Lanxi - Zhuge Bagua Village: When you exit Lanxi Railway Station, remember to go to the left, and turn left along the cross-street road (no more than a road) opposite the railway station. There is a bus stop about 20 to 30 meters away ( The buses are all coin-operated. If you don’t have change prepared, there is a small kiosk at this station where you can exchange change.) Take bus No. 1 for 4 stops and get off at the West Passenger Transport Station. Cross the road and enter the passenger terminal. You don't need to buy a ticket at the ticket office. Go directly from Gate 4 of the waiting hall and take the minibus "Zhuge Bagua Village Tourist Line" (the one with a green banner above the windshield), get on the bus and buy a ticket. It costs 4 yuan. The bus leaves every 10 minutes and reaches Zhuge Village in less than 30 minutes. After getting off the bus, take the uphill road and walk for about 10 minutes to the back door of Zhuge Village. The so-called "back door" means there is a small booth to buy tickets, and an old man sits there to collect the tickets. As long as you don't look guilty, basically No one will stop you. The first pond you see when you walk in is "Shangtang". Tourists basically spend the night and eat in the houses around "Shangtang".
Ticket: 80 yuan, a bit expensive. If you just want to stroll around the village, you don’t need to buy tickets. However, attractions such as the Prime Minister's Shrine and the Grand Hall were not accessible. In the end, we bought tickets the next day in the spirit of "come here for a visit".
Attractions: There are nearly 10 scenic spots marked on the ticket, but I personally think there are only 4 worth seeing: Prime Minister’s Ancestral Hall, Dagong Hall, ancient residences (on the left of Dagong Hall), Tianyi Hall (Baicao Hall) Park), Bell Pond (no tickets required), as for other attractions, you can actually only take photos at the gate, and they are already exhibition halls inside. It’s best to take a group tour to visit the Prime Minister’s Ancestral Hall and the Grand Hall, as you won’t be able to afford the 80 yuan ticket if you see it for yourself. Zhongchi is the symbol of Bagua Village - Tai Chi Diagram. When I saw Zhongchi, I was actually a little disappointed. It was not as perfect as I imagined, and I couldn't take a complete photo (at least my point-and-shoot camera couldn't take it, This is a joke to all photography professionals), if you want to see the complete photo, you have to look at the one on the ticket. The Baicao Garden behind Tianyi Hall is the highest place in the village. It is a good place to take pictures. All Chinese medicinal materials are grown in it.
Accommodation: We stayed in the Garden Apartment in Tianyitang, 2 people, 100 yuan a night, guest house standard, don’t have too high expectations. It is best to live on the second or third floor, so that you can see the Herb Garden outside the window. After checking in, remember to turn on the electric water heater in the bathroom first, otherwise you won't have hot water to take a shower when you come back from shopping and dinner. We also had an unpleasant episode, because there were students from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts checking in together the next day, and the boss actually asked us to check out at 6 a.m. the next morning. After negotiation, we finally agreed to check in at 10 a.m. Check out before. There are other residential houses around where you can stay. According to other travel reports, the price is about 60 yuan. We have not inquired about it and have no say.
Eating: There are several restaurants serving farm food around "Shangtang". We had dinner on the first day and breakfast on the second day at the "Ancient Street Restaurant". The boss, whose surname is Xu, is very welcoming. After we were kicked out early from the Garden Apartment the next day, our luggage was left there. The food is cooked by the owner's father. If you have a lighter taste, remember to remind the owner to cook it lighter. In my personal opinion, the food is really a bit salty. Three dishes and one soup for the two of us cost 50 yuan each, which is moderately cost-effective. Eating by the water in the evening. When dusk falls, red lanterns will be lit all around Shangtang. The boss lit red candles on our table. It was not yet completely dark at that time. The outlines of the surrounding ancient buildings together with a series of red lanterns and reflections in the water It really made us excited.
Souvenirs: Kong Ming Lock, it is said to be an educational toy invented by Zhuge Liang to kill the boredom of soldiers in the army. It is really very sophisticated. I was afraid that I would not be able to put it back after taking it apart, so I did not buy it; Kong Ming Lantern, at night You can make a wish by the upper pond, because there is no strong light source around, so you can see the sky lanterns flying very high; folding fan: the fan is made of fine quality, the words are handwritten, after a big counter-offer It’s about 30 yuan, and after the smallest counter-offer, it’s about 10 yuan. This price shouldn’t be the lowest, because I didn’t pay it back to death when I bought it.
D2: Zhuge Village, Changle Paradise, Wuyi Tangfeng Hot Spring
Zhuge Village-Changle Paradise round trip: Get up at 8 o'clock in the morning, pack your luggage, check out, and go to the ancient street hotel first Have breakfast and store your luggage. While eating, we asked the boss about the route to Changle Fudi. Because it was raining, the boss suggested that we take a tricycle there for 10 yuan. I read online travel notes before that Changle Paradise is 0.5 kilometers away from Zhuge Village. In fact, this distance is different. According to my personal estimation, the whole journey from the Gujie Hotel to the time we got off was about 2 kilometers. Some attractions in Changle Paradise require tickets to enter. If you want to buy tickets to see the attractions, remember to tell the tricycle master to stop at the ticket office. The village is very quiet. From the time we entered to the time we came out, we didn't meet any other tourists except us for more than an hour. After shopping, we called the tricycle master on his mobile phone and took us back to Zhuge Village for 10 yuan. Because we had to buy tickets, we entered from the main entrance of the village this time. We followed the route we saw yesterday afternoon and visited all the attractions on the tickets. We returned to the Ancient Street Hotel to pick up our luggage and set off for Wuyi at 11:30.
Zhuge Village-Lanxi: Take the extended road back to the place where you got off the bus, and take the tourist bus back to Lanxi West Passenger Station.
Lanxi-Jinhua South Passenger Transport Station: Without entering the station, go directly to the bus exit of the passenger station. There is a tourist bus to Jinhua South Station, which leaves in about 10 minutes. It costs 10 yuan and the journey is about 45 minutes. When you arrive in Jinhua, you will stop to drop off passengers. There is a place that seems to be called "Old South Station". Don't get off the bus. Remember to get off at the terminal station.
Jinhua South-Wuyi: Enter Jinhua South Passenger Transport Station and buy Wuyi tickets. The bus runs every 10-15 minutes and costs 12 yuan. It takes about 45 minutes to get to Wuyi.
It is about 2 kilometers from Wuyi Bus Terminal to Longjia Hotel where we are staying. You can take bus No. 2 and get off at the "Chengwangchu" stop. The fare is 1.5 yuan and the bus runs every 10 minutes. Because we had luggage, we hailed a tricycle at the entrance of the passenger terminal (blue, looks a bit like QQ. Because the distance was relatively close, we were refused by local taxis), and it cost us 5 yuan to get to the hotel.
Accommodation: We booked the Longjia Hotel through Ctrip, a double standard room for 180 yuan. The hotel is very new, the hardware and services are also good, and it should be said that it is relatively cost-effective. It's a 10-minute walk from the train station and about a 20-minute walk from Tangfeng Hot Spring (I haven't walked there, so I estimated it based on the drive). The only regret is that the hotel's buffet breakfast is not very good. Fortunately, we are not demanding and just fill our stomachs.
Eating: After exiting Longjia Hotel, go to the right and turn right at the first intersection. After passing by a vegetable market, there is a restaurant called "Fellow Cuisine". Although the price is not very cheap, the taste and environment are good. Yes, we had dinner there on the first day and lunch on the second day. In the end, we paid about 100 yuan for three dishes and one soup for two people. People who don't like spicy food remember to ask if the dish is spicy when ordering. Recommended dishes: crock pot chicken and corn tortillas.
Tangfeng Hot Spring: Tangfeng Hot Spring is another highlight of our trip. The hot spring tickets were purchased in advance on Taobao for 75 yuan each (original price 128 yuan). The seller is from Wuyi. We arrived The hotel called him and he sent the tickets. We hired a taxi to go to Tangfeng Hot Spring (taxi taxis in Wuyi rarely run empty on the road, so it’s really hard to find them). It costs 10 yuan to go to Tangfeng from near Longjia. When we come back, we can call the front desk of Tangfeng. Call a taxi for help, and it costs 15 yuan to go back. It is said that it is because the car is empty and goes up the mountain, so an additional 5 yuan is required. You need to eat well before soaking in the hot springs. Only water is free in the hot springs. Everything else is expensive and not tasty. We entered the hot spring at 5 o'clock, and there were basically no tourists. We only saw some people coming in around 6:30, and we came out at 9:30. There are shampoo and shower gel in the locker room. They are unlicensed. Those who have requirements for toiletries are recommended to bring their own. The massages in the hot springs are a bit expensive, but we still splurged a bit and had a combination massage for 88 yuan for 60 minutes. It felt average. In general, Tangfeng Hot Spring is worth visiting for three reasons: first, there are few people, and as long as it is not a holiday, there are not many people in the evening to evening; second, the service is okay, of course, the service is good because there are few people; third, The content is quite rich, and there are probably more than 20 pools, large and small. Anyway, we didn’t try them all (mainly because we couldn’t take a dip).
D3: Guodong, Shuxi Bridge, Go Home
Longjia Hotel - Guodong: Take bus No. 2 diagonally opposite Longjia and get off at "East Passenger Station" The fare is 1.5 yuan. After getting off the bus, walk backwards across the road and there is a parking lot-like place diagonally opposite. Once you enter, there is a minibus to Guodong. The bus runs every hour and leaves on the hour. We took the The bus that leaves at 9 o'clock takes about 20 minutes to Guodong, and the fare is 3 yuan. Basically, the return bus will wait opposite the place where you get off at the hour.
Guo Cave: The entrance fee is 30 yuan. It is recommended to hire a tour guide. It is 10 yuan for less than 10 people. Because it is a village built on the mountain, it will take more time to walk alone without a tour guide. If you want to visit in detail, it will take about 2 hours. We had to catch the car back at 11 o'clock, so we walked for about more than an hour.
Guodong-Shuxi Bridge: Take the shuttle bus back to Wuyi to the East Passenger Transport Station, get off the bus, cross the road, and walk along Shuxi South Road for about 200 meters. On your right is the Shuxi Bridge, which is said to be 800 years old. history.
Shuxi Bridge - Longjia Hotel: After crossing Shuxi Bridge, cross the road and go right. Turn left at the first T-junction and you will reach the No. 2 station about 50 meters away. Return to the hotel.
Some suggestions:
1. This itinerary will take more time on the road, because we are not in a hurry. The time on the train is basically about 6 hours, because there are no trains between Shanghai, Wuyi and Lanxi. If you don’t want to spend so much time on the train, you can take the high-speed train from Shanghai to Jinhua West, which takes about 2 and a half hours, and then transfer to the long-distance train from Jinhua South or Jinhua West to Lanxi, which takes about 3 and a half hours. When you come back, you can also take a long-distance bus to Jinhua West, and then take the high-speed train back to Shanghai. You can arrive in Shanghai at about 18:30.
2． There is also Daciyan around Zhuge Bagua Village. Jiangnan Xuankong Temple is worth a visit. You can go and see it if you have time.
3． There are basically no buses in Wuyi City at 6pm. Taxis are basically waiting for passengers near the passenger terminal. It is basically impossible to find taxis on the road.
4． Generally speaking, the folk customs in Lanxi and Wuyi are relatively simple, but there are also some "unruly people". When asking for directions, remember to find someone with a "kind face" to avoid making the journey unpleasant.
5. It’s best to bring change with you when you go out. Don’t go out looking for change with hundred-yuan bills. The risk of getting the wrong money or finding counterfeit money is relatively high.
6. The advantages of backpacking are freedom and ample time, but the cost is also higher than that of a group tour, especially since we are not willing to compromise ourselves. So if you have a tight budget, it is still recommended to join a tour group.