Is there a city that wants you to stop and try to preserve your memories and beauty in the city with pen and ink?
I have lived with my husband in the city of Zhoushan for ten years, and this decade should be the most comfortable, romantic and happy time in my life!
Welcome to listen to our stories and feel the charm of Zhoushan city.
01 Follow your beloved out for the first time
When I was 26 years old, Mr. Chen took me to Zhoushan, a city where he had been working for two years.
At that time, in addition to taking a car to Zhoushan, I also needed a car ferry, and for the first time I followed my beloved person out of the house, everything felt fresh.
Watching the sea, eating seafood, and blowing wind on the bus ferry was the first time for me. When I go out of the house, I have too many dreams and expectations, and what I want most is to live happily with my dear him.
When I put down my luggage and looked at the simple bedroom, I was stunned. To be precise: "The most eye-catching thing in the room is a bed, although it is a little small, but there is at least a place to stay."
In the days since, I've always come back from the street every five to five to fill a two-person home, and from the bedroom to the kitchen, it's quickly refreshed.
The real life begins. Going to work, cooking, relaxing, the same does not fall. It was our second year of marriage and I was cooking in the kitchen and he brought the stir-fried dishes to the table. Two people's fireworks, two people's four seasons and three meals, we are never sloppy.
02 Go for a walk in the waterfront park hand in hand
The happiest times are nights. Two people holding hands and going for a walk in the waterfront park. The seaside park in Dinghai, Zhoushan has so many memories that we all have in common.
The Seaside Park is a small park centered on the port, which is not very large, but it is already a very good place for people who have almost no opportunity to contact the seaside life.
With its high-rise buildings and enchanting lights, adults and children love to come here at night. Here you can watch the mountains, see the sea, watch the big moms dance square dance, watch the children skate, and my favorite thing is to sit on the bench by the sea and watch the stars blow the sea breeze. I stubbornly believe that it should be the most pleasant and romantic time of the day!
I like the city of Zhoushan, not only because it is surrounded by mountains and waters, but also the few parks here, all of which are free to open, so that my heart that loves nature and listens to nature can have a sense of belonging from now on.
In addition to work and chai rice oil and salt, I also have a desire to immerse myself in nature. I like to go to the seaside park to blow the wind, listen to the songs in the sea, I like to go to the sea mountain park to climb, run, experience the moment of climbing to the top of the mountain, I also like to go to changgang mountain forest park, listen to the birdsong in the forest, pick a handful of small wildflowers fragrant in the heart!
Haishan Park is the most popular leisure place in Dinghai District, Zhoushan. In the northern part of the park, there is a trail along the mountain that leads to the top of the mountain. In the early morning and evening, many citizens exercise, climb mountains, dance swords or play ball here.
The square at the main entrance stands the archway of "Haishan Zenghui" inscribed by Guo Moruo, the Zhoushan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery at the foot of the mountain, and the monument at the top of the mountain, which is very majestic.
Everyone who comes to Haishan Park and sees the martyr's monument will have a great respect. It was their bloody struggle that bought the peaceful life of the people living in the land of Zhoushan.
03 Get used to going to the bookstore after work to kill time
Many people like to catch up on dramas, dinner or shop outside of work, but I like to spend an afternoon in a corner of the bookstore.
Where I work, less than five minutes' walk is Xinhua Bookstore. Often after work, I am not in a hurry to buy vegetables, nor am I in a hurry to go home, I always have to come here to read a book to go back with peace of mind.
There are many people who share the same hobbies as me, because every time I go to the bookstore, the people who are buried in the books are indulging in the books in their hands and ignoring the hustle and bustle around them.
There are also times when I forget the time, Mr. Chen occasionally passes by, and he will go to the bookstore to flip through the books for a while, and then accompany me on foot home.
Books are essential spiritual food in my world! You can visit the street one less time, you can buy one less piece of clothing, but you can't stop reading.
04 Walk to work every day
There is also a place in Zhoushan that I must go to every day. Dinghai's old street, because of the relationship between work, I shuttle on this road every day. Walk to and from work, one is to enjoy the scenery of the small town, and the other is to exercise. This habit has been maintained here for many years!
Every morning from the Great Wall Garden, cross the avenue, pass the vegetable market, and enter the old street with the morning light. Step on the clean and smooth bluestone pavement, walk through several alleys and alleys, and see the ancient buildings with wooden walls and green tiles, as if you are in the ancient city of the island a thousand years ago.
Every time I walk in this quaint alley, I always slow down, admire the flowers and plants along the way, and savor every small shop. The small shops here are also very distinctive, each of which is exquisitely crafted. Cheongsam, hairpins, jade bracelets, red ropes, silk scarves, hanging ornaments, all available!
The little shop I was in was a pastry house, and the exterior of the room was still antique, but the inside had long since changed. The owner is an Anhui native, who has worked hard in Zhoushan for many years, and finally opened a shop and rooted here.
No matter how leisurely the time on the road is, once you step into the store, the sense of urgency immediately comes to you. Cleaning the façade was the first thing I had to do, and the lights came on, giving me a visually warm breath in the house. Polish the glass and wipe the tray clean.
Milk, eggs, cream, flour, sugar, dried fruit were ready, and with the roar of the machine, a few of our employees tied up their aprons and got busy.
It's usually a busy morning because a lot of the food is handmade. Bread, puffs, tarts, biscuits, puddings, cakes, snow fats, egg yolk puff pastry, etc. are made in order.
The job is busy and fulfilling. Our happiness is in the production, each time we make a good food is placed in the glass cabinet at the front desk, looking at the hand-baked food, all kinds of colors are displayed in the front desk, and there seems to be a solidity in the heart, a joy and a little pride.
Business is good. Many people know this pastry house on the ancient street because we are serious enough, enthusiastic enough, meticulous enough, and of course the most important thing is the taste of the food.
05 Ten years of marriage romantic time
Now when I sit in front of the window and reminisce about the past, I have been away from Zhoushan for four years, four years, not long or short!
Leaving the city where I had lived for ten years, I was very reluctant in my heart. The ten years of Zhoushan are the ten years of my growth, and it should also be the most comfortable and romantic time in my life.
A lot of people work for money, but I work for interest. When I left Zhoushan, I didn't have any regrets, because I lived completely according to my heart.
I am very grateful to Mr. Chen next to me, it is he who accompanies me on a long road, it is he who silently supports my joy and hobby, I believe that from the moment I put my hand into the palm of his hand and was led by him into the city of Zhoushan, it has already opened all the preludes to my happy time of married life.