Wentu/Ying Zhigang

Beiqiao, this northernmost street in Suzhou, originated from the Caohu dug by Fan Li in the Spring and Autumn Period. It became popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties and developed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is rich in products. Since ancient times, it has been good at drama, and has produced characters in large numbers, creating beautiful women.

In the golden year, Beiqiao is even more prosperous and elegant. Wearing Han and Xia costumes, we go to the old stone bridge, go to the ancient stage with the noise of gongs and drums, go to the old granary to take a set of retro photos, and go to the river bank to watch the boat boxing master's boxing wind blowing to celebrate the New Year... During the just-past Spring Festival, the people of Beiqiao had a wonderful New Year.

New Year's Meeting: Crossing the Bridge You've Crossed

It's the New Year, and I must go for a walk on the old stone bridge.

The old stone bridge is located in Xiaoji Town, Shiqiao, northeast of Beiqiao Street. After a century of washing, the bridge has a soul and temperature, warming everyone's past and present lives.

There are stone chairs similar to modern three-person sofas on both sides of the top of the old Shiqiao Bridge. The unique shape is rare in Xiangcheng District and even Suzhou City. There is a couplet on the west side of the bridge: "Goose teeth, clouds are flat, rainbow waist is reflected in the water, donkey riding on the moon is cold, horse is imprinted with frost arrogance", and there is also a couplet on the east side: "There are several poems on the red board under the sunset, and there are many poems on the red board, and the blue Jia and autumn water are full of glory with the ancients."

On the bridge, we have carried joys and sorrows, clutches, encounters, departures, love, hate, and countless. Everyone who walks through the old stone bridge has an emotional past. It is precisely because of their stories that the stone bridge becomes beautiful and lingering.

Walking along the old stone bridge, you can watch the scenery on the bridge, and people watching the scenery can see you under the bridge. There is a bridge between everyone.

On the bright night of the twenty-fourth bridge, where does the jade man teach to play flute? Bridge is not the purpose; meeting is the purpose. In the new year, I hope that whatever you want and wherever you go will be like a flying boat under a bridge riding the wind and waves, and there is still sunshine on the road as warm as ever.

A song from Shengge: To the past and to the future

It's the New Year, and people in Beiqiao have to go to the ancient stage to watch a play.

The North Bridge, which is prosperous due to water transportation, has nourished and nurtured generations of famous artists and is the famous hometown of opera in China.

In the City God Temple, the ancient stage that has survived to this day is endless. This ancient stage built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with carved beams and painted buildings, inherits the architectural style of the Ming and Qing stages with a mountain roof and flying eaves and raised corners.

The stage is a high-stage pavilion type building with an eaves height of 7 meters, a table width of 3 rooms, a depth of 1 room, and a stage height of 3.2 meters. There are 6 rooms in the east and west sides for watching the theater, in the style of a "courtyard house". Taiqian is the central courtyard. The courtyard is paved with blue bricks, covering an area of about 200 square meters. It is the only ancient stage left in Xiangcheng area.

On the simple stage, the actors 'soft singing and graceful figures fully demonstrate the charm of drama art. This gentle and slow singing, melodious tune, from yellow hair to elderly years, is fascinated by it.

The people on the stage were in the play, and the people off the stage also walked into the play. They walked from green hair to huafa, walked through many stories, saw countless scenery, and stored the thoughts in their hearts. When people return home after the song is over, hold high the wine glass to first work in respect, one cup to the past and the other cup to the New Year.

More than every year: My peace of mind is my hometown

"When the granary is solid, you know etiquette, and when you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace." In the memory of Beiqiao people, there must be rice fields in your hometown. In the endless rice fields, there is not only the fragrance of soil, but also the sound of frogs and insects and birds. When a gust of wind blows, the rice waves dance and rustle with it.

Rice farming civilization is a lingering nostalgia in the bones of Beiqiao people.

This New Year, you must go to the old granary to get a card. Listen to the Pingtan dolls sing "Beautiful Scenery on the North Bridge" and watch the prosperous times and the beautiful years of the garden are full of purple and red.

Granary is the most important part of the city's memory. Its rich cultural heritage enriches the colorful historical picture of Xiangbei Bridge.

The integration of classics and modernity enhances the inner sense of fulfillment and happiness of everyone living in this land! It is filled with the smell of aged grain, expressing the confession that "the warehouse is sufficient but the people are safe."

The jade rabbit is auspicious: the two fists are plucked until the clouds open

After walking through the Year of the Tiger that is blowing from all directions and ushering in the perfect Year of the Rabbit, how can we not go to the North Bridge to watch a fierce and powerful boat fight that moves like a rabbit?

Boat Boxing began in the Spring and Autumn Period for hegemony between Wu and Yue. The ancestors of the North Bridge were influenced by the training of the Yue Navy and the combat of the Wu Navy. In order to resist water pirates and resist foreign invaders, protect their families and strengthen their bodies, they have always had a tradition of practicing Boat Boxing.

Later, after evolution, it formed the Kaikou Boat Boxing with unique regional characteristics. While practicing martial arts routines, the boxer compiled the deeds of heroes from past dynasties into boxing songs, integrating the rhyme of local opera, and singing while playing.

In recent years, the figure of Beiqiao Opening Boat Boxing has begun to be re-active in front of the public. It has frequently participated in activities such as the Jiangsu Province Farmers Sports Festival, Caohu International Golden Autumn Dragon Boat Race, and large-scale mass cultural performances. It is also an indispensable event in the New Year.

Each move and move, coupled with Wu Nong's soft dialect of Jiangnan Minor, fully releases the great charm of Beiqiao's characteristic culture and demonstrates the firm cultural confidence of Beiqiao's children.