Datian Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)

If there's nowhere to go on a rainy day, then head to see the kudzu vines

Miyazaki's anime wonderland can actually be found in Xiangshan, Ningbo. It's about a 1.5-hour drive from Taizhou to Dongdan Village in Xiangshan, where you can find the Shan Yu Hai Homestay. Who would have thought that the anime wonderland and the sea could be in the same frame? In front of you is a vast expanse of vegetation like something out of an anime scene, and behind you is the endless sea. The hills are covered with kudzu vines, a sight full of healing green, as if you've stepped into a fairy tale world. Especially on rainy days, the dark green kudzu vines are even more photogenic!

Where to go for the May Day holiday? Check out 30+ parent-child travel destinations in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai

Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai are truly blessed with so many fun places. Whether it's Qiandao Lake with its stunning sunsets Or Ningbo Xiangshan where you can go to the sea and ride the waves Or the summer retreat and oxygen-absorbing 'ceiling': Anji, Tonglu, and Moganshan If you don't know where to go for fun during May Day, come and copy our homework~ -️ Qiandao Lake 🚗 Driving time: 2.5h from Hangzhou / 3.5h from Shanghai 🌟 Recommended reason: Sunset orange sea, sparkling waves, gentle and romantic~ Lakeside go-karting is super thrilling, and no one can resist the roaring sound and the push-back feeling! - Moganshan 🚗 Driving time: 1.5h from Hangzhou / 2.5h from Shanghai 🌟 Recommended reason: Hangzhou's backyard, with mountains, water, and bamboo sea. Breathe in the oxygen and relax while checking in at the popular amusement park, leisure and entertainment all in one! - ️Anji 🚗 Driving time: 1.5h from Hangzhou / 2.5h from Shanghai 🌟 Recommended reason: The ultimate place for oxygen absorption and relaxation, a treasure spot suitable for all seasons. Breathe in the oxygen in spring, escape the heat in summer, and there are also plenty of amusement parks, a treasure spot for traveling with kids - ️Ningbo Xiangshan Driving time: 2.5 hours from Hangzhou Recommended reason: Blue sea, yellow rocks, green grassland, here you can find windmill seas just like Pingtan. If you don't know where to go for a holiday, come to the less crowded seaside Xiangshan for sea foraging - ️Tonglu Driving time: 2h from Hangzhou Recommended reason: The natural scenery here is really beautiful! Drifting through the mountains, climbing and playing in the water, watching dinosaurs, cave adventures, Yaolin Wonderland, one cannot help but marvel at the work of nature - Hangzhou As a local Hangzhou resident, there are really too many places to play, especially this season which is simply the 'ceiling' of tourism - Shanghai Driving time: 1.5h from Hangzhou Recommended reason: As an international metropolis, there are too many places worth checking in, whether it's cultural and natural or urban style, it's super suitable for taking family to check in!

Discover the Beauty of Ningbo's Jiufeng Mountain: The splendor of mountains and rivers awaits your discovery

Jiufeng Mountain is located in Xiangshan County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, and is a famous tourist destination in Ningbo. There are 9 peaks here, each with its unique charm. Some peaks are like fairies descending to earth, graceful and enchanting; others stand like warriors, majestic and unyielding. The landscape here is like a masterpiece of nature, making visitors linger and forget to return.

It's been a long time since I've visited such a bustling temple fair, there are too many programs and not enough time

Recommendation reason: The momentum of this year's Spring Festival tourism is fierce, and many scenic spots are full of tourists. Zhejiang Xiangshan Film and Television City is crowded with people. Why does Xiangshan Film and Television City always stand out on holidays? In addition to the strength of the scenic spot ranking first in the Ningbo area, what attracts tourists more is the rich and colorful programs. Even I, a Xiangshan native, spent a day in the scenic area and didn't manage to capture all the programs. Highlight features: Xiangshan Film and Television City is one of the top ten film and television shooting bases in China, and it is also a famous characteristic tourist destination. This Spring Festival, Xiangshan Film and Television City has launched the 13th Film and Television Temple Fair. Most recommended: There are two city opening and welcoming activities at the entrance of the scenic spot every day, with golden dragon dances, dragon and phoenix auspiciousness, drumming, lion dances, and 'Fortune, Prosperity, Longevity, Happiness, and Wealth' sending blessings and other wonderful programs. Most recommended: Golden Dragon Spits Red Envelopes. Tourists only need to knock on the big drum, and the big dragon head in the middle will spit out red envelopes, don't miss the many prizes. Most recommended: Xiangyang City is always one of the busiest places. The city is decorated with lanterns and colored ribbons, the atmosphere is quite in place, and everywhere you look there are selfie check-in points. Throwing embroidered balls, folk stunts, pulling foreign films, monkey tricks, and any program that comes on stage is immediately surrounded. But the most popular is the children's version of the Pear Garden Opera. Must experience: Isn't it more festive to have some snow during the New Year? Then go to the village street snow scene first. The eaves, plants, and ground are already covered in snow, and 'heavy snow' is still falling in the sky, which makes both adults and children happy. Must experience: The Dragon Year Spring Festival heavily promotes the 'Ice and Snow World', which realistically reproduces the beautiful ice and snow scenery. You can watch, play, and feel the cold climate, which both adults and children like. Must experience: Have you all watched 'The Return of the Condor Heroes'? To restore

The Datian Earthen Fortresses, featuring Anliang Fortress

Anliang Fortress is located in Datian County, Sanming City, Fujian Province. It was built in the 15th year of the Jiaqing era of the Qing Dynasty (1810) and took 5 years to complete. The fortress spans 40 meters from north to south and 35 meters from east to west, covering an area of nearly 1500 square meters. The entire fortress is built along the mountain terrain, with a lower front and a higher back; it has 48 rooms built along its walls, and the height difference of up to 14 meters gives Anliang Fortress a staggered and increasingly imposing appearance. It is now the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Anliang Fortress is a typical defensive earthen fortress built against the mountain, in an irregular semicircular shape. On the left and right sides of the main gate, there are 15 wooden corridor houses with Xieshan-style roofs, which overlap like fish scales from top to bottom, used for storing grain in peacetime and as 'refuges' in wartime. The horse-walking corridor on the wall is one of the typical features of the earthen fortress, and almost all fortresses have such corridors (which are actually not wide, barely enough for walking, let alone running horses!), allowing free movement along the fortress walls. The structure of being lower in the front and higher in the back makes the fortress three-dimensional, facilitating observation and defense, with shooting holes arranged around the walls to fend off enemies from all sides without leaving any blind spots. The Datian Earthen Fortresses originated in the Song and Yuan dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Different from the earthen buildings in Western and Southern Fujian, the Weiwu in Southern Jiangxi, the Weilong houses and Diaolou in Guangdong, they are a type of rural architecture with a primary focus on military defense and a secondary focus on residential function. Less than a hundred of these fortresses remain today, among which the most representative ones include Anliang Fortress in Dongban Village, Taoyuan Town, Fanglian Fortress in Xusikeng Village, Junxi Town, Taian Fortress and Guangchongtang in Xiaohua Village, Taihua Town, and Pipa Fortress in Chengjiang, Jianguo Village, Jianshe Town. During the holiday, I spent two days visiting the above five fortresses. The distances between each fortress are not short, and they are located in the countryside, so it's more convenient to travel by car. As national key cultural relics protection units, they are indeed very representative, and each fortress has a unique architectural style! Personally, I think Anliang Fortress is the most beautiful one. Now inside the Dongban Ancient Village Scenic Area, the ticket price is 98 yuan, and there is a discount to 60 yuan in the off-season of winter , plus a shuttle bus for 15 yuan . After traveling so far, I gritted my teeth and decided to go in for a look, but to be honest, it's really not cost-effective... Nearby, there is also a thousand-year-old Taxus chinensis worth seeing (picture 20).

The Fortress Cluster in Datian, Fujian, represents an era

🔶 Fujian's earthen buildings and fortresses, as one of the regional representatives of traditional Chinese architecture in Fujian, possess unique architectural forms and artistic value. 🔶 Earthen buildings are probably familiar to many, especially the more developed Yongding earthen buildings and Nanjing earthen buildings (Yunshuiyao). However, as large defensive fortress buildings, earthen fortresses are less well-known due to their scattered distribution and their locations mostly in remote valleys. 1️⃣ Pipa Fortress: Named for its planar shape resembling a pipa (a Chinese lute). It is situated on a hillside, at a higher elevation, with roads encircling the building, complementing the architecture and the site. The building is not open to the public. 2️⃣ Anliang Fortress: Located within the She ethnic group scenic area, with a general level of development, and drivable with a fee during the off-season. The building backs onto a mountain and has strong defensive features. It is enclosed on all sides, with a typical layered sloping roof (similar to Anzhen Fortress) on the perimeter, and a hall with a gentler sloping roof in the middle. 3️⃣ Anzhen Fortress: Requires a ticket to enter the scenic area, with a relatively well-developed level of development. The building's footprint and volume are larger than Anliang Fortress. It has a rich interior functional space and a mature defense system. 4️⃣ Taian Fortress: A small earthen fortress with a square plan layout, with the rear two sides forming curved corners, aligning with the traditional cosmological view of 'round sky and square earth.' The building is not open to the public. 5️⃣ Guangchong Hall: Located near Taian Fortress, with a plan resembling a 🦀,

Anliangbao is a village-dominant building with unique defensive facilities and unique living style. It is located in Dongtun Village, Taoyuan, Sanming, Sanming, Fujian. It was built in the 15th year of Qing Jiaqing (1810) and was completed in 5 years. Its shape is irregular and semi-circular. There are 15 wooden porch houses with hanging mountain top structure on the left and right walls of the main entrance, which overlap like fish scales from top to bottom. Anliangbao is 40 meters from north to south and 35 meters from east to west. It covers an area of nearly 1,500 square meters and is built along the mountain. There are 48 rooms on the fence. The drop of 14 meters makes the patchwork and gradually The increasing number of halls is even more impressive. Although the wall has been peeled off most of the time, it is still possible to imagine the glory of the year. Walking along the old castle, it will still be awesome for this unique and defensive castle.

Enjoy the stunning cherry blossoms in Sanming

Fujian Cherry Blossom Viewing| A grand feast of beautiful cherry blossoms, no need to go to Japan anymore Xianju Mountain Cherry Blossom Garden in Datian County, Sanming, Fujian It's quite niche, but it's the largest cherry blossom planting base in Fujian Province, with 10 major varieties of cherry blossoms such as Taiwan Red, Pink Beauty, Scarlet Winter Cherry, Double Cherry, Fuji Cherry, Kawazu Cherry, Perfume Cherry, Showa Cherry, and Weeping Cherry. The cherry blossom festival begins on February 25, with a feast of cherry blossoms all over the mountains and plains. It's so beautiful that it makes you cry, and any random shot is super photogenic!! When the wind blows, the scene from Makoto Shinkai's '5 Centimeters per Second' immediately comes to mind. This must be the sentiment and romance of spring.