Stay at Dongyueli in Shaoxing and unlock the dreamy time of the Jiangnan water town
by Emily Foster Emily62
Jul 16, 2025
**🌿【Shaoxing 2-Day Itinerary|Immerse in the Water Town's Poetic Wine Culture】🏮**
**✨ Day 1: Cultural Water Town + Culinary Memories**
📍 **Lu Xun's Hometown**: Explore Three-Flavor Study, Hundred Herb Garden, visit the famous "Early" character desk, enjoy fennel beans at Xiangheng Restaurant, and try the slightly intoxicating yellow wine milk tea (Free, reservation required).
📍 **Shen Garden**: Night tour with "Chai Tou Feng" Yue Opera performance, experience Song Dynasty garden light fantasies, feel the thousand-year love story of Lu You and Tang Wan (Night admission: 80 yuan).
📍 **Cangqiao Straight Street**: Savor stinky tofu, cream pastries, and drunken crabs, ride a black awning boat through the Figure 8 Bridge, and instantly capture the water town's vibrant atmosphere!
**✨ Day 2: Ink Landscape + Ancient Town Charm**
📍 **East Lake**: Take a black awning boat through "the world's finest water and stone bonsai landscape," see cliff reflections in the clear waters, and explore the filming location of "Journey to the West" (Admission: 50 yuan).
📍 **Anchang Ancient Town**: Enjoy the aroma of Chinese sausages, watch traditional white sugar pulling performances, ride wedding boats on the water, and buy century-old soy sauce from Renchang Sauce Workshop (Free, open all day).
📍 **Orchid Pavilion**: Copy the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" at the site of the ancient wine cup floating ceremony, and feel Wang Xizhi's Wei-Jin Dynasty spirit among bamboo shadows (Admission: 70 yuan).
**🍜 Must-Try Foods**:
• **Shao Three Fresh**: King of savory flavors|**Drunken Chicken & Shrimp**: Xiangheng Restaurant specialties
• **Yellow Wine Popsicles**: 5 yuan each|**Ciwu Noodles**: Hand-made chewy noodles with fragrant toppings
• **Hidden Gem**: "Hebutou" Restaurant on West Small Road, where locals gather!
**🚗 Transportation Tips**:
• Take Hangzhou Metro Line 1 directly to Shaoxing, get off at Lu Xun's Hometown Station;
• For East Lake/Anchang Ancient Town, take a taxi (20 minutes) or BRT3/118 bus.
**💡 Unique Experiences**:
• Take ink-painting style photos in the Calligraphy Saint's hometown, wait for misty rain on Fan Bridge;
• Paint wine jars and taste 20-year-aged wine at Yellow Wine Town;
• Admire ginkgo trees at Yu the Great's Mausoleum in autumn, climb Kuaiji Mountain for a panoramic city view.
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