Heze 1-day tour.
Heze Railway Station ➡️ Heze Museum ➡️ Tianxiang Park ➡️ Jiahe City ➡️ Old City of Caozhou
Transportation: 🚶🏻♀️ Walking/🚗 Self-driving/Taxi 🚘
👁 Must-see cultural relics:
1️⃣ Bronze heavy weapon from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties - Zai Fu You
2️⃣ Ancient ship, one of the most well-preserved wooden inland river ships from the Yuan Dynasty in China
3️⃣ Yuan Dynasty blue and white dragon pattern plum vase selected as "Qilu Treasure"
4️⃣ Typical artifact from the Longshan Culture period, square pattern pottery jar
🎫 Ticket: Free
⏰ Opening hours:
May 6, 2024 - October 7, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm (last entry at 11:30 am)
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm (last entry at 5:00 pm)
⚠️ Closed at noon
⚠️ Closed on Mondays (except public holidays)
🚶 Tour time: 1-2 hours
✅ Tianxiang Park
👉 A free city park with many people exercising and walking during the day and night. Now the flowering season is over, but it is said that in April every year, you can see peonies, which are very beautiful!
🎫 Ticket: Free
🚶🏻♀️ Tour time: 1-2 hours
3️⃣ Jiahe City
The supermarket is said to be the Heze version of "Pang Donglai", and there is a Jianghu Food Street on the underground floor!
4️⃣ Old City of Caozhou
Recommended to see the night view at night! The lights are on, and the ancient style is great 👍📷
👉 The Old City of Caozhou was founded in the 11th year of the Ming Dynasty, and the city is square, with each side being 3 li long; later, a circular embankment was built to symbolize the round sky and square earth, forming a round outer and square inner pattern.
👉 In the 13th year of the Qing Dynasty, it was promoted to a prefecture city, and was famous for its 72 streets, 72 wells, 72 ponds, and 72 archways. The prefecture system was abolished in the Republic of China, and the city declined and the ancient sites decayed.
👉 The current Old City of Caozhou buildings are built and rebuilt on the original site in imitation of the old system.
🌈 Main attractions
🔵 Shensi Garden
👉 Built in memory of Fan Xizheng, the governor of Caozhou in the Ming Dynasty, to praise his "Gan Tang Yi Ai" character and outstanding contribution to Caozhou City.
🎫 Garden ticket: CNY 30/person
🟡 Taining Bridge
👉 The bridge has five arches, symbolizing the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Each side has 60 columns, with the twelve zodiac signs carved on them, meaning "the combination of the heavenly stems and earthly branches, the sixty-year cycle, the yin and yang of heaven and earth, and the twelve as the outline".
🔵 Yong'an Tower
👉 The tower is a seven-story octagonal four-door pavilion-style brick and concrete building, with a total height of 55 meters.
🎫 Tower ticket: CNY 20/person
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In Heze, I ate:
Lamb soup, Zhuang Mo, Hu porridge, spicy soup, hot pot, and pan-fried buns