Zhejiang Tongling - Yongquan Town Travel Diary, setting off now

📅 Yongquan Town Travel Diary｜24 hours healed by Huizhou-style gardens, the aroma of firewood stove scorched rice crusts is soul-stirring! 📍 Location: Tongling, Anhui · Yongquan Town (a hidden Jiangnan secret in the mountains) ✨ Soul hit! Slow life in an ink painting The moment you step into Yongquan, it feels like falling into the "A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains" painting—green tiles and white walls faintly visible in the morning mist, babbling streams flowing around ancient trees thousands of years old. No commercial noise, only birdsong and the rustling of bamboo in the wind, even your breathing slows down. The biggest surprise is the homestay host who gives a handwritten welcome card, with vigorous calligraphy, full of ceremony! 🏯 Yongquan Twelve Scenes｜Poetry and painting at every step 1. Jiangnan Flavor Food Street (carb overload!) - Must-eat: Firewood stove scorched rice crust (5 RMB) + free-range chicken soup soaked rice crust (28 RMB), crispy rice soaked with soup, so fragrant you'll lick the bowl! - Hidden way to eat: Add a spoonful of the boss lady’s secret spicy sauce, spicy enough to sweat but you can’t stop eating. 2. Yi Jiangnan Scenic Area (a paradise for Hanfu lovers!) - Photo spots: 1. "Maple Bridge Night Mooring" black canopy boat photo with "oar breaking the mirror surface," wearing Hanfu feels like traveling back to the Tang and Song dynasties. 2. "Drunken Old Man Pavilion" wide-angle upward shot of "flying eaves and ginkgo in the same frame," original photo straight out! - Easter egg: Encounter the live show "Yongquan Twelve Hours," NPCs tell Huizhou merchant stories in dialect, super catchy. 3. Hundred Birds Park (chased by peacocks!) - Activity: Buy bird food (10 RMB) to feed peacocks, get dazzled by the blue peacock’s fan display! But watch out for the pearl chickens sneaking at your shoelaces! 🌿 Natural Healing｜Be a lazy person in the mountains for a day - Hiking route: Health Valley → Moon Reflection Pond → Maple Forest Evening (2 hours). - Healing moments: 1. Lying in a hammock at Maple Forest Evening listening to pine waves, sunlight filtering through red leaves on your face, warm and cozy, makes you want to sleep. 2. Releasing koi fish at Moon Reflection Pond (20 RMB), the tingling feeling of fish kissing your fingers heals all anxiety. - Fun fact: Yongquan’s bamboo "rains"! Morning dew gathers on bamboo leaves, and when the wind blows, it falls like a natural shower. 🛏️ Homestay Experience｜Living inside a landscape painting - Recommendation: "Yi Jiangnan" standalone wooden house (680 RMB/night), floor-to-ceiling windows facing the valley, bathtub with hot spring water! - Hidden service: The host gives freshly picked Tongling white ginger (a stomach tonic), and there’s nourishing porridge before bed to warm your stomach. 💡 Pitfall Guide (learned the hard way!) 1. Transportation: Self-drive navigation to "Yongquan Tourism Resort," taxi from Tongling North High-speed Rail Station costs 50 RMB (20 minutes). 2. Must-bring: Mosquito repellent patches (many mosquitoes in bamboo forest), creek shoes (for playing in the water by the stream), cash (some small shops only accept cash). 3. Avoid: Don’t buy the scenic area’s "handmade ginger candy"! The supermarket’s 10 RMB/bag is more authentic. 📸 Iconic Photos - Reflection of the black canopy boat at Maple Bridge Night Mooring (original photo straight out! Use 0.5x wide-angle on your phone for an extended feel). - Backlit silhouette of the hammock at Maple Forest Evening, use portrait mode on your phone to blur the background. 💰 Expenses: Transportation 100 + Accommodation 680 + Food 150 = 930 RMB (for 2 people) ✨ Random thoughts: Yongquan is the kind of place where "once you come, you don’t want to leave!" Although a peacock pecked my toe, the firewood stove scorched rice crust and hot springs healed everything~ Next time I want to bring my parents to stay for a week, climbing mountains, drinking tea, daydreaming every day, living a carefree mountain life!