May Day Travel Guide | One-day Tour of Cicheng in Ningbo, Fenghua

🌿Heading back to Shanghai today, the return journey needs to be carefully arranged, kicking off the last relaxing day trip in Ningbo once again. 🧩Route>> 🔹Ningbo Kaiyuan Mingting Hotel→Wenchang Pavilion→Xiaoyang House→Jiang's Ancestral Hall→Fenghao House→Yutai Salt Shop→Jiang's Mother's Tomb→Chengnan Old Stories→Cicheng Ancient County Scenic Area 🧩Transportation>> 🔹Driving is recommended 🧩Attractions>> 🔹Wenchang Pavilion, a structure built with large stones, green bricks, and flying eaves, was funded by Chiang Kai-shek as his private villa and library. 🔹Xiaoyang House, a small and exquisite three-room, two-story western-style building, also known as 'Shanxi Xiaozhu' and 'Hanzhai'. It is located to the east of Wenchang Pavilion and is connected by an open-air corridor. On the first floor of Xiaoyang House, there is a stone tablet inscribed with 'Blood Washes Blood', telling the history of Chiang Ching-kuo's mother's tragedy. 🔹Jiang's Ancestral Hall, a family ancestral hall built in the mid-Qing Dynasty, is a place for the Jiang family to worship ancestors and sages. It is the venue for ancestral worship and other celebrations during traditional festivals like Spring Festival and Qingming in Xikou Street. 🔹Fenghao House, a Qing Dynasty building, retains its original gate, residence, Baoben Hall, and independent small building, with the rest expanded by the Jiang family in 1929. This is the most important site to visit in the former residence of the Jiang family. 🔹Yutai Salt Shop, the location of the salt shop opened by Chiang Kai-shek's grandfather and father, and also his birthplace. 🔹Jiang's Mother's Tomb, located about 1 kilometer west of Xikou Town in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, at Cuiping Mountain Lin'ao. A stone archway stands at the entrance of the tomb path, inscribed with the four characters 'Jiang Mu Mu Dao', and there are more than four hundred steps from the entrance to the tomb. 🔹Chengnan Old Stories district, where a variety of restaurants are gathered. We had dinner at Gejiazhuang Restaurant here. 🔹Cicheng Ancient County Scenic Area, currently the most well-preserved millennium-old ancient county in the Jiangnan region, is a national historical and cultural famous town and a national 4A-level tourist attraction. 🧩The packed day trip around Ningbo has finally come to an end. We got back to Shanghai after 11 pm, and although we were tired, we were very happy. The joy of traveling is like a rainbow in the sky, splendid and brief, leaving an endless aftertaste