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Shuhe Ancient Town

Compared with the prosperity of the ancient town, many visitors love the secludedness of the Shuhe Ancient Town. Perhaps this is the purest land in the heart. When you visit the Shuhe ancient town for the first time, you will see that the sun is softly scattered into the bluestone road. The catkins flutter, the brick red wooden doors are opened, and the silverware shop “Dangdang” sound awaken the girl in her sleep. The fresh life of the newly awakened ancient town floats into the ears. When you are slowly walking on the stone road, you can watch the water flowing through the small bridge, day after day, clearly and movingly, and constantly enduring the people of the ancient town. Flowers are here and there in the Shuhe Ancient Town, and are like painting a thick whitefly for this plain girl, to show a different kind of style.

Shuhe Ancient Town is one of the most well-preserved market towns. Compared to Dayan Ancient Town, which is a crowded town, Shuhe Ancient Town is relatively quiet and original. The museum retains the historic sites of the year.

Shuhe Ancient Town is also a bit like the semi-commercial Lijiang Old Town. There are also bars and cafes. If you walk all the way, you will feel a little more charm. The Shuhe ancient town is much smaller than the Lijiang ancient city. If you walk down all the town, it will take a lot of time and effort. And you will feel it not worse than Lijiang Ancient Town, but it is quite fun to go to the end of the road. It is quieter and more elegant when compared to the Lijiang ancient town. In addition, the museum of the ancient tea-horse road tells the origin and development of the ancient tea-horse road. Tickets for museums must be bought at the entrance of Shuhe Ancient Town. If you are not interested in the museum, you can directly enter the ancient town free of charge.

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

Hong Kong Disneyland consists of a paradise and three hotels (Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel, Disney’s Hollywood Hotel and Disney’s Discovery Resort), to provide guests with a wonderful Disney experience that is accessible to all families and guests of all ages. The Disneyland Resort opened in September 2005 and has received tens of millions of guests from all over the world and has become one of Hong Kong’s popular tourist hotspots.

Hong Kong Disneyland has seven theme parks: American Town Street, Adventure World, Tomorrow World, Fantasy World, Fighting Base Camp, Grizzly Valley and Blurred Manor, which are offering more than 100 rides and entertainment experiences. Hong Kong Disneyland continues to introduce new and exciting performances, recreation facility and interactive experiences, including the musical “Disney Magic Study” and “Fairy Garden – Presented by Pandora”. You can also personally experience the “Galaxy War: Galaxy Thrilling Showdown of the invasion of the World of Tomorrow”.

You can explore the jungles of the country, visit the mysterious museum, fly to the mine by taking the mine car, ride a boat to the colorful world, and even take a rocket to fly into space. There are a variety of American styles in Hong Kong Disneyland, and Chinese, Asian, American and Indian restaurants always will offer you delicious food in the resort.

There are three most important performances of the day, including daytime’s parade celebrations, nighttime’s light and shadow celebrations and fireworks displays in front of the closed castle. The performance time varies according to the specific business hours. Visitors can refer to the official website of the resort or check the time manual of the day.

Departing from the American town street, you will pass through Hong Kong Disney’s major theme parks, it is a very classic amusement facility for Disneyland to take visitors through various attractions of Disneyland with ease. You will enjoy yourself there.

Nanxun Watertown

Nanxun ancient town is the new national 5A-level tourist scenic spot, and compared with Wuzhen and other over-developed Jiangnan water towns, tourists and commercial atmosphere in Nanxun Ancient Town are less, so it is worth a visit. Located in Nanxun District of Huzhou City, Nanxun ancient town is located at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was a famous silk town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River with abundant human resources and features the combination of Chinese and Western architecture. The Nanxun ancient town is divided into three major blocks. The first piece is the Nanxun tourist attraction enrichment area, where Zhang Shiming’s former residence and Liu’s Ladder are distributed. The second block is a central scenic spot consisting of Xiaolianzhuang, Jiayetang and Wenyuan. The third block is the former residence of Zhang Jingjiang and the northeast block, which is mainly at the east of Dongda Street.

The cross river formed by the Nanshi River, Dongshi River, Xishi River and Baoshan River in the ancient town is a skeleton of the ancient town. In the meantime, there are many rivers criss-crossing. Streets and houses are distributed along the river, and they follow the river to Nandong Street and Nanxi Street. The streets are connected in series to form a cross-shaped pattern. The commercial streets are formed on both sides of the Cross River. There is not only the residence, the Jiangnan water towns along the river and the street, but also many high-quality private houses and Jiangnan gardens, forming the block features that harmonizes the bridges and the mansion gardens.

There are many delicious foods in Nanxun, such as mulberry wine, Huntun, big rice-pudding, stinky tofu, smoked bean tea, orange cake, mulberry leaf tea, glutinous rice candy, ham stir-fried screws, steamed white water fish, mulberry dried fruit and other foods. The fried fish noodles in various restaurants in Nanxun ancient town is very special and worth a try.

Tiger Hill

Although Tiger Hill is only a small hill, it has natural landscapes such as cliffs and gullies. It has also formed many cultural attractions because of the construction of the past. The buildings and plants in the garden set off against each other and have exquisite Jiangnan garden style. Here you can learn about the story of the Spring and Autumn Period, the landmark of the Yunyan Temple Tower.

The entire Tiger Hill scenic area is similar to a square, the area is not large, the horizontal and vertical are about 500 meters, the mountain height is only about 30 meters, you can walk into the scenic spot. The scenic spot is divided into three parts, Qianshan, Qianren Stone and the top of the mountain. Each part has a lot of scenery and cultural attractions worth watching. In addition to the Yunyan Temple Tower, you need to focus on the Sword Pool and Qianren Stone.

From the South Gate (the main entrance of Tiger Hill Road) into the Huqiu scenic spot, what you can view the first is the Qianshan. The stone arch bridge in front of you will be the first attraction of Qianshan, named Haiyong Bridge. Standing on the Haiyong Bridge, you will find that the shape of the mountain is very similar to that of the tiger. It is also said that it is the real reason that Tiger Hill gets the name. You can also see that the mountain is hidden in the temple and the temple is wrapped in a hill. Going forward, you can see the sword stone. Now, when you try to see the sword stone, you can see a crack passing through the big stone, which is like a knife and a sword. In the Qianshan, there are also attractions such as Broken Beam Temple, Pillow Stone etc. Each has a fantasy ancient legend, and you can understand their stories in the tour guide’s explanation.

Meijiawu Tea Plantation

Meijiawu is a village hidden deep in tea mountain. When you are there, you will wonder how happy people lives here, as there is good environment and air and it is like a fairyland on earth. In the morning, mist lingers in Meijiawu, and the rainy clouds shrouded. For the tea in the mountains, the fog around it makes it a smart world, which is cool, pure, and ethereal. There is green scenery here and there, and you can close your eyes and listen quietly. The insects in the grass and the various birds are melodious. When the breeze blows, and the various leaves are intertwined and undulate. Between the flower and bamboo rhyme, you want to try to identify the fragrance, but the harder you work, the more you look for it, then the harder you can make it clear. For the transparency of the glass, when you are looking out through the pure water, it becomes a cup of tea without any impurities, and the yellow-green water shadow is pure and tolerant, and the cup is calm.

For the households under the mountains in Meijiawu, almost every household has their own tea garden, and now they no longer use the tea as a livelihood, but tea is a love that they have passed down from generation to generation. It is a habit that has already been integrated into life. It is an annual hope. Some residents along the street set up parasols, open small teahouses, and the small farmhouses are simple and natural. The tea is mellow and carries the charm of Jiangnan culture. The quaint signboards engrave the landscape and aura, waiting for the people to come to Meijiawu, to taste a cup of fragrant tea.

Special Note

Try to avoid weekends and small holidays when you make your trip to Meijiawu Tea Plantation. At that time, there are a lot of tourists, and most of them are traveling by car. Parking is difficult.

Xitang Ancient Town

When you make your trip to Xitang Ancient Town from Shanghai, the Shanghai Bus Terminal and South Bus Station have direct bus to Xitang Ancient Town. It is very convenient. You can book an inn on the Internet and tell the boss to pick up you in the station (provided the boss is not busy). If the inn is inside the scenic spot and you don’t want to see the 11 small attractions inside, the tickets for the scenic spots can be saved. And there will be free of charge for the ancient town before 8:00 o’clock in the morning and after 17:00 o’clock in the afternoon. As long as it is not during holiday, you can pick the inns one by one until you feel satisfied with yourself (the small alley in the ancient town is full of inns).

The Xitang ancient town features small bridge and flowing water, and green waves; and old alleys with hundreds of old stone paved roads of different lengths. When you are there, you will feel the quietness of the alleys; and well-preserved Ming and Qing architectures which are characterized by powder wall tiles, even more make the ancient town picturesque. When the night comes, you can take the sculling boat and experience the night view of Xitang on the water, which will be very enjoyable for you.

It is indeed the most worthwhile place to visit in all the ancient towns. Xitang during the day and night is not the same. The ancient town during the day is quiet. There are no rocking bars. It is quiet and comfortable. And you will feel it fresh and feel a bit similar like Lijiang Ancient Town. Every place is worth making a photo, and sitting on a wooden chair by the river, soaking up the sun, blowing the air and looking at the scenery is great.

Tongli Ancient Town

When you come to Tongli, you cannot miss the snacks there. The Mingqing Street and Zhuxing Street, which are on both sides of the main entrance, are the places where the snacks in the ancient town that are densely covered. Tongli’s various kinds of cakes are very special. The glutinous cake and the malt cake are very famous. The small osmanthus fragrans cake and the hooves of the Jiangnan characteristics are also worthy tasting. You can go shopping along the two small streets and enjoy the delicious snacks there.

In addition to snacks, there are also many places that are worthy visiting in the scenic spot, which are mostly concentrated in the south side of the ancient town. Nanyuan Tea House is one of the representatives. Sitting on the second floor and drinking a cup of tea, there are also good performances from time to time. You can’t miss it.

In the Tuisi park, every night except Mondays, there is a performance, showing the history and folk customs of the Tongli water town. The fare is 200-500 yuan, you can choose to watch it or not according to your needs.

Special Notes:

  1. Tickets can only be visited once per attraction and cannot be visited repeatedly.
  2. You can take a night tour in Tuisi Garden from 18:45-20:30, and you can purchase a night tour ticket for 50 yuan at night.

When traveling at the Tongli ancient town, you will feel very comfortable, and you will like the comfortable lifestyle of the people inside, but the tourists have brought some noisy into the town. Tongli is free of charge after 17:00 pm and you can be access at will. Compared with Zhouzhuang Ancient Town and Xitang Ancient Town, Tongli is bigger. In terms of scenery, if it is better than Zhouzhuang Ancient Town and Xitang Ancient Town. Xitang’s night is noisier, but Tongli Ancient Town at night will be quieter.

Wuzhen Water Town

Wuzhen is located in Tongxiang City, adjacent to Nanxun District of Huzhou City in Zhejiang Province. It has a long history of more than 1,300 years. It belongs to the six major water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Whether it is from Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, you can take a high-speed rail, or take the intercity express free travel, and a day trip to there, as it features great accessibility.

If you go to the East Bank of the Wuzhen Water Town, you will enter from West Street and follows the river to the Shuangyuan Bridge to the opposite attraction area. Go along the bank all the way until the Mao Dun Memorial Hall. From the exit, there is a drama stage as well as the Chinese shadow puppetry. Going left and going straight, you will reach the Huiyuan pawn shop. And these are the attractions on East Bank. Then you can go back to the hotel to have a rest and go to play the West Bank at 16:00 or 17:00 pm. There is a free boat ride to the opposite side of Anyuan Square. You can have a play by following the attractions, mainly along the bank of the river. To sum up, during the day, you can look at the old houses at East Bank, and the night tour of West Bank is the highlight of Wuzhen. The overall feeling will be very good.

There are many hotels and inns in the West Bank area, all of which are managed by the government. The cost ranges from low to high. Living in the scenic area is convenient for you to play, and you can better experience the night scene of West Bank. There are also many hotels and inns outside the scenic spot, and the price is cheaper than that of the scenic area.

Special Note:

  1. Sitting on sculling boat is a very popular experience in Wuzhen, which is available on both East Bank and West Bank. The boat must wait till there are full of person on the boat.
  2. You can go to the old post office to send a postcard to your relatives or friends, and they will see a unique postmark when they receive it.
  3. During the holiday or Wuzhen Drama Festival, Wuzhen is very crowded, you’re your accommodation in the West Bank area needs to be booked early.

Zhouzhuang Water Town

Zhouzhuang is the earliest ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River that is famous all over the world. It is known as the “first water town in China”. The waterways in the town are vertical and horizontal. The old buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties are built by the river. The double bridges painted by the artist Chen Yifei portray the gentleness of the small bridges and the South Lake in the south of the ancient town is wide and beautiful. At night, Zhou Zhuang lit up the lights, and you will have exciting mood there.

Zhouzhuang Water Town is suitable for 1-2 day trip. The tickets are valid for three days from the date of purchase. The portrait registration at the ticket office allows you to enter and leave the town freely within three days.

Highlights for you to play in the Zhouzhuang Water Town:

The ancient house in the brick carved gate building

The main buildings of Zhouzhuang are mainly Jiangnan residential houses, among which there are nearly one hundred ancient houses, most of which are buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Ming Dynasty. The ancient town is surrounded by water, which makes the ancient town become a water town. The waterways of each road form a “well” shape and are embedded in the ancient town, which makes Zhouzhuang form a characteristic pattern of becoming the water street and water town. On the water lane of Zhouzhuang, there are 14 ancient stone bridges built in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The ancient bridges, water alleys and ancient houses are the “small bridges and flowing waters and residences” in the true sense.

The houses of ancient architecture are well preserved. The main thing is that the old houses are very cool, not hot at all. The trees on both sides are also very shaded. So, you don’t feel hot when you have a visit there on June and July. You can sit by the river and drink and chat with friends, and see the people coming and going. The cool breeze will make you very comfortable and enjoyable.

Seven Star Park

The Seven Star Park is very big. If the weather is good, you can take a leisurely stroll, but the tickets are expensive and do not include Qixing Cave. There is also a zoo that will charge for ticket. If you don’t go there, buying a park & Qixingyan discount package ticket of 65 Yuan is acceptable. Qixing Cave is still quite big and still a bit shady. It takes 30 minutes to enter a group of tourists. There are guides to explain it. And it will take about 50 minutes for the sightseeing of the cave. The park has a nice view and there is a famous hump mountain in the park, which is suitable for the whole family to play there. Qixing Cave, zoo, CS shooting and other projects are charged separately.

The scenery of Qixing Cave is very beautiful. If you enter the park from the north gate by car, you will be told to buy a ticket, which costs 55 yuan/person, there is a flamingo park, and if you are lucky enough, you will see flamingo, which has red feathers, but not that kind of bright red color, is The flesh-colored feathers, and it looks like having no feathers. In the park, many red-crowned cranes are in front of your eyes, which are very beautiful. Then there are many caves, rocks, and hills. It is not easy to climb, as it is steep, but it is very beautiful too. The park is very big, and it’s okay to stroll around the day. If you go from the west gate, you will directly enter the central part of the scenic spot and see a lot of rocks.

The commercial atmosphere of the Seven Star Scenic Area is not so heavy. Many older people dance and exercise in it. You can take a 20-yuan sightseeing car. The most famous attraction inside the park is Camel Mountain. It is very beautiful. The staff inside is also very good.

The Seven Star Scenic Spot is a famous place! Highly suggest you go to the Seven Star Park in the morning when it is not crowded.