Perhaps you only know Kaifeng, Henan Province, is a world-recognized historical city, but do not understand that the reputation of folklore New Year's paintings there is equally prominent.
Zhu Xian Town, located 20 kilometers south of Kaifeng, is a place associated with the name Yue Fei. This is the place where Yue Fei defeated the Jin soldiers and won the great victory of Zhuxianzhen, which shocked the whole country. The Spring Festival might be a good time to change your tastes and come to the ancient town to see the thousand-year-old masterpiece of woodblock prints.
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Because of the side of the Jialu River, Zhuxianzhen since the Tang and Song dynasties, has been a major waterway transportation port place, and thus get rapid prosperity. The streets here are not very wide, walking on the road, both sides of the building are vaguely revealing the former immortal style of luxury. The once prosperous town is now over a thousand years old, leaving behind a simple folklore and one of the national treasures, the woodblock prints.
Come to Zhuxian Town, to the woodblock prints society around naturally. Entering the compound, green trees, carved beams and painted buildings, the quiet environment is the first condition for the production of New Year's paintings. The content of the New Year paintings in Zhuxian Town is mostly based on historical dramas, novels, myths and folklore, and decorated with elegant and auspicious patterns, with bright and thick colors. Because they originate from the countryside and are popular among the people, they are different from framed paintings in that they are much more accessible to the people. Door gods, which are believed by Cantonese people to ward off evil spirits, can also be found here. If you are here for the Spring Festival, you may want to choose two of these paintings, or one day you may inadvertently realize that the door gods of the North and the South are very different from each other.
The mosque in Zhuxian Town is also a famous attraction. Built in the Northern Song Dynasty, a thousand years ago, in the country's top 100 mosques, its architectural style and decorations are rare, it is said that Yue Fei war Jin soldiers Marshal House is located in the temple. The acacia tree, which Yue Fei used to cool off in the temple, is called "acacia" by local people and is still preserved in the temple.
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Transportation: There are two buses to Zhuxianzhen from Zhengzhou East Bus Station at 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. every day. There are buses to Zhuxianzhen from Xiangguosi Bus Station in Kaifeng City every 15 minutes, which go straight to the entrance of Yuefei Temple. You can also charter a bus to Zhuxianzhen in Kaifeng.
Attractions: The main tourist attractions are Yuewang Temple, Guandi Temple, Mosque and Canal, the entrance fee for Yuewang Temple is 20 yuan, and there is no entrance fee for other attractions.
Shopping: There are three or four woodblock print stores on the streets of Zhuxian Town, where old craftsmen process and sell their products. The more famous ones are Tiancheng Old Shop and Zhuxianzhen Woodblock New Year Painting Society, where old woodblock prints without frames usually cost 5 yuan a piece.
Accommodation: Due to the lack of development, there is no decent hotel or restaurant in Zhuxian Town, so it is recommended to eat and stay in Kaifeng or bring your own food.
Double trip with lover to Jiangxi wuyuan yuanyang lake
After the Spring Festival is the Valentine's Day, double trip with lover is more of an enjoyable thing to do. Arriving at Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province, we took a boat trip to visit "Yuanyang Lake", which is the largest wild mandarin duck habitat in China.
Joint tour: Yantian village visit "Yantian ancient camphor folk garden", one of the ancient camphor tree has more than 1,500 years old, the diameter of the chest 4 .3 meters, is the world's first camphor. After visiting the village of deep mountain scholar - Likeng, built in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the village people good reading into the wind, the ancient architecture of pink walls and tiles, "three carvings" craftsmanship, the layout of scientific and reasonable.
"The world's first immortal peak, the world's unparalleled blessing"-Sanqingshan. On the mountain (round-trip cable car cost 125 yuan / person, up 70 yuan, down 55 yuan, to the local price shall prevail, one-way cable car about 40 minutes, walking about 3.5 hours), on the way to the Guanyin enjoy the song, the old road to worship the moon, the Tianmen peaks; visit the highlights of the scenic area of "South Garden scenic area"; walk in the altitude of more than 1,660 meters on the high-altitude stacks! And special arrangement in the three clear mountain tie concentric knot; Wuyuan taste the local peasant family feast: stewed chicken, lotus red carp, rice flour steamed meat, stir-fried rape moss.
Yuanyang Lake main landscape:
Mandarin ducks: field outside the identification characteristics of medium-sized ducks. Size between the green duck and winged duck, body length generation 38-45 cm, weight about half a kilogram. Male and female different colors. Male birds red beak, feet orange-yellow, plumage color bright and gorgeous, head with brilliant crown feathers, behind the eyes with broad white eyebrow lines, wings with a pair of chestnut yellow fan-shaped upright feathers, like a sail on the back, very peculiar and eye-catching, the field is very easy to identify. The female has a black beak, orange-yellow feet, gray-brown head and upper body, white around the eyes, and a fine, white brow pattern, which is also extremely striking and unique, and easy to recognize in the wild. At present, there is no similar species in China, and there is no mistake.
The moon old ancestral temple: according to wuyuan local people say in here wish is very spiritual. Legend has it that the original place was once an ancient temple, and at some point a couple came here to live in seclusion and grow old together. In their old age are buried in front of the temple, soon, their graves will grow in front of the two inseparable pine trees. Later, more and more couples came here by name, so people built this Moonlight Shrine on the base of the ancient temple for couples who came here to make a wish that they would be together in life and death.
Lake Island: the center of the blue water is standing on the lake island, the island has a lakeside pavilion, corridor bridge, watch the ducks and other landscapes, peach, plum, citrus orchards. 1986, more than 2,000 pairs of mandarin ducks each year gathered in this winter, during the day, more than 1,000 pairs of mandarin ducks in groups of pieces of the Kuwana Bay, the red mouth of the Cui Feathers, such as the flowers in full bloom, the two pairs of inseparable, or play in the water foraging for food, or soaring through the air; In the evening, a pair of mandarin ducks snuggled in the forest by the lake, and I, leisurely and happy, but also from time to time out of the "coo coo coo" of the whispering sound it.
Wuyuan mandarin ducks lake scenic spot transportation:
Scenic spot address: wuyuan county west fuchun town, shangrao city, jiangxi province
(east) zhejiang (microblogging) quzhou to wuyuan 150 kilometers; (south) jiangxi shangrao to wuyuan 170 kilometers; (west) jingdezhen, jiangxi, to wuyuan 80 kilometers; (north) anhui huangshan to wuyuan 120 kilometers.
Self-driving route: wuyuan county town via provincial road jingbai line to yuanyang lake, jingdezhen city via provincial jingbai line to yuanyang lake
Self-guided tour route: wuyuan place place name wolong valley -- wuyuan jiangling terrace scenery -- wuyuan rainbow bridge -- wuyuan yuanyang lake
wuyuan yuanyang lake scenic spot lodging
1、standard room: (non-weekend) gate price 250 yuan Member price 160 yuan (weekend) door price 300 yuan member price 260 yuan
2, cabin door: market price 360 yuan member price 260 yuan
Wuyuan mandarin ducks lake ticket price:
Ticket 60 yuan member price 55 yuan (no children, students, military tickets, children under 1.1 meters free tickets)
Door ticket price includes attractions: take the electric bottle ship and the scenic area of the small attractions tickets (other boats are charged separately, see yuanyang lake scenic area charges)
Dasan City singing love songs over the Spring Festival tour "Flaming Mountain"
"Western King of Songs" Wang Luobin once mentioned the The "famous town of love songs"--Dabancheng, and the beauty of the Ten Mile Salt Lake, which has the reputation of "China's Dead Sea". Visit the ancient city of Jiaoha, which has been the economic and cultural center of the Western Region since the Han and Tang dynasties, and visit the "Flame Mountain", which is the hottest place in the country, with the highest surface temperature of more than 50 degrees Celsius. Tianchi, located at an altitude of 1980 meters, is about 3.4 kilometers long, and has sufficient water sources that do not overflow all year round, forming alpine waterfalls. In winter, Tianchi has a different flavor, ice and snow, "Fire Island" still looms large.
You can also visit the world-famous grapevine with hundreds of kinds of grapes; visit one of China's three ancient great projects of underground irrigation project - Kan'erjing, along the way to visit the Uyghur style village; visit the "Salt Lake Floating Paradise", experience the "Dead Sea of China", and the "Salt Lake Floating Paradise". Experience the scenery of Ten Mile Salt Lake, the "Dead Sea of China", and experience the fun of floating.
Dasan City was a trading post in ancient times, and it was a place where farming civilization was intermingled, and all kinds of handicrafts and artisans showed their skills here. The girls here are hard-working, intelligent, smart and kind, weaving silk colorful, patterned; weaving carpet, unique style, exquisite pattern; Darban City, many of the men are skilled craftsmen, the production of musical instruments dexterous and chic, pleasing to the ear; handmade leather goods, strong and durable, beautiful shape.
But the fame of Darbancheng is still due to the old Mr. Wang Lubin's adaptation and creation in the 1930s of a Uyghur folk song, "The Girl of Darbancheng," which has been circulating in the area of Darbancheng and Turfan. on Dec. 24, 1994, four days before Mr. Wang Lubin turned 81 years old, the party committee and government of Darbancheng Town awarded Wang Lubin the title of honorary mayor and erected a monument in the ancient town of Darbancheng to commemorate his death.
Dasaka City, although located in the middle of Urumqi and Turpan, but there are hot and cold extreme feelings. Turpan is known as the fire island, and the temperature difference between Darbancheng and Turpan is nearly 30 degrees, so there is a cool feeling at hand. As it is located in the middle of the Tianshan Mountain, the temperature difference is very great, forming the unique climate characteristics here, and it is a famous old windbreak. The local folk song says: Dasaka City, the old wind mouth, windy small wind every day, small wind scraping crooked trees, windy flying stone. Here every year windy days, an average of 151 days, the average wind speed of 6.1 m / s, the maximum instantaneous wind speed of 40 m / s, the highest wind force of 12. People say flirtatiously, the gale here only once a year from winter to spring, only remaining summer. In this area to grow the tree, are not high, the trunk without exception to the southeast direction of the tilt, the formation of the city of Darban unique three strange: crooked-necked tree, saber tree, the wind to the tree.
Tips:
Tickets: 30 yuan
Transportation:
You can take a bus to Darbancheng from the suburban bus station on Huanghe Road in Urumqi.
Skiing and soaking in hot spring Emei Mountain Leidongping
Go to Emei Mountain for skiing and soak in the hot spring there on the way. Such a ski route arrangement is recommended.
It is understood that, following the completion of the country's largest wild ecological monkey play area, Emei Mountain and the new construction of China's southern largest alpine snow and ice entertainment Leidongping, an area of more than 8,000 square meters. Skiing practice area, snow and ice slide area, snow battle area, designed for tourists to play snow play, snow sculpture area for tourists to engage in snow shaping contest use, parking lots and restaurants and other facilities are also fully equipped. Skis, ski shoes, ski poles and other ski tools all imported from Austria.
It is worth mentioning that, in Emei Mountain can also be accompanied by hot springs. The Lingxiu Hot Spring with a total investment of 160 million yuan is built on the slopes of Hongzhu Mountain, with more than 30 pools built according to the mountain, and the water source comes from the radon hot spring more than 3,000 meters deep in the ground, which is a rare high-grade hot spring. If you and your family want your own space, you can also choose the family-style VIP area - exquisitely decorated villas, each with a small family-style hot spring. At present, the places where you can soak in hot springs in Emeishan are not only the two places mentioned above, but also the Yoga Hot Springs Club of Emeishan Hotel in the scenic area of the Zhiguo Temple and the Tianyi Hot Springs Township in the shore of the Exiu Lake in the town of Eshan.
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The Emei Mountain scenic area has implemented off-season preferential prices since January 14, 2011: the entrance fee was adjusted from 150 yuan to 90 yuan, the Golden Peak Cableway (round trip) was adjusted from 120 yuan to 50 yuan per person, and the Wannian Cableway (round trip) was adjusted from 110 yuan to 50 yuan per person.
Tengchong is located in Baoshan City, on the western border of Yunnan, already close to Myanmar. Xu Xiake, a Ming Dynasty traveler who spent more than four months in Baoshan, described Tengchong in detail in his "DianYou Diaries," calling it the "Polar Border City. At that time, Tengchong was also known as "Teng Yuezhou" and was a very prosperous border town.
Tengchong Volcano Group
In Tengchong, the saying has been passed down through the years: "A good Tengchong State, ten mountains and nine headless."
"Headless mountains" refers to the Tengchong Volcanic Group. Because Tengchong is located on the edge of the Eurasian continental plate, active crustal movement, frequent earthquakes. When violent earthquakes occur, landslides and water, karst spewed out of the earth's surface. When the earthquakes stop and the karst cools, a uniquely shaped volcano is formed. In Tengchong County around more than 100 square kilometers within the scope of the distribution of large and small more than 70 shaped like an inverted iron pot of the volcano. 10 kilometers north of the city hit the Eagle Mountain is "the crown of the volcano", 2614 meters above sea level, the relative height of more than 640 meters, the crater diameter of 300 meters, more than 100 meters deep.
In Tengchong's Volcanic Group Geopark there are eight well-preserved volcanoes, go to the people will not be able to resist touching the famous volcanic geological structure - columnar joints, which is spewed out of the magma in the process of condensation, clear hexagonal columns than handmade is also very fine, can be described as nature's ingenious masterpieces.
Geothermal hot springs
Tengchong is one of China's three major geothermal areas, located 20 kilometers southwest of the county seat of the Hot Sea Hot Springs is the main reason to attract people to come, Tengchong larger gas springs, hot springs group there are more than 80, of which 10 groups of hot springs of the water temperature of 90 ℃ or more, even touching the rock walls are warm. In bathtub river, there is a geological fault zone and a large river cross to form a diarrhea roaring waterfalls, there are more than a dozen hot springs below, steam springs day and night spouting out of the roar is very shocking, a little into the feeling of steam vapor such as smoke like fog, people are also like being surrounded by clouds, such as a dream.
The most famous of the hot sea is the "big rolling pot". It is more than 3 meters in diameter, 1.5 meters deep, the water temperature of 97 ℃, day and night rolling and boiling, four seasons of hot steam. Local mountain people directly to the eggs, quail eggs, taro, sweet potatoes into the air holes around the boiling spring, relying on geothermal steam to sell.
The hot springs of the Sea of Heat are clear and clean, and are said to contain a variety of trace elements that are beneficial to the human body, making the skin very smooth and comfortable indeed after washing. Together with Tengchong's four seasons and many subtropical plants, staying here, whether it is the three-star Atami Hotel or the Old Rolling Pot Inn, where food and lodging are only 20 yuan per day, is a relaxing thing to do.
Beihai Wetland
Tengchong also has a national wetland reserve, the Beihai Wetland. Large rice paddies and lakes make you feel like you've come to a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, where people walk across creaking bamboo bridges, the sunlight shines obliquely on the dry grass, and distant sculling boats glide silently ...... through the river in a scene of peace and tranquility.
Beihai wetland consists of two adjoining natural lakes in Qinghai and Beihai, which are the source of the Daying River, the water surface is mostly covered with grass rows up to one meter thick, on which grow lush Beihai orchids, reed mat grass, iris, and many wild grasses and wildflowers that are not named. Seemingly as flat and wide grass rows, step in, the foot will sink, the water quickly flooded the ankle, the original grass mats under the lake is 7, 8 meters deep, every year there will be cattle were drowned, of course, in the shallow places can still wear rented high boots, try to stand in the water, the water sometimes drowned your knees. But it's really fun not to fall all the way off the floating island.
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Transportation: Nowadays, Guangzhou and Baoshan have been opened to the air, direct flights to Baoshan and then take the shuttle bus to Tengchong, from Baoshan to Tengchong in just over two hours. Tengchong County is not big, cab (face) all 5 yuan. There are also several public **** car is very convenient, on the car 1 yuan. From Tengchong County, 50 meters south of the big roundabout on the side of the road there is a special line of buses to the Sea of Heat, the ticket price of 5 yuan.
Climate: Tengchong has four seasons like spring, the coldest average daily temperature of 8 ℃, the hottest average daily temperature is only 21 ℃, is the "most suitable for human habitation".
Diet: Tengchong bait silk is a favorite snack of the locals, can be boiled or fried, "fried bait block" more flavorful, with fresh meat, eggs, tomatoes, pea tips and cabbage, very delicious. In the Beihai Wetland boating back to shore, you can taste the local grilled fish, fishing now grilled, fresh and delicious, full of wild fun.
Suzhou Mudu Ancient Town to enjoy a different kind of Chinese New Year
This year's Spring Festival, with the family to Suzhou Mudu Ancient Town to take a walk, and by the way, the New Year's Eve dinner will also be moved here together. You can enjoy a different kind of Chinese New Year in many ways, such as reading imperial edicts, making New Year's cake, enjoying peonies, savoring folklore, and watching a grand opera.
On the menu for the New Year's Eve dinner, Mudu's top ten famous dishes are naturally the best choice. Tender and fragrant smooth shrimp, meat tender juice mellow oil splash children's chicken, mother oil whole duck and ice sugar sauce square ...... think of the craving hopeless, was included in the Chinese famous recipe of barbel lung soup, Tibetan lamb is the signature of Mudu. There is also the Shijia Restaurant's "tomato and shrimp potpourri", soup poured on the potpourri, suddenly "squeaky" sound, the aroma of the nose. The food is so delicious that you can't help but enjoy it.
An ancient town that Emperor Qianlong visited six times during his six trips to the south of the Yangtze River, the charm is irresistible. Located at the foot of Lingyan Mountain in the western suburbs of Suzhou, the garden-style ancient town built on the mountain, living by the water, the Yan Family Garden, Rainbow Drinking Mountain House, Lingyan Mountain Hall, Ancient Pine Garden, Pangan Mansion, and so on one by one to stroll to the New Year's Eve to catch the bustle of this, each garden also has their own exciting activities to entertain you.
Luoyang is too far away to enjoy peony, but in Lingyan Mountain Peony Garden, you can see thousands of valuable peonies opening up in the Chinese New Year, which will give you an unexpected surprise. You can also write down your New Year's blessings and wishes, and tie the red silk ribbon to the top of the branches of the plum tree, which will bring you good luck in the new year.
Mudu Ancient Town is located in the western suburbs of Suzhou Lingyan foothills, built on the mountain, living by the water, its unique pattern of many ancient towns in Jiangnan rare. Mudu is the only garden town in Jiangnan. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were more than 30 private gardens, now restored Yan's garden, rainbow drinking mountain room, ancient pine garden, the Punggol House, Pan Yin Cao Tang, etc., its deep cultural heritage, elegant garden environment, popular historical legends.
Scenic Spot Information
Scenic Spot Level: National AAAA Level Tourist Attractions
Address: Located 15 kilometers southwest of Suzhou City
Tickets: Ancient Town and Gardens Combined Ticket: RMB 60 (including RMB 25 for Yan Family Garden, RMB 25 for Rainbow Drinking Mountain Room, RMB 15 for Ancient Pine Garden, and RMB 10 for Pung-eye Mansion)
Opening Time: 8：00-17：00
External transportation:
Bus:
Shanghai direction: Shanghai distribution center (Hongkou football stadium gate 2, Shanghai 80,000 people stadium gate 5) by luxury bus directly to Mudu, the trip is 90 minutes. You can also take a train or bus to Suzhou and transfer to a bus directly to Mudu.
Hangzhou direction: Hangzhou distribution center (Huanglong Sports Center) or the East Bus Station to Suzhou by bus, transfer to direct bus to Mudu;
Nanjing direction: Nanjing distribution center (No. 400, South Zhongshan Road) or long-distance passenger transport center (No. 5, Jianning Road) by bus to Suzhou, or by train to Suzhou, transfer to direct bus to Mudu.
Self-driving route:
From Suzhou-Jiaxing-Hangzhou Expressway to "Wuzhong" interchange, transfer to Suzhou Round City Expressway, and get off at "Xishan" exit, then go to Mudu directly.
From Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, get off at the exit of "Suzhou New District", get on the elevated road, take the West Ring Road elevated road and get off at the exit of "Labor Road", take the Suoshan Bridge and follow the Zhuyuan Road, and then go straight to Mudu.
From the Ninghu Expressway, take the "Dongqiao" interchange to the Suzhou Bypass Expressway, and get off at the "Guangfu" or "Xishan" exit, then go straight to Mudu.
Internal transportation:
Suzhou Railway Station, bus station by bus 58, 621, 69, 2, 43, tour 4 can be directly to Mudu
Accommodation:
Mudu Ancient Town is less accommodations, Mudu Ancient Town is only a 20-minute drive to the city of Suzhou, and it is very convenient to stay in the city of Suzhou.
Suzhou Floating Seasons International Youth Hostel
Recommended reason: Suzhou's largest youth hostel, from the hostel, to reach the commercial street of Suzhou Guanqian Street is only a 5-minute walk, to the network of the Garden is only a 10-minute walk to the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou is only a 15-minute walk.
Suzhou Minghantang International Youth Hostel
Address: No.61 Xiandang, Guangji Road, Suzhou
Price: 50RMB for a quadruple room
Recommended for the following reasons: The hostel is partly converted from the former residence of Wu Yipeng, the former Minister of Rites in the Ming Dynasty, and is only a few steps away from the Shantang Street, which was constructed by the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi when he served as the assassin of Suzhou.
Suzhou Mingtang Youth Hostel
Address: No.28 Pingjiang Road, Suzhou
Price: RMB 40/bed for a six-person room
Recommendation: Adjacent to many ancient monuments and places of interest, the former residences of celebrities and gardens and temples. Convenient transportation, walking to the Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou Museum, Lion Grove, Quanjin Hall, Couple Garden, Guanqian Street and other famous attractions only ten minutes away.
Neighboring scenic spots: Mingyue Temple Lingyan Mountain Scenic Area
Gourmet: You can go to the century-old Shijia Restaurant to taste barbel lung soup and Taihu Lake river shrimp. There are also several good restaurants on Mingqing Street. The Fisherman's Teahouse on Zhongshan Road (also known as Sufu Road) in Mudu also has tea and snacks at moderate prices. In addition, Mudu ancient town of four seasons of food, endless. There are umi rice, green dumplings, syncope, Malantou, sweet wine brew, etc., each with local flavor, in the street not store can taste.
Shopping: Mudu local production of silk, double-sided embroidery, mahogany carvings, inkstone, painting and calligraphy, stone carvings and other handicrafts are also world-renowned. Qian Sheng Yuan production of pine nuts date mud hemp cake is also very famous.