7 scenic spots worth visiting in Yangzhou, how many have you been to?

1: Slender West Lake

Slender West Lake has formed a basic layout during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, and is known as "the most prosperous garden in the world". Slender West Lake is mainly divided into 14 major scenic spots, including Wuting Bridge, Twenty-four Bridges, Lotus Pond, Diaoyutai, etc. Slender West Lake has crisscrossing rivers and many bridges. Each part has a unique shape, which not only complements the surrounding environment, but also forms its own scenery.

2: Ge Garden

Everyone knows about Suzhou gardens, but they don’t know that there is a garden in Yangzhou. Geyuan in Yangzhou is a famous garden with a unique style. It was built during the Jiaqing and Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, green bamboos were planted all over the garden, and because the shape of the bamboo leaves resembled the character "ge", it was named "Ge Garden". There are rockeries in the garden for the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, which are famous for their exquisite stacking. Ge Garden is famous for its stone-stacked art. The four-season rockery in spring, summer, autumn and winter composed of bamboo shoots, lake stones, yellow stones and xuan stones combines the rules of gardening with the theory of landscape painting. It was hailed as "an isolated example in China" by Mr. Chen Congzhou, the master of gardening.

3: Han Guangling Tomb

The Han Guangling Tomb Museum is located at the southern edge of the Shugang ancient city ruins. It has undulating terrain, lush trees, and majestic architecture. It is a complex that integrates cultural relics and gardens. cemetery-style museum. Exhibited in the Guangling King’s Underground Palace is the tomb of Liu Xu, the first generation of Guangling King of the Western Han Dynasty. It was originally excavated at Shenju Mountain in Gaoyou City, known as the “No. 1 Mountain in Huainan”. Later, due to the protection of cultural relics, it was moved here and a museum was built. This place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with light in front and support in the back. It is indeed a geomantic treasure. With a history of more than 2,000 years, it is large in scale and rigorous in structure. It is one of the rare large-scale Han Dynasty tombs in the country.

4: Daming Temple

Daming Temple stands on the middle peak of Shugang in the northern suburbs of the ancient city of Yangzhou. It was first built in the next year of Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Master Jianzhen served as the abbot of Daming Temple, making Daming Temple an important ancient temple in the history of Sino-Japanese Buddhist cultural relics relations. Daming Temple and its ancillary buildings have been famous throughout the ages for their integration of Buddhist temples, cultural relics and garden scenery. They are a national cultural treasure with rich historical and cultural connotations.

5: Yangzhou Eight Monsters Memorial Hall

The Eight Monsters Memorial Hall is located in the Western Temple, the former residence of Jin Nong. The "Eight Monsters" calligraphy and paintings are displayed in the exhibition hall for tourists to appreciate. A new Jinnong residence was restored and displayed to show the historical atmosphere of the "Eight Eccentrics"'s calligraphy and painting creation life. The "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" were a group of innovative painters who were active in the Yangzhou painting circle during the Qing Dynasty and were known for their innovative ideas. The artistic works with new compositions and new techniques created a new style of painting and made immortal contributions to the development of Chinese calligraphy and painting art.

6: Gaoyou Lake

Gaoyou Lake, located in Gaoyou City, Jiangsu Province, a national historical and cultural city, is the sixth largest freshwater lake in the country. The vast Gaoyou Lake is like a pearl scattered on the land of Gaoyou, with an inexhaustible supply of fish, fat and shrimp. Wandering in Gaoyou Lake, looking at the clear water, the rippling reeds, and the birds playing. Time is quiet, as if you can catch the traces of time. The reeds here are extremely beautiful, the lake water is clear, the breeze passes by, and the water and reed flowers ripple together, making people endlessly daydreaming.

7: Zhu Ziqing’s former residence

Zhu Ziqing’s former residence was built in the Qing Dynasty. It is a typical residential “three-heyuan” building in Yangzhou. When you enter the first entrance, it has thin brick paving and stone edging. , with moss joints, brick walls and fine tiles, and carved screen doors, simple and elegant. Entering the second order hall and exhibition hall, a statue of Zhu Ziqing stands in the center of the order hall. After reading Mr. Zhu's prose, I am always moved by the simplicity and sincerity of the author's words. "Like a beauty just emerging from the bath," Mr. Zhu's words have shed their glitz and returned to nature and authenticity. Zhu Ziqing is both extremely talented and full of pride. He lives in troubled times and hardships, but he does not give up.

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