When I first came to Yangzhou, I had a feeling that there were places around here where I bathed my feet, and many tourists from outside the city who didn't know thought they had come to Dongguan. In fact, as an intangible cultural heritage of Yangzhou, foot bathing is different from foot bathing centers across the country, and Yangzhou's foot bathing is a big deal.
Many people do not know, Yangzhou craftsmen have "three knives", which pedicure knife is a tool for many craftsmen to eat, Yangzhou people love to bathe, very know how to take a bath, whenever they get up in the morning, the old Yangzhou people will gather friends to come to the tea house to eat breakfast, at night will find a bathing center to bathe their feet, I have to say that Yangzhou people will really enjoy life.
Yangzhou as a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, here not only many historical and cultural attractions, but also by outsiders known as the world's capital of gastronomy and the world canal capital, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the oldest canal in China, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Yangzhou is the most ancient section is the ancient Hangou Old Road here, here is the predecessor of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Although the ancient Hangou Ancient Road is only 1.45 kilometers long, but this section of the canal is the oldest section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, as the earliest artificial river channel established in Yangzhou area, the Ancient Hangou Ancient Road has a history of more than 2100 years, so far, it is still preserved, it is not easy.
Walking from the ancient Hangou Old Road, you will come to Yangzhou Dongguan Street, which is the most ancient historical street in Yangzhou. Dongguan Street is about 1.122 kilometers long, and it is home to many of Yangzhou's ancient buildings and the country's first cosmetics company.
Come to Yangzhou Dongguan Street this ancient city block, where shops are lined up, century-old shops can be seen everywhere, here not only has a lot of food, to Yangzhou's most famous place to eat morning tea - Fuchun She, where many people line up here every day to eat breakfast.
Ordered Yangzhou morning ten refreshment features: three bun oil and not greasy, thousand layers of oil cake feel general, double hemp shortbread taste is better, jade roast taste is more novel, crab yellow steamed dumplings and crab yellow soup bun is good, full of beautiful crab yellow flavor, in addition, Yangzhou fried rice, hot dried silk and osmanthus glutinous rice root is also a good choice, Yangzhou's food is numerous, spend a few days can not eat Yangzhou's breakfast, Yangzhou is worthy of being the capital of food.
Yangzhou Dongguan Street also has China's first makeup company Xie FuChun xiang powder shop, Pan Guanghe hardware store, Xia Guangsheng tofu shop and Chen Tongxing shoes and Simei sauce garden, which are the memories of the older generation of Yangzhou people. Coming to Yangzhou Dongguan Street, this ancient city block also has the national key cultural protection sites, the earliest garden garden in Yangzhou, and the earliest academies founded in Yangzhou: Guangling Academy and Anding College and Yidong Xuetang, all of which are not to be missed in Yangzhou Dongguan Street.
Located in the northeast corner of the ancient city of Yangzhou, as one of the four famous gardens in China, this private garden of the Yangzhou salt merchant's mansion in the Qing Dynasty has always been the benchmark of Yangzhou salt merchants' architecture. The gardens here are full of green bamboo, and the rockeries here are also very unique, which is worth seeing.
Overall, Yangzhou is still very worth coming, here not only has beautiful scenery, but also has a lot of food, if you are tired of shopping in Yangzhou, you can also enjoy the local intangible culture of the foot bath, to bring you a different enjoyment of your journey.