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Zhujiajiao Water Town

Zhujiajiao is commonly known as “Jiaoli”, it is the oldest town in the south of the Yangtze River in Shanghai. It is one of the four historical and cultural towns in Shanghai. The small bridge in the town is full of water, showing the epitome of Jiangnan water town. The most famous release bridge is the largest five-hole arch bridge in Shanghai. There are many specialty snack bars in North Street. The famous Apo Zongzi, the ancient town dumplings, the sauce trotters, and all kinds of exquisite cakes can be eaten here.

Official telephone number of Zhujiajiao Water Town: 021-59240077

Time visiting for reference: 1 day

Ticket: free of charge

Opening hours: 08:30-16:30 all day (internal attractions)

How to go to the Zhujiajiao Water Town:

Take bus from People’s Square by Huzhu Expressway, Zhuxu Line, Shangzhu Line, Qinglan Line, Qingfeng Line, Qingshang Line, Qingshi Line, Qingshang Line, Qingxiao Line, Qingzheng Line, Qingjin Line, Songzhu Dedicated lines, Huzhu special line, Shanghai business line, Zhujiajiao NO.1, Zhujiajiao NO.2, Zhujiajiao NO.3 and other buses to get off at Zhujiajiao Bus Station, and turn right along Xiangxing Road to Xinfeng Road.

Now the metro line 17 is open, so it is very convenient to take public transportation. There is still a distance from the subway. It is better to transfer to a bus if you have transportation card.

Tips:

The folk customs tour includes the Humanities Art Museum, the Daqing Post Office, the Class Plantation, the Tongtian and the drug number, and does not include the boat ticket.

Xinshui Town ancient tour includes Shanghai Quanhua Watercolor Art Museum, Yuanjin Temple, Shanghai Handicraft Exhibition Hall, Chenghuang Temple, Daqing Post Office, Tongtian and Medicine No., Humanities Art Museum, Class Plantation, without the boat ticket.

If you have never been to the ancient water town before, the Zhujiajiao Water Town is your ideal choice to learn more about the custom while enjoying the ancient town charm there.

Longji Rice Terraces

The antique buildings at the entrance of the Longji terraced fields reflect the vitality of the mountain. The large green image is a splash of ink on the rice paper. If you feel tired, you can take the cable car up the mountain and enjoy the scenery along the way. The feeling of joining the green hills and green shadows is amazing.

Looking out into the distance from the foot of the mountain, the little cable car hangs on the thin line and slowly moves back and forth, like a naughty elf who is free to shuttle through the jungle.

Along the way, you can view the clear stream, which will make you excited, and you couldn’t help but squat and take a bite of the cool stream water. It will wipe off the tiredness of the mountain climbing.

After the rain, the sky is still gray, the mist hangs over the distant peaks, and the large-scale green terraces are progressively shaped to reflect the beauty of the mountains, which makes the Longji Rice Terraces more magnificent and spectacular.

For the green terraces at the foot, the majestic green waves of the mountains and the seas are straightforward. The breeze is coming, and the fragrance of the sweet-scented osmanthus in the wind is floating in the wind. It seems that the reputation of “the crown of the world of terraces” is really well-deserved.
When you enter the ticket office of Longji Town, you will start to buy the tickets of 100 yuan for the scenic spot. From the ticket office of the scenic spot to the cableway, you need to purchase 40-yuan ticket for the scenic traffic car. It is about 50 minutes’ drive to the cable car station. Longji Rice Terraces for people who like photography or travel will be very familiar. However, there is no guiding signs for the Longji terraced scenic spot. The terraces are really spectacular and beautiful! And there will be different scenery all year round, it is worth a visit!

Huangguoshu Waterfall

Guizhou Province is located in the southeastern part of southwestern China, adjacent to Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan and Chongqing. The provincial capital is Guiyang. The landforms of Guizhou Province are mostly mountainous. It is the only province in the China that does not have plain support. Guizhou features quaint and picturesque scenery, and it is one of the most typical areas of karst landform development in the world, with the most colorful karst landscape. Famous scenic spots include Huangguoshu Waterfall, Chishui Danxia, Zhijin Cave, Hongfeng Lake Scenic Area, Fanjing Mountain, Zunyi Meeting Site, etc.

The Huangguoshu Waterfall river flows from the cliffs of more than 70 meters high to the rhinoceros pool, causing a loud bang, such as thousands of people drumming, ten-thousand horses running, creating a magnificent scene.

The tour team’s route is generally from steep slope pond to Tianxing Bridge to Great Falls, after eating lunch at the Star Bridge, they will go to the Great Falls, so in the morning, there will be the most visitors in the Star Bridge, and in the afternoon, there will be the most people in the Huangguoshu waterfall. In order to avoid the peak of the crowd during the peak season, it is necessary to travel at a different itinerary. You can go to the Stars Bridge at 16:00 pm, when there will be few people there, do not go out with the tour group when going to Gao Laozhuang. Then for the following itinerary, the Star Cave, the Silver Chain Falls Waterfall, and the water stone forest are the most essential.

The Great Falls We entered at 6 o’clock in the morning, and there were almost no ones. When If you can get up earlier, you can enter into the Huangguoshu Waterfall scenic spot at around 6 o’clock in the morning, when there are really not so many people there so that you can enjoy the charm of the scenery quietly. And you can return to the hotel to sleep again when it is 8:00 in the morning, which is the time that there are crowded people entering the scenic spot.

Tiananmen Square

Beijing, especially the Tiananmen Square, is very strict in terms of security check. First of all, the ID card must be carried with you. Secondly, don’t bring large luggage, because everything has to go through the security check machine, so the more luggage, the more trouble. You may need to pass several security checkpoints and pass several underground passages before arrive at the Tiananmen Square. Although it is just a flag drop, you will feel that it is already crowded. It is completely foreseeable how terrible the crowds will be when it is the flag-raising ceremony.

If you would like to see the flag-raising, you should go early so that you can see it. Otherwise, you should bring a selfie stick, because if you are behind, nothing can be seen. Even it is the flag-dropping ceremony, you will feel it very shocking. And you will feel that in the world is really only the People’s Liberation Army can do this, and they are really handsome. This kind of shock really needs to be felt on the spot.

There will be a lot of people to see the flag-dropping ceremony. When you arrive at the square, don’t forget to find a position and wait to see the flag. Compared to Beihai Park, the children are very interested in seeing the flag, and they are very excited. After the flag-dropping ceremony is over, you can go back to the hotel and rest, if the next day you still want to look at the flag-raising ceremony. Have a rest at about 21:00 in the evening, and set the alarm clock at three o’clock in the morning. Get up at 3:00 o’clock on time, immediately go to Tiananmen Square to see the flag-raising ceremony.

Many people have been there at Jinshui Bridge. Just immediately go to the waiting point on the east side of the square from the underground passage on the east side of Tiananmen Square. After four o’clock, you can smoothly enter the square and stand in the first row of the flagpole south side. Then you can see the spectacular Tiananmen flag raising.

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is an ideal place for family tour, especially when you are going to have a travel with your kids, you are highly recommended to take your children to play with the pandas in Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding during the summer holiday, which will be an unforgettable memory for them.

Here are some guides for you to go to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding:

Method 1: In the Chengdu scenic area direct bus WeChat public number, you can buy the bus tickets + scenic spot tickets package, which is about 80 Yuan or so. The full price for the scenic spot ticket is 58 Yuan, and the bus fare is 20 Yuan. The direct bus will start at the Chunxi Road, pick up the tourists around the Jinli area, and then go to the panda base, with about 50 minutes journey. Since there is no half-price package for the package on the public number, those who can enjoy half-price tickets are not recommended to choose this package.

Method 2: In order to avoid detours and the situation of being unable to enjoy half-price tickets, you can go there directly. In fact, the traffic has been very convenient. You can take the subway from Chunxi Road to the Panda Avenue subway station. There is bus to the gate of the Panda Base at the exit, and it costs 2 Yuan/person. Note that it is bus opened by the government, and it is affixed with a red panda image. After getting off the bus, you can walk to the gate of the Panda Base in 3 minutes. The journey takes about 30 minutes and costs 8 Yuan. For tickets, you can buy 29 Yuan tickets in the public number which is mentioned in Method 1.

TIPS: If you live near Chunxi Road, Jinli and other attractions, it takes nearly two hours to get to the Giant Panda Base, so it is really recommended to get up early and get off early and arrive in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding earlier.

West Street

In Yangshuo, Mountains and Rivers are everywhere. The water in Yangshuo is clear and transparent. The Li River in Yangshuo stretches more than 100 kilometers, and the mountains and waters are the most exquisite part of the scenery of the Li River. There are the wonder of the world: lotus rocks, the thousand-year-old banyan, the moon-hole wonders, and the Yulong River, which is known as the “Little Li River”.

Most of the attractions in Yangshuo require tickets, and the price is slightly more expensive. If you plan to play more attractions, it is recommended to book tickets online in advance or purchase travel packages at the ticket office and travel agency. The West Street, which has been in existence for more than 1400 years, is the oldest bustling street in Yangshuo and one of the important tourist attractions in Yangshuo. West Street is a collection of vocabulary such as foraging, shopping, and clubbing. Because of this richness and variety, it has become a unique and beautiful landscape of Yangshuo.

The street of less than 1km is made of stone slabs and has a curved S shape. The houses on both sides are simple and elegant, with the style of northern Guilin in Ming and Qing Dynasties, featuring small blue tiles, sloping roofs, white powder walls and hanging balconies. The street is full of various tourist souvenirs. The shops on both sides are both Chinese and Western styles. Almost all the signs are in Chinese and English. The waiters can serve the tourists with fluent foreign languages.

When you have a trip to the West Street, the beer that has long been famous as the first dish of Yangshuo must been taste, which is fat but not greasy, and it is spicy and palatable. In addition to the food, there are many bars there. When the night falls, it is livelier than the day.

Time needed for visiting: 1 day

Transportation: It takes 5-10 minutes to walk from Yangshuo Bus Station.

Tickets: Free

Opening hours: all day

The Stone Forest

There are many tourist attractions in Kunming. The West Mountain of Kunming is like a sleeping beauty and lying on the top of the Dianchi Lake. The long view of the Daguan Upstairs describes the magnificent feeling of the 500-mile Dianchi Lake. The statue of Chen Yuanyuan in the Golden Temple stands in the heart of the lake. After centuries of vicissitudes, things have changed.

The main geological relics of Stone Forest World Geopark are karst geological features, which are karst geological parks dominated by stone forest landscapes. The stone forest preserves and displays the most diverse karst forms. The tall limestone columns such as sword, column, mushroom and tower are typical representatives of the stone forest. In addition, there are caves, stalactites, dissolved lakes, natural bridges, cliff waterfalls, cone-shaped peaks, etc., almost all the karst forms in the world are concentrated here, forming a panoramic view of karst geological features.

Official telephone number of the Stone Forest: 0871-67711439; 0871-67710699

Visiting time reference: more than 3 hours

How to go to the Stone Forest:

At the Kunming East Bus Terminal, take the tourist train to the Stone Forest Scenic Area. The fare is 34 yuan/person/time. During the period from 8:00 to 18:00, the train departs when it is full of people and the journey takes about 2 hours.

Tickets

Ordinary ticket during Monday to Sunday from January 1 – December 31: Ticket 175 RMB, discount ticket 130 RMB, half-price ticket 87.5 RMB;

Half-ticket: people who is 6 years old (excluding 6 years old) – 18 years old (including 18 years old).

Free of charge: children under the age of 6 (including 6 years old) or 1.2 meters (including 1.2 meters), 70 years old and disabled.
Tips:

Tickets for Dadieshui Waterfall is 18 yuan/person, and tickets for Changhu Lake is 10 yuan/person.

Opening hours:

08:00-18:00 during Monday to Sunday from January 1st – December 31st.

The Yellow Mountains

The Yellow Mountains is located in Huangshan City, southern Anhui Province, which has 72 peaks. The main peak is the Lotus Peak, featuring 1864 meters above sea level. It is also known as the main peak of the three major Huangshan Mountains with Guangmingding and Tiandu Peak, and it is one of the 36 big peaks. The Yellow Mountains is the symbol of Anhui tourism and the only mountain scenery in China’s top ten scenic spots. The Greeting Pine of the Yellow Mountains is a symbol of the warm and friendly people of Anhui, carrying the oriental etiquette culture that embraces the world.

Touring the Yellow Mountains is suitable for all seasons, because the scenery of the four seasons in The Yellow Mountains is different and each season has its own style. You must wear a raincoat if it is not a sunny day! The rain in the Yellow Mountains is just a matter of casualness. Although it is not a dumping, it will definitely make you feel uncomfortable. Secondly, the clothes you wear must be simple and neat, or you will feel the burden when you go down the mountains. In addition, the cheapest noodle on the mountain costs 60 Yuan/ bowl, so it is best to prepare try food in advance. Starting from the mountaineering, the whole journey takes about 5 hours of walking time. This is still a relatively fast walk. It is more suitable to prepare 2 bottles/person. Of course, there are also water sold on the mountain, which is slightly more expensive.

Take the bus to the Tangkou transfer center, then buy a ticket, which is 19 yuan / person. This place sells bus tickets, not the tickets for the Yellow Mountain scenic spot. Every 20 minutes there will be one bus coming, in the peak season, it is said that you need spend 2 hours queueing for taking the bus to go up the mountain. After entering into the scenic spot, there are two lines: one is from Yungu Temple, and other one is rom Ciguang Pavilion, and both are ok. Take the bus to Yungu Temple, although there is beautiful scenery along the way, it also shakes very strongly.

Greeting Pine and Flying Stone are famous attractions in the Yellow Mountains.

From CiGuang pavilion to Greeting Pine there are two ways to go uphill: 1. Take the cable car up to the mountain which will take 15 minutes; 2. Walk up to the mountain which will take 3 hours on foot (on the premise of not going to Tiandu Peak).

Jiuzhaigou Scenic Spot

It turns out that Jiuzhaigou is so beautiful, although there is no blue sky, the feeling of smog is as if it is in a fairyland. Only people who are immersed can feel it. And your photography technique only depicts the beauty of one tenth of Jiuzhaigou! The smog is lingering in the mountains, and it is almost like the fairy mountain described in the costume mythology drama!

Everyone said that the autumn of Jiuzhaigou is very beautiful. In fact, if you want to see the water, you have to come in the summer. Jiuzhaigou in Autumn is gorgeous, maple leaves are red! The waterfall in Jiuzhaigou is fascinating!

Generally, Jiuzhaigou can’t be visited all spots for a day. Because it’s too big, if you want to view all the scenery there, you have to spend two days there. If you just walk around, then one day is enough. In the ditch, it is stipulated that in order to protect the environment of Jiuzhaigou, it is impossible to live in the ditch, but there are still many people living in it.

Jiuzhaigou is distributed in “Y”, the upper left of “Y” is the long sea, the upper right is the original forest, and the lower side is the scenic gate to the Shuzhenggou waterfall. First of all, the passengers are pulled from the doorway to the Spark Sea, and then walk to the rhinoceros sea. The people are rushing to the rhinoceros sea to get rid of the crowd. There is no stop on the road. It is not easy to get on the sightseeing car by the rhinoceros sea. At this time, you have not choice, because you don’t know whether the car is to the Long Sea or the original forest, as it is always deployed by the staff in the ditch, in order to disperse the tourists inside the ditch.

However, the tour group first visit the line of Shuzhengzhai Waterfall in the morning, then rush to the original forest, and return to Nuorilang to eat Chinese food at noon, and visit the long sea in the afternoon, so as to avoid the crowd.

Anyway, no matter how will you go to visit the Jiuzhaigou scenic spot, it is a fairyland that will surely make your tour there enjoyable and unforgettable.

Gulangyu Island

Gulangyu Island is more beautiful and literary than imagined.

The attraction that must be visited in Xiamen is Gulangyu Island. If you have never been to Gulangyu Island, it just like you have never been to Xiamen. Buy the ticket for Gulangyu Island on the Internet, you must buy it in advance, as there will be no tickets in minutes!

You can take a boat to Gulangyu Island from Congyu wharf in Haicang District. There are not many people and the scenery are not bad. This method of landing on the island is very suitable for tourists who want to go to Gulangyu Island temporarily but cannot buy tickets in time.

Whether it is a holiday or not, there are always a lot of people on Gulangyu Island. So, be sure to buy tickets in advance! It is recommended to book tickets three or four days in advance. On Gulangyu Island, you can take their sightseeing bus, but can only buy tickets back and forth at the dock, and on the halfway you cannot make up the ticket. There are all kinds of snacks on the Longtou road, but the price will be slightly more expensive, and the taste is different.

Gulangyu Island really needs spending a whole day to have a visit, and it is just a cursory look. If you specially like Gulangyu, you can stay here for a while and feel it, but the accommodation here is more favorable, you have to book the hotels online in advance. And the tickets booked in advance within ten days, is guaranteed to stay on the island.

Gulangyu Island is not as easy to find as an attraction we imagined, so you may think the recommended route on the map is not very useful, so just follow the feeling. But remember, snacks of Su Xiao Tang, Liuliangshiji, Zhang San Feng stores are delicious. It is recommended to eat authentic snacks on Zhongshan Road and Zeng Cuo An, as on Gulangyu Island it is only suitable for strolling, taking photos of the scenery, and then tasting the snack. If you don’t have the energy to go to the recommended spots, you can go to the Shuzhuang Garden and the Organ Museum, which are really worthy your visit.