This year’s Spring Festival holiday is exceptionally long, lasting 9 days, and is known as the “longest Spring Festival holiday in history.”
Many friends around me started planning where to visit early on, and checked the travel e-commerce platforms on their mobile phones. The name Nanjing appeared on almost every list of popular destinations.
The Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism took advantage of the trend to launch more than 600 cultural and tourism activities. This activity has the theme of "Come to Nanjing on horseback". The whole city is filled with a lively atmosphere, which exudes a festive "New Year flavor".
If you are still hesitating about where to go during the New Year, Nanjing is indeed a choice worth considering.
"Horse" lights up the lanterns, filling the atmosphere of the Qinhuai Lantern Festival
If you want to say the most ceremonial place in Nanjing to celebrate the New Year, it must be Qinhuai Lantern Festival Nothing else.
This year is already the 40th edition. The scale is larger than in previous years and the lighting units are more exquisite.
Walking through the streets of Laomendong, as long as you raise your head a little, you can see the cute-looking "big fat orange cat" lantern. The warm yellow light shines on the body, making it especially easy to take beautiful photos when taking pictures.
The "Little Blue Mom" located on the Zhonghua Gate Castle has become a newly emerging Internet celebrity. Its cute appearance has attracted many tourists to come over and take photos.
Both sides of the Qinhuai River present a dazzling scene, with boats passing back and forth between them. The artistic conception of "mocking in Qinhuai at night near a restaurant" can only be felt by experiencing it in person.
Whether you bring your children or invite a few friends, go to Confucius Temple in the evening and then take a walk to Laomendong, you will definitely experience the most local flavor of Jiangnan New Year.
"Horse" travels folk customs, and Spring Festival couplets at the city gate convey New Year blessings
The "ceremonial sense" of the New Year in Nanjing is not only reflected in the bright lanterns, but also in various corners of the city.
Every year on the eve of the Spring Festival, Nanjing has thirteen city gates, and those gates will be hung with huge Spring Festival couplets. This long-lasting tradition has continued for many years.
Paired with the red Spring Festival couplets, the majestic ancient city wall not only has a sense of solemnity, but also is full of festive atmosphere. When passing by, people can't help but take a few more glances.
In the eyes of tourists, this is not only something that can be used to take photos and check in with a good background effect, but also a cultural experience with unique characteristics.
Many families will specially take their children to places like Zhongshan Gate and Zhonghua Gate to watch the Spring Festival couplets and tell the historical stories of Nanjing to their children.
This way of integrating traditional culture into daily life is more vivid than any textbook.
Moreover, the New Year goods market around the city gate is also very lively, and you can find many interesting small items.
Enjoy the plum blossoms on the "horse", and the whole city is ushering in a good time of "plum blossoms"
If you want to find a place to relax during the day, then plum blossom mountain Definitely not to be missed.
During the Spring Festival, the plum blossoms are just beginning to bloom. The plum blossoms all over the mountains and plains are in budding state, and the air is filled with that faint fragrance.
In addition to Meihua Mountain, Xuanwu Lake , Gulin Park It is also a good place to enjoy plum blossoms.
You can take a slow walk along the lakeside and watch the plum blossoms contrast with the lake water to create an interesting contrast; you can also find a stone bench to sit on, bask in the warm winter sunshine, and enjoy the rare leisurely time.
For those friends who love photography, Nanjing at this time is almost full of scenery, and any photo you take will be of the highest quality.
Moreover, most of these parks have convenient transportation and can be reached directly by taking the subway. They are very suitable for taking the elderly and children to go out together.
"Horse" to watch performances, cultural venues are constantly exciting
If you don’t want to be exposed to the wind during the holidays, various cultural venues in Nanjing have also prepared a variety of “literary feasts”.
Departing from Jiangsu Grand Theater to Nanjing Poly Grand Theater, it covers dramas, concerts and children's plays, and its schedule covers almost the entire holiday.
Years ago, tickets for many popular performances were almost sold out. From this, we can see how high people's enthusiasm for cultural consumption is.
In addition, the exhibitions in major museums and art galleries are also very interesting.
In places like the Nanjing Museum and the Museum of the Six Dynasties, there are not only permanent exhibitions, but also some special themed exhibitions during the Spring Festival, which are very suitable for taking children to experience the charm of history and culture.
Moreover, the heating in the venue is particularly sufficient. When you feel tired from shopping, you can sit down and rest in the cultural and creative store, buy some unique souvenirs, and then take them home.
Cleverly arrange travel peaks to make the off-peak experience more comfortable
According to the prediction analysis made by the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Nanjing’s passenger flow during the Spring Festival holiday this year will show a distribution situation, which is “low at both ends and high in the middle”.
What this means is that from New Year's Eve to the second day of the Lunar New Year, relatively few people go out to play, which is a relatively "clean" time period. However, from the third day of the Lunar New Year to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, as medium and long-term tourists arrive in concentration, various major scenic spots will usher in the peak of the most concentrated flow of people. On the sixth and seventh days of the lunar month, tourists begin to return to their starting point, and passenger flow will drop accordingly.
If you plan to come to Nanjing to celebrate the New Year, you can try to avoid the most crowded days and choose to travel before or after the festival.
Friends who drive by themselves should pay attention. The report released by Meituan shows that Nanjing is a popular self-driving destination. It is very necessary to plan the route and parking location in advance.
In addition, the data owned by Ctrip also mentions that many people choose to take time off to make up a "super vacation" of 15 days. If you have enough time, you might as well try this "taking a vacation" method so that you can have more leisurely time.
Nanjing during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Horse has both the warmth of traditional folk customs and the vitality of modern cities.
There are more than 600 activities scattered throughout the city. Whether you love the lively lantern festival or the quiet Merlin, you can always find something that suits you.
Even if crowds of people are unavoidable during holidays, as long as you make proper preparations in advance and arrange your itinerary in a reasonable way, you can still get a wonderful travel memory.
As there is still plenty of time left in the holiday, you might as well invite your family and friends to Nanjing to spend a New Year's Festival full of the flavor of the Year of the Horse.
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