How can east China's Taizhou City fulfill the bucket list for dream China travel - Seite 2

During the Tang Dynasty, Han Shanzi, a poet, and Shi De, a monk of Guoqing Temple, once lived in seclusion here. The former's poems were translated into many languages and were once a hit in Japan, Europe and America.

Although they are not from a family, they have developed brotherly relations, leaving many moving poems and legends. They have been named Hehe Gods by a Qing Dynasty emperor, which later became the symbol of the Hehe culture with far-reaching influence at home and abroad. 

Meanwhile, Taizhou is known for a rich poetry legacy. In the Tang Dynasty (618-907), one of the peaks of Chinese poetry culture, more than 300 poets came here, either asking for meditation or seclusion. They sang their aspirations and expressed their feelings by depicting local scenery, leaving behind more than 1,400 majestic poems, leaving a historic "Tang Dynasty poetry corridor" in eastern Zhejiang. 

Li Bai, probably the best-known Chinese poet, is one of the literati who lingered in Taizhou. 

"Clad in rainbow garments, riding on the wind, come the queens of all the clouds, descending one by one. With tigers for their lute-players and phoenixes for dancers. Row upon row, like fields of hemp, range the fairy figures." 

These fantastic and colorful scenes are not just in Li Bai's dreams, but could well be found in Taizhou's Shenxianju scenic spot. With a unique geological structure, Shenxianju is the largest volcanic rhyolite landform cluster in the world, which can offer a feeling of being in a fairyland as its Chinese name suggests.

If people prefer to explore ancient buildings and street life, Taizhou's ancient city, which has a history of more than 1,600 years, will definitely impress them.

A 5,000-meter-long Taizhou ancient city wall meanders along the lush green trees and a winding river, representing a beautiful style different from the Great Wall in Beijing. 

Under the city wall, Ziyang Street, an ancient street running through the ancient city, boasts time-honored charm and buzz. It used to be the most prosperous commercial district, and has maintained the street pattern and the architectural style in ancient times. Various old-fashioned shops are interspersed among them, and walking through them makes one feel like walking into ancient China.