A hidden gem with beautiful scenery and fewer crowds: Shaoxing Xinchang, start a citywalk

🍁 It's the season for autumn viewing again, time to plan your trip!
Autumn in Xinchang might be the best place for a citywalk.
The autumn breeze rises, osmanthus fragrance fills the air☁️
Xinchang is about to enter its most comfortable season.
Compared to the crowded Suzhou, Hangzhou, and southern Anhui,

🔥 Shaoxing Xinchang, a hidden treasure city waiting for your exploration! Here you can find filming locations from "One and Only" and "Lotus Tower," the martial arts filming site known as "Zhedong Zhangjiajie" and "Little Guilin," and the "Carbohydrate Kingdom" where you can enjoy all the local snacks for just a hundred yuan! 🍜

📅 Day 1
First stop: Dafo Temple 🏯
Address: No. 117 Renmin West Road, Xinchang County, Shaoxing City
Ticket: 💰80 yuan (10 yuan discount for online advance purchase)
Route: Entrance → Foshan Holy Land → Shuanglin Grottoes → Reclining Buddha Hall → Thousand Buddha Zen Courtyard → Buddha Heart Square → Dafo Temple Mountain Gate → Release Pond → Blessing Character Corridor → The Largest Buddha in Jiangnan → Mahavira Hall → Prajna Valley → Resting Light Pure Courtyard → Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda → Exit

📸 Photo spots:
"One and Only" filming locations: Dafo Temple Mountain Gate, Blessing Character Corridor, The Largest Buddha in Jiangnan, Mahavira Hall
"Lotus Tower" filming location: Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, a Chinese-style octagonal pavilion with nine levels, spectacular!

Second stop: Wozhou Road Food Street 🍽️
Chaoyang Breakfast Shop: Recommended by locals, a breakfast place with a sense of the times, delicious and early!
No. 62 Wozhou Road Lamb Bone Soup: Fresh and tasty lamb bone soup, pan-fried soup buns are also a must-try!
Swallow Spring Pancakes: Must-eat pork head meat pancakes, full of ingredients and rich in flavor!

📅 Day 2
Third stop: Chuan Yan Nineteen Peaks 🏞️
Address: East Gate of Chuan Yan Nineteen Peaks, Xinchang County, Shaoxing City
Ticket: 💰60 yuan/person, children’s ticket 💰30 yuan/person; Feilong plank road 💰20 yuan/person (separate charge)
Route: Nineteen Peaks East Gate → Feilong Plank Road → One Line Sky (closed) → Glass Plank Road → Feilong Suspension Bridge → Thousand-foot Deep Valley → Feilong Slide

Fourth stop: Jingling Old Street 🏘️
History: Built in the Song Dynasty, developed in the Ming, flourished in the Qing. After renovation, it looks brand new while preserving many residential houses.
Features: Blue bricks and black tiles, flying eaves and painted beams, long and quiet alleys, uneven bluestone slabs telling stories of the times.

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1️⃣📍 Nineteen Peaks Mini Train
▫️ A 50-minute train ride weaving through the foot of Nineteen Peaks
▫️ Passes through vast cedar forests and a forest time tunnel
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2️⃣📍 Dafo Temple
▫️ One of the popular filming locations for "One and Only"
▫️ A place of Zen, serene and ethereal
▫️ Great for praying and offering incense
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3️⃣📍 Qianwang Village
▫️ Large areas of colorful red maple forests
▫️ Few people, great scenery, very photogenic
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4️⃣📍 Waipokeng Village
▫️ A collection of 13 ethnic minority cultures
▫️ Experience Lingnan style without leaving Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai 💃
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5️⃣📍 Chikeng Village
▫️ Filming location of the TV drama "Eastern Palace" at Chujian Bridge
▫️ Under the soft autumn light, it feels like returning to the moment of first meeting
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6️⃣📍 Xishan First Building
▫️ A little-known city god temple in Xinchang and Shengzhou
▫️ Named by Zhu Xi during his visit to Shengzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty
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7️⃣📍 Huishan Zuomeng
▫️ Large maple forests in the village
▫️ Also has cedar forests within Huishan Zuomeng
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8️⃣📍 Xiayanbei Village
▫️ A real-life paradise, with over 200 days a year to see the sea of clouds
▫️ Stunning at sunset
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9️⃣📍 Jingshan Village
▫️ Xinchang’s popular persimmon village
▫️ Vast persimmon groves and rustic stone slab roads
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1️⃣0️⃣📍 Renjia Village
▫️ An ancient, simple, and unpretentious village hidden deep in the mountains
▫️ Huge ginkgo trees turn the whole village golden in autumn
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Post by CHARLEE SCHWARTZ | Oct 23, 2025