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December 13, 2008, 8:56 pm
The Gorge Scenic Corridor (Xiagu Jinglang) lies in the Tongling Mountain and is covered by forests, 4km from Wencheng County. It is also named Tongling Mountain Gorge (Tonglingshan Xia). By walking along the area, the scenery at both sides of the gorge are so beautiful that it is like a picture, hence the name Gorge Scenic Corridor. The main scenic spots include Shilin Flying Waterfall, Three Immortals Rock, White Dragon Pond, Leading to Heaven Gorge, Guanyin Cliff, and so on.
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December 13, 2008, 8:56 pm
Also known as Centipede Bridge, Yinggangdian Bridge is located at Sankui town. It is a wood arch bridge with a corridor. The structure is as a rainbow spanning on the river and was originally created by Chinese People. This kind of arch bridge can usually be seen in Zhejiang and Fujiang provinces.
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December 13, 2008, 8:55 pm
Xianju Bridge is situated 7.5km east of the Taishun County and spans highly by the river. It was originally built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It is an arch bridge with a corridor.
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December 13, 2008, 8:55 pm
Located at Cangnan County, Puzhuangsuo City is in actual an architecture with the structure of a castle. It was built in 1384 for defense against the Japanese army.
Puzhuangsuo City, also known as Pu City, is erected by the sea. It is square at the south side and round at the north, which stands for the meaning of heaven is round and the earth is square (In early times, people thought the heaven is round and the earth is square). With the perimeter of 2,400m, the walls are made of stones which are quite firm. There are forts, watch towers and moats outside the city. The streets and lanes are exactly the same as what they used to be. There are also over 30 temples in the city such as the City God’s Temple, Mazu Temple.
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December 13, 2008, 8:54 pm
Zhuyang Nine-Peak is located at the north of Tianding Lake. In the area of Zhuyang Nine-Peak, odd peaks stood as high as the sky. People are always astonished by their grandness, height and vigor. The cliffs add charm to the Zhuyang Nine-Peak.
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December 13, 2008, 8:54 pm
It takes about half an hour to reach Liuzhai Bridge from Sankui Town by renting motorbike. Although the Liuzhai Bridge was abandoned in the wild and nobody passes through it nowadays, it still holds a grand sight.
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December 10, 2008, 6:21 am
Liu Ji is the one of the great persons who founded the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).He is a militarist, politician and literary author. Nantian town, west of Tianding Lake in Wencheng County, is the hometown of Liu Ji.
Name: Wenzhou Liu Ji’s Hometown (Liuji Guli)
City: Wenzhou
Address:
Admission: Free
December 10, 2008, 6:20 am
Viewing Tianding Lake on the top of the mountain provides different experience compared to viewing lots of strange peaks, stones, dangerous waterfalls and deep pools, deep caves and dangerous beaches.
Tianding Lake covers an area of 5.4sqkm and holds a capacity of 60 million cubic meters. It is located on the top of the mountain with the height of 630m. There are over 10 islands on the Tianding Lake, some of which are full of greeneries, some full of flowers, some are bumpy and some are flat. It has picturesque scenery.
Name: Wenzhou Tianding Lake (Tianding Hu)
City: Wenzhou
Address:
Admission: Free
December 10, 2008, 6:19 am
Jiangxin Park is situated on the west side of Minjiang River Liberation Bridge in Fuzhou city, Fujian Province and is under the Sanxianzhou Bridge of Cangshan area. It is a miniature park of not more than an area of 0.05 square kilometers. Initially there is no island in the center of the river. The river surface is broad and flat. It was said that during the Ming Dynasty, flood runs rampant from spring to summer; the flood silts in the middle of the river and forms the putty continent.The park cultivates more than 50,000 plants through transplant with its original nature resources and forms a wild tree forest where the trees are luxuriant, the sky is clear and the water is blue. There were also constructions of pavilion, building, Chinese style pavilion, waterside pavilion, winding corridor, fishing Islands and child amusement park in the park.
Name: Wenzhou Jiangxin Park
City: Wenzhou
Address: Jiangbin Road,Jiangxing Isle,Wenzhou
Admission: CNY20
Hours: 8:00am-11:00pm
Tel: 0086-577-88197557
December 10, 2008, 6:19 am
Yantou Cultural Centre and the countryside river cultural scenic area is also called the crag central. It is located along the main cedar brook river and is inclusive of the water city from ferry landing to sand area of 32.4 kilometers and the beach forest along the ancient village river. The total area covers 199 square kilometers.
The Clear Immortal Road vertically goes through the entire boundary along the cedar brook river. The other six big scenic areas radiated around it and therefore composed the entire cedar brook river scenery scenic spot area. The overall main characteristic of this scenic area manifests the elegance, the ancient village and the beautiful beach forest.
The main scenic spot includes the Big Cedar Brook, the Lion Crag, the Peaceful Crag, the Stone Column Peak, Crag Village, the Dark Green Slope Village, the Cotton Rose Village, the Maplewood Village, the Yongqing Bridge, the former Red Cross military headquarter, South Sand Martyrs’ Cemetery, the Brook Beach Forest, the West Forest, the Dry Beach Forest and Nine Feet Beach Forest, fishing ponds and so on.
Name: Wenzhou Yantou Cultural Center (Yantou Wenhua Zhongxin)
City: Wenzhou
Address: Main Nanxi River scenic area
Admission: CNY15
The prices for the two ancient villages in Yantou Cultural Center (Yantou Wenhua Zhongxin) are CNY15 and CNY10 respectively.