An underrated hidden gem in western Zhejiang! A thousand-year-old town with 136 surnames

📍Quzhou, Jiangshan, Nianbadu A magical ancient town where you can "step into three provinces" Huang Chao's hidden army site × dialect museum × intangible cultural heritage food paradise Check out this guide to a lesser-known retreat in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai 👇 🚶♀️【Travel through a thousand-year-old time tunnel】 ◾️Walk into the bluestone alley in the morning mist, and 36 ancient houses from the Ming and Qing dynasties will make you feel like you're in a movie! The mixed aesthetics of Huizhou-style horse head walls × northern Fujian tulou × southern Jiangxi paintings are amazing ◾️Meet an old man who can speak five dialects at the dialect museum and listen to him tell the story of immigrants from seven provinces (it is said that the secret of the Hundred Family Surnames is hidden here!) ◾️The former site of Dai Li's female spy training camp is a great place to take photos 📸 The atmosphere of a Republican-era spy drama is in full swing ◾️At 3 pm, wait by the Fengxi River to see the autumn drying scene 🌶️ Chili peppers and corn cover the black tiles, and photographers will be thrilled! 🍜【A taste of the three provinces】 ✅Must-try Fenglu tofu! Bacon + winter bamboo shoots + white tofu stew, so fresh it will make your eyebrows fall off ✅Freshly pounded mugwort copper gong cake 🍡 The light purple skin dyed with the leaves of the black rice tree is so special ✅Old teahouse bamboo tube Yunwu tea with "eight bowls and two dim sum," the bacon and dried fish are so fragrant 💡Tips: Jiang Shouquan's old house farmhouse dishes are super authentic, and you can eat until you're full for an average of 50 yuan 🎭【Living intangible cultural heritage experience】 ✔️Watch an 80-year-old master perform a string puppet show, and the legends of the Tang and Song dynasties will come to life ✔️Touch the Qing dynasty silver ingot mold at Longxing Qianzhuang and learn to play the "Phoenix Spreading Its Wings" abacus formula ✔️Try indigo dyeing by hand 🧵 and wear the colors of the mountains in western Zhejiang ✔️Send a postcard at the century-old post office 💌 and get a limited edition postmark from the junction of the three provinces 📌Travel tips: 🎫 Tickets are 80 yuan from April to October/free from November to March (not free during the Spring Festival) 🚗 3 hours by car from Hangzhou/40 minutes by taxi from Jiangshan Station 🏡 Stay in an ancient town homestay! Blue printed cloth bedding + sleeping by the stream is amazing 👗Hanfu/qipao are great for photos! The light is best in the evening 💬"When the smoke rises 36 ancient houses light up lanterns at the same time I am sure I have entered the world of a martial arts novel"