Restarting Life's Program in Green Mountains and Waters | Hangzhou April's Hidden Routes

| Hangzhou April's Hidden Routes.

When the blue light from city screens erodes your retina, let your feet immerse in this flowing "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" scroll. In the folds of Yuhu Bay and Turtle Pond, I found the code to restart Song dynasty landscape paintings—ripples created by oar boats follow the rhythm of ink spreading on rice paper; the arc of late cherry blossoms falling resembles the rouge traces left by a painter's brush.

Travel Guide:
⏰7:30 Awakening at Jihong Bridge
Morning mist serves as ink, with Jihong Bridge sketching faint ink lines on the green scroll. Wooden walkways pass over moss, each step treading in Wang Ximeng's unfinished brushwork.

⏰8:15 Listening to Wind at Snow Boat
The Snow Boat with its vermilion railings and dark tiles is like a frozen Song dynasty poem, with bronze bells at the eaves shaking off misty rain. Leaning against the railing, you might spot a few egrets skimming the water surface, their wingtips rippling reflections that hide the blank spaces Muxi left unfinished eight hundred years ago.

⏰9:30 Secret Realm of Turtle Pond
The oar boats by Yongfu Bridge are moving viewing platforms, with boatwomen speaking soft Wu dialect like fresh tea. Watch the bow cut through jade-colored silk, startling waterbirds whose wing beats harmonize perfectly with the tinkling of iron chimes at Yu Qian Temple.

⏰11:00 Late Cherry Blossom Fugue
Pink and white late cherry blossoms bloom at Yu Qian Temple Dock, with falling petals dropping into the pond, chasing fish like boneless paintings by Tang Yin. Looking back from Jingxing Bridge, the entire landscape suddenly becomes Xu Wei's splashed ink, with green and light crimson merging in the mist.

🌕Travel Tips:
▫️Wear moon-white Hanfu to enter the painting; styling your hair in Song dynasty hanging bun looks even better in photos
▫️Bring a macro lens to capture morning dew on cherry petals
▫️Arrive before 2 PM to enjoy the best view of "boats traveling through paintings" on the oar boats

👟When your feet are covered with the scent of damp moss, those anxiety pop-up windows playing on loop in the concrete forest are finally shattered into pond-full of stars by the oar boats. This 6.8-kilometer loop route is a spiritual SPA for introverts—no need to chase scenery, let nature heal your low-battery mode.