[2025 Jiaxing Attraction] Travel Guide for Xiaopenglai Park (Updated May)

😄 Without the crowds of Nanhu Lake and Yuehe Street, I discovered a different niche travel route in Jiaxing. The vacation vibe is 💯. Enjoy playing in the hotel pool, explore the ancient and niche ancient town, and experience the super chill water bus. The kids had so much fun. Jiaxing, why don't you promote such a great place! It's only a 1-hour drive from downtown Shanghai, a real treasure destination ❤️ ✅ The hotel has a great vacation vibe, and the indoor landscape pool is not crowded 💯 ✅ The ancient temple and ginkgo trees are thousands of years old, and they are super photogenic at all times of the day 💯 ✅ Experience the water bus, with few people and beautiful scenery 💯 Day 1️⃣ - Have brunch and set off. Check in to the DoubleTree by Hilton Jiaxing at 11:30am, and play in the hotel pool from 12–1:30pm after check-in. - Depart for Xincheng Ancient Town at around 3:30pm, visit the millennium ginkgo trees in Xiaopenglai Park and the millennium ancient temple Nengren Temple, and taste Xincheng's special delicacies. - Depart for Nanhu Tiandi at 6pm, about half an hour's drive. Stroll around the beautiful scenery of Nanhu Lake, and have dinner in Tiandi around 8pm. ⚠️ The cookies given upon check-in at DoubleTree are delicious! Personally, I feel that this Hilton is less crowded than the one in Fengxian. The decoration is a bit old, but it has a better vacation vibe. ⚠️ Xincheng Ancient Town is niche and not crowded. Nengren Temple and Xiaopenglai are worth visiting. Admission is free. Xincheng is full of local life. If you want to experience the past, this is the place to be. ⚠️ There are many choices of food in Xincheng, but many stores close early, so remember to check the time. Day 2️⃣ - After breakfast at the hotel, you can take the water bus directly from the hotel pier. There are 4 trips a day. Just arrive at the pier 10 minutes in advance to buy tickets and board the boat! The route is Hilton - Xincheng Ancient Town. ⌚ Departure times from DoubleTree by Hilton Pier: 8:50am, 1:30pm ⌚ Departure times from Xincheng Pier: 10:50am, 3:30pm - The kids were reluctant to get up, so we chose the 10:50am route back from Xincheng. Drive or take a taxi from the hotel to Xincheng Town at 10am, which takes 20 minutes. We also bought the meat mooncakes that we didn't get the day before. Boarded the boat at 10:45am. Adult tickets are CNY 10, and children under 1.2m are free. The boat ride is 1 hour, and the scenery on the river is beautiful and super photogenic. - The boat arrived at the hotel pier at about 12pm, and we checked out and returned home at noon. ⚠️ If time permits in the afternoon, you can continue to play in the hotel pool (apply for a late check-out), or experience the Jiaxing tram, Catholic Church, etc. 😃 Tips: - Nengren Temple and Xiaopenglai are almost empty on Saturday afternoons!! Highly recommended to visit. - This DoubleTree is quite easy to book. We booked 2 days in advance. Although it was fully booked on Saturday, the pool and breakfast experience was much better than the weekend experience at Hilton Fengxian. - No reservation is required for the water bus. Just buy your ticket and board the boat at the pier 10 minutes in advance.

Xiaopenglai was first built 1,400 years ago during the Southern Dynasties (Liang Dynasty). It was originally part of the ancient Nengren Temple, providing a place for monks to cultivate and for pilgrims to rest. Today, Xiaopenglai features Penglai Pavilion, Nine-Bend Bridge, a wisteria trellis, a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree, twelve zodiac Taihu stones, and the Plum Pavilion. The 1,500-year-old ginkgo tree is known as one of the ten most beautiful ginkgo trees in Zhejiang Province.

🎐 Xincheng Ancient Town is a millennium-old town located in Jiaxing, boasting a long history and the characteristics of a southern Yangtze River water town. 🎐 Here, you can feel the simple and rich atmosphere of life, with white walls and black tiles. Walking around, you will often see elderly people chatting at their doorsteps and children running through the alleys, their laughter and voices filling the air. 🎐 The bridges here can sway, and the scenery across the river is beautiful, truly capturing the essence of the ancient town. Following the plank road, you can see Xiaopenglai. 🎐 The sea of flowers in Xiaopenglai is very pretty, and you can stroll around for a long time. 🎐 When in Jiaxing, naturally you should try the local snacks. There's a place called Chenbin Shaomai which is said to be the pinnacle of Jiaxing's Shaomai. You must eat them hot, as the meat filling bursts with juices, and the skin is tender～ 🎐 In this ancient town, you can wander leisurely. It's not crowded, and the admission is still free～