Jinbaoli Old Street Introduction
Jinbaoli Old Street, commonly known as Jinshan Old Street, is always bustling with crowds and tourists on weekends. Local shops thrive, offering a variety of local snacks such as pork blood cake and oyster omelette, as well as Jinshan specialties like taro cakes and roasted red sweet potatoes, which are quite famous. At the center of the old street, the Guanguan Temple area hosts the most popular duck meat stall, where a self-service dining culture forms a unique local landscape. Jinshan Old Street is the only Qing Dynasty commercial old street on the North Coast. During the Qing Dynasty, the old street was as prosperous as today's commercial metropolis, serving as a hub for bustling commercial activities of the time. Walking through, one can find many traces of its rich historical past, including a few remaining old houses next to Cihu Temple, which are the former "street houses," with traditional long, continuous shop-houses that feature Minnan architectural styles and Western-style facades, along with narrow-depth pavilion structures. Nearby, there is also a traditional Chinese medicine shop, where the aging furniture and displayed medicine jars still retain legacies of the Qing Dynasty. Although the prosperous scene has become a thing of the past, with a well-planned preservation effort, the tourist pedestrian zone of the old street is paved with drainage covers engraved with the unique characteristics of Jinbaoli Old Street. This creative touch aims to surprise visitors and allow them to reminisce about the past’s bustling ambiance, savoring the nostalgic scenes of this historic street.
