Kaihua Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Root Palace Buddhist Culture Tourist Area Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
This park is a fantastic place which is worth visiting in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province. There is huge carving sculptures and great lakes with carving zoo animals museum. Also there is ice palace, where the temperature is lower than 0°degree. There is many sculptures made from ice cube. From October there is opened a glass bridge under the park and there is every day shows with light and music from 6.30 p.m. The prices are not cheap but I highly recommend to visit that place!
With a single stroke, the universe is carved
In Kaihua County, Quzhou, Zhejiang, there is the 5A Root Palace Buddha Country Cultural Tourism Area, also known as "Kaihua County Root Expo Garden". It is estimated that most people in China have not visited, but this place will definitely amaze you with its breathtaking root carving art.
Each and every one of the root carving works, crafted from precious woods, is lifelike and exhibits a myriad of postures, truly unparalleled and of extremely high artistic value. Hence the saying, "With a single stroke, the universe is carved."
The entire scenic area is absolutely unique in the world of tourism landscapes. It conveys philosophy through roots and carries humanistic connotations with natural charm, blending root carving, stone appreciation, bonsai, and ancient garden architecture. It integrates five thousand years of China's exquisite traditional culture with strange roots and woods, creating a tranquil and elegant picture of harmony between man and nature, captivating visitors to linger and indulge.
If you have the chance, you must go there to see and appreciate it!
Check out the lesser-known 5A scenic spot in Zhejiang - the Root Palace Buddha Land in Kaihua, Quzhou
Visiting Quzhou during the May Day holiday is a wise choice! Compared to other places, Quzhou is truly a rare paradise, with few people and beautiful scenery. I highly recommend everyone to come and experience it~
⭐⭐Root Palace Buddha Land Cultural Tourism Area⭐⭐
I want to introduce you to a unique tourist holy land in the world - the Root Palace Buddha Land. This is the only tourist area in the world themed on root culture, worthy of being a national 5A-level tourist scenic spot! Here, you can appreciate thousands of large-scale root art works, including more than a thousand giant root carvings of Buddhist culture series. These works perfectly combine root carving art and Buddhist culture, giving people a sense of shock. For example, there is a root carving Buddha statue of Sakyamuni, weighing 40 tons and reaching 9.9 meters high (Figure 3), which is simply amazing!
🚔Transportation: It's very convenient to drive or take a taxi!
🎫Ticket: The usual ticket price is 80 yuan, and it will be slightly more expensive on holidays
⏱️Opening hours: From 8:30 in the morning to 4:30 in the afternoon
⌛Tour time: Half a day is recommended for touring, but if you have enough time, it's suggested to spend a whole day!
🔍Tour tips:
1. The scenic area is very large, with south and north entrances, please plan your route in advance.
2. In addition to root carving art, there are many other highlights, such as the aerial glass plank road (Figure 5) and the peacock pavilion. There are also wonderful 'Root Palace Night Banquet' performances in the evening, with a wide variety of content.
3. This place is very suitable for relaxing, walking around and appreciating, and you can also take very classical photos haha. What's even better is that there are fewer people during the off-peak tourist season, so you can enjoy the tranquility and the fun of taking photos.
The trip to the Root Palace Buddha Country in Quzhou, Zhejiang, is less crowded and niche
🚶🏻♂️The Root Palace Buddha Country is a root carving culture museum located in Kaihua County, Quzhou City. It is a 5A-level scenic spot, about an hour and a half's drive from Quzhou city center.
👉🏻The museum mainly exhibits the works of Master Xu Guqing and his disciples. The main theme is Buddhist statues, and there are also historical, mythological, and animal-themed statues. The Maitreya Buddha Hall and the Five Hundred Arhats Hall are very shocking. I especially like the Arhat Hall. The five hundred Arhats have different postures, their expressions are vivid and natural, their eyes are bright, and they seem to be about to speak to me the next second. The exhibition line design is also very smooth. The order of the exhibits in the History and Culture Hall is very confusing.
👉🏻The garden landscape in the scenic spot is also great. It is professionally designed, not the kind of forced assembly line landscape. There are 15 small white cars in the scenic area, which can be called and stopped at any time, which is very convenient. Finally, I have to complain about the shopping point at the exit. It's very long. A short 10-meter straight line distance has made almost four hundred meters of shopping channels. I thought I was in the wrong place several times.
🏞️Scenic Spot Features:
✅Root Carving Works
The Buddha statues with different postures and lifelike appearances, a total of more than 4,000 root carving works are shocking.
✅Glass Skywalk
The original price is 60, and it was half price when I went. Friends who are not afraid of heights must go. You can overlook the entire scenic area from above, which is especially beautiful.
✅Less Crowded
Going there once feels like a private booking.
💰Ticket: Night scene 55/person, refundable at any time. (Daytime 120/person, free admission from Monday to Friday on non-holidays.)
The overall play time is 3-4h
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Taihuishan Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Kaihua, Quzhou, a severely underestimated off-the-beaten-path city
If you don't want to be crowded when traveling in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai,
I want to share with you this interesting city,
As soon as you enter this city,
The green Majin Creek comes into view,
On both sides are green mountains and ecological villages,
Beautiful rural scenery, free 5A scenic spots, lots of food and low consumption,
It's comfortable to come and play in the water in summer, and you can visit the ancient villages in winter, eat Quzhou spicy food, and experience slow life.
My 3-day 2-night tour route:
Day1. Gen Palace Buddha Country - Xia Yu Village
Day2. Xiamountain Ancient Village
Day3. Gaotian Pit Village - Taihui Mountain
About the attractions:
1. Gen Palace Buddha Country
A 5A scenic spot that is free on weekdays, the scenic area is very large, the architecture is very exquisite, it's comfortable to bring family to play, look at root carvings and buildings.
2. Xia Yu Village
Known as one of the "Top Ten Beautiful Villages in China", the mountains are clear and the water is beautiful, there are many people who come to escape the heat and cool off in summer, I came in winter, after the rain the clouds in the mountains are lingering, there are no bustling tourists, looking at the ink painting-like creek scenery, I feel calm.
3. Xiamountain Ancient Town
The architecture is biased towards Huizhou style, there are more than 300 ancient residential buildings from the Ming, Qing, and early Republic of China, you can see the architecture in winter now, if you come in summer, the green water of Majin Creek is leisurely, it's very suitable for summer escape and water play.
4. Taihui Mountain
On the terraced fields, there are houses, after the rain the clouds are lingering, it's like a city in the sky. It's recommended to come here in spring, when the rapeseed flowers are in full bloom, it's even more beautiful.
5. Gaotian Pit Village
It's a bit like Songyang - Yangjia Hall Village, the earthy yellow houses are lined up, the village is not big, the restoration is not bad, a library and coffee shop have been built, it's quite artistic.
Accommodation strategy:
I just live in Xiangxi Life Village, surrounded by fields, the view outside the window is all rural scenery, it's calming. During the Spring Festival, there are various festive activities, you don't have to be crowded, it's nice to spend a few leisurely days here. And it's very close to Xia Yu Village and Gen Palace Buddha Country, 10 minutes by car. If you come here during the Lantern Festival, you can also watch the intangible cultural heritage incense fire grass dragon performance, looking forward to it.
By the way, the duck head here is quite delicious, and the farmhouse dishes are also very good, you can tell that the ingredients are very good.
If you don't want to be crowded during the Spring Festival, consider coming to Kaihua, Quzhou, this treasure city is waiting to be discovered!
Taihui Mountain is located in Changhong Township, Kaihua County, Zhejiang Province. It is bordered by Jiangxi Wuyuan. There are more than 100 households, from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside. The front and back of the house are terraced fields. It is called the Jiangdang Potala Palace. The village is small, situated on a steep hillside surrounded by terraces. When the season of smoke and rain or a ray of sunshine, at first glance, some of the taste of the Potala Palace, it is called "the Jiangdang Potala Palace", long time to smell her name, taking advantage of the good times of early spring, let Kissing the earth with both feet, let the flowers infiltrate the whole body, and enjoy the flowers with the butterflies, listen to Huang Qimingchun, take the car to Kaihua, and enjoy a trip to the flowers. Caihua rapeseed, people who have been to Kaihua said that the four seasons of the countryside here are not inferior to the most beautiful village in Jiangxi, Jiangxi. As the source of the Qiantang River, Kaihua is especially beautiful in the spring. It is very quiet, there is little disturbing, the birds are in the ears, and you can hear the mountains and rivers. Every March, the land is a sea of yellow flowers, and it belongs to the kind of paradise that is "cultivated in the depths of no one". It is full of fragrance everywhere. When I came to Kaihua, the Huanghua Sanjin on the terraced fields was unique. Especially the terraced fields of the Changhong Township in Changhong Township, with layers like chains, winding from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Looking at it, the golden rapeseed is covered with terraces, and the layers are stacked and undulating, which is very dazzling.
Sanqu Stone Forest Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
This city located at the junction of four provinces is worth visiting
Quzhou is located in the west of Zhejiang, upstream of the Qiantang River. Quzhou is a national historical and cultural city with a long history, beautiful mountains and rivers, famous historical sites, diverse landscapes, and numerous cultural landscapes. The natural scenery characterized by saints, gods, wonders, beauty, and mysteries welcomes friends from all over the world to appreciate the charm of the famous city of Quzhou.
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Attractions:
1. There is Longyou Grottoes, known as the 'mystery of the ages, cultural treasure';
2. There is Ziwei Mountain National Forest Park, known for its canyon peaks and cascading waterfalls;
3. There is Sanqu Stone Forest, which has a unique landscape and was formed in the Ordovician period 500 million years ago;
4. There is Jiulong Lake, with its vast blue waves and beautiful scenery;
5. There is Jianglang Mountain, which is recognized as 'the first Danxia peak in China, and the narrowest sky in the country';
6. There is Gutian Mountain Nature Reserve, which is rich in species and has towering ancient trees;
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The Quzhou Tourism Culture Festival held every October consists of activities such as Nan Kong Cultural Tourism, Jianglang Mountain 100-meter Cliff Climbing Tourism, Longyou Grottoes Tourism Culture Seminar, and Lankeshan Go Culture Tourism Month.
The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are coming. Friends who have not decided where to go can go and experience it
Another fun place in Sanshi Stone Forest is the suspension bridge, which is more than ten meters long. It is very exciting to walk up and tremble. The naughty male students are running and jumping on it, deliberately scaring the timid girl. Connected to the suspension bridge is the glass plank road. Imagine standing on the glass with a width of 1.5 meters to 2 meters and a ground drop of 400 meters. Looking at the distance of the distance from the far side of the road is nearly a kilometer. Can you not be afraid?
I personally like the slippery lock, and the feeling of flying in the air is particularly cool. You can see the beauty of the mountain all the way. The friends also agreed to capture each other's moments of flying.
There are many types of stone forest scenic spots, and all kinds of animal shapes are vivid and vivid. It is known as the world's largest pictogram stone zoo.
The stones here are different in shape, and people with wide brain openings can always find out what they are like. Some can see the "image" of the form at a glance, and some "images" that need to be squatted or standing on the heights to be vaguely seen; others are "images" that are all guessed by mind. The last one is to kill the "like" you can't see...
I was originally a child who didn't like to climb a mountain, because when I was too tired, I didn't have the mood to appreciate the beauty around me. The scenery in the eyes of others, I am actually not willing to pay too much physical strength. However, if you are a little bit fun during the mountain climbing process, it may not be too painful for this very tiring process.
After returning from Sancha Stone Forest, I no longer resist the heavy physical activity like climbing a mountain, because it is easier to find fun than to discover the beauty.
Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Spring Flower Viewing | The Fairy Tale Wonderland of Kaihua Ancient Village | With Photo Shooting Strategy
Spring flower viewing, I stumbled upon a treasure trove of an ancient village, half filled with the smoke of everyday life, and half with the dreaminess of poetry.
Deep in the mountains of Quzhou, Zhejiang, there lies a fairy tale paradise known as Xingsu Gaotian. The environment here is pristine, with rammed earth structures scattered across the terraced fields, as if stepping through time into a fairy tale world.
📍Location: Vanke Xingsu Gaotian
🌼Ancient Village Address: Kaihua, Quzhou, Zhejiang
🚗Transportation: 1.5h drive from Kaihua County
🏡✨Ancient Village Exploration Strategy✨🌼
🌼In spring, the rapeseed flowers of Kaihua ancient village are in full bloom, reflecting off the ancient village and composing a Jiangnan landscape painting that's just right in richness and subtlety.
Photo spots👇
1. The village library and coffee shop, stylish and minimalist, full of design sense, perfect for taking photos. In spring, you can spend your time leisurely among the fragrance of books and flowers.
2. Stargazing experience: The ancient village has the best stargazing platform in East China, located at the top of the mountain, accessible by car. If you come in summer, the Milky Way is clearly visible at night, super romantic.
🌿Hermit's Heaven and Earth: Kaihua ancient village is an excellent place for seclusion. The peaceful and beautiful environment allows one to forget the troubles of the world, free the spirit, and enjoy the blend with nature.
Old streets and alleys, grey walls and black tiles, walking through them, time also slows down. The villagers of the ancient village are simple and honest. I met an elderly person who had just caught some Qingjiang fish. When he got home, he first weighed the fish with his spouse. Seeing me taking photos, he happily asked me, 'Guess how much it weighs?'
✨✨Kaihua ancient village is a place that can heal the soul, perfect for stargazing and flower viewing. If you also yearn for nature and tranquility, why not start a journey of the soul here!
Hantang Xiangfu Traditional Culture Theme Guesthouse Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Han Tang Xiang Fu is a traditional style boutique B&B located in Xiashu Village, Kaihua County, Cangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is a quiet place in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai areas.
"Han Tang Xiang Fu" takes traditional culture such as incense and tea as a carrier to attract people who are in a hurry to come to the health resort. There is no cement jungle in the high-rise buildings, watching the mountains and rivers, listening to the birds, and retrieving them. A rare peace inside.
The room I stayed in was just facing the wide Ma Jinxi. The panoramic balcony overlooked the scenery outside the window. The host also specially arranged for me to soothe the fragrance in the room. It was a good night's sleep and a good night's sleep.
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