There are not many streets named after bookstores in the world. There are two famous ones: one is Kanda Book Street in Tokyo, Japan, and the other is Book Street in Kaifeng. Kaifeng Book Street is located in Longting District, and its history can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty a thousand years ago, while Kanda Book Street has a history of only a hundred years. Bookstore Street runs from north to south, north to Dongxi Street and south to Drum Tower Square. In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was called "Gaotou Street" and was adjacent to the Palace of the Song Dynasty. At that time, the commodities traded here mainly included clothing, books, calligraphy and painting, antiques and traditional Chinese medicine. It was not until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty that it was officially named "Bookstore Street", and it was famous for its business of books, calligraphy and painting and the four treasures of the study. The total length of Bookstore Street is only more than 600 meters. The two sides of the street are mostly two-story loft-style buildings, with blue bricks and white seams, small tile roofs, cornices and ridges, and the style is simple and elegant. There are more than 40 large and small bookstores and more than 100 stationery stores on the street. There are also people running restaurants, department stores, and handicrafts. The archway at the north entrance of Bookstore Street and the former site of the Henan-Shaanxi District Committee of the Communist Party of China at the corner of the road are the places where Wang Ruofei and Xiao Chunu fought. At the southern end of Bookstore Street, there is a blue-gray Qing Dynasty building with a sculpture of "Shou Xing Holding Peach" right above the gate. The store, called "Jinyang Yu", was founded in the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. It used to deal in fruits, groceries, and cakes, and now it has become a bookstore. Walking in the bookstore street, you can feel the precipitation of history and culture, and you can also enter the bookstores on both sides to buy books, and you may have unexpected results.
Bookstore Street is open and no tickets are required. The north and south bookstore street is more than 600 meters together. It is recommended to walk or ride (it is very convenient to ride a shared bicycle). If you don’t have a cat reading in the bookstore, or sit down and drink coffee and cold drinks, just sightseeing, 1 or two hours is enough~
I have been studying in Kaifeng for four years. I go to the bookstore street countless times every year to carry many memories of myself and the city. This is the fourth year of college graduation. Because I attended a roommate wedding and turned back to Kaifeng to see if the bookstore street is still familiar. The more vendors, the more delicious, the less full. Life atmosphere duck intestines, octopus balls, corn cobs, all available, flower fans and the most important river chicken leg cakes are worth having ~
Because of the epidemic, there are not many people in Bookstore Street. Slowly strolled, found a rare image, and set aside other objective evaluations, Cixi is also considered a promoter of photography entering China.
Very general, it is an antique commercial street, if you have enough time, you can stroll around.
There is the largest Xinhua bookstore in Kaifeng, and the four treasures of Wenfang are gathered
Kaifeng Bookstore Street is one of the world's two ancient streets, which is famous for Kanda Book Street in Tokyo, Japan. The bookstore is of course not only in Bookstore Street, but the rich and heavy cultural atmosphere of Bookstore Street, the leisurely and elegant ancient charm, But it can't be seen anywhere else. For the people of Kaifeng, shopping in the bookstore and shopping in the bookstore street can be synonymous with the city.
The super cost-effective street that Kaifeng has to go to
It’s good to have a friend on the weekend to bring the children to play.