You're never too late for spring! I've arrived in the true Jiangnan

✨【My love letter to Yangzhou】 1️⃣ No need to always head to Suzhou or Hangzhou! Yangzhou hides a secret Jiangnan paradise🌿 Strolling along Slender West Lake, always feeling the boat ride is too rushed? Here’s a secret: the Qionghua Forest at 6:30 a.m. belongs to early birds, where you might even catch the fun of digging bamboo shoots among swaying shadows~ (Psst: the money saved on tickets is enough for three baskets of crab roe soup dumplings!) 2️⃣ A day happily overwhelmed by carbs🥟 The softness of hot shredded tofu, the freshness of three-diced buns, the sweetness of jade shumai… Yangzhou’s morning tea can be enjoyed from dawn until late morning. Local friends taught me to dip vinegar with tea, calling it the ultimate secret of “skin, filling, and broth.” 3️⃣ Daily flower surprise boxes blooming🌸 May falls into a sea of roses again. Turn a corner in the ancient streets by the canal, and trumpet creepers suddenly peek out from blue tiles and white walls—can’t stop clicking the shutter! 🌳【Yangzhou hotels—24 hours living in a fairy tale at Rundefeil Manor】 This time I chose a mysterious manor 15 minutes from the station, with 1,000 acres of black pine forest right outside the window! Make pinecone necklaces at dawn, fish for crayfish with the kids in the afternoon, and chase flower rain while running around at dusk🐾. The butler said the mattress is the same as a certain luxury hotel’s, no wonder even picky dogs fall asleep instantly~ 💡Bonus: Received a pinecone handmade gift box at checkout, and the pine scent still lingers on my home window seat~ 📱 Click below 🎏【Hidden local tips I learned】 🍧 Trendy spots ▫️ Fushengji: Buy a “Yangzhou” cup sleeve coffee + stamp a postcard ▫️ Mushroom Hall: Try the mango smoothie (sit on the mint green chair at the door for a lifestyle photo) ▫️ Tea Color Mist: Raise a bamboo tube milk tea by the little Qinhuai River and snap reflections 📸 Photo spot: Stand in front of the “Yangzhou Slow” wall and fly a paper kite (bought on the street for 3 yuan) ⏰ 7pm-8:30pm Night tour of Dongguan Street ▫️ **Simple lotus root starch balls** ▫️ Buy Xie Fuchun at the main store on Guoqing Road ▫️ Mint-flavored cheese at Qingdou’s 💡 Walk through the east gate of Dongguan Street for free photos of the bamboo forest outside the garden wall ⏰ 9pm-10:30pm Shui Mo Lanting Foot Massage (Siwangting branch) 💆 128 yuan per person for 90 mins: ✔️ Intangible cultural heritage foot care + shoulder and neck massage ✔️ Free Yangzhou yogurt + red soup wontons ✔️ Post a location on social media to get a mugwort hammer Day 2️⃣: Morning tea + canal, flood your social feed ⏰ 7am-8am Garden Teahouse (Xingcheng West Road branch) 🔥 ❶ Arrive at 6:50 to grab a seat, send one person to queue and order ❷ Crab roe soup dumplings + shredded pork with green pepper noodles + crescent steamed dumplings ❸ Take away **three-diced buns** for lunch (4 yuan cheaper than in scenic spots) ⏰ 8:30am-12pm China Grand Canal Museum (reservation required!) 💥 ▫️ **Hall 1** Naked-eye 5D, stand in the second row center ▫️ **Hall 3** Rent Hanfu (Song dynasty style + shawl for better photos) ▫️ **Hall 8** Lie down and shoot “Cosmic Canal” ▫️ **Hall 13** Canal mystery escape room (book 7 days in advance) 📸 Rooftop garden: Wear a solid color long dress for silhouette shots (afternoon light) ⏰ 12:30pm-2:30pm Slender West Lake (enter south gate, exit north gate) 🚶❶ Long Embankment spring willows, shoot empty scenes (tourists are eating) ❷ Fishing Platform, frame Five Pavilion Bridge + White Pagoda ❸ Xichun Terrace, buy cultural creative ice cream for comparison shots 💡 Hidden photo spot: Jingxiang Book House, shoot window lattice bamboo shadows ⏰ 3pm-4:30pm Ouyun (Songjiacheng branch) 💜 ✔️ Four-flavor lotus root starch cake with pulled sugar (must order sticky glutinous) ✔️ Jasmine lotus root starch jelly (sprinkle dried osmanthus for slow-motion videos) 📸 Sit by the window to shoot Songjiacheng city wall + lotus flowers