When i was younger, I learned a famous Chinese ancient poem about a poet was saying goodbye  to his best friend who was going to leave for Yangzhou in March when flowers are in full bloom. It seems that the emotional tone is sad, but to tell the truth,  from then on, the sentence “march of fireworks Yangzhou”  of the poem has spread whole China, A great deal of people are attracted by its fame. At that time, some questions occurred to me. Whether the scenery there is charming enough to attract so many people? Is there any chance for me to encounter someone special? And now,I am here, I can’t wait to explore it everywhere like discovering the New World. Hey,guys! Are you ready? Let me show it to you!

By:Qian Zhou    130306231    Class 1

 

The Four Beauties in Trouble Times

With the Sunlight floods the earth, it has dressed up,waiting for admires from all sides.  The first station is Qionghua Stand, where you can watch Viburnum macrocephalum blooming around you. Walking in the alley full of fragrance of flowers, all you can do is serving as a contrast or foil. Just because of its spotless white and unique, it is widely accepted as the symbol of Yangzhou.  Beautiful flowers should match beauties. Yangzhou is known as “the region south of the Yangtze River in north”, it stands to reason that women here are beautiful enough to feast the eyes. There are four great beauties in ancient Yangzhou.Feiyan Zhao, the most outstanding dancer, Xijun Liu,the pricess who was both married her grandpa and grandson, Waner Shangguan, the only female Chancelleress of China, and Xiuying Tian, the fragrant imperial concubine of the Ming Dynasty. More information about the four beauties in history can be found by yourself.

 

Keep the Well-known Three Kinds of Knives in Yangzhou a Mystery

Walking along Deshengqiao Street, not only can you eat featured breakfast in Fuchun Teahouse, but also enjoy consummate talent of foot-repaired knife, which is one of the well-known three kinds of knives in Yangzhou,  kitchen knife and hair-cut knife are the two others.Stepping out into a time-honored brand, a kind looking old man comes towards me, he sets me in a sofa, just close my eyes and all the physical exhaustion of travel will go away. He did a magic on me,his warm-hearted smile lights up the whole city and removes the sense of lonely of travellers.

 

A  Fantastic Encounter  in  Zhuyu Bay Scenic Area

Stepping out into Zhuyu Bay Scenic Area, a cute squirrel will come to great guests so that they can eat their favorite pine cones and then jump up and down in the pine trees. I smell a floral perfume sweeping on the river, so I sit down in the bridgehead, listening to songs and admiring lotus. Suddenly, a girl rowing and picking lotus appears, with a bamboo pole, she wears a bamboo hat and shuttles on the river slowly. It looks like a natural painting. She invites me to her boat passionately. Truth are always hidden in folk. I learn many trivias from her, everyone knows fried lotus root is delicious, but lotus nuts can be used in many ways. On one hand, it can be cooked in the Eight-Treasure Porridge, this is a tradional food in China, but a little bit different from Yangzhou. On the other hand,using some of them to make tea is a good recipe for cancer prevention even though it tastes bitter. The sun goes down and it’s time for me to say goodbye to the lovely city.

At night, when I look into the starry sky, I wonder why people here are so comely and beautiful, maybe It owns to the excellent terrain or sweet water. In general,  an encounter with someone in Yangzhou can be very romantic, warm and amusing.