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A two-day and one-night guide to Wuzhen Xizha and May Day travel!

🚗 Transportation Tips 📍Coordinates: Tongxiang City, Jiaxing, Zhejiang ✔️High-speed rail to "Tongxiang Station" → Take a taxi for 40 minutes to Xizha Scenic Area (about 💰60 yuan) ✔️Self-driving navigation "Wuzhen Xizha Scenic Area", parking lot 🅿️20 yuan/day 🏡 Accommodation recommendations ✅Must choose a homestay in the scenic area! Open the window to see the river, sleep by the water 🌟Recommendation: Shiyu B&B ✨Benefits: Breakfast is available for guests staying in the scenic area. Guests staying downstairs can enjoy ☕️ Photo taking is very good 📅 Day 1: First experience of Ink Painting Jiangnan 🌅 Morning ❶ Rowing boat tour (💰60 yuan/person) 👉🏻Route: Andufang→Wenchang Pavilion, see the white walls reflected in the water🖼️ ❷ Plant and Wood Dyeing Workshop 📸The blue printed cloth flutters in the wind, and it’s so beautiful to take photos in Hanfu! 🎎 🍜 Lunch 🔥Must-eats: Shusheng Lamb Noodles🍜 (crispy lamb + chewy noodles!), shredded radish pancakes🥟, Dingsheng cake🌸 🌞 Afternoon ❶ Mu Xin Art Museum (🎫20 yuan, closed on Mondays) ✨Minimal design + Mu Xin's manuscripts, a must-see for literary youths📚 ❷ Zhaoming Academy 🍵 Sit quietly and read ancient books, and watch the small bridge and flowing water in the cafe on the second floor ☕ 🌙 Night ❶ Xizha Night Light Show🌌 💡Walk on the bridge with lanterns/take a night cruise to experience "China's most beautiful water town at night" ❷ Old Forest Bar🎵 🍷Listening to folk songs by the water, Wuzhen craft beer with moonlight is super healing~ 📅 Day 2: In-depth cultural tour 🌾 Early morning ⏰7:00-9:00 Morning tea 🍲Eat soy milk and fried dough sticks + sister-in-law cakes + wontons at the floating market, and watch the black-sailed boats delivering goods, it’s so lively! ☀️ Morning ❶ Wuzhen Post Office✉️ 💌Send a postcard of the same style as Mu Xin, with a special postmark! ❷ Three-inch Golden Lotus Pavilion👣 👀Understanding the culture of foot binding for ancient women is shocking and sad 🍲 Lunch 🍶Republic of China Restaurant Recommended dishes: Guzhen braised duck 🦆, steamed white water fish 🐟, dried amaranth 🌿 **Afternoon* ❶ Wuzhen Grand Theater🎭 ⚡️Check in at the same shell building as in "Dream Like a Dream", full of futuristic feeling 🎁 Recommended souvenirs ✔️Three white wines 🍶 | Sister-in-law cakes 🍪 | Blue printed silk scarves 🧣 ✔️Bamboo crafts 🎋 | Mu Xin's quotations notebook 📔 💡 Travel Tips ❶ Wear comfortable flat shoes! Your feet will hurt if you walk too much on the bluestone road👟 ❷ Bring mosquito repellent in summer, there are many mosquitoes near the water🦟 ❸ It is very convenient to pay with your face in the scenic area, so you don’t need to carry cash💳 ❹ If you want to take photos of empty space, it is recommended to get up early and go out before 7 o'clock📷 ✨“Once you come, you will never leave” The gentleness of Wuzhen is hidden in the ripples of the water created by the rowboats, in the rising steam of the morning tea drinkers, and in the dreamlike interweaving of lights and shadows on a moonlit night🌙 Take this guide with you and collect your own memories of Jiangnan! 💕
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Posted: May 1, 2025
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