We have already visited Jiangsu three times this year and visited five 5A scenic spots. This time, it is a weekend after official business in Shanghai, so we plan to hit two more 5A scenic spots, the Chinese Elk Park in Dafeng, Yancheng City and the Huaguo Mountain Scenic Spot in Lianyungang City.
Typhoon "fireworks" is expected to land on the coast of Zhejiang Province on the 25th, is expected to have a relatively large impact on the Shanghai Municipality, when the Shanghai will have heavy rain or heavy rain, we booked the afternoon of the 25th flights have been canceled, so we were forced to change the itinerary. The original plan was to visit Huaguo Mountain in Lianyungang on the 24th and then return to visit the Chinese Elk Park. But because of the change of schedule, we changed to visit the Chinese Elk Park first.
DAY1
At 10:30am on July 24th, we took the high-speed train to Yancheng Station, and then went to the Chinese Elk Park 92 kilometers away.
The predecessor of Chinese Elk Park is Jiangsu Dafeng Elk National Nature Reserve, which is located in Jiangsu along the Yellow Sea mudflats, is the largest wetland in the East of Asia, and is also the semi-primitive wetland with the best environment protection for the paleontology on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, and it has been listed in the list of Wetlands of International Importance by the United Nations as a permanent protection site. With a total area of 78,000 hectares, the Chinese Elk Park is the only national 5A-level tourist attraction in the world with the theme of "wetland ecology and protection of elk", and it is also the largest wild elk park in the world with the largest area and the largest number of populations. Talking about the origin of the Chinese Elk Park, from the 1960s, in Yancheng Dafeng District, the new Mission, Dalong, three Wei, Liuzhuang and other places there are elk antlers and fossilized elk bones unearthed from historical documents and unearthed artifacts and other aspects are fully proved that Dafeng was once the hometown of the elk. Accordingly, approved by the State Council, the Ministry of Forestry and Jiangsu Province in Yancheng Dafeng started to build the elk reserve. 39 elk were introduced from the United Kingdom in August 1986, and then started to breed, during which field stocking was also synchronized, and now it has been developed to a total of about 6,000 heads, of which the wild elk population reaches 1,350, and has become the largest gene pool of the elk in the world. In addition to the elk in the Elk Park also inhabited by Danding Crane, Oriental White Stork, white-tailed sea eagle, tooth deer, leopard cat and other more than 400 animal families, growing nearly 500 kinds of seashore plants, is a natural seaside museum of flora and fauna.
The entrance fee for the Elk Garden is 45 RMB. After entering the scenic spot, the building on the left side of the entrance is the Yancheng Yellow Sea Wetland Natural Heritage Exhibition Center. Inside the exhibition hall, through the introduction of the formation of Yancheng wetlands, species protection, ecological research and other aspects of knowledge, to promote knowledge of wildlife protection into the public, to guide everyone to establish respect for nature, adapt to nature, protect nature, the concept of ecological civilization. In the hall of the exhibition center is a simulated wetland sand table model, which brightens up the eyes of the tourists: flocks of elk are relaxing in the grass, snow-white herons are pecking insects around them, long-necked herons are waiting for fish at the edge of the gurgling water, thin and tall-legged grey-headed wheatears are dancing in the saline and alkaline land, and gray rabbits and brown weasels are often weaving in and out of wolverine grass without any notice. ......
After visiting the exhibition center, we started the scenic tour. Chinese Elk Park by the "elk viewing area", "natural ecological area" and "elk cultural area" composed of three major parks, patriotic tours, science tours, cultural tours, ecological tours throughout the scenic area. The tour can be done by boat, or by the sea, or by the river. You can take a boat, a car, or rent a bicycle. Sightseeing bus ticket 15 yuan, 35 yuan by boat, rental bicycle 30 yuan. When we saw the boat traveling slowly on the lake in the distance, we were afraid that we didn't have enough time, so we chose the sightseeing bus tour. It was only after we passed through that we felt that choosing the boat ride was the best option. Because the car and the boat can visit the "natural ecological zone", you can watch the free-range elk up close, the boat ride time, while the car is like a dragonfly pointing at the water is quickly over.
Ride into the free-range area, it did not take long to see the far shore of the lake there are a few static elk, we thought it was a specimen model, but the tour bus approaching, they are moving. Sightseeing car along the winding scenic road ahead, every lake shore, every empty field, there are herds of elk resting, foraging or walking, but the largest herd is only 50 heads. We had in April in Taizhou Qinhu Wetland Park to see a large number of elk, the scene and the scale is much more spectacular than here. And sightseeing bus driver said, sightseeing bus driver quite unconvinced, until he saw the photos, he is still proud to introduce us, no matter how many elk elsewhere, are from the Dafeng Elk Park allocated to the past, where the elk accounted for the world's 40%, accounting for 60% of China's. The free-ranging area is small, with only 50 head of elk. The free-range area is not large, it took only ten minutes to finish the tour, into the viewing area. In order to protect the elk, the scenic area is separated from the free-range area by a moving gate. The viewing area of the elk are stocked in a place of wire mesh fences constructed in the middle of the day, most of the elk are lying down to rest, only a few voracious elk through the fence to interact with tourists, greedily grabbing the carrots in the hands of tourists special feeding.
Swimming through the Deer Viewing Platform, Fengshen Platform, Taigong Pavilion, Immortal Bridge and other landscapes, viewing the parrot garden, peacock garden and crane garden, we came to the elk cultural garden, a detailed understanding of the historical origins of the elk. The Cultural Park introduces and expresses the development and protection of elk in our country in various forms such as sculptures, stone carvings and petroglyphs. The elk is a mammal of even-toed hoofed order, deer family, elk genus, is a rare animal in the world, belongs to deer family. Because it has a head and face like a horse, horns like a deer, hooves like a cow and tail like a donkey, it gets the name of four unlike. Elk in the world is mainly distributed in Asia, Europe, North America and other five continents in 23 countries, *** there are 209 feeding sites, to China, Britain, the United States to feed the largest number. China's elk population accounts for 60% of the world's total and is the country with the largest number of elk in the world. China's elk are distributed in 18 provinces and cities, *** there are 56 rearing sites. Among them, Dafeng in Jiangsu Province, Shishou in Hubei Province and Nanhaizi in Beijing are the most numerous, with Dafeng elk accounting for 60% of the national total. It all started with the 39 elk transported back from Britain on August 13, 1986, and after more than three decades of development and protection, the elk were able to return to their homeland to flourish, and eventually flourished in our country, making our country once again the largest elk-owning country after the disappearance of the elk. This is our country attaches importance to the protection of natural ecology, exhaust all means to rescue endangered species of plants and animals of the natural results, is the fear of nature, the fear of life's most real embodiment.
It took about 3 hours, we ended the scenic tour. Out of the scenic area, found that the scenic area opposite the gate is a water surface, the name is "Juxian Lake", the lake on a small island of lush greenery, lake reflection, a white fairy sculpture stands in the center of the island, the lake on the grass, there are actually a few elk in the head down to forage for food, there are elk in the head up to look at the forest, and then to the distance to see a lot of free-range The elk are also in the woods, and there are a lot of loose elk in the woods. It seems that the rare elk here has been commonplace, not surprising, they have become a natural ecology of Dafeng, has become a beautiful Dafeng business card.
16:10 return to Yancheng, take the high-speed train to Lianyungang, tomorrow visit Huaguo Mountain scenic spot.
DAY2
Since the return flight was canceled, we adjusted our itinerary in order to return to Yinchuan on the same day. The only city close to Shanghai that has a return flight in the evening is Huai'an, so we decided to return from Huai'an. This gave us a lot of time for the return trip and added another city to the itinerary. We visited Huaian in April, once visited the Zhou / General / Premier's residence, but because of the time relationship, the same Zhou / General / Premier's residence of the scenic area of the ancient town under the river has not been visited, this time to visit Huaian, just to make up for the lack of this time, is not to say that!
July 25th morning 8:20 to go to the scenic area, along the way to enjoy the Lianyungang Haizhou District of the city appearance. Just see the city blue sky and white clouds, fresh air; high-rise buildings, lined up; wide streets, clean and orderly; flowers and willows, green and beautiful; the city is just like, extraordinary temperament. Lianyungang as a city in northern Jiangsu, the economic strength is far less than the Su, tin, Chang, Nantong and other places, but despite this, there is also such a modern and atmospheric urban construction, such a level in China's prefecture-level cities is also very advanced, so Jiangsu as China's second strongest province of the strength of this can be seen.
Huaguo Mountain Scenic Area is located in Lianyungang City, Haizhou District, South Yuntai Mountain in the foothills. Lianyungang City is located in the center of China's 10,000-mile sea border, the northeast of Jiangsu Province, east of the Yellow Sea, west of the Central Plains, north of Qilu, south of the Yangtze River and Huaihuai, and Japan and the Korean Peninsula across the sea. Lianyungang was called Haizhou in ancient times, east of Haizhou Bay, the Longhai Railway "sea" and the Huaihai Campaign "sea" are from here. Huaguo Mountain has a scenic area of 75.39 square kilometers and 136 peaks. Huaguo Mountain is famous for the classical masterpiece "Journey to the West", which is known both at home and abroad. Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties have built temples and towers here, thousands of years of ancient buildings, ancient ruins, ancient stone carvings, and generations of writers and ink masters of the travel trail handwriting all over the mountain.
We arrived at the scenic spot about 8:30, the scenic spot peak season ticket 90 yuan. Before reading the guide, most of the netizens suggest that from the entrance to take the sightseeing bus straight to the peak of the Jade Maiden Peak, and then walk down the mountain. We bought a ticket to the top of the mountain, and took the tour bus to the peak parking lot in about 15 minutes. The most eye-catching sight at the top is the bronze statue of the auspicious Jade Maiden, which is also the elevation measurement point of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, indicating that the elevation here is 624.4 meters above sea level. This height is naturally not worth mentioning for some famous mountains, but for Jiangsu Province, it is extraordinary. To the left of the statue of the Jade Lady, there is a stone inscription that reads "The highest peak in Jiangsu", proving the uniqueness of this place. The so-called summit is only a few meters high and looks like a pile of jagged stones piled up to create a fake mountain, but despite this, many tourists are excited to climb to the top to get a glimpse of the surrounding Lianyungang cityscape. Looking down from the Jade Lady Peak, the infinite scenery of Huaguo Mountain can be seen. The vast green fields in the distance are like a painting carpet stretching to the sky, and the buildings in the near distance are scattered, highlighting the modern atmosphere of the city. Peak side of the cliff, there is a stone such as a falcon protruding, the guide colorfully introduced that this is the year Sun / Monkey / Monkey out of the stone that stone, causing a group of tourists laughed. The right side of the peak of the peak is also crowded, the cliff "remote town of Hongliu" cliff carving is clearly visible, which is the Kangxi / Emperor / Emperor's royal pen personally inscribed, said to be an expression of reverence for the gods of Mount Huaguo.
Visiting the Jade Peak, we went downhill towards the Waterfall Cave, where there is a zip line leading to the Waterfall Cave, which we were not interested in, and the zip line is currently out of service, so we had to walk down the mountain. After passing the Great Sage's hometown and the Jade Emperor Pavilion, roadside vendors were hawking bags of monkey food, saying that there were wild monkeys right below. After turning a few corners, we saw a group of tourists stopping to watch a macaque in a tree on the roadside, and there were groups of small macaques on the hillside on the left, and the tourists were ready to take out the food to feed the monkeys, and the monkeys did not have any problem scrambling to grab their hands and then climbing up to the top of the tree to enjoy themselves, and this kind of harmony between humans and animals is a very interesting scene is very healing.
The Waterfall Cave is the most desirable place for tourists, and it is said that Wu Cheng/En was inspired by the Waterfall Cave, which gave early Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West" a place for very rich mythological activities. Earlier this month, I visited Mount Suishang in Suiping, Henan Province. Legend has it that Wu Cheng'en was inspired by the strange rocks and scenery of Mount Suishang to create Journey to the West, and that the filming of Journey to the West took place there in 1986. But the Waterfall Cave here is more suitable for the story of the Journey to the West, and Wu / Cheng / En's hometown is more than 140 kilometers away from Lianyungang, Huai'an, on this point, the birthplace of the Journey to the West is more apt in Lianyungang. There are many Waterfall Caves all over the country, but all of them were named after the popularity of Journey to the West, only the Waterfall Cave here existed before the popularity of Journey to the West. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Chaorui, a native of Haizhou, wrote a monument for the ancient temple of Sanyuan Palace, recording that the Waterfall Cave was a must-visit place for tourists. Water Curtain Cave is a natural fissure cave with an artificial tunnel leading to a lower platform. There are many precious inscriptions in front of the cave door. "Yinxin Shi House" is the Qing Dynasty Dao/Kuang/Emperor's handwriting, given to the Crown Prince Shao Bao, Secretary of the Ministry of War, Governor of the Two Rivers Tao/shu. 1832 Tao/shu was ordered to come to Haizhou to reform the salt policy, the results are outstanding, so that the Qing Dynasty treasury to turn the deficit into a surplus, the emergence of the situation of a short period of prosperity, so the Emperor/Emperor to give him the honor of the name of the room of his own book. Three years later, Tao / Shu and the identity of the Minister again to Haizhou to inspect the effectiveness of salt reform, and initiated the repair work of the temple on Yuntai Mountain, large-scale construction, so that this area of the landscape suddenly a new look. In order to commemorate his achievements, the local people will be the imperial script "seal heart stone house" engraved in the water curtain cave next. Cliff wall "high mountains and flowing water" four big words, was then Haizhou governor Wang / with the inscription, when the Ming / Jia / Jing twenty-three years (1544), when the "Journey to the West" has not been published. "Water Curtain Cave" three words next to the "Spirit Springs" two words are Jia/Qing years governor Shi/Liang Cai's handwriting, "Spirit Springs" refers to the cave that the square well, although the well is not large, but there is always water! The drought does not dry up, folklore says that the eye of the sea leading to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea is referring to it. Water Curtain Cave in the curved, neon flashes, the cave is playing the "Journey to the West" theme song background music, in a platform, someone played Sun Da Sheng in making a variety of monkey king action, but unfortunately there is no group of monkeys in the cave surrounded by the Sun Da Sheng lack of doing the king of the mountain feeling.
From the Waterfall Cave Scenic Area further down is the Sanyuan Palace Scenic Area, which is a famous ancient temple complex with a history of more than 1300 years. The first time I saw this place, I saw the place in the sky, and it was the first time I saw the place in the sky, and it was the first time I saw the place in the sky. A couplet highlights Hua Guo Shan's pride in the origin of the Journey to the West: "A Journey to the West has not taken half a step out of this mountain, and Xuan Zang Dong Chuan is not a novel". Continue down, we have passed through the Duo Bao Buddha Pagoda, Nine Dragons Bridge and other attractions. Nine Dragons Bridge has a sightseeing bus down the mountain, walking down again, there is no more worthy of appreciation of the landscape, so we will take the bus down the mountain until the Huaguo Mountain gate.
Hua Guo Shan tour took 3 hours, out of the scenic area, see the scenic area on the right side of about one kilometer, in the cover of green trees in a gray tower, so they went to take a look. This is where Haiqing Temple is located, also known as the Ashoka Pagoda, the gray tower is the Haiqing Temple Pagoda, also known as the Ashoka Pagoda. According to the introduction, Haiqing Temple Tower is the Northern Song Dynasty / Sheng first year built, nearly a thousand years ago, it is the earliest in northern Jiangsu is also the highest of an ancient tower. Haiqing Temple Pagoda has survived for thousands of years, from the site selection to the foundation, the design and construction of the tower, have adopted many scientific methods that can still be drawn on today. After touring the Haiqing Temple compound and the Haiqing Temple Pagoda, what made us different is that the Haiqing Temple Pagoda has a stone tablet set on top of the pagoda body, which was actually made by the Lianyungang Revolutionary/Commission in 1976, which is something we have not seen in our many years of traveling. The inscription says: Ashoka Pagoda is a product of Buddhism, which was used by the feudal ruling class to propagate feudal superstition in an attempt to consolidate their reactionary rule. But as an architectural art, it also reflects the outstanding creative talent of our ancient working people. In accordance with the teachings of Mao / Lord / President "ancient for modern use", it will be classified as a first-class cultural relics and implementation of the protection of the clouds ....... Ten years of havoc, in the north of the rebels recklessly destroyed a large number of ancient buildings and cultural relics, at the same time, the south of Jiangsu is the opposite way, with a different way to protect the cultural relics and ancient buildings, the same is the Mao / President / President of the guidance of the idea, the application of the results are very different. Thinking about the current as well as the past, the economic development of the southern provinces are far more than the north, which is not unrelated to the southern people's thinking ahead of time, thinking alive.
12:30, we ended the trip and took the high-speed train to Huai'an to visit the Hexia Ancient Town.
The ancient town under the river was once known as "Beichen Town", is located in the Huai'an District, Huai'an City, under the river street territory, belongs to the Zhou Enlai hometown scenic spot one. The ancient town was shaped at the end of the Spring and Autumn period, about 2,500 years ago, the Ming and Qing dynasties here have been 67 jinshi, 123 lifts, 12 hanlin, known as the "three Dingjia complete" said.
Internet car directly to us to the "Millennium Ancient Town of Heshita" at the plaque, when the day started to rain, in the rain, we along the uneven stone road into the ancient town of Huchi Street. Street slate is greenish-brown, some are yellowish-brown, slate after thousands of years of polishing, most of the formation of a smooth state of undulation, and some show traces of mottled, these are witness to the vicissitudes of the town's historical changes. Ancient streets on both sides of the stores, residential two or three-story houses, green-gray brick walls, front porch columns standing, roof tiles into a ridge, full of ancient flavor. A plant of roller blossoms along the walls climbing upward, in the high places full of orange-yellow colorful flowers.
We first went to visit the former residence of Wu / Cheng / En, which is an independent 4A scenic spot and requires a ticket to visit. In front of the former residence is a square, the periphery is a lotus field pond, pond side of a group of Journey to the West stone statues of Wu / Cheng / En and the Tang Monk master and disciples all four, the image is very evocative. Into the former residence, which is a low-key quiet courtyard, most of the courtyard is a three-room green brick house, Wu / Cheng / En housing, kitchen, Wu / Cheng / En birthplace is located in the center of the courtyard, which should be Wu / Cheng / En parents' residence. It is said that Wu / Cheng / En's father Wu Rui in Wu Cheng En's early childhood often told him all kinds of stories of gods and demons, which should be the achievement of Wu / Cheng / En generation of literary great fundamental reasons. Wu / Cheng / En birthplace is behind the compound's back garden - Woo Garden, although the garden is not large, but the garden rockery landscape, pavilions and water pavilions are all full of Jiangnan garden features. The former residence opened up the "Wu / Cheng / En Biography Museum", "Xuanzang Pavilion", "Monkey King Family Art Museum", "six / small / Ling / child studio", etc., around the "Journey to the West" to do a full article. After visiting the former residence of Wu / Cheng / En, we returned to the direction of the ancient town. On the way to meet another attraction - "Shen / Kun / Scholar House", here is also a fee to visit the attractions, but because of the rain staff are not on duty, we also directly into the visit. Shen/Kun ancestral home in Kunshan, born in Ming Zheng/De two years (1531), is Jia/Jing ten years, Jia/Jing twenty years of the Scholar, but also the first Huai'an examination of the Scholar. In 1531, he was the first scholar in Huai'an, and in 1531, he was the first scholar in Huai'an to take the imperial examination. In 1531, he was the first scholar in Huai'an, and in 1531, he was the first scholar in Huai'an to take the imperial examination. In 1531, he was the first scholar in Huai'an to take the imperial examination. Compared with the former residence of Wu Cheng/En, the Scholar's Mansion fully demonstrates the luxury and grandeur of government officials' residences at that time. The house is tall and imposing, and the garden is exquisite and magnificent, fully reflecting the achievements of the Ming Dynasty in the art of gardening. After visiting the Scholar's Mansion, we went back to the ancient town of Huchi Street, walking not far, we came across Wu/Ju/Tong Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum, which is also a famous attraction of the ancient town, but unfortunately, the door is now closed, can not visit. It is understood that Wu/Ju/Tong is a famous medical doctor in the Qing Dynasty, he was all focused on Chinese medicine, hanging pots to help the world, highly respected and accomplished, leaving a lot of valuable traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for future generations.
Steps out of the mouth of the lake street, we pick up the stairs, came to the ancient town outside the Li Canal embankment. Standing on the river embankment looking back at the ancient town, that a street and an alley, a plaque and a door are showing us the past prosperity of the ancient town under the river and the bright culture. Hexia Ancient Town is an important distribution center for materials from north and south as early as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties due to the rise of waterway and salt transportation, and it is very prosperous with a large number of merchants and traders. "Ten miles of vermilion flags on both sides of the boat, late at night singing and dancing a few times to rest, Yangzhou thousands of years of prosperity, moved in the mouth of the West Lake on the head." It is a true portrayal of the prosperity of the ancient town back then. Now the ancient town under the river and because of its long history, heavy culture and the government's protection and development, once again bloomed out of the past style.
After the tour of Hexia Ancient Town, that is the end of this Jiangsu card tour, the evening 19:25 flight back to Yinchuan.
The flight back to Yinchuan will be at 19:25 in the evening.