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🪭19℃ fairyland! These 5 places are perfect for kids, and the 3rd one offers half-price tickets!

🏔️ **1. Liupanshui, Guizhou (Summer Resort)** - **Highlights**: Average summer temperature is only 19℃, known as the "Cool Capital of China." You can ride horses and fly kites on the Wumeng Grassland, take the Wild Jade Sea forest train through flower seas, and watch the traditional and stunning iron flower performance in the ancient water town. - **Family Features**: Yi ethnic homestays offer cloud sea views from the window (about 300 RMB/night), kids can try making griddles and chasing cattle and sheep. - **Cost Reference**: Dining about 50 RMB per person, 5-day trip around 3800 RMB for 3 people. --- 🌊 **2. Xining, Qinghai (Plateau Secret)** - **Highlights**: Average temperature 17℃, ride white yaks and take photos at Qinghai Lake, the "Mirror of the Sky" reflection at Chaka Salt Lake is stunning, and the lively monk debates at Ta'er Monastery are fascinating. - **Family Features**: Stay in lakeside RV campsites for stargazing at night (800 RMB/night), horseback riding on Qilian Mountain grasslands, and photo ops in the rapeseed flower sea in Menyuan. - **Cost Reference**: 5-day trip about 4200 RMB for 3 people (including car rental and tickets). --- 🌿 **3. Dali, Yunnan (Pastoral Elegy)** - **Highlights**: Average temperature 25℃, the windmill cloud sea on Cangshan Mountain looks like a Studio Ghibli animation, ride horse-drawn carts and weave straw rings in Xizhou rice fields, cycle around Erhai Lake chasing the sunset. - **Family Features**: Seaview rooms at Caicun Pier to feed seagulls (400 RMB/night), experience Bai ethnic tie-dyeing and taste hand-grabbed rice. - **Transportation**: High-speed train to Kunming then 2-hour transfer, family bike rental on the Erhai ecological corridor for 20 RMB/hour. --- 🏖️ **4. Qinhuangdao, Hebei (Seaside Paradise)** - **Highlights**: Average temperature 25℃, free admission to Yudao Hot Springs with the "Cultural Tourism Card," dolphin interactions and water slides at Le Island Ocean Kingdom, and crab digging at Shallow Water Bay Beach. - **Family Benefits**: 20% discount on Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei high-speed rail tickets, Saturday beach fireworks parties, and artistic check-ins at Anaya Chapel. - **Cost Reference**: 5-day trip about 5000 RMB for 3 people, recommended stay at Beidaihe homestays (300-500 RMB/night). --- 🦁 **5. Kinmen (Cultural Carnival)** - **Highlights**: From July 1 to August 31, the "Kinmen Family Carnival" features 14 series of activities and over 70 experiences: Wind Lion God app missions, meet-and-greet with the guinea pig car, and nighttime firefly boat rides. - **Highlight Event**: July 5 theme day with clown bubble show and the environmental interactive play "Water World Adventure." - **Tips**: 1-hour flight from Taiwan to Kinmen, homestays like Firefly Valley eco-cabins require advance booking.
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