Jiangzhe Travelogue

Author: Zhong Xinjiang Yu'er
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Why walk through Jiangsu and Zhejiang? For the dreamlike water villages, rows of houses, rivers, and stone bridges, where every detail exudes the spiritual essence of Jiangnan and is filled with the sentiment of water villages; for the beauties of Wu and Yue, from the Qinhuai River with its boat sounds and lantern shadows to the West Lake under the morning breeze and lingering moonlight, the flower-like beauties like Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xiangjun, and Liu Rushi, together with the graceful landscapes, construct an imagination that transcends history; for the tragic love, the meeting of Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian on the Broken Bridge, where they borrowed an umbrella to seal their love, and the farewell of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, who bid each other farewell eighteen times, only to become eternal parting. This land has buried millennia of vicissitudes and precipitated ancient charm. It is where Tang and Song poetry and lyrics dock, and where the soul finds rest and rejuvenation. Walking through Jiangsu and Zhejiang is best done alone, without needing to talk—just walking, searching, and feeling. The West Lake in light makeup, the Qinhuai River in fireworks, the scenery like a painting, the beauties like flowers, gentleness deep as the ocean! Water alleys, black boats, black tiles and white walls, lantern shadows, pipa music, water-side households, the elegance of Jiangnan's famous gardens, the vicissitudes of the four hundred and eighty temples. A meeting on the Broken Bridge, sharing a pillow. Liang and Zhu, classmates who transform into butterflies together—love is always beautiful because of its tragedy. Walking... feeling...