Arrival and departure Xitang is located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. There is no airport and railway station in this county. Air passengers can take the airports in Hangzhou and Shanghai. Trains and buses can go to Jiashan first, and then transfer to Xitang by bus, which takes about 20 minutes. From Shanghai to Xitang, you need to take a bus at Shanghai South Railway Station or Bus Terminal, which takes about 2 hours. From Hangzhou to Xitang, you need to take a bus at Jiubao Passenger Transport Center, which takes about 2 hours to get there. The ancient town of Tang Xi is mainly for walking and sightseeing. You can also take a wooden boat tour.
Type of scenic spot: country
Best season: March-April is the best. Spring is the best time to go to Xitang. It's raining lightly in the south of the Yangtze River in April. It's very pleasant to walk in Xitang in the rain and enjoy cherry blossoms. Xitang is very hot in summer, but walking in the misty corridor can protect you from the sun, and you can also taste the special product "June Crab" which is only available at this time. Xitang in autumn is a place where sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, where you can experience the tranquility of autumn. In Xitang, winter also has a unique flavor, and you can experience the taste of the Spring Festival in the ancient town with people in the water town.
Suggested visit: 2-3 days.
Admission: 100.00 yuan (including 1 1 small scenic spots in ancient town)
Opening hours: the small scenic spot is open all day. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 07:30~ 17:30, Saturday to Sunday 07:30~ 18:30.
Address: Tangxi Town, Jiashan County, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province
Tel: 0573-84567890
Thousands of years of farming civilization and the indifferent living habits of Xitang people have created a simple local food culture. The food in Xitang is delicious and healthy. Xitang, a water town, naturally takes aquatic products as raw materials, and the dishes are generally small and exquisite, with sweet and salty tastes. Xitang's specialties include steamed white silk fish, dragon's paw and so on. Stinky tofu and Euryale ferox cakes are also very popular with tourists. Most restaurants in Xitang are located near Beizha Street, specializing in local specialties, with a per capita average of around 40 yuan. The famous restaurants are Yi Jiangnan, xiang tang and Laopinfang.
Shopping in Xitang mainly focuses on local products and handicrafts with local flavor. Some special snacks in Xitang, such as Euryale ferox, Bazhen cake and yellow wine, can be taken home. Of course, many handicrafts are also the first choice for shopping. There are all kinds of things for sale in the shops in the ancient town scenic area. You can choose what you like, and there are many shopping malls outside the scenic spot.
1. Bazhen cake
Bazhen cake is made of eight kinds of medicinal materials, including yam, poria cocos, Euryale euryales, rice kernels, wheat teeth, lentils, lotus seeds and hawthorn, with glutinous rice flour and white sugar. Pastry is green, deep and crisp in color and sweet in taste, and has become a famous point in the south of the Yangtze River. Compared with the taste of western-style cakes, the traditional cakes in Jiangnan are purer and more primitive. Food stores inside and outside the scenic spot sell them. You can have a taste before you buy it. You can take more home if you like.
2. Jiashan yellow rice wine
Xitang people like to drink some yellow wine when they are free, so there are many yellow wine workshops in Tangxi Town. Xitang Jiashan Winery, founded in Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, is the largest yellow wine production base in China. More than 20 varieties of Hu Fen series, such as carved flowers, good wine and yellow wine, are mild, mellow and unique in taste, especially good for brewing. Authentic and affordable Jiashan yellow rice wine can be bought in the regular supermarket in the town.
3. Blue printed cotton cloth
When visiting the ancient town, you can buy a blue printed scarf at hand, which can be worn around your shoulders to keep out the cold at night and can also be used to decorate clothes. Or buy folding fans and ornaments made of blue calico. Blue printed cotton cloth has various styles, is strong and durable, and exudes a classical atmosphere. Take it if you like.
4. Handmade souvenirs
All kinds of small shops in Tang Xi Ancient Town Scenic Area have small souvenirs, such as notebooks and postcards, and decorations with ethnic characteristics, such as small bells and small satchels. They are small and fresh shopping paradise for literature and art.
A good place for shopping is Xitang Scenic Area.
There are many shops in Xitang Scenic Area, each of which sells special clothes, handicrafts, decorations, small souvenirs and other items, as well as famous special food stores, such as Tang Fu Food Factory, A Niu Steamed Meat Restaurant, Ma Lao Steamed Meat Restaurant and Xiangfu Zongzi Square. All these can provide a place to carry out your shopping plan and remind everyone to pay attention to their wallets when shopping.
Xitang scenic spot wai-Youdian Road Shopping Street
There are many supermarkets in the upper reaches of Tangxi Town, such as Agriculture, Industry and Commerce Supermarket, Century Lianhua, Pacific Shopping Center and Golden Paris Shopping Center. These shopping malls are frequented by local people, and also sell some local products, and the prices are clearly marked, so they are recommended shopping places.
Local activities and festivals 1. Special events
If the entertainment activities in the town are colorful and complete, it can't be compared with big cities, but the water town has its own sense of elegance and charm. In addition to the regular cinemas, video halls and dance halls, there are also the Youju Building Cultural Club, the Chenjia Old House Bar, the Suiyuan Bar and the Covered Bridge Dream Bar in the scenic spot. The three scenic spots, Xiyuan, Button Pavilion and Zhangzheng Root Carving Pavilion, will also hold special activities such as "Silk and Bamboo in the South of the Yangtze River" and "Water Town Social Drama".
1. Cruise
Go to Xitang by boat at night, and watch the red lanterns hanging high on both sides of the strait, which is very fashionable and classical. In the river at night, you can also put lotus lanterns of various sizes, which is very interesting. Xitang Night Tour is open until 20:30 at night on weekends and holidays. For details, please consult the cruise terminal in Tang Xi Ancient Town.
Step 2 meet at the bar
There is also a bar street (Dong Tang Street) in Xitang, which is simple and modern. It's not like nightlife in the city. There are drunk people everywhere. It's simple here. A guitar and a keyboard are enough.
Walking along the bar street, bars are next to each other. Red lanterns and strings of wine bottles are hung at the door of every household, and all kinds of provocative words are decorated on the outer wall. The names of Hong Ting, Half Angle, Tang Dynasty, Xifeng Shouma, Our Days and Xitang Yin Feng are various, but they seem a little similar. Most singers sing some familiar songs while playing. Of course, guests can also sing by themselves, which is much better than karaoke with accompaniment.
Put out the river lamp
On auspicious days, river lanterns have always been a reserved activity in Xitang. Nearly a thousand water lanterns with different shapes adorn the water surface of Xitang, changing the scenery and adding gorgeous colors to Xitang. Every river lantern has a wish, which is the most charming scenery in Xitang at night, and complements the red lanterns under the winding thousand-meter gallery shed.
Second, special festivals.
1. Visit the temple
The annual Spring Festival "Visiting Temple Fair" is very lively. From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, people from towns and villages near the town will come to the shrine to burn incense and pray, and temporary toys, food stalls and various juggling are concentrated here. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year's Day, shops "welcome the road" and "change silver ingots", as well as activities such as lion dancing and playing lotus hometown, which were very lively.
Time: Spring Festival to Lantern Festival
Venue: Temple and surrounding streets
2. Temple Fair
The third day of the fourth lunar month is the temple fair in Xitang. At that time, there will be various stalls selling local specialties and various items on the street, and the crowds will be surging and very lively. All the streets in the town will be covered with azaleas for the gods, and flower friends will visit and appreciate azaleas and exchange skills.
Time: the third day of the fourth lunar month
Venue: Tangxi Town.
Tips for playing 1 Northerners may not be used to the humidity here when they first come to Xitang. It is hot in summer and wet and cold in winter, so it is easy to acclimatize. Please pay attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling in summer and keep warm in winter.
2. When traveling to Xitang in summer, you must bring "mosquito repellent", or spray it on your clothes properly, and also bring sunscreen and heatstroke prevention and cooling supplies.
3. Don't bother to remember the route of Xitang Scenic Area. Xitang is really small. The main scenic spots are on both sides of the river. You can turn around naturally when you are walking by the river.
It is best to stay in Xitang for one night. The biggest features of the ancient town are morning, dusk and night. You might as well go to the covered bridge at night. The faint river water and the red lanterns hanging high will definitely give you an unforgettable feeling.
You can hire a rickshaw as a tour guide in the ancient town of Tang Xi. Cyclists are both drivers and tour guides, and they also know many private scenic spots, which may bring you unexpected gains. A rickshaw is about 65,438+05 yuan, so if you quote a high price or increase the price midway, please don't take it.
The recommended tour route is 1. A classic day trip.
Highlights of the trip: both beautiful scenery and humanities.
Come to the ancient town of Tang Xi, stroll along the veranda, walk through the longest stone alley, bypass the planting museum, and finally see the West Garden with Jiangnan characteristics.
D 1 Zhang Zhenggen Sculpture Museum → Anjing Bridge → Burning Harbor → Nizhai → Tang Sheng → Yu Yan Promenade → Drunk Garden → Huanxiu Bridge → Shipilong → Zhongfutang → Xiyuan → Button Museum.
Arrive at Xitang scenic spot in the morning and enter the scenic spot from Jijialong near the second parking lot. Visit Zhang Zhenggen Carving Hall before entering the door and feel the art of root carving. When you leave the Root Carving Museum and walk to West Street, there is Anjing Bridge in front of you. Rest on Anjing Bridge and overlook the whole pond. Then go east along West Street and set fire to Hong Kong. There are two scenic spots nearby, Nizhai and Tang Sheng, where you can enjoy the ancient houses and temples in the south of the Yangtze River. Hou Yuan Road turns back to Dong Tang Street and continues northward until Anxiu Bridge.
After crossing the An Xiu Bridge, you will arrive at the misty and rainy corridor, which is a bustling area, and the ancient charm of people with small bridges and flowing water continues. At this time, the stomach has called. There are many snacks and restaurants near the river, so you can have a full meal and take a nap by the river.
After lunch, stroll along the promenade to the Drunk Garden, and finally turn back to Huanxiu Bridge to West Street. There are four scenic spots on West Street in turn: Shipilong, Zhongfutang, Xiyuan and Button Museum, and finally return to the second parking lot.
Dining: There are many Xitang cuisines near the Yu Yan Corridor. Steamed white silk fish and lake crab are all delicious. In addition, there are dishes such as dragon's paw, June red and chaotic old duck pot, as well as special cakes such as Bazhen cake.
Accommodation: The accommodation in Xitang is good, most of the scenic spots are private hotels, and the price of rooms near the water will be much more expensive, ranging from 200 to 300 yuan; However, the room without water is not far from the core street, which is relatively quiet. The price is between 100-200 yuan.
2. Classic two-day tour
Two days is the best time to visit Xitang, a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, visit a museum with personality, turn over the bar street at a height, stroll along the Shili promenade and walk into the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. This route is suitable for lively eating.
D 1 Zhangzhenggen Sculpture Museum → Button Museum → Anjing Bridge → Shaogang → Nizhai → Tang Sheng
Arrive at Xitang scenic spot in the morning and enter the scenic spot from Jijiaxiang. Visit Zhang Zhenggen Sculpture Museum and Button Museum before entering the door, and take a shell button made by a master home as a souvenir. Come out of the museum, walk along the West Street across the Anjing Bridge, have a rest, then burn Hong Kong to the east, and carefully appreciate the cultural heritage of the affiliated Nizhai and temples. After returning to Dong Tang Street by the original road, it was getting late, so I chose an inn near Dong Tang Street to stay. Dong Tang Street is a famous bar street, so enjoy it.
Dining: There are many delicious foods in Dong Tang Street. You can go to the Yuelou in Songzi to taste authentic Xitang dishes, such as eel carp, fried eel rot, steamed white silk fish and Songzi dragon's feet.
Accommodation: It is recommended to live in the ancient town and enjoy the night view of the ancient town. A room near the water may be more expensive, about 200-300 yuan.
D2 Yanyu Gallery → Drunk Garden → Huanxiu Bridge → Shipilong → Zhongfutang → Xiyuan.
After a night of high play, enjoy a beautiful lie-in until noon. Eat Xitang food in Dong Tang Street or nearby West Street. Don't be too full. Stay in your stomach, or you will regret it. Then go directly to the busy misty and rainy promenade, stroll along the promenade, sweep the street snacks all the way until you get drunk in the garden, and finally turn back to Huanxiu Bridge to reach West Street, where you can eat all kinds of cakes, wonton and tofu. Stepping on Shipi Lane, glancing at the planting hall and swimming through the West Garden, I reluctantly left Xitang Scenic Area.
Dining: West Street and Yu Yan Corridor are full of snacks, which can be swept all the way, such as stinky tofu, maltose, small wonton, Bazhen cake, steamed meat with lotus leaf powder and so on.
3. Three-day tour of literature and art
Highlights of the trip: literature and art, romance. Xitang is not big, but it is suitable for a long stay. It is characterized by "many bridges, many lanes and many corridors", which is memorable after careful tasting. This route is suitable for young artists who love novelty and romance.
D 1 Zhangzhenggen Sculpture Museum → Button Museum → Anjing Bridge → Shaogang → Nizhai → Tang Sheng
When you arrive at Xitang Scenic Area in the morning, you can see a series of folk collections such as root carvings, buttons and tiles as soon as you enter the door. After that, you can stroll around West Street slowly, eat delicious food and see beautiful scenery. After crossing the Anjing Bridge, find a teahouse in Hong Kong to stay for a while. Visit Ni Zhai and Tang Sheng, live in Dong Tang Street, and fall asleep slowly listening to the music in the bar at night.
Catering: There are many snacks on Xitang West Street, including stinky tofu, small wonton and steamed dumplings. You can find a small restaurant and taste authentic Xitang snacks.
Accommodation: Live near Dong Tang Street in Xitang Scenic Area and listen to the slow roll of the bar at night.
D2 Wolong Bridge → Yongning Bridge → Yu Yan Promenade → Songzi Laifeng Bridge → Drunk Garden → Liangwang Temple for Protecting the Country.
Get up early in the morning, feel the early scenery of Xitang, cross Wolong Bridge along the Journey to the South in Dong Tang Street, and then go back and buy some stinky tofu and tofu for breakfast in the street. Cross Beizha Street, board Yongning Bridge, and have a panoramic view of the small building and the horse head wall on stilts. Some people sketch by the river, and they also blend in with the beautiful scenery. Then stroll along the misty rain corridor, and all kinds of snacks and specialty shops come in and out.
There are many restaurants by the river. After lunch, you will arrive at Songzi Laifeng Bridge, which is the cruise terminal. You might as well travel by Wu Peng's boat. Then visit the Drunk Garden and the Valley King's Hall for Protecting the Country.
After dinner, the highlight came, and the night in Xitang was very sultry. Put on river lanterns, watch social dramas and listen to Tian Ge music near the promenade. If you are in a good mood, you can travel by boat again. You have everything, including lights, moonlight, arch bridges and promenades. Stay near West Street.
Dining: There are many restaurants near Yu Yan Corridor, where you can taste Xitang's home cooking.
Accommodation: Stay in an inn near West Street, take a walk along the river at night, enjoy the night view, light the river lights and listen to the social drama Tian Ge.
D3 Huanxiu Bridge → Shipinong → Zhongfutang → Xiyuan → Wuguniang Theme Park
On the last day, you can have a leisurely stroll in West Street, where the food and handicrafts are still dazzling. You can go through alleys and visit ancient houses. People who are interested in houses can visit Xiyuan, Wangzhai and Xuezhai in West Street. They are all very antique. After lunch, leave the scenic spot from the main entrance and go for a walk in Wuguniang Park near the ticket center of the scenic spot. Before leaving Xitang, don't forget to go to the supermarket on the post and telecommunications road to buy some yellow wine and eight-treasure cakes for your family and set foot on your way home with Jiangnan flavor.
Catering: There are many restaurants and noodle shops near West Street. You can choose a restaurant with good reputation to taste authentic Xitang dishes such as dragon's feet, steamed white silk fish and wonton old duck pot.
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