Tour around Zhouzhuang with online celebrities

(chinadaily.com.cn)

11:30-12:30 Chunluzhisi

The last stop of the travel-reality show was Chunluzhisi Resort Hotel, perched on the shore of Nanhu Lake in Zhouhzuang.

The name of the hotel originates from an intriguing historical story: Chunluzhisi.

During the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265-316), a royal advisor named Zhang Han was said to be so homesick that he resigned from his prestigious post and returned to his hometown in the Jiangnan region—the area around modern-day Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

According to legend, it was not being away from his family or his home that Zhang was unable to bear, but not being able to eat his favorite Jiangnan dishes: Chuncai, an aquatic plant called water-shield, and lu, or four-gilled perch, a kind of fish found in the Yangtze River Delta.

The phrase "yearning for chuncai and lu" (chunluzhisi) has since become a metaphor for homesickness and boredom in political life in Chinese culture, while for local people in Zhouzhuang the story is more a testament to the quality of their cuisine!

The visiting guests savored the two famous delicacies in the hotel and put to an end to their three-day trip to Zhouzhuang.

The last stop of the travel-reality show is Chunluzhisi Resort Hotel, perched on the shore of Nanhu Lake in Zhouhzuang. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]