[2025 Huzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Feiying Tower (Updated Mar)

The sisters just came back from Huzhou! I found that I had perfectly avoided the pitfalls that 99% of tourists had encountered. I sorted out the secret gameplay of Huzhou overnight. Recommended to save for later use👇🏻 🏨【Accommodation King】This hotel in the city center wins All Seasons Hotel Yishang Street Store丨150+ per person to stay in the center of the scenic spot ✅Six reasons to stay: 1️⃣ Walk for 5 minutes to eat at the three major food circles of Yishang Street/Zhuangyuan Street/Xiaoxi Street, turn left and reach Lianhuazhuang in 5 minutes, the ancient streets and Internet celebrity shops are all within walking distance 2️⃣Open the window and you will see the Christian Church⛪Get the famous bridge in the middle of the bridge for free 3️⃣ Giraffe Manor 30 minutes direct access 🦒Nanxun Ancient Town can be reached by bus 4️⃣24h gym + self-service laundry + luggage storage 🧳Walk without worries 5️⃣Songyun Aesthetic Space丨Celadon tea set + lake brush elements are super good for taking pictures 6️⃣ In the city of Huzhou, close to Huzhou Station, 15 minutes by taxi, worry-free business Close to Huzhou Station, 700 meters from Yishang Street, 10 minutes walk from Xiaoxi Street, and 200 meters from Lianhuazhuang Park. Click on the Ctrip Business Card below to unlock limited benefits👇 📸Attractions red and black list ⚠️Avoidance warning: ✖️Long queues for chestnut cakes at Yishang Street → Chain stores are everywhere ✖️Fisherman's Wharf is boring during the day → Watch the Moon Hotel light show at night ✖️Don't go to Taihu Ancient Town on rainy days → The iron flower show will be cancelled ✖️Nanxun" milk tea → just a photo prop, so sweet! 💯Must-Play List: 1️⃣ Feiying Tower Secret Realm ✨Only when you climb the tower can you see the essence of the thousand-year-old stone tower丨The stairs are only half a foot wide, wow, exciting ⏰8:30-16:00丨Ticket price 20 includes tower climbing 2️⃣Xiaoxi Street Literary Universe 🎨Handmade experience + Internet celebrity cafe丨The Magic Forest of Cats is a must-go for petting cats 3️⃣ Taihu Lake Cycling Paradise 🚴Moon Bay→Wujiang Qidu丨15km super beautiful lakeshore 4️⃣ Lu Village’s new check-in spot 🌾Rice Field Art Museum + Ancient Bridge Group丨Less people and more beautiful scenery than in the movie 🍜Locals’ private food 1️⃣ The Big Three of Breakfast: ✔️Fengle/Awei/Aer dry noodles丨The toppings are fried and fragrant. 2️⃣Carbohydrate Bomb: ✔️Xu Zhongliang Dingsheng Cake丨Super glutinous cake freshly made at Taxia Street ✔️Ding Lianfang frozen thousand sheets buns丨A must-have gift for the return trip 3️⃣Dark cuisine: 💣Stinky and fragrant stinky stewed feast | stinky tofu/stinky pumpkin/stinky thousand sheets three-piece set 🎆Nanxun Ancient Town Rampage Guide 🚌Quanji→Nanxun丨Bus No. 170/Taxi 40min 📸Three amazing camera positions: 1️⃣ Morning fog in Baijianlou 🌅6:00 No Man's Land丨Reflections like the scene of "Dream of Hualu" 2️⃣ Lotus Pond in Xiaolian Village 🪷Summer Limited Edition丨The lotus leaves are endless and green 3️⃣ Water bus 🚤3 yuan to travel through Ming and Qing Dynasties丨Shizigang→Lianjie Bridge route yyds 🍴Must eat: Zhuangyuanlou Double Noodles丨Xunti丨Chunlan Tea House Three Courses of Tea I must go to Huzhou this spring! Live in the ink painting of Jiangnan, enjoy the blooming flowers in spring, and the poetic atmosphere among the falling petals. Eat your way through Nuojiji Paradise, and every bite of sweetness is a gentle gift from the Jiangnan region. It feels so good to avoid the crowds~😘

📍People say Jiangnan is the most beautiful place🌿 🏃In the hustle and bustle of life 🍂We always need to find a poetic corner 🌈Huzhou is such a place An ancient Jiangnan city🏯 👉Today, we will share with you 🚶A one-day walking tour of Huzhou 🔥From daily life to ancient history🎡 ♨️To the dazzling night view🌃 🌆Experience the charm of Huzhou in one go One-day Huzhou tour👉 Fenghuang Second Village→Xiangwang Park→Feiying Park→Aishan Square→Zhuangyuan Street→Yishang Street→Moon Bay 🎊Attraction Introduction 1️⃣Fenghuang Second Village: Encounter the morning life♨️ 🌅The morning in Fenghuang Second Village is like a soothing folk song. The aroma of breakfast fills the streets and alleys. Follow the smell to a small shop, order a soft and glutinous Shengjianbao, and take a bite of the juicy bun. Sitting in the shop and feeling the unadorned life makes you feel calm instantly 2️⃣Xiangwang Park: Trace the history 🏯As soon as you enter the park, the domineering aura of Xiang Yu comes to you!! The tall statue stands in front of you, as if telling the magnificent history. There is also a big dragon lantern on the bridge, which looks great at night 3️⃣Feiying Park: Explore the ancient charm 🗼Feiying Tower is undoubtedly the protagonist here. The unique "tower in tower" structure is a masterpiece. After years of baptism, it still exudes a charming charm, making people intoxicated in the charm of this classical garden 4️⃣Aishan Square: Feel the modern vitality 🌉This is the fashion pulse of Huzhou. Modern shopping malls and trendy shops are all available. When you are tired of shopping, order a latte in a coffee shop on the street, watch the people coming and going outside the window, and enjoy this moment of leisure 5️⃣Zhuangyuan Street: Taste the cultural heritage 🏯Stepping into Zhuangyuan Street is like traveling back to ancient times. The only remaining Zhuangyuan Hall building site in Jiangnan carries countless honors and dreams. Enter the Niu's Zhuangyuan Hall, the exquisite wood carvings and simple buildings make people marvel at the wisdom and talent of the ancients! ! 6️⃣Yishang Street: Start a food carnival 🥙Yishang Street is simply a paradise for foodies. Ding Lianfang's Qianzhang Baozi, Zhu Laoda's Zongzi, and Zhenyuantong's Su Tang, every bite is the taste of Huzhou 7️⃣Moon Bay: Indulge in the dazzling night view 🌇In the evening, head to Moon Bay🌙The lights are on🏮The iconic lights emit a charming glow🌈Reflecting with the sparkling Taihu Lake🌊Stroll along the lake🚶Enjoy the beautiful night view🌃All the fatigue of the day disappears💯The romance of Huzhou is magnified infinitely at this moment💓💓💓

The Feiying Tower, built in the Song Dynasty, is the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The batch is so early, it is definitely not given for nothing. At first sight, there is no amazing place, just a very tall brick tower. When I walked in, I found that there was a different world. It turned out that the brick tower was hollow, and there was a stone tower more than ten meters high inside. Although it was broken, the gods and Buddhas and group flowers carved on the stone tower were still very exquisite. There is a circle of wooden ladders spiraling up along the inner wall of the brick tower. The wooden ladder is extremely narrow, and the ladder is only half a foot wide. It can only be climbed sideways, but it can just appreciate the reliefs on the stone tower layer by layer. When climbing, I thought of Du Fu's "Looking up through the dragon and snake cave, I started to come out of the branch and support the secluded" when he climbed the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It should be my current feeling. "Boarding Huzhou Feiying Tower" The lotus fragrance is separated from the water bank, and the flying bird crosses the floating tower. Bricks and stones are divided into inside and outside, and the carvings are compassionate to monks and laymen. The stock war often climbs the ladder, and the eyes are greedy for pictures. The red dust should be broken early, and the orchid paddle hits Taihu Lake. (2024.9.25, Huzhou)

The Wu-Yue Kingdom only lasted for 72 years, but it was one of the peaks in the history of ancient Chinese pagoda construction. The Buddhist pagodas built by the Wu-Yue Kingdom were mainly tower-style pagodas, with a majority being brick pagodas imitating wooden tower structures. During the Tang Dynasty, multi-storied tower-style brick pagodas appeared, with limited restoration of wooden structures. The Wu-Yue Kingdom, however, created a batch of exquisite brick pagodas imitating wooden structures, exploring a 'realistic' imitation pattern. The brick body and wooden eaves pagodas of the Wu-Yue Kingdom not only closely resembled the appearance of wooden tower-style pagodas on the exterior but also explored the use of imitated wooden elements to piece together facades inside the pagoda, striving for consistency in construction details with wooden structures. These pagodas were widely popular in the Jiangnan region during the Song Dynasty and continued until the early Ming Dynasty. The Feiying Pagoda in Huzhou was started in the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty's Zhonghe era (884) and was a brick body and wooden eaves pagoda built during the Wu-Yue Kingdom period. The construction took a whole ten years, and it is known as one of the 'Three Wonders of Huzhou' along with the Prefectural Temple (a temple within a temple) and the Chaoyin Bridge (a bridge within a bridge). The Feiying Pagoda has an inner and an outer structure, with the 'pagoda within a pagoda' being a rare structure nationwide. The inner pagoda is an imitation wooden tower-style, with eight sides and five stories; the newly repaired outer pagoda is a mixed brick and wood structure, with eight sides and seven stories.

Huzhou's Feiying Pagoda is quite unique, with a wooden pagoda encasing a stone one, creating the peculiar 'pagoda within a pagoda' structure. The inner stone pagoda was built in the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty's Zhonghe era to store Buddhist relics. During the Northern Song Dynasty's Kaibao era, a new wooden pagoda was constructed around the stone one, forming the current layout. Feiying Pagoda is located within Feiying Park, which is open to the public for free. However, there is a fee to climb the pagoda. It is also a national cultural heritage site. This time, it underwent the largest scale renovation in forty years, with an estimated repair time of 150 days. It is set to reopen on May 22nd, which is quite unfortunate. I also visited the Prefectural Temple, another of the three wonders, which is the Huzhou City God Temple. It was originally built during the Five Dynasties and Later Tang period and was relocated to its current site during the Ming Dynasty's Hongwu era. Most of the existing buildings were constructed later, and the scale is not large. The surrounding area is an antique market, which has significant cultural meaning.

The 'Pagoda within a Pagoda' refers to the Feiying Pagoda, which is a unique structure consisting of two pagodas, one inside the other; the inner one is made of stone, while the outer one is constructed of brick and wood. The 'Bridge under the Bridge' represents the Chaoyin Bridge, where a smaller bridge was built under a three-arch stone bridge. The 'Temple within a Temple' refers to the Prefectural Temple, that is, the Huzhou City God Temple, which includes a temple dedicated to the memory of Ming Dynasty officials who were like parents to the people of Huzhou.