Taizhou Travelogue: Ancient City Walls and East Sea Waves

🌊 **3 Days & 2 Nights In-Depth Taizhou Guide | Mountain-Sea City · Buddhist Origins · Culinary Feast** --- **📅 Itinerary Overview** **Theme**: Mountain-sea wonders + Cultural heritage + Seafood delicacies **Best Season**: April-October (summer retreat & sea views), November (tangerine harvest season) **Transport Tips**: - ✈️ Direct flights to Taizhou Luqiao Airport - 🚄 High-speed rail to Taizhou Station/Linhai Station - 🚗 Recommended self-drive (scattered attractions, mountainous roads) --- 🌄 **Day 1**: Linhai Ancient City + Jiangnan Great Wall **Morning**: 📍 **Taizhou Ancient City Wall (Jiangnan Great Wall)** ("Southern China's Badaling", ¥60 ticket) 📍 **Ziyang Ancient Street** (Tang-Song era old street, must-try: seaweed cakes, egg white "lamb tail" pastries) **Noon**: 🍜 **Food Recommendations**: - Xin Rong Ji (flagship store! try sea anemone bean noodles, golden beltfish) - Baitaqiao Restaurant (wheat shrimp, flat dumplings) **Afternoon**: 🏯 **Longxing Temple** (origin of Japanese Tendai Buddhism, millennium-old temple) 🚣 **Linghu Lake Boating** (or Donghu Garden, Jiangnan-style scenery) **Evening**: 🌃 **Stay in Linhai** (recommend Yufengli Boutique Hotel/historic wall-side hotels) --- **⛰️ Day 2: Tiantai Mountain Buddhist & Taoist Culture Route** **Morning**: 📍 **Guoqing Temple** (Sui Dynasty temple, free entry! Must-see 1,400-year-old Sui plum tree) 📍 **Tiantai Mountain Grand Waterfall** ("China's Tallest Waterfall", ¥100 ticket) **Noon**: 🍲 **Food Recommendations**: - Tiantai rolled pancakes, hulatai (try at Tuzhaotou Farmhouse) - Temple vegetarian meals (advance booking required) **Afternoon**: 🕍 **Tongbai Palace** (Southern Taoism ancestral temple) or 🌿 **Shiliang Waterfall** (starting point of Xu Xiake's travelogue) **Evening**: 🌌 **Stay at Tiantai Mountain** (recommend Lushan Tiantai/Hot Spring Hotels) --- 🌊 **Day 3: Wenling Shitang/Sanmen Bay Seafood** **Option A: Wenling Coastline** - 🌅 **Millennium Sunrise Park** (first sunlight of new millennium in mainland China) - 🏖️ **Dongxia Beach/Golden Beach** (blue tears season May-August) - 🎨 **Colorful Xiaolu Village** (pastel fishing village, Instagram spot) - 🦞 **Lunch**: Shitang seafood (try small-net seafood, clams, octopus) **Option B: Sanmen Bay Gourmet Tour** - 🦀 **Shepan Island** (pirate caves + blue crab feast) - 🏮 **Dongping Ancient Village** (Ming-Qing architecture complex) - 🍴 **Lunch**: Tingpang Town (Sanmen blue crabs, jumping fish) **Must-buy Souvenirs**: 🎁 Linhai honey tangerines, Yongquan mandarins (Oct-Dec), Songmen dried white fish --- ⚠️ **Tips to Avoid Pitfalls** 1️⃣ Attractions are scattered—plan by area: "Linhai-Tiantai-Wenling" 2️⃣ Confirm seafood prices; opt for farmed seafood during fishing ban (May-Aug) 3️⃣ Guoqing Temple doesn't charge incense fees—beware of fake monks soliciting donations --- 🏡 **Accommodation Picks** - Culture lovers: Yufengli Boutique Hotel (renovated heritage house) - Island chasers: Wenling Qiheng Shishe (Shitang sea-view) - Zen seekers: Tiantai He Hotel (meditative design)