Ancient City Yangzhou is a place I have longed for for a long time. Although I have driven along the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway and Jianghuai Highway many times, I always pass by. I couldn't stay. On the afternoon of August 2 this year, I finally boarded the bus to Yangzhou with my wife. We took the last Volvo bus at 15:30 from Xujiahui passenger Station (fare 83 yuan) and arrived at Yangzhou Terminal in four hours. On the recommendation of the taxi driver, we stayed at the Wenjin Hotel on Yanfu West Road, which is run by the Bureau of Industry and Commerce and is a standard two-star (168 yuan, excluding breakfast). The location is quite good and quiet. It is only a few minutes' walk to Yechun Tea House, Yangzhou Museum and Siwangting Food Street. (disadvantages: the air-conditioning in the room is too small and noisy) put down your bags in the room and immediately come to the Fumanlou Hotel, which is highly respected by netizens. Although it is more than 8 o'clock in the evening, the store is still full of guests and friends. After a moment, we sat down and began to order: two cold dishes, silver carp noodle soup, small fried emperor, salted egg yolk tofu, celery pumpkin, jade fried rice, cold beer Due to the large number of guests, the food is served slowly, but the taste is authentic and the quantity is sufficient. In particular, a case of salted egg yolk tofu has a novel method and excellent taste. The practice of the small fried emperor is also very unique, in addition to the proper ingredients, there are ginkgo ginkgo and fried bread! After having enough to drink and eat, one check out: 91 yuan, really cool! Fuman Building really lives up to its reputation, with good service, dishes and prices. After a good night's sleep, we went to the century-old store opposite the hotel early in the morning. Yechunyuan teahouse has breakfast. One set meal (12 yuan for 8 varieties), one crab roe soup bag (8 yuan), two bowls of eight-treasure porridge (6 yuan), and one case of dried silk (6 yuan). Generally speaking, the taste is average. Expensive soup bags need to be sucked with straws. I just wonder how they are wrapped. 90% of the stuffing is full of juice. Out of the teahouse, the sun was burning all the way along the river. Walk to the thin West Lake (admission is 34 yuan). Personally, I think: for friends who are pressed for time, there is no need to enter the twisty stone cave and Qushui West Garden (there are many old people slipping around), but they can enter the thin West Lake directly through the south gate of Dahongqiao. After the long dike Chunliu, Xuyuan, Xiaojinshan, stepped onto a red wooden bridge, the once familiar Lianxian Temple White Pagoda, Wuting Bridge, Diaoyutai (also known as blowing Taiwan) and other landscapes leapt into view. After taking photos, I walked along the lake for seven or eight minutes and came to the 24 Bridge Scenic spot. The newly built Xi Chuntai is the main building of this scenic spot. The 24 bridge built by all white marble is lightly erected 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 whole scenic spot is unique, exquisite and elegant. This scene, can not help but remind people of the Tang Dynasty poet du Mu's song through the ages: Qingshan vaguely undulating river flow all the way, autumn to the south of the Yangtze River grass is not adjusted. The moonlight of Yangzhou 24 Bridge is particularly enchanting, old friend, where do you listen to the beauty blow job? Continue northward along the lake, about a quarter of an hour later out of the north gate of the thin West Lake, on the hill opposite the road, lies the famous temple in the south of the Yangtze River-Daming Temple (admission 25 yuan). The temple consists of three parts: the east, the middle and the west. In the middle is the main Hall and Jianzhen Memorial Hall. The memorial hall, designed by the famous architect Mr. Liang Sicheng, has the momentum of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Pingshan Hall and West Garden in the west are also worth seeing. In the east is the newly built Wofo Temple, Suzhai and Qiling Pagoda. It's so hot, it's like taking a sauna. Before 11:00, we had finished visiting the two major scenic spots, took a taxi back to the hotel, had a short rest, and checked out the room before 12:00. I am more interested in history. Every time I visit a famous historical city, its museum (courtyard) must go. Of course, the ancient city of Yangzhou is no exception. It takes seven or eight minutes to walk from the hotel to the city museum (that is, Tianning Temple, the ticket is 12 yuan). We came out in half an hour and felt bad: there were many vendors selling antiques and sundries in the courtyard, and there were not many exhibits in the museum, on the east side. The Marco Polo Memorial Hall is worth a visit (there is a picture of Jiang Zemin accompanying Chirac on a tour of the collection at the entrance, but it is a pity that I am not blessed with ordinary people). More than 100 meters east of the museum, we also saw a quaint courtyard, a gray green brick gatehouse, and a long plaque with the words "Shi Kefa Memorial Hall" (Zhu Deyuan Shuai title). As we were closed at noon and were in a hurry to travel, we had to go with regret. Individual garden and He Yuan couldn't go for the same reason. Yangzhou is worthy of the "Pearl of Northern Jiangsu" and "Chinese Moon City". Urban construction is changing with each passing day, and a new round of large-scale transformation of the old city is being carried out in an orderly way (at least far more than Zhenjiang, another ancient city on the other side of the river. Wenchang Pavilion is a tiny place with three KFC, two McDonald's and a Pizza Hut. The newly completed Golden Eagle International Shopping Center is of the highest grade, which can definitely be compared with Parkson and the Pacific. Yangzhou folkway is simple and hospitable. Every time I ask for directions, I get a satisfactory and detailed answer. What is more unforgettable is that as night falls, walking on the streets, the lights start to shine and neon lights twinkle. The thousand-year-old city is permeated with a stable and peaceful atmosphere everywhere. At noon on August 3, we embarked on our return journey. Goodbye, old and young Yangzhou!