Xinghua Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)

Surrounded by water, it blooms at four o'clock, and the rape blossoms from the spring breeze are dotted between the fields, elegant and elegant; they are rooted in the stream, fashionable and fresh; they accompany the ecological millennium, dignified and elegant. If peach blossoms are suitable for fine appreciation, plum blossoms are worthy of the wind, and the rape blossoms will win over the ground. Seeing peaches, enjoying plums, and enjoying chrysanthemums are more poetic paintings that people have given since ancient times. Looking at rapeseed flowers is much simpler. Simply feeling the vitality of spring, the golden eyes under the spring green is a kind of enjoyment.

Xinghua Qianduo Scenic Area

A few years ago, the weather prevented us from entering the Qianduo Scenic Area, and I am delighted to have made it here today as I wished. As the name suggests, 'Qianduo' refers to the 'duotian' fields surrounded by water on all sides, resembling a maze. The duotian fields are filled with rapeseed flowers, which under the sunlight, are spectacularly golden! The beautiful natural scroll before my eyes is enough to intoxicate me!

Rapeseed flowers can be seen everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River

🗓 Itinerary: Xinghua - Qintong Ancient Town - On the way to Taizhou. ❤ Recommended reason: Along the way, you can enjoy the scenery of the water town's rapeseed flowers, feeling that this is the true spring of the south of the Yangtze River. It was the right decision not to buy a ticket to the Xinghua Qianduo Scenic Area that day, because the scenery seen along the road is more natural.

Qianduo Scenic Area is the pinnacle of rapeseed flower attractions | No rebuttal accepted

🌿 In the springtime when all things revive, the sea of rapeseed flowers in the Xinghua Qianduo Scenic Area becomes the most splendid sight of the season. Standing on the high viewing platform, overlooking the rapeseed flowers competing to bloom under the spring breeze, the rolling waves resemble surging giants, and the golden tide is stunningly beautiful. 🧩 'Duo' means to dig up the mud from the low-lying areas in the water and pile it up in higher places, forming small island-like mounds in the water. The Qianduo rapeseed flowers grow on these mound fields in the water. 🧩 We queue up at the dock to take a boat ride, the boat sails through the water, and the golden rapeseed flowers on both sides flutter in the wind, making one feel extremely relaxed. 🧩 The viewing platform in the mound fields is three stories high, slowly climbing up, thousands of acres of rapeseed flower fields can be seen at a glance, what a magnificent view of 'golden rapeseed flowers blooming over the land'. 🧩 Strolling in the sea of flowers on the mound fields, the boat glides through the water, people walk among the flowers, taking photos and enjoying the vibrant spring atmosphere. ⛩️ Scenic Area: Qianduo Scenic Area 📍 Address: East end of Dongwang Village, Xinghua City, Taizhou, Jiangsu Province 🚇 Transportation: 272m from the rapeseed flower scenic area bus station, about a 3-minute walk 🎫 Ticket: 50 yuan 🎟️ Boat ticket: 50 yuan 🅿️ Parking: 10 yuan/time

Jiangsu Taizhou | The endlessly delightful Li Zhong Water Forest

❤Recommended reason: Li Zhong Water Forest is a man-made ecological forest, mainly featuring Metasequoia and Pond Cypress trees that reach to the sky. ✅Must experience: The water forest park is rich in water systems, with rivers crisscrossing. Taking a raft and drifting through it, you can forget yourself and find endless joy. 👍Most recommended: The water wooden walkway winds through the forest, with pavilions and corridors gracefully curving among the green trees and clear waters. This creates a landscape where 'rivers loop around, and Metasequoia trees stand tall'. Fish leap in the channels, and birds such as egrets, black drongos, and wild ducks inhabit the area all year round, bringing vitality to the forest.

Purple Spring Day - Xinghua Lizhong Water Forest Park

Known as the Bird Paradise of East China and the Jiuzhaigou of Central Jiangsu, the Lizhong Water Forest Park in Xinghua, Taizhou, Jiangsu, is recently full of vibrant purple flowers (Zijin grass). It is also close to the Qianduo Scenic Area, allowing visitors to tour both attractions at the same time. 🌟Attraction ticket: 45 yuan/person, half price for those under 60 years old Boat ticket: 40 yuan/person 🌟Highlights: The scenic area has occasional 'water drifting' performances

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The enduring 'The Lord of the Rings' has been remastered in 4k, and the forest where the elves live is loved by everyone, full of greenery and vitality. In Taizhou, Jiangsu, there is such an elf forest. Known for its water forest, rare birds, and vast expanses of dawn redwoods, it covers an area of 2,000 acres and is also Xinghua's first 4A-level tourist attraction. Let's embark on a Middle-earth journey in the name of the elf forest! 【Travel Preparation】 🎈Address: Lizhong Water Forest Park 🚘Transportation: Self-driving is recommended~ 🎫Ticket Price: 50 yuan/person, Bamboo Raft Drifting: 40 yuan/person ⏰Opening Hours: 08:00-17:00 ✨Activities: Misty Forest, Jiuzhaigou, Cultural Corridor, Wobo Bridge, Listening Wind Cottage, Shigong Pavilion, etc. ❶Misty Forest Fantasy The Misty Forest show starts every hour on the hour, with six shows a day, the latest at 3 pm. When I went, I just caught the forest performance, with mist rising up. 🌱Under the sunlight, the water mist quickly vaporizes, creating a smoky haze. Through the gaps in the trees, beautiful light and shadow are formed. ❷Jiuzhaigou If you want to capture birds, look here! After getting off the bamboo raft, you'll reach the 'Jiuzhaigou' water plank road, where the wooden path winds through the green waters, adorned with various buildings. 🌴It's also the best spot for bird watching, with egrets, black cuckoos, wild ducks, and other birds inhabiting it year-round, with up to 100,000 at most and normally around 60,000! ❸Cultural Corridor Walking through the Cultural Corridor, you'll be fascinated not only by the scenery but also by the cultural construction of the water forest, just like the trees rooted in water, eventually holding up a piece of the sky. ❹Wobo Bridge Where there's water, there's a bridge, connecting two worlds. Wobo Bridge, with its wooden structure, lies quietly on the water, reflecting the bridge on the surface. When the wind blows, petals scatter on the water, bringing change to both worlds. This is also an excellent spot to observe 'fish in the water'. ❺Listening Wind Cottage The cottage nestles in the forest, blending with the surroundings as if it never existed. Only when the wind passes, bringing the scent of grass, can one be surprised to find this resting place. Here, you don't just enjoy the water forest with your eyes; with your ears, with your heart, you'll be immersed in the entire forest world. ❻Shigong Pavilion Where there are trees, there is a forest; where there is distance, there is poetry. Shigong Pavilion is built to commemorate Shi Nai'an and has become a must-visit for tourists on a cultural journey. 🌱If you see someone daydreaming, don't disturb them, as a beautiful article may be born in the next second. ❤️Come to Lizhong Water Forest, and you and your camera will both return fully loaded!

The Qingming festival marks the season when the rapeseed flowers in Xinghua, Taian, are in full bloom

Rapeseed flowers in Pingduo, Xinghua, Taizhou, usually bloom around the Qingming festival each year, and currently about a quarter of them have blossomed, with expectations that they will bloom even more beautifully after Qingming. The Qianduo scenic area is a globally important agricultural cultural heritage, renowned worldwide for its unique 'duotian' landscape. 'Duo' is a type of agricultural landscape unique to the Lixiahe region, which, according to historical records, formed about 750 years ago. In the marshy lands where soil was scarce, the industrious and intelligent people of Xinghua excavated mud from the network of deep ditches or small rivers in the lake and marsh areas, piling it up block by block to form mounds, creating the cultivable 'duotian'. Due to the higher elevation, good drainage, and fertile soil of the 'duotian', it is particularly suitable for growing fruits, vegetables, and melons. Since the 1950s, the 'duotian' rapeseed has been highly regarded nationwide, earning the reputation of 'leading the way in the country'. Due to the variety and high yield of vegetables, 'duotian' is also known as the 'hometown of vegetables'. Every year during the Qingming festival, the 'duotian' surrounded by water in the Qianduo scenic area is covered with golden rapeseed flowers, attracting numerous tourists for sightseeing. 'Rivers with thousands of bends full of green water, fields without a mound not covered in yellow flowers' is the true portrayal of the rapeseed flowers in Xinghua's 'duotian'.

In addition to the rapeseed flowers, you can also visit the Xinghua City Museum here

📍 Although Xinghua is a county-level city, the Xinghua City Museum is a national 4A scenic spot and a national second-level museum, because the three famous people Zheng Banqiao, Fan Zhongyan, and Shi Nai'an all have a close relationship with Xinghua (Zheng and Shi are from Xinghua, and Fan once served as the county magistrate of Xinghua). 📍 The museum was established in 1959 and the building was built in 1993. Unlike ordinary museums, it adopts Ming and Qing architectural styles, with small bridges and flowing water, and bamboo shadows inside. 📍 The museum has three floors, and the permanent exhibitions 'Chu Water Flowing Long - Xinghua Brief History Display', 'Three Unique Talents - Zheng Banqiao', and 'Shi Nai'an Cultural Relics Historical Materials Display' are worth seeing. In particular, you can fully understand the extraordinary life of Zheng Banqiao, the representative of the Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics, and appreciate the poetry, calligraphy and painting works of the genius. 📍 Free visit, the connected county government office and Li Garden need to buy tickets at the entrance of the museum. Outside the museum gate is the 'Four Paifang', which is also part of the museum.

The "black nodule" in the Xinghua Museum is actually a rare treasure of the museum nationwide

The Xinghua City Museum is a three-story antique building, accommodating the Xinghua City Museum, Zheng Banqiao Memorial Hall, and Shi Nai'an Memorial Hall in the same venue. The museum facilities are slightly old, and in an inconspicuous display case, a "black nodule" is displayed. The introduction is actually the treasure of the museum, the late Tang boat-shaped silver ingot. One day in 1992, villagers in Beijiang Village, Hainan Town, Xinghua City accidentally discovered six long black-brown objects while excavating farmland water conservancy projects. At that time, six Tang Dynasty boat-shaped silver ingots were dug up, and four silver ingots were cast on the front. The "field" character inscription, currently, there are a total of 42 boat-shaped silver ingots that can be checked nationwide, and the Tang Dynasty boat-shaped silver ingots collected by the Xinghua City Museum are used as the largest economic currency, which is still rare nationwide. Speaking of Xinghua, one has to think of Zheng Banqiao from Xinghua. However, the calligraphy and painting of historical celebrities represented by Zheng Banqiao in the museum are not very rich, and they are probably handed over to the upper-level museum. The museum entrance is the landmark of Xinghua City, the Four Plaques, and 47 plaques span five dynasties from the Southern Song Dynasty to the early Republic of China. There is also a row of ancient wells from the Tang and Song Dynasties that have been relocated from various places in Xinghua in front of the museum. It is quite interesting to see so many ancient wells at once.

Free! Free! A casual snap is a blockbuster!

Don't need to enter a scenic spot to take beautiful photos? Yes! In Xinghua, Taizhou, near the Qianduo Scenic Area, in Dongluo Village of Qianduo Town, there are many farm stays and B&Bs. The scenery here is just as good as the scenic area. Friends who are interested can go and have a look, and also visit the Qianduo Scenic Area and Li Zhong Water Forest Park. For B&Bs, you can choose Xinghua Yunduo B&B or Xinghua Wuyuan B&B.

"The Little Jiangnan in the South" Xinghua, Taizhou is too beautiful! The homestay is awesome

Taizhou Xinghua, as a famous historical and cultural city, in addition to the famous rapeseed fields, other tourist attractions are not well known. 📍 Jingjiang Gushan ✅ Jingjiang Gushan, the reason why it is named "Gushan" is because this mountain is really lonely, the whole Jingjiang and even Taizhou is flat, there is only this mountain. 📍 Xinghua Lizhong Water Forest 📍 Xinghua, a small treasure city full of historical heritage and beautiful scenery, is worth a look. The water forest has different scenery in all four seasons, it is a natural oxygen bar, there are many water birds inside, it is recommended to come in the morning, there are more water birds to see! 🏨 Hotel recommendation: Xinghua Yunduo Homestay ❤ Recommended reason: The homestay is located in Dongluo Village, with a total of 10 unique villa-type characteristic homestays, each with its own door and courtyard, facing the wind and water, and the scenery is pleasant. It takes 5 minutes to drive to the Qiantuo Scenic Area and 10 minutes to the Lizhong Water Forest. 🛏 Room facilities: Stayed in a row of lake view suites, the room is very clean, the environment is very elegant. Quiet at night, the beautiful scenery outside the window is like a picture. 🍽 Food recommendation: Jingjiang crab yellow soup dumplings, fried meal fish, water pickled vegetables stewed Luohan fish, red braised turtle, rice wine grilled fish head

Free! Free! A casual snap is a blockbuster!

Don't need to enter a scenic spot to take beautiful photos? Yes! In Xinghua, Taizhou, near the Qianduo Scenic Area, in Dongluo Village of Qianduo Town, there are many farm stays and B&Bs. The scenery here is just as good as the scenic area. Friends who are interested can go and have a look, and also visit the Qianduo Scenic Area and Li Zhong Water Forest Park. For B&Bs, you can choose Xinghua Yunduo B&B or Xinghua Wuyuan B&B.