[2024 Lushan Attraction] Travel Guide for Ruqin Lake (Updated Sep)
Lakes
Address:
Lushan Scenic Area, Lushan City, Jiujiang City
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Ruqin Lake & Flower Path Garden, Lushan Mount
it is a very beautiful scenic area with the Ruqin Lake (如琴湖) and the nearby Flower Path Garden (花径), you can spend few hours walking around the lake and enjoy the flowers and the amazing autumn colors of the trees.
The lake is in the shape of a lute and a zig zag bridge connect to an oval shaped island in the middle of the lake.
The garden is famous because Bai Juyi wrote his great poem Ode to the Peach Flowers.
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Luca WorldTraveler
Ruqin Lake, Lushan Mountain
Ruqin Lake (如琴湖) is a man-made lake built in 1961 and named after a stone inscription of four Chinese characters which means “the sound of the stream into the lake is like a lute playing” the shape of the lake is also like a lute. A zig zag bridge connect to an oval shaped island in the middle of the lake.
There is a beautiful walkway all around the lake and than you can visit the nearby Flower Path Garden. 2 hours visit
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Luca WorldTraveler
The Flower Path Garden Ruqin Lake Jiangxi
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This Tang Dynasty garden is beautiful! It has a pavilion, artificial lake, trees and different kinds of flowers. Lovely! The different colors of the trees and flowers are perfect. This flower path garden is in Ruqin Lake Lushan
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Nman UnliTravel
K Drama view at Ruqin Lake
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It's my 46th birthday and no party! I spent the day exploring Lushan Geopark! What a beautiful view?! Peaceful lake, very cold weather. The weather is different from downtown in Jiujiang. Best time to visit, November or even in summer. From Shenzhen North Train Station, we took a train to Jiujiang, Jiangxi. more than 4 hours travel by train. Yes it takes forever but I enjoyed the view from the train's window and I'm fine with that. By plane is more convenient for busy travellers. This place is part of
Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark.
Ruqin Lake, Lushan District, Jiujiang Jiangxi
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My best birthday ever! Our hotel is in Jiujiang near the train station. Two hours drive going to this mountain.
Nman UnliTravel
Lushan Travel Guide: A Journey to Wonderland.
Step into the cloud-covered and picturesque Lushan Mountain for a magical journey!🏞️✨
📍First Impression of Lushan
Lushan Mountain, a famous mountain in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, has been a favorite of literati and writers since ancient times. It is famous for its beautiful mountains and rivers, as well as its rich history and culture. It is like a flowing landscape painting, waiting for us to savor it carefully.🖌️🏞️
🕒Best Travel Time
Lushan has four distinct seasons, but the best time to travel is undoubtedly in the summer. From June to September, Lushan is as cool as spring, making it a paradise for summer vacation. At this time, the Sandie Spring waterfall plunges down, and the clouds and mist surround it, as if you have stepped into a wonderland.🌧️🌈
🚗Transportation Guide
To get to Lushan, you can take a train or plane to Jiujiang City, and then transfer to a bus or private car to Lushan Scenic Area.
🏞️Must-See Attractions
Sandie Spring: This is one of the most famous waterfalls in Lushan. It falls in three stages, like silk, and is breathtakingly beautiful. Standing in front of the waterfall, you can feel the coolness of the water droplets, as if all your troubles have gone away.💦✨
Huajing and Ruqin Lake: Stroll along Huajing, with lush trees and colorful flowers on both sides, and the air is filled with a faint fragrance. Ruqin Lake is like a bright mirror, reflecting the surrounding mountains, making people feel refreshed.🌸🏞️
Hanpokou: This is a great place to watch the sunrise. When the first ray of sunlight pierces through the clouds and illuminates the entire valley, the shock and beauty of that moment will surely stay with you forever.🌅🙌
Meilu: As a cultural landscape of Lushan, Meilu not only shows a side of China's modern history, but also has a unique architectural style and garden design. Walking in Meilu, it is as if you have traveled back to that turbulent era.🏡📖
Immortal Cave: Legend has it that the famous Tang Dynasty Taoist Lu Dongbin once practiced immortality here. The stalactites in the cave are of various shapes and mysterious. Standing at the entrance of the cave and looking into the distance, the cloud-covered mountains are faintly visible, like a wonderland.🧚♂️🌄
🍽️Food Experience
Speaking of Lushan's cuisine, Lushan tofu and roast pigeon are a must. Lushan tofu is known for its tenderness and deliciousness, while roast pigeon is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a fragrant aroma. In addition, local specialties such as stewed chicken with mushrooms and crystal shrimp are also worth trying.🍲🍗
💡Tips
Lushan has a large temperature difference, so remember to bring warm clothes.🧥
Comfortable shoes are very important, as the attractions in Lushan often require walking.👟
Bring enough drinking water and snacks in case of need.🥤🍪
Well, that's it for my Lushan travel guide! I hope you enjoy this wonderland-like land and create beautiful memories with me.💖🏞️✨
Grace.Roberts^17
Travelogue of Mount Lu in Jiangxi
1. Weather❄️: Seeing snow requires luck, so you can follow the blogger's stakeout, or choose a hotel with free cancellation.
2. Hotels🏠: It is recommended to stay near Guling Street, where facilities are more complete, close to the central park, and convenient for sightseeing.
3. Transportation🚌: After arriving at Lushan Station or Jiujiang Station by high-speed train, you can take the cable car (120r round trip, about 10 minutes) or a bus (10r, about 1 hour) to go up the mountain. Taxis to Guling Street are also available (about 50r per car). There are sightseeing buses on the mountain (70r, valid for one week), but some attractions are closed in snowy weather, so purchase tickets accordingly.
4. Dining🍚: Most restaurants on Guling Street are both expensive and not tasty, so it is advised to order meals at least 1 hour in advance. You can also bring instant food to the mountain.
5. Sightseeing🏃: The scenery of Qin Lake is beautiful when it snows and there is fog; on clear days in Central Park, you can see the entire town; the trails around Lulin Lake are photogenic and less crowded.
6. Experience🤩: The snow on Mount Lu depends on the weather, and we were very lucky on the 21st when we went up the mountain, as we saw rime, a heavy snowstorm, and the clear skies after the snow.
The above information is for reference only, wishing everyone a smooth snow-chasing journey!✨
Elizabeth Sinclair
Lushan Winter Charm: The Complete Guide to Enjoying Snow
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Lushan's snow scenery is always enchanting, especially for friends from Fujian and Guangdong, Lushan is undoubtedly the best choice for snow appreciation! Last week, I had the privilege of embarking on a trip to Lushan with friends, and experienced the whole process from snowfall, snow accumulation to clear skies, with each day's scenery being intoxicating.
Pre-trip Preparation🎒
🧥 **Dress Recommendations**: Down jacket, thermal underwear, woolen hat, gloves🧤, hand warmers, snow boots, face mask, ice grippers (slippery ice surfaces, on-site price about 10r, online 20-30r for better quality).
🌤️ **Weather Attention**: Pay close attention to weather forecasts and related live broadcasts to ensure safe travel when it snows.
🎫 **Tickets, Train Tickets, Accommodation**: Book train tickets one week in advance, buy entrance tickets (160r) and cable car tickets (round trip 115r) one day in advance, sightseeing car (70r/90r) can be purchased on-site. It is recommended to book hotels on Guling Main Street to reduce walking time.
About Transportation🚗
1️⃣ Take a taxi from the high-speed train station to Lushan, take a shuttle bus to the cable car station, then take the cable car up the mountain.
2️⃣ Take a bus directly to the cable car station from the high-speed train station, then take the cable car up the mountain. (Recommended route, one less shuttle bus ride)
About Attractions (Recommended)🏞️
❶ **Guling Street** (P16): Solves dining, lodging, and transportation, convenient and fast.
❷ **Jie Xin Park** (P7-9): On sunny days, the colorful rooftops and snow scenery complement each other beautifully.
❸ **Ruqin Lake** (P11-14): The lake is wide, and the snow scenery is as beautiful as an ink painting.
❹ **Little Heaven Pool** (P1-4): Visit on the third day when it's clear, the rime scenery under the blue sky is intoxicating.
❺ **Lulin Lake** (P8-10): The lakeside forest is beautiful, suitable for strolling.
About Food🍲
🍜 **Zhou Zhenzhen Nanchang Mixed Noodles**: Located on Guling Street, tastes good.
🥘 **Wang Lu Shuo**: Long queue time, dishes are standard, suitable for dining.
🐟 **Nong Wei Kitchen Restaurant**: Good service, spring water fish is quite salty, dishes are stir-fried on order.
🍗 **Huang's Barbecue and Braised Delicacies**: Suitable for friends who live nearby to purchase, chicken feet taste good.
I hope this guide can help friends who plan to go to Lushan, wishing you a pleasant journey
TravelerTales
I heard that many people don't believe this is a snow scene in Lushan
❄Finally understand why it doesn't snow often in the south, maybe because places like Lushan are too beautiful, and snow only wants to fall in the most beautiful places.
⏰Snow viewing time: December-February
❄Weather: Check the weather changes a week in advance, you can check multiple weather apps
🚗Transportation:
Take the high-speed rail to Jiujiang Station (take the sightseeing car from the north gate to the mountain) or Lushan Station (take the cable car from the south gate to the mountain)
Self-driving cars cannot go up the mountain, they can only be parked in the parking lot
💰Tickets:
1, Lushan ticket: 160 yuan
2, Round-trip cable car: 120 yuan
3, Tourist sightseeing car: 90 yuan (including up and down the mountain)
🗺Tour route:
Day1: West Line: Guling Town—Flower Path—Ruqin Lake—Xianren Cave—Xiaotianchi (sunset)
Day2: East Line: Hanpokou—Lulin Lake—Meilu
📸Check-in spots:
1, Ruqin Lake: The shape is like a violin, surrounded by peaks and ridges, the rime and ice hang are extremely beautiful
2, Xianren Cave: There are many little monkeys here, you can feed them some food
3, Xiaotianchi: Here is suitable for making snowmen, having snowball fights, there is a Nona white on the top of the mountain, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of Lushan.
4, Lulin Lake: There is a kind of charm of broken bridge and residual snow
5, Street Heart Park: Panoramic view of Lushan Villa Group
🍜Food:
Three unique dishes of Lushan: stone chicken, stone fish burst eggs, stone ears
🏨Accommodation:
1. It is recommended to stay in a hotel near the Street Heart Park in Guling Town on the mountain, which is convenient for eating, shopping, and traveling
2. Or stay in a hotel near the cable car, it is convenient to go up and down the mountain, and there are places to eat and shop nearby
👗Dressing suggestions:
1. You can bring a black, navy blue, blue, red, white series of woolen coats with a dark blue or red, white scarf, as well as gloves, earmuffs, transparent umbrellas🌂 are more photogenic
2. Be sure to bring ice claws (the road will be slippery), warm babies (keep warm)
ETHAN WONG
The snow scenery of Lushan is really beautiful!!
👍Most recommended: Such as Ruqin Lake and Guling Town~ Random shots are very photogenic, the lake surface frozen by snow is even more beautiful under the sun! Plus the wind, it feels like coming to a fairyland.
👎Least recommended: It is suggested that everyone should not eat on the mountain, to be honest, it's quite a pitfall, you can bring some convenient fast food, cheap and delicious! The travel experience is upup!
📍Detailed address: Ruqin Lake and Guling Town in Lushan
🧳Preparation before departure: But it's really cold!! You must wear gloves and scarves, otherwise your hands will be too cold to play with your phone, it's best to bring warm babies, and after getting off the cable car, you can buy anti-skid chains at the entrance of the cable car, which are cheap and useful.
⏳Play time: We went to two places, Ruqin Lake and Guling Town. We went up the mountain at 10 o'clock in the morning, and we could go down the mountain at more than three o'clock in the afternoon. It's very fast, very suitable for special forces to play~
Penelope Sinclair
The first snow of this winter | Who do you want to go with, tag them
A two-day and one-night snow scene guide for people in Jiangxi Province, with an average cost of 500 yuan. Drive from Nanchang City to the foot of Lushan Scenic Area for 1.5 hours (parking fee is 20 yuan for one night)
If you want to see rime, pay attention to the weather in Lushan in advance. It will only appear when it rains. You can check it on Baidu
Or pay attention to people who will live broadcast in Lushan, you can go when it snows
🍀Snow viewing hiking check-in points:
Ruqin Lake (a very photogenic pavilion), Wulongtan (the location for the Water Curtain Cave scene in Journey to the West)
Lulin Lake (photo check-in, it's ethereal when it's foggy), Street Heart Park (looks like a place in Korea)
Xiaotianchi (a place to watch the sunrise and sea of clouds in the early days)
🌿Cost:
Scenic area ticket: 160 yuan (free for Jiangxi students and Jiujiang citizens), round-trip cable car: 90 yuan (60 for Jiangxi students and Nanchang citizens), accommodation cost: the average price of ordinary hotels and guesthouses is 200 yuan (heating, hot water, electric blanket)
BenjaminMacIntyre45
Lushan
❄️ Lushan Ruqin Lake|||I came to visit Ruqin Lake this morning
It's really too beautiful!!!
But the temperature is very low today
The wind by the lake is very strong
Everyone, please keep warm
CELIA CRAIG
Lushan Two-Day Tour Guide
Day :
We start from Guling Town in the morning, walk about 3 kilometers, and start our day's journey. The first stop is Huajing, where the scenery is picturesque, as if in a fairyland. 🌸
Then we go to Ruqin Lake, the lake is clear as a mirror, surrounded by green trees and mountains, it's breathtaking. The lake reflects the blue of the sky and the green of the mountains, like a natural painting.
After lunch, we go to Xianfeng, although the mountain road is steep, but standing on the top of the mountain overlooking the beautiful scenery of Lushan, all the fatigue has vanished.
In the evening, we come to Xianrendong, where there is a small sky pond, which is an excellent place to watch the sunset. Watching the sunset slowly sink, reflected in the sky pond, as if the whole world has stopped. 🌅
Day :
After breakfast, we take the cable car to Hanpokou, then walk about 5 kilometers to Lulin Lake and Meilu Villa.
The water of Lulin Lake is clear, surrounded by woods, and the air is fresh and pleasant. And Meilu Villa is a quiet place, where you can feel the blend of nature and history.
After lunch, we ended this trip to Lushan and returned to Guling Town. This trip not only let us appreciate the natural beauty of Lushan, but also let us feel the magic of nature and the heaviness of history.
At the same time, remind everyone to pay attention to the precautions when watching the snow, such as entering the venue as early as possible, avoiding the eaves and trees with icicles, etc.
BRIELLA BALLARD
I have prepared a travel guide for everyone to go to Lushan
1️⃣Transportation:
🚌Bus, there are up and down the mountain at the north and south gates, 20/person.
🚘Self-driving will be restricted during the peak season, private cars can't go up, need to park at the foot of the mountain parking lot, and then take the 🚡 up.
2️⃣Lushan ticket🎫: 160/person (student ticket 80/person)
Scenic area sightseeing car 70/person
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3️⃣Accommodation: It is more convenient to eat and travel in the town.
4️⃣Two-day and one-night route arrangement
①West line: Ruqin Lake——Huajing Valley Park——Jinxiu Valley——Shimenjian
②Conference site——Meilu Villa——Lushan Museum——Xiaotianchi
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💚Small suggestion: The mountain is relatively cold, remember to bring more jackets, if it rains when you go, buy a disposable raincoat at the foot of the mountain, the price on the mountain will be more expensive.
SKYLAR JENNINGS
The next day, it was early in the morning, and the mountains were still surrounded by clouds. I saw a beautiful scenery and asked the tour guide, saying that it was Luoqin Lake, because looking at the whole lake from the sky is like a piano. Name it so. The lake was calm and without traces, and it was foggy. It seemed to have a scent of scent. The little fish suddenly took two deep breaths. Then, with the light rain, we traveled to Bai Juyis title, Flower Trails in the Four Seasons of the World, and the Peach Blossoms in the Mountain Temple, and the Fairy Valley of the Four Seasons Flower Blossoms. The scenery is in the dangerous peak. Fortunately, the roads of these scenic spots are fairly flat, and it is not too tired to watch on rainy days.
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Morning with my mother from the street heart park of Lushan Mountain, walk along the west side of Dalin Road to Ruqin Lake. Here, because of the curvy curve of the lakeshore, the lake looks like a charming violin. I think it should be the time here, such as the piano.
Walk in the middle of the peak to see the peaks, the forest is sturdy, graceful and elegant. The lake is built on the island, the bridge is connected, the water is adorned with green water, and the green water is green. It is said that the most beautiful is the autumn maple red.
sunnie.
I didn't expect Lushan to be completely different from what I imagined. It is much more delicate than the steepness of Huangshan. There is a lake in Lushan, which has a romantic name called Ruqin Lake. Because the lake is shaped like a musical instrument violin, it is named "Qinhu Lake". There is an island in the lake. The west side of the island is decorated with a otter. The multi-curve covered bridge is connected to the lakeshore. The island is surrounded by pines and cypresses. There are various tropical and subtropical shrubs, coniferous forests characterized by cold belts, and maple and ginkgo trees.
Maple leaves and ginkgo leaves are surrounded by the peaks and ridges of pines and cypresses, which highlights the bloody stain of maple leaves. The golden ginkgo leaves sparkle under the sunlight. There is a white-walled red-roofed house dotted with it. The reflection of this beautiful scenery is just reflected in the lake by the exquisite and elegant lake like Qinqin, forming a multi-level Lishui flower shore, which is beautiful.