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.
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).
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Fenghuang Ancient Town is located in the southwestern part of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province. It is a gathering place of ethnic minorities mainly composed of Miao and Tujia. The ancient town has beautiful scenery and many historical sites. In the town, the ancient city building is made of purple red sandstone, the suspended buildings are built along the banks of the Tuo River, the ancient and simple style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties remains, the oil-green Tuo River flows quietly; the Nanhua Mountain National Forest Park is outside the town. In addition, there are some other famous attractions such as The Qiliang Cave of the City Art Palace, the Huangsiqiao ancient town which was built in the Tang Dynasty, and the scenic Great Southern Great Wall. There is not only beautiful scenery, but also has the rich flavor of ethnic minorities, and it is full of outstanding people and talents.
The morning fog of the ancient town is very beautiful, and the lights are very gorgeous at night. You can live in a Stilted building inn in the ancient town, which is located in the quiet Bar Street, so it will be quiet, and you can sit on the balcony to enjoy the wind bridge, fog bridge and waterwheel, which is very comfortable.
There is no accommodation on Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area, so it will be highly recommended you finish your tour there in one day. There is a “Cherry Bay Restaurant” near Tianmenshan Temple, which offers snacks and fast food.
There are so many people travelling in Tianmen Mountain every day, and most of them think that going up the mountain from the ladder and the escalator is much funnier. At the top of the mountain, it is recommended to start from the east line so that you won’t go back. After wandering around the top, just go to the ropeway and take the cableway down the mountain.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, where the people are outstanding, will let you feel like coming to the fairyland, as the scenery is really beautiful. There are many attractions that can be played here. It is just like a Chinese landscape painting. It takes about two to three days to visit the entire forest park. After you come to the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, you can temporarily avoid the smog in the city, it is just like the natural oxygen bar, where the air is absolutely fresh, and it is suitable for you to breathe.