[2025 Gushi Attraction] Travel Guide for Xijiuhua Mountain Scenic Area (Updated Mar)

⏱️: 08:00-18:00 🎫: Adult ticket/CNY 48; 📍Address: West Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area, Chenlinzi Town, Gushi County, Xinyang (west side) 🚗Transportation: You can drive there, and the scenic area has a parking lot, which is very convenient. 🌟Must-see attractions: 🎍Bamboo Culture Tour: There are lush bamboos everywhere. Walking in the bamboo forest, you can feel the breeze blowing through the bamboo leaves, as if you are in a green fairy tale world. It is a great place to take photos, and you can take great photos easily.📷 🍵Tea Culture Experience: There is a tea house in the scenic area, where you can learn about the fun of tea frying and the process of tea making. You can also taste authentic Xinyang Maojian tea, which is full of fragrance and will leave you with endless aftertaste.😋 🌾Farming Culture Courtyard: Walking into the farming courtyard is like traveling back in time. There are traditional farming tools, and you can learn about ancient farming methods and feel the hard work and wisdom of farmers. You can also experience the pastoral life of men farming and women weaving, which is very interesting.👨‍🌾👩‍🌾 🛍Folk Workshop: Bamboo Village Winery, Li's Shop, Nanshan Pottery House, and other folk workshops allow you to experience traditional crafts such as winemaking and handicraft making. You can make your own souvenir, which is very meaningful.🎁 🎓Study Tour Class: This is a good place for study tours. Students can experience folk culture such as paper cutting, pottery making, and tea art, and participate in outdoor development and ecological science activities to learn knowledge and improve their abilities through practice.📚 🍲Food Recommendations: There are many local specialties from southern Henan, such as fresh bamboo shoots and delicious mountain delicacies, which will satisfy your taste buds. There is also traditional craft brewed wine, which you must try.🥂 🏠Accommodation Recommendations: There are special homestays in Zhongyuan Bamboo Village, and the "Bamboo Forest" homestay is hidden deep in the bamboo forest. Listening to the rustling of the bamboo forest outside the window, you can take a comfortable bath to wash away the fatigue of the day and fall asleep quietly in the embrace of nature. The gray color and wooden furniture are simple and low-key, echoing the natural environment, making you feel like you are living in a landscape painting.🛏 🎇Light Show: At night, there will be a wonderful night light show in the scenic area. Through holographic projection, the bamboo village is covered with a mysterious veil, and the colorful lights flash with the music, creating a gorgeous night view that will make you linger.💃

Xijiu Mountain Scenic Area 📍 Address: Chenlinzi Town, Gushi County, Xinyang City 🎙️ Central Plains Bamboo Village - Xijiu Mountain! South of the Huai River, find the first ray of morning light in the bamboo forest mist; on the border of Henan and Anhui, encounter the fragrance of tea in the vast green fields; in the heart of China, touch the cultural imprint left by ancient Zen temples; in a hidden world, find a peaceful and quiet paradise. 🎙️ The scenic area is an ecological tourist destination in the Central Plains that integrates "tea, bamboo, and Zen," with a viewing area of 80 square kilometers and a forest coverage rate of 95%. It has a tea garden, bamboo sea, flower sea, lakes, and canyon waterfalls, with a high content of negative oxygen ions. The main attractions include Miaogao Zen Temple, Xungen Building, Tea Mountain Slide, Central Plains Bamboo Village, Liudream Valley, Flower Valley, Grassland Parent-Child Park, Egret Lake Water Park, and Longjin Creek. 🎙️ Here, visit the ancient temple, smell the lingering fragrance of tea, listen to the wind blowing through the bamboo sea, get lost in the sea of clouds, find peace, and enjoy tranquility. Central Plains Bamboo Sea - Xijiu Mountain, a paradise of your own!

Travel Tips 1. Equivalent to Suzhou and Shanghai, Xinyang is a less popular city, and the distance between scenic spots is relatively far, suitable for self-driving tours. 2. Bring your student ID and ID card, half price for scenic spots with a student ID. Take good care of your mobile phone. 3. Bring a selfie stick, power bank, and charger. 4. Be prepared for sun protection, as both Jigong Mountain and Nanwan Lake are outdoors. 5. Jigong Mountain and Xijiu Hua Mountain are not very high, suitable for hiking. 6. Nanwan Lake is very large, with beautiful scenery and various animals inside. 7. Xinyang Maojian tea is very famous, you can go to Wenxin Tea Garden to experience tea picking. Although Xinyang belongs to Henan, it is located in the southernmost part. Its eastern neighbor is Anhui, and its southern neighbor is Hubei. The western and southern parts of Xinyang are Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain, respectively, which are the watershed of the Jianghuai Basin. Whether from the perspective of natural scenery or cultural customs, the tourism resources are quite rich. Henan Xinyang's tea gardens are also a major attraction. During the tea picking season each year, the clouds and mist are hazy, and walking among them, your nostrils are filled with the natural fragrance of tea. Now, traveling in this season, walking in the city's parks and streets, you are constantly surrounded by the fragrance of osmanthus, providing a wonderful experience from visual, olfactory, and gustatory aspects. Tea is probably the most well-known calling card of Xinyang. During the Tang and Song dynasties, Xinyang tea was absolutely top-tier in Huainan Road, and Su Dongpo specifically affirmed 'Huainan tea, Xinyang is the best.'