Seeking the Tang Dynasty and Searching for the Song Dynasty, Enjoying Plum Blossoms on the Superb Route

🚗10:00 Depart from Shanghai 12:00 Arrive at 【Tangqi Ancient Town】 ➡️Stroll around the ancient town —— Tangqi Ancient Town. Located at the southern end of the Grand Canal, it originated in the Northern Song Dynasty. Since the Yuan Dynasty, it has been a gathering place for merchants, and during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was one of the richest and most famous 'Top Ten Towns in the South of the Yangtze River'. Today, the town's historical sites are well-preserved, including the seven-arch stone bridge over the Grand Canal, built in the second year of Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty. 🍖Seeking food in the ancient town —— 'Cimao Rouyuan', made from pork and glutinous rice, cooked with a unique technique, the meat is tender, the rice is soft and sticky, and with the secret sauce, it melts in your mouth. It is a culinary business card of Tangqi. 🚗14:30 Tangqi to 【Chaoshan】 7.7km, a 15-minute drive ⛰️Chaoshan, also known as 'Chaoran Mountain' ♣️The plum blossoms of Chaoshan are renowned as 'the best plum blossoms under heaven'. Chaoshan is famous for viewing the 'ancient, vast, and unique' three wonders of plum blossoms. 1️⃣'Ancient' refers to the five ancient plums of China from the Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties, and Chaoshan has two of them —— Tang Plum and Song Plum, among which, the Song Plum has a history of over 800 years (in front of Bao Ci Temple), and the Tang Plum is over 1200 years old (inside the courtyard of Daming Hall); 2️⃣'Vast' refers to the plum blossoms of Chaoshan stretching over ten miles, known as 'ten miles of plum blossoms like a sea of fragrant snow'; 3️⃣'Unique' refers to the fact that all plum blossoms in the world have five petals, but some Chaoshan plum blossoms (Song Plum) have six petals. 🚗15:00 Return trip. 17:00 Back to Shanghai