Old West Gate, hidden in the bustling, is the most simple residential area, with a simple market life, as well as the Confucian Temple, Dafugui, Menghua Street and other well-known names. It's a pity that it is going to be demolished soon, and it must be done once.

This place, which is full of memories of the old demon capital, has begun to prepare for separation. I can no longer see the small advertisements flying in the sky, and I can't hear the cries one after another, and many people are very sad.

Many alleys will gradually disappear, the old Luwan is gone, and the old Jing'an is gone. Aside from the old-fashioned locals, perhaps not many people can remember what was once the oldest city center.

Large intestine noodles can be regarded as a major specialty, and I believe everyone has their favorite bowl of large intestine noodles. There is one that is known as the most recognized national intestine noodles. Located on Fuxing Road, close to the Old West Gate. The store is small, and it is divided into two floors, the upper floor for dining and the lower floor for the stove.

Although the place is shabby, and the tables and floors are greasy, the noodles made here are really delicious. There are many foreign tourists who come to eat every day, and the queue outside the store is long.

Classic pairing: large intestine noodles + spicy meat + grilled bran. The taste can be said to be first-class, the large intestine is very clean, there is no peculiar smell to eat, the marinade is also very delicious, the large pieces are tender and chewy, the top speed is very fast, and it is cooked in about five minutes. Pick up a piece of large intestine and bite it, that fragrant, you can only experience it if you have eaten it.

Many wontons are made with a clear broth, but this wonton is made with a real soup made from bones and salted meat. The proprietress said that this is also the reason why they only sell at night.

Fresh meat wontons and vegetable meat wontons are the main products of the store, and they are affordable and delicious. Moreover, the wontons here have a lot of fillings, thin skin, and thick soup, which is almost recognized as a good taste. The filling is thin and thick, and the handmade wontons sell more than 100 bowls every night.

I like to call breakfast a breakfast snack, and I feel that only potstickers can be called breakfast classics. But in fact, the stalls that you often see on the streets and alleys that combine raw frying pot stickers and want to maximize profits are usually not very delicious.

If you want to eat authentic potstickers here, you have to visit the dim sum shops tucked away in the corner alleys, which are usually very attentive and only sell one or two kinds of food.

In order to allow guests to eat hot and fresh potstickers, they are freshly wrapped and fried. The potstickers here are made to order, and the dough is just the right size to wrap around the meat filling, and the thickness is just right, and the taste is amazing. The meat filling is made with bone broth made by yourself, a super conscientious shop.

After being blended with soy sauce, sugar and vinegar in a certain proportion, it not only has umami, but also sweet and salty, salty and sweet, and does not put any monosodium glutamate and chicken essence, presenting the most healthy and original potstickers to the guests.

Take a gentle bite and the hot soup will flow out. Take a sip and the bone broth stimulates every taste bud in your mouth. It can be said that the bottom is crispy and the soup is juicy, and the remaining soup can be poured out for more than half a spoonful.

It is very appropriate to take a turn and find that it is very appropriate to describe the old West Gate with the irreproducible treasure land that witnesses the vicissitudes of life, one of the birthplaces of the old city, and it is also the area with the most obvious traditional cultural characteristics and the richest cultural resources in Shanghai, so it can be said that this is an old city history museum without walls.

The aunt was busy washing the dishes after eating, the Shanghai grandfather was sitting on a wicker chair listening to the radio and teasing the birds, and the girls were having fun in the narrow alley after school. Full of fireworks, this is the daily life of the old city.

When it comes to the most distinctive residential buildings, people will definitely mention the Shikumen in the old city, just as when they talk about old Beijing, they will naturally think of the old hutongs and courtyard houses.

It originated during the Taiping Rebellion, when the war forced the wealthy people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to flock to the concessions to seek refuge, and foreign real estate developers took the opportunity to build a large number of residences. The style of the residence is borrowed from the houses in the south of the Yangtze River, with stone as the door frame and black lacquer solid wood as the door leaf, so it is named Shikumen.

The original Longmen Academy was renovated and expanded on the site of the original Longmen Academy, and since it was built in three batches, the houses in the three phases were different. Therefore, the houses in the alley include the old Chinese-style shikumen, the new shikumen with Western colors, the new-style lane houses and the small garden houses of the wealthy. Because of the abundance of architectural forms, it is called a miniature human settlement in the industry, so it is no wonder that it was a place that everyone longed for at that time.

Come to the Temple of Literature, the only Temple of Confucius, with the most powerful Ten Views of the Temple of Literature, as well as the title of the temple of stone carving art. There are not only atmospheric Ming and Qing style buildings here, but also the Jiangnan garden style with a quiet environment. All kinds of strange stones, root carving exhibitions, teapot exhibitions, and ancient literati inscription displays.

Jing'an Villa is actually not a villa, but the name of an alley. In the 30s of the last century, it was purchased by Zhang Jingjiang, one of the four wealthy families in Nanxun, and completed four years later.

What can still be found today is probably the narrow alleyway and the still high rent. The red brick buildings are quite European-style, and the roads are not as cramped as other alleys, which seems to give a glimpse of the fashionable ideas of the people who lived here in the past, and the roads are wide enough for cars to pass freely.

At present, there are more than 3,000 people living in this area, which is a small piece of tranquility in the downtown area of high-rise buildings, and you can see the old aunts chatting and the little teddy basking in the sun everywhere, so you can experience the strong life atmosphere of Shanghai people here.

The "Indian Jewelry Store", "Siberian Leather Shop" and "Kai Ling Cafe" mentioned by Eileen Chang in "Lust and Caution" are located on both sides of Lane 1025 of Nanjing West Road. In Ang Lee's "Lust and Caution", a scene that happened in Commander Kai was filmed here.

In the 50s of the last century, the vendors selling wontons would pick up the flat pole and start shuttling around the alleys in the early morning, and the small wontons in the alleys for a few dimes a bowl became an indelible memory in my mind.

The casserole wonton + pork cutlet in the casserole of this alley wonton restaurant is a wonderful classic match, with special wonton wrappers and delicious fillings.

There is a Yuyuan Road next to it, during the Wang Pseudo period, it was the nest of the three major spies, because the lanes of this alley are intricate, the structure is strange, and the interior is arranged according to the structure of the main alley - the side alley - the small side alley - the dark passage at the end of the small side alley - back to the main alley. And living in such a labyrinth is conducive to the spies to escape at any time.

There is a very inconspicuous branch lane in the spacious main alley, and there are three houses No. 63, 65 and 67 in the depths of the alley, and there are multiple passages in and out.

Walking in the alley, clothes poles are staggered overhead, surrounded by retro red brick walls, thick jet-black old wooden doors, and green dormer windows. Old furniture, faucets, broken toilets, and potted plants growing indiscriminately on the paths. They all exude a strong market atmosphere, telling the old things of the alleys.

Although the old buildings will be gradually demolished, what happened in the old alley and the love forged will be deeply rooted in people's minds, after all, there are many memories of life here.