Brief introduction of Zhenjiang customs

Zhenjiang is located in the Yangtze River Delta with the most developed economy and the greatest potential in China, at the intersection of the Yangtze River, the third largest river in the world, and the Grand Canal, the longest artificial canal in China. It is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, which has jurisdiction over Danyang City, Yangzhong City and jurong city City, and is divided into Dantu District, Jingkou District, Runzhou District and Zhenjiang New District. It covers an area of 3,848 square kilometers and has a population of about 3 million. Zhenjiang is located in the southeast of Nanjing, where the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangtze River meet. Standing on the bank of Changjiang Road, you can clearly see Yangzhou on the other side of the river. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal divides Zhenjiang into Jingkou and Runzhou. Zhenjiang has jurisdiction over Danyang City, jurong city City and Yangzhong City, with Dantu, Jingkou, Runzhou and New District (provincial economic development zone) in the urban areas. There are 67 townships in the city, with 10 sub-district offices.

The mountain of folk love legends

Jinshan-Water overflows Jinshan. In ancient times, it was originally an island in the Yangtze River between Zhenjiang and Yangzhou. Due to the crustal movement, Jinshan has been integrated with Zhenjiang land. It has been a Buddhist holy land since ancient times and is famous all over the world for the legend of the white snake.

Calligraphy beilinshan

Jiao Shan-Fuyu Mountain is in the center of the Yangtze River. It's still in the Yangtze River. The most dazzling and priceless treasure in Baomoxuan, the largest forest of steles in the south of the Yangtze River, is "Yihe Ming", which is known as the king of steles and is called "the ancestor of Chinese characters" and "the crown of calligraphers" by calligraphers in past dynasties. During the Opium War, the Qing government built the Jiaoshan Fort.

Military strategist's mountain.

Beigushan-north of the Yangtze River, three cliffs, steep terrain. In the place where Liu Bei got married, there was a "hard stone" where Liu Bei and Sun Quan sat. When Xin Qiji, a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, boarded the pavilion, he was moved by this scene and wrote a famous article: "Where can I see China?" The striking Gu Bei Tower ... "

Mountain of cultivation

Nanshan-an urban forest, where Mingjun lived in seclusion and wrote the first literary work "Selected Works of Zhaoming" in the history of China literature. Mi Fei and Mi Youren, great painters of the Northern Song Dynasty, lived here for 40 years and created Mi's Yunshan.

Su Dongpo left "Su Gong Zhu Yuan" in Helin Temple, and Zhou Dunyi, a philosopher and writer, left "Mao Shulian Pool".

Taoist holy land mountain

Maoshan, a Taoist center in the southeast of China, is said to be named after the Mao Shi brothers from the Acropolis came here to cultivate immortality during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty. Maoshan Taoist Temple, founded in the Western Han Dynasty, is known as "the first temple in the world" and is listed as the "eighth cave" and "the first blessed land" of Taoism. Maoshan taoist's Buddhist chanting and painting in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies are all lies, but the Taoist culture here is true.

Qin Shihuang was afraid of Wang Rui's mountain.

Lieshan-Legend Lieshan, formerly known as Ruishan, is located in the eastern suburb of Zhenjiang. One mountain flies to the riverside, and the situation is steep. The Yangtze River is in the north, and Qin Shihuang travels to Zhenjiang in the south. When he saw that Lieshan was like a dragon, he was afraid that Lieshan would become an emperor and compete with him for the country. Immediately send a decree to remove the word "Wang" on the left side of the word "Rui" and enclose the rest with the word "Ai".

Live in the first mountain

Baohuashan, formerly known as Huashan (ancient word Huatuohua), is named after the yellow flowers all over the mountain in midsummer.

The original temple of Longchang Temple in Baohua Mountain has 999 and a half rooms. This temple is dedicated to the glory of the French emperor and is nicknamed "the first mountain of Famen". Originally facing south, the mountain gate is the only temple in China with its gate facing north. Because the emperor climbed the mountain from the north, the elevation of the mountain was changed to the north. Emperor Qianlong visited Baohua Mountain six times.

Jiangnan first crossing

Xijindu became Xijindu Street due to crustal movement: it is located at the foot of Yuntai Mountain in Zhenjiang City, with a total length of 1000 meters. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan made a plan to "burn Red Cliff" here. Xijindu in ancient times was an important port for transporting grain, silk and other materials from southeast China to the capital. Famous poets in the Tang and Song Dynasties, such as Li Bai, Meng Haoran, Su Shi, Lu You, etc., all waited for ships to land here, leaving chapters for the world to tell. In the Yuan Dynasty, Kyle Polo landed and traveled to the south of the Yangtze River. Today, Xijindu Ancient Street, known as "the first crossing in the south of the Yangtze River" and "China Ancient Capital Museum", has won the UNESCO Award for Excellence in Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region.