[Complete Travel Guide to Gexian Village Resort] Night Tour of the Thousand Lantern Festival, Experience a Fairy-like Life!

📍Address: Yongyang Road, Gexianshan Town, Yanshan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province --- ✨ Highlights of the Scenic Area 🏞️ Fairyland-like Natural Scenery: Gexian Village Resort is backed by the millennium-old Taoist sacred mountain Gexianshan. It integrates the core of Chinese Taoist culture and classical landscape painting, using water, bamboo, and village as creative elements to create a natural sanctuary of "water in the mountains, village in the water." The terrain is surrounded by mountains on three sides, forming a canyon basin. The probability of advection fog on rainy days is very high, with mountain mists often lingering around, full of ethereal charm. 🏮 Stunning Night Scenery and Thousand Lantern Festival: At nightfall, Gexian Village transforms into a dazzling sea of lights. Inspired by the ancient painting "Shangyuan Lantern Festival Picture," the Thousand Lantern Festival recreates the magnificent scene described by Xin Qiji: "The phoenix flute sounds, the jade pot light turns, a night of fish and dragon dance." Hundreds of lanterns hang along the streets, with the lantern street forming a tunnel of colorful lantern strings. The entire Gexian Village looks like a fairyland, with a lantern at every step, making visitors reluctant to leave. 🎪 Rich Cultural Experiences and Performances: · "Return to Truth" Water Screen Movie Show: A large-scale live light and shadow show held every night in front of Zhongmiao Pavilion, combining water screen movies, lights, flames, and other elements to tell the story of the immortal Gexuan, visually stunning. · Zhongmiao Pavilion Light Show: Zhongmiao Pavilion is 26 meters high, built with a three-story, four-column pure wooden pointed roof structure, featuring a brilliant light show at night. · Fish Lantern Parade: Nearly a hundred people form a parade team carrying antique-style lanterns walking through the bluestone alleys, with the dazzling roaming dragon lanterns winding and dancing under the night sky. --- 🗺️ Recommended Itinerary One-day Highlights Tour: · Morning: Arrive at the scenic area, visit Lingbao Immortal Street, experience Hanfu culture. · Afternoon: Take the cable car up Gexianshan, visit the mountaintop temple, enjoy the sea of clouds. · Evening: Watch the Thousand Lantern Festival, Zhongmiao Pavilion light show, and "Return to Truth" water screen performance. Two-day In-depth Tour: · Day 1: Arrive in the afternoon and check into a hotel inside the scenic area → Visit Lingbao Immortal Street and Yueya Alley → Enjoy the night Thousand Lantern Festival and light show. · Day 2: After breakfast, take the cable car up Gexianshan → Visit the Great Gexian Hall for blessings → Return to the foot of the mountain for lunch → In the afternoon, experience Hanfu photography or DIY projects in the scenic area → Return trip. --- 📸 Must-visit Attractions 1️⃣ Lingbao Immortal Street🏮: Blue bricks and black tiles with red lanterns, instantly transforms into a Tang-style street market at night, perfect for Hanfu photos. The stone arch bridge at the corner is a hidden photo spot that captures the entire street in one frame. 2️⃣ Zhongmiao Pavilion🗼: The central landmark of the scenic area, a majestic three-story, four-column wooden pavilion. You can row boats and feed koi in the lake; when mist spreads, it looks like a fairyland. At night, there is a spectacular light show. 3️⃣ Tianjing Platform☁️: Accessible after taking the cable car to the summit, on clear days you can see the "Thousand-mile Landscape Scroll," and the scenery is breathtaking when the sea of clouds surges. 4️⃣ Gexianshan⛰️: Take the cable car directly to the mid-mountain, then walk about 20 minutes to the Great Gexian Hall. This is where Gexuan attained immortality, and locals come here to pray. The mountain has formed a religious culture of "one mountain, two teachings, Taoism and Buddhism practiced together." 5️⃣ Yueya Alley🌙: A winding bluestone alley with hanging oil-paper umbrellas and red lanterns creating a fairy tale atmosphere, perfect for dreamy night photography. --- 🚗 Transportation Guide · High-speed Rail🚄: Take the high-speed train to Shangrao Station, then the fastest way is to take a carpool ride, about 1 hour to reach, or take the scenic area shuttle bus, about 1.5 hours. · Self-driving🚙: Navigate to "Gexian Village Resort," the scenic area has a large parking lot. --- 💰 Tickets and Accommodation 🎫 Ticket Information: · Single ticket: about 130 RMB · Ticket + round-trip cable car: about 220 RMB · Package tickets: Usually the main entrance ticket + round-trip cable car package is more cost-effective. 🏨 Accommodation Recommendations: · Hotels inside the scenic area: It is recommended to stay inside the scenic area (such as Zhanshan Inn, Yueyan Xianju, Xixin Courtyard) for convenient night tours and next-day visits. Some hotels include scenic area tickets. · Accommodation experience: Hotels inside the scenic area are built along the mountain, such as Zhanshan Inn. There are signs at the entrance of Gexian Village attractions. Check in at the hotel first, then take the shuttle to the specific hotel inside the attractions. --- 🍜 Food Recommendations · Yanshan Hot Rice Noodles🍜: Local specialty, fresh and delicious soup, a must-try! · Lantern Cake🥟: A savory snack made from rice slurry, with a unique texture. · Gexianshan Health Pot: Medicinal herbs + native chicken stewed for hours, fresh and tasty. · Immortal Village Tofu Feast: Tofu made with mountain spring water, tender and refreshing. --- 💫 Travel Tips 1️⃣ Best Season: Spring and autumn have the most comfortable climate, and the probability of sea of clouds is higher. Come even on rainy days! The mist swirling around greatly enhances the fairy atmosphere. 2️⃣ Dress Suggestions: Be sure to prepare Hanfu👘, which can be rented inside the scenic area for about 50 RMB. It is recommended to choose elegant styles that complement the architecture. 3️⃣ Itinerary Suggestions: 8:00-10:00 is free of tour groups, quiet and suitable for photography; 18:00-19:00 is the blue hour with brilliant lights, the contrast of warm and cool tones is perfect for capturing a cool feeling. 4️⃣ Special Activities: At night, there is a starry music concert with famous bands performing classic hits live; you can also participate in the ten-thousand lantern blessing ceremony and light butter lamps by hand. 5️⃣ Photography Tips: The lantern wall and stone bridge on Lingbao Immortal Street are great photo spots; the koi in the pond at Zhongmiao Pavilion are a highlight of Gexian Village. When someone feeds them, splashing water creates patterns that are very photogenic. --- Gexian Village Resort, known as the "Fairyland Vacation Destination," awaits you to climb high and gaze far, enjoy the Thousand Lantern Festival, experience the world of immortals, and feel the perfect blend of nature and culture!🌟 Quickly save this guide and start your fairyland journey in Gexian Village!✨