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Xuzhou family trip fails! These 3 pitfalls made me want to live in a Han tomb

Sisters! Brave the summer vacation with a 6-year-old to explore the old nest of Han culture, history stirs the heart, but the pitfalls gave me a heart attack! The kid was looking for "Ghost Blowing Lamp" in the Guishan Han Tomb, while I was bitten into a "red bean rice dumpling" by mosquitoes on Yunlong Mountain... Crying, I compiled a 3-day survival guide, which can save you two boxes of band-aids‼️ 🔥 Chaotic itinerary Day 1⃣️: Xuzhou East Station - Guishan Han Tomb underground palace - Yunlong Mountain feeding mosquitoes - Yunlong Lake chasing the sunset Day 2⃣️: Xuzhou Museum to see the Golden Thread Jade Burial Suit - Huilongwo as a Han dynasty empress in Hanfu - Ximatai looking for Xiang Yu Day 3⃣️: Han culture scenic area shooting war horses - Baolian Temple eating vegetarian buns - High-speed rail station losing toys 🌇 Soul-stirring spots: ✅ Guishan Han Tomb exploration The moment we crawled into the Chu King’s underground palace, my hair stood on end! The flashlight I bought for the kid became a "treasure hunting tool," insisting on shining it along the tomb passage to find "traps"⚡️ Saw the drainage ditch and shouted: "Ancient people’s pee ditch is so long!" Finally, the kid wouldn’t let go of the coffin model copied from the tomb... ✅ Yunlong Lake sunset fishing boat Rented a parent-child bike to circle the lake, but the kid’s foot got stuck in the wheel! 🚲 When the sunset dyed the lake red and the fisherman cast his net, it was breathtakingly beautiful, but the kid stared at the fish in the net and shouted: "Uncle, can you give me a braised fish?" ✅ Baolian Temple Tongtian Pavilion The 39-meter-high Buddha statue scared the kid into silence! 🙏 Insisted on kowtowing to every Bodhisattva, ending up with a red forehead in front of the Manjushri Hall... The peach blossom pastry at the vegetarian restaurant was so sweet it was sickening, the kid ate three saying it was to "replenish fairy energy"! 💣 Blood-spitting pitfalls to avoid: 1⃣️ Don’t rent electronic guides in Han culture scenic areas! The kid played with it like a walkie-talkie the whole time, and the 200 yuan deposit was almost lost 2⃣️ Spray mosquito repellent on Yunlong Mountain! Got bitten 18 times in 10 minutes, the kid cried: "Mosquitoes treat me like a Han tomb burial companion" 3⃣️ Don’t wear Hanfu climbing stairs at Ximatai! The three-layered quju wrapped like a rice dumpling, so hot I wanted to jump into Xiang Yu’s horse trough 4⃣️ Don’t buy bamboo tube milk tea at Huilongwo! 35 yuan for a taste like dishwashing liquid, the kid said it was like "Liu Laolao drinking pot scrub water" 5⃣️ Don’t touch the glass cases in the museum! The security uncle chased after us shouting: "Little ancestor! This is a national treasure!" 🍜 Food hits and misses: ✔️ Shita soup with baguette at Mashi Street, so fragrant the kid scraped the bowl bottom for sparks ✔️ Xu’s beef potstickers at Huilongwo, juicy and hot enough to burn the tongue but still kept eating ✔️ Shiitake mushrooms in vegetarian noodles at Baolian Temple, so fresh the kid wanted to swallow the bowl ✖️ Bamboo slip ice cream in the scenic area: 38 yuan for a lump of cream that melted faster than water seeping into the Chu King’s tomb ✖️ Viral rolled flatbread with sauce: so hard the kid said "This must be Xiang Yu’s shield" 📸 Perfect photo spots: 1⃣️ Guishan Han Tomb corridor (use flashlight to shoot like Tomb Raider) 2⃣️ Yunlong Lake cedar forest (wear Hanfu and row a transparent boat) 3⃣️ Baolian Temple Tongtian Pavilion (hold a lotus lantern to be a little Bodhisattva) 4⃣️ Huilongwo lantern wall (carry a carp lantern and spin around) 🏡 Accommodation survival guide: ✔️ Huilongwo Huajian Mansion: gives kids Han dynasty five-zhu coins, play hide and seek in the ancient house ✔️ Suning Hyatt Hotel: rooftop pool with night view, kid said "It’s like living in the Jade Emperor’s house" ✖️ A certain Han-style guesthouse: tatami mats hurt the back + cricket night concerts, whole family left with panda eyes 🚑 Lifesaving tips: ✔️ Folding mosquito net (life-saving tool under the trees on Yunlong Mountain) ✔️ Archaeology toy set (life saver while queuing at Guishan Han Tomb) ✔️ Ice silk Hanfu (won’t get heatstroke wearing quju at 40°C) ✔️ Children’s knee pads (kneeling on marble floors at the museum to see exhibits) On the high-speed train, the kid suddenly said: "Mom, let’s steal the Golden Thread Jade Burial Suit home!" Although we kept jumping between history lessons and mosquito battles every day, seeing her crooked "Han dynasty war chariot" drawings in the album made this trip worth it! (⚠️ Final warning: memorize ancient poems before going to Xuzhou Museum! My kid shouted "Ultraman transform!" at the pottery figurines, and all the parents laughed so hard their phones dropped...)
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Posted: May 24, 2025
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