Come play in the water in Hangzhou! Hiking through the misty tea valleys of Jiuxi | Iced Longjing tea cocktail + human popsicles on the creek bed

🌫️ Hiking through Jiuxi's misty tea valleys | Iced Longjing tea cocktail + human popsicles on the creek bed! Hangzhou's heatwave defeated by Republic-era secret tunnels, running 24/7

Hangzhou's 40℃ griddle mode? Dive into Jiuxi Shibajian to become a moving popsicle! Lie in tea fields breathing Longjing's cold mist, tread century-old creek beds while sipping tea jelly cocktails... Save this double-cooling strategy: crushing icy creek stones with feet + hand-shredding tea-scented chicken + swallowing cold lotus root starch for triple cooling!

❄️ Core route: Tea mist fridge schedule

🚇 Transportation refrigeration

Downtown → Jiuxi (subway + bus | death-defying traffic avoidance tips)
🔸 Longxiangqiao Station → Line 4 to Shuichengqiao (transfer to Bus 39 direct)
🔸 Self-drive parking at Millennium Resort Hotel Zone P (2 hours free with Ctrip booking)
🌅 Morning | Creek foot-cooling hike (8:30-11:00)

💦 Must-do spots:

Lock onto Chen Bulei's tomb path (rush past ticket check before 8:20):
🔸 Collapse under century-old camphor roots (tree hollow winds cool your neck, measured 21℃)
🔸 Hardcore ice therapy: Bury bayberry wine in Li'an Temple's ancient spring (natural icebox)
Dual-cooling absorption route:
🔸 Charge through Emperor Qianlong's stone creek path (barefoot on billion-year-old glacial stones, freezing your soles)
🔸 Mooch off tea farmers' spray systems (pretend to pick tea while catching 100% humidity mist)

🍵 Breakfast intermission:
📍 Jiuxi Teahouse at creek mouth (wooden house by stone archway)

Budget dark cuisine cooling hits
Longjing tea jelly cocktail (cold-brewed tea jelly + iced bayberry wine) 15¥/cup
Moss-like lotus root soup (West Lake lotus starch with frozen osmanthus pretending to be snow) 10¥/bowl
Creek stone mochi (sticky rice pressed on glacial stones for instant freezing) 8¥/3 pieces
🕛 Noon | Republic-era villa lounging (11:30-14:00)

📍 Lock onto "1921 Secret Coffee House" (abandoned villa conversion)

Ruins budget meal (40¥ per person god-tier):
🔸 Dual ice bombs: Cold-brewed Longjing + Jiuxi drunken shrimp (shrimp raving in ice bowls)
🔸 Cellar-made ice: Coffee cups left at air-raid shelter entrance to collect frost
🔸 Lounge mastery:
🔹 Occupy marble fireplace (Republic-era stone absorbs cold like ice coffin)
🔹 Sneak into rose garden iron gazebo (vines for shade + wind tunnel effect)
🌇 Afternoon | Tea field mist hike (14:30-17:00)

❄️ Survival tactics:

Mooch off nature's freezer:
🔸 Squat at Yangmeiling village floodway (underground cold air currents)
🔸 Hug abandoned pump pipes (metal turns instantly icy)
Hidden cooling spots:
🔸 Find Li'an Temple's Prajna Gate (stone threshold for demonic crosswinds)
🔸 Freebie trick: Help grannies turn tea leaves, trade for fridge-stored watermelon!

📸 Photo hacks:

Hold tea jelly cup under ancient vine bridge (forbidden contrast of cold drink vs. century-old stone)
Pose on water pipes like industrial wasteland (dangling feet in creek for bonus points)
⚠️ Bloody lesson cheat sheet (tea mist edition)
Deadly problems‌‌Life-saving solutions
Noon creek turns to griddle → Detour to Fayuting bamboo sea walkway (100% shade)
Tourist bus queues evaporate you → Reverse hike Wuyun Mountain trail (saves time + 90% fewer people)
Jiuxi Yanshu overcrowded → Rush to Bajue Ting mini waterfall (unattended icy falls)
💎 Blogger's secret cooling gems

🧊 Ultimate cooling spots:

Collapse against Chen Sanli's poetry stele (greenstone absorbs cold for back massage)
Sneak through Millennium Hotel back gate (use code "shooting Republic-era wedding")

🍖 Dark mountain cuisine:

Street stall iced drunken crayfish wrapped in lotus starch (Q-texture ice-fire combo)
DIY baguette with iced tea chicken (gnaw in air-raid shelter until security chases you!)

Stomp tea cups while photographing Li'an Temple gate (Zen vs. gluttony aesthetics)
Wrap in oilpaper umbrella at abandoned pool (cosplay as fallen Republic-era aristocrat)
🌬️ Final push

Jiuxi's ultimate secret—
Not boiling dumplings under smoky trees, but breathing icy fog in air-raid shelters, using Qianlong's path as foot massage mats, and shattering summer heat with 25¥ tea cocktails!
cooling buddy, save this guide to zero your AC bill!