Friday, April 8, 2016

China's Nanking to Yangzhou one day road trips - I

From Nanking to Yangzhou road trip about 1:20 minutes (about 110 km away, the cost of highway is 100 yuan). Between Nanking and Yangzhou drive vehicle, with the best in Shanghai-Nanking Expressway, or the Yang Li highway, where the vehicle is relatively small, good traffic conditions.

Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province is a prefecture-level city in China, ancient name was Guangling, Jiangdu, Weiyang and so on. It is a historical and cultural city in China.

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Yangzhou, should be the wind, should be the moonlight, should be light rain, and should connoisseurs. Only the willows, when misty rain, the Yangzhou graceful in order to bring out. This demure small town in central Jiangsu, even if only with a walk to enjoy is not tired.

Yangzhou is not only beautiful scenery, but also, since ancient times, Yangzhou production of beautiful women, also many brothel.



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March of Willow, May the Sophora flower and Viburnum Macrocephalum ...... plus some misty rain, in the spring, Yangzhou’s beauty can truly be revealed. Slender West Lake River, two Banks of the river, and the ancient canal bank, look at the past, are the vast yellow, spring in the air diffuse in the willow branches. Yangzhou people regard Viburnum Macrocephalum, flowers for the city. Between April and May, Ho Family Garden, a park, the Slender West Lake, the hall, the other famous gardens can see Viburnum Macrocephalum in Yangzhou.


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Slender West Lake is a symbol of elegant in Yangzhou, first time arrived in Yangzhou, and it is not to be missed. Slender West Lake beauty lies in the twists and turns, like the slender elegant lady. To "thin" is characterized by the lake sometimes wide, sometimes narrow. On both sides of a forest, garden architecture of primitive simplicity, to wander on the banks of the Slender West Lake, so poetic do appear among them.




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There are many bridges on the Slender West Lake, and have a different attitude. Starting from the Hong Bridge, its beauty began. On the Lotus Bridge, five pavilion extremely characteristics of the South. A full moon night, fifteen little tunnel under the bridge, each hole has a moon.

The Lotus Bridge, it built on the Slender West Lake, like a belt on the lake. On bridge built five pavilion, named the Lotus Bridge. This distinctive bridge has become a symbol of landscape in Yangzhou.


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24 bridge is a masterpiece of ancient Chinese ethnic bridge building. 24 bridge in history, it has already destroyed. After the Yangzhou municipal government planning, the Slender West Lake slender bridge, building pavilions, bridges rebuilt the 24 attractions that add to the charm of the ancient city of Yangzhou.





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It is a single-hole arch, white marble railing, such as jade belt and elegant, like a neon waves. The whole bridge is 24 meters long, 2.4 meters wide, column by column 24, 24 steps, it seems to be everywhere with 24. White bar plate embossed, like lake stone stack, bridge and water connecting surrounding full of plants and flowers, make the person see cloud, water, flowers, months at any time, realize the "twenty-four bridge moon night" wonderful territory.



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Near the 24 bridge, you can see the Daming Temple, because it was out of the Slender West Lake, so there is a lot of distance.








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Spring, garden willows follow the wind fluttered; autumn, the stunning red Bana, letting the Slender West Lake more points charming, when nearly dusk, Xu garden daydreaming is good too.








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Wenchang Pavilion, it was built in the Ming dynasty in 1585, belongs to the Yangzhou government school buildings. Yangzhou government school has been destroyed, leaving behind it. 

Wenchang Pavilion, it is 24.25 meters high, octagonal, three-story brick structure building. It is located in city center of Yangzhou, surrounded by shopping convenience become a landmark. The building is located at the crossroads of central turntable, there is surrounded by greenery, and cannot enter the building to visit, especially during the day to see its little significance. See it at night, or very floating light.