At this time in the past year, I am either traveling or on the way to travel. This year's epidemic has had a great impact, completely disrupting our travel plans, and we had to squat at home until it was almost moldy.

Taking advantage of the May Day holiday, we avoided the peak of the sea of people and drove to Zengcheng for a day trip. We went to Baishuizhai, Erlong Mountain and other scenic spots to taste authentic Zengcheng food. We also lived in a B & B in the mountains and sat and watched the clouds rise and fall, waiting for the flowers to bloom and fade.

Zengcheng is a good place to travel around Guangzhou. It is more than an hour's drive from the urban area. The forest coverage rate here is 53.3%. It has 13 forest parks including Taizikeng, Dafengmen and Jiaoshiling. The air is fresh and pleasant.

If you want to climb mountains and view waterfalls, Baishuizhai Scenic Area is the best choice. If you want to see the sea of flowers and walk the glass bridge, you can go to Erlong Mountain. Not only that, we also went to the 1978 Film Town to take Internet celebrity photos and watched the golden beach in Menghuabu Village, surrounded by the Zengjiang River...

[Baishuizhai Mountain Climbing and Watching Waterfalls]

Baishuizhai has the largest waterfall in the mainland of the country. On Baishuizhai Mountain at an altitude of 828 meters, a waterfall like a white dragon pours down from the sky, with a drop of 428.5 meters. Legend has it that He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals, turned into a waterfall when she became an immortal. Therefore, it is called the "White Narcissus Waterfall".

The scenic area has interesting water valleys, ship wooden plank roads, blasting platforms, and multiple waterfall viewing platforms. You can enjoy the White Narcissus Waterfall up close and feel the momentum of the waterfall rushing down.

As soon as I came here, I felt very comfortable because the trees were lush and the air was very fresh. Even climbing mountains did not feel tired, but very energetic. There are 9999-level climbing trails, and it takes 5-6 hours to climb them all. We stopped walking when we reached the 4099-level Tianchi Lake.

[Erlong Mountain Youtong Blossom]

I thought that if I missed spring, there would be no flowers to see. When I came to Erlong Mountain Garden in Guangzhou, I found that the tung trees were still blooming early and still needed to wait patiently.

Driving to Zengcheng on weekends, you should go to Erlong Mountain to check in first. There are natural beauty such as ancient forests, ancient terraces, and waterfalls. Since there are not many people and you don't need to wear masks, you can breathe the fresh air to your heart's content.

Erlong Mountain is divided into Dongzhai Strange Stone Valley and Xizhai Terrace Sea. The red sea of flowers, windmills and glass bridges, make it the best place to take photos. There are Dutch windmills near the Huahai Sea. You can walk up the mountain to see the Little Bailong Waterfall. There are also Internet celebrity check-in points such as glass bridges, skating pastures, shouting fountains, Internet celebrity rocking bridges, and Internet celebrity slides. Due to the temporary closure during the epidemic, it may be open during May Day. It is best to consult the scenic spot before going!

There are more than 1,000 tung trees in Erlong Mountain. The tung flowers bloom late and bloom at the end of April every year. Because the flowers bloom all over the trees and look as white as snow from a distance, they are called "May Snow". I came here during the May Day holiday, which was the flowering period of tung oil flowers. I missed the beautiful scenery of "Snow in May" until next year.

[Guangzhou's Most Beautiful Village]

Menghuabu Village is located in the north of Zhengguowei Town, Zengcheng, located among the mountains. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with lush trees and fresh air. It is said to be the most beautiful village in Guangzhou.

The biggest feature of Menghuabu Village, surrounded by the Zengjiang River, is the Golden Sand Beach that stretches for several kilometers, which is very suitable for hiking, camping and parent-child tours.

The island in the heart of Zhengguo Lake is in the upper reaches of the Zengjiang River section. Since the construction of the Zhengguo barrage, a beautiful inland lake has been formed. The barrage has a special shape, with a curved hook shape. You can look at the Zengjiang River from it, or you can take a selfie on the dam, leaving the best moments with clear water and blue sky as the background.

At the Zhengguo barrage, we also ran into an uncle who was doing a live broadcast. He insisted on selling refrigeration equipment live broadcast every day. We were very curious about his sales method, but we dared not say or ask.

[Zengcheng Internet celebrity check-in place]

If you want to take online celebrity photos of retro literature and art, you should come to 1978 Film Town. The movie town is on the bank of the Zengjiang River. The red revolutionary paintings in the movie city are very eye-catching. There are Windsor Castle, Whitechapel, Reform and Opening Street, art galleries, museums, yacht marina, movie city, B4 theater and bar catering. It also introduces cultural and creative industries such as film, music, and advertising, and is one of the holy places for online celebrities in Guangzhou.

Walking into the Creative Park, you will see the red revolutionary graffiti on the wall of the movie city, which is very eye-catching. The cinema regularly screens artistic films or 4K movies, and is also humanely equipped with a couple screening hall, suitable for dating couples to watch movies.

In 1978, the Art Museum had an exhibition of teapot. The teapot of various shapes was very beautiful. If you wanted to take it away, financial strength would not allow you to take it away. This is really a sad story. There is a tea art performance in the tea room on the second floor. You can come here to drink tea and chat and relax.

One of the online celebrity check-in spots of Liyutang, the white auditorium has a simple and bright design. Many people come here to take wedding photos, and there are often bands performing.

The towering chimney is the landmark building of the 1978 movie town. It was originally a Zengcheng sugar and paper factory, but was later converted into a movie town. It not only retains the style of modern buildings, but also adds modern art elements, making the creative park full of literary and artistic retro style.

After passing through this retro oilhead restaurant, I saw someone wearing dirty braids and said that I wouldn't need to wash my hair for a few months. If you want to cut Beckham's retro oil hair, you might as well ask the hair stylist to help you create retro oil hair. Just like the busy hair stylist in front of you, he said that retro oil hair with the words 1978 will look better after applying the color.

[B & B hidden in the mountains]

The life I yearn for is to return to nature and return to nature. This B & B in Zengcheng, Guangzhou is called Yunshuijian. Its name is very poetic. There are 34 rooms in total. The exterior does not show the mountains and rivers, but the interior is unique.

The B & B is built along the river, facing the Zengjiang River, backed by Jiufeng Mountain, and adjacent to the island scenic spot in the center of the lake. It has a comfortable environment and beautiful scenery.

Seeing the rusty and mottled house numbers, passing through the dancing bamboo forests, and passing through the lush green bristlehead, the gray industrial-style B & B came into view.

Different from the exterior simplicity and unpretentious, the room design is in a Nordic simple style. The garden room I live in has a courtyard. Sit down and make a pot of Pu 'er tea, look at the green mountains in the distance, listen to the gurgling flowing water, and enjoy the quiet time of isolation from the world.

Friends like the river view room very much. They can take a bath and have a panoramic view of the Zengjiang River. They can also drink red wine and chat with their families. This long-lost warmth makes people yearn for...

[Zengcheng Specialty Cuisine]

There are many specialty delicacies in Zengcheng. There are lychees in summer and chicai in winter. It is also rich in winter melon. The mountain and water tofu beans have a strong aroma. Paitan roast chicken is a unique one, and Zhengguo wonton is very unique.

Paitan Roast Chicken:

Choose naturally stocked Wandi chicken, marinated and flavored, first heat the oven with firewood, and then add the Wandi chicken and simmer it off the heat until cooked. The roast chicken has not been roasted over charcoal fire, will not be scorched or has no smoky flavor, so the chicken is tender and smooth, and has a strong chicken flavor.

Hakka roasted goose:

Zengcheng has many Hakka people, so Hakka food is quite authentic. Put the whole goose in a pot and roll until it is ripe until sixty-seven, then add mushrooms and other ingredients, and roast it with the goose meat until cooked. The goose meat made in this method is very delicious, fat but not greasy, fresh and fragrant. Full of flavor.

Zengjiang River Fresh:

There are many varieties of Zengjiang Fresh Products, including river shrimp, yellow sand clams, carp, and miscellaneous fish in the river. River shrimp the size of a little finger is the best to eat. There is no need to season too much. Just cook it in white. The shrimp shell is thin and crispy. The shrimp meat is extremely clear and sweet; the steamed fish meat is tender and delicious, so that I can't stop eating it as soon as I love fish!

Shanshui Stuffed Tofu:

Paitan tofu is particularly tender and smooth, with a strong bean aroma. It comes from the clear water quality in Zengcheng. You can eat it everywhere and the price is not expensive.

Zhengguo wonton:

Zhengguo wonton is one of Zengcheng's specialty delicacies and a traditional snack with a history of hundreds of years. In addition to the thin skin and thick fillings, the delicious wonton also has a fragrant soup base that makes people have endless aftertaste. The pork stuffing is three-part fat and seven-part lean to ensure that the wonton taste is fragrant and smooth. It is boiled with pork bones, earth fish, shrimp skin and other materials to make a soup base. After sprinkled with chopped green onion, the color, aroma and flavor are complete.

Zengcheng Aici:

Aici is a traditional Hakka snack and my favorite. Locals in Zengcheng pound mugwort leaf and steamed glutinous rice into glutinous rice balls, wrap them with sesame and peanut stuffing, and steam them in a pot. Compared with other places, Zengcheng Aici has no astringent taste, is brighter in color, and is more soft, glutinous and delicious.

[Zengcheng Self-driving Tour]

If you want to breathe fresh air, take your children to get close to nature, and taste authentic Zengcheng food, take your family to Zengcheng for a self-driving tour. These nine high-quality health and lung cleaning tourist routes ensure that you will have good mountains, good water and good breathing, delicious, fun and comfortable!

Self-driving tour route 1:"Qingxin and Lung Cleansing" green tour

Dafengmen Scenic Area--White Shuixian Waterfall Scenic Area--Shimalong Wetland Park--Baishuizhai Rural Ecological Park--Xiangjiang Health Valley

Food recommendations: Ancient Baishuizhai roast chicken, steamed reservoir fish head in Lanjiao, steamed meatballs with bamboo tube, steamed pit snails with river shrimp, heart of cabbage in salt water, steamed kudzu slices

Self-driving Tour 2: Xanadu Town Tour

Shangjiupi Village--Deng Village--Menghuabu Beautiful Village--She Folk Customs Village

Food recommendations: Paitan Shanshui Tofu, Paitan Powder Pueraria, Paitan White Tea, Zhengguo Preserved Meat, Zhengguo Huangtangtou Vegetable, Zhengguo Wonton, Rice flour

Self-driving tour route 3: Spiritual tour surrounded by fairy spirit

Hexiangu Scenic Area (Home Temple, Xiangu Well, Temple Top Fairy Peach, Millennium Fairy Vine, Xiangu Pagoda, Bell Tower)-Xiaolou Renjia Scenic Area (Boating Lotus Picking Eight Immortals Lake, Ancestral Fairy Mountain Litchi Garden, Baode Temple)

Food recommendations: Xiaolou Winter Melon Banquet, Zengcheng Vegetable Feast

Self-driving tour route 4: Self-cultivation hot spring tour

Baishuixian Waterfall Scenic Area-Dafengmen Scenic Area-Kangyang Hot Spring Tour (Zengcheng Jinyezi Hot Spring, Sanying Hot Spring, Xiangjiang Health Valley, Gaotan Hot Spring, etc.)

Food recommendations: Paitan Roast Chicken, Baishuizhai Sweet Potato

Self-driving tour route 5: Natural oxygen bar ecological tour

Menghuabu Village--Jiaoshiling Forest Park--Li Lake--Zengjiang Gallery--Fengtai Range Rover--Shitan Dragon Boat View

Food recommendations: Licheng Litchi Banquet, Shitan Clam Soup, Shitan Whole Beef Banquet

Self-driving tour route 6: Lingnan style leisure tour

Erlong Mountain Scenic Area--Zhongxin Cui Taishi Temple--Kengbei Village Ancient Building Complex--Cui Yuzhi Memorial Hall

Food recommendations: Zhucun chicken rice, China-Singapore Hakka roast goose

Self-driving Tour 7: Greenway Cycling Escape

Licheng Street Section (South Section)--Paitan Town Section (North Section)--Zengjiang Street Section (East Section)

Food recommendations: Licheng Litchi Banquet, Paitan Roast Chicken, Licheng Litchi Banquet

Self-driving tour route 8: Charming Zengcheng Cultural Tour

She Ethnic Folk Culture Village--1978 Film Town--Zengjiang Gallery--Lihu

Food recommendations: She nationality loquat wine, lychee, Shankeng snail

Self-driving tour 9: Rural charm tour

Baishuixian Waterfall Scenic Area-Shangjiupi Village, Paitan Town-Deng Village, Paitan Town-Xiaolou Renjia Scenic Area

Food recommendations: Xiaolou Winter Melon Banquet, Zengcheng Vegetable Feast