September 1, 2020 is the day when primary and secondary schools start in autumn, and it is also the day when we travel again this year. This year's summer vacation is extraordinarily long. For more than two months, I honestly took care of my grandson at home. Due to the epidemic situation, I had to do so. However, after the summer vacation, while my wife is taking care of my parents, I must arrange a trip in September to relax. No, there is this trip to Hebei and Shandong. In fact, this was only our option. In our itinerary, the first place is Sichuan Seda and its surrounding areas, and the sleeper berths have already been booked early. As a result, during the investigation, it was found that Seda is not open to the public. In addition, there is continuous rain in September in Sichuan, so if the itinerary is temporarily changed, then go north. The weather is relatively sunny and the temperature is not too high.
At 1:25 noon on September 1, train z186 arrived at Hebei Hengshui Railway Station at 5:20 pm. Take bus No. 31 and get off at the intersection of Shengli Road, and check into Home Inn. After dinner that night, I went back to the hotel to rest and had nothing to say all night.
On September 2, 2020, I had a free buffet breakfast at the hotel at 7:00 a.m., and took bus No. 14 to the train station. There is a long-distance bus station 200 meters east of the square in front of the station. To Wuqiang on the same day, there is intercity bus No. 116. After arriving at the bus station, I found out that the departure point was at the bus station and the intercity bus yard was wrong. At present, the epidemic situation is still under control in various places. When entering the station, you must take your temperature and wear a mask. The fare for the intercity bus is 12 yuan per person. This fare is like a shuttle bus, and there is not much discount. Route 116 runs every half an hour.
The bus was dispatched at 9:10, and we arrived at the county seat around 11:00. We were going to get off at the bus station, and then transfer to Wuqiang Zhouwo Music Town. Thanks to the driver, I asked the driver how to get to Zhouwo. He told us not to get off the car and go directly. This surprised us very much. We learned from the Internet that Route 116 used to take one road and passed by Zhouwo. Due to road construction, we now use another road to go directly to the county town. We thought we should transfer to Zhouwo after arriving at the county town. It turned out that after the bus arrived at the county seat, it still went to Zhouwo, and then returned to the county seat to go to Hengshui. This was convenient for local residents, and it also greatly facilitated us foreign tourists.
We arrived at Zhouwo Town at 11:10. Zhouwo Town is a very distinctive tourist check-in place in the local area. The town was established in April 2012. Relying on the advantages of Jinyin Group's musical instrument production, Lude Music Culture Industry Development Co., Ltd. and Wuqiang County jointly planned to create a Zhouwo Music Town with Chinese literary and artistic temperament. The whole town is full of strong art Farmhouse inns, bars, musician studios (recording/rehearsal), art design studios, art film halls, libraries, folk customs halls and other venues can be seen everywhere with different styles. The town regularly organizes various domestic and international music exchange activities every year, such as the China Wheatfield Music Festival, the China Guitar Culture Festival, the International Rural Art Festival, etc., attracting many domestic and foreign tourists to visit and experience.
Music Town is the birthplace of Chinese youth's creative culture, the incubator of original music, and the characteristic Jiaozhou Wo Music Town. A spot as small as a mung bean on the North China Plain is shining faintly. It is rich in accumulation and rich in growth. The quaint old houses in the 1960s established the structure of today's small town. The paved bricks paved the ground, the trees are shaded by trees, the alleys are affectionate, and the sound of the piano is melodious. It has developed from an inconspicuous northern village on the yellow land. It has become a well-known music town overseas today. In order to promote the process of combining music town with high technology, on the basis of Luther International Art Academy, together with Spain and Vienna Conservatory of Music, established Luther International Art Academy University in Music Town. One of the few music-themed water entertainment cities in China—Shuilefang and Zhouwo five-star hot spring resort, bring you the pleasant enjoyment of cooling off in the water and bathing in hot springs. At the same time, the Military Song Museum will fill the gap in China's experiential music museum and become China's military music museum with scientific and technological content, integrating performing arts, production and recording.
Zhouwo Music Town is lively and full of vitality. It has a special temperament born out of the countryside and different from the city, like a wisp of drunkenness, attracting people who are destined to come here from afar.
Maybe it's not a weekend rest day, maybe the town is too artistic, Zhouwo Town looks deserted, with few tourists, many places to visit are closed, and you can only browse the streets. The slightly larger World Musical Instrument Museum has a separate fee, and the ticket is as high as 200 yuan, but now it is on promotion, 50 yuan per person, and we have no urge to visit.
We didn't have much expectations for the Music Town. We went to Wuqiang to go to the Chinese New Year Painting Museum, but the museum was closed for a rest at noon. It happened to be a walk in the Music Town at this time, just by the way. I am not particularly interested in music, so it is not recommended to visit here specifically. We stayed in the town for about an hour before leaving in a hurry.
