Du Mu wrote a poem that goes, "The spring breeze is ten miles away from Yangzhou Road, and rolling up a pearl curtain is not as good as it is." He said that on the ten mile streets of Yangzhou where the spring breeze is rippling, all the pearl curtains rolled up reveal a beauty that is not as beautiful as the girl in Du Mu's poem. I won't say 'ten miles of spring breeze' in this question, I will say 'ten thousand miles of spring breeze' because I have to travel ten thousand miles from Beijing to Yangzhou. I'm not going to see beautiful women, I'm going to see the scenery. At this time, it is timely to go to Yangzhou to see the scenery, because people as ancient as Li Bai have to bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower and go to Yangzhou in March to enjoy the fireworks. The global climate has warmed up compared to Li Bai's time, and even in late February, I can see the beautiful scenery in Yangzhou. Caught a windy day in Beijing, packed my backpack and set off.

Yangzhou is a place with both history and culture. Under the strong promotion of Li Bai and Du Mu, it was one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. The central area of Yangzhou is called Guangling, which sounds very ancient, doesn't it? You will immediately think of Guangling San. Guangling San is not traditional Chinese medicine, it is an ancient song played with a guqin. The name Guangling was used in present-day Yangzhou after Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified China, and before him, King Fuchai of Wu had already built a city here. At that time, this land was called Shugang, and the city built by King Fuchai of Wu was called Hancheng. Nowadays, when Yangzhou people reminisce about ancient times, they often mention the names Shugang and Hancheng. Wu Wang Fuchai also did a big thing in Hancheng. He hired someone to dig a ditch called Hangou. A thousand years later, this ditch was expanded by Emperor Yang of Sui, leading north to Luoyang and south to Hangzhou. This is the ancient Grand Canal. Since the establishment of the Grand Canal, Yangzhou has become a famous logistics center, incubating salt gangs and canal gang leaders of all ages.

Yangzhou had a complex geographical range in ancient times, making it difficult to fit into the current city. The name Yangzhou ended its drifting and became fixed during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, and since then Guangling has been called Yangzhou City. At that time, Yangzhou was just a city with no significant level, neither at the provincial or municipal level, at most only at the county or regimental level. Until the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan established Yangzhou Road and appointed a Grand Commander, which could be considered a prefecture level city. Emperor Zhizheng of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Huizong, established a mansion in Yangzhou, which included some prefectures and counties under his command. Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the rule of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and Yangzhou Prefecture led its counties to report their work to Yingtian Prefecture. Yingtian Prefecture is at the provincial and ministerial level, while Yangzhou is at the prefecture level. In the second year of Shunzhi (1645 AD), Duoduo, the fifteenth son of Nurhaci, led the Qing army to attack the Southern Ming Dynasty's Shi Kefa in Yangzhou. The city was destroyed and the Qing army slaughtered it for ten days, known as the "Ten Days of Yangzhou" in history. More than 800000 people died. After the Xinhai Revolution, Yangzhou Prefecture was abolished and Jiangdu County was established. Yangzhou City was established in New China and became a prefecture level city. So, Yangzhou is really a well-established prefecture level city.

Yangzhou is a good place. In addition to Li Bai saying that Yangzhou has beautiful fireworks scenery in March, Su Dongpo, who was a tourist in the Song Dynasty, also said, "Luoyang in early summer and Guangling in spring. Lu You, who loves to see flowers, not only sighed at Kuaiji's "spring scenery of the palace walls and willows", but also praised "Guangling peony and Shu crabapple". Fireworks in March is not about setting off fireworks in Yangzhou in March, but about the abundance of flowers in March. The smoke tree in Jimen, Beijing, is not about the smoke from cooking, but about the green branches swaying like smoke. The traditional Chinese culture has a deep-rooted preference for smoke, and ink paintings must also have clouds and mist like smoke. Smoke can cover up ugliness, beauty, and everything, which is the manifestation of the doctrine of the mean since Confucius, implicit and hidden. So, Shangyan is a manifestation of freehand aesthetics, which is different from Western realism. Westerners do not understand the imagery of fireworks in March.

Going down to Yangzhou to explore the spring scenery and appreciate the smoke and flowers, Chinese people know that they must go to Shouxi Lake.

According to the legend of the old man, Shouxi Lake used to be a river north of Guangling City, called Baobao River. In the early Qing Dynasty, high-ranking officials and tycoons gathered here to build private gardens, gradually gaining scale and becoming popular. A poet from Hangzhou who came to buy salt once said, "The weeping willows keep picking up the broken Wu, while the geese and the red bridge resemble a painting. It is also a pot of gold for sale, so it should be called the Skinny West Lake. Hangzhou people consider this Baobao River to be comparable to West Lake in Hangzhou, so they call this river Shouxi Lake, and since then, "Shouxi Lake" has become famous throughout the world.

To go to Shouxi Lake, one must pass through the north gate of Yangzhou city. That gate has long been destroyed, but the place name is still there, called 'New North Gate Bridge'. Since it's called New Beimen Bridge, there must still be an old Beimen. The old North Gate is to the east, and that street is called 'North Gate Outer Street'. After crossing the New Beimen Bridge, you can see an old-fashioned house on the west side of the road.

The plaque reads' Juanshi Dongtian ', one of the twenty-four scenic spots of Shouxi Lake. This is even the peripheral stronghold of Shouxi Lake. Although the gate is closed, you can enter through the side door. In the early Qing Dynasty, this was once a garden, which was destroyed during the Xianfeng period and gradually restored in recent years.

Walk west along the road and you can also see other attractions in the ancient garden. Below is Xiyuan Qushui, which is also one of the 24 scenic spots of Shouxi Lake.

At the end of the garden, you can see a building boat.

Ahead is a small bridge called Hongqiao, where only cars are allowed to pass and large vehicles are prohibited. Standing on the bridge and looking north. Here, you can see the Skinny West Lake, which is also one of the 24 scenic spots, called the "Hongqiao Range Rover".

This is the Slender West Lake, where you can see some buildings, pavilions, and boats. At this time, it is the third month of spring, and when it comes to late autumn, it is called 'gradually a breeze, a rain, and a coolness'. If it were a lake, it would be quite thin; If it were a river, it would be fat enough. Still called 'Skinny West Lake' sounds good, at least it looks slim.

To enter the Slender West Lake Park, you need to first cross the Hongqiao Bridge and then buy tickets in order to enjoy it. Go in and take a look. On the east bank of the river, there is a sunny road heading north. You can't help but lift your pants, pull open your legs, and stride forward with big strides.

In fact, only those who don't understand the industry can hold their breath and move forward aggressively. This path should be taken slowly, preferably in a steady and winding manner. Do you see the beautiful spring scenery in the picture above? This is also one of the 24 scenic spots of Shouxi Lake, called Changdi Chunliu.

Guangling spring scenery, spring spreads throughout Guangling. Looking at the willows along the river, the willows are green and peach red, and people are not immortals but immortals.

The "Changdi Chunliu" in the pavilion was written by Chen Chongqing, a famous figure in Yangzhou during the late Qing Dynasty.

Walking north along the long embankment, you will come across a mansion.

White walls and gray tiles, guarded by two lions. Although the door frame is square, the doorway is round, and the plaque on the lintel reads' Xu Yuan '. These two characters look quite strange, written by Ji Lianggong, a local eccentric in Yangzhou during the late Qing Dynasty. Ji Lianggong referred to him as "Mr. Feng". Due to its style, the characters are bizarre.

The "Xu" of Xuyuan was Xu Baoshan, a dominant figure in Zhenjiang and Yangzhou during the late Qing Dynasty. He was also known for his bandit spirit and often collected salt taxes in Yangzhou to aid the poor. Later, he joined the revolutionary party and joined the surging tide of the Xinhai Revolution, leading the army to recapture Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, and shaking up the country. However, the bandits were still unreliable, and this young man eventually defected to Yuan Datou and was overthrown by the steadfast revolutionary party with a courier bomb. When Xu Baoshan dominated Yangzhou, he already had a large house in the city, but he also occupied the territory of Taohuawu in the early Qing Dynasty at Shouxihu Lake and built this Xu Garden as a ancestral hall. Although it is a ancestral temple, it is a very charming garden.

Upon entering Xu Garden, one is greeted by a lotus pond surrounded by strange rocks. Cold water was released from the strange rocks and fell into the lotus pond. The peach blossoms by the pond are beautiful, and the willow branches sway.

There is a house sitting south on the north bank of the lotus pond, looking across the water.

There is a railing in front of the house, and inside the railing, there is an iron pot squatting on one side. That's not a pot, but a 'wok'. A pure ancient wok has two ears and is a vessel used for stewing meat. The mountain wall of Lingnan architecture is called the "Guo'er Wall", which is shaped like the ears of this wok. The wok in Xu Yuan doesn't have ears, it's not a household item for stewing meat, it should be a ceremonial or mascot. According to the nearby text, the two iron woks are from the Southern and Northern Dynasties, 1400 years ago, which is older than the Iron Lion of Cangzhou. Iron is a substance that is prone to rusting, and the structure of rust is loose, gradually leading to internal and external rusting and scrapping. Therefore, it is difficult for ancient ironware exposed to the wind and rain to survive. It is not easy for a thousand year old iron lion in Iron Lion of Cangzhou, Hebei. It is even more difficult for these two iron woks to be used for 1400 years.

Go around the lotus pond and take a look at that house.

This should be the main hall of Xu Yuan's ancestral temple, with a width of three rooms and a depth of two rooms. It has gray tiles and a single eave gable roof, surrounded by eaves and corridors. Go in and take a look.

The roof is a raised beam structure, fully constructed in the Ming Dynasty, which is the most common style of Huizhou architecture. There is a shrine on the north wall of the Ming Dynasty, and the purple sandalwood carved door cover outside the shrine is quite magnificent, also in the style of Huizhou. The time "Daoguang Wushen" on the horizontal plaque indicates the age of this plaque, which is the 28th year of the Qing Dynasty's Daoguang reign (1848 AD). But who did Xu Baoshan receive this plaque from when he was born in 1866? The name of the signature is Xu Peishen, who was a supervisory commissioner of Jiangnan Road during the Qing Dynasty's Daoguang reign. He was punished and dismissed from office for his incorruptibility. In his later years, he gave lectures at the famous Plum Blossom Academy in Yangzhou, which is now known as the Yangzhou Academy Museum. The Plum Blossom Academy in Yangzhou is very famous, on par with the Yuelu Academy in Changsha. I don't know which restaurant was the name of the "Gouguan" on the plaque at that time, but I guess it was a couple's restaurant. The eagle (Nianjian) is a winged bird, and the ancients used the phrase "eagle eagle flounder" to describe a good relationship between a couple. The flounder (Niandie) is a flatfish.

There are also supporting wing rooms on both sides of the main room. To the left is an open pavilion with a double eaved gable roof, and to the right is the supporting hall below, which is three rooms wide and one room deep.

There is a wall in front of Xuyuan, and a curved corridor surrounds it behind.

Leaving Xu Garden, I saw another house on the other side of the river. Glancing sideways, there is a small bridge over the river leading to the other side.

Green willows slowly stand by the water's edge, and the old house's lattice windows open towards the water. The old branches on the river cover the sunrise, and the green lotus plants are planted in the dark under the river.

That small bridge is called Changchun Bridge, and crossing it should be called Changchun Zhai. When I looked over the bridge, the garden was actually a small golden mountain.

This used to be a shallow area of the Baohe River. The ancient wealthy people of Yangzhou raised funds to dredge the river here and piled up the excavated river mud here. When there is a lot of river mud, it will rise sharply and become an island. Yangzhou lacks mountains. Whenever there is a high place, the locals call it a mountain and name it "Changchun Ridge", hence the Changchun Bridge over the river. Since the people of Yangzhou say that the high altitude of this mountain is too cold, monks have entered the mountain to build a temple, which has become the Xiaojin Mountain Temple. There is no clue as to when the monks will escape and when the wealthy will occupy the mountains. Today's Xiaojin Mountain is a garden, with stacked stones as the mountain, houses as the hall, walls as the courtyard, and trees planted for shade. It is the residence of a small immortal nestled by the mountains and waters. The immortal said he wanted to have fun, so he had a piano room. At the moment of joy, all the people in the scenery are immortals. A water flows around the willow trees, and a painting boat travels to the lotus flower sky.

Immortals are happy to follow, and they will brush their hair and ink to write pictures. Let's take a look at Xiaojinshan's art studio, called Yueguan. In fact, although this place is called an art studio, it is not a place for painting, but rather a place to sit and enjoy the natural scenery, like a painting scroll. The Moon Temple was originally a Guandi Temple. In such a beautiful place like Changchun Ridge, besides Buddhist temples, there must also be temples.

Thatched cottage on the lake.

Take a look at the main hall of Xiaojin Mountain. Although there are no traces of a temple, the couplet has a strong Zen flavor. My fingers are all empty, have you ever taken the jade bureau with you? If the fist is not big, Jinshan is willing to cross the river. The two stones in front of the hall are made of Song Huizong's flower stone material, and it is unknown why they were left here.

Yangzhou people say that the high altitude of Changchun Ridge is not cold, so they built a pavilion on the ridge called Zhusongfeng Pavilion.

Although there are bamboo and pine trees, how can one not feel cold when there is wind? Zheng Banqiao inscribed a couplet at this pavilion: 'In autumn, the river presses against the verdant mountains; in the sun, the thin embrace the cold pine trees.'. One of the reasons why Yangzhou has culture is that there are many strange people, all of whom are very artistic, known as the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. The most well-known person today is Dr. Zheng Banqiao and Dr. Lan Zhushi. Qianlong once conferred the title of Zheng Banqiao as a history of calligraphy and painting. When Qianlong came to visit Shouxi Lake, he also came to this small golden mountain and patrolled around like me. When he got tired, he sat in the green pavilion below and asked someone to bring tea to drink. Therefore, this green shaded pavilion was called the Qianlong Pavilion.

Qianlong did not appoint Zheng Banqiao as a history of calligraphy and painting here, that was what he did during his tour of Shandong. Qianlong watched the scenery here, drank a pot of Yangzhou produced green poplar spring tea, and ate half a steamed lion head. Afterwards, he stood up and walked out of the gate of the Green Shadow Pavilion. Looking ahead, there was a long embankment leading to the lake, with a double eaved square pavilion at the end of the embankment.

He walked along the long embankment to the pavilion and walked through the moonlit gate to see the water tower bridge.

Don't misunderstand, the person sitting in front of the Moon Gate in the picture is not Emperor Qianlong, not his reincarnated spirit child, nor one of Emperor Qianlong's hundred concubines. She is just an ordinary Huaiyang auntie. Qianlong called for someone to bring a fishing rod and vowed to catch a catfish here. He steamed it for lunch and ate it. You think, fishing for crucian carp here is definitely not as good as in Fuchun River. Qianlong could only let it go, but there was still a steamed catfish on the lunch table. Because Qianlong did not catch any catfish here, this pavilion was later called the Diaoyutai by later generations.

Slender West Lake took a turn at Xiaojin Mountain and slowly flowed westward from here. Standing on the fishing platform and looking towards the south bank of the river, there is a water pavilion there.

This is Chengxian Water Pavilion. Xie, there is a house on the stage. Water pavilion, half sitting on the shore and half standing in the water pavilion. This clear and fresh water pavilion is very orderly, with a width of three bays and a depth of two bays. It has a gray tile single eave emblem style gable roof and eaves corridors around it. Clear spaced doors, slightly spaced walls and windows, allow you to stand in front of the door and enjoy the water scenery, or sit in front of the window and enjoy the water scenery. If you're not fully satisfied yet, you can step out of the door and stand under the eaves to enjoy the water scenery. There is a palisade lintel between the eaves and pillars, and an inverted lintel above. If you're not fully satisfied, you can still walk down the eaves to a circle of white stone moon platforms to enjoy the water scenery. There is a hollow stone carved railing on the platform, with stone lions on the pillars. A couplet in front of the door, copied from Tang poetry, with the first sentence from Du Fu and the second sentence from Chen Xilie.

Strolling along the coast to enjoy the water scenery, you can take a nap at this water pavilion, sip a cup of tea, drink a cup of wine, and swallow three peanuts. Not only that, this water pavilion is also one of the scenic spots for water tourists to enjoy. Because it has a very regular shape, it contrasts with the disorderly trees and branches around it, and is also a sense of rhythm pursued by Chinese garden construction, belonging to the finishing touch of coastal scenery. The square pavilion round gate of Diaoyutai is also a contrast in architectural form.

There is a single hole high arch stone bridge called Yuban Bridge between Xiaojin Mountain and the north bank of Shouxi Lake.

Ascend Yuban Bridge, arrive at the north bank of the lake, and continue westward. You can face Diaoyutai and Chengxian Water Pavilion across the water.

But I saw a big house by the roadside.

The plaque reads "Overview of Water and Clouds" and is also one of the 24 scenic spots of Shouxi Lake. Water and clouds are easy to understand. Clouds come from water, and clouds meet water. Shengyi means scenic spot, prosperous scenery, or scenic area. There was originally a garden here called Quyuan, built by Huang Luxian, a prominent figure of the Salt Gang in the Qing Dynasty, which included several pavilions and towers. During the reign of Emperor Jiaqing, Huang Lao gradually declined, and this house was rebuilt in recent years, exceeding its specifications.

Standing by the water's edge in front of Shuiyun Shenggai, you can see the sign of the Slender West Lake, Wuting Bridge.

In addition to the Wuting Bridge, you can also see through the tall white tower and the water pavilion under the bridge at a glance. If you continue walking westward without stopping, you will get closer and closer to Wuting Bridge.

That's really:

Beside the peach blossoms and lush willows in spring, in front of the Wuting Stone Bridge. Under the smoke tree and white tower, there are clusters of blue waves and painted boats. Everywhere is a spring breeze and everywhere is a cow.

From the perspective above, Wuting Bridge is a water fortress gate. Walking to the bridgehead, you can see the five pavilions on the bridge.

Yangzhou is famous for its slim West Lake; The fame of Shouxi Lake lies entirely in this Five Pavilion Bridge. Whether viewed from afar or up close, these five pavilions and bridges are breathtaking. Its functionality is not surprising, but its design is unique and unique, making it the only one in the world. Beautiful is beautiful, strange is strange. The Five Pavilions Bridge is so beautiful, but there is not a single scene like the Five Pavilions Sunset among the 24 scenic spots of Shouxi Lake. It's okay, although it's not among these 24 scenic spots, it's one of the top ten famous bridges in ancient China. The top ten famous bridges include Lugou Bridge in Beijing, Guangji Bridge in Chaozhou, Wuting Bridge in Yangzhou, Zhaozhou Bridge in Hebei, Anping Bridge in Fujian, Yuzhu Feiliang in Jinci, Fengyu Bridge in Guangxi, Luding Bridge in Sichuan, Wuyin Bridge in Qingdongling, and Yudai Bridge in the Summer Palace. With this number, only half of these ten famous bridges have been seen by me, and I must continue to work hard to see the other half.

The name of this five pavilion bridge is "Lotus Bridge", as evidenced by a plaque. It is an I-shaped stone arch bridge overlooking the lake, spanning north and south. There is a large arch in the middle, and the four bridge piers on both sides have small arches. On the bridge is a corridor, with yellow glazed tiles and double eaves. In the middle is a sharp roof at four corners. There is a square pavilion on each of the four piers, and the yellow glazed tile with single eaves and four corners is built into a spire. The four single eaved spires and the lower eave of the middle corridor are linked together, which can be called five volumes linked together. From a distance, it looks like the pagoda of Vajra. The five pavilions have upturned corners and rolled edges, with gray brick carved ridges, which is in the style of Huizhou. There is a circle of inverted lintels under the red pillar, and a circle of stone carved railings on the bridge. The north and south approach bridges are designed in the form of vertical straps and stomps, with handrails and railings on the upper section featuring stone lion pillars. From the red pillars and yellow tiles, it can be seen that this bridge has the genes of a royal decree. Sure enough, they said that this bridge was built for Emperor Qianlong's southern tour, which means that Emperor Qianlong aimed the hook under the bridge opening when hanging the fishing platform. However, this is definitely not the bridge that Qianlong saw back then. I dug up an indigenous person by the bridge to investigate, and he said that when he was a child, there was only a bridge here and no pavilion. His family lives in the south of the bridge, and their production team's farmland is located in the north of the bridge. They often have to travel to and from this bridge to grow crops. In spring, I cross the river to sow seeds, and in autumn, I cross the river to harvest. Grain and straw are loaded onto tractors and brought home. Tractors can get on the bridge without charge. The bridge that I am looking at now was rebuilt in 1990.

I asked the indigenous person, is the Buddhist temple under the white pagoda still there? He said it's long gone, it's just an empty space. After his family was relocated there, the authorities built a new temple there. In that case, let me go and watch it for a while. I aimed at the tower, took steps forward, and had to climb a series of stairs during the process.

The lintel reads' Buyun ', and in early summer mornings, this door is considered the thickest place in the morning mist. Look at the handwriting and strokes, they are thin enough. Different from Emperor Huizong's thin gold body, let's call it a thin certain body, because I didn't understand whose inscription it was.

Go take a look at the White Pagoda.

Below is a square foundation made of two zhang high bricks, on which there is a ring of White Marble hollowed out stone railing, and in front is a ladder with eight figures. The White Pagoda sits in the middle of the pedestal, with a four sided folded corner Sumeru pedestal at the bottom, with twelve corners on all four sides. Above the Sumeru throne are three layers of white diamond rings, and above them is the covered bowl tower body. The sight gate on the tower is closed, and no auspicious words or Buddha statues can be seen. There may be some treasures of the great monk hidden inside. Above the tower are thirteen levels of phase wheels, which means thirteen days. Above the thirteen days, there is a hexagonal golden canopy, with golden plaques hanging from each corner. At the top is the yellow treasure gourd tower brake. In front of the pedestal is written "White Tower and Clear Clouds", which is also one of the 24 scenic spots of Shouxi Lake.

The introduction of the White Pagoda states that it was built during the Qianlong period, but I don't think it's correct. It should be earlier. The style of this tower is not a Qing Dynasty Tibetan tower, but it is also different from the Yuan Dynasty Tibetan tower. The difference between the Qing Dynasty's Fubo Pagoda and the Yuan Dynasty's is in the Thirteen Days, with the Yuan Dynasty being thicker than this; The Qing Dynasty was very delicate, finer than this. However, whether in the Qing Dynasty or the Yuan Dynasty, the tower body covered with bowls was not like this. This type of covered bowl tower dates back to the Liao and Jin Dynasties, even earlier than the Yuan Dynasty. Beijing has the Beihai White Pagoda from the Qing Dynasty, the White Pagoda Temple from the Yuan Dynasty, and the Fubo Pagoda from the Liao and Jin Dynasties, located in the Yinshan Pagoda in Changping. This tower looks like it was built during the Liao and Jin dynasties. The characteristic of the Liao and Jin covered bowl tower is that the lower opening of the bowl is smaller, like this one. The gourd tower brake above is either an original work or a forgery from recent years. The canopy above thirteen days is not the original style, and there would be no such canopy in the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, or Liao and Jin Dynasties. The foundation, pedestal, bowl, and thirteen heavens of this tower should be the original, even if not the original, they are still in their original style.

There was originally a temple under the tower, which is said to have been built in the Sui Dynasty. The Yangzhou Prefecture Annals records that it began in the Yuan Dynasty and was renamed "Fahai Temple" after reconstruction during the Yuan Dynasty. In local chronicles, it is recorded that during the Yuan Dynasty, a tower was built by Zhao Youcheng, a native of the county. That's right. During the early Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, built a white pagoda in the style of the Jin Dynasty in Yangzhou, a place far south of Dadu. This should be understandable.

Take a look at the host of this white pagoda, Fahai Temple.

During the epidemic, it is not open. I walked to the back and took a look. Inside, it is dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva.

There is also an Imperial Stele Pavilion next to the White Pagoda. Almost all things like the Imperial Stele Pavilion contain crooked poems inscribed by Emperor Qianlong, and he loved doing such things. This pavilion is also newly built in recent years. The proper Imperial Stele Pavilion should have a yellow glazed tile roof, commonly known as the Yellow Pavilion in folk culture.

Speaking of folk culture, there is a folk garden called Fuzhuang located at the foot of Baita Mountain and east of Wuting Bridge. What is Fu (Nianfu)? A duck is a wild duck, which means this is a rural cottage with wild ducks.

This Fu Zhuang is located on a small island, a very pleasant place for sightseeing and rest. You can walk around the island along such a corridor.

Once you reach the corner, you can sit down and admire the A-Wu and A-Liu people on the Wuting Bridge.

You can also turn your head to admire the riddled stones placed by predecessors on the island and the pavilions built by later generations.

There must be a big house behind the flowers and trees on the island.

Upon entering, it turned out to be a teahouse.

The small tea house is very charming. I asked the shopkeeper if he has coffee? The answer is' Of course '. Before we met, there was a paper plaque hanging on the windowsill that read "Furong Long". I asked the shopkeeper who was making coffee for me whose work it was, and he said it was from Jin Nong, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. Ji Huang (Nian Famine), who lived during the same period as the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, was also a native of Yangzhou. In addition to being able to control rivers, he was also skilled in writing and sang poetry with Emperor Qianlong. Ji Huang once had a pair of lotus vine couplets: 'A new lotus vine emerges from the water, and thousands of layers of fragrant grass float far away from the mountain.' The vine is the shore. This plaque should be a horizontal inscription of the Jin Nong Shu Ji Huang couplet, but it is unclear where the couplet is located.

Continue westward along the lake:

Flowers are red, willows are green, and blue water flows. Jade women on both sides are draped in floral fur. Not letting Wu Ji suppress the drinkers, but tasting Yangzhou lion's head.

Huaiyang Restaurant is located deep in the willows beside the lake. Go in and sit down. The waitress brings a dish card and asks the guest to give an order. One lion's head and two yellow bridge Shaobing (Baked cake in griddle) are full.

After eating, the scenery on both sides of the strait became even more charming.

This is the famous female spy Bai Taohua.

Further ahead, there are heavy terraces.

This is Xichun Terrace, also one of the twenty-four scenic spots: Spring Terrace and Bright Moon. The Shouxihu River turns another bend at Xichuntai and flows northward.

Qianlong sat upstairs in front of the open window, holding a bowl of fragrant tea and looking up at the water. I saw the ice wheel slowly emerging, the shadows of the trees on both sides gradually disappearing, the cold water and moon shadows disappearing, and the spring sky fading away. The Emperor of Fengtian Carrier sighed and said, 'The clouds are light, the wind is gentle, and the jade rabbit is clear. There is no choice but to let the flowers fall.'.

Xichun Terrace is a pair of buildings, with the main building consisting of five rooms and two floors, and the front three rooms and two floors exiting the building. The supporting buildings below are located on all sides.

Look at the picture above, all the scenic spots are filled with colorful Chinese aunties. And monochromatic Chinese grandfathers are all waiting for their grandmothers to return by the roadside in boredom.

They dare not approach the water's edge, afraid of being dragged into the water like they are below.

Wu Ji is more and more beautiful, and the Chu princesses are all setting colors under the flowers.

Look across the Xichuntai River.

The plaque on the water pavilion is inscribed by Zheng Banqiao with the words' General Xiao Li's Painting Book '. General Xiao Li is talking about Tang Dynasty painter Li Zhaodao, and his father is General Li Sixun. Both father and son are painters, but they both have the title of a general. Li Zhaodao is skilled in landscape painting, and his paintings depict pavilions, towers, and tourists within the scenery. The garden here has a strong artistic conception reminiscent of Li Zhaodao's landscape paintings, hence it was titled as General Xiao Li's painting book by Zheng Banqiao.

There is a stone tablet under the Xichun stage, on which is Chairman Mao's handwritten Tang Dynasty poem "Sending to Judge Han Chuo in Yangzhou" by Du Mu. It reads: "The green mountains are faintly clear, the water is far away, and the autumn is over. The grass in Jiangnan has not withered. On the night of the bright moon at the Twenty Four Bridges, where can the jade man teach to play the flute.

There are several interpretations of the Twenty Four Bridges mentioned in the poem. It is said that the twenty-four bridges in Tang poetry refer to the twenty-four bridges in Yangzhou city. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Shen Kuo, who lived in Mengxi Garden on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Zhenjiang, mentioned these twenty-four bridges in his book "Dream Creek Essays". Shen Kuo said that when Yangzhou was the wealthiest and grandest city in the Tang Dynasty, there were twenty-four named bridges alone. However, when Shen Kuo came to count the bridges, there were only six left. Another theory is based on Li Dou, a native of Huaiyang during the Qing Dynasty, who recorded that "the Twenty Four Bridges are the brick bridges of the Wu family, also known as the Red Medicine Bridge, located behind the Xichun Terrace". I estimate that there were indeed twenty-four bridges in Yangzhou during the Tang Dynasty. Later, the rivers in the city were drained by the residents, and the bridges were useless. The rivers were repaired with roads and houses, and the bridges were all demolished. In order to preserve the name of the Twenty Four Bridges in Tang poetry, later generations found a bridge in the outskirts of the garden and named it the Twenty Four Bridges. This is the bridge below.

Like the Yuban Bridge in Xiaojin Mountain, this is also a single hole high arch stone bridge. This type of bridge is a typical style of ancient Chinese bridges, the most famous of which is the Jade Belt Bridge in the Summer Palace, one of the top ten ancient Chinese bridges mentioned earlier. Why is this bridge called the Twenty Four Bridges? Because it has to climb twenty-four steps to cross the bridge, and then descend another twenty-four steps. There are 48 steps in total, which is even more terrifying than Hitchcock's' The Thirty Nine Steps'. In order to prevent tourists from falling into the water from the bridge due to fear, the construction unit has built handrails on both sides of the bridge. There are twelve lookout posts on each side of this handrail, totaling twenty-four on both sides. A tour group leader is telling his members, 'This bridge is 24 meters long, so it's called the Twenty Four Bridge.'. Don't believe him, whether it's Du Mu's Tang Dynasty, Shen Kuo's Northern Song Dynasty, or Li Dou's Qing Dynasty, Chinese architectural design institutes don't use "meters" as a unit of length.

In order to verify that the twenty-four bridges in Du Mu's poem are not the twenty-four bridges in the city, but this bridge, they made up a joke. It is said that Emperor Yang Guang of Sui accompanied Du Mu to visit Shouxi Lake and drifted to this bridge by boat at night. Emperor Yang of Sui said to Du Mu, 'Your Highness, please stand at the bow of the ship and write a poem that includes the words' Twenty Four Bridges'.'. Look at the bridge ahead, there are twenty-four concubines from my harem standing next to each railing pillar. They held a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a brick board in the other. If you write a poem with the words' Twenty Four Bridges' when our ship reaches that bridge, they will each throw the flowers in their hands to you, a total of twenty-four bundles of flowers. Otherwise, they will use the bricks in their hands to slap you, a total of 24 bricks. You have to do it yourself if you have to live or die. Lights, music, and movements, one Two Tree, go. As the boat crossed the bridge tunnel, the beauties on the bridge indeed threw flowers at Du Mu one after another. But there was still a brick that "plopped" into the water at the bow of the boat. It should be a beautiful woman standing in the back row who mistook Du Mu's "Twenty Four Bridges" for "Twenty Four Beauties", thinking that the poet was disrespectful to Emperor Yang of Sui's harem. You see, Du Mu's Qin Opera accent almost killed him. This is the story of the tour guide leader, let's not believe it. Not to mention anything else, were Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Du Mu from the same dynasty? Besides, can Emperor Yang of Sui speak English?

The railings of the Twenty Four Bridges are different from those of the water pavilions before. This one is called a cane railing, and the railings on the water pavilions are called railings. This search rod railing has a handrail on top of the railing, called a search rod. There is a net bottle support between the cane and the railing. The railings of the Twenty Four Bridges are engraved with auspicious cloud reliefs, and the pillars are also adorned with auspicious clouds. Usually, the middle railing should be engraved with the name of this bridge. There is no "Twenty Four Bridges" or "Red Medicine Bridge" here, indicating that there is a lot of controversy surrounding the "Twenty Four Bridges". In addition, there should be a stone carved dragon head under the side eaves of the railing in the middle of the ancient bridge, which restrains water demons. The Twenty Four Bridges do not have this stone carved dragon head, and it seems that none of the bridges on Shouxi Lake do.

There is a square pavilion and water pavilion on the east bank of the Twenty Four Bridges, called the Chuxiao Pavilion, which is the Chuxiao Pavilion that Du Mu asked in his poem "Where can the jade man teach Chuxiao.

There is a swimming pool in the water of the pavilion. It seems that there were wild ducks in the previous Fu village, and now these wild ducks have grown into geese. Looking north, there seems to be a tall tower standing tall in the mist. That is the Qiling Pagoda of Daming Temple. Guijian is going to see it tomorrow.

I have walked all the way here and only looked at the feng shui of half of the Shouxi Lake at the Twenty Four Bridges. After crossing the Twenty Four Bridges and heading north, there are several pavilions, towers, and buildings, as well as flowers, willows, fish, and turtles. Once you reach the end and exit the north gate, you will arrive at Daming Temple. My leg strength is limited today, and I'll let go of those landscapes. We'll talk about it tomorrow.

Taking advantage of the rising spring breeze and enjoying the spring scenery in Yangzhou, it is precisely:

The spring breeze blows green Yangzhou willows,

And drink a cup of Yangzhou wine.

There are three palaces and six courtyards in Yangzhou,

There are pavilions and towers in Yangzhou.

Green geese, ducks, green water, and white towers emit emerald smoke.

Peach, bamboo, and Wei Wei shade the shore, where visitors dance gracefully.

(To be continued)