[2025 Pingnan Attraction] Travel Guide for Xia Di Village (Updated Feb)

Discover a hidden gem in the mountains of Fujian Xiadi Village in Pingnan, Ningde, Fujian It's like a real-life Peach Blossom Land! It's like a forgotten corner of time, Quiet, simple, and full of charm 📍Attraction address: Navigate to Xiadi Village, Pingnan 🚗Attraction transportation: Self-driving is recommended 👍️Must-see attractions: 1️⃣Avant-garde Bookstore: Absolutely beautiful, I was blown away the moment I walked in 2️⃣Yingshanxie B&B Cafe: The store has a cute cat, and you can drink coffee and tea on the tile roof. It's great to drink coffee in the place closest to the sky 🎟️Ticket information: Free 💗Other tips: 1️⃣There is a large temperature difference between day and night in Pingnan, so bring clothes 2️⃣The sun is strong during the day, so take sun protection measures 3️⃣Xiadi Village is a relatively primitive ancient village with incomplete infrastructure, so be prepared

🍁"As autumn ends and winter begins, everything rests, except for the persimmon trees that hang lanterns." The persimmons in Pingnan are like dazzling pearls in winter, shining with charming brilliance among the ancient villages, attracting the attention of countless travelers. Transportation Guide 🚗Self-driving: You can directly navigate to Pingnan, enjoy the scenery along the way, convenient and fast, and can freely arrange the itinerary. 🚌Public transportation: First take the bullet train to Ningde Station, and then transfer to the shuttle bus to Pingnan. One-day tour itinerary 🌄Morning: Depart from the county town and head to [Xiadi Village] to experience the tranquility and poetry of the ancient village, stroll through the ancient streets and alleys, and admire the intertwined picture of traditional architecture and persimmon trees. ☀Morning: Then come to [Qianfenxi Village] to experience the simplicity of the countryside, watch the villagers drying persimmons, and feel the joy of harvest. 🍂Noon: Have lunch in [Jianglong Village], taste local specialties, and enjoy the persimmon scenery in the village at the same time. 🌅Afternoon: Head to [Beiqian Village], where the persimmon forest is more spectacular, and walking among them is like being in the kingdom of persimmons. 🏞Then arrive at [Shuangxi Ancient Town], shuttle through the streets and alleys of the ancient town, explore the traces of history, ancient bridges, ancient houses and persimmons complement each other. 🌆Finally, go to [Tangkou Village] and end the day of persimmon viewing in the afterglow of the sunset. Must-visit ancient villages 🏞Xiadi Village: Full of ancient charm, persimmons and ancient dwellings are scattered. 🏡Qianfenxi Village: Full of pastoral atmosphere, it is a good place to enjoy persimmons and experience rural life. 🍃Jianglong Village: Quiet and beautiful, it can relax and rest the body and mind. 🌳Beiqian Village: The persimmon forest is lush, and the photos are very beautiful. 🏯Shuangxi Ancient Town: With a long history and profound cultural heritage, persimmons add color to the ancient town. 🌸Tangkou Village: Beautiful scenery, you can see a large area of persimmon trees at the entrance of the village. Warm reminder ❗Wear comfortable sneakers or hiking shoes for easy walking between ancient villages. ❗Bring a camera or mobile phone to capture the beautiful moments of persimmons and ancient villages. ❗Respect the living customs of local villagers and enjoy persimmons in a civilized manner. 🌈This day of persimmon viewing in Pingnan is like an encounter through time and nature. On the stone road of the ancient village, in the light and shadow of the persimmon trees, we found inner peace and beauty. I hope this guide can help you start an unforgettable trip to Pingnan, and let you fully appreciate the unique charm of Pingnan ancient villages and persimmons.

With a history of 800 years, Xiadicun Village is a place where yellow walls and black tiles are scattered, and old rammed earth walls tell stories of the past. Hidden in the mountains, it is like a paradise isolated from the world. Xiadicun Village is an ancient village where the soul can rest. Walking into Xiadicun Village is like traveling through a time tunnel back to a quiet and simple era. Every brick and tile here carries the weight of history and the vicissitudes of time. The yellow walls and black tiles are particularly vivid and lively in the sunlight. They are arranged in an orderly manner, forming beautiful pictures. The old rammed earth walls bear witness to the long history of Xiadicun Village. Although they have been eroded by wind and rain, they still stand tall, as if telling the glory and vicissitudes of the past. Touching these old walls, we seem to be able to feel the pulse and temperature of that era. There are many unknown secrets hidden in the mountains of Xiadicun Village. The mountains are beautiful, and the scenery is picturesque, like a paradise isolated from the world. Strolling along the paths in the village, breathing the fresh air, and enjoying the surrounding scenery, you will feel relaxed and happy, and you will linger. If you are tired of the hustle and bustle of the city, you might as well come to Xiadicun Village to experience the tranquility and simplicity here. I believe you will find a home for your soul here and gain a rare peace and tranquility.

| Ningde Pingnan Persimmon Viewing Day Trip Guide: An Autumn Fairy Tale. Fuzhou Surroundings | Ningde Pingnan Persimmon Viewing Day Trip Guide: An Autumn Fairy Tale. I found it in Ningde Pingnan! This is the Fujian version of "Meet Yourself," a place so beautiful that it will take your breath away. Every frame is like a beautiful painting! Enter the ancient village and experience the long-lost slow life. The original appearance of the mountain village and the simple folk customs will make you feel like you have traveled back to your hometown in your memories. Persimmons hang on the branches, small bridges and flowing water, and smoke curling up from the chimneys. Every moment is worth cherishing. Travel Tips Transportation: Self-driving is the most convenient! It takes about 2 hours to drive from Fuzhou. Note that transportation between villages is inconvenient, so self-driving is the best way to travel! There are many mountain roads, so please drive safely! Navigation: Set your destination to Longtan Ancient Town, Pingnan County, Ningde City, Fujian Province. Parking: Free parking in the ancient town! Tickets: All ancient villages are free! Time: Open all day, you can come anytime! Recommended Travel Route 1-Day Tour: Fuzhou - Siping Village (persimmons hang on the branches, a great place for photos) - Qiantou Village (original village, quiet and peaceful) - Longtan Ancient Town (Fujian version of "Meet Yourself," a great place to stay overnight). 2-Day Tour: DAY 1: Fuzhou - Jitou Village (feed fish and stroll around, experience the ancient village) - Xiadi Village (avant-garde bookstore, rice field scenery) - Jixia Village (authentic ancient village) - Longtan Ancient Town (overnight stay). DAY 2: Longtan Ancient Town - Qiantou Village - Siping Village - Fuzhou, return with beautiful memories! Must-Visit Ancient Villages Jitou Village: Fish swim leisurely in the creek, and the simple ancient village awaits your exploration. Xiadi Village: The avant-garde bookstore and rice fields complement each other, making it a great place for photos. Jixia Village: Stroll along the river and enjoy the comfort and leisure of the ancient village. Longtan Ancient Town: Well-equipped, with many homestays, it is the best place to stay overnight. Siping Village: Persimmons hang on the branches, and the covered bridge overlooks the village, offering a great view. Qiantou Village: Original and undeveloped, a great place for a stroll and photos, quiet and peaceful. Warm Reminder The temperature in the ancient village is low, so remember to bring a coat! There are many mountain roads, so bring motion sickness medicine if you get carsick! There are many mosquitoes and insects in the village, so don't forget insect repellent! Come to Ningde Pingnan and experience this autumn fairy tale! May you have a happy and prosperous time!

Compared to the crowded southern Anhui, I prefer the unpopular small town of Pingnan in Ningde, Fujian. This place is known as the "Meet Yourself" of Fujian. It has the same primitive ancient villages as southern Anhui, but with fewer tourists. Persimmon trees, ancient dwellings, golden rice fields... It's a healing and comfortable place. 🌾 If you want to avoid the crowds and enjoy the autumn scenery, I recommend these ancient villages in Pingnan: 1️⃣ Siping Village If you want to see persimmon trees, Siping Village is definitely the best place to see them. 🍅 The best time to visit is in November, when the leaves have fallen and the village is full of beautiful persimmon trees. This is also one of the most artistic villages I've visited, with tasteful cafes and homestays. (P.S. You can buy dried persimmons in the village to try. I think they taste better than fresh persimmons.) 2️⃣ Xiadi Village This is my favorite ancient village in Pingnan. It not only has well-preserved rammed earth ancient dwellings, but also the first Pioneer Bookstore in Fujian, located in a large golden rice field. This is probably the ideal rural picture, very pleasant. 🎐 3️⃣ Longtan Village The main transportation, accommodation, and dining in Pingnan's ancient villages are in Longtan Village, which is also the largest village in the area. Surrounded by mountains, a stream runs through the village, with stone bridges, yellow walls, gray tiles, and streams... It's not Jiangnan, but it looks more like Jiangnan. 💡💡 Travel Tips 🚶 Travel Route: You can visit these three villages in one day, and they are all free. The route is: Siping Village → Longtan Village → Xiadi Village. 🚗 Transportation: If you are driving, you can navigate directly to Longtan Village in Pingnan County, Fujian. If you are taking public transportation, take a train to Pingnan Station, then take a minibus to Longtan Village at Hengkun Times Square. The bus departs at 2:30 pm, and the fare is 18 yuan per person. For the return trip, take the minibus back to Pingnan at 7:30 am the next day. 🏨 Accommodation & Dining: I highly recommend staying overnight in Longtan Village. There are many homestays and small restaurants, and you can see a clear starry sky in the mountains at night. ✨ If you have 2 days to explore slowly, you can also visit the nearby Qiantou Village and Jixia Village, which are ancient and less crowded villages worth experiencing.

Reverse travel during the Dragon Boat Festival! In this drizzly plum rain season, dive into the ancient villages, spent 2 days with friends in the village, where time passed very slowly, unexpectedly, the village is so beautiful even in the light rain (Of course, it is still recommended to visit when the weather is clear!) Sharing the itinerary of these two days and one night in Pingnan p1-6 Longtan Ancient Town p7-11 Xiadi Village p12-13 Siping Village p14-17 Yuanyangxi Waterfall Coffee 🏠Homestay: Senkedi Xiashan Homestay A super beautiful homestay, we booked a detached house Every window is as beautiful as a painting Xiadi Village is super quiet at night, really feels like a good rest The homestay also has a coffee house with cats and dogs And things here are cheap and good!! Travel sequence⬇️ From Quanzhou to Pingnan, a 3-hour and 42-minute drive It's really tiring, it's recommended to take the high-speed train, you can rent a car locally day1 Check into Xiadi Village➡️Visit Xianfeng Bookstore It takes about an hour to walk and take photos in Xiadi Village ➡️Longtan Ancient Town, 47 minutes drive from Xiadi Village The ancient town is well-developed, with more people, and there are hydrangeas at the door of 47 Tree Homestay! Great for taking photos～ ➡️Siping Village, 15 minutes drive from Longtan Ancient Town Each of the three villages has its own characteristics, and they are all not large in size, every corner is pretty photogenic! We didn't arrange much time, and reserved a day for Yuanyangxi. Otherwise, it would be enough to visit 2 villages in one day, just wander around leisurely, take deep breaths of oxygen, very healing! day2 Head to Yuanyangxi Scenic Area, a 50-minute drive Buy a combo ticket for the scenic area: ticket + elevator + coffee 99 yuan/person Maybe because of the bad weather, the waterfall coffee was a bit disappointing The waterfall is big, and it's blissful to breathe oxygen in the forest See you next time when the weather is clear～ Fuji and the ancient villages really match well! Took a lot of beautiful photos with good friends, casually snapping pictures How has such a hidden gem not been discovered yet!! Really don't need to leave the province to feel the windy places～ ps The food is all very average, it's recommended to bring your own snacks and instant noodles

To get to know Xiadi Village, one must first learn about Senke Yishe, which I came across by chance in an article about the restoration of ancient villages, and then gradually learned the story of Xiadi Village. Another reason is that there is a pioneer bookstore in Xiadi Village, which was my enlightenment to independent bookstores. During the May Day holiday, we drove to Xiadi Village, a journey of over 7 hours, and had booked a room at Senke in advance. We arrived in the afternoon, just in time for a heavy rain, and after settling our things in the room, we sat in the Senke Cafe and listened to the rain. Sitting in the cafe, which was transformed from a restored old house, and looking out at this century-old village from the attic, one can immediately relax. Living at a fast pace in the concrete jungle of the city, here one can stroll leisurely. If you have the time, staying here for a few days is particularly enjoyable. In the morning, you can wander around the village, pick a few books at the pioneer bookstore and sit for a day, and by around 8 p.m., you can go to sleep. Dining: Senke Cafe offers simple meals, and there are small restaurants in the village with affordable prices and generous portions. 🚗: The best way to visit is by self-driving, as there are parking lots both inside and outside the village. It is recommended to park in the external parking lot, as the internal parking lot is a one-way street and inconvenient for entry and exit. Accommodation: Senke Yishe has its own homestay, and there is also a Fish Sheep Wood Homestay in the village, which is also very nice.

Arrange a trip to an ancient village with a few good friends Itinerary: Depart from Fuzhou by self-driving-(2h)-Longtan Ancient Town-(10min)-Siping Village-(1h)-Xiadi Village/Pioneer Bookstore-(2h)-Return Longtan Village After passing a mountain road by car, the ancient village that suddenly comes into view will shock you with the scale of the building complex in front of you, thinking that this is the utopia in Tao Yuanming's pen! The scattered old houses of yellow rammed earth, the saddle walls different from Lingnan, and the old trees with persimmons hanging in front of every household, all tell their own glorious past! Self-driving can park to the village parking lot, a good scenic spot should start from the parking lot! This is a deep mountain ancient city lost for 500 years, once named by Kangxi, the middle of the village is a West Creek, here, born of water, live by water, because of water, it is called West Creek, also called Longtan. Longtan Village has built public welfare art education center, art gallery, Siping Opera Museum, yellow wine museum, concert hall, leisure square, corridor and other cultural facilities, it is worth mentioning the famous 'Wanwu Market'. Siping Village Depart from Longtan Village after lunch to Siping Village, which is four kilometers away from Longtan Village and less than 10 minutes by car. It is a provincial historical and cultural village and traditional village in Fujian Province, surrounded by persimmon trees. Originally, two-thirds of the farmers in the village went out to do business, and then they continuously attracted 'new villagers' to settle in, successively created half-mountain space, Yuyue space, Yifang wine shop, Song Han house homestay, Qiancao Tang homestay, Xijian restaurant, Kaoshan restaurant, etc., will regularly hold cultural and ecological markets, and fruit picking activities, each season's agricultural products are fresh and visible. Xiadi Village Go to Xiadi Village for the paddy field library-Pioneer Bookstore, a large piece of golden paddy field, a modern architecture earth house is located in it, breaking the balance and highlighting the sense of loneliness. There are tourists checking in at every corner around, if there are too many people, you can go around the village. This is an ancient house with a history of more than 800 years. The classic combination of rammed earth wall and wooden structure building, thanks to the ancient village renovation activity initiated by Mr. Cheng Meixin, has changed the past decay and restored the original appearance as much as possible. I heard that there will be a paddy field concert this month, which is also expected. &About catering/accommodation: There are homestays and restaurants in both villages, with all kinds of mountain flavors, traditional delicacies, Fujian snacks, etc., and there will also be mobile snack cars. If you have been in a big city for a long time, you might as well come to the mountains to let go and relax.

Like the wind persimmons, picking up the warm and worn-out leaves, hurt but not sad Sparse shadows, short sentences lightly chanted, left to the coarse wall, old face ...... 📷Photography Guide: There are many ancient villages in Pinnan County, and the persimmons in Siping Village are the most photographed. The morning light is the best, so it is still recommended to stay in the village for one night and set up the camera before sunrise. There is a large temperature difference in the mountains, and there will be a thin mist in the early morning. There is a corridor near the road on the side of the village, which is a good backlight shooting position. After shooting the sunrise🌅, it is recommended to cross the village to the opposite slope, a downlight position, suitable for aerial photography, and also suitable for telephoto to take local small scenes. After breakfast at the entrance of the village🍳, you can stroll around the village. There are some small scenes, quite interesting. Walking around, you can harvest a lot of photos. After lunch, drive🚗 slowly to Xiadi Village. A large persimmon tree is on the slope at the edge of the open space at the entrance of the village. The background is the rammed earth and black tile ancient houses. The scene is very good. Don't rush to shoot, wait until around four o'clock, side backlight, there is also smoke in the old house, then press the shutter, this scene can produce several good works. In addition, the scenes in Longtan Village and Luoshayang Village are also great, recommended. Siping and Longtan are hot spots, it is recommended to go on non-weekends, if you want to get out of the picture, you must get up early

I often see Pingnan, so at the end of this summer and the beginning of autumn, I took a mini trip. I set off from Putian at noon yesterday, drove for more than three hours, and arrived at Longtan Village at four thirty. I was really excited and full of expectations at first, but I arrived too late, the light was very ordinary, and there were not many tourists. The ancient village was quite lonely, and the photos taken without filters were quite ordinary. ✔Pingnan Address: Pingnan County, Ningde City, Fujian Province ✔Visit ancient villages: Longtan Village, Siping Village (altitude 800 meters) ✔Visit time: Be sure to arrive earlier, the sun sets at four or five o'clock, the old house has no light, can't feel the beauty, the sun directly falls from the distant mountain, can't see the sunset. ✔Visit duration: It takes one hour to stroll around Longtan Village, with a stream in the middle and ancient houses on both sides. Many shops are not open, walk up one side and down the other. ✔Transportation: Self-driving or taxi, park in P1 parking lot, free for 1 hour, 5 yuan for 3 hours. ✔Business: There are seven or eight small shops outside the parking lot, and many homestays along the stream. ✔Weather: Around September 15, there was heavy rain in Pingnan, many landslides on the mountain roads, but it did not affect traffic. Both Longtan Village and Siping Village could enter, and the road into Siping Village was fine. When leaving, the navigation let us leave the village from the other end, where the mountain road was interrupted by a landslide, and even motorcycles could not pass. It's okay to return the same way, it doesn't affect much. ✔Temperature: It's no wonder it's a summer resort, it's very cool in the mountains, yesterday it was about 23°, it's recommended to wear long pants and socks, there are small black dot mosquitoes in the mountains that will bite. ✔Tour route: Longtan Village → Siping Village → Xiadi Village (Pioneer Bookstore) Longtan and Siping Village are very close, more than four kilometers, ten minutes, one hour from Siping Village to Xiadi Village ✔Local features: Saw a lot of chestnut trees, the ones on the tree with green shells, the ones dried on the ground are brown ✔Architecture: Horse head wall, yellow mud wall, wooden loft, wooden structure corridor bridge (Longtan Village Bridge) I didn't really want to stay in Longtan, and the road conditions were not good, so I left the mountain before it got dark. Originally wanted to go to other ancient villages in Pingnan, seeing that the architectural style is similar, all gave up, Xiadi Village is too far, also not going. For travel photography, Xiadi Village can be the first choice, this season is more out of the picture, the bookstore in the rice field, more atmosphere. I saw a blogger taking parent-child photos in Longtan, and I knew when I came here, actually this place is not suitable for bringing little kids, there are many water systems, a stream in the middle, a few steps a small pool, many sections of the road are very narrow.

Pingnan Xiadi Village, an ancient residence with over 800 years of history, embodies the classic combination of Central Plains culture, rammed earth walls and wooden structures. Thanks to the ancient village renovation activities initiated by Mr. Cheng Meixin, the village has undergone a transformation from its previous decay, restoring its original appearance as much as possible. With its north-facing, south-facing, mountainous and watery environment, the refreshing atmosphere that hits you makes you instantly relaxed and happy. I admire the young volunteers in the village who are so passionate and focused on rural construction and maintenance. The past cannot be retained, but the future is still worth looking forward to.