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🌸【Xinghua | Water Village May Roaming Guide】500+ per capita Play around with the sea of ​​golden flowers and the ancient charm of thousands of years! 🚣♀️ ✨Opening Blow✨ Who says there is only Wuzhen and Xitang in the south of the Yangtze River? This niche treasure hidden in Taizhou - Xinghua is the wildest Jiangnan in May! 3000+ water fields are paved into a golden maze, the sea of ​​rapeseed flowers is more magical than Venice, and you can stay in the starry sky B&B on the edge of the reeds. As the hometown of the author of "The Legend of Shui Yung", even the air here is filled with the fragrance of Zheng Banqiao's ink~ (📸The nine-square grid is ready, come and copy your homework!) 🌞DAY1: Break into Hayao Miyazaki’s oil painting world ☀️Morning Light 7:00 | Thousands of Scenic Area Light Chasing Tips Tickets $120 | Opens at 7:30 to grab the C seat! Take the celebrity train ($30) through the golden tunnel and climb the 360° observation tower to take a picture of God's perspective. Remember to bring a reflector, the reflection on the water is breathtakingly beautiful ~ (💡Tips: Wear a light-colored dress for more pictures!) 🌞10:00|Li Zhongshui forest forest breathing Tickets $80 | Riding a wooden raft ($50/person) through the thousand-year-old metasequoia forest, cat rubbing at the Tree Hole Cafe is super healing! Glass Canyon (Additional $30) Overlooking the green wild fairy trail, encounter white herons flying super smart ~ (🍵 Hidden gameplay: There is a century-old tea house at the exit of the scenic spot, drink a cup of Mingqian tea to relieve your thirst!) 🌙 18:00 | Sand Valley Ancient Town sleepless night Free | The old streets of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the twilight are like overturned honey jars! Must-eat sand ditch fish balls (Q bouncy burst juice💦) and lotus root clamps (crispy on the outside and tender on the inside), sitting in the riverside teahouse listening to the reviews, the evening breeze carries the fragrance of jasmine ~ 🏡 Accommodation Recommendation | Yun Duo B&B Push the window to see the water cedar! The 1500+/night lake view room has its own terrace, the bathtub is sprinkled with rose petals, and you can fall asleep listening to the frogs at night (🌙 There is also a small night light at the bedside, super courteous) 🌞DAY2: Unlock the post-00s private gameplay 🌅8:30|Melon picking operation in Xuyu Village Free | Donate to the watermelon shed to choose "fat", the ready-picked unicorn melon is sweeter than first love! You can also catch bunnies at the next farm ($10/time), your childhood DNA is moving ~ (🍉Egg: There are ready-made ice powder at the outlet, mint flavor sprinkled with red syrup is so good!) 🌇 14:00 | East Lo Village Art Party Free | Cosplay in the rapeseed field! Rent a Hanfu ($60/2 hours) to take pictures of ancient-style blockbusters, participate in craft workshops to knead clay figurines, camp by the lake in the evening to watch the sunset, and have guitar playing and singing at the bonfire party ~ (🎆 Must-see: 19:00 water fireworks show!) 🌃20:00 | Shopping and eating in Jindongmen Old Street Free | Take a lantern and take a night tour of the thousand-year-old street! Must-buy lotus powder dumplings by the Haichi River (melts in the mouth ❄️), there are sugar painting artists at the entrance of Zheng Banqiao's former residence, buy a phoenix shaped and take home ~ (📦Souvenir: Wanxing Dadian's sesame oil dried silk is super fragrant!) 🚗Transportation TIPS: ✔️ Self-driving is the coolest! Navigating the "Thousands of Scenic Areas", there is an oversized parking lot at the Xinghua South Exit of the Hushan Expressway ✔️ High-speed rail to Taizhou Station + taxi (80 dollars), but to reserve 1 hour during rush hour ✔️ Bus 10 roads / tour 1 road between scenic spots, but May Day forced to doubt life! Direct Didi Carpooling is recommended ($15 per person). 💣 Pit Avoidance Warning: ❗️ Don't eat "water village style meal" in scenic spots! At the same price point, go to the city area to eat crab roe soup buns more fragrant ❗️ Sisters wearing little white shoes, hurry up! There is so much moss in the canyon that I doubt my life ❗️Bring an empty wallet! The whole street is full of snacks and you can't stop coming... 🍜Food Radar: 1️⃣ Ironing dry thread: knife work is great! The golden combination of ginger + shrimp + soy sauce, the aroma explodes when mixed💥 2️⃣ Crab yolk bun: bite through the dough before sipping the soup! The crab roe is grainy + the soup is fresh and sweet, even eating 5 of them is not greasy👌 3️⃣ Sand ditch big fish ball: bigger than a fist! The fish meat is beaten for 3 hours, and it's all gelatinous when you bite it (🤤 it's great with ginger vinegar sauce). 4️⃣ Grilled river fish with rice grass: such freshness as river pork! The rice straw soaks up the fish soup, and it's so fresh that you can't help but flutter your eyebrows 5️⃣ Xing Hua Onion: Cut to thinner than hair! Mixing tofu/scrambled eggs can enhance the fragrance. I bought two cans at the supermarket and hoarded them 💰 Consumption List (2 Days 1 Night): ▪️Breakfast: Grass egg cake 10 dollars + fish soup noodles 15 dollars = 25 dollars ▪️Lunch: Sand Valley Fish Ball Set $68 (includes fish soup/fish balls/grass) ▪️Afternoon tea: lotus root dumplings 15 dollars + youth dumplings 10 dollars = 25 dollars ▪️Dinner: Banqiao Banquet 100 dollars per person (must order yellow stewed turtle!) ▪️Snack: $8 for oil dumplings + $6 for cool powder + $10 for sugar painting = $24 💸Total: about 200 dollars/day (poor travel version) 🌈Final highlights: There are no crowds of tourists here, only the rustling of the fields in the wind; There are no celebrity filter posing, just the smoke and fire of old tea drinkers gossiping; There are no cookie-cutter shops in ancient towns, only the century-old skills of intangible cultural heritage craftsmen The revitalization of May is a love letter to all those fleeing the city💌 👉🏻 Like and collect this guide, next holiday let yourself fall into this golden swamp! 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