Essential Travel Guide to Xuchangs (Comprehensive)
⛱️Must-visit attractions:
1. Chunqiu Tower: The outer courtyard features a mountain gate, Chunqiu Tower, and Guansheng Temple. The inner courtyard is built in a garden architectural style. Inside Guansheng Temple, there is a 13-meter-tall seated statue of Guan Yu, along with statues of Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, and others.
2. Baling Bridge Scenic Area: Also known as the place where Guan Gong bid farewell to Cao Cao, it consists of the Three Kingdoms historical site Baling Bridge, Xuchang Guandi Temple, and classical garden architecture.
3. Cao Wei Ancient City: Combines cultural exhibitions, tourism, leisure, and commercial services. Attractions include the South Gate, Dukang Tower, and Fushi Tower, allowing visitors to experience the rich Three Kingdoms culture.
🍜Food guide:
1. Hot Tofu: Soft tofu topped with secret spicy sauce and sprinkled with green onions - spicy, flavorful, and silky smooth.
2. Shuyuan Street Pan-fried Buns: Leavened dough wrapped around vermicelli and chive filling, pan-fried until golden on the bottom, then covered with batter and steamed for three minutes. When the lid is removed, the buns have a crispy, crystalline crust.
3. Xiangcheng Braised Noodles: Golden in color, translucent, fragrant but not greasy, soft but not sticky, crispy but not hard.
🏨Accommodation guide:
Recommended hotel: Rebecca Hotel
Reasons for recommendation:
1. Very close to Cao Wei Ancient City and Pang Donglai Times Square.
2. The hotel features guzheng (Chinese zither) performances.
3. The hotel offers Hanfu (traditional Chinese clothing) experiences.
🚄Transportation guide:
1. Cao Wei Ancient City: Take bus routes 1, 7, 108, 4, 33, 99, or 105.
2. Chunqiu Tower: Take bus routes 16, 33, 4, or 99.
3. Baling Bridge Scenic Area: Take bus routes 29, 5, 33, 36, or 69.
💗Other tips:
Stay warm during winter.