Gatehouse introduction: The four gatehouses in the food street are all imitating ancient Qing-style buildings, 24.5 meters high and 16 meters wide. The roof of the gatehouse is a wooden structure with double eaves. There are glazed tile-covered beasts, dragons, phoenixes, lions and immortal beasts on the wing horn heads. There is a plaque on each gate. The south is the "Zhenyu" gate, the west is the "Xingge" gate, the north is the "Zhongsheng" gate, and the east is the "Huafu" gate. The prefixes of the four gates combined are "Zhenxing". China". The fonts on the door plaque are excerpted from the calligraphers Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Ouyang Xun and Zhao Mengfu; the meanings of each archway name are "revitalizing and welcoming guests", "singing and dancing", "Zhongsheng is drunk" and "luxurious and delicious".

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