Xiangzi Temple

It's a great street to stroll around in Xi'an, with colorful shops everywhere, cafes, bakeries, various bars... A gathering place for young people, many beautiful girls like to take pictures here, it's City Walk 😯 It's connected with Defu Lane (you can visit Defu Lane at the same time) All the small shops on the street are very photogenic You can also take some pictures in Xiangzi Temple Walking around this street, everywhere is a scenery Address: Xiangzi Temple Street, Beilin District, Xi'an Subway 🚇: Yongningmen Station on Line 2

Xi'an, a city that always makes one eager to explore more. Here, I have visited many historical sites and seen the marks of the years. Having understood much of the past, it's also important to look at the present, so I decided to walk into the streets and alleys of Xi'an to collect the essence of everyday life. Strolling through Xiangzi Temple Street, I felt comfortable and charmed. Although Xiangzi Temple Street is adjacent to the bustling downtown area, it is a place of tranquility. The lush and verdant phoenix trees on both sides of the road seem to isolate the hustle and bustle of the city, and the grey buildings and the fairy-like Xiangzi Temple add an ancient charm to the area. Walking into Xiangzi Temple Street, understanding Xiangzi culture, and feeling the flow of slow time. Then I turned into Defu Alley. Different from Xiangzi Temple Street, this place is more modern and youthful. Defu Alley is mainly composed of various coffee houses, bars, etc., with buildings mostly in European-style antique design. Here you can see many young people taking photos, drinking coffee, and socializing, bringing a different vitality to the ancient streets and alleys. Next, I arrived at Academy Street. True to its name, this street is filled with a strong scholarly atmosphere, with calligraphy, traditional Chinese paintings, and stone tablet rubbings everywhere. I thought the content of the calligraphy and paintings would mostly be ancient poems, but upon closer inspection, there were also easy-to-understand vernacular texts. The Four Treasures of the Study are still a part of people's lives, and literary and artistic works can also keep up with the times. The past and the present, tradition and innovation, collide here to create multiple possibilities. Different from the past, this time I abandoned the checklist-style visit, without a detailed plan in advance, randomly chose an afternoon, and immersed myself in the bustling streets and alleys, capturing the scenes I liked, recording the impressions of Xi'an in my eyes. In such a slow pace, perhaps one can better feel the temperature of a city.

💑 As a city famous on social media for check-ins, Xi'an is known not only for its delicious food and historical sites but also hides a super efficacious temple for seeking marriage partners—Xiangzi Temple! A mysterious Matchmaker deity is enshrined here, and men and women who wish to bid farewell to singlehood should not miss it! 🏯 Xiangzi Temple is located inside the South Gate of the city wall, simple and elegant in style, and though not large in scale, it has profound cultural depth. It is said to have been built during the Song Dynasty and is a Quanzhen Taoist temple, as well as the only Taoist ancestral temple in Xi'an that has been preserved to this day. It was once the place where Han Xiangzi, one of the 'Eight Immortals' of Taoism, became a monk, hence its high status in Taoism. 💘 Inside Xiangzi Temple, you can feel the strong atmosphere of seeking marriage partners. Red strings are filled with the names and birthdates of those who have made their wishes, as if telling beautiful love stories. As long as you pray sincerely to Lord Xiangzi, he will help you find the right person. 🌳 What's even more amazing is that there are two thousand-year-old locust trees within the temple, which bloom twice a year and are known as 'Divine Locust Marvelous Flowers.' Praying for a marriage partner under these trees seems to be even more efficacious! 💕 🎉 Moreover, the environment inside Xiangzi Temple is tranquil, with many flowers and plants, making it a peaceful haven amidst the hustle and bustle. If you are interested in fortune-telling, you can also ask a Taoist priest for a divination, which only costs 20 yuan! (Prices are subject to change) 💌 So, for friends visiting Xi'an, why not stop by Xiangzi Temple to seek a marriage partner? Maybe your other half is just around the corner waiting for you! 💕 📍 Address: No. 18 Xiangzi Street, Beilin District 🎫 Tickets: Free admission, no reservation required ⏰ Opening Hours: 8:00-17:00

This is the most frequently asked question by my friends. After all the looking around, these are my favorite small alleys. ✔️Xiangzi Temple Gate The tall trees on both sides of the road cover the Xiangzi Temple, Pedestrians and delivery guys shuttle back and forth in the shade of the trees. Looking at the old road with a sense of age, New shops will open every once in a while. Bread shops, noodle shops, old and new, different scenes at every step. You can capture fragments of life and also experience the life of the market. ✔️Xiao Nan Men It must be a place where you can quickly get dopamine. The daytime of Xiao Nan Men, there is sunshine and plane trees. The night of Xiao Nan Men, there are small wines and kebabs. ✔️Ying Chun South Alley From last summer to now, my favorite place. In spring, you can enjoy the purple leaf plum at the foot of the city wall; In summer, it's a teahouse where you have to go twice to find a seat; In autumn, sit at the door of the coffee shop Watching the boys playing basketball in the sunset; In winter, there is a small pub where you can curl up with friends. Having seen the four seasons of a road, I envy the people who live here. ✔️University East Road Not long, probably only five or six hundred meters. There is a bookstore, a tailor shop, which looks old. There is a tea shop, two coffee shops, which look new. Some people have been living here for many years But some people's lives are just beginning. In Xi'an, there are many, many small alleys worth strolling and carefully experiencing. In Xi'an, it's actually quite beautiful. Don't you think so⁉️