The grand event of Jiangnan, the 14th Chrysanthemum Exhibition and the Four Gentlemen of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum are here

This autumn, the most eye-catching event in Jiangnan is undoubtedly the 14th China Chrysanthemum Exhibition held in Huishan Ancient Town, Wuxi. With its winding mountains, water features, pavilions, and towers, it is the perfect place for the exhibition. When the chrysanthemum exhibition meets the ancient town, one can appreciate the flowers and also pursue the historical and cultural values. 14th China Chrysanthemum Exhibition Although Huishan Ancient Town holds a chrysanthemum exhibition every year, this year it is a national exhibition with a very large scale. More than forty cities have participated, each with its own city characteristics. After touring the exhibition, it feels like having traveled through most of China. Huishan Ancient Town is known as an open-air history museum. The long history here flows gently, leaving behind many traces worth pursuing. In the Ming Dynasty garden, Jichang Garden, with its whitewashed walls, black tiles, small bridges, and flowing water, it is a natural masterpiece of Jiangnan landscape, 'A garden cleverly borrows from two mountains, and two mountains reflect the beauty of the garden.' The ingenious design of the garden is astonishing. The ancient temple Huishan Temple from the Southern Dynasties has been around for 1600 years, among the 480 temples of the Southern Dynasties, many pagodas are shrouded in mist and rain. The ancient ginkgo trees are just turning yellow, and it will be another month before they are fully yellow. 🍵 Wuxi has Huishan, the number one mountain in Jiangnan, and at the foot of Huishan, there is the second best spring in the world. This is the source of tea culture, a place of elegance for literati through the ages. Lu Yu, the Tea Sage of the Tang Dynasty, rated it as the second best in the world. The Tang Dynasty poet Li Shen, who read by the Huishan spring in his youth, wrote the well-known poem about the farmer's toil: 'At noon, hoeing in the fields, sweat drips onto the soil beneath.' 🤗 Huishan Ancient Town also has a rich culture of ancestral halls, with famous ancestral gardens such as the Huaxiaozi Ancestral Hall from the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tang Lu Zhi Ancestral Hall, Lu Yu Lu Zi Ancestral Hall, Song Fan Zhongyan Ancestral Hall, etc. Strolling through them, one can trace their roots and experience the culture of surnames. is Wuxi, this is Huishan Ancient Town grand land shines throughout China TIPS: ⏰ About the time: The 14th National Chrysanthemum Exhibition October 26th - November 26th Food recommendations: Huishan crispy cakes, Wuxi spareribs, Taihu Three Whites, brown sugar taro, Huishan fried gluten, silver thread noodles, scallion oil eel lake. 🎫 About the ticket price: During the National Chrysanthemum Exhibition from October 26th to November 26th, 2023 (8:00-21:00), the Xi-Hui scenic and cultural relics area will adopt a one-ticket system, with a ticket price of 70 yuan per person. About the address: No. 18 Baoshan Street, Liangxi District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province