Stroll through the Old Street. Nanjing

Author: Yu Yunyao
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Nanjing is also a renowned land of beautiful mountains and rivers. The city is surrounded by rolling hills and rivers like dense leaf veins, with almost every old street and famous site interconnected with mountains, bridges, and waterways. Take the Ten-Mile Qinhuai River, known as the "Golden Powder of the Six Dynasties," for example. It has captivated countless romantic scholars and inspired poets to compose odes in its honor, leaving them enchanted and lingering! The old streets and alleys on both banks of the Qinhuai are intertwined with the majestic aura of Longmen Street and the Jiangnan Imperial Academy, the "roosting swallows" of Wuyi Lane, and Wang Xizhi's "unbuttoned robe" at Dongchu, evoking deep contemplation. The Peach Leaf Ferry, where Wang Xuanzhi welcomed his concubine, became legendary, while the half-moon at Wendegang is truly magical, and the Zhan Garden Road leading to Jinling Garden is a place of serene longing. The Zhonghua Gate Fortress leaves you in awe, while the Peach Blossom Fan of Li Xiangjun at Shibai Street left a timeless masterpiece, and the Rouge Well at Jiming Temple bears a eternal shame. The "Zhang Prison Tower" at Beigujie left the legacy of the Young Marshal for a century, and Nanjing, the capital of ten dynasties, is a land of natural beauty and cultural richness, with poetry as vast as the sea and outstanding figures emerging through the ages! Like the old streets crisscrossing the long river of history, taverns and inns stand tall, once the bustling centers of feudal dynasties. Through the ages, time has blurred the past, and the world has changed like snowflakes on a goose feather. Through the windows of every old street and famous site, let us seek the traces of history and trace the origins of culture, stirring deep patriotic feelings!