With the development of the railway, the busiest old street of Jingtong is at the exit of the Jingtong Station. Because of the increasing amount of tourists, the nearby merchants started catering to tourists by providing things such as local delicacies, agricultural specialties, and souvenir shop.

In addition, although nobody knows how it started, it has become a trend in the Jingtong area to write prayers on bamboos and hang them next to the railway. Somehow, this became a feature of the Old Street

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