苏州行——七里山塘的昼与夜

幻听@hillside

<h3><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.059999465942383px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;古城姑苏,河道是重要的交通设施。</span><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.059999465942383px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%;">&nbsp;商贸贾坊多沿河而建,最具特色的当属山塘街。山塘街成形于唐朝,其后一千多年成为连接阊门和虎丘的唯一纽带,尤</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.059999465942383px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%;">盛于明清。提到山塘街,必定绕不开白居易。时任苏州刺史的白居易发动民工清淤排涝,筑堤成街,这才有后来风光大好的山塘街。所以人们又称之为白堤。</span></h3><h3><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.059999465942383px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 曹雪芹在《红楼梦》第一回中把阊门、山塘一带称为“最是红尘中一二等富贵风流之地“,所以苏州行的第一天下午,尽管暑期游人如织,还是要来感受一下这曾经无可超越的姑苏最繁华之地。</span></h3> <h1><font color="#333333"><span style="max-width: 100%; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 1px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span></font><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.059999465942383px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%;">自唐以来,历朝的名流达贵都曾来此饮酒赏乐,饮到酣畅之时诗兴大发,留下的脍炙人口的诗句便数不胜数,“承平光景风流地,灯火山塘旧酒楼”,“月明灯火照街头,雅座立珍馐”,“七里水环花市绿,一楼山向酒人青”……</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%;"><font size="4">几百年过去了,现在还依稀能从山塘新景中看到诗中“灯火山塘,雅座珍馐”的一派恢弘瑰丽。</font></span></h1> <h1><font color="#333333">   <span style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.059999465942383px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-align: justify; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%;">千年易过啊,那时一河碧波上的画舫,才子佳人的凭栏遥望,烟雨染湿了的司马青衫,唐解元庵前成林的桃花,零落成泥,不见踪影。唯留下那些石桥上依稀能认出的古字,青石板上斑驳的青苔,汩汩的山塘水,喑哑的穿堂风,告诉行人这里曾经的风流富贵。骄阳已斜,明月当空,新民桥一带熙熙攘攘,装满了游人与景区店铺。</span></font></h1> <h1><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 21.93000030517578px; letter-spacing: 0.7017599940299988px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-family: arial; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="max-width: 100%; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 但即便是繁华如此的“姑苏第一街”,也逃不过衰落的命运。</span></span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">咸丰十年,</span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: arial; word-wrap: break-word !important;">山塘街在最盛之时遭受灭</span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: arial; word-wrap: break-word !important;">顶之灾。</span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: arial; word-wrap: break-word !important;">太平军进攻苏州,自阊门入,纵火烧城。</span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: arial; word-wrap: break-word !important;">清《吴清卿太史日记》记载“彻夜火光烛天,见者胆寒</span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: arial; word-wrap: break-word !important;">……山塘、南浩一带尽成焦土。</span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: arial; word-wrap: break-word !important;">”</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%;">经此一难,原聚集山塘一带的商行随之转移至石路、观前等地,而后随着上海开埠,成为商贸国际市场后,失去了运河集散地优势的苏州也不复当年的盛况,行商纷纷出走迁往上海。</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; max-width: 100%; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">作为姑苏城最繁华之地的山塘街</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; max-width: 100%; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: arial; word-wrap: break-word !important;">,从此日渐式微,<span style="max-width: 100%; font-size: 13px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">再不见昔日</span><span style="max-width: 100%; font-size: 13px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">繁华</span>。</span></h1> <h1><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 如今,山塘街虽已逝去往日商船往来的繁忙。但这里还保持着“水域古街”、“一河一街”的传统格局和小桥流水、粉墙黛瓦的历史风貌,</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-align: justify; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%;">保留了文化遗产的完整性。作为“老苏州的缩影,吴文化的窗口”的山塘街,便成为游客来苏州必赏之地。</span></h1> <h1><font color="#333333">  <span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; letter-spacing: 2px; font-size: 14px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">现在的七里山塘,以</span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21.93000030517578px; letter-spacing: 0.7017599940299988px; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="max-width: 100%; letter-spacing: 2px; font-size: 14px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">新民桥为界</span></span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; letter-spacing: 2px; font-size: 14px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">,前山塘是小资的天堂,深受游客欢迎,很多游客喜欢在这里寄几张明信片,喜欢在情调苏州看看旗袍、折扇、玉石,喜欢在古戏台听一曲评弹。这里亭台楼阁矗立,熙熙融融,人声鼎沸。</span></font></h1> <h1><font color="#333333"><span style="max-width: 100%; word-wrap: break-word !important;">&nbsp; </span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">入夜的山塘河波光粼粼,灯影朦胧,似乎更值得流连,于是</span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">乘一叶画舫,听一曲丝竹,真可谓“一声柔橹一销魂”。</span></font></h1> <h1><font color="#333333"><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21.93000030517578px; letter-spacing: 0.7017599940299988px; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="max-width: 100%; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 从东段的热闹繁华,到西段鳞次栉比的店铺和住家,这些都实山塘的印记。</span></span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">而且越往里走越安静,两岸的河面也更宽,</span><span style="white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; font-family: -apple-system-font, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans GB&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei UI&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21.93000030517578px; letter-spacing: 0.7017599940299988px; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 129%; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="max-width: 100%; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; word-wrap: break-word !important;">柴米油盐的生活也就更浓。那里是老苏州人的自留地,可惜没有时间去走走看看了。</span></span></font></h1>