[2025 Ninghai Attraction] Travel Guide for Xujia Moutain Stone Village (Updated Mar)

Xujia Mountain Village is a natural village belonging to Xumin Administrative Village of Chayuan Township (there are also four other natural villages: Minhutian, Xujia, Yichangping, and Xiao'an), located in the eastern part of Ninghai County and the western part of Chayuan Township, 13.5 kilometers away from the county seat and 3.1 kilometers away from the Chayuan Township government, with an average altitude of about 200 meters. The village has 277 households, with a total population of 720 people. Most of the labor force in the village goes out to work, and the permanent population in the village is about 220 people. The village covers an area of 4718 mu, with 821 mu of arable land and 3008 mu of forest land. According to the village records, at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the descendants of Ye Mengding, Ye Daqing and his son, settled here from Dongcang to avoid chaos, and have a history of more than 700 years. Xujia Mountain is located at the top of the mountain, surrounded by mountains, with well-protected vegetation, lush grass and trees, ancient maples reaching the sky, green bamboos standing tall, serene stone scenery, and curling smoke, creating a quiet environment. Entering Xujia Mountain is like entering a paradise. The most distinctive feature of Xujia Mountain is its primitive and wilderness beauty, with few houses made of modern materials such as steel and concrete. Most of the village is made up of stone houses, with walls built from black basalt (locally known as 'copper plate stone'). Xujia Mountain is the largest and best-preserved ancient stone village in Ningbo City, and is also a model of the stone house building clusters in the mountainous areas along the coast of eastern Zhejiang, known as the 'Stone Kingdom'. The village not only preserves a complete set of stone resources such as stone houses, stone courtyards, stone walls, stone alleys, stone bridges, stone roads, and stone benches, but also continues traditional ways of life, such as ox plowing, making sweet potato flour, distilling sweet potato liquor, pounding rice cakes, and bamboo weaving. The tourism resources of Xujia Mountain Village are divided into four major areas: ancient stone village, plateau scenery, geological park, and agricultural heritage. It can be developed into a mountain village leisure tourism area with stone village characteristics, integrating mountain village experience, cultural exchange, health and vacation, and leisure sports.

I was truly amazed by its beauty, a very healing and quiet seaside~ Not many people, and you can also enjoy the sea breeze and seafood🦀 Without further ado, here's the guide! Weekend Ninghai Sunset🌇 Strategy🙌🏻 Itinerary 🚘 Self-drive - Ningbo City - Xujia Mountain - Stone Village - Ninghai - Qiangjiao Town (Qiangjiao Islands - Coastal Highway - Chenqiao Line) 👉🏻 Xujia Mountain - Stone Village 👉🏻 Ninghai County - Transfer Station (Lunch) 👉🏻 Ninghai - Qiangjiao Town Although it's just a small pier, I was pleasantly surprised 👣 Not many people, not too commercialized, the sea breeze is comforting, and having afternoon tea by the seaside is quite relaxing... Remember to definitely go to the uphill road by the sea! The scenery is beautiful, perfect for taking photos yyds! There are also many snacks and seafood noodle shops by the pier In the evening along the Chenqiao Line highway, chased the sunset with friends (Driving after the romance is top-notch!) Personally, I think it's quite beautiful~ Not crowded and very quiet, very suitable for a few friends To relax on the weekend~ (If you want a richer experience, it's not highly recommended)

Every building is constructed from stone, and for those who grew up in a stone house, the feeling is profound, with the architecture being warm in winter and cool in summer. Now, the Stone Village, like most ancient villages, is primarily inhabited by elderly residents who have stayed behind, and the village is filled with many old buildings. The village still retains its old-time appearance, with no significant tourism development; stone bridges, stone houses, stone terraces, stone alleys... Over 700 years of history, the basalt has slowly changed from a bluish-gray to a bronze color. The residents live their days calmly, with a strong sense of life. Stone Village tips: 🌸 Half an hour's drive from Ninghai city center, about one and a half hours from Ningbo. You can navigate to Xujia Mountain Tongban Stone Farm, and cars can be driven to the entrance of the ancient village. 🌸 Admission is free 🌲 There is a parking lot, but it is far from the ancient village, and you need to walk through terraced fields and a sea of flowers, but there are no flowers now, and the scenery is not good. 🌸 Nearby dining and accommodation: 🌲 There are several farmhouses nearby with decent taste. 🌲 Inside the square, there is Ninghai's special wheat cake that can also satisfy hunger. 🌲 There are homestays, RVs, and tents available nearby.

Walking through the stone slab lanes of the ancient mountain village that has gone through more than 700 years, the world built by this basalt stone in front of you is simple, primitive and natural, still maintaining the appearance of hundreds of years ago, as if traveling through time and space to a certain year, month and day of the Song and Yuan dynasties. -- The stone walls, stone windows, stone roads, stone bridges, stone lanes, stone wells, and stone mills in the ancient village are everywhere, but what attracts my eyes is the Ye's ancestral hall by the side of a pool of clear water. The descendants of Ye Mengding, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, came here to avoid the war at the end of the Song Dynasty, and now the Xujiashan Stone Village originated from here. This original ecological stone village hidden in the mountains without commercialization is different from the others, super characteristic, worth checking in. -- Xujiashan Stone Village is a natural village of Xu Min Village, which is the largest and best preserved stone village in Ningbo. It has been awarded the title of Traditional Chinese Village and Famous Historical and Cultural Village of China. Ninghai County, Ningbo City, Xujiashan Large free parking lot Free admission.

A 700-year-old village in Ningbo, the house is built entirely of stone to create a free tourist scenic spot Zhedong-Ningbo region is mountainous. Many rural areas in the past are now developing rural tourism and have become free and open tourist attractions. In the tea garden township of Ninghai County, there is a small village called Xujiashan, which is unique. Xujiashan Stone Village, this village has a long history and has a history of more than 700 years. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Ye Dingqings descendants, Ye Daqing and his son, settled from Dongcang and the village was small. There were only 200 households. The biggest feature of the village is that the houses here are all built of stone. The mountains next to the village are rich in basalt. The local area is called copper slab, which is an excellent material for building a house. Walk in the alleys of the village, the ups and downs, the pavement is paved with stones, the stream follows the road, the village is very quiet, surrounded by green forests, the air is fresh. Xujiashan is the largest Shiwu ancient village in Ningbo, a road in the village, which is the official road from Xiangshan to Ninghai County in the Ming Dynasty. There are stone houses, stone alleys, stone houses, stone walls, stone bridges, stone roads, stone benches, etc. in the village, which is a stone world. There is also a Xujiashan Stone Museum in the village, which collects a variety of strange stones. Among them, there is also a table full of stone, which is full of eyes. Usually there are not many tourists in the village. It is simple and quiet, like a paradise, it is a good place for leisure and holiday. In order to develop tourism, a RV camping base is planned next to the village. Visitors can live in the RV and feel the original ecological life. Xujiashan used to be the scene of Chen Yifei's masterpiece "The Barber". Because the stone village like Xujiashan is very special, in recent years, many professionals, amateurs, such as architecture, photography, and painting, have come to the village for sightseeing, research, photography, and painting. This is an ancient village that is very suitable for taking pictures. There are two stone arches at the entrance of the village. The spring flowers bloom, and there is a peony flower field not far away. Original ecology, traditional lifestyle, away from the city, such an ancient village is the first choice for people in the city to travel on weekends. Xujiashan Stone Village is also a well-known scenic spot for Ningbo rural tourism.

Xujiashan Stone Village is an ancient village with a history of 700 years. It is also the largest and best preserved Shiwu Ancient Village in the urban area of Ningbo. The whole village is made up of blue-gray andesite stone in the nearby mountains. It is made up of pieces and is arranged in a clever manner. It has been a long time like bronze, commonly known as copper slab, just like a ruin of ancient Roman times.