Where is the best place to travel this month?

Recommended Place 1: Wuyi Mountain, Fujian

Wuyi Mountain is surrounded by mountains, with overlapping peaks and distinct landforms. It is the habitat of many rare and endangered species. There are scenery here all year round, and the four seasons are different. The mountains and rivers scenery changes unpredictablely with the weather, wind and rain, and is magnificent and colorful. The ancient Yue culture symbolized by the gully boat coffins, the Western Han culture symbolized by the ancient Seoul cities and villages, and the Neo-Confucian culture of the Song Dynasty represented by Zhu Xi are even more amazing. Cai Shangsi, a famous contemporary scholar, once praised "Confucius emerged in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Zhu Xi emerged in the Southern Song Dynasty, ancient Chinese culture, Mount Tai and Wuyi".

It is comfortable to visit Wuyi Mountain. The mountains here are not high and the water is not deep. You can take a bamboo raft to float on the water, or climb a mountain to see the distance. Wuyi Mountain is so green that it seems like you can breathe in the greenery.

For older tourists, the mountains in Wuyi Mountain are not high and not dangerous. Even on the highest Tianyou Peak, you can often see some old people walking and enjoying the scenery before slowly climbing to the top of the mountain. What the elderly like even more is that there is also the famous Wuyi specialty - tea. Dahongpao is the most famous rock tea in Wuyi. Of course, we may not be able to drink the mother plant of Dahongpao, but the tea cultivated in such good mountains and water is naturally of high quality.

When traveling to Wuyi Mountain, the itinerary can be easy or tight. Generally speaking, climbing Tianyou Peak and visiting Jiuqu River are indispensable. Tianyou Peak is only 409 meters above sea level. It is more like a big rock than a mountain. But because this is a hill made of a large stone, the mountain looks quite steep. Halfway up the mountain, there is a Huixin Pavilion. If you feel exhausted, you can take a rest in this pavilion and then turn back and go back down the mountain. If you don’t go to Tianyou Peak, it is quite comfortable to sit at the foot of the mountain for a while, sip tea and eat some snacks.

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Food: Wuyi Mountain is rich in species. The main ingredients of dishes include snakes, rabbits, goats, muntjac and other game, as well as pork, fresh fish, eggs, and vegetables. , beans, mushrooms, red mushrooms, bamboo shoots, etc. Local specialties include chicken velvet and golden bamboo shoots, orchid snake silk, chrysanthemum grass carp, loach vermicelli, etc. There are also folk home-cooked dishes such as pickled mustard mustard, smoked goose (the best in Arashi Valley), fried tofu, and stir-fried green beans.

Wuyi Mountain's "special banquets" are famous all over the world, among which the "Manting Pavilion Banquet" is the most legendary immortal banquet in Wuyi Mountain; the "Bagua Banquet" has been popular for 800 years and has not declined; and the "Snake Banquet" has many varieties. , extremely delicious. If you can drink two cups, then Wuyi Liuxiang, Wuyi Qinquan, chrysanthemum wine, Wubu Snake wine and October white rice wine are all good choices.

Recommendation 2: The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is a grand canyon with magnificent mountains and rivers in a section of the Yangtze River. It is one of the top ten scenic spots in China. Among the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Qutang Gorge is located in Fengjie, Chongqing; Wu Gorge is located in Wushan, Chongqing and Enshi and Badong counties in Hubei; Xiling Gorge is located in Zigui County, Yichang City, Hubei. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is also the only Grand Canyon in the world that can be visited by boat. It is one of the two first golden tourist routes recommended by China to the world.

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese culture. The Grand Canyon and its deep valleys were once the ancient battlefields of the Three Kingdoms and the place where countless heroes fought. There are many places of interest here: Baidi City, Huangling, Nanjingguan Madam Sun Temple, etc., which complement each other with the beautiful landscape and are famous all over the world. Li Bai passed by here in a boat and left a beautiful poem: "The white emperor's speech is among the colorful clouds, and the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are returned in one day. The apes on both sides of the bank can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed the ten thousand mountains."

Three Gorges Tour All Take a day and night cruise on a luxury cruise ship, including all the highlights along the route. Although it takes a long time, since food, accommodation and sleeping are all on the boat, the elderly can rest on the boat after the tour. Therefore, this chartered boat tour is especially popular with the elderly.

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Food: Yichang’s famous dishes include: Xiakou Pearl Soup, Steamed Fatty Fish, Sanyou Fairy Chicken, Yipin Eel, Three Gorges Dragon Boat Elbow, Ice cake etc. These delicacies are made from Yichang and Three Gorges aquatic products and real estate, and have been inherited from generation to generation and are famous far and wide.

Recommended places three: Guilin and Beihai, Guangxi

Guilin is famous for its beautiful scenery. Take a boat trip on the Li River and the beautiful scenery on both sides of the river forms a wonderful landscape painting. You can take a break while admiring the unique scenery of the south. In Guilin, you must visit Qixing Park, Reed Flute Cave, and Fubo Mountain, which have karst landforms. However, when visiting these places, there will be some climbing, so don’t forget to wear comfortable and convenient travel shoes.

Beihai is a beautiful garden city with simple and friendly residents. Zhuxiang culture, Hakka culture and Danjia culture have formed a distinctive local culture. Beihai is located in the subtropical zone, with abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall and lush vegetation. Flowers and leaves are green all year round, and fruits are fragrant all year round. The natural environment is well protected. There are many excellent natural beaches along the coast of the mainland and islands. The sea water is warm, clear and clear, with strong self-purification power.

Beihai has Beihai Silver Beach National Tourism Resort and two provincial tourist resorts, Weizhou Island and Xingdao Lake. In addition, there are Mermaid National Nature Reserve, Tuashi Pavilion, Dongpo Pavilion, etc. A large number of scenic spots integrate "sea, beach, island, lake, forest, mountain, historic site and humanities". Beihai Silver Beach is listed by the country as one of the five most beautiful resorts in China. Guangxi is proud of having "Guilin's mountains and rivers in the north and Beihai Silver Beach in the south".

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Food: The more famous specialties of Beihai include: chicken rice, tiger fish soup, salt and pepper shrimp, steamed fish, ginger and green onion crab, steamed snails , plum steamed fish, etc. are worth trying.

Recommended place four: Mount Wutai in Shanxi

Mount Wutai is located in Wutai County in the northeastern part of Shanxi Province. Because the five peaks are like five pillars, rising from the ground, the peaks are as flat as a platform. , hence the name Wutai. Because the climate on the mountain is very cold and there is still no heat in midsummer, it is also called Qingliang Mountain. Mount Wutai is a holy land of Buddhism and is known as the four famous Buddhist mountains in China along with Mount Putuo in Zhejiang, Mount Jiuhua in Anhui and Mount Emei in Sichuan.

The five peaks of Mount Wutai refer to: Wanghai Peak on the east platform, Guayue Peak on the west platform, Jinxiu Peak on the south platform, Ye Dou Peak on the north platform, and Cuiyan Peak on the middle platform. Mount Wutai is one of the earliest places for Buddhist architecture in China. Currently, there are 47 temples inside and outside Taiwan. Among them, Foguang Temple and Nanchan Temple are the two earliest existing wooden structures in China. Xiantong Temple, Tayuan Temple, Bodhisattva Summit, Shuxiang Temple, and Luohu Temple are listed as the "Five Great Zen Places in Mount Wutai".

Wutai Mountain is also the only Buddhist temple in China today that has both Han Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. Every year, a large number of tourists and pilgrims from home and abroad come to visit, burn incense and worship Buddha. There are strange peaks and cliffs everywhere in Wutai Mountain, and there are more than fifty famous ones. Among them, if the writing cliff is wet with water and wiped carefully with a handkerchief, the cliff surface will show writing similar to seal script and official script, and the writing will be hidden when the water is dry. Tayuan Temple is one of the five famous Zen places in Mount Wutai. It was originally the pagoda courtyard of Xiantong Temple. It became a separate temple after the relic pagoda was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. Because there is a big white pagoda in the courtyard, it is named Tayuan Temple. The big white pagoda soars into the sky, soaring high into the sky. Surrounded by the temples of Mount Wutai, it is quite spectacular. People regard it as the symbol of Mount Wutai.

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There are many unique dishes and snacks in Wutai Mountain area, such as rotten rice, oiled yam, sorghum noodles and fish, etc. Although the preparation is simple, It tastes great. In addition, traditional dishes such as sliced ??pork with braised mushrooms, stir-fried Taiwanese mushrooms, and chicken stewed Taiwanese mushrooms are fragrant and not greasy.

Pingyao Wantu is a flavored pasta snack in Pingyao. It was first invented by Dong Xuan, a chef in the Qing Dynasty, and has a history of a hundred years. This snack can be found everywhere in the streets and alleys of the ancient city. Pingyao noodles are a specialty dish of housewives in Pingyao. It has a history of more than 1,000 years. Together with the "mutton and mushroom soup", it has become an authentic delicacy.