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May Day Reverse Travel: Recommending a Healing and Comfortable Hidden Gem City!

May Day Reverse Travel: Recommending a Healing and Comfortable Hidden Gem City! If you don't know where to go for May Day holiday⁉️ Come to "Wuxi·Yixing" - just 40min by high-speed rail from Hangzhou‼️ Not only does it have the same vast bamboo sea as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"🎋 You can also experience the craftsmanship❤️heritage of the thousand-year-old pottery capital🏺 Plus hidden tea gardens that even locals don't know about㊙️🍃 Less crowded than Moganshan, cheaper than Anji! Here's a two-day one-night travel guide to Wuxi·Yixing🗒️ Save it first! Then check it out! · ☑️Itinerary🗺️ Day❶Pottery Factory 2 Cultural Park➠Yangxian Town➠Overnight at Yaohu Town Day❷Yaohu Town➠Yixing Bamboo Sea➠Happy Return Journey · ☑️Check-in Guide📝 📍【Pottery Factory 2 Cultural Park】P3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 ✔️An artistic space converted from an old ceramic factory, red brick walls + industrial style, great for photos ✔️Experience: Handmade pottery (98 yuan/person), finished works can be fired and mailed ✔️Check-in spots: Rooftop garden, Time Tunnel corridor ⏰9:00-18:00 (Closed on Mondays) · 📍【Yangxian Town】P5-8 ✔️A Tang-Song dynasty style town hidden in tea gardens, recommend wearing Hanfu! ✔️Experience: Yangxian tea making, brewing tea by the stream ✔️Hidden activity: Go to the viewing platform in the evening to see "sunset over tea fields" · 🏨【Yaohu Town】P1-2 ✔️Newly opened resort area! Like staying in the bathhouse from "Spirited Away" ✔️Experience: Bamboo forest hot springs, black rice DIY, morning tea picking ✔️Accommodation: "Yaohu Resort Hotel" in the scenic area includes breakfast and dinner · 🎋【Yixing Bamboo Sea】P13-15 ✔️Perfect summer escape for Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai area! Green bamboo as far as the eye can see ✔️Experience: Take the cable car to "Southern Jiangsu's #1️⃣ Peak", walk on the suspended glass walkway ✔️Hidden photo spot: "Water Moon Flower Reflection" stone bridge by Mirror Lake · ☑️Food List🍜 ▫️Zhou Zhen Wonton: Time-honored brand featured on CCTV ▫️Yixing Three Whites: White fish/white shrimp/silverfish ▫️Black Rice: Glutinous rice dyed black with Nandina leaves ▫️Zhang's Tofu: Intangible cultural heritage tofu feast at Yaohu Town · ☑️Travel Tips📮 1️⃣ Bamboo Sea cable car stops operating at 4pm, recommend going in the morning 2️⃣ Free shuttle bus between Yangxian Town and Yaohu Town 3️⃣ April-May is the best travel season, tea picking + fresh bamboo shoot season 4️⃣ Remember to bring mosquito repellent! Lots of mosquitoes in the bamboo forest🦟 · 📸【Photo Guide】 ✔️Pottery Factory 2: Best light for photos at 4pm🤳 ✔️Bamboo Sea: Wear white/light-colored clothes👕 ✔️Yaohu Town: Night views are better than daytime🌌
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