The cultural history of Zaozhuang

Zaozhuang Overview Zaozhuang is a beautiful, fertile and heroic land. It is located in the south of Shandong Province, bordered by Yimeng Mountain to the east, Weishan Lake to the west, Xuzhou, a cultural resort of the Han Dynasty to the south, and the hometown of Confucius and Mencius to the north. Qufu and Zoucheng. The Taierzhuang section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the south, with a 68.5-kilometer river course and a 35-square-kilometer drainage basin with a history of more than 400 years. It has a total area of ??4,550 square kilometers and a population of 3.6 million. It governs the five districts of Zhong, Xuecheng, Shanting, Yicheng, Taierzhuang and Tengzhou City. Zaozhuang, located on the golden tourism line of "one mountain, one water, two Han Dynasties and three holes", is an emerging tourist city full of vitality and unique charm. It has the boldness of a northern city and the beauty of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is known as the "Pearl of Southern Shandong". It is rich in tourism resources, has numerous scenic spots and cultural relics, and contains profound potential for tourism development. The new tourism image is positioned as "the hometown of the railway guerrillas with beautiful mountains and beautiful waters." Zaozhuang has beautiful mountains and rivers and a beautiful environment. Baodugu National Forest Park, "the best in the world", has beautiful mountains and peaks, lush trees, and a forest coverage rate of 97%. It is a coveted natural ecological oxygen bar; the Guinness World Durian Garden, which was selected as the best in the Guinness Book of Worlds, is surrounded by mountains and rivers. , elegant and beautiful, it is an ecological sightseeing and leisure resort; the majestic ancient canal with a thousand-year history and ancient canal town is rich in style. It is called "the only remaining Qing Dynasty canal cultural heritage of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal" by experts from the World Tourism Organization; the lakes and mountains are beautiful Yanma Lake is one of the top ten reservoirs in Shandong Province and the largest reservoir in Zaozhuang City; the breathtaking Xiong'er Mountain National Geopark was rated as one of the top ten outstanding new attractions in Shandong in 2002; Tengzhou has thousands of hectares of red lotus and hundreds of miles of reed ponds. Weishan Lake Wetland is known as the "No. 1 Wetland in the North of the Yangtze River" and the "Lotus Capital" of China; the Lianqing Mountain, famous for the "wonders of the Dry Sea", is lined with sea-like trees and lined with strange rocks; the 10,000-acre red date orchard, with fragrant flowers and fruits, is It is listed as one of the first batch of national agricultural tourism demonstration sites; Guishan Mountain, with its charming natural scenery, is listed as a provincial geological park. Zaozhuang has beautiful natural landscape, long and splendid history and culture, and many places of interest. This is the hometown of Mozi, the great thinker and scientist in ancient China. Mao Sui, who "self-recommended" and became famous for generations to come, Kuang Heng, the great Confucian scholar and Prime Minister of the Western Han Dynasty who "cut through walls to steal light", Jia Sanjin, the great litterateur of the Ming Dynasty who was "erudite in macro-ci", and other historical celebrities were all nurtured by the beautiful waters of Zaozhuang Lingshan. Outstanding people. The Beixin cultural sites of more than 7,300 years ago, many ancient sites such as the ancient Teng State and the ancient Xue State, the tombs of Mengchangjun and his son Tian Wen, Tian Ying, numerous Han tombs and the tomb of Concubine Quan, the concubine of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, have the best display of Han portrait stones in the country. The Han Dynasty portrait stones are all manifestations of the magical charm that integrates the essence of humanities. Zaozhuang is not only a green eco-tourism destination, but also a hot spot for red tourism. In modern times, there were the Taierzhuang War that shocked the world, the heroes of the Canal Detachment, the glory of the Lunan Campaign, and even the glory of the famous railway guerrillas. Zaozhuang therefore earned the reputation of "the hometown of the railway guerrillas." Today, the railway guerrilla monument and sculptures stand majestically by the beautiful Weishan Lake. The Taierzhuang War Memorial Hall, located on the bank of the picturesque ancient canal, recreates the magnificent scene of the bloody battle of the patriotic soldiers who participated in the Taierzhuang War. In 2005, the Railway Guerrilla Memorial Park and the Taierzhuang War Memorial Site were included in the country's 100 key red tourist attractions. Zaozhuang City, along with Jinggangshan, Xibaipo and Yan'an, were identified by the National Tourism Administration as one of the 20 key red tourist cities in the country. In recent years, Zaozhuang has continuously increased investment in conjunction with the urban economic transformation, focusing on cultivating tourism into a pillar industry, optimizing the tourism environment, accelerating the construction of tourist facilities and scenic spots, and formed the Railway Guerrilla Memorial Park and the Taierzhuang War Memorial Site. Mainly red tourism areas, water-friendly tourism areas mainly including Honghe Wetland, Grand Canal, Canal Ancient Town, and Yanma Lake, and leisure areas mainly including Lianqing Mountain, Baodugu, Xiong'er Mountain, Guishan, and Zhoucun Reservoir. The resort tourism area is an agricultural and ecological tourism area mainly composed of Guanshi Liuyuan Garden, Ten Thousand Mu Zaoyuan Garden, and Hongmen Grape Village. It is mainly composed of the hometown of Mozi, the ancient city of Xue State, the Beixin Cultural Site, Maosui, and the tomb of Mengchangjun. Ancient culture tourism area. On the city's tourist routes, a two-day tour has been formed from the Honghe Wetland along the Grand Canal to Taierzhuang, Guanshi Durian Garden, Railway Guerrilla Memorial Park, and then to Baodugu, Xiong'er Mountain, Lianqing Mountain, and Tengzhou Ancient Culture Tourism Area. loop. The fertile soil of southern Shandong is the root, and the rolling canals are the veins.

The grand scenery of Zaozhuang is so beautiful!