Laomendong, did you go? Today I went to laomendong. It is located in thesouth of the old city in Qinhuai District of Nanjing City, with coop alley asthe central axis, supplemented by three camps, Zhongying and bianying.
Earlier, I was still very curious, old Mendong, is it old?
At the gate, I know that there are former residences of Jiang Shoushan andFu Shanxiang in santiao camp. Jiang Shoushan, also known as Jiang Shiquan, a Huinationality, was a great master in Nanjing in the late Qing Dynasty. It is saidthat he made his fortune by driving donkeys. He was called donkey Jiang. He hasa number of real estate in Nanjing, now know there are three: one is located inthe quiet lane, now calm market new building. There is also a place in the threebattalions east of the South Gate of the city. Fu Shanxiang was born in Jinling(now Nanjing) in the late Qing Dynasty. Born in a scholarly family, he is veryintelligent and likes to read classics and history. The first female champion inthe period of peaceful heaven. Kutong lane was originally named after ShenWansan, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, who was born in thelate Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty. He is the richest man in the southof the Yangtze River. It is said that his family has a cornucopia. It looks oldenough!
As soon as I saw the coop alley, I saw that there was a kind of strangepurple flowers at the entrance of coop alley, fresh and chic. In front of thedistant and near hall, there is a benevolent target Guanyin at the door. Thereare all kinds of jade ornaments in the hall, which are extremely pedantic.What's more fresh is a very smart big coop next to the hall. A tree was plantedin the coop. My mother said that the coop can protect the tree from being blowndown by the wind, and the tree can feel the coop as a sunshade. The rickshaw,which is a few steps away from the bucket, is even more strange. The rickshaw ismade of a lot of books, but it can't see any metal! It's waiting therefaithfully, as if its owner will leave at any time, and its owner is akind-hearted man. He wrote a lucky note on the rickshaw: "when the horse comes,good luck will come, and happiness will come naturally!"
Walking about 10 meters further, I found a noodle maker's stall, whichreally attracted me. Look at the monkey king holding up his golden cudgel, thesunflower opening up in the wind, the naughty pleasant goat nodding, and thebeautiful goat raising his hand.
On the pink wall at the end of the alley, I saw the nursery rhyme withpictures and texts. I was so happy: "the gate of the city is a few feet high,thirty-six feet high, ride a flower horse, take a knife, walk under the gate;the gate of the city is a few feet high, thirty-six feet high, ride a whitehorse, take a knife, walk into the gate and fall.
Laomendong is the crystallization of Nanjing's ancient history and culture,and a pearl in Nanjing's history. She has the former residences of JiangShoushan, Fu Shanxiang and so on. Some pedantic idioms such as Jiang langcai,yiyudaopo and so on are waiting for your eyes!