Entering Nanjing Gaochun

Nanjing is a place that I can't be more familiar with. In previous years, I would come to Nanjing to see cherry blossoms when spring begins in March and April. I have come to Nanjing several times, but I don't know that there is still a very small and fun area hidden here.
This time, I set my destination in Gaochun, Nanjing, where I searched for Gaochun's unique food flavors and unlocked Gaochun's different ways of playing.
It turns out that in addition to the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and cherry blossoms, Nanjing also has many unique scenery.

Walking into Gaochun, this time in the spring when golden flowers are in full bloom, we start by discovering the beauty of Gaochun.

In Gaochun, what you have to miss is Youzi Mountain, the holy land of the three religions. It is said that when Confucius traveled around the world, he gave lectures here, hence the name Youzi Mountain. On Youzi Mountain, the most conspicuous thing is the largest stone Buddha in East China. It is 21 meters high and weighs 1,000 tons. It is composed of 135 Buddha bodies and is named Amitabha. Because the stone Buddha is covered with gold, some people call it the first golden Buddha.

Opposite the largest stone Buddha in East China is the Jade Buddha Hall, which houses three jade Buddhas that are rare in China. They were invited from Myanmar at the expense of Tianjin laymen. The hall is majestic, with eighty-one floors of steps, and both sides are full of white marble railings. As one of the three religions, Buddhism here has a strong feeling of a pure place for Buddhism, giving people a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

Youzi Mountain integrates the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. The mountains are undulating and the mountains are interspersed with mountains and rivers. The beautiful natural landscape and the special cultural heritage of the three religions are combined, making it full of Zen. At the southern foot of Youzi Mountain is the large-scale Zhenru Zen Temple, which was built at the initiative of the eminent monk of Jiuhua Mountain. Today, Zhenru Zen Temple is the lower house of the Wutan Forest Forest of Jiuhua Mountain, one of the three major Buddhist mountains.

Following the open-air Buddha Buddha, you can also lead directly to the Daxiong Hall on the mountain. Like the Jade Buddha Temple, there are also white marble railings on both sides. There are a total of 129 steps from the bottom to the top. Every 27 steps is a large platform. The first platform is in the middle. The middle is a stone carving nine phoenix wall, and the second platform is a stone carving nine phoenix wall. The dragon and phoenix blend, and there is a stone carving unicorn on the left and right of the platform.

In the Holy Land of the Three Religions, whether it is Confucian buildings, Buddhist temples or Taoist temples, they all present exquisite decorations. Painted beams and carvings, beautiful cornices, and exquisite carved murals are all worth appreciating slowly.

Youzi Mountain was originally the land of Confucianism and Buddhism, but in the Qing Dynasty, Taoist disciples saw that it was quiet, strange and beautiful, with fertile farmland at the foot of the mountain and lush pine and bamboo on the mountain. Therefore, they built a Taoist temple and Xuanwu Temple on top of Youzi Mountain, which formed the scene of the three religions living on the same mountain. These three religions coexist harmoniously in Youzi Mountain, allowing people of different faiths to gather here.

The secret path of the bamboo forest makes this place a check-in place for Internet celebrities. It feels like the movie "Ambush from All Sides". The breeze blows and bamboo leaves rustle, creating a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.

In Santiaolong Village, Dongba Street, Gaochun, Nanjing City, there are endless tea fields and Santiaolong Tea Garden. Because of its rich natural resources and unique geographical conditions, the tea produced here has a unique taste.
Attractions such as 10,000-acre tea garden, Xiaomaoshan, Qingshan Reservoir, organic rice fields, ecological wetlands, and Zaoyuan bamboo make up the natural rural landscape of Sandaolong Tea Garden. Among them, Qingshan 10,000-acre tea garden is rated as the most beautiful tea garden in China, and Sandaolong Village has also become a veritable pastoral and slow village.

The tea fields not only have beautiful scenery, but also have profound cultural heritage. There are ancient dun tomb ruins, spring nunnery, and Jiuxing Pond, which are unique in landscape and pastoral characteristics. There is a green tea space here, which is a tea culture exhibition hall and tea room specially built in Youzishan Leisure Tourism Zone with the themes of tea planting, tea picking, tea making and tea tasting. You can come here to experience tea planting, tea picking, tea making, tea tasting and other tea-related activities, feel the wild fun of the tea fields, and you can also take your own tea leaves home.

March is the season for rapeseed flowers. Rapeseed flowers are blooming quietly in many places. People will also take advantage of the warm spring when the flowers bloom to "eliminate pornography". In Nanjing, there is also a vast expanse of golden rapeseed flowers, and the eyes are full of yellow. This is Gaochun Yaxi Slow City. When the first ray of warmth comes and blows up the girls 'skirts and hair, the spring breeze is ten miles away. It is better to go to Gaochun Yaxi Slow City to find a little freshness of rapeseed flowers.

In the spring of March, enjoy the Slow City. Although this is the first time I have heard of the name of Yaxi Town, Gaochun, Nanjing, it has a label that resounds outside the province, China's No. 1 International Slow City. In the small town of Yaxi Mancheng, golden rapeseed flowers are now blooming. The so-called slow city refers to an attitude of slow life. The pace of life here is very slow. Enjoy flowers and play water drifting. It is the favorite place for many Nanjing people to come for a vacation on weekends.

Today, the 13th China Gaochun International Slow City Golden Flower Tourism Festival has just opened. The rapeseed flower sea is a beautiful and spectacular scenery in Gaochun, Nanjing. Yaxi Slow City is a representative of slow life, and the rapeseed sea is its biggest. The golden terraced rapeseed flowers complement each other with the white walls and black tiles in the distance. The sea of rapeseed flowers all over the mountains and plains is like a natural picture, outlining the spring charm of the town.

Although Nanjing is not a large province of rapeseed flowers in the traditional sense, the sea of rapeseed flowers in Yaxi Mancheng is also quite spectacular. The pollen is rich in nectar, so bees often fly among the flowers, and when the wind blows, they will accompany them. The sweet fragrance of flowers adds a rural and pastoral scenery. People from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai especially like to go to Gaochun, Nanjing, for hiking, because it can allow people in the city to return to their original nature and enjoy the true wild fun.

For many friends who like golden flowers like rapeseed flowers, Yaxi Mancheng in Gaochun, Nanjing may be a good choice. After all, among the rapeseed flower planting areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, Yaxi Mancheng was the first to start a flower viewing feast. Wear light-colored clothes here, take photos very well, and you can also take aerial photos to capture the entire rapeseed flower.

In addition to the beautiful sea of rapeseed flowers, there are also a variety of entertainment projects here to enrich people's vacations, such as glass corridors, sky plank roads, crown skating, and rainbow slides. After playing crown skating, they took a rubber boat from high altitude and swooped down. It's faster than expected. It's very exciting. Put on a raincoat and you won't get wet. Friends who like excitement are worth checking in.

In addition to being a slow-living city, Gaochun is also a national porcelain town. To understand Gaochun's ceramic culture, the Ceramics Museum is the best place. It tells the story of China's thousands of years of splendid ceramic culture and displays the development of contemporary Chinese porcelain. Glory. The museum is very large, covering about 10,000 square meters. It has four exhibition areas: Famous Chinese Historical Porcelain Exhibition, Contemporary Chinese National Porcelain Exhibition, Works Exhibition of Chinese Ceramic Art Masters and Gaochun Ceramic Brand Porcelain Exhibition. It displays tens of thousands of exhibits including Ge, Guan, Ru, Ding and Jun five famous kilns, as well as Jingdezhen Kilns, Cizhou Kiln, Yaozhou Kiln, Yixing Purple Sand, etc.

Ancient porcelain more than 5000 years ago, works by hundreds of ceramic masters, and the charm of national porcelain at the state banquet... You can see exquisite Chinese ceramics at the Gaochun Ceramic Museum. The museum is located at the foot of Xiushan Mountain and on the shores of Gucheng Lake, with a beautiful environment and good ecology. It consists of three connected buildings. The interior is made of white walls made of high-tech materials. It is transparent, warm, elegant and full of modernity.

The interior of the Ceramic Museum is very beautifully designed, with the white stairs spiraling up in the atrium being simple and elegant, full of modernity.
Each exhibition area displays a large number of high-quality and precious ceramic works. Wandering among them is like stepping into a sea of porcelain, allowing me to fully understand ancient and modern Chinese ceramic culture.

I was dazzled by the various exquisite ceramics in the museum. I have to say that they are really exquisite, unique in shape, and each one seems to be of great value.

Different display cabinets display representative artworks of nearly a hundred Chinese ceramic art masters, including Li Shoucai's Phoenix Opera Peony Vase, Huang Zhiwei's Leisure Lao Zi, Yan Baoshan's Black Glazed Peony Vase... Thousands of daily use ceramics Art ceramics and high-tech ceramics, it turns out that ceramics can also make so many tricks.

The Chinese Contemporary National Porcelain Exhibition on the second floor shocked me the most. It displayed porcelain used by various countries such as the APEC Summit, G20 Summit, Belt and Road Summit, and BRICS Summit held in my country since the 21st century, showing contemporary China. National porcelain style and high skills. Appreciating these exquisite pieces of state banquet porcelain up close, it feels like you are in person at the state banquet site.

On the other side of the Ceramics Museum, you can also walk into the ceramics factory and witness with your own eyes how porcelain pieces are made.

The ceramic patterns produced by Gaochun are not printed by machines, but are painted manually, one stroke at a time. They are very elegant and are pieces of kung fu art, so Gaochun's ceramics are particularly precious.

If you want to live a slow life in Gaochun, the Shuishancheng City of Gucheng Lake is a veritable slow life resort. Gucheng Lake Water Slow City is located on the west side of Nanjing Gucheng Lake International Tourism Resort. It is a vacation and leisure experience destination integrating science education, ecological tourism, water sports, and leisure vacation.

Shuiman City covers a large area, with 8000 acres of land and water, including Baihua Valley, Horse Farm, Zoo, and Golden Beach. Take a sightseeing bus from the entrance, and you can pick up at every stop, which is much more convenient.

At this moment, the thousands of acres of lakeside flowers in Shuishuan City are filled with tulips, like a gorgeous brocade carpet laid on the lake. Under the cover of the sparkling lake water, it is colorful and beautiful. It is a popular celebrity for young ladies. Check-in and photo resort.

Large tracts of blooming tulips form a sea of flowers in Shuishang City. The colors of the tulips are particularly colorful and rich. They are orange, yellow, and red. Tulips of various colors are arranged together like a natural palette. The beautiful scenery of spring is dotted with colorful colors. Shuishancheng has finally ushered in spring among tulips.

The embellishment of Dutch windmills also gave me a feeling of European style by the Lake of Gucheng.

If it is sunny, the scenery of Golden Beach must be very beautiful.

The Wetland Zoo is a feature of the Water Slow City. It is a zoo with the characteristics of a water town. In the 243,000-square-meter zoo, there are nearly a thousand and dozens of animals living, including the Crocodile Hall, the Beast Area, the Primate Hall, the Grassland Garden, the Flamingo Garden, the Parrot Hall, the Crane Garden, the Swan Lake and the Peacock Garden.

Wetland Zoo, as the name suggests, houses many wetland animals, with the most birds. The Wetland Zoo has a wetland as the background, with buildings standing on the water and water systems running through the park. We can take small boats and park on the water, get closer to animals and nature, and watch and experience activities such as peacock flying, animal feeding, and crocodile fishing up close.

Usually, even if there are parrots in zoos, they usually rarely attract attention. However, the Wetland Zoo in Shuiman City has also set up a large venue with constant temperature and humidity for parrots, moving in the environment where parrots live. There are trees, jungles, etc., the parrots here have bright feathers and are not too afraid of people, so they can tease them up close.

Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet, in the Wetland Zoo, there are not only ducklings, but also handsome black swans. Compared with traditional zoos, the animal living environment here is better and more ecological. They enjoy such a large living water area and freely play in it. Playing in the water, even the animals 'lives are so leisurely and leisurely, as if they are not in a zoo, but in nature.

A relatively rare animal can also be seen in the Wetland Zoo, flamingos, which are the star animals in the entire park. You know, in the past, you had to go abroad to see flamingos. I didn't expect that you can now watch them at your doorstep. Flamingos belong to the class birds and generally inhabit the shoals of the warm belt salt lake. Their mouths are short and thick, their necks are long and curved, and their feet are extremely long and bare. Their feathers are very beautiful and beautiful, just like a ball of fire. It is a bright color in the park.

The huge ducks walked up and down clumsily on the river bank, very cute. In the wetland park of Shuiman City, you can feel that people, nature and animals live in harmony. Unlike the zoos you usually see, these animals are closer to nature and make people feel more relaxed.

When talking about Nanjing's history, everyone will think of Confucius Temple-on the bank of the Qinhuai River. In fact, Gaochun, Nanjing still hides the first ancient street in Jinling, Gaochun Old Street. Walking into Gaochun Old Street in the pattering light rain, Gaochun Old Street is the place that best represents Gaochun's history and culture. As the No. 1 Ancient Street in Jinling and the Second Confucius Temple in Jinling, for me, this is an old street full of humanity. Shops along the street sell various simple Gaochun snacks.

Red lanterns hang high on the eaves, and the old street bookshop hides a fragrance of books. The flowing thousands of years of time, the unchanging flavor of the old street, the Guanwang Temple, and the folk customs museum seem to have stayed in the past through time. Walking on Gaochun Old Street, you won't feel the noisy environment of Confucius Temple. The businesses here are very simple and have thousands of years of ancient charm.

Gaochun Old Street is Gaochun's oldest commercial center and a witness to thousands of years of Gaochun's history. Gaochun Old Street was formed in the Song Dynasty 900 years ago. During that era of rapid economic development in the south, many places where no one originally lived slowly formed streets. Gaochun Old Street was formed at this time. Gaochun Old Street is now 800 meters long, and the Ming and Qing style buildings are very conspicuous.

Today, Gaochun Old Street is lined with neatly arranged commercial shops, with a total of 314. These shops are all double-layered brick-and-wood structures. The first floor is for external business shops, and the second floor is for daily living places. Most of these remaining ancient buildings in Gaochun Old Street were built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is difficult to reproduce the residential houses of the Song Dynasty, but they can also make people feel their simple charm.

Strolling through Gaochun Old Street, I found that the street under my feet also has a unique design beauty. In the middle of the street is granite arranged horizontally. These granite is in warm rouge color. Both sides of the street are paved with bluish-gray stone slabs. The cool-toned bluestone slabs are combined with granite in warm and cold to form a unique beauty.

Although the houses on both sides of the old street are crowded, they have been well preserved over the long years, and the overall architectural form and appearance of the houses have not been much damaged. Various sculptures and decorations on the eaves are lifelike. Flowers, birds, fish, insects, princes and generals are the main contents of these sculpture decorations. They are very exquisite and have great artistic value and historical exploration significance.

Gaochun Old Street not only has a long history, but also has various historical sites. Especially the local food on the street is worth trying, such as the recently sold Qingtuan, which has a shape similar to the Qingtuan we have seen. Very different and has the unique characteristics of Gaochun Old Street.

There is a book shop on the old street. The atmosphere is very peaceful. It is very suitable for sitting in it on a rainy day, reading books, drinking tea, and spending a comfortable afternoon in the old street.

When you come to Gaochun Old Street, you must come to the Guanwang Temple to pay homage. It is said that praying here is very effective. There are people who seek marriage and peace. It is also a place for Internet celebrities to check in on Gaochun Old Street.

On Gaochun Old Street, there is also Gaochun Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall, which displays Gaochun's intangible cultural heritage. One side of water and soil supports another side of people. For thousands of years, the hard-working and intelligent Gaochun people have created many excellent folk customs in their long-term production and life. Culture has formed a rich cultural heritage. Gaochun's intangible cultural heritage is countless, which allows me to understand Gaochun's past story and the traditional culture that continues to this day.

This time when I came to Gaochun, the hotel I stayed at for the first night was the newly opened Gucheng Bay Kaiyuan Resort Hotel. The elegant Chinese style was very atmospheric, with a kind of calm and comfortable hidden in the city, and the Jiangnan water town with the deep and secluded banks flowed with the customs. If you come to Gucheng Lake for a vacation, you must choose Kaiyuan.

The design of the lobby is simple and elegant, making people who are tired of traveling in feel a bit like they are home. The panoramic view of Gucheng Lake is directly outside the window, with a panoramic view of the natural and ecological scenery.

Most of the rooms at Guchengwan New Century Resort Hotel are close to the water, focusing on quality and minimalism. The rooms with lake views have a minimalist wood texture, high-rise floor-to-ceiling glass, and the terrace faces the lake. The transparent floor-to-ceiling windows become natural viewing frames, and the beautiful and elegant Jiangnan gardens are reflected in the room.

The bathroom is spacious and bright, the porcelain white sink is filled with complete daily necessities, the ultra-long mirror is full of fashion, and there are two washbasins, so you no longer have to worry about crowding. Lie in the bathtub next to the floor-to-ceiling windows to wash away the fatigue of the day and gain warmth and comfort.

Seasonal fruits and local specialty pastries will also be served in the room. From the beginning of my stay, I feel full of caring and use delicious food to open up an understanding of the city.

The hotel's Chun Restaurant's dishes focus on local cuisine that integrates Anhui cuisine, and combines Hangzhou cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and other characteristics. Many dishes are innovative, such as duck tongue in southern milk sauce, sea cucumber spicy tofu, jasmine smoked fish, stir-fried small sausage, Yaxi braised pork, pork floss and pumpkin soup... The rich dinner and diverse tastes left me deeply impressed by Kaiyuan's cuisine.

On the second night in Gaochun, I stayed at Bancheng Dashan Resort Hotel, located just under Mancheng. It was full of wooden cabins with wooden furniture elements that made people feel very warm.

Open the window to give you a view, as if you live in nature. Although the room is small, it is full of warmth.

At the foot of Youzi Mountain, you can taste a unique Gaochun cuisine, such as Gaochun Four Small Pieces, Gucheng Lake Fish Head Soup Round, Square Cake and other Gaochun flavors that are hard to find elsewhere. You can taste the most authentic food here, which is healthy and healthy. It is delicious and not tired.

I didn't expect that under the eggs, there was a very different dish made with stone assistance.

There are also original chicken, a pot of fresh food in the old street, crispy pork belly, etc., all of which let me taste the unique taste of Gaochun.