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🚗 Suggested itinerary: Route 1 (Cultural Line): Shaoxing (2 days) → Jingdezhen (2 days) → Quanzhou (2 days) → Liuzhou (2 days) 🚌 Route 2 (Foodie Line Reverse): Liuzhou → Quanzhou → Jingdezhen → Shaoxing 🚗 Transportation: High-speed rail 🚄 direct access Shaoxing → Jingdezhen: High-speed rail about 4 hours (transfer in Hangzhou required). - Jingdezhen → Quanzhou: High-speed rail 5 hours (transfer in Fuzhou or Nanchang). - Quanzhou → Liuzhou: High-speed rail 6.5 hours (transfer in Guangzhou/Shenzhen). City transportation: Public buses and taxis are convenient in all four cities; walking is recommended in the old towns of Shaoxing and Quanzhou. ✅1. Shaoxing · The Literary Spirit of Jiangnan Water Town 📷 Must-see - Lu Xun’s Hometown: Baicao Garden, Sanwei Study, relive textbook memories. ✅ Shen Garden: The story of Lu You and Tang Wan’s "Hairpin Phoenix," with opera performances at night. ✅ Cangqiao Straight Street**: Ride a black-awning boat, eat stinky tofu, and try yellow wine popsicles. ✅ Anchang Ancient Town** (30 minutes from downtown): An original water town, must-try sausage and pulled sugar. 🎨 Food: - ✅ Yellow wine derivatives (yellow wine milk tea, yellow wine pudding), braised pork with preserved vegetables, Shaoxing drunken chicken. - ✅ Recommended restaurants: Xianheng Hotel (Kong Yiji’s fennel beans), Treasure Hunt. 🚌🚘 - Shaoxing attractions are concentrated; metro plus shared electric scooters make touring easy. ✅2. Jingdezhen · The Slow Life of the Thousand-Year Porcelain Capital** 📷 Must-see: - ✅ Jingdezhen Ancient Kiln Folk Customs Museum**: Watch intangible cultural heritage artisans throwing clay and painting blue and white porcelain. - ✅ Imperial Kiln Museum** (more beautiful at night): A collision of architectural aesthetics and broken porcelain shards. - ✅ Taoxichuan Cultural and Creative Street**: Friday and Saturday night markets for handmade ceramics. - ✅ Yaoli Ancient Town** (1 hour from downtown): The original village waiting for the misty rain in sky blue. - Experience: - ✅ Make pottery by hand (Sculpture Porcelain Factory or Sanbao Village Studio, about 100-200 RMB per person). - Food🎨: - Cold noodles (mixed with tangerine peel), alkaline rice cakes, dumpling rice cakes. - Recommended restaurants: Home for Dinner (local internet celebrity), Fan’s Beef Bone Noodles. 3. ✅ Quanzhou · Half City of Smoke and Fire, Half City of Immortals - Must-see📷 - ✅ West Street: Check in at the Bell Tower, shoot the twin towers sunset at Meichaofeng rooftop. - ✅ Kaiyuan Temple**: See Hindu stone pillars and flying celestial musicians, free incense offered. - ✅ Xunpu Village: Be a "head garden" Xunpu woman for a day (Zhao Liying’s hairstyle). - ✅ Luoyang Bridge** (30 minutes from downtown): Song Dynasty Maritime Silk Road ancient bridge, see oyster reefs at low tide. - 🎨 Food**: - Rice noodle soup (with vinegar meat), ginger duck, four-fruit soup, earthworm jelly. - ✅ Recommended restaurants: Sidang Ginger Duck, Hou A Po Meat Rice Dumplings. - 🚗🚘: - Old town electric sightseeing cars 2 RMB per ride, hail to stop. 4. Liuzhou · A City Worth Traveling for a Bowl of Noodles 📷 Must-see - ✅ Liuzhou Industrial Museum: See the "steel giant" and vintage trains. - ✅ Ma’anshan Park**: Climb to the top for panoramic views of the Liu River and city (night lighting is stunning). - ✅ Longtan Park: Karst landscape, free to shoot ethnic style photos. - ✅ Yaobu Ancient Town: Antique-style buildings lit at night, rent Miao ethnic costumes for photos. - Food🎨 - ✅ Snail noodles**: Recommended shops (Xinyue Snail Noodles, Jiao Jie Old Brand, A Jiao Snail Noodles). - Others: Cold mixed beef offal, cassava soup, fried ice cream. - 🚘🎨 - Liuzhou has low prices, taxi starting fare 6 RMB, snail noodles 10-15 RMB per person for a full meal. ⚠️ Notes: 1. Season: - Best in spring and autumn for Shaoxing and Quanzhou; Liuzhou is hot in summer but you can experience the water carnival; Jingdezhen is a bit quiet in winter. 2. ✅ Special experiences: - Wear Hanfu and ride a black-awning boat in Shaoxing, fire your own exclusive porcelain in Jingdezhen, wear flower hairpins in Quanzhou, enjoy snail noodles and tea bran hair wash in Liuzhou. 3. ⚠️ Budget: - About 3000-4000 RMB per person (8-10 days), Liuzhou is the cheapest, Quanzhou and Jingdezhen moderate, Shaoxing slightly higher. (This is my personal estimate, for reference only)
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