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Famous Hebei Daming 3 Days 2 Nights｜A Treasure Guide to the Northern Song Dynasty Capital

Who knew! The Daming Prefecture in "Water Margin" is actually in Handan🔥 Once the number one city in the north, historically known as Beijing Daming Prefecture 3,500 years of city history, connected to Bao Zheng, Di Renjie, Lu Junyi, Zhao Kuangyin Few crowds, free admission, super low prices, perfect for Hanfu photos, a weekend short trip route to copy 📅Day 1|Song Street Museum Tour · Night Scene Dream Back to the Song Dynasty Morning Change into Hanfu and head to Song Street, where many museums are all free Check in at the Daming Stone Carving Museum See the 12-meter-tall "Number One Stele Under Heaven" · Five Rites Stele Inscribed by Emperor Huizong of Song, plus the largest Tang Dynasty epitaph of He Hongjing in the country, full of historical atmosphere Afternoon Visit the Canal Museum to learn about Daming’s thousand-year canal development history Then go to the Daming Prefecture Ancient City Ruins Museum to touch the time sediment of the millennium-old city Head to the Daming Banquet Food Culture Museum Use ancient-style silver notes to try the special Shaomai dumplings, soft, glutinous, and delicious Evening Be sure to wait for the Hongjing Pavilion night lighting ceremony The moment the lights come on, you instantly travel back to the prosperous Song Dynasty, perfect for photos 📅Day 2|Stroll Through the Thousand-Year-Old City · Explore and Eat in Vibrant Daming Morning Enter the ancient city of Daming from the north gate The Song-style streets are full of ancient charm and bustling life, with the aroma of traditional baked flatbreads Visit the Daming Confucian Temple to feel the profound Song Dynasty aesthetics Walk into the Daming County Government Office, as if traveling back in time to wait for a just official’s verdict Afternoon Stroll through the romantic Daming Water Street + artistic D6 district Take photos by the water with a great atmosphere, a hidden gem that’s fun to explore Chance upon lively local village dances, join the locals to dance, joyful and healing Evening Head straight to Daming Jihui Snack Street to taste all the city’s delicacies Must-try Daming intangible cultural heritage trio🔥 Daming 258 ▪️2: Ermao Roast Chicken ▪️5: Wubai Ju Sausage ▪️8: Guo Ba Fire-Baked Bread One bite unlocks the authentic ancient city flavor At night, wait for the stunning light show at the North City Gate, the city aglow, a picture of prosperity 📅Day 3|Leisurely Artistic Healing · Family Relaxation Day Morning Check in at Sesame Park Feed small animals, play on the playground, relive childhood fun Swing and sip coffee at the park’s Green Wild Café, cozy and relaxing Afternoon Visit the popular cultural living room Cici Daming Tour the Huang Tingjian Memorial Hall, admire the exquisite Cizhou kiln ancient porcelain Feel the poetic life of Song people and the elegant charm of Song porcelain In the evening, stroll along the ancient city wall, slowly ending this thousand-year-old city journey Come to Daming to truly understand what "famous for a long time" means No crowded crowds, full of historical depth and everyday life warmth Shocked by ancient city culture, gently healed by the locals Perfect for Hanfu outings, trips with friends, and family weekend getaways~

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Travel back to the Song Dynasty in a second! The festive atmosphere of the New Year in Daming Ancient City is irresistible

As dusk falls, an ancient city gently touched by time slowly unfolds before your eyes. Some say the most beautiful moment in Daming begins at sunset and awakens under the bright lanterns. When Hongjing Pavilion is instantly illuminated, it feels like a ceremony spanning a thousand years. The entire Song Street transforms into a flowing river of lights, with lanterns reflecting the smiles of the Lunar New Year. The next morning, I put on a Hanfu and walked into the ancient city’s Confucian Temple. With vermilion walls and black tiles under the lattice star gate, time seemed to slow down. Turning to Song Street, this street holds the code of history. The three museums—Stone Carving, Canal, and Ancient City Ruins—stand side by side, like opening a three-dimensional county chronicle. Taste is the fastest way to understand a city. The legendary flavors of “258”—Ermao Roast Chicken, Wubai Sausage, Guoba Fire Bake—are the New Year’s flavor symbols engraved on Daming’s palate. Strolling through the city, the majesty of the government office, the scholarly atmosphere of the academy, and the porcelain charm of the old hall together sketch the profound cultural texture of this ancient city. At night, stories are told in a different way. At the digital government office, a light touch awakens the legend of Detective Di Renjie. And not to be missed is the city’s dazzling light show. Sound, light, and electricity dance with the thousand-year-old city walls, pushing the Lunar New Year celebration to its peak. This is also where the craft of straw weaving continues, a hometown nostalgia in the heart of the legendary singer Teresa Teng. Daming is a city that perfectly blends deep history with warm daily life. Three days and two nights feel like a journey through time. From the brilliant lights to the morning Confucian Temple, from the fireworks on the tongue to the light and shadow at your fingertips… Daming taught me how to embrace history gently and celebrate a Chinese New Year that is rich in flavor yet simple, a name that will be passed down forever.

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Visiting Daming Ancient City? This is the place to stay!

🏨 Moshang Qingju Hotel (Handan Daming Ancient City Branch) is here! ✨ Unbeatable location: Situated in the heart of Daming Ancient City, right across from the North Gate. It's a 3-minute walk to the ancient city commercial street and a 5-minute stroll to local attractions—perfect for exploring and dining! 🚶‍♀️ 🛏️ Stylish rooms: A blend of light Chinese, Song Dynasty minimalism, and Jiangnan aesthetics for a trendy, modern vibe. Featuring Xilinmen zero-pressure mattresses, Laifen hair dryers, whole-house smart voice control, and giant projection screens—you won't want to leave! 🛋️ Choose from a variety of room types, including deep-sleep therapy rooms, ancient city night-view rooms, family rooms, and wedding suites. 🍳 Thoughtful amenities: Enjoy our Caisangzi buffet breakfast, private tea room, complimentary gym, self-service laundry, and a Hanfu dressing experience area. Plus, our butler service is here to assist you throughout your stay! 👔 🚗 Convenient travel: Just 7 minutes from the bus station and 80 minutes from Handan Airport. Surrounding attractions are all within a 15–60 minute drive.

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🌙 My Favourite Return Trip: Daming Food Street Never Disappoints 🍢✨ If you’re looking for a spot that’s always popping off, Daming Food Street is the ultimate vibe check. I swear, every time I roll up, it’s like the street just throws open its arms and says, “Welcome baaaack.” 🤗✨ This place never gets old—there’s always something new, plus your OG favourites ready to fire up your cravings. The food variety here is literally next level. From classic Fuzhou eats to other Asian street snacks, you’ll be on a flavor journey that never stops. Noodles, oysters, dumplings—take your pick and then try something wild you’ve never had before. You could hit up Daming Food Street a dozen times and STILL find new treats to obsess over. 🍜🦪🥟 One of the best things???? The prices are seriously chill. No need to stress about your wallet; the portions are generous and you can snack your way through the street without breaking the bank. Score! 🤑 That means more foodie freedom to eat what you want, when you want. Living the dream, tbh. Just wrapped up another epic night here and already making notes for what to try on my next visit—because yeah, I’m that obsessed. If you’re in Fuzhou, you *have* to check it out in person. Trust me, you’ll end up coming back again and again just for the vibes. 🙌 📍 Daming Food Street Daming Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian, China 🇨🇳 🕒 Most stalls open daily from 5:00 PM till late

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Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture - If you love spice curry, you have to go to "Kubokari"! Their smooth chicken curry is delicious!

Fukuoka is a curry paradise! So, I finally visited Kubokari's Oogusu branch, a place I'd wanted to go to for a long time. Exterior The exterior looks like an apartment building!? The parking lot in front of the store isn't Kubokari's, so I used a nearby coin parking lot. Kubokari They recently opened a branch in Daimyo, but I really wanted to come to the Oogusu location. Interior The interior has both table seating and tatami-style low tables. The retro interior with its Showa-era atmosphere is great. Menu The menu only has two options: "Today's Special" and "The Usual Special." "Today's Special" is pork vindaloo, and "The Usual Special" is a combination of smooth chicken curry and chicken and burdock keema. Since it was my first time at the restaurant, I decided to order the basic "Usual Special." The Usual Special This smooth chicken curry is incredibly delicious! As the name suggests, it's a very runny curry, with the sweetness of onions and the umami of chicken brought together by simple spices. The spiciness is distinctive, gradually building up afterwards. The chicken and burdock keema served alongside also has a gentle spice profile and a deep flavor. Delicious! Cilantro served separately I ordered extra cilantro as a topping, and it came on a separate plate. It's delicious when you mix it into the runny curry! I definitely want to visit the Daimyo branch next time. This one's a bit far. But Fukuoka has so many delicious curry restaurants! I feel like I eat curry at least once every time I'm here, but there are still so many curry restaurants I want to try! Kubokari 3-17-10 Oogusu, Minami-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kashimasu 1+2 Market Cafe Arc 092-983-5314 Opening Hours: 11:00 - 15:00 Closed: Wednesdays #FukuokaGourmet #SpiceCurry

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Daming has two ancient cities, one of which has been buried underground for over 600 years.

Many people visiting Daming in Handan explore the ancient city and see the city walls. But you might not know this: The Daming Ancient City we see today is not the once-famous "Beijing Daming Prefecture." That's right, Daming was indeed called "Beijing" during the Northern Song Dynasty. In 1042, Emperor Renzong of Song designated Daming Prefecture as a secondary capital. At that time, Daming was an important political, military, and commercial center in the north. However, in 1401, a great flood changed everything. The Zhanghe and Weihe rivers overflowed, burying the old Daming Prefecture city under silt. Later, instead of rebuilding on the original site, people chose another location to build a new city. This resulted in the two ancient cities of Daming we see today. One is the Ming and Qing Dynasty Daming Ancient City, which can still be visited today. The other is the site of the Northern Song Dynasty Daming Prefecture city, buried deep underground in the Dajie Town area. Even more interestingly, archaeological research has revealed that the old city once had a triple structure: an outer city, an inner city, and a palace city, forming a layout resembling the Chinese character "回" (hui). A city that was once so prosperous now has most of its ruins quietly remaining beneath the earth. Meanwhile, just a few kilometers away, in another ancient city called Daming, people still live, shops exist, streets and alleys exist, and people come and go. A flood wiped one city out of history, but it also began a new story for another. What Daming is most worth knowing is perhaps not just the ancient city walls before our eyes. There is also the unseen, yet still underground, "Beijing Daming Prefecture". #Handan #DamingCounty #BeijingDamingPrefecture #DamingAncientCity #HandanCityGuide #HebeiHistory #CityObservation

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[Fukuoka Cafe] Enjoy a wonderful latte

✦✦✦LATTE ART MANIA FUKUOKA✦✦✦ 2-12-18 Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM (Last Order 10:00 PM) Irregular Holidays ⁡ Menu ◉Halloween Latte (Black) ◉Halloween Latte (Hojicha) ◉Black Honey Coffee Cream Donut ◉Black Sesame Basque Cheesecake ⁡ LATTE ART MANIA FUKUOKA, located in Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, is a cafe where you can enjoy beautiful latte art. In addition to cafe lattes showcasing the barista's skills, you can also enjoy drinks such as matcha lattes. The visually stunning drinks are perfect for taking photos. It's a recommended spot for cafe hopping in the Daimyo area or for a break during a stroll around town. Access: Approximately 1 minute walk from Akasaka Station on the Fukuoka City Subway Airport Line. It's easily accessible on foot from the Tenjin area. ⁡ Since it was before Halloween, the latte art was a cute ghost 👻 and there was also a dessert with cute panda ice cream, but I opted for a simple donut and cheesecake. But even that was decorated cutely 🕸 ⁡ The interior is stylish with a black base ◎ Thank you for the meal 🌷︎´- ⁡ #FukuokaCafe #TenjinCafe #AkasakaCafe #FukuokaGourmet #TenjinGourmet

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[Fukuoka] Halloween Limited! Adorable Pudding Affogato and Black Latte.

At LATTE ART MANIA FUKUOKA, I tried their Halloween limited-edition sweets. For the pudding affogato, I added the puppy and panda toppings. They were so cute, and the presentation of drizzling strawberry sauce at the end was a fun, Halloween-themed touch that I really enjoyed. For drinks, I had the Halloween Black Matcha Latte and the Halloween Black Hojicha Latte. The pitch-black look despite being matcha and hojicha was so unique, and the latte art was special for Halloween too. [What I Ordered] ・Pudding Affogato + Dog & Panda Toppings: 900 yen ・Halloween Black Matcha Latte: 1,000 yen ・Halloween Black Hojicha Latte: 1,000 yen These Halloween sweets are available for a limited time until October 31st. LATTE ART MANIA FUKUOKA 📍 2-12-18 Daimyo, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture 🕰️ 9:00 - 23:00

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The inscriptions of Di Renjie have been passed down through the ages. The Daming stone inscriptions are the top stone inscriptions in China

Leaving the Yecheng Archaeological Museum in Linzhang, drive east for about an hour to reach Daming County. Historically known as "Beijing Daming Prefecture," Daming was the secondary capital of the Northern Song Dynasty and now quietly rests on the southern Hebei Plain. The goal of this trip is the stone inscription museum—an open-air stele forest housing the tallest and largest ancient stele in China, including one that forever links the name Di Renjie to this city. 📍Location: Daming stone inscription museum, Daming County, Handan City, Hebei 🎫Admission: free (ID required) ⏰Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 AM–5:00 PM (closed Monday) 🚗Transport: recommended to drive. Navigate to "Daming stone inscription museum." About 1.5 hours from Handan city center 🏆Highlights: Wuliji stele (national key cultural relic protection unit), Di Renjie shrine stele (national protection), Zhu Xi scripture inscription stele (provincial protection), Ma Wencao spirit way stele (provincial protection), He Hongjing epitaph (national protection) ⏳Recommended duration: 2–3 hours 🪨Wuliji stele—the "top stele in the world," a "single stele showing Tang and Song" Entering the museum gate and passing through a shaded corridor, the first thing you see is the Wuliji stele lying on the ground. Standing over 12 meters tall, it is the tallest and largest ancient stele still existing in China. The stele lies flat on a stone base, with the six-dragon pattern on the top clearly visible. A nearby plaque explains why it is called a "single stele showing Tang and Song"—this stele was originally a Tang Dynasty virtue stele for He Jintao, military governor of Weibo, inscribed by Liu Gongquan. During the Northern Song Zhenghe period, Emperor Huizong ordered the old text to be erased and replaced with his own imperial "New Rites of the Five Rites." The front of the stele is in slender gold script, while traces of Liu’s calligraphy remain on the side. On one stele, the strength of the Tang and the elegance of the Song coexist on the same stone surface—Liu Gongquan’s robust style and Emperor Huizong’s graceful script, separated by a stone crack, are neighbors within arm’s reach. The stele has been ground down, altered, and broken, but each scar tells its own story. 📜Di Renjie shrine stele—the people won’t let a good official be forgotten by time Not far from the Wuliji stele is a stele pavilion housing the Di Renjie shrine stele. Officially named "Great Tang Di Lianggong Shrine Stele," it was first erected in 698 to commemorate Di Renjie’s virtuous governance while defending Weizhou against the Khitan. Di Renjie’s time in Weizhou was brief, but the local people immediately built a shrine and erected a stele for him after he left. The stele’s 27 lines of regular script are precise, as if carefully completing an important task. True virtue is not measured by the length of your term but by whether people are willing to carve a stone for you after you leave. The people of Daming built a shrine and stele for him right after his departure. That stele has stood for 1,300 years, weathering wind, rain, and dynastic changes, yet it remains, as does Di Renjie’s place in the hearts of the people. 🖋️Zhu Xi scripture inscription stele—a rare handwritten work by the master of Neo-Confucianism The Zhu Xi scripture inscription stele is a Ming Dynasty re-carving of Zhu Xi’s handwritten classics, as the original no longer exists. The inscription is dignified and composed, reflecting Zhu Xi’s Neo-Confucian philosophy—neither harsh nor severe, calm and reserved. As a calligraphic relic of the Neo-Confucian master, it is extremely rare among surviving steles. If you are interested in calligraphy or Song and Ming Neo-Confucianism, this stele is worth a close look. ⚔️Ma Wencao spirit way stele & He Hongjing epitaph—the true records of late Tang military governors The Ma Wencao spirit way stele, carved during the Later Jin of the Five Dynasties, records the military career of the Ma family through the late Tang, Later Liang, and Later Tang periods. It is an important historical artifact for studying the changes in late Tang military governors. The He Hongjing epitaph is even more impressive—it is the largest surviving Tang Dynasty epitaph, with nearly 3,000 words systematically recording the genealogy and military-political affairs of He Hongjing, military governor of Weibo in the late Tang. The calligraphy is precise and formal. These two steles carve the real details of the late Tang military governor era, line by line, into stone. ⚠️Practical tips · The stone inscription museum is located in Daming County. It is recommended to dedicate a separate day for this visit during your Handan itinerary · Some steles are displayed outdoors. Visit on clear days, as rain or snow may limit access to outdoor exhibits · Audio guides or guided tours are available for rent (about 50–80 yuan) · Flash photography is prohibited · Dining options nearby are limited. It is recommended to eat in Daming County before visiting

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Avoid the crowds! The ultimate off-the-beaten-path summer family guide to Daming Ancient CityØ

Want to take the kids out this summer but worried about the crowds? 🤔 Here’s a must-save family guide to the hidden gem of Daming Ancient City! 🏰✨ 📍 [Daming Ancient City] A hidden treasure in Hebei! The charming historic architecture is perfect for photos 📸 Fewer people and beautiful scenery make it super easy to explore and eat with kids 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🚗 [Itinerary] Recommended as a 1-day trip: 1️⃣ Morning: Stroll the ancient city streets and soak in the history 2️⃣ Noon: Taste local specialties 3️⃣ Afternoon: Continue exploring the city and take photos 4️⃣ Evening: Enjoy the sunset over the ancient city walls 🏨 [Affordable accommodation recommendations] 1️⃣ Budget guesthouse: great value 2️⃣ Family-themed rooms: kids’ favorite 3️⃣ All conveniently located within walking distance of the attractions 💡 [Tips for your visit] ✔️ Wear comfortable sneakers ✔️ Bring sunscreen ✔️ Avoid the hottest midday hours ✔️ Consider renting a family stroller for easier travel 🍦 [Family activities] 👉 Discover cultural stories hidden in the city 👉 DIY ancient city models together 👉 Taste special handmade snacks A must-visit this summer! Head to this cool, refreshing hidden spot— guaranteed fewer crowds and great value! 👍

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