Fuzhou-Luoyang-Kaifeng 4-day 3-night Special Forces Travelogue

I thought I'd have a leisurely trip, but it was actually quite rushed. Off-season travel is so economical! Prices in Luoyang and Kaifeng are so affordable! 11.21 9:55 Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport 🚄 10:55 Zhengzhou East Airport 🚄 11:53 Luoyang Longmen Airport Food: Nanguan Small Bowl Beef Soup (😋 Delicious) Accommodation: Tangyi Time Homestay (3 beds, 2 nights, ¥301, no bathroom) Travel: 12:40 👍Great photos! ➖ 21:14 Makeup removal and luggage pickup ➖ 21:54 B&B (The plan was to visit Jiuzhou Pond, Yingtianmen, Tiantang, and Mingtang, but we only saw the night view...) 11.22 Bought a tour on Xianyu (a travel website), ¥210 including bus, entrance fee, and round-trip cable car. Food: Zhongtianmen Cai Mingwei (¥15, have a bowl of hot bone broth noodles before climbing to the top) Xiaojie Tianfu (¥76/3 people, the restaurant is huge, the food is okay) Transportation: 9:10 🚌 ➖ 12:07 Yunjing Cableway ➖ 13:00 Zhongtianmen ➖ 13:41 Fenglin Cableway (¥80 round-trip/person) ➖ Fairy Tunnel ➖ Ten-Mile Painting Screen ➖ 15:04 Nantianmen ➖ Golden Summit (stay here to take photos, eat, and wait for the light to come on) Lights out, it's very cold at the top of the mountain, make sure you have a down jacket, hat and gloves ready) ➖ 17:32 Golden Summit Cableway (shared ticket with Peak Forest Cableway, afraid of missing the return trip due to long queues) ➖ 18:16 (came down early) ➖ 20:15 Departure (originally scheduled for 20:00) ➖ 22:45 City Center ➖ 23:04 Xiaojie Tianfu 11.23 Eat: Ma Ji Guangfa Beef Pan-Fried Buns (near the guesthouse, freshly made breakfast, delicious and cheap, only ¥2.5 for a full meal) Accommodation: Lanting Guesthouse (3 beds per night ¥160, clean, warm and well-equipped, very close to Qingyuan Duanmen) Transportation: 10:30 Baima Temple Parking Lot (in Wei For safety, be sure to take the sightseeing bus (¥5/person). Even after the bus stops, it's still a long walk to the entrance. Luggage storage is available at the shops (¥5/piece). ➖ 10:48-11:44 White Horse Temple (The yogurt is great! After exiting, walk straight past the public transport area and you'll see the minibuses directly to Longmen Grottoes (¥10/person). Luckily, we encountered the "Divine Capital No. 7" minibus; the popular driver was very helpful.) ➖ 13:04-15:30 Longmen Grottoes (So magnificent! The parking lot is extremely far from the entrance; sightseeing bus ¥10/person) ➖ 16:20-17:30 Luoyang Museum (Closes at 19:00; the twin flowers are in the second exhibition hall; the white jade cup and other treasures are in the second-floor treasure hall.) 6 hours free at the entrance lockers (🆓) ➖ 18:07 Longmen Station ➖ 20:00 Kaifeng North ➖ 20:30 Guesthouse ➖ Haidilao November 24th Food: Meili Bianjing Roast Duck (¥36/person, affordable and delicious, the fried eight pieces are especially good) Transportation: 11:35-16:00 Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden (tickets purchased on-site with train ticket, discounted to ¥102/person/3 days; large luggage lockers at Duanmen Gate, ¥30, can fit two 20-inch suitcases and one large bag; it gets more lively after 15:00, honestly, our time slot was a bit boring, the NPCs were off work, we could only see one large performance, and due to strong winds that day, the flying performance was cancelled)