Jiangdu Tourism Overview
"Shui Mu Xian Travel Longchuan Jiangdu"
Jiangdu is located in the Central Jiangsu Plain, bordering the Yangtze River to the south and the historical and cultural city of Yangzhou to the west. , the city has a total area of ??1332.4 square kilometers and a population of 1.07 million. Jiangdu is the intersection of the Yangtze River, Huaihe River and the Grand Canal, where the Beijing-Shanghai and Ningtong Expressways intersect. It is a national water conservancy scenic spot - the famous Jiangdu Water Conservancy Hub Scenic Spot and one of the first agricultural tourism demonstration sites in the country - Jiangdu Modern Flowers and Trees Industrial Park Located within the territory, it is the water intake of the eastern route of the contemporary South-to-North Water Diversion Project. It is a satellite city in the Shanghai and Nanjing metropolitan areas and a major tourist route for high-quality suburban counties in Yangzhou. It is known as the "hometown of water conservancy", "the homeland of fish and rice", and "the homeland of flowers and trees" , "the hometown of silk" and "the hometown of architecture".
Jiangdu was mentioned in historical records during the Qin and Han dynasties. It is known as "Jianghuai - Metropolis" and is also called "Longchuan" because of the legendary white dragon that ascended here. In 153 BC, the county government was established during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty. It has a history of more than 2,100 years. From Dayu's flood control to the contemporary South-to-North Water Diversion, people with lofty ideals in the past dynasties have built 13 dams, rivers, gates and dams here. Zhouchen Dun, a cultural relic of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty, Gantang trees planted by hand during the Jin Dynasty, Kaiyuan Temple, Zhenwu Temple, Bosi Village, and the magnificent "Five Gangs Guild Hall" and "Lian Fang" of the Qing Dynasty. The rice market wooden calligraphy "More than 10,000 Ships", the Shao Bo imperial "big horse head" and the wharf archway built by the romantic emperor during his six voyages to the south of the Yangtze River remind people of the prosperity of the past. Zhong Ling Yuxiu is a beautiful place with many historical sites and a gathering of humanities. Liu Changqing, Huai Su, Zhang Ruoxu, Su Dongpo, Qin Guan, Wen Tianxiang, Kong Shangren and other outstanding figures from all over the world have stopped here to hang out. The canopies are overflowing with colors, calligraphy and painting are brilliant, adding infinite charm to Jiangdu; Zhu Ziqing, Jiang Shixi, Liu Chongtian, Jiang Shangqing, Xu Xiaoxuan, a large number of people with lofty ideals and benevolence in modern history, came out of Jiangdu and merged into the rolling tide of the times. Their touching stories are spread everywhere in Longchuan. There are many kinds of art here. It is the birthplace of popular folk songs "Jasmine Flower", "Uprooting Luchai Flowers" and "Spreading Flowers Outside". It is also the important birthplace of Yangzhou Opera and Yangzhou Pinghua. Jiangdu's lacquerware and metal crafts are famous for their exquisite shapes and fine arts. Traditional folk customs such as dragon lantern dancing, gong racing, lotus flowers and drums, and rice-planting chants are simple and rich. This is one of the main sources of dissemination of "Huaiyang Cuisine". Dishes such as Shaobo lobster, braised fish, Xiaoji noodles, Dinggou dumplings, and Sima Mala tofu are famous all over the world. The newly established "Jianghuai First Banquet", " Specialty banquets such as "Dong Xun Banquet" and "Farm Family Banquet" make guests and friends from far away "dismount their horses after smelling the fragrance and stop their cars knowing the taste".
Jiangdu is "the national advanced county for plain greening", "the national advanced county for culture", and "the hometown of flowers and trees in China". The terrain within the territory is flat, intertwined with rivers and lakes, mild and moist, with four distinct seasons, and a water area of ??189.22 square kilometers. The area is rich in products, including grain, cotton, mulberry and linen, and is known as the "Granary of Northern Jiangsu". The broad surface of the river produces the "four delicacies of the Yangtze River" such as pufferfish, anchovy, saury, and return fish. The water surface of more than 200,000 acres of lakes and rivers is rich in fish, shrimp, crab, and lotus root; the flowers and seedlings of Dinghuo, Caowang, and Huadang are famous all over the world, and the bonsais are so skillfully cut and tied that Zheng Banqiao of the Qing Dynasty left a poem for "Teaching the Raised Daughters of Thousands of Families to the First". There are more than 90 kinds of fish in Jiangdu Mirror, and there are more than 150 kinds of birds in Luyang Lake Nature Reserve, making it a "modern water garden ecology" area.
Jiangdu’s "ecological leisure and sightseeing" tourist route is based on the first pump station of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the world-famous Jiangdu Water Conservancy Hub, with the ancient Longchuan culture as its foundation and its unique flower garden art. As the landscape, with the legendary Kaiyuan Ancient Temple as the style and the beautiful canals and lakes as the back, people can feel the infinite charm of the long-standing Jiangdu land, dragon soul, water charm and outstanding people in a primitive, simple, natural and ecological environment.