Thousands of houses are like a chess board, and twelve streets are like a vegetable patch.
Amid Wu Shiqi's explanation, the students officially entered the most powerful city in the world.
Chang'an City is like a huge chessboard, with straight and wide streets from north to south, east and west, dividing the city into hundreds of rectangular areas.
Each area is surrounded by walls and houses and buildings inside, forming an independent residential community, which is the "fang" of "One Hundred and Eight Fangs".
Standing at the entrance of Mingde Gate, on the left are Yongyangfang, Zhaoxingfang, and Da'anfang. The furthest ahead is the Zhuque Gate of the Imperial City, and on the right are Tongjifang and Quchifang.
"To the right of Quchifang is Qujiang Pool, one of the two major tourist areas in Chang'an."
Wu Shiqi walked at the front of the team and introduced: "Every spring and autumn when the weather is warm and sunny, the residents of the city compete to visit Qujiang Pond. The so-called 'colorful and green buildings line the embankment, and there are beautiful cars and strong horses, beating each other's horns'."
The rich scholar families would travel with their families. When playing, they would also pay attention to the outstanding young men in the past to find partners for their daughters who were waiting for marriage.
The setting sun is so strange that Chang'an is moving, and thousands of horse hooves are flying on the road..."
Wu Shiqi is articulate and speaks clearly. He has obviously read this sentence many times to students from all walks of life every year.
Under his leadership, students from Zhenzhou, Xuanzhou, Xiangzhou and other state capitals first went to Qujiang Pond for a walk, then walked around Qinglongfang and headed north.
Along the way, everyone saw a large number of barbarians with different skin colors and eye colors, as well as temples with completely different styles.
Buddhist temples, ancestral temples, Taoist temples, Persian temples and other temples are harmoniously co-located in a city. There are constant sounds of singing and prayers, as well as the strong smell of incense.
No matter Wu Shiqi or students from various prefectures, they are not surprised by this. The Haotian Daomen located in Taihao Mountain in the northwest of Xijing is a religion shared by all countries in the world.
However, under the Haotian Dao Sect, various sects are still allowed to develop - as long as they follow Haotian's teachings, agree that Haotian governs all things in the world, and recognize that the sages of each sect are just messengers sent by Haotian to the world.
Haotian is not a person or god with an independent will;
Haotian dominates everything and controls everything. Mortals cannot understand and will never understand. They only need to believe and be grateful for everything Haotian has brought.
This is the consensus of almost all Yu people, and even the people of the world, and it has been like this for thousands of years.
It is under this condition that Buddhist temples, ancestral halls, Persian temples and other temples can coexist harmoniously - at least on the surface.
Wu Qiqi led the curious people past the Coat Temple in Jinggongfang and came to Dongshi.
This is the largest centralized market in Chang'an and even the world, with countless shops, a dazzling array of goods, loud hawking in different accents from all over the country, and crowds of people.
"Students, please stand a little closer together. Although the security in Chang'an is good, there are many barbarians in Dongcheng, so it is inevitable that there will be a mixture of good and bad. It would be bad if things were taken away."
Wu Qiqi led the students from the next week around the edge of the East Market without officially walking in, which disappointed many students.
It’s not that they were disappointed because they didn’t see the wide variety of luxury goods or delicious food.
But because I missed Hu Ji holding a drink at the door of the wine shop.
Those barbarian women with blond hair, blue eyes and high noses, dressed in elegant clothes and using authentic Chang'an accents, were holding wine to attract customers, attracting students' attention.
"For the bottom of the orchid wine, white-nosed cypress grows. I pick lotus and throw it into the water. The man's intention is to float on the flower."
Wu Shiqi smiled and said: "These wine shops opened by barbarians mainly sell wine. Li Taibai, the poet of this dynasty, liked to hang out among them the most."
"Where can I say goodbye? Qingqi Gate in Chang'an. Hu Ji beckons her bare hands and invites guests to drink golden cups."
Song Shaoyuan had no time to think and read out Li Taibai's "Two Poems of Sending Pei Shiba Tu Nan to Songshan".
"Exactly."
Wu Qiqi nodded slightly in surprise and introduced: "However, Chang'an has a custom of tipping when entering and exiting wine shops. When facing Hu Ji, the tips given are often larger - this should not be underestimated.
Therefore, only aristocratic young men would continue to visit the wine shop where Hu Ji waved and served wine. "
"They are also a bunch of poor people."
Unlike the fascinated scholars, Ji Linglang, who was standing among the female students, frowned slightly and sighed: "I want to go to a foreign country and have fun in a wine shop."
"Who isn't...?"
The loneliness in Wu Qiqi's eyes flashed away, and he returned to the posture of a professional tour guide in the blink of an eye. He said with a smile: "Everyone, please follow me. To the west of Dongshi is Pingkangfang..."
The scholars' eyes lit up, and they silently quickened their pace amidst the disdainful looks of their female classmates. Ji Linglang sighed helplessly, feeling helpless for the honesty of the fellow students.
She turned her eyes and saw Li Ang and Chai Cuiqiao walking at the back of the crowd. They did not look towards Pingkangfang, but stood in front of a building and looked around.
Finally there is someone reliable.
Ji Linglang smiled and asked, "Risheng, what are you looking at?"
"ah?"
Li Ang turned around and replied casually: "I'm looking at the hospital inside."
