[2025 Guangde Attraction] Travel Guide for Luhu Reservoir (Updated Jul)

🌟A treasure small town just 1.5 hours' drive from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai! 99% of people miss the secret bamboo sea and the beautiful lakes and mountains here. One guide covers it all: Northern Song Dynasty Corner Tower, ancient pagoda tea aroma, and Jianshan Coffee—perfect for niche travelers! 🚗 Check-in route: Guangde Hengshan → Tianshou Temple Pagoda → Gujiao Tower → Luhu Bamboo Sea → Bamboo Village Gallery 1️⃣ Hengshan National Forest Park Cishan Temple: An ancient temple with a thousand years of incense, yellow walls, and bamboo shadows perfect for photos📸 Summit Garden: Climb the trail beside Cishan Temple to reach the top. The garden itself is not very special, but the abandoned elk forest along the way feels wild and you can overlook the endless bamboo sea from above🌿 Cloud Forest: Mountain-top café + bamboo specimen hall, floor-to-ceiling windows with a viewing platform perfect for photos! 2️⃣ Tianshou Temple Pagoda A Jiangnan pagoda built in the Northern Song Dynasty, solemn and simple. Turn into the neighboring "Light Tea Affair" 🍵 tea bar, enjoy tea and breeze in a Chinese courtyard with white walls, black tiles, and bamboo blinds—super soothing~ 3️⃣ Gujiao Tower A must-see landmark in Guangde! Northern Song city wall ruins + Ming Dynasty rebuilt pavilion, touching the uneven stone bricks instantly transports you back🏯 4️⃣ Luhu Bamboo Sea Go! The emerald lake reflects endless waves of bamboo. Driving along the lake feels like entering the Land of Oz🌊 (If you have more time, we recommend navigating to "Jishan Bamboo Sea" nearby for an even better experience) 5️⃣ Bamboo Village Gallery Jianshan Station The highlight section of National Highway 318! The viewing platform overlooks the rolling bamboo sea, everyone with a cup of "Jianshan Coffee"☕, a perfect road trip photo spot! (Navigate directly to "Daxiwu Viewing Platform") 😋 Taste Explosion Tonghua Fish (wild fresh fish from Luhu), Jishan Bamboo Shoots (freshly dug and tender)—order with your eyes closed! 👉 Recommended: "Bamboo Village Family" farmhouse stove fish, "Guangde Grand Hotel" bamboo shoot feast 💡TIPS 1️⃣ Wear comfortable shoes for the drive! Hengshan has many stone steps for climbing 2️⃣ Bamboo Sea Station has fierce mosquitoes, bring mosquito repellent and mint balm 3️⃣ Cloud Forest costs about 50+ per person, Western food is average but the view is stunning, coffee is recommended 🎋 The rustling bamboo is the poem written by the wind, and the wheels rolling over are the rhyme of freedom. Guangde, Anhui, is worth slowing down for and staying a while!

#discoverchina Surrounded by a sprawling sea of bamboo, Lu Lake offers a tranquil escape into the heart of nature. This expansive sanctuary, with its lush greenery and serene waters, creates the perfect backdrop for picnics, camping, or simply unwinding in a peaceful environment. The scenic trails weaving through the bamboo forest invite exploration, while the calming lakeside views make it an ideal spot to relax and recharge. Whether you’re seeking adventure or tranquility, Lu Lake Bamboo Sea provides a harmonious balance of both. This is more than just a destination—it’s a chance to immerse yourself in the soothing beauty of bamboo-covered hills and crystal-clear waters. 🌿✨🎋🏕️

Visit the vast bamboo forests for some fresh air in the early spring before the cherry blossoms bloom! Bamboo Sea location: Ji Shan in Lu Village, Guangde ⛰️⛰️ Reservoir: Lu Village Reservoir 🦋🦋🦋🦋 🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋 Day One: Arrive at Guangde South Station by high-speed train. You can take a taxi right at the entrance. Here's a complaint: Guangde taxis aggressively solicit passengers, which is annoying 🚕 Accommodation: Guangde is not big, so any hotel will do. Everything is close by. Recommended: Hillman Platinum Hotel, the hotel is quite new and the facilities are decent 🉑 Bathhouse: Friends in Guangde highly recommend experiencing the local bathhouse culture. We went to Jinlang Bathhouse, where you can enjoy a steam bath and play cards at the same time. It's a great experience with friends～ Dinner: Le Yang Lou Ji Hotpot 🍲 Recommended by local friends, the mutton is particularly praiseworthy 👍🏻 Recommended dishes: Mutton pan-fried dumplings, beef cubes, mutton spine, and mutton skewers! All delicious, worth a try Day Two Breakfast: Lao Huang Fried Rice, a bowl of fried rice with 20 kinds of side dishes, only 13💰, eat until you're stuffed haha Recommended side dishes: Dried green beans, fish, as well as celery and bamboo shoots, all very tasty Ji Shan Bamboo Sea Drive or take a taxi to Ji Shan, park at the farmhouse, and then climb up. It's actually quite gentle, but still tiring to climb. The air is so fresh, and there's a clear stream. Start from Ba Fu Farmhouse, pass through Zhu Village, then to the mountain pass, and finally to the mountain top. Descend the stairs, a total of one and a half hours. The scenery along the way is beautiful, and from the mountain top, you can see vast expanses of bamboo sea, bamboo everywhere, digging bamboo shoots is prohibited 🚫 but I really want to dig for bamboo shoots, can't find any. After coming down, you can eat at the farmhouse at the foot of the mountain Recommended: Bamboo Sea Yuan Recommended dishes: Shuiyang Three Treasures! The specialty dishes are quite tasty, and there's a lot to show off Green beans, stir-fried on a farmhouse stove are really delicious Haozi Baba, stuffed and tasty 😋 Crispy rice dipped in fermented bean curd, this can be tried, and other dishes are also good Lu Village Reservoir Not far from Ji Shan ⛰️, there's a large open space for camping 🏕️ and picnicking. Climbing up there is really beautiful, the reservoir is large, and it's surrounded by green mountains. Watching the sunrise and sunset must be beautiful Finally, you can stroll around the streets of Guangde. I heard the fried noodles are delicious, but I didn't get to try them, boo hoo hoo