Qianlong went to Jiangnan six times and went to Yangzhou every time. During these three years, I have also been to Yangzhou five times.

"Why do you always travel to Yangzhou?" A friend asked me. "Because Yangzhou is really so comfortable! Not far away." I always say with a smile.

Recalling my travels to Yangzhou, I once checked in to Yangzhou's Slender West Lake Scenic Area, Daming Temple, Heyuan, Geyuan, Pishi Street, Dongguan Street, Slender West Lake Hot Spring, Pingshantang Jianzhen Memorial Hall, Songjiacheng, etc., and became increasingly familiar with this city.

Yangzhou has a history of civilization of more than 5000 years and a history of city construction of more than 2500 years. This is a national historical and cultural city that integrates the "Canal Capital of the World", the "Food Capital of the World" and the "Cultural Capital of East Asia".

The green Yang City Wall, the bright moon is divided into two, and the painting is poetic. For its profound cultural heritage, Yangzhou has attracted praise and praise from literati of past dynasties.

Regarding the city of Yangzhou, the most well-known slogan comes from a spring farewell.

Once upon a time, Li Bai stood by the river and sent Meng Haoran to Yangzhou for a long trip. He wrote,"My old friend left the Yellow Crane Tower in the West, and fireworks fell under Yangzhou in March." This farewell poem has become a popular song through the ages, adding endless charm to Yangzhou City.

Today's Yangzhou, with its rich history and modern expression, quietly embraces the glory and moonlight of a city.

This trip is different from the past, to deeply experience Yangzhou's intangible cultural heritage.

Traditional cultures such as Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics, Yangzhou School, and Yangzhou's "Three Swords" are magnificent. More than 20 traditional projects such as Yangzhou Jade Carving have been included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.

Continue thousands of years of cultural heritage and immersively experience the charm of Yangzhou's intangible cultural heritage. Follow my footsteps and feel it together!

In the season when the blue sky flowers bloom, I came to Yangzhou again to start a leisurely vacation.

Yangzhou is only two hours 'drive from my hometown Changshu, which is very convenient. The temperature is suitable these days, so I can take a trip at will.

When traveling to Yangzhou, Dongguan Street is a must-check-in place for tourists. Recently, the corner of the house has been filled with blue sky flowers, which is very harmonious with the antique old streets.

Dongguan Street is the most representative historical old street in Yangzhou City. It runs along the ancient canal in the east and ends at Guoqing Road in the west. It has a total length of 1122 meters and is suitable for wandering around.

The whole street is bustling and full of businesses. Here, there are also many time-honored Yangzhou brands and many online celebrity shops.

On Dongguan Street, lotus root starch dumplings with coarse tea and light rice are still crowded and crowded.

8 yuan each handmade sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root flour balls, 12 yuan each braised lion head, 38 yuan each family portrait, 12 yuan each Yangzhou fried rice...

Because it is affordable and has a good location on Dongguan Street, it would be weird not to queue up.

That day, I also ran into the Yangzhou Good Luck Collection-the Intangible Cultural Heritage Theme Market and the launching ceremony of the "Folk Literature and Art Universiade" exhibition. I didn't expect Yangzhou to be so lively at night.

Under the moon, Yangzhou Dongguan Ye Market is crowded with people.

Fuyuan Square also has a characteristic bookseller market, with woodblock printing techniques as the main line, gathering libraries, specialty bookstores, and various books and cultural creations.

What I like to visit most is the intangible cultural heritage and creation market in the Flower Bureau, Yangzhou New Year paintings, Yangzhou paper-cutting, etc. Intangible cultural heritage projects with the theme of traditional art and traditional skills are presented here one by one.

This craftsmanship can't help but make people sigh with ingenuity.

Experience Yangzhou's excellent traditional culture up close, where you can enjoy traditional drama performances such as Yang Opera, Yangzhou Qing Opera, and Yangzhou Tanci.

Travel Tips:

"Yangzhou·Good Luck Collection" Dongguan under the Moon| Intangible Cultural Heritage Market Event Time: August 26 to 30, 2022 (18:00-22:00 every night)

In Yangzhou, everyone has their own favorite tea house. When you are traveling to Yangzhou, how can you not eat Yangzhou morning tea?

I slept until I woke up naturally, gave up the hotel's buffet breakfast and went to Fuchun Tea House. Through an alley full of years, I reached the antique restaurant.

This is a century-old shop that started as a flower shop, flourished as a tea house, and is also famous for its catering. Fuchun Tea was originally created by Fuchun Tea House.

Huaiyang Xidian of Fuchun Tea House is an outstanding representative of Yangzhou noodle. Tea making skills (Fuchun tea making skills) were included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

The traditional famous Sanding Bao is known as "the best in the world"; the thousand-layer oil cake and the jade roast cakes are called "Yangzhou Double Juice", and the crab yellow steamed buns won the "Golden Tripod Award" of the Chinese Food Festival.

Enjoy Yangzhou morning tea slowly, boiled dried shredded silk, scalded shredded silk, three Ding Bao, crystal meat with meat, jade roasted meat, thousand layers of ointment, crab roe soup dumplings...

There are two types of normal single package packages: 35 yuan and 48 yuan, so you can be frugal. You can also choose a single point. I want to try both large boiled dried shredded silk and hot dried shredded silk.

The stuffing of Sanding Bao is made of diced chicken, diced pork, and diced bamboo shoots. I personally recommend it.

Crab roe soup dumplings cost 15 yuan each, and are equipped with a straw for tourists. Be careful to burn your mouth.

Outside the window, it was raining in Yangzhou, which was very good. Jiangnan feels full.

If you come to Yangzhou to travel, check in to the Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum. Don't miss the adjacent Canal Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Hall. You can spend half a day here.

This is an immersive cultural experience venue in Yangzhou that "takes traditional intangible cultural heritage and handicrafts as the core, integrates multiple types of art projects, and combines contemporary aesthetic design". It integrates "study/experience/promotion/planning/design/production" as one.

Canal Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Hall A5 includes 5 venues, namely Tea Culture Museum, Engraving and Printing Hall, Tie-Dyeing and Embroidery Hall, Jade Culture and Lacquerware Hall, and Metalworking and Handcrafted Hall, all of which are free to visit.

At the Tea Culture Museum, learn about various tea and tea art.

I was also here to experience woodblock printing myself, and I was very happy to choose the word "Changle".

At the Tie-Dyeing and Embroidery Hall, I experienced the tie-dyeing culture.

I like these tie-dyeing works very much. You can dye a scarf or a T-shirt here yourself. It is a unique existence.

The entire Canal Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Hall is decorated in a relaxed and lively manner, making it worth checking in. I lamented that every time I traveled to Yangzhou, I found something different.

There are also carpentry classes that can be booked on the lower floor. It's great to see the dazzling array of handicrafts and many adults with their children "wasting time" here.

There is an old saying in Yangzhou,"Pack water in the morning, wrap water in the evening."

It means that after eating soup dumplings in the morning, you have to take a hot bath at night to be complete. Yangzhou even has an "intangible cultural heritage" level and has a long history.

Tour the lifestyle of Yangzhou locals and experience a different travel experience, then go for a foot bath and pedicure! Since ancient times, Yangzhou has three knives: kitchen knives, barber knives, and pedicure knives.

Yangzhou pedicure is one of the best in China, and Lu Qin's pedicure is the most famous brand in Yangzhou.

Lu Qin is a household name in Yangzhou. She is a representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of "Yangzhou Traditional Pedicure" and can be called the first female worker engaged in the pedicure industry in Yangzhou.

I went to the Lu Qin Foot Art Zhenyuan Store. There were more than 20 private rooms of large and small, and more than 20 foot artists, but I was still very busy and I had to queue up many times.

Founder Lu Qin happened to be in the store and chatted with her for a long time.

She returned to Yangzhou from Xinjiang at the age of 17 and has come step by step to the present. Now there are 8 chain stores in Yangzhou. It's not easy.

"When I first entered this business, there were only more than 10 pedicures left in Yangzhou City. Nowadays, in Yangzhou, pedicure shops are blooming everywhere, and pedicures are very popular." she said.

After more than an hour of health foot bath, I feel refreshed all over. A master pedicure is 40 yuan per person, and a famous teacher pedicure is 30 yuan per person. It is very cost-effective.

Yangzhou people's emphasis on eating and drinking was also brought up by salt merchants.

At that time, every salt merchant had a first-class cook hidden in his home, and each cook had the same famous specialty dish or snack. When it was time to hold a banquet, the owner would go to other people's homes to borrow chefs, and each cook would make one to make a grand banquet.

After checking in for dinner at the legendary Yiyuan Hotel, you can see a long line when you go upstairs. Yiyuan Morning Tea is a frequent place for local people in Yangzhou, and we went for dinner.

I have gone to Yangzhou banquets, including Yechun Tea House, Quyuan Tea House, 7 Eat 8 Bar Sunshine Restaurant, Honglou Banquet, Jiangjiaqiao Dumplings and Noodles, Coarse Tea and Rice... but this is my first time to Yiyuan.

Yangzhou old goose is 78 yuan per serving, which is a bit expensive, but it is indeed delicious.

There are 35 lion heads in crab meat, one for each person is just right, and the soup is also extremely delicious.

Wensi White Jade Soup is 5 yuan per serving. This is very humane. You can order large portions or small portions for one person. Chef's Knife is one of the three knives in Yangzhou. Wensi tofu is the most challenging one.

Garlic soft bag 188 per serving. I waited for an hour and a half to wait for this dish.

Let me give you a general idea of why it is called "soft pocket". This dish is made of eel. The fish is very mellow and tender. It is picked up with chopsticks and hangs at both ends, like a belly belt on a child's chest. Therefore, it is named "soft pocket long fish".

It's just that the restaurant's business is too hot, and the service can't keep up.

Huaiyang cuisine is one of the four traditional Chinese cuisines. These dishes are all classics among Huaiyang cuisine. As the world's gourmet capital, Yangzhou is really a city worth visiting for delicious food.

Not far from Dongguan Street in Yangzhou, there is a 486 Yangzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Gathering Area, which displays many Yangzhou intangible cultural heritage projects.

This is an intangible cultural heritage tourism complex that integrates multiple functions such as "display performances, leisure experience, exchanges and transactions, and creative research and development".

What you can't miss is the intangible cultural heritage display area, where many masters of craftsmanship sit down and feel the strong intangible cultural atmosphere of Yangzhou.

I was fortunate enough to meet Master Cao Guopei, the representative inheritor of Jiangsu's provincial level of national intangible cultural heritage "Gold and Silver Fine Crafting Skills".

Teacher Cao said: "China has never lacked craftsmanship since ancient times. Craftsmen's ingenuity is a kind of spirit and an original intention to adhere to it."

Yangzhou lacquer ware, Yangzhou jade carving, Yangzhou paper-cutting... you can find it all here. Watch the jade carving master carve calmly, the magic between every inch of his heart.

In Yangzhou, intangible cultural heritage has been integrated into people's daily lives, inheriting and blooming everywhere.

Yangzhou is slow, Yangzhou is slow. Everyone says that Yangzhou is slow, but this slowness is not laziness in doing nothing, but more like a kind of slow transparency and tranquility.

Traveling in Yangzhou requires slowing down and experiencing it. A three-day and two-night trip to Yangzhou was obviously not enough. When I left, I knew that I would come back.

About thinking:

A little girl in Jiangnan/A global traveler/Arriving at the North and South Poles/Well-known tourist self-media

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