Sensory Hiking Trail: Mountain Paths Infused with Tea Fragrance

❶ Immersive cultural experience: The spring tea festival's shouting-to-the-mountain ceremony, where tea farmers' unified calls awakening the tea mountain create a spectacular scene💯 ❷ Sensory hiking trail: Mountain paths infused with tea fragrance, a natural oxygen bar with tea gardens and streams at every turn ❸ Picture-perfect landscapes: During the Nine Bend River bamboo rafting, guides share thousand-year-old tales about Dawang Peak and Jade Maiden Peak in local dialect 📍Locations: ▫️Tea ceremony: Wuyi Mountain Tea Expo Garden (navigate to "Chinese Tea God Garden") ▫️Tea-scented hiking: Start from Jiujie Shenghuo Inn, follow the boardwalk along Chongyang Stream ▫️Nine Bend bamboo rafting: Xing Village Pier (Don't go wrong! The other pier is in the resort area) 🚗Transportation: ▫️Take high-speed rail to Nanping Station > 40-min taxi ride (about CNY 80) ▫️Must buy scenic area shuttle pass! CNY 70 for 1 day/CNY 95 for 3 days ▫️Recommended: Rent shared e-bikes in the guesthouse area (enjoy the spring breeze) 💞Must-visit spots: ❶ Tea ceremony experience (Recommended: Wear Hanfu for full immersion!) ❷ Wanji Ancient Tea House (Ming Dynasty residence turned tea academy) ❸ Baiyun Temple sunrise and sea of clouds (arrive at viewing platform before 5:30am) ❹ Zhizhi Temple hideaway (thousand-year-old Taoist temple where Zhu Xi once lived in seclusion) ⚠️Tickets: ▫️Combined ticket: CNY 225 for 3 days (includes bamboo rafting + shuttle) ▫️Hidden benefit: 20% off Tea Expo Garden tickets with high-speed rail ticket stub ▫️Rafting tip: Don't skip the CNY 20 guide fee! Learn about cliff coffins and other fascinating facts 🎇Other tips: ❶ Spring tea season special: Sign up for tea picking and processing experience in early April (book through guesthouses) ❷ Avoid scams: Look for "Wuyi Rock Tea" geographical indication when buying tea ❸ Photo timing: 6-8am for misty tea gardens, choose 3pm session for bamboo rafting ❹ Food radar: Try smoked goose with Da Hong Pao tea, add sour bamboo shoots to Zixi rice noodles "When the bamboo raft passes through the water curtain cave, remember to tilt your head back and catch the spring water from the rock crevices - this is a spring secret only Wuyi Mountain locals know!" 🌿