Thursday, December 26, 2013

Shichahai

Today, we will talk a place, it is familiar. In the post of Fun of the ancient in Beijing's winter.


There are nightclubs and bars young people like; and there are riverside to walk that older people like.
There are Tea houses to chat; and there are cultural relics and knowledge Celebrities with a long history.
You can taste different traditional snacks, as well as the official dishes.



What is this place? Why does this place have so much charm?



It is Shichahai! On June 17, 2011, the 10th Shichahai Tourism Festival starts, which makes Shichahai becomes the most popular place in Beijing. From to Prince Gong's Mansion to Yinding River. From snacks to walk in Hutong. Here is not only the popular place for foreign tourists, but also the place to know and fell Beijing culture deeply.


About Shichahai culture, Around 700 years ago, there is just a river. no any transportation go there. The terrin of Beijing is high in west and low in east. Grain shipped from the south only through the Grand Canal, and shipped to Jingdong Tongzhou Zhangjiawan firstly and then to move to city with manpower. Did you know? The capital would consume several hundred kilograms of grain per year in Yuan Dynasty. This mode of transport is clearly less effective!

So that the water expert, Guoshoujing started to travel around Beijing's river. Baifu Srping in Changping District, north of  Beijing , is source of River in Yuan Dynasty.

Here the water to the Kunming Lake of Summer Palace, then flows to Jishuitan, which is today's Shichahai. Then to the east, converge with the Grand Canal at Zhangjiawan Tongzhou. Emperor Kublai this river called Tonghuihe. The open of Tonghuihe not only solved the problem of food transport, but also to promote trade between North and South. So that the Shichahai area became a popular commercial area until now.



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