Yangzhou: Feeling Jiangnan at Slender West Lake

Yangzhou is a famous city with a history of 2500 years, located in southeast China and adjacent to Shanghai. The culture here is long and the environment is beautiful. In the poems of Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai, there is "In the mist and flowers of spring, my old friend goes down to Yangzhou" . March is the most beautiful season in Yangzhou, rowing a boat at Slender West Lake, to feel the cultural heritage of the historical city.

The original name of Slender West Lake is Baoan Lake. In the first year of Qianlong (1736), Qian Tang (Hangzhou) poet Wang Hang came to Yangzhou. After enjoying the beautiful scenery here, he compared it with his hometown West Lake and wrote a poem in which he called the lake Slender West Lake.

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Slender West Lake has formed a basic pattern during the Kangqian period of the Qing Dynasty, and has the reputation of "the prosperity of the garden is the champion in the world". Slender West Lake is mainly divided into 14 major attractions, including Wuting Bridge, Twenty-four Bridge, Lotus Pond, Diaoyutai and so on.

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Among the Slender West Lake, Wuting Bridge and Twenty-four Bridge are the most famous. Wuting Bridge is not only a symbol of Slender West Lake, but also a symbol of Yangzhou City. There are five wind pavilions on the bridge, and the wind chimes of the eaves are crisp. There are 15 bridge holes under the bridge, which are connected. According to legend, in the night of August 15th of lunar calender, boating down the bridge, a bright moon can be seen in each bridge hole.

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The name of the twenty-four bridge is derived from Du Mu’s poem. It is a single-hole arch bridge with white jade railings, like a flowing jade belt, like a neon lying wave. A group of wild geese lingered, and the twenty-four bridge was so beautiful that Jiangnan's feelings were everywhere.

Slender West Lake in March is a good time to enjoy flowers. Spring plums, cherry, marigold flowers, honeysuckle, begonias, etc. will all start to bloom in March.