My hometown is in Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, a place with mountains and water. There are beautiful scenery, and Gu Xiang Old Street can be seen. There are many artists and countless foods in the streets.
Steamed buns and duck blood vermicelli soup in Nanjing are two major features. There is also a saying called "move gently, lift slowly, open the window first and then drink soup", which is about how to eat steamed stuffed buns.
There are countless folk artists in Nanjing. There are sugar water paintings, dough mixers, sugar blowers, cotton candy machines, sugar-coated haws, and now there are candy apples, candy fruits!
There are many snack bars in the famous Confucius Temple. There are stinky tofu shops, chestnut shops, and shops selling zhuangyuan beans and fermented yuanxiao. The most popular are salted duck and salted duck, and there is a special kind of beggar chicken, which is covered with a layer of soil, but many people wait in line for a long time to buy it.
The most famous is the old shout in Nanjing. I grew up listening to it. There is a sentence that reminds me most firmly: "sharpening the knife does not mistake the woodcutter." When I look downstairs, I can always see an old man with a long bench on his shoulder. There is a grindstone on the workbench, which is convenient for customers to sharpen their knives at any time. Before and after the Lantern Festival, I often hear a cry about Yuanxiao: "Those who sell wine have sold osmanthus wine."
There are so many folk customs in Nanjing that I'm afraid only the older generation of Nanjing people know about them, but everyone knows about the places of interest.
There are five small islands in Xuanwu Lake: Zhou Huan, Yingzhou, Cuizhou, Liangzhou and Lingzhou. There are many weeping willows by the lake. A poet once wrote this sentence: "The most heartless willow is Taicheng willow, which is still a smoke cage."
My hometown is in Nanjing, which has a history of the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and a good place with mountains and water!