Rowing on Jian Lake, Strolling through Shen Garden: Discover Shaoxing's Poetic Slow Life

**🌿【Shaoxing 2-Day Itinerary｜Immerse in the Water Town's Poetic Wine Culture】🏮** **✨ Day 1: Cultural Water Town + Culinary Memories** 📍 **Lu Xun's Hometown**: Explore Three-Flavor Study, Hundred Herb Garden, visit the famous "Early" character desk, enjoy fennel beans at Xiangheng Restaurant, and try the slightly intoxicating yellow wine milk tea (Free, reservation required). 📍 **Shen Garden**: Night tour with "Chai Tou Feng" Yue Opera performance, experience Song Dynasty garden light fantasies, feel the thousand-year love story of Lu You and Tang Wan (Night admission: 80 yuan). 📍 **Cangqiao Straight Street**: Savor stinky tofu, cream pastries, and drunken crabs, ride a black awning boat through the Figure 8 Bridge, and instantly capture the water town's vibrant atmosphere! **✨ Day 2: Ink Landscape + Ancient Town Charm** 📍 **East Lake**: Take a black awning boat through "the world's finest water and stone bonsai landscape," see cliff reflections in the clear waters, and explore the filming location of "Journey to the West" (Admission: 50 yuan). 📍 **Anchang Ancient Town**: Enjoy the aroma of Chinese sausages, watch traditional white sugar pulling performances, ride wedding boats on the water, and buy century-old soy sauce from Renchang Sauce Workshop (Free, open all day). 📍 **Orchid Pavilion**: Copy the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" at the site of the ancient wine cup floating ceremony, and feel Wang Xizhi's Wei-Jin Dynasty spirit among bamboo shadows (Admission: 70 yuan). **🍜 Must-Try Foods**: • **Shao Three Fresh**: King of savory flavors｜**Drunken Chicken & Shrimp**: Xiangheng Restaurant specialties • **Yellow Wine Popsicles**: 5 yuan each｜**Ciwu Noodles**: Hand-made chewy noodles with fragrant toppings • **Hidden Gem**: "Hebutou" Restaurant on West Small Road, where locals gather! **🚗 Transportation Tips**: • Take Hangzhou Metro Line 1 directly to Shaoxing, get off at Lu Xun's Hometown Station; • For East Lake/Anchang Ancient Town, take a taxi (20 minutes) or BRT3/118 bus. **💡 Unique Experiences**: • Take ink-painting style photos in the Calligraphy Saint's hometown, wait for misty rain on Fan Bridge; • Paint wine jars and taste 20-year-aged wine at Yellow Wine Town; • Admire ginkgo trees at Yu the Great's Mausoleum in autumn, climb Kuaiji Mountain for a panoramic city view.