[2025 Xinchang Attraction] Travel Guide for Grandma’s Pit Village (Updated May)

As cicadas begin their chorus in May, escape the sweltering concrete jungle and dive into Xinchang's emerald fairy tale. Here, mountain breezes carry the scent of wild herbs, streams dance to nature's rhythm, and every breath is infused with sweetness—this exclusive guide unlocks a "summer that breathes" with you. 🌧️ Anshan Ancient Trail: A Verdant Poem Steeped in Time 💡 Hidden Tip: Visit 2–3 days after rain for the best experience! Waterfalls cascade like silk ribbons, streams brim over stone steps, and moss-kissed flagstones transport you into a scene from *Classic of Mountains and Seas*. 🌱 Highlights: ▫️ Tea terraces ripple with greenery, where farmers' bamboo hats dot the landscape like brushstrokes in a painting. ▫️ By Jinsuo Bridge, thunderous falls weave misty magic—the "Flying Dragon Waterfall" crafts an ethereal realm. ▫️ Raindrops cling to Huguo Temple’s eaves, blending tea aroma with incense. 🚶♀️ Hiking Tips: Wear grippy shoes! Forage wild berries in a bamboo basket, and don’t miss Anshan Village’s silky tofu pudding at the trail’s end. 📸 Photo Ops: The S-curve tea path, ancient bridges framing streams—enable portrait mode for sunlit hair highlights! 🏄♀️ Riverside Hideout: A Wild Water Playground 🌊 Chill Like Never Before: ✅ Paddleboard across glassy streams, spotting fish darting beneath. ✅ Dig for bamboo shoots—a "blind box" adventure! Freshly unearthed, they’re kitchen-to-table delicious. ✅ Dine riverside at dusk: icy watermelon + hotpot in the stream, fireflies flickering through bamboo. 💦 Family Fun: Water guns provided! Kids shriek while building "dams" in shallows, laughter scaring off mountain birds. ⛰️ Cave Secrets: Nature’s Cool Hideaway 🌫️ Explore: ▪️ A 5-min drive leads to a "natural AC"—vines drape the entrance like a fairy-tale portal. ▪️ Wade barefoot through icy streams; droplets from cave ceilings spark goosebumps of joy. ▪️ Sunbeams pierce crevices, creating cinematic silhouettes against misty rays. ⚠️ Note: Slippery rocks inside—pack a flashlight and light jacket. Squirrel sightings? Stay calm! 🏡 Waipeng Village: Timeless Rural Charm 🌾 Immersive Moments: ▫️ Century-old stone houses smell of toasted corn cakes; grandmothers press treats into your hands, wrinkles brimming with warmth. ▫️ Stroll alleys alive with caravan tales, looms humming under eaves. ▫️ Overlook terraced fields from a vista—green waves roll down hills, smoke curling into clouds. 🍃 Friday Nights: Ethnic song-and-dance under stars—clap along, let worries vanish into valleys. 🌿 Sleep by the Stream: A Healing Retreat 🛏️ Why Stay Here? ✨ Fall asleep to babbling water and frog serenades. ✨ Sip tea at dawn, watching mist swallow mountain ridges. ✨ Learn to cook Xinchang stir-fried rice cakes—spicy *zaoji* chicken’s aroma will jolt you awake. 🌿 Bonus: Stargazing loungers on the terrace—summer nights glitter with Milky Way diamonds. 📌 Travel Kit 🚗 Drive to "Discover Streamside Lodge" (2hrs from Hangzhou/Ningbo). 🧳 Pack: Water shoes, sun hat, light jacket (cool evenings), bug spray. 🍽️ Must-Try: Xinchang rice cakes, fermented pork, *maihua* soup—all at the lodge! This summer, trade heatwaves for Xinchang’s "slow waves." Soak in streams, let mountain winds carry your stress, and find your rhythm on ancient trails—one step at a time. 🌿

As the autumn breeze rises, the picturesque scenery of Xinchang quietly unfolds. Are you tired of the crowded popular attractions? Then follow our footsteps and explore this hidden gem with beautiful scenery and fewer people! Climb Tianmu Mountain, and you can almost hear the poetic echoes of Li Bai's verses, feeling the lofty ambition. Enter the Great Buddha Temple, where the deep Zen atmosphere purifies your soul as you pray and offer incense. The red leaf forest in Qianwang Village is like a poetic painting, with each leaf telling the story of autumn. Waipo Keng Village is a microcosm of 13 ethnic minorities, allowing you to experience the unique charm of Lingnan culture. The Chujian Bridge in Chikeng Village looks particularly romantic under the warm autumn sun. Xishan First Building witnesses the vicissitudes of history, while Dongzheng Village attracts tourists with its ancient trees, red persimmons, and osmanthus fragrance. The sea of clouds and sunset in Zaoxia Yanbei Village is like a dreamlike wonderland, making people linger. Jingshan Village and Renjia Village, with their ancient simplicity and harvest season, make people feel the tranquility of time. Come to Xinchang and start your dreamlike autumn journey! Xinchang, Shaoxing

Naturally, there will be answers as you walk into the valley, seeing the mountains and yourself. Stay at the Valley Inn, collect honey, pick tea leaves, do tie-dye, pet cats, stay at the Xinchang Valley Inn, visit Waipo Pit Village, and walk.

Waipokeng Village is located 42 kilometers southwest of Xinchang County, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, at the source of the Chengtan River, bordering Dongyang, Shengzhou, and Pan'an. The village has a total of 158 households, with a population of 520, including 21 party members and 8 committee cadres. Waipokeng used to be very poor, and there were several local sayings: 'There's a place called Waipokeng in Xinchang, where girls are advised not to marry into, meals consist of six-grain soup, work and travel are like following an ox plowing, lacking money, grain, and girls.' Nowadays, girls from over ten ethnic minorities, including the Miao, Dai, and Bai, have settled in Waipokeng Village. These brides who married into the village have learned to make tea and weave cloth. With their hard work and competence, their families quickly escaped poverty and became prosperous. These daughters-in-law, coming from different ethnic groups with diverse customs, have all learned to speak the local dialect, live in unity and respect, and coexist harmoniously. During the agricultural off-season, they gather together, wear their ethnic costumes, sing folk songs, and dance, creating a joyful atmosphere and becoming a beautiful sight. It is reported that the village now has 35 ethnic minority residents. The well-known 'Number One Ethnic Village in Southern Jiangnan' has become a great place for tourism and sightseeing, attracting many urban visitors for sightseeing, tourism, and creative photography. Visitors can experience the local rural life by 'staying in a farmer's house (century-old traditional dwellings), doing farm work (grinding tofu, making glutinous rice cakes, digging bamboo shoots, picking seasonal fruits and vegetables, weaving handicrafts, etc.), and eating farm food (corn cakes, hand-ground tofu...). They can also visit the 'Southern Jiangnan Ethnic Village Specialty Exhibition Hall' to see original spinning wheels, looms, waterwheels, bridal sedans, pestles, and other characteristic exhibits, experience the handicraft making of various ethnic groups; at the same time, guests can wear various ethnic costumes, sing and dance with the ethnic minority girls, learn to make various handicrafts, participate in ethnic festivals, and experience the unique charm of the Southern Jiangnan Ethnic Village.

Grandma's Pit The ancient village is filled with a heavy sense of history, and the smoke from cooking is filled with the smell of everyday life. There are quaint and neat villages, winding paths, gurgling streams, and green peaks standing on both sides; there are also well-preserved ancient buildings such as ancient gates, stone walls, and yellow mud walls; there are also the remains of a certain unit of the Red Army's Advance Division that passed through Waipokeng Village and the former site of the Xindong Guerrilla Base. Waipokeng, hidden deep in the mountains, has high mountain valleys, waterfalls on cliffs, and flowing springs in streams. The scenery is as beautiful as Jiuzhaigou, and it seems like a paradise on earth isolated from the world. Waipokeng Village is located in the southwest of Jingling Town, Xinchang County, at the source of Cao'e River. It has rich and diverse natural landscapes and rich cultural landscapes. Waipokeng Village has a history of more than 300 years. It is home to 13 ethnic groups including the Miao, Zhuang, etc. It is known as the "No. 1 Ethnic Village in Jiangnan" and is a unique ethnic minority village in Xinchang. Navigate to Waipokeng and go up towards the direction of the No.1 Coffin in the World Waipokeng, Jingling Town, Xinchang County DFree parking √ Wear national costumes for photos You can rent them at the visitor center, heavy-duty seedling clothes are 80 yuan/hour, ordinary ones are 50 yuan/hour, and the deposit is 200 yuan. √ Watch the peacock spread its tail The peacocks raised by the villagers are so beautiful when they spread their tails. √ Taste local specialties The golden ground in front of the house is the special snack of Waipokeng - corn cakes, freshly fried and crispy without greasy, 10 yuan/bag √The world's first coffin The largest coffin in the world, made of fir trees over 118 years old, contains 118 silver coins. Tickets are 5 yuan, super huge and shocking!!

Following the new Pan line by self-driving, there are few cars, and there are no streams in the dry season, but people who have been in the city for a long time will find the reeds and foxtail grass beautiful. Anshan Village is just a post station, the starting point for hiking, so self-driving can only stop for a while. We walked back to Grandma's Pit Village, which is said to be a village where thirteen ethnic groups live together. Of course, it doesn't exist now, it has been beautified into a tourist spot, but traces can be seen. The off-season is like this, allowing you to feel the tranquility of the mountains, experience the winding mountain roads, imagine the stories of the mountains in the past, and understand life.

Waipokeng Village is located in Jingling Town, Xinchang County, near the Anshan Ancient Road. In this ancient village in the south of the Yangtze River, there are villagers from 13 ethnic groups including the Yi, Zhuang, Dai, Miao, and She, and it has the reputation of being the "First Village of Ethnic Groups in the South of the Yangtze River". The village still maintains its simple appearance and original lifestyle. Wearing ethnic costumes and walking on the winding country roads is very charming. ✔️Taste homemade agricultural specialties The most famous food in Waipokeng is the agricultural specialty—corn cake Although it can be bought online or in many specialty stores But in Waipokeng, you can eat freshly fried ones The deliciousness that has been sun-dried for a long time After being fried, it is golden and crispy, and the key is not greasy at all!! It's the one that can't stop eating And when you come to Waipokeng, you will discover many new ways to eat Soak it in soup or noodles, it's delicious when it's soft You can also crumble it and sprinkle it in yogurt... There are also dried bamboo shoots, dried sweet potatoes, and dried polygonatum - ✔️Wear ethnic costumes for photos In the Waipokeng Visitor Center There are many exquisite ethnic costumes for rent The whole set of hats and accessories are complete Bai, Dai, She, Miao... Put them on and take a photo next to the flag or on the tea mountain - 🏠Waipokeng Village, Jingling Town, Xinchang County, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province 🚗Transportation ▫️Self-driving: 50min from Xinchang city area, 2h from Hangzhou ▫️Public transportation (estimated 2h, not recommended) High-speed rail to Shengzhou Xinchang Station-Xinchang k1 road-China Tea Market-Walk 400 meters to May 4th Bridge Bus Station-Xinchang 110 road-Waipokeng Tourism Distribution Center