**2 Days & 1 Night Budget Trip to Songyang Ancient Villages! Only 500+ RMB per person!

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**📍Trip Highlights:**
✔️ Visit Yangjiatang Village – Certified as the "Golden Potala Palace" by *National Geographic*
✔️ Stroll through 600-year-old Songzhuang Village & snap the iconic ancient bridge featured in *National Geographic*
✔️ Cliffside Pioneer Bookstore – Sip coffee amid clouds with terraced field views
✔️ Explore 1,800-year-old Songyang Old Street & savor intangible cultural heritage snacks

**🚗Transport Tips:**
▪️ Take a high-speed train to Songyang Station, then taxi/rent a car (mountain roads require experienced drivers)
▪️ From Shanghai/Hangzhou: Combine high-speed rail + bullet train for time & cost savings

**🏡Budget-Friendly Stays:**
▪️ **Xiangzhi Homestay**: Next to the old street, converted from a Qing Dynasty mansion, ~100+ RMB/person, super hospitable hosts!
▪️ **Qingshan Yunyu Inn**: Greenery & streams right outside your window, <200 RMB/person, perfect for creek adventures
▪️ **Yuan She Lianshu (Promo Rate)**: Summer deal at 799 RMB incl. breakfast, with pool & trampoline park – family-friendly!

**🍜Must-Try Foods:**
▪️ **Baixian Noodle House**: Hand-pulled noodles cooked over firewood, try the dried veggie fried egg!
▪️ **Xu Ji Salt-Baked Chicken**: Juicy chicken roasted in ancient salt-baking style
▪️ **Wangjing Zhuangyuan Cake**: 33 generations of heritage, thin wrapper with fragrant filling
▪️ **Huangmi Guo**: Songyang’s sticky rice cake – soft, chewy & savory

**📸Photo Spots:**
▪️ Yangjiatang’s "Couple Trees" at sunset (Golden Potala Palace glow)
▪️ Songzhuang’s ancient bridge + stream (*National Geographic* shot)
▪️ Chenjiapeng Pioneer Bookstore (cliffside sea of books + cloud views)

**💡Pro Tips:**
▪️ Wear anti-slip shoes! Ancient village cobblestones get slippery after rain
▪️ Pack mosquito repellent & sunscreen – mountain UV is strong
▪️ For Yangjiatang’s morning mist, arrive at the viewpoint by 6:30 AM

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- *☀: Drone footage of Yangjiatang Village
*National Geographic* wasn’t lying! This is truly Jiangnan’s hidden gem!”
- *☀ Slow-mo of the ancient bridge’s flowing water + steaming noodles at Baixian Noodle House
- **Climax**: Time-lapse of clouds swirling around the cliffside bookstore ☀ “Here, time really slows down…”
- **♛ Homestay courtyard breakfast scene, caption: “100+ RMB/person to stay in a Qing Dynasty house – who’d you bring?”

**✨Visit before over-tourism hits! Songyang’s ancient villages – healing urban anxiety one cobblestone at a time~**