Driving Qiandao Lake by yourself to find an oasis of soul

It has been three years since I saw Qiandao Lake again. During these three years, many things have happened, but when I returned to Qiandao Lake, I felt that nothing had changed.
Goodbye Qiandao Lake. The beauty of Qiandao Lake is still so beautiful. Compared with the past, Qiandao Lake has become richer and more convenient, with direct high-speed rail access, red memories, and an online celebrity outdoor adventure park.
This time, I drove Qiandao Lake by myself just to show you the beauty of the lake and the excitement around it.

The best way to visit Qiandao Lake is of course by driving by car. Shanghai takes four and a half hours to drive, and Hangzhou takes more than two hours to drive. It is also a good destination for short-distance self-driving. Moreover, the attractions around Qiandao Lake are scattered, so self-driving is the most convenient choice. Driving by the lake, feel the beauty of Qiandao Lake from another angle.

itinerary
Day1: Arriving at Qiandao Lake-Leyou Cycling-Xiajiang Village-Water Spirit
Day2: Wenyuan Lion City-Hanhong Ink Fragrance Hall-Shanghai-Malaysia Adventure Park
Day3: Longshan Island-Meifeng Island

Leyou Qixing Huandao

If you have friends who like to ride around the island, you can also rent a mountain bike on the shores of Qiandao Lake and ride around the lake to your heart's content. I chose a bicycle rental shop called Leyou Bicycle, where you can rent both single mountain bikes and double bicycles. There is a special cycling path by the lake. Ride a bicycle around Qiandao Lake. The blue water of the lake is right in front of you and it is beautiful.

At noon, the water of Qiandao Lake turns out to be a royal blue, just like the sea. Looking at the water in the distance, my mood becomes more relaxed.

You can also rent a tandem bicycle with your friends and ride around the island together, especially for young couples, which has a unique flavor.

This is the price list for renting a car. Overall, it is still very cost-effective. It is recommended to rent for one hour first. After all, riding for 4 hours will be too tiring.

Xiajiang Village, the place where dreams begin

On the edge of Qiandao Lake, there is a place where dreams begin. It is Xiajiang Village. The tipsy wind blows over the lush mountains, and the sparkling surface of Qiandao Lake reflects the morning light. After driving nearly an hour from Qiandaohu Town, we arrive at Xiajiang Village, which is rippling with the fragrance of flowers.
Xiajiang Village was originally an ordinary mountain village on the shores of Qiandao Lake, but now it has undergone beautiful transformation and become the most beautiful village on the shores of Qiandao Lake.

This 800-year-old village is picturesque and has beautiful mountains and clear waters. It follows the village road paved with bluestone slabs and passes through Siyuan Pavilion, Yide Pavilion, covered bridges... small buildings with white walls and black tiles, surrounded by river water, it is scattered and warm and pleasant.

Xiajiang Village is located in the southwest of Chun'an County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. It is known as the "Yashu Gorge Stream". The green river runs through the town, because it is right on the shores of Qiandao Lake, and the water quality here is also very good, with green waters and green mountains, which is probably the case.

Xiajiang Village is best known for its location for the last lesson in "My Hometown and I". The dilapidated classroom has been preserved since the filming was completed. Walking here reminds me of the movie. Touching by scenes.

Sleep well in the exquisite B & B, have a delicious farmhouse meal at the farmhouse, and bring some local home-brewed wine when you leave. At the Lion City Winery, you can drink wine made from Qiandao Lake water.

Xiajiang Village is also full of art. A small shop displays paintings made on stones with various colors. These stones were picked up on the shores of Qiandao Lake, but the owner gave these stones new life.

Shuttling through rural trails and strolling on weir dams and covered bridges, the prosperity of the world will always gradually return to calm after the excitement. Xiajiang Village is such a place to escape the world.

Perhaps everyone has such a dream distance in their hearts: tranquility, dreamy, and undisturbed by the world, and Xiagang under my lens is such a fairyland place.

The spirit of water, the water of Qiandao Lake is beautiful in the world

Qiandao Lake is famous for its water. The beauty of the water makes people remember this area. There is an endless stream of people who come to Qiandao Lake during the holidays. During the day, they can take boats to see the beautiful scenery of Qiandao Lake. At night, you can come and watch a performance that shows the world's water. -The spirit of water takes you into the profound history and culture of Qiandao Lake and the mysterious story behind it.

Water Show takes the beautiful water culture of Qiandao Lake as the theme, with the picturesque Qiandao Lake in Chun'an as the background, and uses the latest technologies such as 3D technology, holographic digital imaging technology, and real-life three-dimensional panoramic stage to present a beautiful scene. The visual feast, and the unique water stage also shows the long story of Qiandao Lake.

Water Spirit combines performance elements such as Chinese martial arts, acrobatics, Jiangnan folk music, and dance, allowing the entire performance to firmly capture the audience's attention. The performance is divided into five acts,"Ancient Rivers","Xiongfeng of Qingxi","Famous State of Literature","Feats of Mountains and Rivers", and "Water Show in the World". Each act takes the water of Qiandao Lake as the theme, and the stories are intertwined. It is very moving.

The first chapter,"Ancient Rivers Road", tells the love affair between a trucker and a vegetable tea girl. It was a flood night. The trucker was washed away by the flood and the vegetable tea girl saved the trucker. The two fell in love and got married, and they had to leave because of the trucker's work. story.
The second chapter,"Xiongfeng of Qingxi", tells the story of Fang La, the hero of the peasant uprising during the Yongle period of the Song Dynasty, who led the peasant uprising army to fight against the Song army.

The third chapter,"Famous Countries in Literature", tells the story of Hai Rui, the wise prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, when he was a county magistrate in Chun'an.
The fourth chapter,"The Feats of Mountains and Rivers", is the story of local people in Chun'an who left their homes in 1959 to support the construction of the national hydropower project.

The fifth chapter,"Water Show in the World", is the beautiful Qiandao Lake now. It combines culture and fashion, and attracts tourists from all over the world. Underwater history, Qiandao Lake on the water, and now people living on the shores of Qiandao Lake are happy and happy, happy with the water, and the water is beautiful all over the world.

Wenyuan Lion City explores the mystery of Qiandao Lake

The mystery of Qiandao Lake comes from the fact that a thousand-year-old city is sleeping under the lake. It is the Lion City. On the ground, a Wenyuan Lion City was built to commemorate this flooded ancient city. This is the first intangible cultural heritage life experience base in China. It awakened the thousand-year-old lion city sleeping at the bottom of Qiandao Lake and restored the original scene of the thousand-year-old lion city underwater. If you want to understand the past of Qiandao Lake, you must come to Wenyuan Lion City. Take a look.

Lion City has a history of more than 1400 years. In 1959, in order to build the Xin 'anjiang Reservoir, two thousand-year-old ancient cities, Lion City and Hecheng, sank into the bottom of Qiandao Lake, and 290,000 people were forced to move to other places overnight. After many underwater archaeological results, the Wenyuan Lion City now built perfectly reproduces the appearance of the ancient Lion City. Although the underwater ancient city cannot be reproduced, you can still visit the Lion City. The dragon and lion dances at the entrance also reflect the local cultural customs.

There are many archways in Wenyuan Lion City. One archway is just a few steps away. There are a total of seven archways standing on the main street. These seven unique archways have become real-life museums of Jiangnan archway culture in China, and each has a lot of origins. They are Zhongyi Square, Father-son Chuanfang Square, Xujiang Xunliang Square, Yumen Third Level Square, Kejia Liandeng Square, Zhuangyuan Square, Tianbao Festival and Filial Square.

The unique ancient buildings of the Jiangnan water town in Wenyuan Lion City are hidden by dense buildings. The ancient city with white walls and black tiles is like a Jiangnan ink painting. Lake is a city with thousands of years of wealth. This ancient city on the shores of Qiandao Lake allows people to understand the mysterious story of the past. In Wenyuan Lion City, there is also a VR experience hall. Wearing VR glasses, you can experience the original appearance of the thousand-year-old city.

Strolling through Wenyuan Shicheng Ancient Street, although there is no impression of past prosperity and history, the shops on both sides of the ancient street make people feel like traveling back in the past. The ancient city is very close to Qiandao Lake. You can feel tranquility and peace in the ancient city. You can also come to the lake to appreciate the various poses of Qiandao Lake.

Hanhong Ink Fragrance Museum, enrolling in Centenary China

History is recorded with Han, and red flags are everywhere in complex books. Documentary with ink to reignite the pure heart of boxing.
Not far from Wenyuan Lion City, there is a cultural sounding Hanhong Ink Fragrance Museum. This is currently the only museum in China that uses old newspapers as the carrier. It shows the century-old glorious history of the Chinese nation and tells the story of China in newspapers.

The Hanhong Ink Fragrance Museum is divided into three parts. From memories at that time to old impressions to miracles of today, it basically covers China's century-old history. In particular, representative newspapers from each era have been preserved, allowing us to explore various historical deeds of that year.

Here, you can see the old appearance of Beijing more than 100 years ago, you can read the solemnity and sanctity of the founding ceremony in 1949, and you can find the excitement of the whole country after the successful test of "two bombs and one satellite"..."Shenbao" during the Guangxu period of the late Qing Dynasty,"Beijing News","Beiyang Official Newspaper" and "Shenzhou Pictorial" during the Xuantong period,"Ta Kung Pao" during the Republic of China... Walking into the museum area, precious newspapers from various eras will come face to you, the founding ceremony, Historical events such as the resumption of the college entrance examination are reproduced one by one on the axis of time.

Reading newspapers means reading China. Hanhong Ink Fragrance Museum has a total of more than 70,000 precious old newspapers, of which 13,000 are red themed. These newspapers are not only records, but also allow us to have a clearer understanding of the past. If you also want to come and read it, don't miss Hanhong Ink Fragrance Museum.

Shanghai-Malaysia Adventure Park, Internet celebrities have fun

Apart from visiting the Qiandao Lake, what else is there to do? Nowadays, a super fun outdoor park has been born in Qiandao Lake. It can be said to be among the top few in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai amusement parks. It is Qiandao Lake Shanghai-Malaysia Adventure Park.

This is an international mountain adventure park with the theme of outdoor adventure. There are many outdoor adventure celebrity projects, such as the Genting Sky Landscape Platform, which spans more than the Guinness Book of Records. This is the most popular project among them. There are also unpowered scooters on the 4.6-kilometer ultra-long track, glass slides with free speed control, colorful cable car flights, rainbow slides with extremely high speed screaming, archery, bouncing clouds, catapult flying chairs, etc. In short, the excitement makes people scream repeatedly.

Because all the projects in Shanghai-Malaysia Adventure Park are on the mountain, you have to take the cable car to the top of the mountain first. The cable car here is open without glass, allowing you to truly have an intimate contact with nature. Blues music is also played in the mountain cable car. In this vast mountain, it is particularly touching. The colorful candy-colored cable cars are all exciting. It is very suitable for couples to sit together.

The first thing I play on the mountain is archery. The moment I hit the bull's eye, I still feel a little proud.

I didn't expect that the rainbow slide with a girl's heart would be so girly. From the top of more than 100 meters, it slid to the ground with a whoosh. It only took a few seconds to scream, but the heartbeat lasted for more than a few seconds. The speed was so fast that you could reach the ground with your eyes opened and closed.

My TOP2 favorite is the glass cantilever landscape platform. To be honest, TOP1 and TOP2 struggled for a long time, and finally this Internet celebrity aerial hanging corridor became the second most interesting project in my heart. Many people see Shanghai-Malaysia promotional photos also show this glass bridge. This aerial suspension bridge located on the top of the mountain is truly the world's first aerial suspension corridor. It also exceeds the Guinness World Records and is also the best photography spot on Qiandao Lake. It is very exciting to walk on it.

I have to say that it is really exciting for friends with heights to walk on this glass overpass. After all, there are endless mountains below, but the scenery of Qiandao Lake in the distance is also first-class beautiful.

The entire landscape platform is made of welded steel structures. The observation platform provides a 720-degree panoramic view of the Qiandao Lake on three sides. Under the protection of professional equipment, you can also try to stand out.

Carefully approach the ring on the glass overpass and look down, you will see endless peaks. To be honest, even holding the railing, I am still a little nervous. It really takes some courage to look down.

Halfway down the mountain below the glass plank road, there is also an Internet celebrity fantasy mirror palace. The gorgeous mirror world inside makes me feel trance at once. The fairytale dreamy color seems to have come to a different world.

The instantaneous speed and passion of ejecting the flying chair above and below made my heart beat faster. The excitement of bouncing up was no less than that of jumping off a plane.

TOP1 's favorite is the unpowered scooter. It has a total length of 4.6 kilometers and winds around the mountains. Although it has no power, its speed was as fast as 200 yards per hour. When turning, it feels like a racing car.

TOP3 's fun roller skating glass slide can replace the 15-minute cable car ride halfway up the mountain in two minutes. The fully transparent glass slide has a total length of 480 meters. When it is fast, it feels like flying.

Longshan Island Meifeng Island, view the beauty of Thousand Islands

The water of Qiandao Lake and the mountains of Qiandao Lake are still the familiar scenery of Qiandao Lake after three years. The 1078 small islands are becoming increasingly hazy in the appropriate shade of water. Just looking at it makes people fascinated.

Climbing Meifeng Island, which has the best viewing point in Qiandao Lake, you can see the archipelago dotted with crisscrossing harbors. When the weather is good, you can see more than 300 small islands around the Meifeng Island Observation Deck, thousands of islands overlapping together are even more spectacular. Green islands and blue lake water are like an oil painting. When you come to Qiandao Lake, you must come here to climb high and look at the island.

Visiting Qiandao Lake is mainly to visit the island by boat. Not only is the scenery on the lake beautiful, but the scenery of each island in the lake has its own characteristics. The water color is thick and light, shallow and deep, as light as green silk, and as deep as the blue sea. When I first arrived at Qiandao Lake, my eyes were dyed green, and the water was intoxicating.

At the Qiandao Lake Pier, dozens of cruise ships depart every day to visit several major islands on the Qiandao Lake. This time we mainly boarded two islands, Meifeng Island and Longshan Island.

Longshan Island is the place with the strongest historical heritage in the Qiandao Lake Islands. Because the island is shaped like a prostrate black dragon ready to fly, it is called Longshan Island. There is a Hai Rui Temple on Longshan Island. This building with flying eaves and curved corners, carved beams and painted buildings, is simple, elegant, solemn and dignified. It was built to commemorate the generation of Qing officials Hai Rui.

The entire Qiandao Lake District is divided into five major lakes areas: Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest and Central. The Qiandao Lake is full of blue waves and lush mountains. In addition to its beautiful natural scenery, it also has many kinds of biological resources, cultural relics and historic sites and rich local products., wandering among various islands, feel what a real paradise is.

Tips

water spirit
Tickets: 180 yuan
Performance time: 19:30-20:30, it is recommended to arrive half an hour in advance

Wenyuan Shicheng
Tickets: 30 yuan
Opening hours: 9:00-21:00

Shanghai-Malaysia Adventure Park:
Package: 270 yuan
Opening hours: 8.30-17.30

Qiandao Lake Island Tour
Tickets plus speedboat fare are 280 per person. Whether you are visiting one island or two islands, this price is always available, based on your travel time. Be sure to catch the boat at noon, there will be no boats leaving the port in the afternoon.