2025 Sishui Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in July)

The Dragon Boat Festival holiday is here again, and a trip to Surabaya is a must! Surabaya Old Town is the historical heart of the city, filled with Dutch colonial architecture and a rich cultural atmosphere. Visitors can start at the Surabaya Port, where they can admire traditional fishing boats and the bustling port scene, experiencing the vibrant energy of the city. The Surabaya City Hall, with its classic Dutch architectural style, is a significant local landmark. For those wanting to delve deeper into local life, the Brutus Market is an ideal spot. It offers a variety of local snacks and handicrafts, making it a great place for shopping and savoring local specialties. Surabaya Old Town is a perfect destination for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Surabaya Shangri-La Hotel is like a tranquil sanctuary hidden in the hustle and bustle of the city. With its excellent quality and attentive service, it creates a warm and welcoming experience for every guest. As you step into the hotel lobby, the elegant and luxurious decor style instantly catches your eye. The dazzling chandeliers and exquisite murals all exude an air of sophistication. The friendly staff greet you with a smile, making you feel the warmth of home from the moment you step in. The hotel's rooms are spacious and comfortable, with a warm and elegant layout. Each room is thoughtfully equipped with soft beds and complete facilities to ensure you enjoy ultimate comfort and relaxation during your journey. Through the windows, you can enjoy the beautiful cityscape of Surabaya or the tranquil courtyard views. The Shangri-La Hotel's restaurant offers a variety of delicious dishes. From local specialties to classic dishes from around the world, all are carefully prepared by experienced chefs to satisfy your discerning taste buds. The hotel also features comprehensive leisure facilities, whether you want to work up a sweat in the gym or take a dip in the pool, you can relax and rejuvenate. Surabaya Shangri-La Hotel is not only a place to rest during your journey but also a place to create beautiful memories.

🌊 Pusu Longwan Liangshe | A Poetic Retreat by the Sea 🌙 📍 Located in Shandong, Pusu Longwan Liangshe is like a hidden gem✨ lying quietly by the beautiful seaside. When the first ray of morning light shines on the courtyard, it gently wakes you up. Open the window and you will hear the whispers of the waves and the joyful songs of the seagulls🕊 The courtyard is full of blooming flowers🌸 Every corner exudes tranquility and serenity, as if time has stopped for this beauty. Here, you will find not only comfortable and elegant rooms with complete facilities, but also attentive butler service that makes you feel at home. Take a leisurely stroll along the beach and feel the sea breeze; fall asleep to the sound of the waves and the moonlight, and have a sweet dream. Escape from the hustle and bustle, find peace of mind at Pusu Longwan Liangshe, and start an unforgettable seaside vacation.💕

I recently discovered a newly opened Blue Ocean Hotel in Surabaya, and I must say the ecological environment here is truly amazing, with fresh air! Looking out of the room window, you can see lush greenery, the rooms are spacious with comfortable mattresses, and the prices are affordable, which is really great👍🏻 For a fun trip with the kids, you can visit the Nishan Sacred Land to experience it, and the evening scene is also beautiful. You can prepare traditional Chinese outfits in advance for a great photo shoot, and on the way back to the hotel, you can go strawberry picking. For dinner, you can get a group deal at the hotel, a 99 yuan set meal that we couldn't finish, with great taste and service, and great value for money!

Holiday tour around Jining, stay in the five-star homestay Longwan Liangshe. Location Longwan Liangshe Homestay is located in the Art Town of Dengxian Valley in Sishui County, Jining City, about an hour's drive from Jining City, only ten minutes' drive from the south exit of Lunan High-speed Rail Sishui and the Sishui exit of Rihe Expressway, and only thirty minutes' drive from Qufu Nishan Holy Land. Accommodation Longwan Liangshe is a holiday homestay that combines the natural scenery of mountains and forests with the music aesthetics of Confucius. It has 23 guest rooms, a reception center, a restaurant, a tea room, etc. for children to play around. Next to the homestay is Longwan Lake Cultural and Creative Street, with trendy milk tea shops, Chuan Shang Coffee and all kinds of special snacks; you can experience tie-dyeing, pottery, painting, high-altitude and so on with your children; the bonfire party in the evening is the most anticipated moment. Living in the mountains, surrounded by plants and trees. Take your children to experience the freedom of rural life.

Located on the banks of the Si River in the Si River Basin, the Si Waterfront area is the core landscape area for future urban development. The planning is based on the themes of "culture, ecology, leisure, and tourism", guided by meeting the needs of the masses and tourists, and through modern design techniques, creating a "new" landscape of the Si River. It includes ecological leisure areas, cultural leisure areas, Chuan Shang poetry and literature square, Hai Dai famous river square, Si Water Sheng Ding, Si River Yuan Yuan, etc.

The Duanxiang Valley Art Granary is located in Jiashantou Village, Sishui County, Shandong Province. The original site was a military grain depot from the 1960s, and the square courtyard with blue bricks and red tiles was once deserted. However, it is a precious material and cultural heritage and cultural imprint, and is part of the Duanxiang Valley Art Town. An abandoned grain depot has been transformed into a creative center, where a group of designers and artists gather their ideals, passion, and imagination to transform the surrounding villages into modern leisure villages. Art is the grain, and sentiment is the warehouse. The art grain depot utilizes the local cultural and geographical advantages, and through the operation mode of "research + cultural creativity + art + education + agriculture + tourism", it turns remote rural areas into "poetry" and "distant places" that many people are happy to check in. There are various spaces in the granary, such as a leisurely study, a design studio, an art studio, an art gallery, a rural museum, a tea and coffee house, a gourmet experience, a sculpture studio, etc. The surrounding area is equipped with a rural music hall, boutique homestays, an art square, a research and study base for painting, a cultural and creative pedestrian street, a fruit and vegetable greenhouse for picking, and other spaces.

On my first visit to Sishui, my friend recommended the leisure valley art town by Longwan Lake. "Seeking flowers by the riverside on a fine day, endless scenery is always new. Recognizing the face of the east wind at leisure, myriad colors of spring are in bloom." I really like this poem "Spring Day" by Song Zhu Xi, and the riverside of Sishui mentioned in the poem is here. The name of the town, Leisure Valley, is probably taken from this famous poem. Here, you can feel the beautiful rural scenery of Sishui and immerse yourself in the charm of excellent traditional Chinese culture. The Dengxian Valley Art Town has excavated and sorted out the excellent traditional and intangible cultural resources of the local area, and has built project areas such as Jia Mountain Head Village Dengxian Valley Art Granary, Dongzhongdu Village Yuelake Shangru Study Base, Longwan Lake Cultural and Creative Business District, and Longwan Academy. Gradually formed a tourism complex integrating learning, agricultural experience, specialty cuisine, handicraft workshops, leisure vacation, and ecological sightseeing. At the Longwan Study in this place, you can feel the atmosphere of literary and cultural heritage; at the Luban Memory Woodworking Workshop, you can experience the traditional mortise and tenon structure of intangible cultural heritage projects, learn about the tools used by ancient craftsmen and the legendary stories behind them; at the Taozhu Workshop, you can feel the pottery culture of Zhegou Town, the "hometown of pottery" in Sishui; walking into the Biantianxia, Bianshiji, and Taolifang handmade creative exhibition halls, you can experience the inheritance and innovation of local cultural product brands in Sishui. The geographical location of the town is not far from the Nishan Holy Land, Sishui Quanlinquan Group, Mengfu Meng Temple, and Yishan, but unfortunately I didn't have time to go. I suggest everyone take a look together. "The Spring Day" appears to be a poem about spring outing, and is considered a masterpiece in the genre of spring poems. However, during the Southern Song Dynasty when Zhu Xi lived by the banks of the Si River, it had already been occupied by the Jin people, and Zhu Xi had never gone north, so it was impossible for him to go spring outing and seek beauty there. The "Si River" in the poem is a reference to Confucianism. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius taught his disciples between the Zhu and Si Rivers. "Seeking beauty" refers to seeking the way of the sage. "Ten thousand purples and thousands of reds" metaphorically describes the richness and diversity of Confucianism. The poet compares the way of the sage to the spring breeze that stimulates vitality and ignites all things. In fact, this is a philosophical poem with moral implications.

Fuxi Park is located in the central area of Sicheng and is a cultural park mainly built around Fuxi culture. According to historical records, Fuxi, Shennong, and Shaohao, who are all related to this place, are mentioned in ancient legends. The construction of Fuxi Park is integrated with the construction of the Sicheng water system, using modern gardening art to promote the profound humanistic history of the Si River, embodying the theme of seeking roots in the Si River and tracing the source of civilization, creating a landscape belt of the ancestor culture, and providing people with a place that integrates education, leisure, and fitness as an ancestor culture base.

🗺Detailed address: Nanzhongdu Village, Sishui, Shandong 👍Recommended homestay: Huazhu·Sishui Grandma's Homestay (Nishan Holy Land Branch) 🚘Transportation guide: 7.69 kilometers from Sishui Railway Station. ✨Highlight of the homestay: The homestay is located in Nanzhongdu Village, Shengshuiyu Town, Sishui County, Jining City, Shandong Province. It is 4 kilometers away from the soon-to-be-opened Sishui Station of Lunan High-speed Railway and 4.9 kilometers away from the Nishan exit of Rido Expressway, and is close to the Nishan Holy Land Scenic Area. The project consists of 4 courtyards, an reception center, and a 30-person conference room (Confucian Lecture Hall), as well as an independent restaurant and hotel, including 2 single rooms and 2 large halls as a rural homestay project. 🧩Must-try: Dengxian Valley Art Granary, Nishan, Little Elf Children's Park

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