Early summer tour of Sichuan and Shaanxi - the leisure taste of Jinli

Number of days: 10 days
Time: May
Average cost: 2900 yuan
With whom: husband and wife
Tour kinds: food, self-driving, humanities, free travel
The author went to these places: Chengdu Jinli Ancient Street Xindu
Updated: 2021-07-04 05:20

Chengdu was rainy, and it started to rain again in the afternoon.

Walking into Jinli, the ancient streets, ponds, towering trees, stone bridges and creeks, like a Chengdu version of the Qingming River Map, antique and full of charm. When you are tired, you can take a nap under the trees by the stream, and when you are thirsty, you can lean on the rattan chair next to the teahouse and drink a cup of tea, which is very comfortable, just like the small bridges and flowing water in Lijiang, which makes people intoxicated and linger. Once again, it confirms the saying, "A place where you don't want to leave when you come"!

Standing on the streets of Jinli, the two sides of the street are undulating, the houses stretching like rays, the light gray green bricks are piled up into walls, the blue tiles are the top, and the railings are all painted red and black, and even the signboards of each house are not willing to be lonely, or rich and colorful, or fresh and elegant, ostentatious into the scenery, but they are all antique, full of antiquity.

Walking through the secluded alley, my eyes suddenly opened up, and an old-fashioned stage made me stop. Looking up at the stage, although empty, it makes people's thoughts rise and fall. It seems to have returned to ancient times, when there were actors in long shirts and sang about the past carrying history on the stage, but now the building is empty.

Walking slowly along the street, the thousands of years old Zhuoshang Silk Workshop; there is Zhuge Kongming's crossbow; There is a prayer wheel in distant Tibet...... The biggest contrast is that in this beautiful and exquisite shop, there is also Di Bar; You can sit and drink tea on the old wicker chairs, and there is also a Häagen-Dazs ...... next to it. 　

a new song with a glass of wine, last year's weather is old. Winding incense paths, natural stone walls. The seemingly unintentional, but actually attentive details, more and more make me fascinated by them and don't want to come out ........

Time always moves unhurriedly, wandering in Chengdu's Jinli Ancient Street. It is hidden in the most glorious historical witnesses of Chengdu, antique buildings in western Sichuan, bluestone paths, bright red lanterns, black tiles, gray walls, moss, green bamboo, wine shops, theaters, chicken buses, carved railings...... Looking at these buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties, they all give people a simple and tranquil feeling, such as the blue sky in winter, which is so deep that it gives people infinite reverie.

The buildings on both sides of the ancient street are not completely continuous, and some parts will leave space for leisure tea houses to allow tourists to drink tea and chat under the shade or parasols. And accompanied by beautiful guzheng, it is really a paradise on earth.

On the narrow street, one in front and one behind the two street buildings, the originally narrow and monotonous street space is separated, forming a change of retraction and release. Coupled with the red lanterns hanging on the dark building surface, it can stimulate people's nostalgia for the past.

Chengdu Jinli can't help but go to a snack street, and Jinli's snack street is actually the epitome of Chengdu's civic snacks.

Dan Dan Noodles show off a small and spicy charm, and Tan Douhua shows off her delicate face;

unpretentious white noodle pot helmet and nest oil cake waiting for adults to patronize

Delicious chicken sauce potstickers and fancy fancy steamed dumplings tempt greedy children. the breeze brings the unique fragrance of roses, magnolias, chrysanthemums or osmanthus flowers to flower cakes; Then there is the sweetness of Jin Yuxuan's mash, the crispy aroma of puff pastry and green onion dumplings, and the spicy and tempting aroma of wasabi spring rolls.

Look at the boiling water with round and snow-white Lai glutinous rice balls, small and exquisite Zhongshui dumplings, crystal clear dragon copies or refreshing green wave noodles; Red oil copying is a famous snack in Chengdu, Sichuan. Wrap the meat filling in the dough, add clear soup, red oil and other seasonings after cooking, and eat. This snack is tender and delicious, and the soup is slightly spicy and fragrant. Chao Shou is the name of Sichuan people for wontons, which are made all over the country, and red oil Chao Shou is one of the most famous varieties.

The most alternative is probably the "three cannons", which not only mobilize people's vision and smell, but also stimulate people's hearing senses, and attract customers with unique sound effects - the large iron pot is filled with glutinous rice dumplings, and 12 small copper cups stacked in two rows are arranged on the iron plate with an inclination of about 18°. A strong man pulled out three balls of glutinous rice dumplings from the iron pot, and threw them the iron plate one after another, making three loud "bang bang" sounds; When the glutinous rice balls hit the iron plates, they accidentally caused the collision of small copper cups, which further enhanced the deterrent effect of the "cannon sound". But I saw three "cannonballs" stumbling into the dustpan under the iron plate, covered with fried soybean noodles and then picked into a small plate, poured with brown sugar juice and sprinkled with cooked sesame seeds, and made into fragrant, sweet, honey, soft and hot "shells".

Ye Errake: Ye Erba, also known as Ai Man, was originally a traditional food for the Qingming Festival of farmers in western Sichuan. In 1940, Xindu Tianzhai Snack Shop carefully remodeled Ai Man and renamed it Ye'erba. When you arrive in Sichuan, as long as there are snacks, there must be it. The selection of materials for making leaf cake is exquisite, the craftsmanship is fine, and it has the characteristics of beautiful green color, soft and refreshing.Use glutinous rice flour bread with sesame mushroom sweet filling or fresh meat salty filling, wrap fresh orange leaves on the outside, and steam over high heat. It is characterized by fragrant and moisturizing, mellow and refreshing, strong lotus fragrance, two flavors of dishes, and delicious salty and delicious taste.

Sad jelly: It is said that it is named because "everyone who eats it will be so spicy that they shed tears". The condiments are bright in color, the jelly is refreshing and smooth and tender, and the millet pepper is powerful, which really makes people "a handful of tears and a handful of snot", "the more you eat, the more sad you are", you must have another bowl of sweet ice powder to resolve. It's really spicy, but it's not necessarily spicy enough to make people cry. Sichuan people who love spicy food can't eat spicy food in a foreign land, so they must miss it to tears. Therefore, the explanation of "sad jelly" may be: jelly that is sad because you can't eat it.

Steamed pork with bamboo leaves: The beef is wrapped in plump rice grains, placed in a steamer with bamboo leaves, and steamed until the meat is crispy. The steamed meat absorbs the fragrance of bamboo leaves, spicy and fragrant, bright red in color, soft and glutinous, and mouth-watering. Jinli's steamed bamboo leaf pork not only tastes good, but also looks quite exquisite, the emerald green bamboo leaves are paired with red and tender minced meat, and millet pepper and chopped green onions are matched, which is not only delicious, but also a visual enjoyment.

Beef burnt cake: Sanyiyuan's "beef burnt cake" was opened at the intersection of Zouma Street in the early 20th century, and later moved to No. 36 Shangdong Street, named after the three guys who joined forces to start a business, following the example of Liu, Guan and Zhang Taoyuan, because the main producer Cao Daheng was mute, also known as "dumb beef burnt cake". The so-called "burnt cake" is actually a pie. "Jiao" in the Chengdu dialect means crispy. Beef burnt pancakes are hot and salty, sweet, crispy, tender, fragrant and fresh. Looking from the camera frame, although the beef burnt cake sold in Jinli does not have the word "Chuan", the spiral crust is still quite photogenic. The owner told me that there is another particularity in eating Sanyiyuan burnt cakes, that is, drinking beef soup - thick but not greasy, light and thick, rich and rich, rich and rich, rich and pure in taste, which is the best companion for burnt cakes.

bowl chicken: In the Chengdu dialect, all pots, basins, and large bowls made of clay pottery are collectively called "bowls". "Bowl Chicken" sounds like chicken in pottery, but it actually contains the connotation of traditional food culture and is a living food culture evolution book.

"Bowl Chicken" has entered the metropolis from the countryside, basically retaining the spicy and fragrant content, but the form has changed a lot - the vessels have been upgraded from clay pots to color-glazed pottery, for hygiene reasons, no longer by customers to choose, but to use bamboo skewers to divide the parts of the chicken body into strings and sell them. The best responsibility for eating bowl chicken is milk soup noodles - the spiciness of bowl chicken and the mellow complement of milk soup noodles, which makes people can't help but sigh that Chengdu people really know how to live a small life!

Cold cake: The cold cake tastes cold and sweet, extremely refreshing, using sugar, bean paste, rice and other ingredients to freeze it, and then cut it into pieces to become glutinous rice cold cake, which is one of the summer snacks. There are many flavors of glutinous rice jelly, including red bean flavor, mung bean flavor, peanut flavor, brown sugar flavor, taro flavor, etc., and its texture is cool and sweet but not greasy.

sweet water surface: Sweet water surface is the "man" in Sichuan-style snacks. Thick noodles with a tough, tough style, and you can feel its strength as soon as you put it in your mouth.Young men and girls especially like this kind of personality, and when they deal with it, they have a contest of teeth.

Fat rice rolls are one of the most distinctive snacks in Chengdu, spicy and fresh, red and delicious, with the characteristic mixed fat sausage can be used as a snack taste, It can also be used as a special meal.

It is difficult to find netizens recommending tofu rolls from many snacks, it is quite troublesome, and the hard work pays off, and finally I found it in the "Jinlixiang" stall. The outside is tofu coating, and the inside is tofu brain, which is indeed delicious and highly recommended.

triple mud

various skewers

Spicy and fragrant rabbit head

hot pot base stir-fried on the spot, Chengdu people "still taste", "good spicy", snacks pay attention to seasoning, Common flavor types include spicy, red oil, pepper and hemp, home-cooked, salty and fresh, garlic paste, mustard, sweet and sour, salty and sweet, sweet, sweet, strange and other flavors.

Bluestone paved paths, light gray blue brick walls, antique buildings, and a wide variety of snacks, This Chengdu snack street for tourism is indeed worthy of its name.