Shuidong Street

Come to Huizhou·Guangdong Huizhou originally wanted to see the sea, but Shuidong Street made people linger! The heavy rain for days made the Dongjiang Tour (Dongjiang Tour Terminal) Dongjiang River yellow, but it did not affect the pedestrians and tourists who were running through the street. It still took some effort to take a photo. The street is still very good to retain the unique style of the Qiaoxiang archway, and all kinds of local food are presented one by one in the walk. When you come to Huizhou, you must take a walk on Shuidong Street! Parking is very convenient. There is an oversized parking lot and navigation can be reached.

Shuidong Street is located in Qiaodong Street, Huicheng District, Huizhou City, a famous historical and cultural city, covering an area of 250,000 square meters, and the main street is 730 meters long. It was formed during the Yuanfeng years of the Northern Song Dynasty (1078-1085). It was once a distribution center for land and water freight in the Dongjiang River Basin in history, forming the unique "one street pick two cities" in the ancient city of Huizhou. Urban pattern. At the end of Qing Dynasty and early in the People's Republic of China, there were many merchants from all over Shuidong Street, and there were many commercial enterprises and 100 industries. It became a commercial and trade center in the Dongjiang River Basin, witnessing the history of Huizhou's commercial prosperity.

Huizhou Shuidong Street is an antique block, divided into two parts, the west is newly built or renovated, more prosperous, the eastern paved surface has not been renovated, more traditional, the whole water East Street is about 1200 meters long, is a new place for tourists.

Shuidong Street is a Qilou Street with the cultural characteristics of Huizhou Ancient City. It was built in the Yuanfeng years of the Northern Song Dynasty. It became one of the most important commodity distribution centers in the Dongjiang River basin during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Relying on the advantageous conditions of the pier waterway, Shuidong Street attracts people in the Pearl River Delta region to and from frequent traffic, resulting in multicultural collisions. Hakka, Chaoshan and Guangfu culture are compatible and intermingled in this 730-meter-long Shuidong Street. And thus bred the building culture of the arcade. Shuidong Street was built in the Yuanfeng years of the Northern Song Dynasty (1078-1085). According to the "Huizhou City Construction Zhi", "The water east street rebuilt in 1928 is relatively complete, and there is a unified riding building, which makes the whole street two promenades. The people who live upstairs, the sidewalks are down, and the pedestrians are not worried about the rain on rainy days." At that time, Huizhou's industry and commerce were concentrated in Shuidong Street. Shuidong Street was thus called "Wangdi". At the beginning of the war, the Japanese invaded Huizhou and burned most of the street and more than 200 arcade shops. In 1941, Shuidong Street was once again damaged by the Japanese army. Since then, the old street is not as good as the past. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Huizhou traffic resumed rapidly, telecommunications was smooth, and various businesses resumed business one after another. Overseas Chinese remittances came and went, and foreign goods poured in in large quantities. The ships on the river between Huizhou and Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou were in order, carrying local rice and local products and transporting them into Britain, the United States, Printed cloth, fire, nails, clocks, kerosene and other produced in Germany. Goods shipped from Dongjiang are traded at the dock under Dongxin Bridge, and porters carry them from ship to the warehouse of the arcade. By the pier of Dongxinqiao, there are many gold shops, cloth shops and pawnshops. Small tea rooms, porridge powder shops, wonton shops, open all night; wholesale grain and oil stores, satin and cloth shops, private clinics, churches, photo restaurants are all available, smoke halls, gambling halls are rising. The arcades are invincible, and the goods are dazzling. Shuidong Street is busy. Businessmen talking and vendors selling along the street together wrote the prosperity of Shuidong Street. Today, Shuidong Street Qiao borrows the east wind of "night economy" and strives to create a boutique cultural and commercial area with the theme of elegant life and a waterfront leisure business area with the theme of tide life, forming a collection of cultural and creative centers, cultural exhibitions, electric music theaters, Chaoshang bars, special dining, homestays, Specialty handwriting is equal to a very characteristic tourist leisure vitality neighborhood and "urban living room". A few times of rise and fall, a few sighs. After a whole day in Shuidong Street, standing in front of the ancient riding building, feeling its vicissitudes.

On the north side of Shuidong Street, a big river, the smoke and waves, the vast soup, this is the famous Dongjiang River of the Pearl River water system, which nurtured the prosperity of Shuidong Street. Dongjiang is one of the three major water systems in the Pearl River Basin, originating from the Lushan Mountain, Xunyu County, Jiangxi Province, the source area includes the three counties of Xunwu, Anyuan and Dingnan in Jiangxi Province, the upper reaches are called Xunwu Water, and after the convergence of Heheba and Anyuan Water in Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, it is called Dongjiang, after the convergence of Longchuan County, Heyuan City, Longchuan County, Dongyuan County, Yuancheng District, Zijin County, Boluo County, Huicheng District, Huizhou City, to Shilong Town, Dongguan City, into the Pearl River Delta East Net River District, divided into the north and south two waterways (south tributary and north dry current) into the lion ocean, through Humen to the sea. The bustling of Shuidong Street, the beauty of Huizhou City stems from the Dongjiang River. Before Hong Kong's return to the motherland, a major water conservancy project "Dongshen Water Supply Project" built by the Chinese government to help solve the drinking water difficulties of Hong Kong compatriots was to divert water from the Dongjiang River, raise water along the Shima River to Putian Reservoir, and then cross the watershed to the Shenzhen Reservoir. Hong Kong has changed the situation that it was not able to provide water all day. Huizhou lives along the river and is thriving with the river. Huizhou people have a deep feeling for the Dongjiang River, because it has irrigate the land of Huizhou and nurtured Huizhou people for generations. Thousands of years ago, Huizhou people lived by the river, fishing, hunting, farming, opened the original civilization, Dongjiang water system will always be the mother river of Huizhou people. The Dongjiang civilization that was nurtured and developed in the Dongjiang River basin is the main component of Lingnan civilization. For thousands of years, it has accumulated a deep cultural heritage. The Dongjiang River water passes through the border, and its tributaries, Xizhijiang River and Longjiang River, weaving dense water veins, and the root veins of Huizhou culture are hidden in the Dongjiang River.