Water Town × Walled Village | Wuzhen & Southern Jiangxi Walking Guide

🚗【Trip Overview: Three-Day Power Walking Route】 Day 1: Xiazhu Lake Three Islands → Wuzhen West Scenic Area Night Tour Rush into Xiazhu Lake Wetland Park at 7am (📍Sanhe Township, Deqing County) and take the first ferry to start the "Three Islands Power Walk": 1️⃣ Joy Island: Rush into the painting-like garden flower sea, discover a hidden heart pattern in the flower field when taking aerial drone shots 2️⃣ Bird Island: Learn bird photography techniques from photographers at the Crested Ibis Museum, capture the diving moment of an ibis catching prey 3️⃣ Reed Island: Learn how to harvest reeds and weave small boats with the ferry woman, launching them into the lake startles a line of egrets In the evening, take a 1.5-hour high-speed train to Wuzhen for a night tour of the West Scenic Area (📍18 Shifo South Road, Tongxiang City): • Explore Ming and Qing dynasty houses at Lingshui Residence with lanterns, experience AI holographic projections depicting scenes from Mao Dun's novel "Midnight" • Buy a yellow rice wine milk tea at Wangjin Embankment and watch boats glide past lantern reflections Day 2: Southern Jiangxi Walled Villages Power Walk → Nanwudang Sunset Start the "Walled Village Conquest Plan" by car: 🏯 Liyuan Fortress: Play a treasure hunt game in the octagonal walled village, find Hakka rice wine hidden in the kitchen 🏯 Guanxi New Fortress: Learn to make rice cakes with intangible cultural heritage inheritors, with wooden mallets so heavy they almost crushed my foot 🍲 Hakka Folk Village: Taste the "triple stuffed delicacies" - stuffed tofu, stuffed green peppers, and stuffed bitter gourd Rush to Nanwudang Mountain (📍Wudang Town, Longnan County) in the evening to watch the sunset swallow the Danxia peaks from the glass walkway Day 3: Wuzhen Morning Mist → Handicraft Experiences At 5:30am, have the "Dingsheng Bridge" all to yourself, the blue calico cloth drying in the morning mist looks like a living "Along the River During Qingming Festival" painting Hand-tie-dye a handkerchief at "Natural Color Dyeing Workshop," where the master craftsman praises my rubber band tying as having "wild beast talent" 🌸【Ultimate Experiences: N Ways to Enjoy Water Towns and Walled Villages】 📸 Xiazhu Lake Photography Secrets • On Joy Island, wear a white dress and stand in front of the windmill, have a friend throw flower petals from a backlit position • On Reed Island, use a large aperture to blur the foreground reeds, capturing the "Reeds so green" atmosphere from the "Book of Songs" 🏯 Hidden Gems in Walled Villages • The corner tower of Yanyi Fortress has secret shooting holes, squat down to see graffiti drawn by guards a century ago • Learn from Hakka grandmothers how to steam rice in bamboo "fan zeng" containers, the charcoal stove makes the rice so fragrant you'll eat three bowls 🌉 Magical Moments in Wuzhen • Shadow puppet show at Sun and Moon Square at 18:00, pay 50 yuan backstage to try operating the characters • At the Dingsheng Cake Workshop in Lotus Square, secretly learn the ancestral "three press, three steam" hand gestures 🏡【Accommodation Highlights】 • Wuzhen Embankment Resort Hotel Gallery rooms equipped with smart ink-screen displays, copy Feng Zikai cartoons to exchange for free morning tea • Walled Village Secret Homestay Stay in the converted wing rooms of Mingyuan Mansion, soak in the courtyard bathtub with a view of the stars 🍜【Flavor Explosions】 • Xiazhu Lake Fish Soup Rice Freshly caught snails and grass carp simmered until the broth turns milky white, dip fried dough sticks for a taste so fresh it makes your head tingle • Hakka Scalded Skin Find "Dai's" on Huangdaosheng Old Street, try the explosive combination with egg, spice, and dried radish 📸【2025 Exclusive Tips】 1️⃣ Choose the "Three Islands Package" for Xiazhu Lake boat tickets, saving 30 yuan compared to buying separately 2️⃣ Guanxi New Fortress has iron flower performances in the afternoon, secure your spot early 3️⃣ Arrive at Wuzhen's Dingsheng Bridge before 6:00am for empty shots As I finished my last stuffed tofu on the top of Nanwudang Mountain, the sunset suddenly turned the Danxia rock walls the color of braised pork. Perhaps this is the magic of travel—listening to the winds of the past in the corners of 600-year-old walled villages, and seeing the entire Jiangnan region in a vat of blue indigo dye🌌 Useful Coordinates 📍Xiazhu Lake: Navigate to "Xiazhu Lake Wetland Park Pier No.1" 📍Guanxi New Fortress: Xinwei Village, Guanxi Town, Longnan County ⚠️ Note: • Some Southern Jiangxi walled villages require a combined ticket • Homestays within Wuzhen scenic area include entrance tickets