Hidden Paradise of Southern Anhui: A Poetic Journey in Li Bai's Footsteps

🌿Hidden Paradise of Southern Anhui: A Poetic Journey in Li Bai's Footsteps🌿

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📍Location: Jing County, Xuancheng, Anhui

🚗Transportation: Self-driving recommended (2-hour drive from Hangzhou)

🗺️Two-day itinerary:

D1 Mountain and Water Rhapsody
Southern Anhui's "Tibet Highway" (Ningguo→Jing County) → Xuan Paper Museum → Maolin Xiuzhu Guesthouse

D2 Poetic Time Travel
Taohua Pond → Jingting Mountain → Chazhi Ancient Village (optional if time permits)

🖼️Must-visit experiences:

▪️Xuan Paper Museum
🎨 A long scroll of ink painting among mountains, watch craftsmen making traditional paper
📸 Popular photo spot: bamboo mat arrays in the paper drying yard

▪️Southern Anhui's "Tibet Highway"
🏎️ Driving paradise! 72 hairpin turns + six bends at Taoling
🌌 Highlight section: Tingxi Ink Landscape (wild monkeys appear!)

▪️Jingting Mountain
⛰️ Experience Li Bai's solitude, Princess Yuzhen statue at mid-mountain
🌅 Overlook the river city from the summit, see "gazing at each other without tiring"

▪️Taohua Pond
🌸 Take a painted boat on the east bank, explore the west bank for free
📖 Read "Gift to Wang Lun" at Wang Lun's tomb

🏡Recommended accommodation: Maolin Xiuzhu
🌌 Stargazing terrace + private hot spring pool, like living in a landscape painting
🎋 Private courtyard with fireflies at night
🍵 Homemade tea snacks by the host, taste Southern Anhui on your tongue

🍲Local food map:
🔥 Stinky mandarin fish (a fermented umami miracle)
🍘 Jixi Takuo (preserved vegetable + pork belly, perfect combination)
🌯 Ningguo Baba (savory, crispy hunger-fighting snack)
🍲 Shuiyang Three Treasures (duck feet wrap + Shuiyang dried tofu + duck wings)

💡Insider tips from locals:
1️⃣ Start the Southern Anhui "Tibet Highway" before 8 AM to avoid tour groups
2️⃣ Hidden ancient path on the west bank of Taohua Pond, a must-explore for hiking enthusiasts
3️⃣ Chazhi Ancient Village preserves Ming and Qing architecture, commercialization? Doesn't exist!

📸Photography guide:
▫️Paper drying yard at Xuan Paper Museum (dramatic light and shadow)
▫️Hairpin turns on Southern Anhui's "Tibet Highway" (stunning aerial shots)
▫️Tea gardens on Jingting Mountain (Hanfu + bamboo basket = fairy vibes)
▫️Morning mist at Taohua Pond (ink painting aesthetic)