Heshun Ancient Town Roaming Guide: A Scholarly Overseas Chinese Hometown, Warm Hot Springs

Heshun Ancient Town Roaming Guide: A Scholarly Overseas Chinese Hometown, Warm Hot Springs✨

📍【Quick Overview Before You Go】
· Ticket: 55 RMB/person (valid for 7 days), no reservation needed, one-stop unlimited fun
· Transportation: From Tengchong city 🚖 taxi costs 20 RMB, Bus No. 6 goes directly to the ancient town gate
· Best Season: September to November 🍂 Ginkgo leaves turn yellow, golden waves of rice fields, 20°C comfortable, fewer people and beautiful scenery

🏡【2-Day Slow Life Itinerary】
🌅DAY 1
☀️Morning:
07:30 Check in at the century-old vegetable street morning market (pea powder + fried dough sticks 8 RMB, a perfect match!)
09:00 Stroll across Shuanghong Bridge, visit China’s largest rural library (Heshun Library, vintage wooden windows perfect for photos!)
📍Address: No.1, Shuidui Village, Heshun Ancient Town
⏰Opening Hours: 8:30-17:30

🌇Afternoon:
Visit Ai Siqi’s Former Residence → Explore Yuanlong Pavilion
17:30 Chase the sunset at Wild Duck Lake (bring a telephoto lens! Chill with a drink at the lakeside bar street)

🌃Evening:
Stay at a guesthouse next to Shushu Bookstore (about 200 RMB per person, terrace faces golden rice fields)
Lantern-lit night walk on the bluestone alley, as if traveling through time

🌄DAY 2
☕️Morning:
Three consecutive intangible cultural heritage experiences! Shadow puppetry / rattan weaving / traditional papermaking (30-50 RMB, making your own herbal paper is very meaningful)
📍Address: Heshun Alley Cultural Experience Area

🌊Afternoon:
Choose one👇
① Bailian Hot Springs (10-minute walk, 268 RMB for garden pool + tea break)
📍Address: Shuidui Shang Village, Heshun Town
⏰Opening Hours: 10:00-22:00
② Volcano Park (hot air balloon 280 RMB/person, recommend confirming weather before 8 AM)

🚗【Nearby Extra Trips】
1️⃣ Rehai Hot Springs (famous sulfur springs! 218 RMB includes 20+ pools)
📍Address: Qingshui Township, Tengchong City
⏰Opening Hours: 8:30-20:30
2️⃣ Beihai Wetland (golden reed sea in autumn only)
3️⃣ Yunfeng Mountain (cable car + 1-hour hike, vegetarian meal at the summit 10 RMB fills you up)

🍜【Must-Try Food List】
✔️Xidoufen Ersi (pea powder rice noodles) - any stall at the morning market (7 RMB)
✔️Dajiujia (home-style dishes) - Ancient Town restaurant (18-25 RMB)
✔️Songhua Cake - Aunt Lin’s cart (2 RMB/piece)
✔️Clay Pot - "Taste of Heshun" (88 RMB small portion)
✔️Roast Pork Rice Noodles - Mingji Roast Pork (500 meters outside the ancient town)

🏨【Accommodation Recommendations】
💎High-end: Heshun Bailian Hotel (private hot spring with volcano view, 1200+ RMB)
🏡Cost-effective: Shushu Bookstore / Bluestone Guesthouse (200-350 RMB)

⚠️【Avoid Pitfalls】
· High cancellation rate for hot air balloons! Remember to confirm wind conditions before 8 AM
· Bluestone roads are tough on suitcases, backpacks are recommended
· UV warning! Apply sunscreen even on cloudy days
· Memorial Cemetery closed on Mondays, don’t miss the guided tours at the memorial hall

💌【Editor’s Notes】
In Heshun, the lively morning market is life, the century-old library is poetry, Bailian Hot Springs is healing... Slow down the clock, let the bluestone and ginkgo leaves help you find the true essence of life~