The Most Distinct Old Streets of Sichuan: A Rainy-Day Market Shaped by Unique Boat Structures
Sichuan is a province that integrates fashion, historical culture, and a rich tourism landscape. Its tourist attractions are abundant, with the provincial capital Chengdu and famous historical sites in various cities of Sichuan being particularly noteworthy. This includes Luo Cheng Ancient Town Liangting Street.
Luo Cheng Ancient Town is located in the Kangwei County of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, and is home to 7 ethnic groups: Han, Hui, Yi, Manchu, Tibetan, Ling, and Miao. It's a small ethnic gathering place. Luo Cheng Ancient Town's fame has extended overseas. Before that, Australians built a 'Chinese Town' in Melbourne based on Luo Cheng Ancient Town, which was praised by foreign media as 'China's Noah's Ark',
The main attractions of Luo Cheng Ancient Town are the boat-shaped street, mainly because Luo Cheng Ancient Town is located on an elliptical hill, and the main street is designed in the shape of a boat, resembling a shuttlecock. Locals also call it 'A Shuttle in the Clouds'. The name of this main street of the ancient town is Liangting Street, commonly known as 'Boat-Shaped Street'. Boat-Shaped Street was the center of the old Luo Cheng era, and the street still retains a portion of the Ming and Qing Dynasty cultural characteristics. The street's sides are lined with old, wooden buildings with wide eaves, where people can take shade under the eaves, forming a special shaded corridor 'Liangting' made of over 100 old round logs, providing shade in sunny days and protecting feet from rain, offering warmth in winter and coolness in summer, making Liangting Street a bustling marketplace.
In this corridor, there are many old shops, with tea houses being the most numerous. Local residents sit on Boat-Shaped Street drinking tea, chatting, playing cards, and running their own small shops, perfectly reflecting the relaxed lifestyle of Sichuan people. Liangting Street also has several theaters where people enjoy traditional opera. The audience includes people with tobacco pipes, staging dragon chair formations, and brewing tea with water pots, effectively recreating the old marketplace scenery of Liangting Street.
Ancient town, ethnic gathering place, unique marketplace culture, distinctive ancient town structure—these are the true reflections of Liangting Street, Luo Cheng Ancient Town, and also represent the inheritance of Sichuan culture.
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