Living a "Rooted" Life for a Few Days in the Mountains and Wilderness of Liuyang | Zhimushanji This trip

This trip is less about staying in a guesthouse and more of a brief experiment in "returning to roots." The destination—Liuyang's Zhimushanji—is a place where "living in harmony with nature" and "local culture" are ingrained in its DNA. Starting from Changsha, a 90-minute drive, the destination is not a tourist spot but a village, a piece of mountain wilderness. The guesthouse doesn’t deliberately create luxury; instead, it humbly blends into the environment with rammed earth walls, native wood, and large floor-to-ceiling windows. This is the charm of Zhimushanji—it belongs to these mountains first, then becomes our home. ◽️At the cliffside tea house in the back mountain, facing the empty valley, brew a pot of local tea with mountain spring water. Think of nothing, just listen to the wind and watch the clouds, feeling the poetic beauty of "the mountain air is best at dusk." ◽️The itinerary arranged by the host includes visiting nearby fields to learn about crops, many ingredients for dinner come from this land. This sense of closeness from "field to table" is something city restaurants cannot offer. The room I stayed in had solid wood furniture, where you can feel the grain; the bedding was organic cotton, wrapped in the scent of sunshine. These details silently convey a sustainable lifestyle—friendly to nature and kind to oneself.