2025 Huoqiu Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in May)

#discoverchina This year feels like a warm winter — the courtyard trees are already loaded with juicy orange persimmons, but those two massive ginkgo trees haven’t turned gold yet. Last year around this time, they were glowing. I’d say wait until late October or early November for full autumn magic 🍂✨ 🛕 A Bit of Backstory Officially named the Temple of Great Enlightenment, it’s more commonly known as Wuta Temple because of the five iconic towers on its central stupa. Built during the early 1400s, it's now the home of the Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum. 🌟 What Not to Miss 🔸 1. The Five-Pagoda Stupa The highlight of the temple — a stunning structure inspired by the famous tower in Bodh Gaya, India. It features five mini pagodas placed on a broad base: one in the center and four at the corners. Look closely and you’ll spot: Rows of carved Buddha figures Eight sacred symbols of Buddhism Four fierce guardian kings The five cosmic Buddhas All carved in warm-toned stone with insane detail — definitely worth a slow walk-around 🌀 🔸 2. Stone Inscriptions Everywhere It’s like the northern cousin of Xi’an’s stone forest — filled with stone tablets, carvings, and engraved art. You’ll find: Commemorative tablets Ancient calligraphy Temple and guild inscriptions Even tomb epigraphs The most eye-catching? A towering monument with dragons twisting up its sides and fish, crabs, and turtles carved into the corners. It’s a showstopper 🐉🦀🐢 🔸 3. The Persimmon Trees Bright orange fruit hanging everywhere — some branches dip so low they’re within reach (but careful, they might bop you on the head!). If you visit on a quiet day, the staff might even offer one to take home 🍊💫 🔸 4. Twin Ginkgo Trees On either side of the stupa stand two ancient ginkgo giants. Once their leaves turn yellow, the whole courtyard turns into a golden dream. It’s a total photo heaven 📸✨ #thingstodo #travel

I woke up early today and couldn't fall back asleep. I was too lazy to get up, so I checked the time. It was just past 6 am... I've been thinking about taking photos of the sunrise for a few days now. I checked the weather and saw it was sunny, so I got up. I didn't even wash up before heading to the East Lake embankment to take some photos. I picked a few photos: the first light of dawn, a sky full of morning glow, and a red sun rising in the east, dyeing the lake and sky red. I wanted to share this beautiful scenery. I also want to wish everyone a happy New Year and that all your wishes come true.

Huoqiu Fajina Hotel 🌈Suddenly want to travel, popular cities and attractions are too crowded, so go to less popular cities, stay in a hotel🏨, look around the hotel to see the scenery and think about life, what it feels like to empty yourself, what it's like to stay in a five-star ⭐ hotel in a less popular city for reverse tourism, experience a different life, live a different attitude.🌈🌈🌈 🌅Anhui Huoqiu, a county town between Fuyang and Lu'an, a county town that many people don't know about, there is no direct high-speed rail🚅, if you need to transfer to high-speed rail, you need to sit to Lu'an or Ying Shang, the time from the high-speed rail station to Huoqiu county town is about 1.30, the traffic is not very convenient, there are two large reservoirs on the edge of this inconvenient place, the scenery is very good, one on the east side of the county town called Chengdong Lake, one on the west side, called Chengxi Lake.😍😍😍 🌇Fajina Hotel is in the center of the county town, at that time I was staying on the 12th floor of the hotel, you can see Chengdong Lake from the corridor to the east, and Chengxi Lake to the west, the scenery is very good, in the evening, watching the sunset🌇 on the lake, there were clouds☁️ in the sky at that time, the sun🌞 shining on the lake is very spectacular, the hotel is very cost-effective, breakfast🍞🥛 is also very good, there are many local specialties.😋😋😋