Everyone has a Jiangnan in their hearts.

The town is a Zezhou country, surrounded by water on all sides. It takes a boat to travel every step... Zhouzhuang, which has been nurtured by thousands of years of history and culture, has completely maintained the style of a typical Jiangnan water town and is well-known at home and abroad. It has the reputation of "China's No. 1 Water Town".

I invited several good friends to experience the New Year's Eve in Zhouzhuang. It seems that every time I go to this Jiangnan water town, I can discover new surprises.

People in Zhouzhuang lived on the river and used boats as horses. In the past, almost every household had a small boat.

When visiting Zhouzhuang, you must ride a hand-operated boat once. The boatwoman's song is melodious, walking through the narrow river, and the pink and black tiles on both sides receding in line of sight. It is a very beautiful picture.

But compared with daytime, I prefer Zhouzhuang at night.

Tour Zhouzhuang at night and ride a hand-operated boat through the water alleys in the light and shadow. Amidst the misty water, she staggered into the dreams of Zhouzhuang people.

You can also wear a cheongsam and walk through the brightly lit flower alleys and rain alleys. The beauty of Jiangnan is beyond words to express.

But what I like better than the scenery is the humanities here.

Zhouzhuang, a water town with a history of more than 900 years, not only retains the antique Ming and Qing Dynasties buildings and the water town pattern of small bridges and flowing rivers, but also has changed over time. There are more than 3000 indigenous people living in the ancient town.

Generations are endless. No matter how the outside world changes, the traditional customs and life of the ancient town of Zhouzhuang still exist, and the quiet and beautiful smell of fireworks has always lingered.

During this trip to Zhouzhuang, I was pleasantly surprised to discover a Zhenfeng Folk Culture Street.

This street comprehensively displays the culture and folk customs of the Zhouzhuang area, and presents the intangible cultural heritage characteristics and charm of Zhouzhuang people's lives from multiple angles. The historical relics, cultural imprints, flavor of life, and local feelings of Zhouzhuang will be preserved to the greatest extent possible.

Zhenfeng Folk Culture Street is represented by the "Zhenfeng Twelve Farms": soil cloth workshop, bamboo weaving workshop, Yuanfengshun wine workshop, tofu workshop, Su embroidery art house, iron shop, brick brick workshop, shoe art workshop, nuclear carving workshop, Xi art workshop, shaving workshop, Shenyun stove fragrance... The craftsmen in every workshop are hidden masters.

In the Iron Shop Shop of Zhenfeng Folk Culture Street in Zhouzhuang, I met an old grandfather named Dai Xingguan. In the morning, he sat on a wooden chair in front of the shop and smoked. I went up to chat with him for a few words.

Grandpa Dai said: "I am 83 years old this year. I have been forging iron since I was 13 years old. I have been forging iron for 70 years..."

Forging iron for 70 years! It takes almost a lifetime to do one thing.

"Grandpa Dai, you are 83 years old and you look very tough! Why don't you rest at home?" I asked. "I am in great shape! What's 83 years old? I can still forge iron!" Grandpa Dai smiled kindly.

The iron shop is not big, and it sells some handmade ironware, which is full of the feeling of time.

"This is a hoe, used for farm work before. There are very few people buying it now." Grandpa Dai introduced them one by one.

"Why don't I make a fire and show you how to forge iron? It takes two people to forge iron, and one of my companions is not here today." Grandpa Dai is really enthusiastic.

Before leaving, he ran over and took a photo with Grandpa Dai. I hope the old man will be healthy and long, and I hope that I can see him again next time I go to Zhouzhuang.

If you go to Zhouzhuang, you can go here and talk to him. 70 years is persistence that few people can achieve.

Next to Grandpa Dai Xingguan's iron shop, I ran into two aunts making cloth shoes, wearing headscarves and traditional costumes from the water town.

Such scenes are rare nowadays, and I am amazed that Zhouzhuang retains this local sentiment so well.

These brightly colored cloth shoes are sewn by the hard-working hands of the previous generation. In the past in Jiangnan, shoes were made by hand in this way.

I like to stroll in Zhouzhuang like this and watch the tourists coming and going on the small bridge, so I don't have to rush.

In Zhenfeng Folk Culture Street, there is also a Yuanfengshun wine workshop founded during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, which has a history of 200 years.

People in Zhouzhuang cannot live without wine. Zhouzhuang's wine customs culture is also rich and colorful, with the most important things being weddings and weddings and birthdays.

I also found a local cloth workshop with a Jiangnan charm. Each piece of cotton cheongsam, jacket, trousers, and various bags.

There is also a spinning wheel loom in the soil cloth workshop. The instruments from ancient times contain great wisdom.

These traditional soil cloth, looking at it now, has become a fashion.

Of course, the beauty of Jiangnan is inseparable from the famous Su embroidery. There is also an embroidery workshop in Zhenfeng Folk Culture Street. It sells embroidery products of large and small sizes, and also shows how the embroiderers embroider.

Stretch cloth, stretch frame, Su needle, and floral thread, after threading the needle, vivid embroidery is born. Time is in every stitch.

When you are tired from shopping, you can go to Jubin Building to drink tea and listen to opera. Listening to a pingtan and drinking a pot of hot tea, how can people not envy life in Jiangnan?

If you have the opportunity to go to Zhouzhuang, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, in addition to Shuangqiao, Shenting, Fu 'an Bridge, Zhouzhuang Museum, etc., you must not miss Zhenfeng Folk Culture Street in the ancient town to experience the excellent place of Jiangnan humanities. By the way, you can help me say hello to Grandpa Dai of Tiepufang.