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Become a little poet after being drenched in the cherry blossom rain! This family trip to Wuxi cured my writing difficulties

"Mom, the cherry blossoms are snowing pink for me!" My 6-year-old daughter opened her arms and spun in the cherry blossom rain at Yuantouzhu. The petals stuck to her eyelashes like moving stickers. This trip to Wuxi, which the whole family called a "mobile poetry class," turned the Jiangnan water town in the Chinese textbook into a tangible fairy tale with the flying seagulls of Taihu Fairy Island, the window view of Jichang Garden in the same style as Emperor Qianlong's, and the sounds of oars and lights on Nanchang Street. 🌸Yuantouzhu: 3D cherry blossom textbook As the ferry cut through the morning mist of Taihu Lake, flocks of red-billed gulls swooped down after the waves as the boat stern. When my daughter counted to the 15th one, she suddenly shouted, "They are here to collect the admission fee!" This "world's top three cherry blossom viewing spots" hides many parent-child activities: 🚢Seagull Train Secrets 16:20 Last boat! Prepare the shrimp crackers in advance and hold them high to watch the seagulls peck at them accurately (remember to wear a hat to prevent "angels from descending") 🌸Sakura detective mission Find all 5 varieties of cherry blossoms (Somei Yoshino is the easiest to spot, it looks like a popcorn bucket) Counting 77 bridge pillars at Changchun Bridge (corresponding to the 77-year planting history of Yuantouzhu) Collect 10 complete petals as specimens (clip them in your ticket to make a bookmark) 💡Natural cold knowledge: ✔The pollen will glow when the night cherry blossoms are lit up ✔ Neolithic artifacts were unearthed on Fairy Island in Taihu Lake ✔Red-billed gulls fly 3,000 kilometers every year to keep their appointments 🏯Huishan Ancient Town: Emperor Qianlong’s extracurricular tutoring class At 9:00, we rushed into the ancient town. My son pointed at the "First Mountain in Jiangnan" archway and asked, "Is it higher than Mount Everest?" Three must-do experiences for parents and children: 🎋Hide and seek in Jichang Garden Find 7 identical designs in the Summer Palace blueprint (the fish-shaped window in the Garden of Harmonious Fun is the most obvious) 🍵Erquan Tea Art Class Using the second best spring water in the world to brew Biluochun, who can blow the biggest tea vortex? 🎨DIY clay figurine Afu The inheritor of intangible cultural heritage teaches you how to make "Sakura Fuwa" (after baking, it will be mailed to your home) 🌉Nanchang Street: A glowing historical corridor At 18:00, we stepped onto the canal. My daughter called the shimmering water surface the "Galactic Branch". Night tour three-piece set: 1⃣ Guess lantern riddles on a painted boat (answer 3 correctly and get a maltose boat ticket) 2⃣ Find 108 longevity patterns on Qingming Bridge (the bridge railings have hidden secrets) 3⃣ Use your mobile phone to take slow shutter shots of water flow (teaching your child the secret of fixing the tripod) 🧳Tips for chartering a car for the lazy (summary of avoiding pitfalls) 1⃣ Traffic Magic: 🚇 Take a taxi from Xiajiabian subway station to Chongshan Gate (20 minutes faster than bus) 🛵 Rent an electric sightseeing car in Yuantouzhu (bargained to 80 yuan/hour) 2⃣ Photography plug-in: 📸 Use the foreground blur to take photos of cherry blossoms at Changchun Bridge (pick up fallen flowers and stick them on the phone lens) 🌌 Choose the blue moment at 18:30 for night cherry blossom photography (set your phone to professional mode) 3⃣ Hidden services: 📍Get a free Sakura passport at the Visitor Center (collect stamps to exchange for Sakura badges) 📍Rent Hanfu at the entrance of Huishan Ancient Town (children's version including headdress is only 50 yuan) 🌸Homework from spring When my daughter wrote "Cherry blossoms knock on the door in the moonlight" on Nanchang Street, she suddenly understood the meaning of this trip - the rustling rain of petals, the Biluochun tea swirling in the teacup, and the swaying lights on the pleasure boats were all sonnets written to childhood. At this moment, the cherry blossom specimen on the desk is accompanying the Huishan clay figurine "Cherry Blossom Fuwa". "When the wind blows, let's take the flower petals back to Taihu Lake for a swim?" You see, the most touching thing about Wuxi's spring is always the romance left in the children's pens. TIPS: Yuantouzhu opens at 6:30am so you can take photos of the deserted cherry blossom path! Huishan Ancient Town has a long-standing brand "Zhu Shunxing" for its crispy pastry. The Xihui Park cable car overlooks the entire city.
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Posted: Mar 12, 2025
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