This hidden spring cycling route in Suzhou, 99% of locals don’t know about it

👍 The intangible cultural heritage Shazhou Youhuang in Zhangjiagang, Suzhou, is well known
🚴 Unexpectedly, there’s also a 🌸 spring outing flower-viewing outdoor cycling route nearby
🍃 A 4-hour, 5-kilometer spring stroll, accompanied by sunshine & evening blue hour
☀️ A spring outing like this during the Qingming holiday is truly blissful
✅ Poppy flower sea + colorful rapeseed flower fields + purple dreamy February orchids + pink and white cherry blossoms along the way + lush green wheat fields + Shazhou Youhuang intangible cultural heritage
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📍 Navigation: Zhangjiagang Shangang Village New Era Civilization Practice Station
🅿️ Parking: Free 🆓 across the street
🗺️ Route: Shan Jian Flower Sea 👉 Shazhou Youhuang Cultural Park 👉 Qixi Homestay 👉 Lao Zhang Yang Road 👉 Shijianji Coffee
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🌟 Little joys on the ride
❶ Shan Jian Flower Sea
240 acres of colorful rapeseed flower sea like a spilled palette, with pale yellow, soft pink, light purple, and orange-red interwoven into a dreamlike scene like Monet’s garden. Cycling through it feels like entering a Studio Ghibli animation world, every frame stunningly beautiful
❷ Shazhou Youhuang Cultural Park
Explore the underground 🍶 cellar maze, the crystal forest-like natural hall is perfect for sci-fi style photos, and you can also watch the brewing process
❸ Qixi Homestay
Watch the stars on the terrace at night, dig wild vegetables in the fields in the morning, and experience true rural living
❹ Lao Zhang Yang Road
Pass through villages, orchards, and wheat fields, occasionally meeting villagers carrying hoes who greet you with a smile
❺ Shijianji Coffee
Take a break from cycling, enjoy the sunset view over the poppy flower sea in the evening, savoring a wonderful day
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💡 In-depth activities
▫️ Parent-child interaction: Pick strawberries and cherry tomatoes fresh from the orchard next to the homestay with your kids
▫️ Cultural experience: Join the 🍶 park DIY class and seal a custom jar of yellow wine by yourself
▫️ Food must-try: Recommended to try the cultural park restaurant’s “Yellow Wine Drunken Crab,” where the wine flavor soaks into the crab meat, a soul-stirring bite
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⚠️ Tips to avoid pitfalls
▫️ The cultural park has the best lighting after 4:00 PM, it’s recommended to reserve 2 hours for visiting;
▫️ Homestay needs to be booked 3 days in advance, weekends are often fully booked;
▫️ Flower sea area is free 🆓, cultural park 80 RMB/person (including experience)
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