September 18 to 19, 2015. This is the fourth time I have come to Changshu on a self-driving tour. Changshu is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, abbreviated as Yu. It is named "Changshu" because "the soil is fertile and there are no floods and droughts every year." Changshu is rich in tourism resources. The urban area has attractions such as Yushan, Shanghu, Xingfu Temple, Fangta Garden, Yanyuan, Zeng Zhaoyuan, and Weng Tonghe's Former Residence. On the outskirts of Changshu City, there are also two famous Chinese historical and cultural towns, Shajiabang and Guli. In April 2013,"Shajiabang·Yushan Shanghu Tourist Area" was rated as a national 5A-level tourist attraction. Shanghu, backed by Yushan, has beautiful scenery. The pictures taken from the top of Yushan Mountain are far better than those taken by the lake. Personally, I think that if the attractions in Shanghu can be free of charge like Hangzhou West Lake, or change to the low-cost ticket route of around 20 yuan, it will be more attractive to foreign tourists to "come to Changshu often." This self-driving tour covers a total of 260 kilometers. The picture below shows Shanghu.

September 18, 2015 (Changshu weather, cloudy, 19 to 27 degrees)

At 18:55, after my wife got off work, they set out from their home in Pudong, Shanghai.

At 19:59, we arrived at Jiangqiao Toll Station of Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and drove a total of 29 kilometers.

At 20:24, I arrived at the Zhuqiao Toll Station of Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway. I traveled a total of 56 kilometers and charged 25 yuan for the highway.

At 20:34, we arrived at the Taicang main line toll station of Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway and traveled a total of 67 kilometers.

At 20:48, I arrived at the Shaxi Service Area of Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway to rest and drove a total of 83 kilometers.

At 21:03, I arrived at Changshu Toll Station on Changhe Expressway. I traveled a total of 105 kilometers and charged 20 yuan for the highway.

The picture below shows the streets in Changshu City at night.

Stayed at Home Inn Changshu Hengshan Road Store that night. It was a standard twin room, silver membership was 139 yuan/night. Hengshan Road is not a major transportation route, and many rooms in this store are not facing the street, so accommodation at night is very quiet. The room area is larger than that of an ordinary express hotel, and the standard twin room is more than 30 square meters. The hotel parking lot is huge.

As of that night, a total of 116 kilometers had been traveled.

September 19, 2015 (Changshu weather: sunny to cloudy, 20 to 28 degrees)

The picture below shows the parking lot of Home Inn Changshu Hengshan Road Branch.

Home Inn Changshu Hengshan Road Branch.

Temple Road Street leading to Xingfu Temple. At the end of this road, you can take the cable car to Yushan.

The famous Xingfu Temple mushroom oil noodles. Mushrooms are wild fungi, while pine mushrooms are a specialty of Yushan, Changshu. Mushroom oil noodles with mushroom oil as a "topping" are extremely delicious and incomparable to ordinary mushrooms. However, this bowl of noodles is not cheap, selling for 35 yuan.

In front of Xingfu Temple.

Xingfu Temple, a national key Buddhist temple in Han nationality areas, admission is 10 yuan. Xingfu Temple is also a cultural relics protection unit in Jiangsu Province. This is an ancient Jiangnan temple with good garden scenery.

Drive to the top of Yu Mountain.

The joint ticket for Shajiabang, Shanghu and Yushan is 150 yuan.

The ticket for Yushan purchased individually is 35 yuan.

The Sword Pavilion on the top of Yushan Mountain was rebuilt in 1988. This is the best location to overlook the Shanghu Mountain.

Shanghu.

There is no need to buy tickets to enter the Zanghai Temple on Yushan.

Xianghua Bridge.

Parking lot on the top of Yu Mountain.

A group of people came to visit together on three-wheeled motorcycles.

On the way down the mountain, you pass Yushan Gate.

Drive past the gate of Fangta Garden. The Chongjiao Xingfu Temple Pagoda in the garden is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

In August last year, one of my primary school classmates came to Changshu with me. He fell in love with mushroom oil noodles. This time, he saw my WeChat account and learned that he was coming to Changshu, so he called me to bring him a box of Wang Si Mushroom Oil. 80 yuan/box, containing 3 small bottles. Changshu Wangsi Restaurant is a time-honored Chinese brand.

The ring river in Changshu's Laocheng District.

Changshu Street View.

My family's favorite food is my family's pickled cabbage fish. I accidentally discovered this store on Shanghai West Road in Taicang in May 2011. It tastes delicious and the black fish is very tender. From then on, my family became associated with my pickled cabbage fish. Among them, I went to Taicang to eat my pickled cabbage fish 10 times in 2012.

Today, my family's pickled cabbage fish has stores in Changshu, Kunshan, Suzhou, Wuxi, Jiading, Shanghai and other places, and business is particularly good. I remember going to a store in Jiading, Shanghai to eat on March 7, 2015. It took me more than an hour to wait in line. In this store, customers order the whole black fish, and the small one is more than 2 kilograms. We ordered 4.2 kilograms of black fish this time at 45 yuan/catty. I remember the first time I ate my pickled cabbage fish in May 2011 was 30 yuan/catty.

Changshu streetscape under blue sky and white clouds.

There is a supermarket that sells fried chicken from Wangsi Restaurant. Barbecue chicken is a specialty of Changshu cuisine.

At 16:55, we arrived at Changshu Toll Station on Changhe Expressway and traveled a total of 154 kilometers.

At 17:11, I arrived at the Shaxi Service Area of Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway to rest and drove a total of 175 kilometers.

At 17:45, I arrived at the Taicang main line toll station of Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway. I traveled a total of 191 kilometers and charged 20 yuan for the highway.

At 17:55, we arrived at Zhuqiao Toll Station of Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway and drove a total of 203 kilometers.

At 18:08, I arrived at the Hujia Toll Station of the Shanghai-Jiaxing Expressway. I traveled a total of 214 kilometers and charged 10 yuan for the highway.

At 19:20, I returned to my home in Pudong, Shanghai, and drove a total of 260 kilometers.