【Chun'an Adventure Diary】Back from Chun'an, sharing some hard truths

🌊🌿【Chun'an Adventure Diary】Spring in Qiandao Lake is magical! Lake scenery + ancient villages, enjoy it all for just 500+ yuan per person! Chun'an, hidden in western Zhejiang, is home to the "most beautiful water in the world"! Qiandao Lake's 1,078 islands are like scattered emeralds, Wenyuan Lion City conceals a thousand-year-old Hui-style old street, and Qinchuan Ancient Village is submerged in a fairy-tale landscape of rapeseed flowers. Just 2 hours by high-speed rail from Hangzhou, or a 3-hour drive to "China's most beautiful lakeshore," featuring spring-exclusive blue tear lake views and ancient village scenes. Let's go! --- 📅 Two-Day Fun Itinerary: Immerse Spring in Lake Water Day 1: Qiandao Lake Adventure + Lion City Exploration ☀️Morning: Rush to Qiandao Lake central area! Take a cruise to Meifeng Island (tickets + boat around 200 yuan), climb 300 steps for a bird's-eye view of 1,078 islands like a jade mosaic, with blue tear lake water close enough to splash! (Whisper: Meifeng cable car lines are like Spring Festival travel rush, arrive early to secure a spot) 🌞Noon: Enjoy fish head hotpot at Yule Circle! Freshly caught organic Qiandao Lake fish head stewed into milky-white soup, sprinkled with perilla and cilantro—so delicious you'll want to swallow your tongue! Paired with salt and pepper corn pancakes that crumble with each bite. 🌙Evening: Night tour of Wenyuan Lion City! Stone-paved roads hung with lanterns, traditional shadow puppetry performing "Legend of the White Snake," take silhouette photos in Hanfu costumes (rental 40 yuan/set), enjoy rice porridge and corn cakes at the ancient city night market—a carb explosion! Day 2: Ancient Village Sunbathing + Lakeside Relaxation ☀️Morning: Head to Qinchuan Ancient Village! This 750-year-old village surrounded by rapeseed flowers is perfect for Hanfu photos among the blooms. Courtyards display drying bamboo shoots and cured meat—every shot looks like it's from "A Bite of China"! (Village entry free, parking 10 yuan) 🌞Noon: Feast on dried bamboo shoots with stewed meat at a Qinchuan farmhouse! Fatty local pork dripping with oil, bamboo shoots soaked in meat juices, paired with wild vegetable tofu soup—you'll leave stuffed! 🌙Evening: Stay at a lakeside guesthouse! Watch the sunset from Qiandao Kiss Hotel's terrace, join the lakeside glow party at night, where luminous bracelets thrown into the lake look like falling stars. --- 🌟Must-Visit Checklist: Don't Miss These Spots 📍Qiandao Lake Central Area (tickets + boat around 200 yuan) ✔️Features: Meifeng scenic views + Huangshan Peak's "The World Belongs to All" spectacle ✔️Activities: Sailboat ride to chase seagulls (150 yuan/person), Meifeng cable car for lake views (65 yuan one-way) 📍Wenyuan Lion City (8:00-21:30 | Free) ✔️Features: Replica of underwater ancient city, Lion City Museum with century-old family records ✔️Activities: Make rubbings of old family records (30 yuan), taste traditional osmanthus rice wine (15 yuan/bowl) 📍Qinchuan Ancient Village (Free) ✔️Features: 750-year-old camphor trees, sun-drying scenes like a spilled palette of colors ✔️Activities: Walk across century-old stone bridges, feed free-range chickens (farm eggs 5 yuan each) 📍【Hidden Gem】Qinchuan Dock → Jiangjiazhen Cycling ✔️Features: Lakeside greenway lined with cherry blossoms, electric bike rental 30 yuan/hour ✔️Activities: Chase sunsets into mountain caves, discover abandoned hydropower station graffiti walls 📍Fish Street Night Market (18:00-24:00) ✔️Must-eat: Chun'an rice porridge (savory and thick), corn cakes (caramelized crispy skin) ✔️Hidden delicacy: Fish soup with rice topped with deep-fried buns and stinky tofu 📍【Free Adventure】Qiandao Lake Forest Oxygen Bar ✔️Features: High negative ion levels, natural spring pools for wild swimming ✔️Activities: Wade upstream to catch snails (bring your own gear), treehouse afternoon tea 80 yuan per person --- 🏨Accommodation Winners: Lakeside Room Champions 🏨Qiandao Lake InterContinental Resort ✔️Features: Infinity pool merging with the lake, butler service with homemade blueberry jam ✔️Reasons to stay: Free children's playground, lakeside BBQ party at night (150 yuan per person) 🏨【Best Value】Greentown Qiandao Lake Sheraton ✔️Features: 99 yuan all-you-can-eat breakfast, rooftop bar with double moon phenomenon views ✔️Reasons to stay: Free shuttle to Yule Circle, complimentary snorkeling equipment at the pool --- 🚌Transportation Guide: Land, Water, and Air Experience ✔️High-speed rail travelers: Hangzhou East → Qiandao Lake Station, then Bus No. 7 to Fish Street (2 yuan, 40 minutes) ✔️Self-driving travelers: Hangchang Expressway → Qianhuang Expressway, Jiangjiazhen parking lot 10 yuan/day 💔Lesson learned: Don't trust touts at the scenic area entrance! Buy cruise tickets online to save 20 yuan --- 💡Tips: Local Insider Guide ❶ Wear light-colored clothes for photos on Meifeng Island! Perfect against the green mountains and blue water ❷ For Qiandao Lake fish head, go to "Fang Ji Fish Restaurant" on Fish Street! The owner will give you secret spicy sauce ❸ Take photos of sun-drying scenes at 4 PM! The light turns corn into golden armor ❹ Bring mosquito repellent to the Forest Oxygen Bar! The forest mosquitoes could carry you away ❺ ID card required as deposit for electric bike rental! Don't wear flip-flops while riding—you might flip over ❻ Book lakeside rooms in advance! Prices surge to 800+ yuan per night during Qingming holiday --- 🍲Culinary Delights: Chun'an's Six Spring Flavors 🌸Fish head hotpot: One sip of the milky fish soup, and the fish meat is so tender chopsticks can't pick it up 🌸Chun'an rice porridge: Salted egg yolk crumbles mixed with tofu cubes, a delicious carb bomb 🌸【Dark cuisine】Stinky mandarin fish tofu pot: Smells like a biochemical weapon, tastes like petting a cat 🌸Corn cake: Caramelized crispy skin wrapping salted egg yolk and pork floss, cracks when you bite 🌸Deep-fried bun with stinky tofu: Crispy bun with oozing stinky tofu, a hot-and-cold sensation 🌸Mountain bamboo shoots with local pork: Dried bamboo shoots soaked in meat juices, bursting with flavor --- 💰Expense Breakdown: 500+ yuan per person for a great time 🎫Tickets: Central lake area 200 + Meifeng cable car 65 = 265 | Ancient village free 🍜Food: Main meals average 60 yuan per person, snacks 50 yuan daily, fish head soup 88 yuan (filling) 🏠Accommodation: Lakeside guesthouse 400+ yuan/night, hostel beds 80 yuan 🚗Transportation: Bus + taxi average 50 yuan per person, self-driving fuel cost 120 yuan 🎁Souvenirs: Mountain walnut cookies 60 yuan/box, vacuum-packed corn cakes 30 yuan --- April in Chun'an is the mountain breeze sweeping over Meifeng Peak, the sun-warmed quilts in Qinchuan Ancient Village, and the golden sunlight dancing on Qiandao Lake. Don't hesitate! While the pear blossoms haven't fallen and the fish are plump, come to this landscape painting and pickle spring into savory fish porridge, living life like the sparkling ripples on the lake surface.🌅🚤