most of the goods sold in the small shop are handmade by the shop owner himself. I envy these women with skillful hands. It is a happy thing to have a hobby and be able to make a living from it.

Residential building No. 27 Daban Lane is a four-entry residential building in the late Qing Dynasty. It has a brick-and-wood structure and is a one-story building with three bays deep and seven purlins. During the Republic of China, it was the site of Tanhai Construction Factory. Now it is a living center adjusted by petty bourgeoisie. While I was walking, I met the older lady on the left, who was in her sixties, who was taking an older lady to look for old friends together. The woman asked her aunt if she remembered this place. They must be from the south of the city who grew up here.

Building No. 35 in Daban Lane is a resettlement house built in the 1970s. The exterior facade of this building is a three-story brick-concrete structure with clear water and red brick walls, and the roof with sloping tiles reflects the distinctive characteristics of the times.

The building is now transformed into a cozy hotel. It is a good choice to live in the streets and alleys in the south of the old city and experience the city life of old Nanjing.

The lights in the house are swaying and flowers are dotted outside the house

The fresh green on the outer wall of Yunzhong Coffee brings vitality to the streets and alleys

Yuanhe Hall at No. 33 Daban Lane is now a tea house, and the tea house is now holding a comic exhibition.

Young people on one side of the street are sketching here.

Xiangkou Square,"Fang", many place names named after Fang in Nanjing specifically refer to the workplaces of small craftsmen. In the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing's urban layout consisted of the east of the city as the political district, the north of the city was the garrison military camp area, the east of the south gate of the city was the residential area of the royal family and officials, and the west of the south gate of the city was the handicraft industry area, so it was called "Fang".

In addition to Daban Lane, the main street, there are many streets and alleys here. Through the low buildings in the streets, you can see the tall buildings outside the streets.

Every street and alley has the first feeling of "green brick and small tile horse-head walls, and latticed windows hung in corridors." But if you look closely at the masonry laid in every street and street, you will find that the main materials of the building are absolutely different. Under the overall style, there are individual architectural styles.

Liuhuachun was founded in 1906 during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. During the Republic of China, Beijing-Suzhou cuisine reached its first peak in history here. Liuhuachun opened a new business in Daban Lane. An Hui-style building with blue tiles and white walls with three-way courtyards, red doors and red windows, green trees climbing, and red lanterns hanging high.

The west gate of Gan Xi's house is on the east side of Daban Lane. Daban Lane is an alley in Xinanli Street. In Xinanli, the most famous building is Gan Xi's former residence. The Gan family has always been famous all over the south of the Yangtze River for its opera family. The late Mr. Gan Gongsan, a famous Beijing-Kunming famous artist, and Yan Fengying, a famous Huangmei opera performing artist, have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of my country's traditional opera art. The most important one in Gan Xi's former residence is No. 42 Daban Lane. Gan Xi's former residence is commonly known as "Ninety-Nine and a Half Rooms" in folk. It is composed of three groups of ancient buildings with five entrances. Gan Xi himself has always lived in No. 42. There is rich content waiting for me in Ganxi Mansion. I am not allowed to enter Ganxi's mansion today. I will definitely come here to take a stroll and see it slowly.

Gan Xi's house has small green tile roofs, white powder walls, and brown-red broad paint to form three architectural hues of gray, white and brown.

Under this tone, the supporting construction around Gan Xi's former residence is also very particular. The building is mainly two-story and partially three-story. In terms of architectural form, it inherits the style of Hui-style architecture and coordinates with the style of Ganxi's former residence. No. 46 Daban Lane, Nanjing Folk Museum, and the office area of Nanjing City Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum are also buildings in this style.

No. 44 Daban Lane, a two-story building during the Republic of China is now called Liyuan. Black tiles, pink walls, wooden lacquer columns, gray, white and brown building's main color, a stone lion door outside the courtyard door, and the tall and green sycamore trees in the courtyard reflect the elegant tranquility of Jiangnan.

The cute pink rabbit makes you feel childish when walking in such a historical district.

Go deep into the left alley of the side gate

Sculptures of children's interests in the south of the city can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Chicken buns and fish, a Cantonese restaurant

Xinanli Image Display Center

Fuxing Bookstore on the first floor

The bookstore is very compact, with desks and bookshelves arranged according to the layout of the house. Books are placed in different areas according to categories.

The style of the bookstore is warm and elegant

There is a big courtyard behind the bookstore

The exquisite courtyard is elegant and quiet. Sit here and look up at the square sky, enjoy the reincarnation of the four seasons, and enjoy the tranquility of the busy city in the south of the city.

The path of bluestone slabs outside the courtyard winds

Small details that reflect literary romance everywhere

The Republic of China building at No. 71 Daban Lane is a three-in-two-story Republic building, which is relatively large in scale. The gables along the street have mountain patterns and auspicious clouds patterns, which are simple and elegant. The building has now been transformed into a cheongsam shop.

Cheongsam is the symbol of classic women in the Republic of China.

The store displays the flavor of Lao Shanghai Beach everywhere

In the old house building, there is a modern Mediterranean-style shop-Bunonco Chocolate. The blue arches are staggered in height.

Enjoy, intoxicated, charming

Two ID cards are hung by the door of Xiyuan, one is "No. 1 Xiyuan, Xinanli District" and the other is "No. 21 (former) Nanju Hall", which shows its dual identity.

I finally found the activity "Nan, Shibafang Ji" in the WeChat account.

The small flowers in the alley are blooming brightly

This single two-story building at Xiangkou is a Republican building at No. 75 Daban Lane. It has a brick-and-wood structure and has five bays. The building structure is basically intact.

Now this building is a hotel called Kuandu, with a bamboo fence in front of the building to form a simple courtyard.

This two-story building is a Republican building at No. 73 Daban Lane. It houses a two-story house with five bays and two bays deep, resting on the top of the mountain. Clear water brick wall, covered with square tiles, terrazzo floor. According to historical data, this building may have been a temporary office site used by Wang Jingwei. Looking up through the high wall, you can see the round and crossed pattern decorations on the balcony on the second floor, and the simple but "Republic of China" trellis railings show the old house's appearance in the past.

Walking into the alley, you will enter the "inkstone garden" at a corner of more than ten meters. It is a small courtyard-the National Engineering Yard Yanyuan, but it is very elegant.

An activity called "South, Eighteen Square Gathering" is being held in the courtyard. In ancient times, in the south of the city, there were "one road, two streets and thirteen alleys, and nine cities and eighteen alleys in six arts". The purpose of this event is to gather again in Daban Lane, Xinanli 600 years later, to show the prosperity of the craftsmen here.

This is the handmade brand I am obsessed with-amateurs. Every bag and shoe product of amateur people reflects the craftsmanship and craftsmanship of the craftsman.

Two people running hand in hand are the trademark of "amateurs". Hand in hand is the emotional exchange and cooperation between people, and running is a positive attitude towards life.

Production tools are displayed on the table. Every piece of work by an amateur requires the creativity of a designer, the running-in of a craftsman, and the production master takes dozens of processes to shape it hand-by-hand.

I like amateurs, and now I basically wear them. Each of its works is unique. The unique design, superb craftsmanship, from the materials to the appearance, all reveal a trace of low-key publicity and restrained temperament. It's very special. Having an amateur person is a way to show yourself and maintain your true self.

Teng art display

Jimu Making

Beautiful wine utensils and a wide variety of wines are dazzling

Jiang Zao and Wang Kezhen "made" metalwork to display jewelry and pendants made of various materials, with a full sense of design.

Small leather goods

floriculture

An exhibition of hand-made "Shibu" blue dye fabrics is being held in the Hui-style Architectural Inkstone Garden.

The building with a small bay is divided into two entrances, one entrance is a small exhibition hall. Old furniture, blue and white porcelain bottles, and plant batik works hung or placed as the main characters. The old house is filled with a gentle blue.

Batik has always been my favorite practical and artistic thing. Using wax as an anti-dye agent, drawing is carried out on the fabric, and then dipping and removing wax to form a variety of interesting patterns with white flowers on a blue background or blue flowers on a white background. It is a handicraft with great national characteristics. Presented to us with clean, pleasing blue and white. Most of the patterns formed by batik are full of abstract art.

This batik work that fell from the sky tells the story of a man living in harmony with nature.

The long story straight down the table and the blue and white porcelain vase can be said to be natural.

The service staff of the exhibition hall praised the owner of the exhibition as a great girl, saying that these things were made by the girl herself. Batik, and these small objects made of silver and copper. Baidu took a look at Chen Yiting, the manager of "Need Blue Goods Weaving" in Dali, Yunnan.

What can you feel from these patterns? Black holes, stars, mountains, rivers... The universe is everything we don't know and wonder about.

Erjin is a patio, with a brick wall on one side showing traces of time

The mottled brick walls are also alive because of the attachment of vegetation

There is a large blue and white vat in the patio, a pool of green water, and a swaying red tail.

Looking from the patio to the exhibition hall and the Nangong courtyard

A down-to-earth cultural and creative commodity store

Creative painting of blue starry sky in the store

The Republic of China Building No. 77 Daban Lane is now a rich spring solstice teahouse

Smart plants in the water tank in front of the house

Cantonese restaurant

The two-story building of the Republic of China at No. 79 Daban Lane

Looking through the window into the room, there are some exquisite old objects.

A large house at No. 1 Xiyuan, Xinanli Street, east of the north exit, is the Huazhu Shebai Theater Inn.

Opposite the inn is a sweet snack shop owned by the Yellow Bean Immortal. This is the northern end of Daban Lane. Turn back here and rush back again.

Daban Lane is not long, only two to three hundred meters long. An old alley has gone through two years of protection and renewal to become a new and fashionable thousand-year-old alley. Fashion embraces tradition, and many memories and stories of old Nanjing are sealed in this Daban Lane, which has the historical and cultural heritage of the south of Nanjing. Many young people wearing Hanfu were seen on the street, some for taking photos, and some for Hanfu enthusiasts looking for the feeling of traveling here. Because of the protection of ancient streets and alleys, more and more people are coming here to find and feel the memories that belong to the south of the old city.

Architecture is the frozen history of a city. Daban Lane is not long, but it is rich in architectural content, and buildings from multiple historical stages coexist at the same time. There are not only traditional multi-style houses from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, but also modern guilds, hostels, and mansions in the Republic of China. There are also red bricks and large tiles from the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and old factories from the early days of reform and opening up... After renovation and protection, these buildings of different ages form a harmony that integrates the old and the modern in one block.

The texture and texture of clean streets and alleys, the distance in space, and the width of the road all maintain the original "multi-entry-style building complex combination." Closely connected alleys quietly tell the story of the thousand-year spring and autumn in the south of Nanjing's old city.

But it is more about showing youth and vitality based on the historical context. There are different themed displays in the streets and alleys.

This is glass jewelry made by a glassblower

Root carving art. The master is among the people! There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons on this short street.

Because of time, I came in a hurry and walked in a hurry, and took a quick look at Daban Lane. Chengnan is really a place worth visiting over and over again and little by little. Here, blue bricks and black tiles, white and gray hooks, carved eaves, and corridors are connected. The historical memory and modern bearing of the streets and alleys make this place shine.