Vacation time in Yangzhou always starts with morning tea. Yangzhou is worthy of being the world's gourmet capital. Many people, like me, want to visit Yangzhou just for the sake of delicious food.

During the five-day trip to Yangzhou, I checked in Quyuan Tea House, Yechun Tea House, Garden Restaurant, Yechun Honglou Banquet, Lion House, Yangzhou Banquet, Yangzhou Banquet, Yangzhou Shangri-La Hotel Lobster Banquet, Jiulu Branch, Canying Villa... Yangzhou's Huaiyang cuisine and slow life are deeply unforgettable.

But since you have gone to Yangzhou, you have to go to the famous Slender West Lake.

Slender West Lake is a national 5A-level tourist attraction. What is the origin of Slender West Lake and the West Lake in Hangzhou?

It turned out that it was the first year of Qianlong that Hangzhou poet Wang Hang came to Yangzhou because of his admiration. After enjoying the beautiful scenery here, he compared it with the West Lake in his hometown and wrote a poem:

"The weeping poplar continues to pick up the remnants, and the geese 'teeth are drawing pictures on the red bridge. It is also a pot of gold, so it should be called Slender West Lake."

Come early is better than come at a good time. After June 1, Slender West Lake will enter the off-season. Tickets were originally 100 yuan, but only 60 yuan in the off-season.

Many tourists who have been to Yangzhou have gone to Slender West Lake. So what are the different ways to play this classic Slender West Lake? Let me show you.

Slender West Lake is mainly divided into 14 major attractions, including Wuting Bridge, Twenty-Four Bridge, Lotus Pond, Diaoyutai, etc. Because it takes a long walk, it is recommended to wear comfortable and comfortable shoes.

In Yangzhou, you sleep until nine o'clock and go out, spend more than an hour for breakfast. It is already past ten o'clock in the Slender West Lake Scenic Area. After buying tickets, I stopped sightseeing first, passed through Wuting Bridge and rented a set of Han clothes.

There are Hanfu, qipao, etc. Here, the clothing rental fee alone is 50 yuan an hour, which is very cost-effective.

Of course, you can also choose extra makeup and styling for an additional 80 yuan, or you can choose a photographer to follow the photo, so you can be frugal.

Choose a favorite Hanfu and make a hairstyle. We three women from Suzhou, Chongqing and Guangzhou walked around.

Walking on the Wuting Bridge attracted a lot of attention and was photographed in various ways.

Slender West Lake, formerly known as Baozhou Lake, was included in the World Cultural Heritage List in 2014. It covers an area of nearly 2000 acres, and the tourist area alone reaches 100 hectares.

Walking up the Hanfu Square at the foot of Wuting Bridge is the White Pagoda. Wearing cloth shoes, waving a fan, and fluttering skirts, I appreciated the feelings of the ancients visiting Slender West Lake.

Unconsciously, I walked to the 24th Bridge. However, these twenty-four bridges are not 24 bridges. This is a landmark of Slender West Lake.

The 24th Bridge is a single-hole arch bridge with white marble railings. It is a masterpiece of ancient bridge architecture. Du Mu's poem: "The bright moon night on the twenty-four bridges, where is the jade man taught to play flute?" is well-known.

At Slender West Lake in early June, hydrangea flowers bloom all over the roadside. This is a natural oxygen bar with dense shade. I am in a good mood to watch the sun play hide-and-seek among the leaves.

At noon, you can order a few small dishes at the "Canying Villa" in the Slender West Lake Scenic Area. The environment here is good.

This restaurant is located at the southwest corner of Wanhua Garden near the east gate of Slender West Lake, covering an area of about 3000 square meters. The exterior is modeled on the residence of "Canying Villa" owned by "Yu Jizhi", a gardener in Yangzhou in the early years of the Republic of China.

This is Yangzhou's traditional classical garden architectural style. Along the trend of the main building, a corridor is built with a pavilion next to the corridor, a pool next to the pavilion, and a bridge over the pool.

Wearing Han clothes, every move slowed down, like this slow trip to Yangzhou. While waiting for dishes, in the corridor, the girls were happily taking pictures of each other.

Canying Villa provides exquisite Huaiyang cuisine and authentic specialty morning tea. There is a lobby and eight unique and antique small halls.

I ordered a few refreshing side dishes. It was the lobster season, and there would be crayfish on every table!

Continue to visit Slender West Lake in the afternoon. It is blue sky and white clouds, swaying weeping willows, and it is very Jiangnan.

Although Yangzhou is geographically located north of the Yangtze River, the humanistic Jiangnan talks about an artistic conception.

Jiangnan is a place with outstanding people and beautiful mountains and rivers. Among the "Four Famous Cities in Jiangnan", in addition to Nanjing, Huangshan and Suzhou, the other is Yangzhou.

In the afternoon, watch a guqin performance at Xichun Terrace.

Xichun Terrace is on the west bank of Slender West Lake, facing Lianhua Bridge in a distance. Legend has it that this is the place where Yangzhou salt merchants celebrated the birthday of the Qing Dynasty emperor. To celebrate the emperor's birthday, tens of thousands of gold were spent to build such a splendid tower, which shows the wealth of Yangzhou salt merchants at that time.

In the evening, I went to 1757 Food Street.

Whether it is this food street or Canying Villa, they are all connected to the Slender West Lake Scenic Area, which is very convenient and within walking distance.

This 1757 Food Street is also a check-in spot for Yangzhou Internet celebrity food. There are now nearly 50 stores operating in the entire neighborhood, with more than 100 varieties of delicious food.

There are also time-honored brands settling in, including more than 40 self-employed entrepreneurs with unique craftsmanship. It is a characteristic neighborhood that integrates traditional food, leisure and entertainment.

Here, you can spend 10 yuan to buy a cup of Wensi tofu soup and watch the owner cut a piece of tofu into thin threads.

In addition to Yangzhou local cuisine, it also includes Baoying and Gaoyou specialties, pancakes and fruits, Tongguan Roujiamo, etc. You can not only taste Yangzhou local cuisine, but also enjoy domestic specialties.

There are also many Internet celebrity delicacies here. Have you ever seen such a big cola? My friend said, it makes my face so small ~

Yangzhou fried rice, Yangchun noodles, time-honored beef soup, etc. are the main products here. I particularly recommend this small Yangzhou fried rice shop, located in 1757 Food Street, and the name of the store is "Yangzhou Egg Fried Rice".

Simple overnight rice, corn, ham, eggs, chives, etc., and stir-fried a bowl of egg fried rice that amazed the friends. The price is 35 yuan, which is so fragrant.

Even a "pretend weight loss" like me who doesn't eat rice can't help it.

In the 1757 Food Street, there are also various cultural and creative shops, and intangible cultural heritage markets that integrate traditional culture and lifestyle. Girls like to visit them most.

At the Cultural and Creative Market, you can buy Xie Fuchun's goose egg powder. This is an ancient cosmetics brand in Yangzhou and the first cosmetics company in China. Its history dates back to 1830. The packaging is very nostalgic.

That day at Slender West Lake, we played almost the whole day before we reluctantly left. Beautiful scenery, Hanfu, delicious food, cultural creativity... Of course, what was even happier was that I took many beautiful photos.

Yangzhou will be connected to high-speed rail soon, making it more convenient to get to Yangzhou. If you go to Slender West Lake, you can also slow down and experience it like us.

The same Slender West Lake, different ways to play, I will share it with you.