It is located at the northern tip of the province, bordering Anhui. A metro line has recently opened. It runs from the east to the west of the city, and stops at both railway stations.
The urban buses are cheap, regular, and easy to figure out within the city. There are also minibuses that travel outside of the city to neighboring rural towns. Walk the city and explore the old downtown neighborhoods. Then, walk along the New Yellow River, a diverted portion of the river created by the floods of , when Nationalist forces bombed dykes to stymie the Japanese instead, they succeeded only in killing millions of their own country's farmers.
You can have your fortune told, buy most kinds of medications that are prescription-only in Western countries and raw tobacco, get something good to eat, and catch small traveling musicians performing on traditional instruments. After that, stroll into the downtown, identical in every Chinese city of this size, home to a KFC, department stores, and massive, empty squares.
They used a cauldron to boil the fish, and put the squashed doughs around the cauldron inside, thus they could have fish with bread. Now you can order its chicken version in most local restaurants.
The half-singed bread is essential in this dish or it would be common braised chicken. Dip it into the broth, which is the traditional thing to do. There are two alleys leading off from Heqing Lu and you want the one closest to Pengcheng Lu. Quite easy to find. Look for a collection of skinned dog carcasses hung up on the corner, usually having the last bits of fur cleaned from them with a propane torch.
