【One Step Across Three Provinces, A Dream Back to Shen Congwen's Border Town】Chadong Ancient Town

🌟【One Step Across Three Provinces, A Dream Back to Shen Congwen's Border Town】Chadong Ancient Town
This is not Fenghuang, nor is it Lijiang! Chadong – the prototype of "Border Town" written by Shen Congwen, is hidden in the folds of mountains at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou, and Chongqing. The Qingshui River flows through the town, with Hong'an, Chongqing on the left bank, Chadong, Hunan on the right bank, and Yajia, Guizhou on the opposite bank, where cooking smoke curls up. Take the 2-yuan "Lala Ferry" and cross the river by pulling the cable like Cui Cui; eat a pot of sour soup horned fish cooked across three provinces, its spicy, sour, and fragrant flavors will hit you right in the head! Commercialization? Non-existent! There are only the sounds of old women pounding clothes, stories from old boatmen, and time so slow it seems to freeze.

🚶 2-Day-1-Night Food & Travel Guide (Follow this and you won't get lost!)
**DAY 1: Check in at the Junction of Three Provinces**
- **Morning**: Explore Chadong Old Street (Free! Bluestone slabs + stilt houses are perfect for photos) → Take the Lala Ferry to Hong'an, Chongqing → Visit the Liu-Deng Army Crossing the River Site.
- **Noon**: Have Chongqing hotpot in Hong'an (Avg. 50 yuan/person, the butter hotpot base is incredibly fragrant).
- **Afternoon**: Take a boat tour of three provinces (￥25) → Take photos at the "One Step Across Three Provinces" stele (a must-have for social media posts!) → See the statue on Cui Cui Island.
- **Evening**: Return to the Hunan bank and stay at a riverside inn (Open the window and see the river! ￥100-300), eat sour soup horned fish (tender fish + sour and spicy soup, avg. 60 yuan/person).

**DAY 2: Immerse Yourself in a Literary Wonderland**
- **Early Morning**: Visit the "Dew Market" (Starts at 6 AM! Buy wild vegetables, golden tea, and handmade ginger candy).
- **Morning**: Visit Shen Congwen's Former Residence (Old photos + hand-planted osmanthus tree) → Hundred Calligraphers Garden (Free! See stone carvings of the complete text of "Border Town").
- **Noon**: Slurp Xiangxi rice noodles (￥10) + Eat **You Baba** (fried glutinous rice wrapped with red bean paste, 3 yuan/each).
- **Afternoon**: Have tea on Sanbuguan Island (Listen to bandit legends) → Stroll along River Street (Shen Congwen's poems are carved on the walls) → Buy Miao cured meat as a souvenir.

Post by The Foodie Globetrotter | Jul 30, 2025