Shanghai Qidong｜Weekend Sea Viewing Without Disappointment

Many posts online say that visiting Qidong is a letdown, but after seeing the sunrise by the sea in Qidong, I want to say that Qidong is a place we want to come back to and will definitely return to.

📝Shanghai🔁Qidong Weekend 48h Itinerary
Day 1 -
Sleep in and have brunch in the morning, then set off from Shanghai and arrive in Qidong in 2 hours.
Afternoon:
📍Lüsi Fish Port
One of the local fishing boat harbors, where you can see the port neatly filled with various fishing boats, very spectacular. If you're lucky, you can catch fishing boats coming into the harbor, with fishmongers selling fish and shrimp on the spot. Baskets of fresh catch are loaded onto tricycles and taken away—a very fresh experience.
📍Eastern Black Sand Beach
You can drive right up to the dam, then get out and walk directly onto the beach. Convenient transportation and good road conditions, almost zero commercial development, no nearby residences—these points speak volumes about the purity of the sea view! So much so that we chose to watch the sunrise here again the next day 🌅
🦀Dinner: Huashan Road Seafood Street
A whole street full of seafood restaurants. Seeing many local families and friends dining here made it feel like a good choice. We picked Hongsheng Seafood Restaurant, which offers a wide variety of seafood, and the swimming crab was very fresh.

Day 2 -
📍Eastern Black Sand Beach Sunrise Viewing 🌅
Arrived at 4:45 am to enjoy the sunrise, beach, waves, sea breeze, and the first glow of dawn. Watched young people rush into the sea facing the sunrise, felt the waves washing over their feet, and the sand gradually being swept away underfoot… it was truly beautiful.
🥞Breakfast: Aunt Qiu’s Egg Pancakes
A pancake shop opposite the school that has been open for over ten years, with a taste just like the ones from childhood—a wonderful continuation of the sunrise experience.
🦀Lunch: Shengang No. 9 Private Kitchen
After catching up on sleep, we chose a nearby private kitchen restaurant, highly recommended especially for Lüsi large pomfret fish, the freshly caught swimming crabs were very plump (prefer scallion and ginger stir-fry over steaming), and farmed prawns (tastier than wild ones).
🚗In the afternoon, took advantage of light traffic on the highway to head back.