Zhejiang Yunhe Terraces
⭕️ Yunhe Terrace Scenic Area
📍 Address: Yunhe Terrace Scenic Area, Meiyuan Village, Yunhe County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province
🚗 Transportation: Drive or take the high-speed train to Lishui Station, then take the direct bus to the Yunhe Terraces Visitor Center
🎫 Admission: Adult/70 per person excluding cable car, ticket + cable car 120/person
🏞 Scenic Area Introduction:
Yunhe Terraces are located in Yunhe County, Lishui, Zhejiang, and are the largest terrace group in East China, known as "China's most beautiful terraces" and now a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The scenic area mainly has three major attractions.
1️⃣ Jiuqu Yunhuan Viewing Platform, mainly for viewing the full view of the terraces, and the best position for terrace sunrise.
2️⃣ Silver Valley, mainly a ancient village called Kenggen Village located in the terraces. Take the cable car there, and walk down a 2700m Wudong Waterfall Trail with excellent scenery along the way. At the bottom of the valley is Kenggen Stone Fort, an ancient village that retains the complete appearance of an old village.
3️⃣ Qixing Dun Viewing Platform, where you can also see the terraces, but the position is not as good as Jiuqu Yunhuan, it's just another angle to view the terraces. People set up tents at Qixing Dun Viewing Platform to watch the starry sky, and with some luck, you can see a sea of clouds the next morning.
‼️ Terrace Sea of Clouds Sunrise Strategy
✅ The sunrise time is different every day, check the sunrise time in advance, and arrive at the Jiuqu Yunhuan sunrise sea of clouds viewing platform half an hour earlier. For those who can get up early, it is recommended to arrive 45min earlier, and then you can slowly enjoy the changing sky light of sunrise❗️
✅ If it rains the day before, the probability of a sea of clouds appearing the next day will be much higher.
✅ If there is a sea of clouds, when the sun rises, you can fly a drone to see the sea of clouds terraces from above, which is really beautiful.
✅ Before the sun rises, the light is very soft, and you can see the terraces, sea of clouds, and morning glow.
✅ After the sun slowly rises, the light becomes stronger, you can go down to the paddy fields, and use the golden hour of sunrise light to take beautiful terrace portraits.
✅ The entire Yunhe Terraces scenic area is more relaxed with cable car + sightseeing car tours, but if you are physically fit, you can also choose to drive to a parking lot near the attraction and choose to hike up the mountain.
✅ Yunhe Terraces tickets are valid for 2 days, so you don't have to rush when touring.
✅ In addition to natural scenery, local special performances such as Terrace Auspicious Dragon, She Ethnic Group Wedding Performance, Flower Drum Opera, etc. are also worth watching.
The clouds and terraces are really beautiful, but we went to the rain. It was raining in the sea of clouds. The glass sightseeing tower was not allowed to go up. It was a pity, but it was good to take pictures in the cafe. You can see the whole terraces. It is very beautiful.
Overall. It is still worth playing, but I personally feel that the overall package has not been perfected and cannot meet the standards of the 5A scenic spot. Plus it is because of Saturday play. I found that there are still a lot of people on holidays. Most are locals. Too many people lead to a not very good experience.
The scenery in winter is not particularly colorful, suitable for self-driving, no need to book a very expensive cable car ticket. The car does not need to drive to the visitor center, directly navigate to Jiuqu Yunhuan, about 2 to 3 hours to play. Then you can drive directly to the top of Qixingdun to see the panoramic view. Open to Baiyin Ancient in the afternoon. The main three attractions can be completed. In fact, the mountain road is not very long. It takes 20 to 30 minutes. Don't go on rainy days.
The Spring Festival clouds and rows came to the famous clouds and terraces. Maybe because it is the off-season, the scenic spot is more friendly to self-driving cars, and you can drive all the way to the last seven stars. There is a repaired viewing platform along the way. If you want to go in and see the terraces up close, you have to buy tickets. The scenery of the terraces is generally the same this season.
The scenic spot is relatively large and it is more convenient to drive by car. You can directly navigate to the Jiuqu Yunhuan parking lot. On November 18, a large area of rice fields have been harvested. Only some rice is reserved in the middle. Some terraces are still harvesting. Tourists can go down to the terraces to feel the wind and rice flowers at close range. In order to save time, you can take the cloud cableway directly to Qixingdun not far from the entrance of Jiuqu Yunhuan. Qixingdun also has an observation deck. The terraces you see are more beautiful. The terraces are clear and colorful, especially the net red cloud coffee is worth punching in and sitting in front of the invincible landscape table. A cup of coffee is full of terraced scenery. Legs and feet can walk down the trail from Qixingdun, and walk all the way through Wuyi Waterfall. You can take about 1 hour to Kenggen Shizhai Scenic Area. We have lunch at the residence of Kenggen Shizhai. There is a scenic tour bus at the exit of Shizhai. You can take the ticket to Jiuqu Yunhuan for free. This scenic spot is currently creating a scenic spot, so the sanitary conditions of the scenic spot are very good.
The scenic spot is relatively large and it is more convenient to drive by car. You can directly navigate to the Jiuqu Yunhuan parking lot. On November 18, a large area of rice fields have been harvested. Only some rice is reserved in the middle. Some terraces are still harvesting. Tourists can go down to the terraces to feel the wind and rice flowers at close range. In order to save time, you can take the cloud cableway directly to Qixingdun not far from the entrance of Jiuqu Yunhuan. Qixingdun also has an observation deck. The terraces you see are more beautiful. The terraces are clear and colorful, especially the net red cloud coffee is worth punching in and sitting in front of the invincible landscape table. A cup of coffee is full of terraced scenery. Legs and feet can walk down the trail from Qixingdun, and walk all the way through Wuyi Waterfall. You can take about 1 hour to Kenggen Shizhai Scenic Area. We have lunch at the residence of Kenggen Shizhai. There is a scenic tour bus at the exit of Shizhai. You can take the ticket to Jiuqu Yunhuan for free. This scenic spot is currently creating a scenic spot, so the sanitary conditions of the scenic spot are very good.
I went to Lishui on May 1st to play, avoiding people, clouds and people. The scenery was very good. It was the season of irrigation. Every season had different scenery. The children were very happy to climb up and down. They went a little late and the glass tower did not go up.