A great place recommendation for everyone. Wanfenglin

Wanfenglin｜I rode a bike on Guizhou’s “thousand-layer cake,” even the wind was writing poetry for me --- If you think mountains are only for looking up at, then you haven’t ridden a bike in Xingyi’s Wanfenglin yet. This is not just one mountain, but more than twenty thousand— like little green volcanoes pressed out of the earth by God’s thumb, densely spread out into a karst “thousand-layer cake.” And I, right on this giant dessert, riding a shared bike (yes, really!), feeling the breeze from the Nanpan River, snacking on sticky rice while putting life into “slow motion.” --- My day-long journey: from “city worker” to “rural protagonist” At six in the morning, with mist like gauze, I stood at the Bagua Field viewing platform looking down— the rice paddies naturally formed a Bagua shape! Yin-yang fish swam in the green waves, morning light poured down like the heavens had personally turned on a warm lamp. Locals say, “This is the feng shui our ancestors planted.” I thought: this isn’t farming; it’s embroidering a “Landscape Painting” with rice seedlings! After descending, I rented a bike (¥20/day), riding along the country road, with conical peak forests on both sides, one after another, like a line of silent giants watching the world’s hustle and bustle. Passing by Nahui Village, an elderly woman sat at her door making flower sticky rice, seeing me stop to take photos, she smiled and handed me a colorful sticky rice ball: “Eat this, it’ll bring you good luck!” I took a bite; the fragrant sticky rice mixed with the fresh scent of plant dye, and suddenly I felt— happiness might just be that moment of gentle kindness from a stranger. At noon, I rode to the foot of General Peak, the sun blazing, collapsed under the shade at a small shop drinking iced sour plum juice, the shop owner uncle said leisurely: “Look at those mountains, standing for tens of millions of years, not competing, not rushing, no overtime.” I almost teared up— this was clearly Guizhou’s version of “The Analects: Mountains and Rivers Chapter.” At dusk, back at the viewing platform, the sunset dyed the entire peak forest golden bronze, when the drone took off, the scene exploded: ten thousand mu of terraced fields as delicate as fingerprints, streams like silver threads weaving through, my little red bike shrank to an ant’s dot, yet it was like the “heartbeat mark” of the whole painting. At that moment I understood: people don’t need to conquer mountains, just be willing to walk into them, and they will heal you. --- Practical Guide: Easy to Explore · Family Friendly · Photographer’s Delight 📍Basic Information - Address: Wanfenglin Street, Xingyi City, Qianxinan Prefecture, Guizhou Province - Ticket: ¥70 (includes sightseeing bus) | Half price for students - Opening Hours: 7:00–19:00 (extended to 20:00 in peak season) - Best Season: April–October (rapeseed flowers in spring, rice waves in summer and autumn) - Recommended Visit Duration: 1 day (can be combined with Maling River Canyon or Wanfeng Lake) >🔔 Tip: Buy tickets in advance on the “One Code Travel Guizhou” WeChat official account to skip the line! --- 🗺 Recommended Route (Highlights without fatigue · High photo success rate) 1. Visitor Center → Take sightseeing bus to Bagua Field viewing platform (must for panoramic shots) 2. Walk or bike down the mountain → Nahui Village → General Peak → Natural Bridge (every shot along the way looks like a postcard) 3. Optional experiences: - Cycling loop (about 15 km, flat and easy) - Hot air balloon ride (¥198/person, 10 minutes ascent, breathtaking panoramic view) - Lunch at guesthouses (recommended “Fengxi·Banshan,” “Shanwai” and other popular inns) 4. Return to viewing platform at dusk → wait for sunset + time-lapse photography --- Essentials Checklist Item Purpose ------ ------ 🚴 Bicycle or rental app with change Cycling is the best way to explore Wanfenglin 📸 Phone + wide-angle lens/drone Perfect for landscape composition 👟 Comfortable sports shoes For walking and cycling ☂ Foldable umbrella/sun protection Guizhou weather is “random play,” switching between sun and rain anytime 🍚 Snacks + water Villages are spaced far apart, few supply points --- ⚠️ Absolutely Don’t Do! ❌ Trample crops on the ridges—this is their food bowl, not your photo background ❌ Shoot portraits in harsh midday light—top lighting makes faces look like “interrogation scenes,” better to shoot during golden hours morning or evening ❌ Ride too fast downhill—roads are narrow and winding, safety first ❌ Come during the day but wait at night for stars—villages have few lights, nights are dark and dull --- Final heartfelt truth: We’re always looking for an “escape from the city,” but true escape is not about going far, it’s about letting your heartbeat keep pace with nature’s rhythm. In Wanfenglin, I stopped counting KPIs and started counting rice ears; stopped scrolling social media and started watching cloud shapes; even my shadow stretched out like a poet. So, if you’re tired, don’t ask “Is it worth going?” Go. Ride a bike, eat a ball of flower sticky rice, stand before the vast peak forest and say to yourself: “Hey, I too was once as free as the wind passing through the valley.” After all— some roads can only be truly traveled when wheels and heart slow down together.