Fuzhou is not only famous for its Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, but also for the less crowded and picturesque Shangxia Hang

Deep in the bones of people from the south, the misty rain of the water towns in the Jiangnan area is etched into their souls: white walls, black tiles, small bridges, flowing water, bluestone slabs, and the atmosphere of ink wash paintings that hits you in the face. Such water towns have haunted my dreams many times... And Fuzhou has such a place, with few people and beautiful scenery, even the faint jasmine fragrance of the milk tea in my hand tells of the beauty of the Jiangnan water towns... "To be infatuated with a place for a lifetime, without dreaming of Jiangnan," I have thought of many introductions to Fuzhou, but none are as good as visiting it in person: Sitting in a Chinese-style boat, gazing at the Min-style architecture scattered along the banks, listening to the cicadas singing in the trees, drinking milk tea... as if time slows down, an afternoon trip to Shangxia Hang, I have organized the following must-visit spots for everyone: ⛩️: Shangxia Hang 🎫: Free 🈺️: Open all day (I went to take photos at 11:00 noon, it's beautiful when it's cloudy, and the fewer people there are, the better the photos will be, and it won't be crowded!) 📷 Must-visit spots: 1⃣️ Santong Bridge (You can take photos of people walking in the middle of the bridge, or leaning on the bridge, with the high bridge of Min-style architecture in the background, which feels very cinematic, or you can take a boat and pass under the bridge piers, as if you are in a landscape painting) 2⃣️ Rowing (The Chinese-style boat that you can steer yourself, you can take it along the moat and have an unobstructed view of the buildings on both banks) 3⃣️ Dazhong Tea House (Stealing half a day of leisure, sitting under the tree and drinking jasmine tea, with the local Chinese-style tea snacks, is very comfortable) 4⃣️ Yongde Guild Hall (There are various porcelain exhibitions and artworks inside, you can go and see if you have time, and the architecture around the guild hall is also very beautiful) 5⃣️ Xing'an Bridge (Take photos from the side, you can capture the ancestral hall of Zhang Zhenjun) 6⃣️ Defa Jingguo Line (The most beautiful architecture, wearing new Chinese-style clothes will look very good) "Jiangnan is good, the scenery of the old days is familiar," even in the center of the city with towering buildings, there is such a place that is half mundane and half poetic... As the lights of the surrounding streets light up one by one, the old-fashioned rickshaws slowly pass by my eyes, swallows flock home, and young people dressed in new Chinese-style clothes appear in groups, I know, another aspect of Shangxia Hang is about to emerge, with greater expectations for it, I take a sip of the milk tea in my hand and walk into the night of Jiangnan...