The people who travel to Xitang a little reference. Divided into five parts: transportation, snacks, attractions, accommodation, bars.
Transportation
(1) from Hangzhou to Xitang
Hangzhou is 126 kilometers away from Xitang, driving about one and a half hours by car, A: Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway Jiashan Danyun exit → along the Shanjiang Highway according to the Xitang road signs → off the highway and drove for about fifteen minutes to Xitang Ancient Town (a total of about one hour and forty-five minutes by car); B: 320 National Highway driving → Jiashan Checheng Turn left at the intersection → to the direction of the Pingli Highway about fifteen minutes to reach the care of a thing it is how to free tickets it, of course, I am buying tickets scenic spot oh! I want to come to spend money to see the attractions, after all, is the first time to come of course, all look down. The car driving to the Xitang good river highway, road signs will prompt you to turn right into the Xitang scenic area, this time directly do not turn right,
Continue to go straight about less than 500 meters at the traffic lights in less than the right side of the place there will be a large Xitang yellow wine billboards. Under the billboard there will be a small road that turns to the right, the name is Xiding Highway, remember it is a right turn, not a right turn. The road sign says x407, enter Xiding Highway and count the number of bridges and drive over three, you will arrive at the Xitang Yellow Wine Company, at this time in front of the winery about less than 10 meters there will be a right turn on the road, drive for a hundred meters, you will see a bridge, you can get off the car here, and arrive at Xitang by the north side of the entrance. Both sides of the bridge can be free parking Oh, parked the car under the bridge there is a hall directly into the scenic area, no one check Oh, walk a few steps to the scenic area in the smoky rain promenade, this time hey free ticket success.
(2) from Shanghai to Xitang
Shanghai is about 115 kilometers away from Xitang, driving a little more than an hour, Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed Jiashan Danyun exit → along the good river highway according to the Xitang road signs → off the highway and drive about fifteen minutes to reach the Xitang ancient town. (Total drive about one and a half hours), want to be exempt from the ticket is also from the Xidin highway to Zhejiang Jiashan Huangjiu Joint Stock Company, and then turn right forward 100 meters to the bridge, walk into the scenic area.
Take the bus, then, from the South Station, the terminus are the same, buy direct to Xitang, relatively fast probably only a little more than an hour of time, the frequency are more, after not waiting too long, get off at the Xitang station, Shanghai, more tourists come over the best to buy tickets in advance to get off the bus can be out of the bus station, cross the road and walk for about 8 minutes from the small alley to enter the scenic area, walk through the alley to find yourself on West Street, the best way to get off the bus. found themselves on West Street. Remember not to pay attention to the station to lead the way, the world does not have a free lunch. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular and popular restaurants in the world.
Snacks
Xitang tour a snack plaza, the more famous Lu's small wontons and Qian's tofu flower are here.
(1) - Lu's small wontons, the price is 6 yuan a bowl, I do not feel there are too many surprises, is a street food stalls, there is a quite old uncle as the boss, the head of the stall and the stars, journalists and other people's photo photos, there are a lot of interviews with the photos, I feel that the only highlight is the wontons of the skin is really very thin! The only bright spot is that the skin of the ravioli is really very thin, like a piece of paper, and the ravioli filling is a little less than the small ravioli is really very small.
(2) - Qian's tofu flower, the price is 5 dollars a bowl, I do feel than small wontons to be more delicious, the stall head has a more historical small horizontal bar. Quite interesting, like the ancient times of the roadside stalls selling congee's, a bowl of soybean flower put squash, cilantro, sesame oil, and want to eat again.
(3) - Lotus leaf steamed meat, 5 dollars a piece seems to be it, forget, sorry ha. This snack is a bit like dumplings, and dumplings taste slightly different, no dumplings sticky feeling, is savory, breaded with lean meat. Have eaten the old horse steamed meat feel good, quite delicious, other families have not tried, this thing once, not much attraction.
(4) - pipe old too stinky tofu, and other places are not quite the same, fried golden stinky tofu outside the crunchy, like to eat crunchy can ask the boss to fry a little longer. If you like it crispy, you can ask the owner to fry it for a longer time. Inside, it should be tender. It is served with hot sauce and sweet noodle sauce. It's super delicious. The most authentic is in Xitang by the entrance of a scenic spot, on the stone road. I heard that Mrs. Guan's daughter or granddaughter runs this tofu store. There are seats available, as well as fried potatoes and young tofu. Other families seem to be from their home into the stinky tofu Oh. So Xitang scenic area are called tube old lady stinky tofu, not ask the locals really do not know.
(5) - maltose, a long time have not seen, hours of things in Xitang again, really very nostalgic ah, sweet a little greasy, super sticky, do not get on the clothes, oh, are generally old ladies in the hall mouth hawking, 3 dollars a quite a lot, to ensure that you can not eat. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do that.
(6) - Xitang the world's first noodle, also in the food court, there are many, are a family next to a family, the brand is the same just difficult to compare which is authentic, the impression of a deeper is the head of the door has a sign written: just be imitated, never been surpassed by a family, quite domineering ah. However, these are not authentic Oh, from the local people know that the most authentic one in the stone road, in the authentic tube old lady stinky tofu across the road. Quite delicious, before going to eat, the biggest feature is fresh, and taste with personal preference, like to eat spicy can ask the boss to add some spicy hot pepper, the noodles are also quite tough.
(7) - gravy cake, wood hammer pastries, such as pastry, for Xitang a major feature. Gorgonzola cake from Xitang's earliest R & D, by eight cakes (eight cakes in Xitang has a history of 150 years) evolved from eight cakes made from eight kinds of Chinese herbs originally made after baking and drying packages crispy and tasty, nowadays the Gorgonzola cake made of Gorgonzola and glutinous rice puffed powder refined than the original eight cake taste more delicate, chewy, Tangdong Street forest Gorgonzola cake, the Smoke and Rain Promenade at the entrance to the wooden hammer pastry are more famous store, the taste is very good flavor.
Specialties
Steamed white fish
With the "land of fish and rice," Xitang is particularly rich in aquatic resources, and there are many fishponds between the road, the most famous of which is Fen Lake. Breeding of which the white silk fish to meat, delicious, nutritious, in Xitang food spectrum occupies a place. The fish likes to eat small fishes and shrimps, and swims fast, which is known as "white stripe in the wave", however, the fish will die when it comes out of the water, so the market price is expensive. Steamed white fish cooking is very concerned about the raw materials, the practice is delicate, focusing on maintaining the original flavor of the fish. Then kill the fish body with a small amount of salt marinade for more than two hours, take out and wash and then put into the tender tofu, plus condiments to 5 minutes cooked with wine, take out of the cage to steam for 5-6 minutes.
Punpi Fish
Xitang is intertwined with a network of water, the source of which comes from Taihu Lake, and the excellent water quality provides a good environment for the growth of wild Rhodeus carp. The Rhodeus sinensis lives in groups along the riverbanks, hence its name. It is about an inch and a half long, flat and small, and never grows large. Wild Rhodeus sinensis cooking methods are braised, steamed, soup, etc., which is the most characteristic number of salt and pepper Rhodeus sinensis, practice will be Rhodeus sinensis, clean, drain the water, and then put into the oil burned to seven ripe, deep-fried to a golden brown, fish up a little after the re-frying of the oil, mixing with the end of the green onion and salt, plate that is, the dish crispy and crunchy, that is, tasty and complementary calcium, is a rare green delicacy.
Sauce pop snail
Snail in the Jiangnan water town is a common dish. Xitang is crisscrossed with water and rivers, and wherever there is water, there must be snails. The snail is usually eaten around the Qingming Festival, and is said to be as good for the eyes as eating Malantou. Xitang snail small, thin shell meat thick, with onion, pepper wire stir-fried, spray wine and sugar, then pour red soy sauce, plus five spice anise, soup is very little, sticky. This is mostly extremely flavorful, fresh flavor strong, about three or five friends, in the Xi Xi evening breeze, drinking yellow wine, munching snails, is really a great pleasure
Tang Carp Steamed Eggs
Tang Carp. It is the best of the fish, wild fish species, rarely seen on the market. This fish flesh is extremely tender, loose but not loose, soup fresh and appetizing. Xitang people do cauliflower fish have stir-fried, salt, stew and other practices, the most simple and most delicious to be steamed eggs cauliflower fish, both the freshness of the fish and retain the delicate smooth egg.
Send a son dragon hoof:
Legend has it that in the Ming Dynasty, Xitang, a rich man married for a long time without an heir, and then by a man who pointed out that the good deeds, construction of roads, bridges so that all the people in the construction of the bridge when the heavenly palace bird phoenix stops at the bridge, and the rich businessman was also in the year of the child, so the bridge is named "send a son to the phoenix bridge". The bridge is now restored in the thousand-year-old town of Xitang Chaonan Dai. When the rich merchant was celebrating the birth of his son, a feast was held and one of the main dishes was hooves. The people for congratulations will be named "send son dragon hooves", since then, wherever the square circle in the wedding celebrations, housewarming, family reunions are to the dish as the main dish, meaning that early to get a son, reunion and good luck. Dragon Feet. The use of high-quality pork leg, with dozens of ancestral spices, by simmering and steaming stew, Wang, Wen fire repeatedly, the meat is crispy and tender off the bone, fat and not greasy, taste and beauty of each other.
Qiantang People's Hotel, Xitang is one of the largest restaurants, the location of the Yongning Bridge, the taste is good, the price is a little expensive, the location is very good, there are a lot of places near the river, but because the business is doing too well, the service is really a little poor, the waiters are very drag.
Mengli Shuixiang Hotel, I think I ate in Xitang most satisfied with a restaurant, the location of the Yongning Bridge 20 meters north, to the lotus incense chicken famous one, the most signature dish is very tasty, the whitewater fish is also good, the price and the portion is very fair, the environment has a bit of the river, the service can be a chubby boss, the old is full of smiles, very joyful.
The old Pinfang Hotel, affordable prices, per capita consumption is very low, but the service and environment is really not to be complimented, the taste of the food can be, but wins in the cheap is, so students go to eat on the side, the location of the Wan'an Bridge.
3. Attractions
Xitang to "more bridges, lane more, more corridor shed" of the three major features and won the majority of tourists, which Xitang Tourism Company developed 11 attractions
Root carving Museum (1), Wadang Museum (2), Xue House Button Museum (3) Ni Residence (4), the Temple (5) ), Zhang Zhen Woodcarving Museum (6), Wine Culture Museum (7), Drunken Garden (8), the Temple of the Seven Masters (9), Zhongfu Hall (10), the West Garden (11) paid attractions will not go into detail, to say that there is no charge, but a must-see attractions.
There are also many famous, no charge. Such as the most famous lane: Shipi lane 68 meters long, by 216 pieces of stone thickness of only three centimeters paved and become, is the aisle between the Wang family ZunWenTang and planting FuTang. According to the evidence, the lane under the slate road is a lane so that the whole rainy day does not accumulate water in the sewer, thin as skin as the skin of the stone as the skin of the sewer is known as the stone skin lane. It is the widest place 1.1 meters, the narrowest place is only 0.8 meters, if there are two fat people in the get together, it is possible to wipe the wall stick belly is not necessarily easy to pass, above is a narrow sky, so the stone skin get Xitang "a line of sky".
The longest lane: located in Beijie Street, the Four Wise Ancestors lane, a total length of 236 meters. The narrowest lane: the Wild Cat Lane on the side of Huanxiu Bridge, with a maximum length of 30 centimeters, is a gap between two houses. Widest lane: the big lane along the northern high step of the Burnt Harbour along the Li Mansion, where 5.5 people can walk side by side. The shortest lane: located in the Ming and Qing Dynasty Woodcarving Museum is located in the Yu Qing Hall House lane, the length of the entire length of no more than 3 meters.
The boat ride is on the side of the Sending Zi Laifeng Bridge, where there is a boat pier for 20 yuan a person with an entrance ticket.
Lodging
Xitang lodging is basically the form of B&B, unlike the city's hotels, the rooms are quite distinctive, the B&B are almost the same, there are two kinds of pro-river and not pro-river, not pro-river is generally a little bit of a quieter in the lane, pro-river is generally in the roadside, the morning may be a little noisy. Price Linhe's usual Sunday to Thursday about 100 to 150 yuan ranging. Linhe's about 200 yuan. There are also hotels in Xitang, such as the Holiday Inn in Xitang (3 stars), Smoky River South Hotel (4 stars), the hotel's overall facilities to be better, but outside the scenic area, I recommend living in the scenic area, the general inn is opened by locals, the locals are very easy-going, enthusiastic.
Bar
Xitang's bar is divided into two kinds of bars, there are more than 30 bars in Tangdong Street, is more hi bar, dj constantly, a little noisy, consumption, beer minimum in 25 a about, wine 200 to 800 a ranging, point package will send fruit plate snacks, personal feeling and the city's bar consumption compared to the, is not too expensive ah, the second kind of static bar, the general There are several bars at the intersection of Bar Street and Burnt Hong Kong, and there are also several bars at both ends of the Wolong Bridge. Like the kind of personal preference, and the innkeeper can get a discount card oh.
I hope to help people who go to Xitang, it is not in vain I wrote a night.
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