Ancient City Yangzhou is the place I have longed for in my heart for a long time. Although I have driven along the Beijing Shanghai Expressway and Jianghuai Highway many times, I have passed by each time. Unable to stay. On the afternoon of August 2nd this year, I finally boarded the bus to Yangzhou with my wife. We took the last Volvo bus (ticket price 83 yuan) departing from Xujiahui Bus Station at 15:30 and arrived at Yangzhou Bus Terminal four hours later. On the recommendation of the taxi driver, we stayed at Wenjin Hotel on Yanfu West Road, which is operated by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and has a standard two star rating (room price 168 yuan, breakfast not included). The location is quite good and quiet, just a few minutes' walk to Yechun Tea House, Yangzhou Museum, and Siwangting Food Street. (Disadvantages: the room air conditioning is too low and the noise is loud) Put down your luggage in the room, and immediately come to the Fumanlou Hotel, which is highly praised by netizens. Although it is more than eight o'clock at night, the hotel is still full of guests and friends, full of voices. After a moment, we sit down and start ordering: two cold dishes, silver carp soup, stir fried emperor, salted egg yellow tofu, celery pumpkin, jade Fried Rice, ice beer; Due to the large number of customers and slow serving time, the taste of the dishes is indeed authentic and the quantity is sufficient. Especially for the example of salted egg yolk tofu, the method is innovative and the taste is excellent. The recipe for Xiao Chao Huang is also very unique. In addition to the necessary ingredients, there are also ginkgo biloba and white fruits and fried bread cubes! After being full of wine and food, I paid 91 yuan at checkout. It's really refreshing! Fumanlou is indeed worthy of its reputation, with good service, dishes, and prices. After a good night's sleep, we arrived at the century old restaurant across from the hotel early in the morning—— Have breakfast at Yechunyuan Tea House. A set meal (12 yuan and 8 varieties), a crab soup bag (8 yuan), two bowls of Babao Congee (6 yuan), and a case of dried silk (6 yuan). In general, the taste is average. The expensive soup dumplings need to be sucked with a straw, but I'm just wondering how they are packaged. 90% of the filling is juice. Leaving the tea house, under the scorching sun, I walked along the riverbank all the way Walk to Shouxi Lake (ticket 34 yuan). I personally think that for friends who have a tight schedule, there is no need to go into Juanshi Dongtian and Qushui Xiyuan (which are a bit messy and have many elderly people strolling around), and they can directly enter Shouxi Lake through the south gate of Dahongqiao Bridge. After passing through Changdi Chunliu, Xuyuan, Xiaojin Mountain, and crossing a red wooden bridge, familiar landscapes such as Lianxing Temple White Pagoda, Wuting Bridge, and Diaoyutai (also known as Blowing Platform) leap into view. After taking photos, I walked seven or eight minutes along the lake to the Twenty fourth Bridge Scenic Area. The newly built Xichun Terrace is the main building of this scenic area. The Twenty fourth Bridge built by white jade in the Han Dynasty is light on the lake and can be seen from afar The Qiling Pagoda of Daming Temple has a strong sense of visual space, and the layout of the entire scenic area can be described as unique and exquisite. This scene and situation inevitably remind people of the timeless masterpiece by Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu: The green mountains are faint and the water is far away, and the autumn is over and the grass in Jiangnan is not in tune. On a moonlit night at the Twenty Four Bridges, where can the jade man teach him how to play the flute? Continuing north along the lakeside, after about fifteen minutes, you will exit the north gate of Shouxi Lake. On the hill diagonally across the road, there is the famous Jiangnan temple - Daming Temple (admission fee 25 yuan). The temple is composed of three parts: the east, the middle and the west. In the middle is the the Shakya ManiHall and Jianzhen Memorial Hall. The memorial hall is designed by Mr. Liang Sicheng, a famous architect, which is quite magnificent in the Tang Dynasty; The Pingshan Hall and Xiyuan in the west are also worth a visit; In the east, there are newly built temples such as Wofo Temple, Su Zhai, and Qiling Pagoda. The weather is too hot, like taking a sauna. Before eleven o'clock, we had already visited the two major scenic spots, took a taxi back to the hotel, rested for a while, and checked out the room before twelve o'clock. I am particularly interested in history, and every time I visit a historic city, its museum (courtyard) is a must visit, and the ancient city of Yangzhou is no exception. It takes seven or eight minutes to walk from the hotel to the city museum (Tianning Temple, admission fee of 12 yuan). We came out in half an hour, but it didn't feel good: there were many vendors selling antiques and miscellaneous items in the courtyard, and there were not many exhibits in the museum. The one on the east side The Marco Polo Memorial Hall is worth a visit (there is a photo of Jiang Zemin accompanying Chirac on a tour of the museum's treasures at the entrance, but unfortunately, ordinary people like us do not have a good eye for it). We also saw a quaint quadrangle courtyard over a hundred meters east of the museum, with a gray blue brick gatehouse and a long plaque that read "Shi Kefa Memorial Hall" (written by Marshal Zhu De). Due to the closure of the museum at noon and the rush to travel, we had to leave with regrets（ Individual Garden and He Yuan was also unable to go for the same reason. Yangzhou, truly deserving of the titles of "Pearl of Northern Jiangsu" and "Moon City of China", is undergoing rapid urban development, with a new round of large-scale old city renovation unfolding in an orderly manner (at least far surpassing another ancient city across the river - Zhenjiang), Wenchang Pavilion has three KFCs, two McDonald's, and one Pizzahut in a small area. The newly completed Golden Eagle International Shopping Center is of high grade, which can definitely compare with Parkson and Pacific. Yangzhou has a simple and honest people, and its citizens are warm and hospitable. Every time I ask for directions, I receive satisfactory and detailed answers. What is even more unforgettable is that as night falls and I stroll on the streets, the lights start to shine and the neon lights twinkle. The thousand year old ancient city is filled with a peaceful and progressive atmosphere everywhere. At noon on August 3rd, we embarked on our return journey. Goodbye, old and young Yangzhou!