2011年7月28日星期四

The Delicious Food of Wonderful Beijing Tour 2

6, the old Liu Noodle House: Art Longfu in a hospital across the alley (a mere 108,104 off road north 200 meters Art Museum, Chiang Courtyard alley. Is the opposite alley triple , the face of a gable, covered with green plants, respectively, in the south and east there are two entrances, the boss of his home yard.) belong to Beijing homemade flavor, fantastic. Whitewater sheep to eat the best meat especially tender, but no mountain flavor, Geda and collapse sub-pan with the taste of a child to eat exactly the same. Often the dish are: butter beef, buckwheat seedlings, Whitewater Haggis, Gaobeidian silk tofu, fried fish stew, again two minutes a night to eat noodles. There are many delicious, not to enumerate. Very much like the kind of feeling of home, is also more affordable.

7, after the sea pickled fish hot pot city: in the peace nine birds on the street next to where the new a boiled fish and snails, and now (2003.4) 8.8 a special before this, a screw 15 yuan. (In the future is not the I can not guarantee the price.) absolute and boiling ** Yipin. taste absolutely authentic. Also here before the most famous perfume is spicy pickled fish and fish pot. the taste is simply supreme fish. And there's so cheap You dare to think I called a day of boiled fish, 2 pounds, an apple snails, a fried lettuce, spinach mixed with a fan, a fried rice, a large Coke checkout only $ 68. If only blackfish 18 per pound, if not interested in the decoration, just like food connoisseurs, must go try.

8. Houhai Yinding Bridge west along the river to the west, passing the former residence of Soong Ching Ling, in the corner to the Prince Gong Fu encountered library. Pink green window frames lining the Fuku Chuan food words. Several specialties: Fu-five unique library (chickens, ducks and rabbits are many, many cattle pepper); Fu library boiled fish (fish is very fresh); soy lotus root segment (cold dish, very tasty); Xuewang (this I half-mouth did not eat, do not eat the stuff inside the chest); rabbit small (characteristic dish); Oolong burning across the river (see that here a good eggplant, H) lemon curd (sweet, lemon flavor adequate); iron fish fillets (the real benefits of a large piece of iron, one tastes)

9, "not the old Goose Creek home," the rice: Grandmaster handkerchief port bridge 100 meters wide Heights Northwest downstairs, phone 63496907,63496994, outside the North Fourth Ring Erlizhuang also opened a. Guizhou style, pre-dinner dishes sent two discs, one pickle, sour crisp and refreshing, particularly ginger; Second Chaodou, a dish of soy bean black beans colorful; "Goose jelly": northern Sichuan taste somewhat like jelly, but jelly do not jin Road, which is also good to eat a lot of the Goose; "bamboo beef": silk is fresh bamboo shoot, hot and sour very appetizing; a goose mixed powder, a powder, the Eight Immortals, MM waiter described as a small bowl, up is a polygon Cuci medium bowl, goose hybrid rice is hot, there many things, full of foie gras, goose heart, Goose, and the Eight Immortals rice inside bamboo shoots and mushrooms, not hot, both are very, very fragrant rice, the only The disadvantage is that too much oil. 20 to 50 yuan per capita.

10, Grandmaster maro four Ramen (Grandmaster Hualian You know, just two meters west of the road, small Menlian.) Is that the original Xizhimen subway home, moving here, and many comrades know it! Boss or the original owner, man or the original man, of course, taste thing - the original flavor, is a table of plastic chairs have been replaced with a:) the price has not changed, bowl 2.5 bowl 3, every time a small Canada. Rotten rotten beef, soft, white radish, somersault is just good noodles, reveals a spicy beef soup, add a spoonful of chili oil - can not stand!

2011年7月27日星期三

The Delicious Food of Wonderful Beijing Tour

Beijing Food Guide
1, grandmothers and grandfathers: Dongzhimen Gui Street, Cantonese food is, especially to break a child, began to refuse to eat, then anger love, beauty juice, porridge cod ah ah ah Luobu Pi chicken dish ah ah all good, does not snack Well, forced to do dried radish cook eggs, yes, but on the Sichuan menu sucks, especially Mao Xuewang.

2, Beijing's first individual Restaurant, Beijing is absolutely authentic home cooking. In a small alley deep inside, (East Side, alley name - Cuihua) specialties: Five wire barrels, garlic pork, meatball casserole, grilled cabbage, braised butterfish, Beijing Sauce wire!

3, opposite the Capitol Theatre (south slope) have Lanzhou Beef Noodle Restaurant, Menlian little health but also in general, but the taste is really bad, 4 per bowl, where the count in the Wangfujing very cheap.

4, small Guizhou: spicy spicy spicy ah ah, bad chili fried rice, Suantang, spicy with a variety of bad things, firmly fans of, while a colleague was the driver refused to call Heidengxiahuo place open in the Dongcheng District Personnel Agency (or bureau of labor) across, anyway, is out of the north from the north and then north triple, walked through the alley the whole head, then turn right, then walked and walked and walked not in the street has a place and then walked away, and saw.

5, Osmanthus restaurants: Joint Publishing standing in front of you, for the triple (east), right (south side triple) with a small road (east-west), looking east, end of the road five two characters nations club, is this road, you go east, about 150 meters to the left to see (north), there is a Rice Noodles, (there are 108 triple the museum tram station) is the alley at the end of Long Fook Building on the back. Inside the environment is poor, but the rice and vegetables authentic! ! Recommended lo powder, hot and sour powder; beer duck (duck a good chew??, Garlic incense. Deep its might, and very good!), Fried twice-cooked pork (Sichuan taste like there is not the same, seems to add some acid sour sauce. very good), Suansun crisp belly, Griddle yellow chicken stew.

Internal Traffic of Beijing Tour

Beijing
Train travel:
Several time a day from Beijing railway station are sent to the suburbs of Beijing tourist attractions tourist train. Holiday picnic train tickets in Beijing Railway Station, Beijing North Railway Station, Beijing South Railway Station, etc. to buy. Beijing Railway Station, Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing North Station and the stops are equipped with the green channel, you can directly enter Zhanshang Che after booking, you can purchase in advance at the station.
You may specify the railway ticket purchased tickets for tourist attractions, the scenic area no longer need to buy tickets. Free tickets to sit Beijing Railway Station, Beijing North Railway Station, Beijing South Railway Station departure excursion trains.

Subway:
Beijing subway line and the existing Metro line. One line west apple, Huidong East to four points; second line after Xizhimen, Fuxingmen, Peace Arch, Qianmen, Beijing Railway Station and other places. First bus time is usually 5:00 am, last bus at about 23:00 pm or so.

Beijing bus, tour bus lines
Beijing traffic is very convenient, metro, buses, coaches in all directions. Beijing area has a large number of public electricity / car line, the "8" head of the air-conditioned car, the "special" double word line of the first special vehicle, the "Tour" prefix attractions car line, and night bus etc., to provide people travel a great convenience.

Taxi:
First arrived in Beijing, then Beijing will have a taxi station before the station. If you go to a place away from the Beijing Railway Station very close (only prices starting at $ 10), the driver is not willing to pull, can get out of Beijing Railway Station Station Square, to move over a street, went to COFCO Plaza, you can encounter a lot of taxi . (Attachment: taxi price list)

Tricycle:
Beijing passenger tricycle are generally gathered in the downtown hub and tourist hot spots, etc., during the holidays with serious traffic jams as a taxi, so people have to choose to wear a small alley of the tricycle. Coupled with the excellent tricycle street was very convenient to see, so the tricycle taxi is slightly higher than the costs.

Bike:
Many large hotels in Beijing have bike rental business, generally a daily rent of around $ 20-30. If would like to Beijing to have a more transparent understanding, may wish to pay a deposit to rent a semi-new bike, then the size of the city center can enjoy walking through the alley. Then take the opportunity to listen to a few occasionally floated into the ears of the thick Beijing dialect, which is really a great pleasure to visit Beijing.

The Transportation of Beijing City

External traffic in Beijing
Airlines:
Beijing Capital International Airport is located in Shunyi District, northeast of the urban area, about 30 kilometers from the city, the capital of the new airport terminal has enabled Beijing as China's international and domestic aviation hub has been further strengthened.
Airport shuttle bus, reached Xidan Civil Aviation Building, Art Museum, Beijing station, Gongzhufen other places. If you drive yourself, the airport highway vehicle types vary charges, taxi charges $ 10.

Railway:
Beijing is the hub of the national railway, Beijing Jian Guo Men Nei Avenue, standing in the urban area south of the southeast, take the subway or bus can be that, after Beijing's main railway lines Beijing-Shanghai line, Beijing-Harbin line, Beijing-Qinhuangdao line, etc. ; Beijing West stands Lotus Pond Road, the main Beijing-Guangzhou line, Longhai lines; South Station is more than slow; Xizhimen Station North Station that have cars and picnic to Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other places a short drive and so on.

Highway:
Beijing as the center of the four radial leaving a total of 12 national highway, respectively to Shenyang, Tianjin, Harbin, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Nanjing, Fuzhou, Kunming and other places. Beijing has six highways: Badaling Highway, Beijing Capital Airport Expressway, Beijing-Shenyang expressway, Tianjin-Tanggu Expressway, Beijing-Shijiazhuang Expressway, Beijing-Zhangjiakou Expressway. There are 12 bus stations in Beijing.
Beijing has been opened to Benxi, Liaoyang direct high-speed passenger. These two lines are Beijing-Shenyang highway driving, the use of luxury air-conditioned Volvo vehicles, with CCTV, water dispenser, adjustable seats, etc., along the way provide free meals. Benxi route length of 820 km, the fare 195 yuan, daily service, 10:30 am departure from Bawangfen Bus Terminal (now there are many cars to move four points of the benefit), Benxi Terminal 20: 00 back . Liaoyang line length of 700 km, fare $ 170 is a daily service, 11:00 am departure from Bawangfen long-distance bus terminal, Terminal 22:00 Liaoyang back.

Tour to Beijing in Spring

Beijing temple altar

To the altar - the land of God at worship
To the altar, also known as Fangze altar, covering 42.7 hectares, built in the Ming Jiajing nine (1530), from sub-festival world, as the Ming and Qing emperors to worship the place of God. Dawn of the summer solstice ritual held each year to five mountains, five towns, five hills, seas, Sidu of worship, worship the emperor himself.
 
Chak altar is the altar of the main building, north, for the masonry of the two side units, pool surround, pool name Fangze. Ze lower side altar has four stone blocks, is a ritual placed Yue, town, sea, bit of blasphemy at the altar is also located outside the lighthouse and is expected to burn furnace. In recent years, Fang has been caught in the park built sets, Peony Garden, roller skating museum and entertainment fields such as the annual Spring Festival temple fair is also held here, ancient altar attractive youthful glow.

Beijing boat forum
The park's main building, located at Park Center. This is a three-square altar, surrounded by white marble around the puzzle, altar surface covered with yellow, blue, Beijing boat altar white, red, black colored soil, loess center, east blue, white west, south red, black north to Taoist symbol of yin and yang theory of "the world's land, Wang soil" and the national country of the regime of meaning. According to ancient myths and legends, the Yellow Emperor to rule the world, living in the center. Assisted by the gods of their land, holding the rope, tube square, is yellow. In the world they have a defense of the Quartet, namely the East too askance, his assistant, wood god, holding a compass, tube spring, is green. Nan Fang Yandi, Vulcan his assistant, who weighbeam, pipe the summer, is red. West Fangshao Hao, Mohegan his assistant, took colt, pipe fall, is white. North Zhuanxu, his assistant, the god of water, take scale hammer, pipe the winter, is black. Colored soil middle of a soil niche, there is an original 3.6-foot vertical, 1.6-foot square stone pillars, stone or country were the main social stone to represent the emperor Jiangshan Yong solid meaning. Building a low wall outside the altar, surrounded by established Ling Xing Gate. Ming and Qing Dynasties, every spring and autumn Chung E on May Day, the emperor to come to this worship community, millet God. At the same time every emperor to war and triumphant return, etc., but also in this ceremony. Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) in the boat north of the altar, temple width of five deep three, sight, Zhu wall, Dianding veranda-style. Xi hall and painted, magnificent. Memorial day following the rain, they set the altar in the hall, south salute the emperor, so called Baidian. 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen in Beijing, had Tingling here, for memorable, in 1928 renamed the Chung Shan Hall.

Temple of Heave of Beijing Tour

Temple of Heaven, Temple of Heaven China's existing total of two, one is the Temple of Xi'an, the other is Beijing Temple of Heaven, Beijing Temple of Heaven which is more famous. Temple of Heaven, the emperor used to worship Heaven, pray Valley areas.

Beijing Temple of Heaven is located in the southeastern part of the original city outside Beijing. Forbidden City is located just south east of south, east Zhengyangmen outside. Eighteen years was built in the Ming Dynasty Yongle (1420). China's ancient Ming and Qing dynasties of emperors to worship heaven. The total area of 273 hectares. Ming and Qing dynasties emperors used to "Heaven" "Bridging the Valley" building. Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) 1961, the State Department announced the Temple of Heaven as a "national cultural heritage." 1998 was recognized as a UNESCO "World Cultural Heritage." In 2009, Beijing Temple of Heaven China Association of selected existing world record of China's largest construction Emperor Heaven.
 
Beijing Temple of Heaven covers an area of ​​2.72 million square meters, the area ratio of the Forbidden City (Imperial Palace) is also bigger, has two Yuanqiang to form inside and outside the altar, the main building has Qiniandian, Imperial Vault of Heaven, Circular Mound. Circular Mound built on the vertical axis in the north and south. Altar wall of the southern North circle, symbolizing the hemispherical dome. Huan Qiu altar in the South, pray altar in the North Valley, the second in a north-south axis with the altar on the middle of the wall apart. Huan Qiu altar altar inside the main building has Circular Mound, Imperial Vault of Heaven, etc., within the main altar pray Valley building has Qiniandian, Wong dry Temple, pray doors.
Qiniandian built in the Ming Yongle 18 years (1420), the beginning of the "big house of worship", is a rectangular hall. Qiniandian high 38.2 meters, 24.2 meters in diameter, which symbolizes the four seasons, respectively, in December, 12 hour and Zhou stars, the ancient hall-style architecture remaining one. Huan Qiu Ming Jiajing nine years. On stage at the winter solstice every year, "Sitian ceremony," For heaven station said. Whispering gallery is a circular wall of the Temple of Heaven. Because the wall hard and smooth, it is a good reflector of sound, because precise curvature of the circumference, along the wall inside a continuous sound wave can be reflected, propagates forward.

Wonderful Ming Tombs of Beijing Travel

Ming Tombs is a group of Chinese Ming Dynasty emperor's tomb, located in the northwest of Beijing Changping District, Yanshan within the foothills of the day Shoushan. Here seven years since the Yongle (1409) in May before making the Changling, the last Ming emperor Chongzhen buried into the hills just thinking, during 230 years, has built thirteen emperors tomb, the tomb of seven concubine, a eunuch tomb. A total of 13 emperors buried, twenty-three Queen, two Prince, three dozen concubines, one eunuch.

Tianshou Ming Tombs located in the foothills. The total area of ​​more than 120 square kilometers. About 50 kilometers away from Beijing. Ming Tombs located in the east, west, north of the small basins surrounded by mountains, hilly area surrounded by mountains, the central plains, hills before winding river, picturesque scenery. Thirteen tombs are mountain building, were built in the east, west and north of the foothills, forming a complete system, large-scale, the magnificent mausoleum buildings. Ming warlock that, here is the "feng shui" shengjing, excellent "guitar soil." Therefore selected as the construction tombs of the Ming Dynasty "years life domains." The cemetery was built in 1409 ~ 1644, now has 300 to 500 years of history. Hill covers an area of ​​40 square kilometers, is China and the world's largest existing, most of an Empress Mausoleum mausoleum buildings. Ming Dynasty, in the way of Shahe Town, has a seven-hole stone 'Chaozong bridge. " In the Town, the magnificent building has a "Gong Chinese city." Emperor Jia Jing of the city was originally half-way when the rest of the palace Ji Ling, is the only site.

Ming Tombs is the Chinese emperors mausoleum building a better preserved. After the founding of the People's Republic, in order to protect this heritage, from the early days of liberation began to repair, and the Ming Tombs as a national key cultural relics protection. In 1957, the Ming Tombs in Beijing for the Beijing Municipal Government announced the first batch of key ancient cultural relics protection units. In 1961, the Ming Tombs was announced as the national key cultural relics protection units. In 1982, the State Department announced Badaling - Ming Tombs Scenic Area for the 44 key national scenic spots of protected areas. In 1991, the Ming Tombs is the National Tourism Administration identified as "China's four top ten tourist destination" one. In 1992, the Ming Tombs Beijing tourism is the world's best selection committee as "the world's largest intact burial of the Emperor Tombs."

The Wonderful Tour to the Famous Great Wall

The ancient Great Wall of China in different periods for the Union to resist the attack of Saibei nomads of the vast scale of military construction projects referred to. Ten thousand li Great Wall stretches things, it is also known as the Great Wall. Existing remains of the Great Wall was built in the 14th century the Ming Great Wall, Jiayuguan in the west, east to Liaodong Hushan, length 8851.8 km, average height 6-7 meters wide and 4-5 meters. Working people in ancient China the Great Wall is the great miracle of creation, is the witness of Chinese history. With Tiananmen Square, Terracotta Warriors along with the world as a symbol of China.

Great Wall is a treasure of Chinese civilization, is one of the world's cultural heritage is also famous buildings and pyramids of Egypt, or the miracle of humanity. In the distant thousand years ago, the working people to physically build the Great Wall. Great Wall is the ancient Chinese people's wisdom, but also a symbol of the Chinese nation.

Spring and Autumn period, countries princes to defend against the invasion of other countries, the construction of beacon towers and walls connected with the formation of the first Great Wall. Almost all the kings after the reinforcement of upgrading the Great Wall. It is because as long as tens of thousands of years, it is also known as the "Great Wall." According to records, with nearly one million workers emperor built the Great Wall, the total national population of the twentieth. No machinery was available, all have to rely on human labor, and the work environment is mountains, cliffs, deep valleys, is very difficult. Shanhaiguan Great Wall of east, west to Jiayuguan, east to the Yalu River. From east to west, passing through 10 provinces and autonomous regions. The total length of the Great Wall of 8851.842 km, of which the length of the artificial wall 6259.662 km, trenches and natural form length 2592.265 km.

According to historical documents, building the Great Wall more than 5000 kilometers of the three dynasties: First Emperor of the West when the construction of the Great Wall from Lintao east to Liaodong; second is the construction of the Western Han Dynasty from now Xinjiang, both inside and outside the east, the Great Wall and Feng Sui Liaodong Pavilion barrier, length 1 13,000 km; Third, construction of the Ming Dynasty Jiayuguan in the west, east to the Yalu River, the Great Wall, a total length of 8851.841 km (2009 Revision). If the construction of the Great Wall all times total, 50,000 km. These sites are located in the Great Wall of China today, Beijing, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Xinjiang, Tianjin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Shandong, more than 10 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, there is only one site of over 15,000 km within the territory. Followed by the Great Wall in Gansu.

As a long time span, the early era of the Great Wall most of all incomplete mutilation, now save the more complete the construction of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. So most people talk about the Great Wall, mainly refers to the Ming Great Wall. Called the length of the Great Wall, but also refers to the length of the Ming Great Wall, the Ming Great Wall, Jiayuguan in the west, east of the Yalu River.

The Summer Palace Tour with My Wife

Summer Palace is China's largest existing and best preserved imperial garden in China's four famous gardens (the other three for the Chengde Mountain Resort, Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden in Suzhou) one. Located in Haidian District, Beijing, from Beijing city 15 kilometers covering approximately 290 hectares. The use of Kunming Lake, Longevity Hill to the base, West Lake in Hangzhou is modeled to learn some of the Southern Gardens conception and design techniques and built a large natural landscape garden, but also preserved the most complete Regency a royal palace, known as Royal Garden Museum.

Summer Palace (Summer Palace) was originally a palace and gardens of the Qing emperors, former Qing Yi Park, the three mountain five gardens (three mountains is the Longevity Hill, Jade Spring Mountain, and Fragrant Hill. Three mountains, three parks were built Qing-Yi Park, Providence Park, Jing Ming Yuan, in addition to the vicinity of Chang Chun and the Summer Palace, collectively referred to five garden) in the final build of a garden, was founded in 1750, built in 1764, area of ​​290 hectares, about three-quarters of the water. Qianlong before the throne, in the area west of Beijing, has built four large imperial garden, from Xiangshan, Haidian to these four self-contained garden, lack of organic links between the middle of the "urn Hill Park" has become an open area . Qianlong fifteen years (1750), Emperor Qianlong to honor his mother Empress Xiao Sheng to spend 4.48 million taels of silver here into a Qing-Yi Park, as a garden center to both sides of the four fused, formed from the existing Tsinghua to the Fragrant Hills Park, 20 kilometers long imperial garden area. Xianfeng decade (1860) and Qing Yi Park, the British and French troops burned. Guangxu fourteen years (1888), Empress Dowager Cixi to raise funds on behalf of the Navy to use silver (According to expert research, should 500-6000000 taels of silver), by the style of Ray presided over the seventh-generation descendant Leiting Chang reconstruction, was renamed the Summer Palace for summertime recreation ground. Twenty-six years into the dynasty (1900), the Summer Palace will again be "Boxer Rebellion" of damage, and many treasures were looted. Qing Dynasty, (1903) repair. Later in the warlords, the Kuomintang rule, again be destroyed, the government continued funding after the 1949 renovation.

March 4, 1961, the Summer Palace was announced as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, in November 1998 was included in the "World Heritage List." May 8, 2007, the Summer Palace formally approved by the China National Tourism Administration for the state 5A-class tourist attractions. In 2009, the Summer Palace was selected Chinese Association of World Records the largest imperial garden existing in China. Summer Palace has a number in the world, China the most.

The Grand Tiananmen Square Tour in Beijing

Tiananmen Square in Beijing, capital of the People's Republic district, facing Chang'an Street. Tiananmen Square was originally the Ming and Qing dynasties the main entrance of the Imperial City, eighteen years of Yongle (AD 1420) built in, the door was named Edward. Shunzhi eight years (1651) renamed Tiananmen. October 1, 1949, the PRC's founding ceremony was held here, and is designed into the national emblem. In 1961, Tiananmen Square was the PRC State Council released the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Tiananmen Square was built during the 15th year (AD 1417), originally called "Edward the door," blending "Chengtian Qi Yun", "orders from the days of" meaning, is the main entrance to the Forbidden City. Edward then the door is far from Tiananmen Square is now so magnificent, but only a three-story-style wooden archway, archway middle hanging, "Edward's Gate" plaque. This building was destroyed by fire in AD 1451, 1465 to be rebuilt, destroyed by Bing Huo Ming Shi, until Shunzhi eight years (AD 1651) rebuilt, only roughly into today's style, and renamed the "Tiananmen."

Tiananmen total height 33.7 m, the bottom is a white marble stone Xu Mizuo, seat more than 10 meters high the red pier, each weighing 43 kg with a big brick. Piers on the east to west hall tower nine, five deep south, with "nine, five," the number is to take the emperor as the "nine five" of the statue, the supreme meaning. Tiananmen Square was designed by people in Jiangsu Wuxian Kuai Xiang, when he was hailed as "Kuai Lo Pan."

Qing Dynasty, the feudal rulers of China's corruption and the intrusion of foreign colonialists, Tiananmen Square has been torn. In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion invaded Beijing, looted and shelled Tiananmen Square. Since then, the Tiananmen Square covered with wormwood, desolate dilapidated down.

October 1, 1949, Tiananmen Square has finally gained a new life. Chairman Mao led the party, government, military and the democratic parties, mass organizations responsible boarded the Tiananmen Gate, the establishment of the People's Republic proclaimed to the world, Tiananmen Square has become the eyes of millions of Chinese people in the Holy Land. Tiananmen Square has become a symbol of modern China, and is designed into the national emblem. Tiananmen Square, with its 500-year history of heavy content, a high concentration of Chinese ancient civilization and modern civilization, a symbol of new China and unmatched political attention and fascinating, is the Chinese people of all nationalities want to go. She recorded the Chinese fear of bloodshed and sacrifice, the courage to fight for independence and freedom and strong; wrote a glorious page of the birth of new China, the Chinese people toward prosperity and a magnificent poem.