Finally, I realized my dream for many years and set foot on the ground in Yangzhou and Nanjing. I also went to Zhenjiang. I realized another small dream. The 21st is the small lunar term, and my life is also a little satisfied. haha.

Take the Z29 train on May 14, 2018 and go directly to Yangzhou at 7:35 a.m. on the 15th. Put down your luggage and visit the famous Slender West Lake.

Figure 1 Slender West Lake

The hotel and attractions are so close that you can walk there. Tickets are a bit expensive. You can see Slender West Lake on the road. It was the former flood control canal. Qianlong went to Jiangnan. In order to welcome the holy drive, local officials built Wuting Bridge and built the White Tower overnight. Salt merchants built a white pagoda that resembled Beijing's Beihai.

Figure 2 is called Cottage on the Lake. With your back on the mountain and the lake at the door, you can see the Wuting Bridge and the White Pagoda from the chair. The cool breeze on the lake blows and makes it easy to enjoy.

Figure 3 Wuting Bridge

In the afternoon, I visited Yangzhou's famous Dongguan Street. The ancient stone roads and city walls still leave traces of history.

Figure 4 Dongguan Street

Figure 5 Dongguan Street

Yangzhou is a livable city with few people on the roads and good air. The starting price for taxis is only 9 yuan, which makes travel costs low. It would be nice to stay here forever if I had time.

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Figure 7 Yangzhou snacks,

I tasted Yangzhou snacks and ate steamed buns with a straw.

The next day: I went to Ge Garden, one of the four famous gardens in the country. It was the personal garden of people from the Salt Merchants Association. It was built during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. There are many rooms inside

Figure 8 Geyuan

They are all equipped with "left bottle and right mirror, or called East bottle and West mirror." A stone in the middle said,"Things have changed." The gardens include Spring Mountain, Summer Mountain, Autumn Mountain and Winter Mountain

Figure 9 Qiushan

Mountains, each mountain collects different stones and plants, such as wintersweet grown in winter mountains. Planting red maple trees in autumn mountains. Books are connected to the edge of autumn mountains

Figure 10 Corner of Winter Mountain

Room. Take the meaning of "Book Mountain has a diligent path". Figure 9 shows a corner of Winter Mountain. Looking out from Winter Mountain, you can see the bamboo forests of Spring Mountain, which means that winter has arrived, will spring be far behind? The garden is very beautiful, but I can't finish walking around for a long time.

In the afternoon, take a tourist bus across the Beijing-Yang Yangtze River Bridge and arrive at Zhenjiang, a place called Jingkou, in an hour. Xin Qiji's poems recited "Reminiscing the Past in Beigu Mountain" when he was in middle school. Zhenjiang is an important town guarding the Yangtze River. It feels that later development efforts have been relatively intensive and there are many high-rise buildings. In the evening, we visited Xijin Ferry, the place where Qianlong landed when he went to Jiangnan. I tasted the pot lid noodles that Qianlong had eaten.

The third day: Climbing Beigu Mountain to reminisce about the past, looking at the rolling water of the Yangtze River, and lamenting the majesty of Xin Qiji's words. Look at the busy transport ships coming and going on the Yangtze River. Thinking back then, how many heroes wrote history here.

Zhenjiang has three mountains: Jinshan, Beigu and Jiaoshan. There are mythological stories in Jinshan: Bai Niangzi and Xu Xian, and Fahai Monk flooded the Jinshan with water. There are poems and songs in Beigu Mountain, Ganlu Temple, and the stories of the Three Kingdoms of Liu Bei and Zhou Yu. You can expect to reach two other mountains from Jinshan. There is a "List of Rivers and Mountains" landscape. On the west side of Beigu is Jinshan and on the east is Jiaoshan.

Day 4: I took the high-speed train more than an hour early and arrived in Nanjing. The ancient capital of Nanjing also has a rich history. Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Rebellion, became a king here. Sun Yat-sen was sworn in here. Chiang Kai-shek built the presidential palace in Nanjing. I visited the Presidential Palace and also visited the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is a magnificent building that combines Chinese and Western cultures.

Take the high-speed train back to Beijing in the afternoon.