Day 1 Hangzhou → Zhuji → Hangzhou
All day
--Event Highlights--
Wangcun's rice field persimmons + unpopular ancient town + pearl blind box clam opening + bracelet making experience
--Activity Arrangements--
Meet and go: 7:30-8:00, meet at Huanglong Seafood Stall and depart (near: Subway Station - Huanglong Sports Center Station - Exit F)
Rice fields and persimmon forests: Arrive at Wangcun around 9:30 and walk through the rice fields and persimmon forests, feeling the impact of golden and orange. Red persimmons hang from the branches, and there are golden rice fields below. It is really a late autumn scene!
Lesser-known Ancient Towns: Lunch in Fengqiao Ancient Town at noon, where you'll try Fengqiao noodles. Free time, subject to availability, to visit: the Jiangnan Gardens - Xiaotianzhu (admission 15 yuan, free for residents of Shaoxing and Hangzhou), the Fengqiao Experience Exhibition Hall, the Yuezhong Bookstore, a literary and artistic institution, the Fengqiao Grand Temple to admire the exquisite Jiangnan woodcarvings, and the Donghuacheng Temple Pagoda, a Song Dynasty pagoda, on Ziwei Mountain.
Pearl Town: In the afternoon, we came to Zhuji's [Pearl Town] to receive a blind box of river clams, open the clams to get pearls, make bracelets and pendants, which is an interesting experience.
Happy sharing: On the way back by bus, I happily share today’s beautiful photos!
Event disbandment: The bus arrives in Hangzhou around 18:00 in the afternoon and disbands.
--Batch Restriction Instructions--
To ensure an orderly experience, each car is limited to 50 people. If you need to add a car after it is full, please sign up for car batch 2. The itinerary of car batch 2 is: Morning Clam Opening Experience - Fengqiao Ancient Town - Afternoon Persimmon Village
--Pearl Blind Box Clam Opening Experience Instructions--
Process: Receive the blind box of river clams - open the river clams - punch holes - DIY bracelet (elastic rope threading)
A variety of pearl oysters to choose from (one oyster per person):
White millet pearls: There are about 15 pearls in one clam (about 3-5mm in diameter), with good roundness, not flawless, suitable for making bracelets
Purple millet pearls: There are about 20 pearls in one clam (about 3-5mm in diameter), with good roundness, not flawless, suitable for making bracelets
White Edison pearls: 1-3 pearls in one clam (about 8-11mm in diameter), good roundness, not flawless, suitable for pendants
Purple Edison Pearl: One pearl in one clam (approximately 8-11mm in diameter), good roundness, not flawless, suitable for pendants
Self-funded information:
Making bracelets: Punching holes is free, making bracelets with elastic cords is free (easy to break), making bracelets with extension chains is at your own expense, about 15 yuan
Making pendants: Punching is free, but silver pendants, chains and other accessories are at your own expense, with each accessory costing approximately 15-30 yuan
Open pearl oysters: The set meal includes one oyster per person. Please open additional oysters at your own expense, ranging from 30 to 128 yuan per oyster. Other accessories are also at your own expense.
About returns:
Due to the uncertainty of the growth of pearls in oysters, the pearls opened will not be replaced. Please be careful when signing up for this route if you mind.
