50-meter Harvest Dragon + Bench Dragon Night Patrol, Unlock the Ultimate Authentic Huizhou Experience!

When the morning light ignites the chili pepper drying plaques under the Hu Wenguang Archway, and a puppy rolls over in an empty alley—this is the untamed Huizhou! Xidi

This free route featuring autumn harvest photography, a night adventure with the Bench Dragon, and ancient alley light and shadow lessons lets you avoid 99% of tourists and enjoy the ink-wash autumn scenery exclusively!

[WorldMap] Panoramic route: Harvest [Eight] major treasure spots
Archway drying autumn → Mingjing Lake reflection → Zhumutang Ancestral Hall → Scenic Pavilion panorama

💥 Hot activities
[8:00] 8:00 rush to the 50-meter Harvest Dragon in front of the archway (a giant dragon made of corn and chili peppers coiled in the rice field)
[Happy] Touch the "Hu Family Ancestral Hall" Winter Melon Beam for good luck (century-old Hu merchant family teachings carved on the beam)
[Surprising] Rui Yuting Count the "wrong character couplets" (the owner's clever intentional mistakes!)

📸 Film lovers’ secret light and shadow schedule
[9:00] 9:00-11:00, Autumn drying color clash carnival
Crouch to capture villagers hanging chili and corn plaques

[Rainbow] Color formula:
Black tiles × red chili × yellow corn = oil painting effect
Bamboo sieve × white wall shadows = new Chinese wallpaper

[3:00] 15:00-17:00, Ancient alley golden hour
Street photography on bluestone slabs with reflections (spray water to create mirror effect!)

[Scenic] Composition code:
Person stands on the third stone slab at the alley entrance → side light outlines → wait for falling leaves to land on shoulders → use the gate frame of Dongyuan Doctor’s Mansion as a viewfinder, framing the courtyard’s first yellow ginkgo leaves

[7:30] 19:30 Bench Dragon night patrol, firelight crossing a thousand years [Fire]
Stake out the Zhumutang steps one hour early to grab the dragon head spot

📸 Dynamic shooting:
Shutter speed 1/30 sec to capture fire dragon trails
Hold phone inside dragon belly to shoot lantern starry river
Shout “Yixian guys are so handsome!” to the dragon bearers and you might be invited to dance (tested effective 🤣)

🎇 Fireworks atmosphere capture guide
[Sunflower] Vegetable-picking granny: give a piece of cake to shoot close-ups of her working
🐶 Napping yellow dog: gently scratch its chin to make it roll over and show its belly
🎶 Hidden sound effect: step on fallen leaves in the deserted “One-Line Alley,” the rustling sound cures OCD

⚠️ Avoid pitfalls:
Scenic area restaurant sells stinky mandarin fish for 128 yuan, go to the village entrance “Mingjing Kitchen” for the same dish at 78 yuan
Don’t buy handmade baked cakes on the main road, turn into “Ye Family Alley” to find the old charcoal stove for fresh baking

🎒 Must-haves:
Foldable small stool (stand higher for autumn drying shots to avoid heads)
Persimmon/corn props (pick up fallen items in the farmland outside the village)

Harvest Dragon / Bench Dragon / Empty Alley Light and Shadow — which scene do you most want to experience?