Nowadays, China's tourism industry is developed. Wherever you go, you will see people everywhere. I would like to recommend you fun and not crowded Spring Festival travel destinations. I hope it can be of help to you!
Go on a unique route with relatively few tourists and stunning scenery, and enjoy the tranquility of a scenic area to yourself.
Maybe you only know that Kaifeng, Henan is a world-recognized historical city, but you don’t know that the folk New Year paintings there are equally famous.
Zhuxian Town, located 20 kilometers south of Kaifeng City, is a place associated with Yue Fei's name.
This is the place where Yue Fei defeated the Jin soldiers and won the great victory in Zhuxian Town that shocked the government and the public.
During the Spring Festival, you might as well change your taste and come to the ancient town to see the thousand-year-old wooden New Year paintings.
Because it is adjacent to the Jialu River, Zhuxian Town has been a commercial port on a waterway transportation thoroughfare since the Tang and Song Dynasties, so it prospered rapidly.
The streets here are not very wide. As you walk on the road, the buildings on both sides vaguely reveal the fairy-like grandeur of the past.
Times have changed, and the once prosperous town has now gone through thousands of years, leaving behind simple folk customs and the woodblock New Year paintings, one of the national treasures.
When you come to Zhuxian Town, it is natural to visit the Woodblock New Year Picture Society.
Entering the courtyard, you will find green trees, carved beams and painted buildings. The quiet environment is the first condition for making New Year pictures.
The content of the New Year pictures in Zhuxian Town is mostly based on historical dramas, romantic novels, mythological stories, and folklore, and is decorated with elegant auspicious patterns in bright and rich colors.
Because it comes from the countryside and is popular among the people, it is different from framed paintings and is more close to the people.
The door god who is believed by Cantonese to ward off evil spirits can also be found here.
The Spring Festival is here, you might as well choose two pictures, or one day you may accidentally discover that the door gods of the north and the south are very different.
The mosque in Zhuxian Town is also a famous attraction.
It was built in the Northern Song Dynasty and has a history of thousands of years. Among the top 100 mosques in the country, its architectural style and decoration are rare. It is said that the Marshal's Mansion was located in the temple when Yue Fei fought against the Jin soldiers.
The locust tree where Yue Fei rested in the temple, called the "Acacia locust tree" by the local people, is still preserved in the temple.
Transportation Tips: Zhengzhou East Bus Station has two buses to Zhuxian Town every day, leaving at 9 am and 3 pm respectively.
Kaifeng City Xiangguosi Bus Station has a bus to Zhuxian Town every 15 minutes, going directly to the entrance of Yuefei Temple.
You can also charter a car in Kaifeng to Zhuxian Town.
Attractions: The main tourist attractions are Yuewang Temple, Guandi Temple, Mosque and Yunliang River. Tickets for Yuewang Temple are 20 yuan, and other attractions are free of charge.
Shopping: There are three or four woodblock New Year picture shops on the streets of Zhuxian Town, where veteran artists process and sell them.
Among them, the more famous ones are Tiancheng Old Store and Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Painting Society. An unframed old woodblock New Year painting usually costs 5 yuan a piece.
Food and Accommodation: Since it has not yet been developed, there is no decent hotel or restaurant in Zhuxian Town. It is recommended to eat and live in Kaifeng City, or bring your own food.
Traveling with lovers to Yuanyang Lake in Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province. Valentine’s Day is right after the Spring Festival. Traveling with lovers is even more enjoyable.
Arrive at Wuyuan, Jiangxi, and take a boat trip to visit "Yuanyang Lake" on the way, which is the largest wild mandarin duck habitat in the country.
Joint tour: Visit the "Yantian Ancient Camphor Folk Garden" in Yantian Village. One of the ancient camphor trees is more than 1,500 years old and has a diameter of 4.3 meters. It is truly the largest camphor tree in the world.
Afterwards, we visited Likeng, a Jinshi village in the mountains. The village was built in the late Northern Song Dynasty. The villagers were popular for reading. The ancient buildings have whitewashed walls and black tiles, exquisite "three carvings" and a scientific and reasonable layout.
"The best immortal peak in the world, the unparalleled blessed place in the world" - Sanqing Mountain.
Go up the mountain (the round-trip cable car fee is 125 yuan per person, 70 yuan for the up trip, 55 yuan for the down trip, subject to the local listed price, the one-way cable car takes about 40 minutes, and the walk takes about 3.5 hours). On the way, you can watch music, worship the moon on the old road, and see the Tianmen Peaks.
; Visit the essence scenic spot "Nanqing Garden Scenic Area"; stroll on the high-altitude plank road with an altitude of more than 1,660 meters, and specially arrange to tie a concentric knot on Sanqing Mountain; taste the local farmer's banquet in Wuyuan: stewed native chicken, red carp in purse, rice flour steamed pork, stir-fried
Rapeseed moss.
The main landscapes of Yuanyang Lake: Yuanyang: a medium-sized duck with identification characteristics in the wild.
The size is between the mallard and the winged duck, with a body length of 38-45 cm and a weight of about half a kilogram.
Male and female have different colors.
The male bird has a red beak, orange feet, bright and gorgeous feathers, a bright crest on its head, broad white eyebrow lines behind its eyes, and a pair of chestnut-yellow fan-shaped upright feathers on its wings, which stand on its back like a sail, which is very peculiar.
And eye-catching, easy to identify in the wild.
The female bird has a black beak, orange feet, gray-brown head and upper body, white around the eyes, and a thin and white eyebrow line behind it. It is also extremely eye-catching and unique, making it easy to identify in the wild.
At present, there is no similar type in our country, so it is unmistakable.
Yuelao Temple: According to local people in Wuyuan, the wishes made here are very effective.
Legend has it that this place used to be an ancient temple. I don’t know when a couple came here to live in seclusion and grow old together.
After they died, they were buried in front of the temple. Soon, these two inseparable pine trees grew in front of their graves.
Later, as more and more couples came here, people built the Yuelao Temple on the foundation of the ancient temple for the lovers who came here to make their sincere wish to be together in life and death.
Island in the middle of the lake: There is an island in the middle of the clear water. There are landscapes such as the center of the lake pavilion, covered bridge, Guanyuan Pavilion, etc. on the island, and there are peach, plum and citrus orchards.