Shitang dawn Garden

Notre Dame of Paris in the East, the first ray of light in the new millennium.

Shitang dawn Garden

Shitang, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, is known as the "town in the picture". It is surrounded by the blue sea and has beautiful scenery. The mountains, the sea, and the stones are in harmony. Its landscape is famous for its combination of natural and artificial craftsmanship. It is also known as the "Notre Dame of Paris in the East". Shitang is famous in China and the world for its first ray of dawn in the new millennium. Its monument stands in the center of Shuguang garden. Two opposite pillars stand tall, like two upright doors, symbolizing that the door of the new century has been opened. The gate post is like a sail, symbolizing the people of Shitang to welcome the rising sun; the fishing nets between the two sails are connected, symbolizing the people's ambition of fighting against the sea and waves for a bumper harvest and making a fortune through hard work. The nine stainless steel bars connecting the two stone pillars cross into a fish net, symbolizing that the net shines "forever" in the sun Shitang Tianwen museum is the popular science education base of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is a collection of sightseeing and popular science education It is the only comprehensive planetarium open to tourists in China. It is also the first county-level planetarium in China. There are four series of ship models, costumes of fishermen of all ages, scenes of fishing at sea and specimens of marine life in the model ship hall.

Basic introduction

Shitang, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, is known as the "town in the picture". It is surrounded by the blue sea and has beautiful scenery. The mountains, the sea, and the stones are in harmony. Its landscape is famous for its combination of natural and artificial craftsmanship. It is also known as the "Notre Dame of Paris in the East".

Shitang is famous in China and the world for its first ray of dawn in the new millennium. Its monument stands in the center of Shuguang garden. Two opposite pillars stand tall, like two upright doors, symbolizing that the door of the new century has been opened. The gate post is like a sail, symbolizing the people of Shitang to welcome the rising sun; the fishing nets between the two sails are connected, symbolizing the people's ambition of fighting against the sea and waves for a bumper harvest and making a fortune through hard work. The nine stainless steel bars connecting the two stone pillars cross into a fish net, symbolizing that the net shines "forever" in the sun Shitang Tianwen museum is the popular science education base of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is a collection of sightseeing and popular science education It is the only comprehensive planetarium open to tourists in China. It is also the first county-level planetarium in China. There are four series of ship models, costumes of fishermen of all ages, scenes of fishing at sea and specimens of marine life in the model ship hall. The series of ship models shows nearly 100 kinds of ship models carefully made by the old ship model maker, which were spread in five provinces and one city for nearly a hundred years. These ship models are made according to a certain proportion of the original miniature. The style, structure, color and pattern are in line with their times, and the craft is meticulous and vivid. In addition, there are also ancient fishing village customs, such as Dazuo drum, qiantai Pavilion and July 7 Lilliput Festival, with unique styles. The ancient Minnan customs add a lot of charm to it, making you feel the vitality of secular life. You can enjoy the sunset of the fishing port and enjoy the sea breeze. The ancient fishing village dwellings and simple fishing village customs also play a melody of the East China Sea.

delicious food

Changyu yellow croaker: "Xinhe mullet, stone snake, Changyu yellow croaker bean sprouts". Wenling's "four famous dishes" have always been talked about by the gourmets in Wenling, especially Changyu yellow croaker. The wild yellow croaker of more than three Jin is selected, with onion, garlic leaf, garlic petal, ginger, onion, Lentinus edodes, pig oil and other seasonings. The soup is rich in color, salty, delicious, and soft The new year's cake is full of aftertaste.

Xinhe mullet is made from mullet produced at the intersection of salt and fresh water. It is stewed with ham, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, onion, ginger and garlic to keep its original taste. The meat is plump, tender and delicious. The soup is light and delicious.

Pan Lang eel noodles are made of thick and fresh eel, cooked and cut into shreds, and then heated with salad oil. Stir fry eel shreds with scallion, ginger and garlic, add dried bean noodles and various seasonings, add water to make soup. The noodles are oily and fragrant, which is comparable to Hangzhou's "shrimp and eel noodles".

Wugen bean sprout wugen bean sprout refers to the bean sprout of wugen restaurant. This bean sprout, which has been talked about by the "gourmets" in Wenling, is made of silkworm bean sprouts, which is also called "Sichuan bean sprouts" by Wenling people. Buy bean sprouts more stress: bean sprouts germinate, can't expand water, like incubating rice seeds, often appropriate pouring some water, don't let bean sprouts expand water in order to increase some weight, just like incubating rice seeds, incubated bean sprouts are delicious to burn. Laoshao, the shop owner, only uses monosodium glutamate, sugar, salt, yellow rice wine and other seasonings to make bean sprouts. He does not have chicken juice or soup, so he can clear water. The key to making bean sprouts is to have a good command of the heat. The water should not be too much or too little. After cooking, he can put a spoonful of his own boiled lard on the bean sprouts while it is hot and sprinkle with scallions.

Inlaid cake Wenling "inlaid cake" is to put your favorite dishes into the fresh new year cake, which is the traditional fast food of Wenling people. First, beat the early rice and glutinous rice into fine powder according to a certain proportion, steam them in the pot, and then put them in the trough mortar and beat them with sticks to make the cake tough. The more you beat, the more tough and delicious it will be. Now, we are all eager to save time and effort, basically using machines. Cut off fresh rice cakes of different sizes and knead them into thin cakes on the table. Add fried noodles, fried dough sticks, pork, shredded potatoes, celery, onion... And a bowl of salted bean curd. It's definitely the first delicious breakfast in Wenling!

Qingming dumpling Qingming dumpling is a kind of wild plant called "pulp wheat straw" mashed and squeezed juice, and then take this juice with the dried water milled pure glutinous rice powder mix well, and then start to make dumplings. The filling heart of sweet dumpling is made of delicate sugar bean paste. When filling, add a small piece of sugar lard. The stuffing of salty dumplings is usually made of meat foam, dried bean curd, carrot and bamboo shoots. After the dough is made, steam them in the cage and brush the cooked vegetable oil evenly on the surface of the dough when they are out of the cage. The dough is as green as jade, waxy and soft, fragrant, sweet but not greasy, fat but not plump. The wheat cakes that Wenling people eat are actually spring rolls.

Booking information

① Opening hours: 8:00-16:30

② Children's ticket: half ticket for height of 1.2m-1.5m, free ticket for height below 1.2m, full ticket for height above 1.5m

③ Senior tickets: free tickets for people aged 70 and above; half tickets for people aged 60-70 (with ID card or valid senior citizen card)

④ Others: half price for students with student card, and free for soldiers with relevant certificates

Address: Millennium dawn garden, Shitang scenic spot, Wenling City, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 121.617102

Latitude: 28.259252

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