Say to the diet, jinling snacks, has a long history, wide variety, from the six dynasties circulates, as many as 200 varieties. I think many people are interest in it.This article mainly introduces the delicious snacks in Nanjing.

By: Yawen zhang 110608111 class2

JingLing Snacks:

 

Say to the diet, jinling snacks, has a long history, wide variety, from the six dynasties circulates, as many as 200 varieties. Confucius Temple is the birthplace of Jinling snacks in Northern and Southern Dynasty. There have been numerous merchants and the snacks were more prosperous in Ming and Qing dynasties,restaurants, tea houses, snack shops, everywhere. With the development of urban construction, snack outlets have continued to increase.

  Night market snacks    

Nanjing’s snacks are known throughout the country, and even some foreigners know these.The snacks are concentrated in the night market in Nanjing, usually stall after 6:00 pm , and reach a peak period at 8:00~10:00pm. Some people may worry about the night market  snacks are not enough health, in fact, you can rest assured that business license and health permit stalls. After a hard day, you can enjoy delicious snacks and relax your body. Pine nuts, duck meatloaf, corn Butterfly dumplings, duck blood soup, Jinling claypot, etc., all can satisfied your appetite.The large places of  Nanjing night market are Confucius Temple , Shanxi Road, Hunan Road.

Old-established Shops  

Liu Changxing was founded in the Qing Dynasty, to the business of buns，noodles and all kinds of wheat, has been a hundred years of history. Liu Changxing`s snacks have rich varieties , and second to none in the ancient capital of Nanjing. It is known to produce fine, rigorous choice of materials, a unique taste, called Jinling model of snacks.   During holidays，families and friends often went to Liu Changxing.It had became a fashion. As a brand, Liu Changxing has became one of the traditional food culture and local characters  which recommended by the overseas guests.

Zhejiang province is a coastal province. And it’s the country’s largest island province. You can see many similar points which are islands in the East China Sea, actually they are distinctive. Let me show you their characteristic. You can just Tastes the beautiful of these differs.

 

By: Wantao Lin 131105238  class 4

 

1. Taohua Island
This island would be ordinary if the writer Jin Yong had not mentioned this name is his famous novel. But today, this name have been a classic memory in many people’s heart. You come to here and feel you are in the novel.
So, in the island, there are some human landscapes that are related to this novel. As many TV series have been took in there, the filming sites become an attraction, such as Taohua Village. Jin Yong has written words for Taohua Village, which become an attraction.
Except the human landscapes, I want to introduce you natural landscapes. One is the beach Tawan Jinsha. Tawan Jinsha has very fine sand, the sand was soft and pure. Some people take sea bath, sand bath, sun bath or just walk around.

 

2. Dongji Islands

As the name Dongji shows, is the east pole of China in a sense. So it means the first sun light of China in a day would be seen in here. In the Dongfushan Island, which is the most east inhabited island of Dongji Islands, when sky is dark, come to a beach, face the east, sit or stand, listen the sound of the sea, enjoy the slow time, wait for the sun rise. When the sun is rising, everything around you will be amazing beautiful. And the special of the sun rise in Dongfushan Island is that you can say it’s the first.
In Dongji Islands, there is a scenic spot that is called Sea of Potala Palace. It’s many stone house tier upon tier and like the Potala Palace if see it in the distance. However, stone houses are scattered in the whole island. Stone houses with green plants grow together, that’s what you can see of the building in Dongji Islands.
There is a couple, they are moved by the honesty and pure of people in these islands, so they leave big city and settled down in the island. The couple opened a small hotel in this island, live with blue sea, vast sky and kind-hearted people everyday.
3. Nanji Islands
Nanji islands are not well developed islands, it means there have less artificial traces. Underdeveloped commercial may cause some inconvenient, but one of the attractive things is that it’s crude. If you like crude places, don’t miss it. What’s more, it’s a place that is not crowded in public holiday. These years, Nanji islands are speed up in develop. Maybe some years later, there will be as commercial as other places.
As for scenery, Nanji Islands are excellent. There have clear water and fine beach. In the beach, an interesting thing to do is find small halobios. Move a stone you will find many crabs, pagurians and conches. Waves come and go leave some edible seaweeds and clams on the beach. If you are not in the beach, you will see cliffs make up the border between sea and land. Wave beats stones in the seaside, making melodious sounds. The night in Nanji Islands is fantastic to us, who live in the city. You can see the dark sky is studded with twinkling stars, is the picture you can’t see in the cities nowadays.

 

4. Dongtou Islands
Compared with Nanji Islands, Dongtou Islands are developed maturely. Lingni embankment, the biggest cross sea dyke in China, related the mainland with Dongtou Islands. And seven cross sea bridges link eight islands. Some people would drive to the islands, some young people would take bicycle to the islands, from Linhni embankment. In a long dyke, both sides were sea and sky, nothing can obstruct your sight. You may feel your heart is as wide as a sea surface at that moment.
Except developed in transportation, there are other aspects that are developed. For example, the infrastructures for people to live in the islands are well. The fishery is well-developed, so eat sea foods should be one in the to-do list. As sightseeing place, Dongtou Islands are abundant in scenic spots, which are more than 400.
5. Mount Putuo
Mount Putuo is one of the islands in Zhoushan Islands. Zhoushan Islands have many islands, Mount Putuo is highlighted because it hold an important status in Buddhist mountains. You may see a Buddhist on a mountain road, he will walk, then knock his head into the stone road, then walk. His forehead is black. He is so devout.
The temples in the islands attract many tourists. The status of the Goddess of Mercy attracts as well. The temples are full with the smell of joss sticks and candles. No matter whether they are believed in Buddhism or not, people would like to visit it.
You also can found beaches in this Buddhist Island.
There are many other interesting islands along the coastline in Zhejiang. Before you leave for islands, make sure you have been well-prepared. 1. Use proper sun block. 2. Do something to prevent be bite by mosquitos, because there are many mosquitos in the sea islands, you can see them even in the day. 3. Maybe you will take ships to get into the islands, if you have seasickness, do some preparation in advance.

 

Get more information about Taohua Islands? [LINK: http://www.taohuadao.com.cn/]

Ancient towns are the special of regions south of the Yangtze River, whether you are local people or not, Xitang is a classic place to go. Surrounded by river that has flowed over thousand years, it seems that all the scenes about local ancient people’s life all come to you: you could see people washing clothes by the side of river, talking to passers-by on their way home, and even enjoying a cup of tea in their balcony. Modern life has brought us polluted air and noise, which make us sick. Thus, we are so eager to run away from city and get close to nature. So just enjoy the quietness and peacefulness that Xitang gives you.

By: Siqi Mo 130908214 Class

Woke up in the morning at 9am, it was a day before the new term started, I was ready for my Xitang Trip and I can’t wait anymore.

It was a sunny day, sunshine sprinkled on the earth, although it was still winter, warmness came to me unconditionally, which brought me nice mood. I set out from Hangzhou East Railway Station, taking high-speed train to Jiashan county, which took around half an hour and I just needed 27 yuan for the train.

I booked a room in an inn inside Xitang scenic spot(not very expensive, normally 80 yuan for weekdays and 180 for weekends, but if you go on holiday season it would be more expensive), the owner picked me up at the gate and bought ticket for me——half price as 50 yuan (if you buy it yourself it would be 100 yuan for adults and 80 for students).

There are many lovely, romantic stores. You can enjoy a cup of coffee at the corner of a house, of a cup of milk tea with your friends chatting, laughing for the whole afternoon. Moreover, you could find shops that sell postcards and of course you can send them to yourselves and your friends. What the funny is that you could set a date when you want to send the postcard out, and the shopkeeper would do it for you according to the date you write down. Oh! I forgot to say: the ticket could be a postcard as well!

Although ancient towns of regions south of the Yangtze River look almost the same, like Wuzhen (in Tongxiang), Luzhi Town (in Suzhou), Nanxun Town (in Huzhou), each has its own unique. Take the bars in Xitang for example. Some people think bars in ancient town is unacceptable, or it’s weird to have bars in ancient town. But I think it is exactly the special aspect that differs. It’s the combination of the modern and the ancient.

Now that I have come to the water town, don’t miss the chance to take a boat and travel Xitang in a different angle.

As you can see in the water upside, the water of the river is green and it may make you feel that it’s dirty, but it doesn’t smell. Taking a boat you can see some other sceneries that you can’t see by traveling on foot. You would see local people drinking tea on their balcony, washing clothes by the side of the river and tourists sitting on the stairs taking photo.

Besides, Xitang is an old but romantic ancient town. People who come to Xitang must put away a lantern to the river and wish for what you want! There are many shapes of lantern you can choose,most of them are made as flower, like sunflower, chrysanthemum, rose, and so on. It’s a tradition of Xitang as well. People in the old day often do this to bless health, love and happiness. So it is also an unmissable experience!

Come to Xitang and have more fun for yourselves!

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The attraction of travel not only because the landscape but also the unexpected surprise happened on the travel . Two girls met their love in the journey, how amazing it is! Do you wonder know much more about this? Just look forward to my story!You can always heard about or meet such kind of people whose aims are not to travel a specific sightseeing spot including taking some “traveler pictures” but are fond of going to whatever they walking on and traveling some places that don’t know by many people .And they can always meet the unexpected surprises .So, are you such kind of people?

Jia Shi  130907245  Class Two

 

Ann and Ella belong to that kind of people ,and with the coming of the spring ,they began a travel without planning ,take leave without delay . Surprise, they met the unexpected surprises, do you want to know what’s that? Let me tell you their stories.
With the coming of spring, the weather is getting warm, so Ann and Ella started a travel without planning, they went to a beautiful town called WuZhen which was voted to be one of the most beautiful towns in south of China.
On the bus to WuZhen, there were so many people that Ann and Ella were standing uncomfortable . Beside them there were three boys, they were also go to WuZhen, they were outgoing，young and handsome. They were talking and laughing happily, suddenly the bus stopped out of imagine, Ann and Ella rushed to the head of the bus and hit two people. Without these two people ,two poor girl must be felled. When they looked up and want to say thank you ,they found the two boys looked at them too. With a little bit awkward ,they know each other ,a boy named Justin and one called Taylor and one called Leo. This is just a small episode, so the travel began!
Ann and Ella had a good time taking some interesting photos, absolutely unforgettable! Then they were so hungry that came to eat noodles, at that time ,there were a little bit crowded because it was already 6:30 .Luckily, Ann and Ella had a seat, but not so luckily to Taylor and Justin and little Leo, there were no other choice, the only thing they could do is sharing a table with strangers. Surprise, the “strangers” were Ann and Ella, it’s the second time boys and girls met. What is more incredible, the three boys were in the same school with the girls. then the journey becomes particularly meaningful and interesting because boys and girls finally decided travel together!

Then a lot of fascinating experience happened to them such as Ann was missed on the way, so others people went everywhere to find her .At last, Justin find her at a ice cream store and ate ice cream with Ann. They had a very happy time telling something about their friends and experience and so on ,then they fall in love to each other! What a surprise !
The other day is a rainy day ,but the boys had no umbrella, and because at that time Ann and Justin had already fall in love with each other, so they used one umbrella Here comes troubles! Only an umbrella was left ,but there were two boys, so how Ella to choose her partner? At last Ella chose Taylor, the boy she hit on the bus, and as a result ,they fall in love to each other too! How poor Leo was, he was still single!

Above all, that’s Ann and Ella’s trip, they met their on the way!See what? You can meet love on the road!So just travel out!