Songyang, a hidden gem in southern China

⛰️Songyang, a small city in southern Zhejiang Province, was featured in National Geographic for its 600-year-old villages with black tiles and white walls, rolling tea fields, and delicious mountain cuisine. 📍Location: Songyang County, Lishui, Zhejiang 🚗Transportation: Take a high-speed train to Lishui Station and rent a car (there are many mountain roads) ✨【24-hour itinerary】 🌅6:00 am "Chenjiapu Village: Watch the sunrise above the clouds" ▫️Climb to the ancient village on the cliff and watch the golden sun pierce through the clouds ▫️Visit the glass viewing platform at the "Librairie Avant-Garde" and watch the pages of books and the sea of clouds roll together ▫️Enjoy a hand-brewed coffee on the terrace of the popular Feiniaoji B&B, where the mountain breeze carries the aroma of coffee into the bamboo forest 🌿10:00 am "Yangjiatang Village: Touch the amber of time" ▫️Visit the golden Potala Palace! The yellow mud walls glisten like honey in the sun ▫️The 1,200-year-old camphor tree at the entrance of the village witnessed the pastoral life depicted in the movie "Little Forest" ▫️Learn how to weave bamboo strips with the local women and incorporate the mountain life into your handicrafts 🍵2:00 pm "Damushan Tea Garden: Cycle through the tea fields" ▫️Rent a mint green bicycle and ride through the rolling matcha waves ▫️Drink freshly brewed Longjing tea in a bamboo pavilion and let the aroma of tea linger from your tongue to your hair ▫️Use a drone to capture the "Aerial China" style aerial view of the tea fields 🌄6:00 pm "Songyin Creek: Collect the orange skyline" ▫️Stroll along the Shimenwei Covered Bridge, a Song Dynasty water conservancy site, and watch egrets fly over the sparkling water ▫️Take silhouette photos in the reeds by the riverbank, with the evening breeze blowing your floral dress 🍜【Mountain cuisine】 ✔️Salt-baked chicken: Free-range chicken roasted in a yellow mud stove, with crispy skin and tender, juicy meat! ✔️Sha Lei: A sticky delight! Red sugar and sesame wrapped in the aroma of mugwort ✔️Xieli tea stewed pig's trotters: The aroma of herbs seeps into the gelatin, a must-try for health-conscious girls 📌We recommend the "Old Street Baixian Noodle House" for water-pulled noodles with preserved vegetable omelet! 🏡【Stay in the clouds】 ▫️Yunduan Mijing: 270° panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows, where you can lie down and watch the Milky Way fall into the tea fields ▫️Feiniaoji: A transparent box on the edge of a cliff, where the sea of clouds flows by your pillow in the morning 📸Photography tips: ✅Wear plain or linen clothes in the ancient village for better photos ✅Rainy days have a more ink-wash Jiangnan charm ✅Bring a telephoto lens to compress the sense of space "Press pause on life in a first-tier city And find the true meaning of life In the 24 solar terms of Songyang"