Ancient Fahai Cave, also known as Fahai Cave and Peigong Cave, is located on the cliff on the lower west side of Cishou Tower. It is said that it was the place where Monk Fahai, the founder of Jinshan Temple, lived when he came to Jinshan. There is now a statue of Fahai in the cave, and the horizontal line at the entrance of the cave is "Ancient Fahai Cave".

Cishou Tower

The tower is about 36 meters high and has a brick-and-wood structure with seven levels and eight sides. It is the symbol of Jinshan. The earliest Cishou Pagoda was built during the Qi and Liang period of the Southern Dynasties. There were originally two towers, with the north and south facing each other, and later collapsed. It was restored during the Yuanfu period of Song Zhezong (1098 - 1100) and was rebuilt into an octagonal seven-story tower. In the third year of Qinglong of the Ming Dynasty (1569), Zen Master Liao rebuilt it; today's Cishou Tower was built in the 26th year of Guangxu (1900). [6]There is a pavilion not far from the tower. It is called the "Liuyun Pavilion" and the "Tanhai Pavilion" because it is suitable for admiring the clouds and rivers. There is a stone tablet in the pavilion engraved with the four characters "Jiangtian List" from Kangxi's imperial book, so it is also known as the "Jiangtian List Pavilion".

white Dragon cave

Bailong Cave is next to the Yudai Bridge. Bailong Cave According to legend, Lingtan, the nephew of Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, came to Jinshan and meditated in this cave. The white python escaped and the poison gas was gone. The white dragon refers to this white python. There are two white stone statues of the White Goddess and Xiaoqing, each about a meter tall. I passed by without taking pictures.

Jinquan Bridge (Huazhou Lengquan)

Furong restaurant

Wang Changling's "Furong Tower Send Xin Jian"(two songs) made Furong Tower famous all over the world.

Furong Building is an antique building with double eaves and mountains. It is 19 meters high and divided into two floors. It covers an area of more than 1000 square meters.

The three characters "Furong Tower" inscribed by General Secretary Jiang Zemin hang high in the center of the second floor, adding to the glory of the building. On both sides of Furong Building, there are two antique buildings. Now it's a place to drink tea

Wenzongge

On the small island in the lake on the east side of Jinshan Temple, you can see the once magnificent royal library-Wenzong Pavilion. Jinshan Wenzong Pavilion was built in the 44th year of Qianlong (1779) and destroyed in the third year of Xianfeng (1853). It lasted for 75 years during the Jiaqing and Daoguang dynasties. Together with the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Yuanmingyuan, the Wensu Pavilion of the Forbidden City in Shenyang, the Wenjin Pavilion of Chengde Palace, the Wenhui Pavilion of Daguan Hall in Yangzhou, and the Wenji Pavilion of Shengyin Temple in Hangzhou, they are known as the Seven Pavilions by the world. They collect "Siku Quan Shu" and have collected a total of 3461 books.

I came out from the Jinshan Park exit of Wenzong Pavilion. Using the navigation, you will find that it is not too far away from Xijindu. Strolling over, you will find that Xijindu Ancient Street not only has antique streets and alleys, but it is the area with the most preserved, most concentrated and most intact cultural relics in Zhenjiang. Most of the buildings on the ancient street are in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with brick and wood structures and carved eaves. The street is full of rows of two-story buildings. The deep ruts press over the Qingshiban Road, and the charm of the thousand-year-old street still remains.

Main attractions: The former site of the British Consulate (now Zhenjiang Museum), Wusanpo, Life Saving Club, Zhaoguan Stone Pagoda, Guanyin Cave, Daidu Pavilion, Chaoan Temple, Suanshan Garden (not yet visited)

Climb Yuntai Mountain and climb Yuntai Pavilion

xijin ferry| "Zhenjiang Cultural Context" on Shiban Road

What is eye-catching is a stone tower across the street standing above the ancient street. The white Lama Pagoda stands above the passage, giving people a sense of awe. There is a repair monument under the tower foundation, which reads,"Xijindu Crossing the Street Tower is also known as the Zhaoguan Stone Pagoda, Guanyindong Lama Pagoda, and Bottle Pagoda. It is part of the Jinshan Prajna Temple built by Liu Gao, a craftsman at the request of Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan Dynasty, to imitate the Buddhist phase of Beijing Temple. Completed in the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty to the Da Dynasty (AD 1311) or a little earlier." It can be seen that this street crossing tower built in the Yuan Dynasty has experienced more than 600 years of ups and downs, and is still related to the Baita Temple in the old city of Beijing. This tower is unique in Jiangnan and rare in the country.

[Former Site of the British Consulate in Zhenjiang]

During the Second Opium War in 1858, the Qing government was forced to sign the Sino-British Treaty of Tianjin with the United Kingdom, and Zhenjiang was turned into a trading port.

In 1864, Britain began to build a consulate on Yuntai Mountain,

At the beginning of 1888, Chinese people were arrested and beaten to death in Zhenjiangyang, and the masses angrily burned down the consulate and patrol houses. The Qing government humiliated the invaders and rebuilt it in 1889, which was completed in 1890. The existing site is the building rebuilt at that time. The museum covers a total area of 17 acres, 6 minutes, 1 centimeters, and has 5 houses, all of which are of brick and wood structures. The tallest one is an office building, one in the northwest (partially second-floor) is a staff dormitory and three stable houses, and two square buildings on the hillside are the housing of the consul and vice-consul. The 2-story building in Nanlu, Shandong Province is a dormitory, restaurant and entertainment venue. Brick walls and large iron gates are built around the mountains. Near the river in the north is a three-story rectangular building, which is the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and the patrol house. In addition to its distinctive architectural style, the museum has historical, scientific and artistic values that cannot be ignored. We are in time for repairs, only looking at the outside and not entering the inside. I didn't ask for tickets.

[Boxian Road Modern Building Complex]

Most of the modern buildings on Boxian Road were built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

The main buildings include the former site of Jinshan Hotel, the former site of Jiangnan Hotel, the former site of Jiang Huairen Clinic, the former site of Zhenjiang Chamber of Commerce, the former site of Guangzhao Office, the former site of the Jiangsu Province Branch of the Red Thousand Words Association, and the former site of the Ministry of Industry Bureau of the "British Concession".

Former Site of Guangzhao Office

It is located at No. 82 Boxian Road, facing east and west. There are more than 20 halls, main rooms, side rooms and wing rooms, covering an area of nearly 600 square meters, with high walls and deep courtyards. The four words "Guangzhao Gongguan" are engraved on the stone horizontal of the front gate building. They are written by Chen Wei, the former governor of the Sichuan River. The gate is covered and carefully carved, with three stars of blessing, fortune, longevity, and fishing, woodcutter, farming, reading, piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and other customs decoration, which are traditional ancient architectural styles. The door faces west in the inner hall, and in the south wing of the front hall, there is a stele on the wall of the "Guangzhao Gongqu", which records the origin of the Guangzhao Gongqu and the beginning and end of its reconstruction. Now the hall has been destroyed, and everything else remains. The name of Guangzhao Office is because this building was jointly built by merchants from the tourism towns of Guangzhou and Zhaoqing. It is a place for businessmen from the two prefectures to gather and negotiate business. The original site was beside the Yunliang River, but the current site was rebuilt in the 33rd year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1907) under the supervision of Zhuo Yitang. In the early years of the Republic of China, after Sun Yat-sen resigned as interim president, he traveled from Shanghai to Nanjing and passed through Zhenjiang. He stayed in the office for one night, where he summoned people from all walks of life and delivered speeches. I only visited the former site of Guangzhao Office and didn't go to see anything else. It is said that they are all closed.

I am going to take a bus from Xijindu to Beigu Mountain Scenic Spot and see the "Zhenjiang Pot Noodle Tasting Hall" to have lunch. The taste is average.

After lunch, I drove to Beigu Mountain Scenic Area. One of the three scenic spots in Zhenjiang, overlooking Beigu, crossing the river, with steep stone walls and dangerous mountains, hence the name Beigu Mountain. During the Three Kingdoms period, the story of "Liu Bei from Ganlu Temple recruiting for marriage" occurred in Beigu Mountain. Beigu Mountain, famous for its steepness, has been famous for its ancient history due to the story of the Three Kingdoms. The pavilions and pavilions on the mountains and the mountains, rocks and streams are all related to historical legends such as the marriage of Sun Liu during the Three Kingdoms period, and have become a yearning place for tourists to visit the relics of the Three Kingdoms. Ganlu Temple sits high on the top of the peak, forming the characteristics of "Temple Crown Mountain". It is said that it was built in the first year of Ganlu of Dongwu in the Three Kingdoms (265 AD). It was abandoned and built many times since then. The temple includes the main hall, Laojun Hall, Guanyin Hall, Jiangsheng Pavilion, etc. Although it is not large in scale, it is quite famous. Throughout the ages, tourists who have come to Zhenjiang have liked to visit here and search for the relics of Liu Bei's marriage recruitment.

Recommended 1 hour

Beigu Building, with famous poems in it (Chairman Mao)

Famous Landscape Phoenix Pool--Sword Testing Stone--Iron Tower--Abeizhong Malu Poetry Stele--"Nanxu Jingyu" Title--"The No. 1 Mountain in the World" Stone Carving--Ancient Ganlu Temple--Jijiang Pavilion--Multi-Jinglou--Liushi Stone--Liuma Stream

[Jiao Shan]

Jiaoshan Scenic Area is a national AAA-level tourist attraction and one of the "Three Mountains of Zhenjiang"(the other two are Jinshan and Beigu Mountains). It is famous for its natural mountains and rivers, simplicity and elegance. Jiaoshan is the only island in the Yangtze River surrounded by water on all sides and is known as the "floating jade in the river".

The mountain height is 70.7 meters high and the circumference is more than 2000 meters. It is named after Jiao Guang lived in the mountains in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The ferry ferries across the river and you can set foot on Jiaoshan in less than five minutes.

Jiaoshan archway is a temple, pavilion and other scenic spots in Jiaoshan assisted by Master Cizhou of Jinshan Jiangtian Temple. It is quite unique. Most of them are hidden in the shade of mountains and clouds and forests, so there is the saying of "mountain wrapped temple".

dinghui temple

Moving eastward from the "Sea Buyangbo" Pavilion, you can see a thousand-year-old temple under an 800-year-old ginkgo tree, namely Dinghui Temple. There are four large seal characters "Henghai Da Hang" embedded in the wall, and a banner "Dinghui Temple" is hung on it. Dinghui Temple, a thousand-year-old temple. Dinghui Temple, formerly known as Puji Temple, was built during the Xingping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, more than 1,800 years ago. Ji Laishan, a disciple of Master Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty, created the Daxiong Hall, which was renamed Puji Zen Temple in the Song Dynasty. Jiaoshan Temple was renamed in the Yuan Dynasty and was later destroyed in fire. During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, Monk Jue initially rebuilt it. In the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi changed the name of the temple to Dinghui Temple when he visited Jiaoshan during his southern tour. It is still in use today, and the temple still maintains the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiao Guang lived in seclusion here. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty issued three edict inviting him to go out of the mountain to become an official. However, he was unwilling to collude with the corrupt court and refused to answer the call. He picked medicine and made pills on the mountain to treat diseases and save people. In order to commemorate him, later generations changed Qiaoshan to Jiaoshan.

Yubei Pavilion

In front of the Tianwang Hall of Dinghui Temple is an ancient wooden square pavilion, covered with glazed tiles, and a stone tablet is erected in the pavilion. The inscription on the Imperial Stele Pavilion (3 pieces) is the "Song of Traveling to Jiaoshan" written by Emperor Qianlong during his first southern tour. On the back is the "Song of Traveling to Jiaoshan" written by Emperor Qianlong during his third visit to Jiaoshan. Because it was built by the emperor in calligraphy, it was called the "Imperial Stele Pavilion". In the poem, Qianlong compares the scenery of Jinshan and Jiaoshan, and believes that Jiaoshan is better than Jinshan in terms of the natural nature of the mountains and rivers.

The article says: The golden mountain is like Xie 'an, and the silk pipes are like the spring breeze is intoxicating the splendid house; the Jiao Mountain is like Xizhi, lying on the east bed and exposed its belly. This is difficult for brothers and sisters, and the Yuan Dynasty is full of sound. If we judge the mountains and rivers based on their true nature, I intend this and not that;

Jiaoshan Stele Forest

There are more than 400 stele inscriptions from past dynasties in the forest of steles. The number is second only to Xi'an stele forest and is the largest stele forest in Jiangnan. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Yi He Ming

The "Burial Crane Inscription" in the forest of steles, known as the "King of Steles", is one of the "two inscriptions" with high preservation value in our country. In the south, there is Zhenjiang's "Burial Crane Inscription" and Luoyang's "Shimen Inscription" in the north.

It is said that "Burying Crane Inscription" was written by Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He loved raising cranes all his life. There is a "goose pond" in front of his house. He often uses the pond water to wash his pens and enriches his calligraphy with the beautiful dance posture of geese. Therefore, his words are called "floating like floating clouds, like a startled dragon." One day he went to Jiaoshan for a tour and brought two cranes with him. Unexpectedly, the two cranes died unfortunately in Jiaoshan. Wang Xizhi was very sad and wrapped the crane in a yellow silk and buried it in the back mountain of Jiaoshan. So he wrote the famous "Burying Crane Inscription" on the rock and rock to express his condolences. Because of his superb calligraphy, he was immediately engraved on the rocks of Shanxi. Later, the rocks cracked and fell into the river. They had been impacted by the river for a long time, eroded by wind and rain, and constantly chiseled by people. In the 51st year of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1712), Chen Pengnian, the prefect of Zhenjiang, sent people to pick up the stone from the river. The stone was left with eighty-six characters, nine of which were incomplete. However, it can still be seen that the font was elegant and vigorous, unique, and of extremely high calligraphy value, and indeed rare treasures. Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, believed that the large characters had no flaws in the "Bury Crane Inscription" and called it the "ancestor of the large characters". Cao Shimian believed that "the wonderful writing style of Jiao Shan's" Bury Crane Inscription "crowned calligraphy." The reason why the "Burial Crane Inscription" stele was praised by ancient calligraphers is that it was one of the famous stone carvings during the evolution of official script into regular script, and it is also an important physical material for us to study the history of calligraphy development today.

The foot of the east side of Jiaoshan Mountain in the ancient fortress is an important relic of our people's struggle against Britain. The fort has a total of 8 artillery bases distributed in a horseshoe shape, facing the Yangtze River. There are cannons weighing 6,000 - 8,000 kilograms inside. It is one of the more completely preserved modern artillery sites. It is a provincial cultural relics protection unit.

Xijianglou

Standing on the top of the east peak of Jiaoshan Mountain, it was originally named Xijiang Pavilion, also known as Xijiang Tower. Because there are wood-carved Buddha statues on all sides in the pavilion, people are also called the Four-sided Buddha Pavilion. The building is octagonal in shape, and the entire structure is made of cement imitation wood. There are stairs spiraling up, corridors with four links, and views on all sides. The building has two floors. The upper level banner is inscribed with the words "Draw River Tower", and the lower level banner is inscribed with the words "Jiangshan Victory". Tourists climb the building and overlook the beautiful scenery from north to south of the Yangtze River, and have a panoramic view of the best places. The green fields in the north of the Yangtze River are vast, with crisscrossed paths and endless, and the green mountains in the south of the Yangtze River are stacked with hills. This place has a broad view and a myriad of weather, which makes people feel refreshed. If you climb a building in the early morning in summer to watch the sunrise, it has a unique flavor and has always been praised by tourists.

Ten Thousand Buddha Tower (renovated, unable to enter)

Located at the peak of Jiaoshan, the tower is 42 meters high, 70.4 meters above sea level, and has a building area of 583 square meters.

The Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda is an antique pagoda with Jiangnan style in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are seven levels and eight sides, with celestial palaces above and underground palaces below. There are two sets of stairs inside the tower that diverge up and down, and there are railings on the outside. Each floor has four corridors, and there are views on all sides. Looking back on the railing and looking into the distance, you can have a panoramic view of the river and sky. The outside of the tower is completely protected by three colors of the Tang Dynasty, decorated with flying murals, and there is a huge golden roof at the top. The tower houses more than 10000 Buddhas and Bodhisattva statues.

Cliff stone carvings (repair)

They are all steep cliffs, including floating jade, plank road, Guanyin, buried crane inscriptions and other rocks. Among them, there are inscriptions by poets of famous people over the past thousands of years.

In time, there are Six Dynasties, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties;

There are various calligraphy styles such as Zheng, Cao, Li, and Zhuan on the fonts. The content is rich, just like a natural exhibition of ancient calligraphy. It is dazzling and beautiful.

Jiaoshan is different from Jinshan. Jiaoshan is tall and majestic, while Jinshan is small and exquisite; Jiaoshan wins with its green bamboo and wood, and Jinshan competes for its growth with its glorious pagoda and temple buildings. Since ancient times, there has been a folk saying that Jiaoshan "mountains wrap around temples" and Jinshan "temples wrap around mountains".

Professor Chen Congzhou, a well-known garden expert, said in his special collection of Shuoyuan: The three temples in Jinshan, Jiaoshan and Beigu Mountain in Zhenjiang have different layouts and ultimately different styles. Jinshan is surrounded by temples, providing three-dimensional transportation. Jiaoshan Mountain is divided by a mountain temple and a courtyard. Beigu uses a temple to guard the mountain and occupies its top. Therefore, we are facing the Yangtze River together, and each takes a panoramic view of the scenery. Jinshan Mountain should be viewed in the distance, Jiaoshan Mountain can be viewed in the flat view, and Beigu Mountain can be viewed in the overlooking view.

Second stop Yangzhou

Yangzhou is an ancient city prospered by water. Located in the central connection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Yangzhou has a prominent geographical location. This advantage is extremely important for both the Maritime Silk Road and the Canal Water Transport Road, which rely on water transportation.

Although Yangzhou is a city in northern Jiangsu, it has a Jiangnan style. Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, said,"My old friend leaves the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and fireworks fall under Yangzhou in March", which makes Yangzhou as beautiful as a picture. Therefore, Yangzhou has always been an important tourist destination.

Take the Zhenyang Intercity Tourism Line shuttle bus from Zhenjiang. The departure interval of this bus:20-25 minutes Starting point and last bus time:06:30-19:00 Take various scenic spots in Zhenjiang to Yangzhou Slender West Lake. The whole fare is 15 yuan, running for nearly 1 hour. Zhenjiang to Yangzhou is very convenient.

Slender West Lake Scenic Area: The most worthwhile attraction in Yangzhou. It is recommended to enter the south gate, purchase tickets directly with your ID card, and walk to the park. The beauty of Slender West Lake lies in the graceful beauty of the Jiangnan water town, like a slender and beautiful lady. The entire lake is sometimes narrow and sometimes wide, which gives rise to the name of "Slender West Lake". Visiting the Slender West Lake Scenic Area, the Wuting Bridge, Xiaojinshan, Diaoyutai, Xichun Terrace, 24th Bridge, etc. are all representative landscapes. After 2007, Wan Garden in the north was also merged into the Slender West Lake Scenic Area, so the scenic area is not small and you can spend half a day visiting it slowly. Take pictures.

You can walk directly to Daming Temple from the North Gate.

Daming Temple is an ancient temple with a history of more than 1500 years. Jianzhen, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, once presided over it. Ouyang Xiu of the Northern Song Dynasty built Pingshan Hall here. When mentioning Master Jianzhen, one has to mention Daming Temple in Yangzhou. Daming Temple, as an important cultural site for Haisi's heritage application, contains very important traces of Haisi.

On the east wall outside the gate of Daming Temple, there is a stone carving embedded in the south face, with the five words "The First View of East Huaidong" written in a broken nest. This stele was erected during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. It was proposed by Gao Shiyao, the prefect of Yangzhou. It was engraved with the meaning of the sentence written by Qin Shaoyou, a famous poet in the Song Dynasty, praising the landscape of Daming Temple. The characters were written by Jiang Heng, a Jintan calligrapher.

Daming Temple covers many cultural relics. This "fifth spring in the world" was written by Wang Shu, a famous calligrapher and the Ministry of Civil Affairs during the Qianlong period.

But there are some short stories about this so-called "fifth spring in the world".

After Ouyang Xiu was demoted from official position in the Northern Song Dynasty, he moved from Chuzhou to Yangzhou and became the prefect of Jiangdu. One day, when he strolled to Daming Temple, the old monk in Daming Temple invited Ouyang Xiu to come and drink tea. After tasting it, Ouyang Xiu praised the good tea. The old monk said that this tea was made from the spring water in the temple, which was the "fifth spring in the world." When Ouyang Xiu heard this, he became interested and asked,"Which is the fifth spring and what is the basis?" The old monk said that this was written by Zhang Youxin of the Tang Dynasty based on the words of Lu Yu, the tea saint. Ling Spring in Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang ranked first, Huishan Stone Spring in Wuxi ranked second, Huqiu Stone Spring in Suzhou ranked third, Guanyin Temple water in Danyang County ranked fourth, Yangzhou Daming Temple spring water ranked fifth, Songjiang water ranked sixth, and Huai water ranked seventh. "This is the tea saint's theory. How can it be wrong?" Ouyang Xiu chuckled and said, Have Lu Yu and Zhang Youxin traveled all over the country? At that time, the Central Plains was only a small part of the world today. How can it be called "the world"? The old monk looked surprised when he was asked. After thinking carefully, he realized this, so he stopped claiming to the outside world that he was "the fifth spring in the world".

During the Tang Dynasty, Master Jianzhen served as the abbot of Daming Temple, making Daming Temple an important ancient temple in the history of Buddhist cultural relics relations between China and Japan, and an important cultural relics site on the Silk Road Line. However, over the course of thousands of years, Daming Temple was destroyed many times and rebuilt many times.

Pingshantang was built when Ouyang Xiu, a great scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, was appointed prefect of Yangzhou. The flowers and trees in front of the hall are lush, and the courtyard is quiet. Looking across the railing and overlooking the mountains in the south of the Yangtze River, just in line with the line of sight."From the distant mountains, we are level with this hall", so it is called "Pingshan Hall". There is a couplet in front of the hall that says: "Crossing the river and mountains here at the foot of the hall, the prefect's banquet and all the guests are happy." This is a vivid portrayal of Ouyang Xiu's unrestrained life in those days.

After coming out of Daming Temple, take a bus to the North Gate of Geyuan (the North Gate is just an exit). From the next alley, arrange accommodation at Yangzhou Donglai Inn, place your luggage and start relaxing sightseeing. Donglai Inn is located on bustling Dongguan Street. Convenient to any scenic spot.

The first scenic spot is Geyuan. The most famous place on Dongguan Street in Geyuan is a private garden of the Qing Dynasty Yangzhou salt merchant residence. Geyuan is one of the four famous gardens in China, along with Beijing's Summer Palace, Chengde Summer Resort and Suzhou's Humble Administrator's Garden. Green bamboos are planted all over the park and rockery in the four seasons. The garden is not large.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the government located the salt industry monopoly management agency Lianghuai Salt Transportation History and Lianghuai Salt Transportation Censor in Yangzhou, making Yangzhou the largest salt distribution center in the country. The owner of Geyuan was Huang Zhiyun, one of the eight salt merchants during the Qing Dynasty, Jiadao Dynasty. Huang Zhiyun originated from Zhejiang. Because his father was an official in Zhaozhou, he was born in Zhaozhou in the thirty-fifth year of Qianlong (1770). When Huang Zhiyun was a teenager, his father passed away and his family property was looted. A few years later, he rode a donkey to Beijing alone. With a letter sent to him by his father's friend, he saw the Lianghuai Salt Administration in Beijing. Lianghuai Salt Administration was the highest official in charge of Yangzhou's salt industry. Seeing that Huang Zhiyun had a good conversation and was quite scheming, he felt that he was a talent, so he appointed him to Yangzhou as the chief executive of Lianghuai Commerce. From then on, Huang Zhiyun joined Ganquan County, Yangzhou Prefecture. Huang Zhiyun quickly became a hot figure in Yangzhou with his extraordinary talents. From salt administration to merchants, everything depends on his movements. Such people think that important people naturally have a matching residence, and this is Huang Zhiyun's expansion on the former site of "Shouzhi Garden" in the Ming Dynasty.

Han Xuetang is the main hall of the big house gate and the official ceremonial reception place of the Huang family. This hall is three-room wide and has a beam lifting style. It has a cypress structure and cypress Xuan beams. It is the largest cypress hall in Yangzhou.

The couplets of the Han School do not highlight the power and wealth of the Huang family, which has been the chief merchant of salt merchants for 40 years, but the cultural image of an authentic scholarly family.

Entrance ticket for the garden: 45 yuan/person, recommended play time is 1 hour. Geyuan is a typical Jiangnan garden. The whole park is divided into a central garden, a southern residential area, and a northern variety of bamboo viewing areas.

Tour route: Now you must enter from Nandaemun (Dongguan Street), first the house, then the garden. This is a regular tour route. Walk through the house and visit the mansion from east to west, then you can enter the Four Seasons Rockery Area from the alley of the easternmost mansion. Follow the spring, summer, autumn and winter to admire the Four Seasons Rockery, and then end at Wanzhu Garden. Exit from the north gate. (You can also exit from the south gate). The south gate is the Dongguan Street historical district, where you can find food while shopping.

Tour Dongguan Street

Yangzhou, once a hub for land and land transportation, has now become an ancient street that tends to be commercialized, with a stronger food culture. It's a bit like the Confucius Temple in Nanjing and the City God Temple in Shanghai. I suggest everyone go there at night. There are also a lot of delicious food and it's very lively.

The Yi Garden on Dongguan Street is even smaller in scale. If you see the garden, you can avoid entering it.

In order to stroll through the streets of Yangzhou, I navigated Heyuan and walked along the street.

When I came to He Garden, He Garden was built in 1883. He Garden, also known as "Jixiao Villa", is also known as the "First Garden in the Late Qing Dynasty". The garden design of the combination of Chinese and Western countries, the entire He Garden is divided into four parts: East Garden, West Garden, garden residence courtyard and stone mountain house. The architectural style is that of the garden architecture in the late Qing Dynasty. Especially the stone mountain house here is a masterpiece of Master Shi Tao, which can be said to be the "unique copy of the world." Tickets: 45 yuan/person. He Yuan has the most distinctive complex corridor, which is to build a covered circular corridor along the outer wall on the second floor of the building. It is not a building, but each building is interconnected to form an air corridor. Family members can walk between buildings without going downstairs. This was specially designed by the owner of He Yuan for the convenience of his mother. No matter whether it is windy or rainy, her mother can travel between the houses without being affected, and she can also overlook the beautiful scenery of the gardens downstairs. The building of He Yuan is compact. The layout is reasonable, and the most important thing is that the owner of the garden is ahead of his thinking. About 200 years ago, the buildings, objects, and furniture even now look outdated and very fashionable. On the corridor floor outside the lady's bedroom on the second floor, there is a round hole the size of a basin. You can see the first floor from the round hole. It is said that the lady will not be able to eat with her family after she is 12 years old. She will have to take the rice to her boudoir. She will get married at the age of 15. The big hole like a well is used to deliver meals to the lady. Every time we eat, the family would put the rice for the lady in the food box and lift it up from the round hole with a rope. This was the first time I had seen it, and I found it very interesting. Because He Yuan built many unique costume films and TV dramas such as Dream of the Red Chamber and the sequel to Huanzhu Ge, etc. are filmed here.

Walk out of He Garden and navigate to Huaiyang Cuisine Museum.

Pishi Street is an old street with a fresh and artistic style in Yangzhou. Many literary and artistic youth have opened many very distinctive bookstores, flower shops, coffee shops, studios and snack bars here. When you come to Pishi Street, everyone can slow down and stroll around here. Moreover, it is very suitable for young people to take photos and check in. If you have enough time, you can stroll through the small shops on the street or drink coffee while reading. You won't get tired of spending an afternoon here. In a small lane inside Pishi Street, there is Zhu Ziqing's former residence. Zhu Ziqing, a famous modern essayist, poet and scholar in my country, once lived in Anle Lane, Guangling District, Yangzhou. In order to commemorate Zhu Ziqing, Yangzhou built Zhu Ziqing's former residence in the place where Zhu Ziqing originally lived. Zhu Ziqing's former residence is quite small, and it takes twenty minutes to have a good stroll. Tickets for Zhu Ziqing's former residence: Free tickets with ID card

In the evening, in Yangzhou, I also bought a group purchase for 138 yuan for the bathing project of "Yangzhou Back Rubbing Museum Geyuan Flagship Store", which is just so. It's not as well advertised.

The third station Huaian

Huai 'an is the hometown of Zhou Enlai, the birthplace of Huaiyang cuisine, and the node city of the Grand Canal.

Zhou Enlai's Former Residence, Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall, Water Transport Museum, Wu Chengen's Former Residence, Shen Kun Zhuangyuan Mansion and Xiahe Ancient Town.

Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall makes an appointment with mobile phone Mini programs to always miss People's Premier Zhou Enlai. The entire memorial area has a group of commemorative buildings, a memorial island, three artificial lakes and surrounding lakes. Composition of green space. On the 800-meter-long central axis of the memorial hall from north to south, commemorative buildings such as the platform, the main hall, the exhibition hall, the Zhou Enlai bronze statue square and the imitation Zhongnanhai Xihua Hall are built in turn.

I came out of the memorial hall and prepared to take a bus to Zhou Enlai's former residence and the Water Transport Museum. Perhaps because it was noon and there was no bus coming, I decided to walk there, so that I could also see the Huai 'an streetscape and some small attractions along the way. I passed through the Han Han Hou Temple, Zhenhuai Tower, Guantianpei Temple, etc.

Have lunch at a fast food restaurant near Zhenyuan Building. He came to Zhou Enlai's former residence.

Zhou Enlai's former residence is the place where Zhou Enlai lived before he was 12 years old. It consists of two houses connected from east to west. There are 32 houses of large and small, made of blue bricks and gray tiles. The wood-structure former residence is a green brick and wood-structure bungalow built between Xianfeng and Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. It has the architectural style of a typical urban dwelling in northern Jiangsu during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. I saw that the sign was 700 meters away from Liu E's former residence. I was walking, but this place was closed after arriving.

It is not far from the China Water Transport Museum. It takes a walk to get there and passes by Huai 'an Laodibei.

The China Water Transport Museum can see the importance of water transport as the economic blood of feudal countries and its huge impact on the development of coastal cities. Water transport is both economic and political. It is history, legend, system, life, and wisdom stories and legends of a nation walking on the water.

Huai 'an Prefecture is the largest known existing magistrate yamen of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in our country, with a higher grade and relatively well-preserved scale. The four words "Huai' an Prefecture Office" on the plaque are standard imitation Song printing. According to the rules of literature and martial arts, they are distributed on both sides, left and right (east and west), corresponding to the six departments, officials, households, etiquette, soldiers, line, and workers of the offices directly under the court. The east road is the place where civil servants work, welcome guests and banquets, while the west road is the place where military officers work, with military houses and halls. In buildings such as cells and other buildings, the lobby is the core of the subsidiary. It is the place where the prefect welcomes and delivers imperial edicts, holds large-scale celebrations, and hears major cases. As a symbol of his authority, it is also the highest-specification and largest building in the government. What impressed me was the second saying in the lobby,"Eat the food of the common people, wear the clothes of the common people, and don't think that the common people can be deceived. You are also common people." There is no honor to gain an official position, and no disgrace to lose an official position. Let alone say that one official position is useless, the place depends on one official position." Across the hall are the trial room, the Pichang Temple and other prisoners. In addition, the place where torture was used, words, torture instruments, models, and wax figures perfectly interpreted the scene of the prisoner being tortured at that time. It was shocking and couldn't bear to look directly at it. I didn't take many photos and walked through the bloody place. The back hall was the study and bedroom of the prefect and his wife. It was beautiful with carved beams and painted columns. The only flaw in the ointment was that it was too close to the front hall, which made it a bit scary to live there. The original name of the back garden was stolen Paradise 'er. During the Tianqi period, Song Zushun, the prefect of Zhun' an, thought that the word stolen was inappropriate and changed it to Yu Paradise. There are now Yingyue Bridge, Boat Square, Music Platform, Alphabet Tower, Waterside Platform called Sanhuai Platform in the park. There are four copper pillars on the stage, with inscriptions on them, used to suppress the flood in the Huaihe River. Guan Hanqing compiled the drama "Dou E Yuan" based on the Huai 'an government office as the theme.

Take the bus to Wu Chengen's former residence in Hexia Ancient Town

Wu Cheng 'en's former residence is the former residence of Wu Cheng' en, author of Journey to the West. Just across the road from Shen Kun's Zhuangyuan Mansion, Wu Chengen and Shen Kun are classmates, friends and relatives. When he created Travel to the West, he used the landscape of the Shen family's house to create magical scenes. Shen Kun's Zhuangyuan Mansion is composed of two parts: the old house of Shen Kun, the top scholar during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and Yuyuan 'er. It is an important cultural landscape in the ancient town of Hexi. The most impressive thing is the wisteria, which is inhabited by the Han people. The maze of shields is also impressive. As the top scorer and top scorer in literature, Shen Kun's greatest achievement in his life was not to study as an official, nor to serve as a top scorer in the Hanlin Academy, but to resist the Japanese invaders.

Cross the road to Shenkun Zhuangyuan Mansion

Hexi Ancient Town is the best preserved historical district in the old city of Chuzhou, with a history dating back to more than 2500 years. King Fuchai of Wu dug ditches and culverts. The mouth of the desert under the river connects with the Huaihe River to facilitate the transportation of troops and food and fodder to the north. It is a living ancient town. In addition to reflecting Huai 'an's specialties, there are also milk tea shops and coffee shops. Even art museums have both a simple life and distant dreams. Residents on the roadside were peeling fresh spinach, and the aroma of fried meatballs and tea umbrellas drifted into the distance with the wind. The thousand-layered shoes in front of the stall bring people back to the past in a second, full of fireworks. Stroll leisurely through the ancient town to "Wenlou", a newly built restaurant built by Wenlou in the ancient town, and then take the stone road to Wenlou, which has a courtyard, to taste soup dumplings. The cheapest one is thirty yuan. By the way, order two dishes at Wenlou and a bowl of rice for dinner.

The second day in Huai 'an

Take a bus to Qingyan Garden in the morning, walk to the former site of the Jiangsu and Anhui Border Region (very close), and then to the Huajie and Li Canal Cultural Corridor. I entered Qingyan Garden from the entrance of the Governor's River Department Court. It is a small public park, but it also has lakes, rockery, building pavilions, etc.

Former site of the Jiangsu and Anhui Border Region

About two kilometers away from the former site of Zhou Enlai's childhood studies, which is about two kilometers away from the former site of the Jiangsu and Anhui Border Region, I feel that it is a newly built memorial site. There are some pictures inside, restored to his old residence. You can skip this trip

You don't need to go to Flower Street. Generally speaking, Ciyun Temple is newly built or you can skip it.

Huai 'an Qingjiang Puli Canal Cultural Corridor, where you can feel the charm of canal culture, and you can also find the city's leisurely lifestyle and market atmosphere. Gather ancient Zen temples, century-old ancient streets, and canal promenades. Spend a short half a day and you will have a new understanding of Huai 'an. During the day, the canal wind blows, visit the Confucian Temple on the Ancient Street and try the authentic snacks. You can enjoy the night view by boat at night.

Trams in Huai 'an

This is a five-day check-in quick tour of Zhenjiang, Yangzhou and Huai 'an. In fact, the process is still full of memories, but now I am getting more and more lazy to come back and record it in detail. Therefore, travel notes are written too crude. Record a trace of a hike in a running account.