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Experience the different culture of Chaozhou, you will love this city too!

You should often hear the word "Chaoshan", which actually refers to Teochew, Shantou and Jieyang, of which Teochew is the important ancestral home and settlement of the Chaoshan people, and Teochew is also an important birthplace of the Chaoshan culture and prosperity. Chaoshan culture has always been a special representative of Lingnan culture, which is famous at home and abroad, including Teochew language, Teochew opera, Teochew music, Teochew work tea, Teochew cuisine, Teochew embroidery, Teochew good tang, Teochew business culture, etc. The culture of Teochew is now well known to people all over the world because of the promotion of the local people.

This time I went to Teochew with a few friends to experience a 4-day-3-night journey, to y feel the culture of Teochew, to savor Teochew cuisine, and to experience the Teochew life. In fact, this is my second time to go to Chaozhou, I can't wait to go, because the first time I went to the city I liked the cultural heritage, and of course, there is also the food.

From Guangzhou to Chaozhou, you can take a train at Guangzhou East Station, or take a high-speed train at Guangzhou South Station, the price is about the same, and the high-speed train will be about half an hour faster, in fact, I think that the two stations are about the same, so you can choose a convenient station for yourself.

The first day

came to Chaozhou, first we chose the most classic route to feel the culture of Chaozhou, from the Pai Fang Street to Guangji Gate, and then across the Guangji Bridge to the ancestral temple of Han Wengong, walked through the history of the city's most classic line of sightseeing, but also to experience the leisure life of the locals. You can shop and eat on the Pai Fang Street, enjoy the cityscape and humanistic arts on the Guangji Bridge, and explore the ancient culture from the Tang Dynasty to the present day at the Han Wengong Ancestral Hall.

Guangji Bridge is the world's earliest open and closed bridge, also known as the Xiangzi Bridge of Chaozhou, located outside the east gate of the ancient city of Chaozhou, with a total length of 518 meters, spanning the Han River, linking the east and west sides of the river, the east beam bridge is 283.35 meters long, with 12 piers and an abutment, 12 holes; the west beam bridge is 137.3 meters long, with 8 piers, 7 holes, stone beams 5 meters wide. The middle pontoon bridge is 97.3 meters long, connected by eighteen wooden boats.

Guangji Bridge is now one of the eight scenic spots in Chaozhou, is a famous cultural relics in the Chaoshan region tourist attractions, but also for the ancient Guangdong to Fujian and Zhejiang traffic junction, it can be said that it carries the city's history, Guangji Bridge was built in the Southern Song Dynasty in the seven years of the Qiandao (1171 years), the Ming Dynasty Jiajing nine years (A.D. 1530) to form the "eighteen shuttle boats 24 Chau" pattern, before the liberation of the bridge, the bridge was built by eighteen wooden boats connected to the bridge. "pattern, before the liberation of the dilapidated; 1958 reinforcement and maintenance, and the removal of the eighteen shuttle boats, converted into a three-hole steel frame and two high piles bearing platform bridge; October 2003 began a comprehensive repair, the overall style according to the Ming Dynasty for the restoration of the basis of the main function of the bridge is now positioned as a tourist sightseeing walking bridge.

During the daytime there are eighteen wooden boats in the center to connect the east and west sides of the bridge, and at night, the wooden boats will be unraveled so that the north and south sides of the boat can pass, every day.

Crossing the Guangji Bridge, a short distance further on is the Han Wengong Ancestral Hall, the earliest surviving shrine in China honoring the Tang Dynasty literary scholar Han Yu, and next to the Hanshan Normal College. Han Wengong Ancestral Hall leaning on the mountain waterfront, the environment is quiet, the ancestral hall beams are hung all over the plaques inscribed by famous writers, along the wall is surrounded by 40 inscriptions of successive generations, many of which are calligraphy treasures and research visits to the history of literature of the precious information, so that the millennium-old ancestral hall is more dignified and elegant, the literary atmosphere is very good. Entering the Han Wengong Ancestral Hall, you can enjoy the works of writers and ink masters, but also quietly feel the surrounding simple and elegant, solemn and dignified cultural atmosphere.

Come to Chaozhou, I like the food here the most, so today we went to taste the authentic Chaozhou cuisine, we chose the restaurant is also a many years of history of Chaozhou cuisine restaurant - Yu Chengji, it is said that the store continues for three generations Oh. The address is E16 Taiping Road in Pai Fang Street, a 550-meter walk from Bamboo Gate House.

This is a restaurant within the Pai Fang Street, but the price is very affordable, the environment is elegant, and the product is great, it is authentic Chaozhou cuisine, better than what you eat in Guangzhou, oh, Chaoshan beef meatballs are super authentic, you must try.

The night we live in Naixing Shihu Leisure Summer Resort, this hotel is in the abundance of tea from the Phoenix Mountain, fresh air, elegant environment, as if the paradise. Go to the time of a little rain, get up in the morning, found outside the clouds, as if they are walking in a fairyland, and the air is extraordinarily fresh, every breath is full of oxygen ions. There is a trail behind the hotel, along the trail up to the Tianchi, when the weather is good, you can also see the beautiful sunrise, but unfortunately this time because of the weather did not see, next time there is an opportunity to come back here to see the sunrise.

The second day

Red leisure day, today take the red cultural route, in the morning we drove to Yongshan village in Raoping County, this is an ancient village, ancient houses, small bridges and rivers, very simple, in the village casually stroll, enjoy the scenery along the way, and then go to the Dragon House around, very relaxed and comfortable.

There are still three long-history dragon houses left in the village, all of which are included in the national historical protection of cultural relics. One of them is under renovation, and one is still inhabited. When I entered the house and visited it, I was very touched by the big circle in the middle of the public **** area, which is like a big square, and the doors of the houses are all around, so when I looked at it carefully and felt it, I thought that I could see the bustling scene of the old time when the neighbors were living in the house.

Now the village is basically old people and children, most of the young people have gone out to work, not many people live in the house, but this place certainly still carries a lot of stories and memories, I hope that the old house can be renovated, and continue to let more young people can learn about the history and culture of the house.

In the afternoon, we went to Rao Ping Qinglan Geopark, which is located in Zhangxi Town, Raoping County, Chaozhou City, covering an area of 23.22 square kilometers, divided into two parks: Qinglan - Xiangbao Mountain and Pingxi - Double Bun Niang Mountain, the only provincial-level geopark in the eastern part of Guangdong Province. After expert investigation and research, the amazing discovery of this square mile 200 million years ago was once a sea, due to volcanic movement to form the current geological wonders, nature's ingenuity carved out of the Qinglan area by the caverns, stone forests, peaks, canyons, stone mortar groups and other peculiar and magnificent typical granite landforms, and the rare granite holes, known as the discovery of the amazing and difficult to find elsewhere, can be called the domestic one of a kind.

Here is still happy twist movie industry "shy iron fist" location Oh, around the fresh air, elegant environment, after a rain extraordinarily refreshing. Here is the most special feature is the strange mortar valley magical, unique, rich natural landscape, ten miles of strange mortar valley, a valley convergence of strange mortar, strange hole, strange stone three natural strange scene, which "nine layers of strange mortar" for the king of the mortar, known as the east of Guangdong strange.

The night we returned to the old city of Chaozhou, the night fell, just to enjoy the night view of the ancient city building, tonight stayed at the Guan Han Hotel, in the city of Pai Fang Street, this hotel is to watch the night view of a good location, the roof is an open-air activity area, you can watch the night view, the roof of this hotel there are characteristics of the starry sky room, lying in the room you can look at the starry night sky, it will be a super-romantic thing, right.

Day 3

We woke up in the morning, we went to taste the authentic Chiu Chow breakfast, Kuey Tea and Beef Soup Kuey Tea, it's really delicious, simple and tasty.

It rained a bit this morning, but it didn't dampen our spirits, after breakfast we set off for ZiLian Forest Resort.

The Chaozhou Zilian Forest Resort is located in the northeast of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, southeast of Phoenix Mountain, about 16 kilometers from downtown Chaozhou. Although not very close to the city, then because of this, this place is far from the hustle and bustle, according to the mountains, watching the mountains of benevolence, alongside the water of wisdom, the location of the unique, precisely a quiet, beautiful natural ecological tourism resort, where the set of tourism sightseeing, natural health care, cultural experience, science education, etc., to come here in fact, you can slowly play on a day or two.

Chaozhou Zilian mountain planted a lot of good tea, so come here on the inevitable tea, walk tired to sit down, three or five friends together to talk about the sky, drink work tea, feel the slow rhythm of life.

Here there is a purple lotus restaurant, also specializing in authentic Chaozhou cuisine, we come here to play, you can have lunch here, is also very delicious it.

There are also a lot of entertainment projects in the resort, there is a net red glass bridge, you can also go to the Technology Pavilion to experience VR and earthquakes, etc., to the tea factory to learn about the production of tea production process, a lot of fun projects, adults and children are suitable for the weekend you can bring your family to come here to relax.

Walking on the non-heritage street of Pai Fang Street can start from Songfa to stroll, Songfa is a store selling ceramics, a **** there are 3 floors, 1 and 2 floors mainly as a ceramics display area, 3 floors is a cafe. I really like this store, you can slowly stroll from the first floor to the third floor, and then find a window seat to drink a cup of coffee, experience the slow life of Chaozhou.

Continuing along Pai Fang Street, you can also find a lot of literary stores, in fact, many of them they are not just stores, but like a showroom of non-heritage, such as Kang Huifang Traditional Crafts Embroidery Creative Center, Yi Tao Xuan Museum, Lai Tongfa hand-pulled pots and so on.

On the Pai Fang Street, you can not only see a wide range of Teochew goods, but also learn about Teochew's ethnic folk art, where the pottery industry is developed and the hand-pulled pots are exquisite, which are priceless treasures that we rarely know, but you can have a feast for your eyes here and learn a lot of new art knowledge.

Walking around it's time for dinner, tonight we go to eat authentic Teochew beef hot pot, also within the Paifang Street, we choose this Teochew Sanlang Beef Hot Pot, this store's beef is freshly supplied every day, the address is at No. 46, Dongmen Street, a 430-meter walk from Bamboo and Wood Gate City Tower. Teochew beef hot pot is the specialty here, you must try it when you come, eat beef hot pot with salsa, the flavor is superb.

Tonight live in the neighborhood of the B&B, Wushe boutique B&B, this is a very charming B&B, decoration style is the new Chinese style, furniture and decoration are very elegant, into the inside there is a kind of let a person's mood to calm the feeling of the room is not too much, and not noisy, the second floor has an open-air balcony, you can sit down and quietly daze. I just brought a cheongsam, so I took some favorite photos in the B&B. The owner of the B&B is also very nice, and invited us to drink tea in the evening, chatting together and slowing down the pace of life.

Day 4

Chaozhou is a national historical and cultural city, where there is a wealth of intangible cultural heritage, skeleton wood carving, hand-pulled pots, pottery, bead embroidery, embroidery ...... On the last day, we were ready to go back to Guangzhou in the afternoon, so we specially spent the morning visiting the Chaozhou Intangible Cultural Relics Museum and the Bastille Garden in the hope of to know more about Chaozhou culture. Inside the non-heritage museum displays very much master art works, each piece of art is extremely exquisite, after seeing really breathtaking, can not help but admire the exquisite skills of these traditional craftsmen!

The crafts of Chaozhou can be recognized by everyone, without the local artists to pay, here the famous contemporary artists as many as hundreds of them, in addition to producing exquisite works of art, they are also constantly to the young people to pass on the valuable intangible culture, which is very worthy of admiration, and hope that there will be more people like the traditional intangible culture.

In fact, there are a lot of fun and good shopping in the Pai Fang Street, and then recommend a bed and breakfast to you, called the Cottonwood Public House, the location of the Pai Fang Street in Chaozhou, Dongping Road 2, which is a hidden in the ancient city of Chaozhou, very Republic of China style of the bed and breakfast, into the door into the eyes of the flower tiles, gramophones, the old TV, the yellow bus ...... The whole building is very retro, very nostalgic, and the boss chat only to know that the original here in the late Qing Dynasty when it is the inn, now can save so many old objects is not simple ah, so that the guests into the inside feel as if the time back to the Republic of China era.

This trip to Teochew has given me a better understanding of the culture of Teochew, and I like it more, I like the humanistic atmosphere here, I like the Teochew food here, and I like the handicrafts here. ......

I hope that you will come to Teochew when you have the chance to experience the strong culture of Teochew, I believe that you will also like it as much as I do. will also love it as much as I do.