Yangzhou Slender West Lake Photography Guide! Quick Ancient Style Masterpiece

🗺️ Classic Walking Tour (3h full check-in)

🚶♀️Route: North Gate → Tangluo City Ruins → Shibi Liuzong → Twenty-Four Bridge → Xichuntai → White Pagoda → Five Pavilion Bridge → Fishing Platform → Little Jinshan Hill → Xuyuan Garden → South Gate

✨Highlights: Entering from the South Gate in reverse is easier! Get the empty shots by entering at 6 AM, finish 80% of the spots before 9:30 AM

Lazy & Easy Version (1.5h core)

🛺Route: West Gate → Twenty-Four Bridge → Xichuntai → White Pagoda → Five Pavilion Bridge → Fishing Platform → Little Jinshan Hill (return by sightseeing car)

💡Lazy tip: Sightseeing car costs 20 RMB per segment (must take from North Gate to Twenty-Four Bridge), choose the electric boat at South Gate (60 RMB/person) to enjoy the breeze and scenery simultaneously

📸【5 Top Photo Spots】

❶ Fishing Platform · Three-Hole Frame View

🕖Best time: Before 9 AM (no tour groups)

📷Shot: Shoot through the round hole capturing Five Pavilion Bridge + White Pagoda in one frame, perfect with Hanfu and an oil-paper umbrella

❷ Fuzhuang · Lake Heart Island Bridge Reflection

💦How to shoot: Wait for a breeze to ripple the lake surface, capturing the dynamic beauty of the bridge reflection breaking into golden flakes

❸ Xichuntai Second Floor · Window View Poem Painting

🍵Hidden perk: Buy tea and snacks to go upstairs, open the window to see the real scene of "Twenty-Four Bridge on a Moonlit Night"

❹ Shibi Liuzong · Kyoto-style Waterfall

👘Outfit suggestion: Wear a plain long dress, stand in front of the waterfall to shoot "a person wandering in a painting"

❺ Twenty-Four Bridge · Ancient and Modern in One Frame

🏯Tip: Use perspective to align Qiling Pagoda, making Yudai Bridge and the pagoda appear in one frame, instantly creating a time-travel masterpiece

🎫【Tickets, Transportation & Pitfall Tips】

❶ Ticket Info

• Day ticket 100 RMB (6:00-19:30), Night ticket 120 RMB (18:30-21:30)

❷ Transportation Tips

• 🚌 South Gate: Take Bus 1 or 2 to "Slender West Lake Station"

• 🅿️ West Gate: Plenty of parking but must arrive before 8 AM in peak season

• 🚕 North Gate: Taxi drop-off at "Bonsai Museum" for least crowds

⚠️【Hard-Learned Tips】

❗️Bring your ID! Some entrances require a second check

❗️Least crowded from 6:00-8:00 AM, tour groups flood in after 9:30 AM

❗️Take the sightseeing car on the “North Gate → Twenty-Four Bridge” segment to save effort on the uphill climb