Shuijie Street (around Shixiangkou)
The culinary origin of old Nanning by the Yongjiang River, named for the hawkers who once cried their wares at the water-carrying lane entrance
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- All day (most shops open until early evening)
- Ticket
- Free
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
The culinary origin of old Nanning by the Yongjiang River, named for the hawkers who once cried their wares at the mouth of the water-carrying lane. Traditional snack shops cluster here—shengzha mifen (fresh-pressed rice noodles with a mild fermented tang), fenjiao (rice-noodle dumplings), thick broths and sesame paste—many of them decades-old, time-honored brands. Since the late Qing and early Republican years, Shuijie has been where dockworkers came for their meals, and its snack repertoire matured with the boom in Yongjiang river shipping. The craft of making shengzha rice noodles is listed as autonomous-region-level intangible cultural heritage, and a bowl of slightly sour zha fen is the yardstick for authentic old-Nanning taste.
Getting there: Walk from the Chaoyang Square shopping area / Bus, Shuijie stop
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