[2025 Haiyan Attraction] Travel Guide for Haiyan Windmill (Updated Jul)

Take a 30-minute high-speed train 🚄 from Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station to Jiaxing South Station. Then, take intercity bus No. 175 or a taxi to Haiyan, Yu Hua's favorite coastal town in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Free from throngs of tourists, Haiyan offers beautiful natural scenery and local charm, making it a perfect destination for a relaxing weekend getaway! One-day trip itinerary: 🚄 Arrive at noon → Lunch: Sishi Chun (for shaomai) → Shendan Old Street → Shendan Brewery → Shendan Granary → Haiyan Wind Farm → Dinner: Shengli Restaurant → Return 🚄 Recommended attractions: Shendan Old Street: With a history of over 2,200 years, this small ancient town exudes a simple yet vibrant atmosphere, just as depicted in Yu Hua's writings. Shendan Brewery: A century-old brewery and intangible cultural heritage site, it features spectacular rows of sauce jars. You can also visit the underground wine cellar and try the white soy sauce ice cream. Shendan Granary: Originally built in 1955, this former central granary of Haiyan has been transformed into a creative park. The park retains the old granaries, offering a magnificent and nostalgic retro vibe. There's also a bookstore designed in the shape of a cylindrical granary and a modern, minimalist coffee factory. Haiyan Wind Farm: Windmills, sea, and grassland. On a sunny day, the scenery resembles a scene from a Miyazaki anime. The scenery is beautiful, but it can be windy.

No need to go to Sanya, you can watch the sea near Hangzhou! It takes only 1 hour to drive from the city center. Here's a guide to watching the sea in the hidden town of Haiyan. 🏠 City: Haiyan 🚘 Transportation: Self-driving is recommended. 👉 Sea-watching route: ✅ Guanhai Garden - Seawall Greenway - Chaoyin Pavilion - Haiyan Windmill 👉 Guanhai Garden: ✅ The most beautiful sunrise in Yu Hua's novel is here. The stone embankment in the garden is one of the three major civil engineering projects in ancient times. You can play with sand when the tide is low and catch crabs when the tide is out. There is also a sculpture of Huang Guangsheng here. 👉 Seawall Greenway: ✅ A greenway built along the coast, where you can take a leisurely stroll, listen to the sound of the waves, and feel the sea breeze. 👉 Chaoyin Pavilion: ✅ It takes 15 minutes to walk from Guanhai Garden to Chaoyin Pavilion. The building is ancient and elegant, and it is also a good place to watch the sea. There are also some seats here where you can take a break. 👉 Haiyan Windmill: ✅ The neat white windmills stand by the sea, as if they have entered the comic scene of "Five Centimeters per Second", and they are photographed every second. ⌚️ Sea-watching time: ✅ It's better to go at sunrise or sunset for a better view. 📷 Photo locations: ✅ Fish scale embankment sculpture wall; ✅ Distant view of the seawall bridge; ✅ Sea view; ✅ Haiyan Windmill, etc.

🚔Self-driving Tour ✅️Shanghai👉Jiaxing Haiyan, 1.5 hours ✅️Mountains, water, culture, and food. Come to Shengli Restaurant for a plate of fried pork liver and two liang of yellow wine (the yellow wine should be warmed up) ✅️No crowds in the off-season ✅️Itinerary: Shanghai🔜Shendang Old Street and Shendang Granary🔜Shendang Soy Sauce Brewing🔜Haining Shenxian Lake🔜Jiaxing Haiyan Fengyi Village🔜Guanhai Garden🔜Haiyan Windmill 1️⃣Shendang Old Street is not commercial at all. The old street is not big, so you can walk around and take photos. Feel the history of the old street and visit Shengli Restaurant. 2️⃣Shendang Granary was an old granary and is now a popular creative park with a bookstore, coffee shop, text wall, and a mini children's play area. 3⃣Shendang Brewing was a soy sauce factory and is now open to visitors. The soy sauce jars, wine cellars, and white soy sauce creative ice cream are very impressive. 4️⃣Shenxian Lake is a mine site park. The lake is blue and there are flowers and plants by the lake. It's like a real-life Zelda! 5⃣Fengyi Village has tea gardens and mountains to climb. You can overlook the village, mine pit, moon lake, and air-raid shelter from the top of the mountain. There are also cute and artistic graffiti on the ground. 6⃣Guanhai Garden, sunrise in Haiyan, Haiyan sunrise is here! 7⃣Haiyan windmill + sea + lawn, very spectacular👍 ✅️Shengli Restaurant, a restaurant made famous by the book "Chronicle of a Blood Merchant" ✅️Shendang Old Street, the big word "Shendang" is here ✅️Sunny Day, a shop with Yu Hua's signature and a latte made with local yellow wine ✅️Local snacks, shumai (very thin skin), stinky tofu

| Shendang Town Day Trip. A Shendang Town route that doesn't double back. Suitable for self-driving travelers. 🚗 Shanghai 🔜 Shendang Ancient Town (1 hour 40 minutes by car) 🅿️ Ancient Town Parking Lot The ancient town is simple, with only two streets and two cafes worth visiting. Shengli Restaurant - Mingde Cafe - Xuanhu Tang Cafe The soy sauce latte is smooth and delicious. Ancient Town 🔜 Haiyan Shendang Brewing Company 🅿️ Parking lot at the entrance Registration is required to enter the park. Soy sauce ice cream 🍦 CNY 18 each Yellow wine and white soy sauce are must-buys. The yellow wine is sweeter than Gu Long. White soy sauce is actually light soy sauce, which is very fragrant when mixed with rice. We bought six bottles of yellow wine and two bottles of soy sauce at a good price. Brewing Company 🔜 Shendang Granary 🅿️ Free parking lot at the entrance Suitable for taking photos. The best time to enter is after 3:00 pm. The bookstore is also a good place to take photos, but unfortunately, no one reads there anymore. Shendang Granary 🔜 Haiyan Windmill 🅿️ Park along Leyuan Road The coastal pedestrian path and windmill are great for taking photos in good weather. Finally, wait for the sunset and watch the sunset over the mudflats.

📍Sunrise and sunset 📍Address: Haiyan Windmill - Haiyan Seaside Park (anywhere along the coast) 📍Parking tips: Try to arrive early. You can park on the side of the road or in a designated parking space. Viewing times: 📍Sunrise: 4-5am 📍Sunset: 6-7pm ✴️Tips: 1⃣️The sea is not blue. If you're looking for a blue sea, you may be disappointed. 2⃣️The tide rises and falls slowly and not by much. It's not as noticeable as in Haining Yanguan. 3⃣️There are stalls at Haiyan Windmill in the evening selling food, drinks, and other small items.

🌈Day1: Beida Street Tourism and Culture Area - Chaoyin Pavilion - Haiyan Windmill 🌈Day2: Zhenfangzhai - Qiyuan Pancake - Qiyuan - Xuanhu Tang Coffee - Victory Restaurant (Old Store) - Haiyan Shendang Brewing Co., Ltd. - Concept Geometry Shendang Granary 💬Random Thoughts: Currently, the areas around Shanghai are still quite off the beaten path. It is recommended to drive there as public transportation is not particularly convenient. After visiting Jiaxing last time, I had a very good impression of it. There are few tourists here, and hotel prices do not surge during holidays. Everyone seems very relaxed, and the pace of life is slow. Shendang Ancient Town has a short old street, with ancient alleys paired with traditional architecture, making every casual photo full of charm. Many people come for the Victory Restaurant. I even urgently read 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant'. Every time Xu Sanguan faced various difficulties and was at his wit's end, he would go to the hospital to sell blood to Li Xuetou. After selling blood, he would definitely go to Victory Restaurant to order a plate of stir-fried pig liver and two liang of yellow wine. Next to it, you can also check in at the Sunny Day Coffee and Dessert Bureau. The desserts are basically sold out by four or five o'clock, and I grabbed the last box. At Shendang Brewing Factory, you can visit the entire process of traditional soy sauce, white wine, and yellow wine brewing, and personally experience the charm of traditional culture. In the Shendang Wine Cellar, there is even wine sealed by Yu Hua. After the tour, buy a soy sauce ice cream at the factory's exhibition hall. According to the introduction, when Mr. Yu Hua came to visit at the end of October last year, he prepared a script to have Yu Hua write it by hand to promote the factory. But Yu Hua said, 'This won't do. I'll just write: Shendang Yellow Wine, don't know how it ferments, don't know how it's brewed, just know it's delicious.' Inexplicably cute, a lazy and relaxed old man with a sweet tooth hhh Shendang Granary, once a grain warehouse, has been transformed into a popular check-in spot, combining a creative bookstore, coffee factory, banquet center, and other diverse businesses, making it particularly suitable for photography. These attractions are very close to each other, and every parking lot is free. However, walking around, stopping, eating, and shopping for an afternoon is enough time.