To get to know the city in a short time, choose to visit the sights/shopping malls/restaurants or cafes.

To get to know the city in a short time, choose to visit the sights/shopping malls/restaurants or cafes.

To get to know a city in a short time, people usually choose to visit scenic spots, go shopping malls, or go to restaurants or cafes in the city. But  in my opinion, it is the scenic spots of a city that can best reflect the characteristics of the city, and it is the best choice to know the city quickly by visiting the scenic spots.

For one thing, the history of a city can be learned from its scenic spots. Scenic spots are the places that can best reflect the characteristics of a city. From a city’s museum, you  can see the entire history of a city that has been mothballed. From the big events of the city to the small people’s clothing, food, shelter and transportation, all the memories of the city will be imprinted in the exhibits of the museum. By visiting such scenic spots  can help people quickly understand the city.

Moreover, Through  scenic spots, you  can learn about the unique features of a city. A city’s natural landscape can reflect the city’s unique landscape, very urban characteristics. This is because  the landscape of nature generally does not change with the development of a city. Although the city may have become high-rise, the landscape will remain the same as it was in the beginning. This allows us to understand more directly the original landscape of the city,  to understand the unique features of the city.

On the contrary, most of the items and display forms in shopping malls are common and very similar in various cities, which cannot well reflect the characteristics of a particular city or help us to quickly understand a city. For places like restaurants and cafes, we can only learn about the “food”  culture of people in this city, while we can’t have a good understanding of the other three aspects of people’s life, “clothing”, “living” and “travelling”.