I'm in Taizhou, Zhejiang. From April 27th, the departure is early, with the arrival of the small long holiday, tourists can see it with the naked eye!
Regarding the small long holiday travel plan, there are many places to go, and finally the whole family chose to return to their hometown Taizhou Linhai.
On the one hand, it avoids problems such as hotel reservations and rising room rates during the tourist season, on the other hand, it can also take the teenagers at home to experience the hometown taste trip, and experience the city's deep historical context... It's actually an immersive experience in another sense!
Jiangnan Great Wall Experience Tour
On the eve of the small holiday, the attractions are basically dominated by locals.
Originally, it was a meal after dinner, just to see the sky just right and this section of the city wall carrying childhood memories, so I took the teenager to experience a "leg soft package".
The 198 stone steps of the Range Rover Gate make my legs weak every time
There were only three or five tourists under the city walls: the grandfather with his toddler little granddaughter climbed the stone steps step by step. Little couple taking photos on the stone steps... It's just like the old city was in my memory!
Overlooking the city walls, the streets and alleys and East Lake Park are in full view
Climbing high and overlooking, traffic and people, is the daily state of the small town. It may not be bustling enough, but it's livable and the residents are welcoming... It's exactly where I remember it.
Shop and eat in Ziyang Old Street
In the past, when I returned to my hometown, I was always at home most of the time except to see my old friends. On the first day, experience through this ancient city, stop and go all the way, no imaginary long distance, waste legs, see the scenery, eat food, is comfortable!
Ziyang Street, known as the first old street in Linhai, has a total length of 1080 meters, strung together the market life of the people in the ancient city...
Eat on Ziyang Street. The many food shops are my taste memories.
For example, the White Tower Bridge, which I have recommended many times, carries too many memories - going to the restaurant, making a part of the tooth festival, and the eight treasure rice and grass paste that I miss in summer...
The hotel on the third floor, not far from the Baita Bridge, is the stronghold of my father's former unit.
In the past, there were old hotels such as Taibaixiang, Anlotte and Yuejin, but now they are hard to find!
The various snacks of the old street retain the old taste of the ancient city, and it is still very worth going on pilgrimage for eating
Old shops, selling old scales or fans... Although there are more sophisticated electronic scales and exquisite tuanfan today, it is very meaningful to see it as a memory of ancient city life or as a historical souvenir
Including the cigarette paper shop at the entrance of the street... It is part of the life of the ancient city in itself
It's a pity that there is not much space left in the stomach, so the teenager replaced the yogurt fried twist he wanted to eat with egg white sheep's tail, after all, yogurt fried twist can be seen everywhere in Hangzhou, but egg white lamb's tail can only be eaten back in Taizhou, and it is sweet when it is hot.
Big love egg white sheep's tail
Dreaming in East Lake Park
By yesterday (April 29, the first day of the small holiday), there were a lot more tourists.
I deliberately avoided Jinshan, Ziyang Street and the Jiangnan Great Wall, which are popular check-in spots for tourists, and went to Donghu Park. A park that holds many of my childhood memories, but now I am lost in specious memories!
Overlooking East Lake Park
This public garden, which was called "Little West Lake" by the Qing dynasty writer Yu Yue, is natural and rustic in memory.
Half-hook pavilion
Lake Pavilion
The Bangou Pavilion in the middle of the lake, the Lake Pavilion and the Nine-Curved Bridge connecting them are still the same as they are in memory. The stone bridge of the Qing Dynasty and the iron fence of the Republic of China are also the most representative beauty of East Lake!
There are many tourists, but fortunately it is not as popular as the ancient street. On the Nine-Curved Bridge, between exchanges, they give way to each other, but they are also unimpeded.
A Song-style wedding water performance watched by everyone
Only the praise on the water of this Song-style wedding, the "people conformity" of onlookers made me realize that the small long holiday tourist season... arrived.
There are actually a lot of tourists, but my camera deliberately avoids it - compared to the crowds in the garden and on the city wall, there is already a feeling of being squeezed.
From a professional point of view, the location management of Donghu Park and the exquisite landscaping make me admire...
The restoration of historical sites is always accompanied by the demolition of certain stages of construction – I miss the children's park with wild aerial boats and bumper cars, and I miss the former embankment connecting Qianxuan Road and Donghu Road, and the complex of buildings used to perform all kinds of pompous circuses, but I will never see it again!
Inside Donghu Park, the updated Linhai Museum
In the park, Yang Zheshang's tomb
Of course, the most rewarding thing was to see an exhibition about the past and present lives of the ancient city.
The Qian family's "Golden Book and Iron Ticket" is seamlessly connected with the exhibition about Wu Yue Country I watched in Hangzhou!
It was the biggest surprise of the trip!