Tell me about this trip

Regarding tourism in Zengcheng, the first thing that comes to mind is Baishuizhai. What a beautiful name. I looked forward to it many years ago. After I went there, I enjoyed it. I went on a self-driving tour four times, sometimes with my family, sometimes with my friends, and I had a great time every time. Climbing the 9999 steps to reach the beautiful Tianchi Lake on the top of the mountain. Climbing mountains is also a wonderful thing.

In Paitan Town, in addition to Baishuizhai, there are many places worth remembering, such as the characteristic B & Bs around Baishuizhai. During my fifth trip to Paitan Town in Zengcheng, I specially found a characteristic country B & B. In addition to mountain climbing, stay here and experience the peaceful rural life.

This Saturday, our weekend leisure and self-driving tour started. Before leaving, we booked a "Bamboo Yin" themed room in Huaxi Yushe in Paitan Town. The rest were random. Anyway, the two of us had a relatively casual trip. After returning home, I summarized our itinerary.

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DAY1: Departure-Hengji Jiabao Fruit Family Farm-Huaxi Yushe-Picking Persimmons-Hongkelai Hotel

DAY2: Breakfast in Huaxi Yushe-Fish Pond Walk-Paitan Cross-Country Club-Gaopotou Roast Chicken-Le Rhododendron Garden-Paitan Market-Home

DAY1

Hengdi Jiabaoguo Family Farm

Chicken soaked in fig

On the road to Baishuizhai in Zengcheng, the road passed through Hanhu Village, Paitan Town. I wanted to find a farmhouse for lunch, so I found this Hengdi Jiabao Fruit Family Farm, which is close to the rural road and has 4 passion fruit parking spaces. The passion fruits were about to mature, and the hostess picked a basket. There was only one table for eating, surrounded by fruit trees. It was a real pastoral lunch! The signature dish is fig soaked chicken. The landlady picked a lot of papaya, so let's have papaya soaked chicken hot pot! Next comes a handful of green vegetables, which are sweet, delicious and healthy!

Various glass bottles can be seen on the farm, including dried figs, fig wine, gabao fruit wine, etc., as well as passion fruits, papaya, wax gourd, etc. harvested during the season, which are truly local characteristics. When it's time to pick the Jiabao fruits, I want to go again!

[Farm Food Guide]

Restaurant name: Hengdi Jiabaoguo Family Farm

Detailed address: Hanhu Village, Paitan Town, Zengcheng, Guangzhou

Transportation strategy: Drive there by car (4 Passion Fruit shed parking spaces, free parking)

Business Hours: 10:00~22:00

Recommended dishes: chicken soaked in fig, chicken soaked in papaya, homemade gabao fruit wine

Restaurant environment: pastoral style

Per capita consumption: 48 yuan

Surrounding attractions: Baishuizhai

passion fruit

Jiabao Guolin

bougainvillea

fig wine

Hengdi Jiabaoguo Family Farm

Guangzhou Huaxi Yushe Homestay

Huaxi Yushe is a country house located between rice fields and bamboo forests. It is a house with a total of 5 guest rooms. It is relatively private. You drive into Mishi Village, Paitan Town. There are large areas of rice fields in the village. In the golden autumn of October, when the rice matures, the whole village is a golden patch. Stay in the "Bamboo Hidden" themed room on the 4th floor of Huaxi Yushe. There are large floor-to-ceiling windows, where you can see the rice fields on one side and the bamboo forests on the other. The open-air swimming pool on the top floor allows you to swim in the white clouds (reflections). The room has a big bathtub and a bubble bath facing the bamboo forest is wonderful! What a great time to relax on the weekend!

The room is very spacious, with an oversized and comfortable double bed. On the other end is a four-sided tatami tea stand. There are oversized floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides. The window is open to the fields. The sun is shining and the view is so good that you can enjoy the sun while enjoying Kung Fu tea.

Flower stream in the house, afternoon tea ceremony feeling

Busy work often makes us ignore the sense of ritual in life. This weekend's short holiday, at afternoon tea at Huaxi Yushe, the little happiness came back. Sweet mung bean soup, crispy biscuits, sweet oranges, simple but warm in the heart. The little lady at the B & B smiles very sweetly. The atmosphere living here is so warm. Have a cup of tea, well, everything is The best arrangement.

When we arrive in Zengcheng, we must drink local white tea. I have just been given to Amway. White tea is a pure wild variety with low yields. The locals collect and sell it themselves, so we have not made much publicity. White tea is not "tea". It is rattan plants, and the finished product does not have the processes of green, frying, and fermentation as traditional tea. The people of Paitan, located in the mountainous area, went up the mountain and picked it back with leaves and stems. Cut it into one-inch length, dry in the sun, and brew it for drinking.

Paitan White Tea is slightly bitter at the mouth, and feels sweet in the mouth after drinking it. It has the effects of cooling off heat, clearing heat and detoxifying. White tea can be divided into new tea, old tea and old tea according to the production time. Generally, 1-5 years are new, 6- 1 - 5 years are old tea, and more than 20 years old tea. The new tea is brown, green and yellow, slightly turbid, with a strong taste, and a strong sweetness; the old tea is brown, yellow and red, cool, similar to black tea, with an old aroma and a sweet taste; the old tea is brown and red, thick, and has a peaceful and smooth taste;"Tea shit" is the best. It is said to be the thing that tea insects digest and spit out after eating dry tea. It has an excellent taste, similar to the best Pu 'er tea. It is said to have extremely high medicinal value.

Pastoral yoga, wandering around a rice field

Huaxiyushe

Picking red persimmon in Mishi Village

Why does everyone like autumn? Autumn is the harvest season! In Mishi Village, Paitan Town, Zengcheng, Guangzhou, there are many persimmon trees in the village. Standing on the balcony of Huaxi Yushe, you can see many persimmon trees. There are bright red trees on their large crowns. The little sister of the B & B said that the persimmon trees belong to the villagers. If you really want to pick them, you can say hello to the villagers and you can pick them after agreeing!

We ran to the path behind the B & B for a walk. Ducks were swimming and playing in the ditch. Just a few hundred meters behind the B & B, there was a dense stone pond, surrounded by the fish pond. Half a circle was a persimmon tree. The persimmon trees were red and hung on the trees. Some hard-working villagers came to pick it, and most of them were hung high on the branches. The red ones were very eye-catching. Some people saw birds pecking at the food, persimmons that fell to the ground, and chickens pecking. Life in the countryside was so interesting.

Hongkelai Hotel

It's dinner time, go out and find food! Living in a B & B in the village, dinner was naturally settled in the village. I found a famous restaurant on the roadside. It seemed that this restaurant was particularly popular. In the evening, the crowd was full and we ordered the signature charcoal-roasted pork ribs, followed by a fried braised high-beach stuffed tofu, and a sliced and mulberry leaf soup. This meal for two is simple and practical, and the taste is really great. The CD is ready. Whether it is delicious or not depends on the customer flow. I sincerely recommend it. The restaurant has a beautiful atrium at night. It is recommended for couples to reserve dinner tables. So romantic!

Grilled pork ribs with charcoal

Fried and braised high-beach stuffed tofu

Mulberry leaf slices soup

It was packed

Beautiful atrium

hand-painted wall

TownshipQuiet night in the village

In the countryside at night, there are no car honking, only the sound of insects. Among the few guest rooms in the B & B, other guests are hotpot in the restaurant, laughing and laughing loudly. A few people have a small gathering. I see the joy on their faces and the unrestrained joy liberated from work. What should be done is work, what should be done on vacation, what should be done at the right time, and life should be arranged so cleverly.

DAY2

Morning awakened by the sun

In the morning, the sun woke me up. There were blue skies and white clouds outside the window. The dazzling sun shone on the rice fields. I leisurely went downstairs to the first floor to have breakfast. White porridge, pickled mustard, fried rice noodles, lettuce, sweet potatoes, corn, eggs, and steamed buns are so rich! Compared to the hotel buffet, we can eat the fruits grown in the fields in the back in the morning sunshine? More is the little happiness in my heart. The beautiful day has begun again. What a romantic weekend!

Mishi Village, Paitan Town, Zengcheng, Guangzhou

On Sunday morning, the weather was sunny, with blue sky and white clouds set off against the golden rice fields. The scenery in the village was really beautiful. After breakfast, we went for a walk on the village road behind the B & B. Goose were playing happily in the small river ditch, and free-range raised in the fruit trees and forests. Walking chickens were pacing leisurely, and geese were pecking at rice, reaching it one step from the field to the mouth! The bananas are yellow, the persimmons are red, and the papayas are still very green. There are so many fish in the Mishi Mountain Pond. When they see someone coming, they all swam over. There are many fruit trees in the fish pond, including chestnuts, persimmons, carambola, kumquat... The villagers here are so hard-working, and all the fruit trees and poultry are taken care of in an orderly manner.

kudzu vine flower

Huaxi Yushe, a boutique B & B in the countryside of Zengcheng, can enjoy the feeling of being among the rice fields. Before harvesting in the rice shed, go for a quiet weekend, eat local food, and walk on the country roads. Behind the Huaxi house are streams, vegetable fields and bamboo forests. The big vegetable fields are green, with ridges of sweet potatoes, purple potatoes, peanuts, ginger, etc. planted, as well as wild kudzu vine, which blooms in purple. It looks nice.

Baishuizhai sweet potatoes are a unique brand among agricultural products in Zengcheng District. They have high starch content and fragrance. They are generally purple core and have a good taste. This variety has a long history of planting on the slopes of the Hakka area. The simple natural conditions in the mountainous areas and the Hakka planting method mainly based on organic fertilizers provide the highest quality and most natural quality guarantee for various farm products.

Baishuizhai sweet potato is a unique brand among agricultural products in Zengcheng District. It has a particularly high starch content and a special aroma. It is generally a purple core and has a good taste. Legend has it that He Xiangu passed through the local area and inspired it to relieve the hunger of the villagers. This variety has a long history of planting on hillsides in Hakka areas. It has a large planting area in mountainous towns. The simple natural conditions in mountainous areas and the Hakka planting method mainly based on organic fertilizers provide various farm products with the highest quality and most natural quality guarantee. Scientific research has found that sweet potatoes are rich in protein, cellulose, calcium, sodium, phosphorus, iron and carotene, vitamins B1, B2, C, etc. Among them, the carotene content is equivalent to carrot, and the vitamin content is equivalent to citrus. The overall nutritional quality is higher than that of other crops, and it has important anti-cancer, disease prevention and health care functions on the human body. Therefore, sweet potatoes are a health food and leisurely food that combines grains, fruits and vegetables. In December 2009, Paitan Town held the first Baishuizhai Sweet Potato Festival.

A group of geese are pecking at the rice field. The geese here are so happy. There are grains, fruits, grasslands, ditches, and sheds dedicated to them.

Paitan Jungle Cross-Country Club

This is a place far away from the center of the city. In Mishi Village, Paitan Town, there is actually such a jungle cross-country club. It drives four-wheel cross-country motorcycles and speeds on the dirt roads in the countryside. In the past, people often drive on the beach and switch to the village. It's a different experience. Wear professional riding clothes and helmets to protect your body's safety, and then go cross-country without restraint! This cross-country club is next to the B & B, about a few hundred meters away. When you see the road sign, you can stroll there. This way cross-country is very suitable for couples. Two people in a car is very exciting. If you are interested, you can try it! The cost starts at about 178 yuan per person.

Gaopotou Roast Chicken

I passed by this store during lunch time and saw that the yard was full of cars, about twenty to thirty cars, so we parked the car too. There was no room in. There were two uncles at the door who volunteered to join us at a table, saying that they were about to finish eating, so we wouldn't have to wait for another seat. There were a full house of guests. I thought it was a banquet at first. No, they were all residents in the surrounding area, and there were also some passing tourists. It turned out to be an old restaurant. Two people only ordered two dishes. The portions were not small and they were enough to eat. The taste was not bad. Someone commented that it looked like cooked by a chef at a rural banquet, which was a relatively high evaluation! Don't step on thunder, recommended!

Ledujuan Garden

Le Rhododendron Garden, a small garden I passed by, felt that I could climb, so I would arrange it for the next time. I took a few photos at the door and exposed them. Isn't Le Rhododendron a bougainvillea? The red flowers bloom well and the flowering period is still long. It is a good place for walking and climbing.

Paitan Market

Zengcheng Pitan drove home on a self-driving tour. He went to Pitan Market to buy some local specialties and bought food for dinner. The market is relatively large and clean, and the food is neatly placed. The deli stalls have all kinds of brewed eggplant, stuffed peppers, stuffed tofu, and stuffed mushrooms... This handmade work is really troublesome! The crisp and soft persimmons at the fruit stall are so tempting! Now is the local persimmon harvest season. I bought persimmon, then bought sweet dates, and ate them all the way in the car. Haha, that's how happy the weekend was!

Regarding persimmon, Mishi Village has a history of planting red persimmon for more than 300 years. It is located in Baishuizhai Provincial Scenic Area, Paitan Town, Zengcheng District. The terrain is high and surrounded by mountains. The soil belongs to red loam soil with three sand and seven mud, with high organic matter content. The rich red persimmon is of high quality and is famous far and wide. The fruits of the Mishi red persimmon are moderate, usually weighing two to three hundred grams each, and the largest ones are more than five hundred grams. The flesh is fine, without seeds or small cores, juicy, and without meat when peeled. It tastes "sweet, soft and slippery". The storage period is more than one month.

Eating red persimmon fresh has the effects of lowering blood pressure, relieving hangover, stopping bleeding and moistening convenience. Big red persimmon can also be made into persimmon cakes, dried persimmon, persimmon cakes, persimmon sauce, etc. The outer layer of persimmon fruits is covered with white powder called persimmon cream, which can be used to extract mannitol and treat sore throat and cough. Persimmons and persimmon cakes can be used as medicine. This time I also learned a knowledge point: immature persimmon can be made into persimmon paint, which is a good anti-corrosion astringent and can be used for dyeing nets and decorative coatings.

In addition to Mishi Red Persimmons, Baishuizhai Sweet Potatoes, and Paitan White Tea, Paitan Zengcheng Silk Miao Rice is also a local specialty. You can take it home on your return journey. The harvest is full and the trip is worthwhile.

stuffed pepper

stuffed tofu

stuffed mushrooms

Farewell, Paitan

See you again in Pitan. Happy times always pass quickly. The weekend is about to pass. I am on my way home on Sunday afternoon. It is just an hour's drive from Huadu District to Pitan Town, Zengcheng. It's really not too far! After two days in the countryside, I relaxed my body and mind, and I could return to the office with full vitality on Monday. There is no better choice than this!