Punch Jiangsu

2021July 23-25, Jiangsu two-day punch-in tour.

I have been to Jiangsu three times this year and five five-year scenic spots. It is the weekend after the official business in Shanghai, and it is planned to punch in two 5-year scenic spots, namely, Zhonghua Elk Garden in Dafeng, Yancheng and Huaguoshan Scenic Spot in Lianyungang.

Typhoon Fireworks is expected to land on the coast of Zhejiang Province on the 25th, and it is expected to have a great impact on Shanghai. There will be heavy rain or rainstorm in Shanghai at that time, and our scheduled flight on the afternoon of the 25th has been cancelled, forcing us to change our itinerary. Originally planned to visit Lianyungang Guo Hua on 24th, and then return to visit China Elk Garden. However, due to the change of itinerary, we changed to visit the Chinese Elk Garden first.

Day 1 day

On the morning of July 24th 10: 30, take the high-speed train to Yancheng Station, and take the bus directly to Zhonghua Elk Garden, 92km away.

China Elk Garden, formerly known as Jiangsu Dafeng Elk National Nature Reserve, is located along the Yellow Sea coast of Jiangsu Province. It is the largest wetland in eastern Asia and the semi-primitive wetland with the best paleontological environment protection on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. It is listed in the list of internationally important wetlands by the United Nations as a permanent protection site. With a total area of 78,000 hectares, China Elk Park is the only national 5A scenic spot with the theme of "Wetland Ecology and Elk Protection" in the world, and it is also the largest wild elk park with the largest population in the world. Speaking of the origin of China Elk Garden, it can be traced back to the 1960s. Elk horns and bones have been unearthed in Xintuan, Dalong, Sanwei and Liu Zhuang in Dafeng District, Yancheng. Historical documents and unearthed cultural relics fully prove that Dafeng was once the hometown of elk. Accordingly, with the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Forestry and Jiangsu Province set out to establish an elk reserve in Dafeng, Yancheng. 1986 After 39 elk were introduced from England in August, they began to breed in the wild, and at the same time they were farmed in the wild. Up to now, the total number of elk has grown to more than 6,000, including 1350 in the wild, which is the largest gene bank of elk in the world. In addition to elk, there are more than 400 animal families living in Elk Garden, including red-crowned cranes, oriental storks, white-tailed sea eagles, roe deer and leopard cats, and nearly 500 coastal plants. It is a natural seaside animal and plant museum.

After entering the scenic spot, the building on the left side of the entrance is Yancheng Yellow Sea Wetland Natural Heritage Exhibition Center. By introducing the formation, species protection and ecological research of Yancheng wetland, the exhibition hall publicizes the knowledge of wildlife protection to the public and guides everyone to establish the concept of ecological civilization of respecting nature, adapting to nature and protecting nature. The hall of the exhibition center is a simulated wetland sand table model, which makes visitors shine: herds of elk lie leisurely on the grass, snow-white herons are constantly pecking at the insects around them, herons with long necks are quietly waiting for fish by the gurgling water, gray-headed chickens with thin legs are dancing on the saline-alkali land, and gray rabbits and brown weasels often wander through the wolf-tailed grass inadvertently. ......

After visiting the exhibition center, we began to visit the scenic spots. China Elk Garden consists of three parks: Elk Appreciation Zone, Natural Ecological Zone and Elk Culture Zone. Patriotic tour, popular science tour, cultural tour and ecological tour run through the whole scenic spot. You can visit by boat, by bus or by renting a bicycle. Sightseeing tickets 15 yuan, 35 yuan by boat, 30 yuan by bicycle. Seeing the distant cruise ship moving slowly on the lake, I was afraid that we didn't have enough time, so we chose to visit sightseeing bus. After that, I felt that choosing a cruise was the most suitable. Because you can visit the "natural ecological zone" by car and boat, you can watch the free-range elk at close range, and the boat time is abundant, and the car will soon end like a dragonfly.

After entering the free-range area by car, we saw several elk standing motionless on the shore of the lake in the distance. We thought it was a specimen model, but when sightseeing bus approached, they all moved. Sightseeing bus travels along the winding scenic road. There are groups of elk resting, foraging or walking in every lakeshore and open field, but the largest group is only 50. In April, we saw a lot of elk in Qinhu Wetland Park in Taizhou, and the scene and scale were much more spectacular than here. After talking to the driver in sightseeing bus, the driver in sightseeing bus was quite unconvinced. Until he showed him the photos, he proudly told us that no matter how many elk there are in other places, they were transferred from Dafeng Elk Garden, where elk account for 40% of the world and 60% of China. The free-range area is not large, and it takes only ten minutes to enter the viewing area after the tour. In order to protect the elk, the scenic spot is isolated from the free-range area with movable doors. The elk in the viewing area are kept in a fence built of barbed wire. At noon, most of the elk are resting, only a few greedy elk interact with tourists through the fence and greedily grab the carrots specially fed by tourists.

After visiting the deer viewing platform, worship platform, Taigong Pavilion, Xianren Bridge and other landscapes, I visited the Parrot Garden, Peacock Garden and Crane Garden. We came to the Elk Cultural Park to learn more about the historical origin of the Elk. Cultural Park introduces and expresses the development and protection of elk in China in various forms such as sculpture, stone carving and rock painting. Elk is a mammal of Artiodactyla, Cervidae and Elucidae. It is a rare animal in the world and belongs to Cervidae. Because its head and face are like horses, its horns are like deer, its hoofs are like cows, and its tail is like donkeys, so its name is four unlike. Elk are mainly distributed in 23 countries in five continents, including Asia, Europe and North America. There are 209 feeding sites, with the largest number in China, Britain and the United States. China has the largest number of elk in the world, accounting for 60% of the world. China elk are distributed in 18 provinces and cities, and there are 56 feeding points in * * *. Among them, Dafeng in Jiangsu, Shishou in Hubei and Nanhaizi in Beijing account for the most, and Dafeng Elk accounts for 60% of the national total. It all comes from139 elk shipped back from England on August 3rd, 986. After more than 30 years' development and protection, the elk have been able to return to their hometown to breed, and finally to breed in China, making China once again the largest elk-owning country after their disappearance. This is the natural result of China's emphasis on natural ecological protection and its efforts to rescue endangered animal and plant species. It is the truest embodiment of reverence for nature and life.

It took about three hours, and we ended our tour of the scenic spot. Out of the scenic spot, I found a water surface opposite the gate of the scenic spot, called Juxian Lake. The island in the lake is lush with green trees and reflected by the lake light. A white fairy sculpture stands in the center of the island. On the grass near the lake, there are actually several elk looking down for food, and some elk are looking up. Looking further away, there are many free-range elk in the Woods. It seems that rare elk are common here. They have become a natural ecology of Dafeng and a beautiful business card of Dafeng.

16: 10 Return to Yancheng, take the high-speed train to Lianyungang, and visit Huaguoshan Scenic Area tomorrow.

the next day

Because the return flight was cancelled, we adjusted our itinerary in order to return to Yinchuan that day. Only Huai 'an, a city near Shanghai, has a return flight in the evening, so we decided to return from Huai 'an. In this way, the time to come back is much more free, and there is another city for the trip. When we went to Huai 'an in April, we visited Zhou/Zong/Li's former residence, but because of time, we didn't visit the ancient town where Zhou/Zong/Li's former residence belonged. Coming to Huai' an again this time just made up for this shortcoming, not bad!

Depart for the scenic spot at 8: 20 am on July 25th, and enjoy the city appearance of Haizhou District in Lianyungang along the way. I saw blue sky and white clouds in the urban area, and the air was fresh; High-rise buildings, row upon row; The streets are wide, clean and orderly; The flowers are red and green, and the greening is beautiful; Urban construction is extraordinary and outstanding. As a city in northern Jiangsu, Lianyungang's economic strength is far less than that of Wuxi, Changzhou, Nantong and other places in Jiangsu. Nevertheless, it also has such modern and atmospheric urban construction, and this level is also very advanced among the prefecture-level cities in China. Therefore, the strength of Jiangsu as the second strong province in China can be seen from this.

Huaguoshan Scenic Area is located at the southern foot of Nanyun Mountain in Haizhou District, Lianyungang City. Lianyungang is located in the middle of Wan Li, in the northeast of Jiangsu Province, bordering the Yellow Sea in the east, the Central Plains in the west, Qilu in the north, Jianghuai in the south, and facing Japan and the Korean Peninsula across the sea. Lianyungang was called Haizhou in ancient times, with Haizhou Bay in the east. The "sea" of the Longhai Railway and the "sea" of the Huaihai Campaign all came from here. Huaguoshan Scenic Area covers an area of 75.39 square kilometers, with 36 peaks/kloc-0. Huaguoshan is famous at home and abroad for its classic The Journey to the West. During the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, temples and towers were built here successively. Thousands of years of ancient buildings, ancient ruins, ancient stone carvings and wandering handwriting of literati in previous dynasties are everywhere.

We will arrive at the scenic spot around 8: 30, and get tickets to 90 yuan in the peak season. After reading the previous raiders, most netizens suggested taking sightseeing bus from the entrance to the top of Yunu Mountain, and then walking down the mountain. We bought tickets for going up the mountain, and it took us about 15 minutes to get to the peak parking lot by sightseeing bus. The most striking sight of the peak is the bronze statue of auspicious jade girl, which is also the elevation measuring point of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, indicating that the elevation here is 624.4 meters. This height is not worth mentioning for some famous mountains, but it is extraordinary for Jiangsu Province. On the left side of the statue of Jade Girl, there is a stone carving that says "the highest peak in Jiangsu", which proves the uniqueness here. Climb the stairs, pass the Sakura Pavilion, and you can reach Yunv Mountain in just a few dozen steps. The so-called peak here is only a few meters high, like a rockery made of a pile of uneven stones. Nevertheless, many tourists climbed to the top with great interest and caught a glimpse of the surrounding city of Lianyungang. Looking down from the Jade Girl Mountain, you can see the infinite scenery of Guo Hua. The vast green fields in the distance, like a painting carpet, extend to the sky, and nearby buildings are dotted, showing the modern atmosphere of the city. On the cliff on one side of the summit, there is a stone protruding like an eagle. The tour guide vividly introduced that this was the stone that Sun/Wu/Kong jumped out of, which attracted a group of tourists to burst into laughter. The top of the mountain on the right side is also crowded with tourists, and the stone carving of "Yao Zhen Torrent" on the cliff is clearly visible. This is the imperial pen of Kang, Huang and Di, which is said to express the admiration for the gods of Huaguoshan.

After visiting the Jade Girl Mountain, we went down to water curtain cave, where there is a zip line leading to water curtain cave. We are not interested, and the ropeway is out of service at present, so we have to walk down the mountain. After the Great Sage's hometown, Jade Emperor Pavilion, roadside vendors peddled bagged monkey food, saying that there were wild monkeys below. After several turns, you can see a group of tourists stopping to look at a macaque in a tree by the roadside. On the left hillside, there are groups of little macaques. The tourists take out the prepared food and feed it. The monkeys also fought unceremoniously, and then climbed to the top of the tree to enjoy themselves. This interesting scene where people live in harmony with animals is very healing.

Water curtain cave is the most desirable place for tourists. It is said that Wu/Cheng/En was inspired by this water curtain cave, and this water curtain cave provided a very mythical venue for an early Sun/Wu/Kong in The Journey to the West. At the beginning of this month, I just went to Chaya Mountain in Suiping, Henan Province. It is said that Wu Cheng'en was inspired by the grotesque rocks on Mount Yi and created The Journey to the West, where The Journey to the West shot 1986. But water curtain cave here is more suitable for the story of Journey to the West, and Wu/Cheng/En's hometown is Huai 'an, which is more than 40 kilometers away from Lianyungang/Kloc-0. In this regard, Lianyungang is the birthplace of The Journey to the West. There are many water curtain cave all over the country, but they are all named after the popularity of The Journey to the West. Before The Journey to the West became popular, only water curtain cave existed here. Zhang/Chao/Rui, a native of Haizhou in Ming Dynasty, wrote an inscription for Sanyuangong Ancient Temple, recording that water curtain cave is a must-see place for pilgrims. Water curtain cave is a natural fractured cave with an artificial tunnel leading to a lower platform. There are many precious inscriptions in front of the cave. The Buried Stone House was written by Daoguang/Emperor/Emperor in Qing Dynasty, and presented to Prince Shaobao, Minister of War and Governor of Liangjiang, Tao Shu. 1832, Tao/Shu was ordered to come to Haizhou to reform the salt policy, and achieved outstanding results, which turned the Qing court's treasury into a profit, and there was a short-term resurgence, so the emperor/emperor named him the honor of pro-treasury title. Three years later, Tao/Shu once again came to Haizhou as an imperial envoy to inspect the effect of salt policy reform, and started the repair work of Yuntai Mountain Temple, which made the scenic spots in this area suddenly look brand-new. In order to commemorate his achievements, the local people carved the imperial book "Buried Stone House" next to water curtain cave. The four characters of "high mountains and flowing water" on the cliff were written by Wang/Yuming/Jia/Jing, the ruler of Haizhou at that time, in the twenty-third year (1544), when The Journey to the West had not yet written a book. The word "Lingquan" next to "water curtain cave" was written by Shi/Yu Jiaqing. "Lingquan" refers to the small square well in the cave. Although the well is not big, it has water all the year round. In folklore, the eye of the East China Sea leading to the Dragon Palace refers to it. Water curtain cave is winding and neon-lit, and the background music of the theme song of Journey to the West is playing in the cave. On a platform, someone played Sun doing various the Monkey King moves, but unfortunately there were no monkeys around the cave, which made Sun feel like a mountain king.

Further down from water curtain cave Scenic Area is Sanyuangong Scenic Area, a famous ancient temple complex with a history of 1300 years. According to the examination, as early as thirty years of Wanli in Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yi/Jun/Huang/Emperor awarded it as a famous temple in the world, so the plaque of Sanyuangong was "Sanyuangong for protecting the country". A pair of couplets highlights Huaguoshan's pride in the origin of The Journey to the West: "A journey to the West has not left this mountain for half a step, and the mystery is hidden in the east and is not what the novel says." Continuing down, we passed many pagodas, Kowloon Bridge and other scenic spots. There is sightseeing bus on the Kowloon Bridge. If we go on, there will be no more scenery to enjoy, so we drove to the gate of Huaguoshan.

It took me three hours to visit Guo Hua. When I walked out of the scenic spot, I saw a gray ancient pagoda in the shade of green trees about one kilometer to the right of the scenic spot, so I went to have a look. This is where Christina Temple is located, also known as Ashoka Tower. The gray ancient pagoda is Christina Pagoda, also known as Ashoka Pagoda. According to reports, Christina Temple Pagoda was built in the Northern Song Dynasty and has a history of nearly a thousand years. It is the earliest and tallest ancient pagoda in northern Jiangsu. After thousands of years, Christina Temple Tower has adopted many scientific methods that can still be used for reference from site selection to design and construction of foundation and tower body. After visiting Christina Temple and Christina Temple Tower, what makes us different is that there is a stone tablet embedded in the tower of Christina Temple, which was actually made by Ge/Ming/Wei of Lianyungang in 1976, which we have never seen in many years of travel. The inscription said: Ashoka Tower is a product of Buddhism, and the feudal ruling class used it to publicize feudal superstitions in an attempt to consolidate its reactionary rule. But as an architectural art, it also embodies the outstanding creative ability of the ancient working people in China. According to Mao's teaching of "making the past serve the present", it is listed as a first-class cultural relic to be protected. Ten years of catastrophe, the northern rebels wantonly destroyed a large number of ancient buildings and cultural relics, while Jiangsu in the south did the opposite, protecting cultural relics and ancient buildings in different ways, which was also the guidance of Mao Zedong Thought, but the application results were quite different. At present and in the past, the economic development of southern provinces far exceeds that of the north, which is not unrelated to the advanced thinking and flexible thinking of southerners.

12: 30, we ended our trip and took the high-speed train to Huai 'an to visit the ancient town scenic spot in He Xia.

He Xia Ancient Town, formerly known as "Beichen Town", is located in He Xia Street, Huai 'an District, Huai 'an City, and is one of the scenic spots in Zhou/En/Lai's hometown. The ancient town was formed in the late Spring and Autumn Period with a history of about 2,500 years. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were 67 Jinshi, 65,438+023 Juren and 65,438+02 Hanlin, known as the "Three Ding Jia Quan".

The network car directly took us to the "Millennium Ancient Town under the River" archway. At this time, it began to rain. In the sound of falling rain, we entered Huzui Street in the ancient town along the uneven stone road. Some of the stone slabs in the street are blue-brown and some are yellow-brown. After thousands of years of polishing, most of the stone slabs show a smooth state of ups and downs, while others show mottled traces, all of which witness the vicissitudes of the historical changes of the ancient town. The shops and houses on both sides of the ancient street are mostly two or three-story buildings, with blue-gray ancient brick walls, columns in front of the door and small tile ridges on the roof, which are full of antique charm. Camptotheca acuminata climbed up the wall one by one, and the heights were full of bright orange flowers.

First, we will visit Wu/Cheng/En's former residence, which is an independent scenic spot. We need to buy tickets to visit it. In front of the former residence is a square, surrounded by a lotus leaf field pond. A group of The Journey to the West stone carvings by the pond, including Wu/Cheng/En and Tang Priest, are very vivid. Walking into the former residence, this is a low-key and quiet courtyard. Most of the yard is a three-bedroom blue brick house with Wu/Cheng/En's house and kitchen. Wu/Cheng/En's birthplace is in the middle of the yard, which should be the residence of Wu/Cheng/En's parents. It is said that Wu Cheng'en's father often told him stories about ghosts and gods when he was a child in Wu Cheng'en, which should be the fundamental reason for the success of Wu Cheng'en's generation of literary masters. Behind the birthplace of Wu/Cheng/En is the back garden of the quadrangle-Wu Garden. Although the garden is small, there are all kinds of rockeries, pavilions and waterside pavilions in the garden, which are full of the characteristics of Jiangnan gardens. Wu/Cheng/En's life exhibition hall, Xuanzang Pavilion, the Monkey King Family Art Museum and Six/Little/Times/Children's Studio were opened in the former residence, and articles were written around Journey to the West. After visiting Wu/Cheng/En's former residence, we returned to the direction of the ancient town. On the way, we met another scenic spot-"Shen/Kun/Zhuangyuanfu", which is also a paid tourist attraction, but because the staff was not on duty because of the rain, we went to visit it directly. Shen/Kun, a native of Kunshan, was born in the second year of/Germany (153 1). Jiajing was a juren in ten years, the champion in twenty years of Jiajing, and the first champion in Huai 'an Imperial Examination. In the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing, Shen/Kun went to imperial academy to offer wine and personally organized villagers to fight against the Japanese aggressors. Therefore, there is a "recumbent door" stone tablet in the Champion House. Compared with the former residence of Wu/Cheng/En, the scholar residence fully demonstrated the luxury and style of the official residence at that time. The house is tall, noble and exquisite, which fully embodies the achievements of gardening art in Ming Dynasty. After visiting the Champion House, we returned to Huzui Street in the ancient town. After a short walk, we met Wu/Ju/Tong Chinese Medicine Museum, which is also a famous scenic spot in the ancient town. Unfortunately, now that the door is closed, we can't go. It is understood that Wu/Ju/Tong was a famous physician in Qing Dynasty. He devoted himself to the cause of Chinese medicine, helped the world, was respected and made great achievements, leaving many valuable prescriptions for Chinese medicine for future generations.

Walking out of Huzui Street, we climbed the stairs and came to the bank of the Li Canal outside the ancient town. Standing on the riverbank and looking back at the ancient town, every street, every lane, every plaque and every door is showing us the past prosperity and splendid culture of the ancient town of He Xia. In ancient times, the ancient town of He Xia was prosperous because of water transport and salt transport. As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the ancient town was an important distribution center for north and south materials, and Jiashang Ji Yun was very prosperous. "Li Zhu Qi has a boat on both sides. When will you stop singing and dancing in the middle of the night? The prosperous scene of Yangzhou for thousands of years moved to the mouth of the West Lake. " It is a true portrayal of the bustling scene of the ancient town. Nowadays, the ancient town of He Xia has been protected and developed by the government because of its long history and rich culture, and it has once again shown its former elegance.

Visit Bihexia ancient town, that is, the punching tour in Jiangsu is over, and the flight 19: 25 returns to Yinchuan in the evening.