Compared to Wuzhen, I prefer the everyday life here

✨Shaoxing Ultimate Slow Travel Guide｜Explore Jiangnan with your textbook! Lu Xun's Hometown + Yellow Wine Milk Tea Warning: So Delicious🍶

Babies～Who says Jiangnan is only Suzhou and Hangzhou!

Shaoxing is the hidden pinnacle of literary atmosphere💫

Small bridges and flowing water + the aroma of yellow wine + Lu Xun culture all in one

You can have an immersive experience for just over 500 RMB per person, quick save!👇

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🚇 Money-saving transportation tips

▪️ High-speed train from Hangzhou only 12 RMB/20 minutes! Cheaper than a taxi

▪️ Take a Wupeng boat in the city (60 RMB/boat) or use shared electric scooters

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🏮 2-day slow travel itinerary

𝐃𝐀𝐘𝟏: Hometown of the Sage of Calligraphy → Lu Xun's Hometown → Shen Garden Night Opera

✅ Hometown of the Sage of Calligraphy: Wang Xizhi's Ink Pool is super photogenic! Grandpa’s bookstore has rare out-of-print books

✅ Lu Xun's Hometown: Free but requires reservation! Baicao Garden’s soapberry trees and Sanwei Study Room bring textbook scenes to life

✅ Shen Garden: Watch the Yue Opera "Hairpin Phoenix" at night (80 RMB totally worth it!)

𝐃𝐀𝐘𝟐: Cangqiao Straight Street → Xu Wei Art Museum → Bazi Bridge

✅ Cangqiao Straight Street: Eat creamy xiaopan + sit by the river and drink yellow wine milk tea

✅ Xu Wei Art Museum: Stunning light and shadow in the free exhibition hall, super air-conditioned

✅ Bazi Bridge: Indigenous residential area with zero commercialization, super healing at dusk

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🍜 Food Hits and Misses

✅ Must-try list

▪️ Yellow Wine Milk Tea (20 RMB/cup, bottle-shaped and can be taken away)

▪️ Shaoxing Stinky Tofu (Grandpa’s stall on Cangqiao Straight Street is the crispiest)

▪️ Fennel Beans (Same as Kong Yiji’s, perfect with yellow wine)

❌ Try with caution: Moldy Qianzhang (the sour stinky smell hits your brain directly!)

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💡 Deep Experience Extras

1️⃣ Get a limited edition stamp at Lu Xun's Hometown post office (free!)

2️⃣ Ask the boatman to sing Yue Opera tunes while on the Wupeng boat (tip 10 RMB)

3️⃣ Go to West Alley at dusk to see lanterns light up, instantly transported to the Republic of China era

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📸 Photo spots

▫️ Jifang Bridge at the Hometown of the Sage of Calligraphy (like an ink painting)

▫️ North side of Bazi Bridge (capture morning cooking smoke full of life)

▫️ Rooftop of Xu Wei Art Museum (geometric architecture + white walls and black tiles)

💬 Interactive topic:

“If you could travel back into Lu Xun’s writings, which character from ‘Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk’ would you most want to be?”

(I’d choose Runtu to go see the melon field badger!🦦)