Siyang Mazu Cultural Park

Greetings from a small county town in Jiangsu: Siyang, my hometown, a small county town that drags the hind legs of Suzhou University. Siyang is located in the northern plain of Jiangsu, one of the 'top ten new heavenly capitals' in China. It belongs to the Yangtze River Delta region and is a cross-radiation area of the Huaihai Economic Circle, the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle, and the Canal City Axis. Siyang is east to Zhou Enlai's hometown Huaian, west to Xiang Wang's hometown Suqian, north to the flower town Shuyang, and south to Hongze Lake, facing Sihong, Hongze, and Xuyi across the lake. The Siyang section of the Grand Canal of China (Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the ancient Yellow River heritage site) is included in the World Heritage List. It has the reputation of 'plain forest sea, paradise'. In 2015, in the 'Top Ten Livable Counties in China' released by the China City Competitiveness Research Association, Siyang ranked third in the country and was the only city in Jiangsu on the list. At the same time, Siyang is also the only 'Top 100 Deep Breath Small Cities in China' and the only 'Most Beautiful County City in China' in Jiangsu. In 2014, Siyang was selected as the 55th 'Top 100 Small and Medium Cities with Investment Potential in China'. In 2015, in the 'China County Economic Development Report' released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Siyang was listed in the top 100 counties in the national county economic competitiveness. The competitiveness of health and welfare is the first in the country. In November of the same year, Siyang won the 'Best Ecological Tourism Destination'. In December 2018, it won the second batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration counties and cities. Because of time issues, I will introduce my hometown one by one later, our food, scenery, lifestyle Today is talking about the national 4A scenic spot, Mazu Cultural Park The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Caoyun Culture - Mazu Cultural Park is a major project of Siyang County's cultural tourism industry. It is said that Mazu, also known as Tianfei, Tianhou, and Heavenly Mother, is a god worshipped by shipbuilders, sailors, passengers, businessmen, and fishermen throughout the ages. Siyang has been an important caoyun rush on the canal since ancient times. The Tianhou Palace, which enshrines the statue of Mazu, was built by Fujian Min merchants when they were doing business in Siyang. It has a history of more than 300 years. The Mazu Cultural Park has a total investment of 160 million yuan. The cultural park is surrounded by water on three sides, with a quiet environment and beautiful scenery. The Lotus Square has the world's first three-sided Mazu statue, which is 32.3 meters high and is known as the 'First Mazu Statue in the World' by the ancestral temple of Meizhou Mazu; the Holy Mother Hall enshrines the millennium cinnamomum camphora whole carving statue, which is the treasure of the town garden; the twelve zodiac square sculpture is vivid and lifelike, with both form and spirit, it is a unique cultural landmark on the thousand-mile canal, and it is a pure land of Buddhism and Taoism. It also protects every citizen of this land!