观摩和学习武术，最好能住上一些日子，学上几个套路招式。每四年举办一届的“沧州武术节”，是观摩学习交流的好机会，喜爱武术的朋友可千万别错过。Ifyoustayforawhile,youmaylearnsomeskillsandroutinesofmartialarts.Oneofthebestwaytoseeitallisatthe“CangzhouMartialArtsFestival”.ItisunfortunatelyheldonlyeveryfouryearsinCangzhouCity.ThisistheveryplacetoseetraditionalChinesemartialarts.ItisheldinearlyOctoberandthenextoneisin2003.Callthetouristofficefordetails.市内有花园酒店、浮阳大酒店、鸿信宾馆等三星级饭店3家、二星级饭店3家，旅游定点单位10余家，还有各种不同档次的宾馆、饭店、招待所，食宿很方便。TherearemanyhotelsandrestaurantsinCangzhouCity.Ithasthree3-starhotels–GardenHotel,FuyangHotelandHongxinHotel,andoveradozenotherplacestostay.关于铁狮子的确切来历，众说纷纭。一种说法是，周世宗北征契丹罚罪人铸铁狮，以镇州城。另一种说法是，沧州近海常受海啸危害，山东李云倡铸铁狮，以镇水患，取名“镇海吼”。还有一种说法，铁狮子是沧州开元寺中一个佛座，铁狮腹内原铸有金刚经文，狮背巨盆为莲花座，佛教取莲之洁净意，又因文殊菩萨骑狮，故此推测，铁狮子是文殊菩萨的坐骑。Therearevariouslegendsaboutitscreation.Onestorysaysthatitwascasttoguardagainstaninvadingarmy.Anotherstorysaysthatitwascasttowardoffthedisasterscausedbytidalwaves.So,ithasalsobeencalled“SeaHowler”.ThereisathirdstorysayingthatitwasoriginallyabodhisattvaseatwithBuddhistsutrascastinsideatCangzhou’sKaiyuanTemple.ItisbelievedtohavebeenriddenbybodhisattvaManjuistfortworeasons.Firstly,Manjuistrodealion.Secondly,thebigbasinonthelion’sbacklookslikealotusflower.Thefloweritselfmeans“purity”inBuddhism.清真寺始建于明朝洪武年间（1368~1398），后在建文、永乐、万历年间几经修葺，特别是在崇祯年间进行了扩建，成为规模宏大的建筑群。据传，明朝末年，崇祯皇帝为修缮金銮殿，从南方伐来大批木料经运河北上，船经泊头冯家口时，李自成已率农民起义军攻下北京城。当时，泊头在朝的回族官员御史石三畏、礼部尚书余继登，用这些木料修缮了清真寺。BuiltduringthereignofEmperorHongwu(1368~1398)intheMingDynasty,ithadbeenrenovatedduringthereignsofsomeotheremperors.Withtheserenovations,iteventuallygrewintoabigcomplex.ItwassaidthatintheendoftheMingDynasty,muchwoodwasshippedfromtheSouthtoBeijingalongtheGrandCanaltorenovateEmperorChongzhen’sthroneroom.WhenthewoodjustarrivedatFengjiakouinBotou,newscamethatLiZicheng’soutlawarmyhadcapturedtheCapital.ThereforeitwasnousetransportingthewoodtotheCapital.LocalofficialsthenwiselydecidedtousethewoodtobuildtheMosque.单桥地处京德古御道和滹沱河的交汇点上，自古即为南北交通要道。明朝在北京建都以后，人来车往，更感到无桥之不便。明正统六年（1441年）开始建木桥，因