Lanxi Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Zhuge Bagua Village Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Where to go for the Spring Festival? Guide to a one-day tour of Zhuge Bagua Village in Jinhua
Where to go for a self-driving tour in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai during the Spring Festival?
I really recommend Jinhua! It's a hidden gem travel destination in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai~
All kinds of delicious food and fun, with the strong festive atmosphere of the Jiangnan water towns!
The journey from Jinhua to Lishui is full of niche attractions, and the prices are very low~
The first stop is Zhuge Bagua Village, where we chose to stay inside the scenic area
Right outside the door are bustling alleys, and it's very convenient to get to various attractions!
🏮 Zhuge Bagua Village Scenic Area (4A)
📍 330 National Road, Lanxi City, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province
🚗 3.5h from Shanghai, 2.5h from Hangzhou, there is a parking lot at the entrance of the scenic area🅿️, and the scenic area is explored on foot🚶🏻♂️
🎫 90, you can ask the guesthouse to book for you~
📸 One-day tour strategy
✨ Zhongchi
Shaped like a Bagua, it is also the center of the village. The whole village spreads out in the shape of a Bagua around Zhongchi, which is also the liveliest place in the village~
✨ Dagu Tang
Next to Zhongchi is the memorial hall of Marquis Wu, with the words 'loyalty' and 'martial' at the entrance, great for taking photos📸
✨ Chancellor's Ancestral Hall
A magnificent ancient building, where you can learn about the history of Zhuge Bagua Village~
✨ Shangtang Ancient Commercial Street
You can stroll around the ancient residences near Shangtang, walk from Tianyi Hall all the way to Dajing Hall and Yongmu Hall, and feel the fireworks of the ancient town~
🏨 Lanxi Houde Guesthouse
Staying inside the scenic area is really convenient! The prices are touching, mostly around two to three hundred.
The accommodations in the scenic area are all private houses, giving you the feeling of staying in the villagers' homes~
This guesthouse is well located right next to Zhongchi, and the owner is also a descendant of Zhuge Liang. As soon as you enter, you feel the strong scholarly atmosphere~
🥢 Gourmet
The taste of the farmhouse restaurants in the village is very good, I recommend the tofu wrap and chicken pot, the local farmhouse dishes are very comforting to eat😋
There are also many snacks near Shangtang Ancient Commercial Street, and you can sit by the pond, eat while basking in the sun, very cozy!
The World's Most Gossip-Filled Village - Zhuge Village | Autumn is in full swing
| Autumn is in full swing. Beyond the bustling exterior of Zhuge Bagua Village lies the ancient town
With white walls and black tiles, and houses along the flowing water
Time to take note, how to enter the scenic spot for free!!!
Tickets for Zhuge Bagua Village are 90 yuan on the day of purchase, and 85 yuan if bought in advance. In reality, it's just a village, and personally, I'm not very interested in architecture or old houses. However, I know that places like this, where the scenic spot and the residents are not completely separated, usually have a free entrance. I casually asked the restaurant owner during lunch, and sure enough!!!
Ladies, follow my route, first navigate to 'Zhuge Middle School', and then at a three-way intersection before reaching the middle school, turn right for the middle school, and turn left for the parking lot shown in picture one
After strolling around, I feel that this lunch was worth it. Honestly, if such a scenic spot charged me 90 yuan, it would feel like a bit of a rip-off, as there's not much fun inside, maybe I just don't appreciate it
Lastly, I went during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays in 2023. I was able to get in smoothly during this 8-day holiday, so I believe the supervision is even less strict on normal days. Sisters who want to visit Jinhua, come and take advantage of this
Jinhua Zhuge Bagua Village
Zhuge Bagua Village | The most down-to-earth historical and cultural ancient village in Jinhua||☯️
Zhuge Bagua Village is located in Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province, with more than 4,000 descendants of Zhuge Liang living in the village, making it the largest settlement of Zhuge Liang's descendants in the country. The village was designed and laid out according to the ancestral nine palaces and eight trigrams by Zhuge Liang's twenty-seventh-generation descendant, Zhuge Dasheng.
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The entire village is centered around Zhongchi, with eight alleys radiating outward, forming the inner Bagua, and eight small hills surrounding the village, forming the outer Bagua. This type of village layout is unique in China. The village is dominated by Ming and Qing architecture, with more than 200 well-preserved ancient Ming and Qing residential houses and halls. Despite hundreds of years, the layout of the village has remained unchanged, with its architectural style of 'blue bricks, gray tiles, horse head walls, fat beams, chubby columns, and small boudoirs'.
📍Address: Inside Zhuge Bagua Village Scenic Area, 330 National Road, Lanxi City, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province (east side)
🎫Ticket: 90 RMB per person (No ticket required for the temporary parking lot at Beiloutang)
📷Recommended attractions:
▫️Zhongchi
▫️Dagong Hall
▫️Tianyi Hall
▫️Exhibition of Zhuge Liang's Life
▫️Chancellor's Ancestral Hall
▫️Folk Culture Exhibition Hall
▫️Qingyu Hall
⛺️Recommended accommodation:
▫️Lanxi Mushi Homestay (with a view of the entire Zhongchi)
🍴Recommended restaurant:
▫️Gu Jie Restaurant
(Recommended dishes: farmhouse sausage, tofu vegetarian bun, stir-fried wild vegetables, Zhuge small fish, brine river shrimp)
Visit the Zhuge Bagua Village in Lanxi
⏳Play time:
3-4 hours
💰Average consumption:
Half price 45 yuan for 6 years old and below 1.2m
Full ticket 90
❤Recommended reason:
Experience history, the village has been established for more than 600 years, and it is well preserved
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Youbu Ancient Town Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Jiangnan's number one early morning tea street
You could ask me to guess a hundred times, and I would still find it hard to guess that the so-called number one early morning tea street in Jiangnan is located in the Youbu ancient town of Lanxi, Jinhua. In fact, it's just a small alley, but it indeed has a lively and homely atmosphere.
The meaty 'Rou Chen Zi' is a specialty, and there are many other kinds of snacks, such as sesame seed cakes stuffed with fried dough sticks, and Poria cocos and Gorgon fruit cake, which are quite delicious.
Youbu Ancient Town | Drive 400 kilometers just for this bite!
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Youbu Ancient Town is really a food paradise
It gathers the culinary essence of Quzhou and Jinhua
Because the Quzhou and Jinhua regions are close to Jiangxi
So the local cuisine has both the spicy flavor of Jiangxi and the fresh sweetness of Zhejiang
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Youbu Ancient Town is located in the central and western part of Zhejiang Province, at the junction of Jinhua, Lanxi, and Longyou, with convenient transportation.
As early as the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Youbu had a wharf, and it has always been an important agricultural and sideline product distribution and trading place at the junction of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Anhui, a commercial town, known as the 'first wharf upstream of the Qiantang River', one of the four ancient towns in Zhejiang for a thousand years, and the birthplace of the Qiantang River Poetry Road culture. It has a long history and profound cultural heritage, famous for its traditional cultural activities, and there are many cultural relics and historic sites.
The 'Yongji Bridge', 'Yongfu Bridge', 'Yongan Bridge', 'Taiping Bridge', 'Laoxi Bridge' built in the Qing Dynasty across the Taiping Creek in the town are collectively referred to as 'Five Horses Returning to the Trough', which is a unique feature in Jiangnan.
The ancient village, ancient creek, ancient street, ancient bridge, and ancient houses are well preserved. The town still retains the previous way of life, waiting quietly for visitors from all directions.
📍Location: No. 46, Dajie, Youbu Town, Lanxi City, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province
🎫Ticket: No ticket required
🍲Recommended food:
▫️Guanxiu Su (Strongly recommend red bean flavor!)
▫️Preserved vegetable meat pie
▫️Lotus leaf glutinous rice cake
▫️Youtiao glutinous rice cake (Sesame, brown sugar, soybean flour are all delicious)
▫️Crispy pork belly (Bake and eat now!)
▫️Egg skin fried dumplings
▫️Quzhou roasted cake (My personal favorite! A carb bomb in one bite)
▫️Big cake wrapped in youtiao (Eat from childhood! Very fragrant)
▫️Cowpea cake
▫️Fried fruit
▫️Scallion steamed bun (Scallion + pork + bamboo shoots, chop me if it's not delicious)
▫️Longyou small wonton
▫️Meat sinker (The first must-eat specialty in the ancient town!)
▫️Meatball
▫️Tofu rice ball
▫️Millet cake
🔺Original creation is not easy, plagiarism will be investigated
Do you like this slow-paced town?
Youbu Town is located in the southwest of Lanxi City, at the junction of Jinhua, Lanxi, and Longyou counties, and enjoys the titles of 'the first port upstream of the Qiantang River', one of the four ancient towns in Zhejiang for a thousand years, and the birthplace of the Qiantang River Poetry Road culture.
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Features:
1. Youbu has many ancient bridges. The Youbu Creek that runs through the ancient town has the 'Taiping Bridge', 'Yongan Bridge', 'Yongji Bridge', 'Yongfu Bridge', 'Laoxi Bridge' built in the Qing Dynasty, collectively known as 'Five Horses Returning to the Trough', which is spectacular!
2. The day of the people in Youbu starts with morning tea, and the custom of drinking tea has continued for thousands of years. The prosperity of waterways and local commerce has cultivated the leisurely morning tea habit of Youbu people.
This ancient town of a thousand years retains its own pace and rhythm, not in a hurry, but in a long stream, it is a representative place for slow life.
Youyi Qiuyin Huashe Homestay Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
You must visit the fireworks port at least once
Lanxi hides a treasure guesthouse!! Located near the ancient town of Youbu,
Choose a good weather☀️ weekend in early winter, and go for a walk with friends! The guesthouse is an ancient style building, the environment and decoration are very elegant~ Chatting and drinking tea🫖 in the courtyard is super comfortable!
✨You can also experience activities such as perfume tea, hanging paintings, flower arrangements, and incense burning. If you like to take photos and check in, you can wear Hanfu, and every casual shot🤳 is an ancient style blockbuster! The rooms are also antique, and the names are very poetic~ The representative flower names of the twelve flower gods are used as guest rooms
✨If you come to Youbu Ancient Town, don't miss the special morning tea here. In the early morning, the teahouses in the ancient town are always bustling with people. Here you can taste the authentic Lanxi morning tea and feel the life of the ancient town.
Guesthouse name: Youbu·Qiuyin Flower House Guesthouse
Experience the internet-famous homestay in the Song Dynasty
🚶♀️Stepping into the homestay, it's like traveling back to ancient times. This is a building with the charm of the Tang and Song Dynasties🏮Everywhere reveals a simple atmosphere. Here, you can feel the charm of traditional culture, and also enjoy the comfort of modern life.
In addition to the exquisite accommodation environment, Qiu Yin Hua She also provides a series of characteristic cultural experience activities. Here, you can personally experience tea tasting, flower arranging, incense burning, Hanfu experience, perfume blending and other traditional arts. These activities can not only make your trip more colorful, but also let you deeply understand traditional culture.
If you come to Youbu Ancient Town, don't miss the special morning tea here. In the early morning, the teahouses in the ancient town are always bustling with people. Here, you can taste the authentic Lanxi morning tea and feel the life of the ancient town.
No Tit Xinshe (Jinhua Lanxi Branch) Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Who knew I accidentally moved into a villa in Jiangnan and will come again next time
Wuta Xinshe (Lanxi, Jinhua store)
WUTA XINSHE
The homestay is located in Lanxi, Jinhua, where the misty rain is scattered, the rain falls on the green tiles, a slow city in Jiangnan, known as the 'waist of the six waters, the thoroughfare of the seven provinces', is located in the sparse population of Beishan Village. It is located in the bamboo forest between the streams. Here, there is not only the most primitive beauty of nature, but also the rustic rural atmosphere. There is a babbling stream in front, and a dense forest in the back. Walking in it, you can indulge in the mountains and rivers, and feel the detachment and leisure in the mountains and streams. The quiet and simple wabi-sabi style design, white walls and black tiles, every place exudes a quiet temperament.
Highlights
There is a babbling stream in front, and a dense forest in the back. The area is 15 acres, with independent and private rooms with different styles, a room with a view of the mountains and delicious food.
Local features
Rooms
The homestay has a total of 18 guest rooms, various room types can meet different needs. The first building 'Shan Gui' has 7 different styles of parent-child rooms, from deep forest adventures to dreamy fairy tales.
Almost every room is equipped with a washstand and toiletries for children, castles, rotating slides, and ocean balls are the joy of children.
Heaven
The other three buildings are built against the mountain, the style is completely different from the first building, it is simple and rustic wabi-sabi style.
The interior color of the room is simple, giving people a sense of calmness and introversion. The furniture is simple and pleasing, the room is well lit, and the beautiful mountain view is close at hand through the large glass window.
Equipment
Roof infinity pool, ladder bookstore, tea room bar, bonfire area, handmade workshop, ktv pillow bamboo forest to sleep and enjoy the quiet time.
has 4 independent villas, standing at the foot of the bamboo forest mountain, the window is the mountain view, the lush bamboo forest, the scenery is beautiful. The interlacing of light and shadow reveals the beauty of wabi-sabi, lying on the bed, you can enjoy the quiet beauty of the mountains, the peace of mind in the countryside, and the leisurely contentment.
I would go to Lanxi, Jinhua just for this guesthouse
Wuzexin She (Lanxi, Jinhua branch)
There's such a relaxing guesthouse hidden in Lanxi, Jinhua! It's located in the guesthouse village in Lanxi, Jinhua~
The architecture and scenery complement each other perfectly.
Spring weekends are great for going out, aren't they?
I've wanted to visit Lanxi with my friends for a while~
This guesthouse has black and white buildings, each with great interior design.
The stairway bookhouse in the lobby of Building 1 is perfect for reading in the afternoon. If you like taking pictures, you can check in here. The rooms upstairs are all themed around children, with Snow White, Smurfs, and astronaut themes.
The rooms are very spacious! There's also a ball pit for playing.
Spiral staircase~
The other buildings have a very simple and rustic style, with tea brewing, camping, hot springs, swimming pools, etc.
It's really beautiful here.
It just depends on whether you have a pair of eyes that are good at discovering beauty.
On a sunny spring day, the photos are really beautiful.
If you want to go out recently, you can go and relax.
Wuzexin She .Lanxi branch
Address: No. 188, Yannest Type, Beishan Village, Xiangxi Town, Lanxi City, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province
It is recommended to drive there.
Lanxi World Trade Hotel Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Lanxi World Trade Hotel, a city landmark building
Lanxi World Trade Hotel is the first luxury hotel built to five-star standards in the area, located in the bustling modern central business district. The main building has 24 floors and is a landmark building in Lanxi.
This is a hotel that combines Chinese and Western styles. The Spanish-style pointed roof, the classic and elegant Roman columns, and the solemn and exquisite English Big Ben clock all show the elegance of European style.
The design and decoration of the hotel combines the regional cultural characteristics of Lanxi. The large Chinese ink paintings that can be seen everywhere are fresh and elegant.
The hotel provides high-quality catering services and has won the titles of 'Zhejiang Famous Restaurant', 'Chinese Famous Restaurant', 'Poetry and Painting Zhejiang, a Thousand Bowls of Special Food Experience Shop in Hundred Counties', and 'Gold Award of Jinhua Traditional Food Tasting Competition'.
The hotel has complete supporting facilities such as shopping malls, KTV, lobby bar, gym (constant temperature swimming pool), etc., allowing you to enjoy a comfortable accommodation experience after the hustle and bustle.
📍Detailed address: No. 151 Danxi Avenue, Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province
Ctrip reference price: from 471 yuan
The hotels I stayed in 2023
Listed in chronological order~
1, Conrad Hotel, Hangzhou
2, World Trade Hotel, Lanxi
3, Shilili Cliff Hot Spring Hermit Resort, Jinhua
4, Marriott Hotel, Yancheng
5, Kuntai Jiahua Hotel, Beijing
6, Swissotel Beijing Hong Kong Macau Center
7, West Lake State Guesthouse, Hangzhou
8, Luneng Guihe Intercontinental Hotel, Jinan
9, Conrad Hotel, Shenyang
10, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Harbin
11, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Tianjin
12, Dongshan Daguan Hotel, Shaoxing
13, Lujing Tiantai Resort Hotel, Linhai
14, Dijing Holiday Hotel, Ningde
15, Hilton Hotel, Taizhou
16, Junanli Resort Hotel, Moganshan
17, Jinpudun Zhuhui Hotel, Suzhou
18, Conrad Hotel, Tonglu
19, Dusit Thani Hotel, Tianmushan
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