High-speed rail to a quiet city perfect for a 3–4 day slow-paced trip

**🚄 High-speed rail | Recommended slow-paced small cities for 3–4 day trips – Xuancheng, Anhui**
*❤️*——The poetic city under Li Bai's pen, with few people and beautiful scenery, is suitable for reclusive vacations.**

**🚆 Reasons for recommendation**
- **🚄 High-speed rail:** 1.5–2 hours directly from Shanghai/Nanjing/Hangzhou to "Xuancheng Station". Taxi to attractions in the city center starts from CNY 10.
- **💰 Low-cost slow life:** Few tourists, low prices, homestays are CNY 150–300/night, and a bowl of bamboo shoot noodles is only CNY 8.
- **👍 Mountains and rivers + ancient towns + pastoral:** There are ancient Huizhou-style villages, misty mountains, and you can also experience tea picking and bamboo rafting.

*📅 3-day slow tour itinerary**
**🌺Day1: Poetic ancient village, daze and drink tea**
- 🚶Morning: Visit **Zha Ji Ancient Village** (quieter than Hongcun), stroll along the stream, see old houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and have a cup of Mao Feng tea by the "Red Mansion Bridge".
-🌸 Afternoon: Go to **Peach Blossom Pool** (where Li Bai's "Peach Blossom Pool is thousands of feet deep" comes from), take a bamboo raft to see the reflections of the ancient villages on both sides.

**🌺Day2: Mountain forest oxygen bar, cloud-top relaxation**
- 🏔 Full day: Climb **Jingting Mountain** ("We never tire of each other, only Jingting Mountain"), there are tea gardens on the mountainside where you can experience tea picking, and you can overlook the entire Xuancheng from the top of the mountain.
- 🌙 Evening: Return to the city to eat "Suiyang Three Treasures" (duck feet buns, mutton jelly, glutinous rice sausage), and stay near the old street at night.

*🌺*Day3: Pastoral fun, intangible cultural heritage experience**
-✅ Morning: Visit **Jixi Longchuan** (the ancestral home of Hu Jintao), see the Huizhou-style Shuikou Garden, and experience Xuan paper making.
- 🚶 Afternoon: Light hike on the **Huihang Ancient Trail** (choose half the distance), or go to "China Alligator Lake" to see Chinese alligators.

*🍜 Must-eat delicacies**
- ✅Breakfast: Jixi Taco (dried vegetable filling), Jingxian rice cake
-✅ Main meal: Hu Shi's Yipin Pot, Braised Pork with Dried Bamboo Shoots, Steamed Qin Fish with Eggs
- ✅Snacks: Duck blood vermicelli, Mao Tofu (cheaper than Huangshan)

*💤 Accommodation recommendations**
- 🏨 **Zha Ji Ancient Village**: Choose a homestay by the stream, and you can see the horse head wall when you open the window (recommended "Painter's Courtyard")
- *🏨* City Center**: Live near Wanling Lake, which is convenient for night tours (recommended "Jingting Mountain Residence")

*💞💥*——There is no internet-famous spot here, only the ancient bridge in the morning mist, the old people in the ancestral hall, and a cup of tea that you will never get tired of drinking.**