Qinghefang Ancient Street is a section of Hefang Street which is located at the northern foot of Wu Shan Hill in Hangzhou. It is just several hundreds meters away from the beautiful West Lake. With an area of 13 hectares, the street is the only well-preserved part of the ancient city. As a miniature of the city's long history, it is the best place to embody the historical and cultural character of Hangzhou. As I walk down the street, I can see many shops. (obviously :3) There's a shop sells rare medicines produced in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and I wasn't really interested in that, so I skipped that shop. Then there's a Taiji Teahouse. It was managed by the offspring of Zheng family which started teahouse business as early as late Emperor Qianlong Period of Qing Dynasty. Taiji Teahouse pays great attention to water quality, tea quality and tea preparation skills. I tried it out and it was really good! 😁
The other shops I see are the Rongbaozhai Gallery, Wang Xing Ji Fan Store, Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors. There are still many shops there, but I didn't really wander off too much to explore due to time constrain. Even so, I learnt a lot just by looking at those shops' preserved culture.
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