This small town adjacent to Nanjing is worth your weekend visit

I took a trip to Chuzhou, which is very close to Nanjing, when I had some free time. I wanted to experience the Ningchu City Line (S4 Line), but unfortunately, only the Chuzhou section has been opened, and the Nanjing section has only been built up to the Cha River. It is one of the four Anhui 'little brothers' in the Nanjing metropolitan circle. Its development momentum has been very strong in recent years, and last year's growth rate of 5.5% left a shadow, making it the third city in Anhui. As for how to play here? The answer is: 'One mountain, one book, one emperor'. ✅Must experience: 'The mountain is Langya Mountain' It used to be called Moda Ridge, because Sima Yi's son, Langya King Sima Zhou, once stationed troops here, so it is also called Langya Mountain. In the fifth year of the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu wrote a letter to Fan Zhongyan to exonerate him. As a result, he himself was demoted to Chuzhou and served as the prefect for two years, writing the 'Ode to the Pavilion of the Drunken Old Man', becoming the drunken old man who enjoyed himself with the people. 'The area around Chuzhou is all mountains. The peaks to the southwest, with their beautiful forests and ravines, are particularly beautiful. The one that looks lush and deeply charming is Langya.' I thought the old poet was writing with artistic license, but he was actually writing realistically. 📝Note tips: Admission to the mountain is free, and there are many small scenic spots in the mountain. Among them, the Drunken Old Man Pavilion, Tongle Garden, Langya Temple, and South Heaven Gate are four joint tickets for 60 yuan. Chuzhou Culture and Tourism also has a coupon, which is very cost-effective to reduce by 20. Of course, if you can recite the 'Ode to the Pavilion of the Drunken Old Man' proficiently within five minutes, you can get in for free. There is a golden house in the book, friends! ✅Must experience: 'The book is 'The Scholars'' You all know 'Fan Jin Zhongju', right? He comes from 'The Scholars', a unique book that represents the peak of ancient Chinese satirical novels. The author is Wu Jingzi, a novelist of the Qing Dynasty. He is from Quanjiao, Chuzhou, and Hu Shi, also from Anhui, called him the greatest literary giant of Anhui. His former residence is near the Taiping Ancient City in Quanjiao, Chuzhou. The classical garden-style courtyard, which goes in and out several times, is surprisingly large. The whole set of houses is made of green bricks and tiles, one layer inside another. The garden behind the residential area is fresh and quiet, with all the pavilions and towers that should be there. ✅Must experience: 'The emperor is Emperor Taizu of Ming' Among the ancient emperors, I admire Zhu Yuanzhang alone. Among the emperors who had a similar background to him, Liu Bang was at least a grassroots cadre, but he really started with a bowl and was poor. There is a Fengyang County in Chuzhou, which was called Haozhou in the late Yuan Dynasty and is Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown. In 1368, when the Ming Dynasty was just established, he chose his hometown Fengyang as the capital, despite the opposition of many ministers, but our Emperor Hongwu insisted on his own way. Ming Zhongdu is a world-class mega project, the scale of which is 288 basketball courts (120,000 square meters) larger than the Forbidden City in Beijing. Judging from the nearly 3-meter-long giant foundation stone unearthed from the front hall, it is also unprecedented. 🌟Highlights: Now there is a drum tower in the urban area of Fengyang County, which is an auxiliary building of Ming Zhongdu. Without a doubt, this is the largest drum tower in the country, with a base length of 72 meters and a height of nearly 16 meters, which is very exaggerated. 📝Note tips: Zhu Yuanzhang also built the Minghuang Mausoleum for his parents in Fengyang. Although the Minghuang Mausoleum is not a royal mausoleum, it is the same system as the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing and the Ming Thirteen Mausoleums in Beijing, with magnificent and solemn palaces and pavilions.