Walk towards Nanxing Ancient Town
Walk walk walk from the metro station. Although it was quite a long walk but there are plenty of shops left and right. Not boring at all.
Assortment of dumplings
Minzhu Street
Turn to the right into Guyiyuan Road
Guyiyuan Road
Cross the road and you will see this canal
This is Heping Street. Entrance towards Nanxiang Ancient Town.
Long walkway of historic medical practitioners in the olden days
Peddlers along this road by the canal
This connecting road to the ancient town is an interesting one!
Deyuan Road. Cross it and you will find yourself in Nanxiang Ancient Town, where the red lanterns are!
Here we are... Nanxiang Ancient Town or Nanxiang Guzhen
Nanxiang has several attractions right here. There's the beautiful Guyi Garden, Liuyun Temple and the famous Twin Pagodas. This ancient town is actually the birthplace of the famous Xiaolong Bao.
Indoor shopping as well
YUMMMMMMMY XIAO LONG BAO
Historically, it was believed that Nanxiang gave birth to the famous Xiaolong bao by a restaurateur named Hung Mingxian. His dream was to create surprise soup dumplings for his guests at his restaurant. He was successful and people were coming to his restaurant named Ri Hua Xuan to try his yummy dumplings.
These soup dumplings were originally named Nanxiang Da Rou Mantou.
Over the years, they came Xiaolong Bao or "Little Basket Buns".
How are soup dumplings known as a Taiwanese dish today?
Apparently, in 1958, Din Tai Fung hired a Chinese chef who knew how to make these soup dumplings, and over the years, this famous restaurant has perfected the dumplings and cultivated soup dumplings experts.
Traditional radish dish
Crab Xiaolong bao
Fresh coconuts
Pickles
A real cat, basking in the sun!
Ancient Nanxiang Twin Pagodas, made of bricks ( AD 900 ).
They were under maintenance whilst we were these.
Tan Garden
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