A Symphony of Emotions and Scenery | An Unforgettable Journey

Xixi Tourism and Culture Zone is located in Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province, and is divided into three areas from south to north: the Historical and Cultural Leisure Area, the Modern Cultural Leisure Area, and the Ecological Cultural Leisure Area. The Historical and Cultural Leisure Area centers around the millennium-old town of Xixi, creating a historical and cultural landscape that integrates filial piety culture, salt culture, and Buddhist culture; the Modern Cultural Leisure Area combines traditional art with modern culture, featuring facilities for art dissemination, boutique appreciation, and leisure entertainment; the Ecological Cultural Leisure Area, with the Xixi Botanical Garden at its core, includes facilities for modern agriculture display, agricultural science education, and farming experience tours. 📍Detailed Address: Xixi Tianxianyuan Scenic Area, Huiyang Road, Dongtai City, Yancheng, Jiangsu 🚗Transportation Strategy: ✅Train🚅: 15 minutes by taxi from the high-speed rail 'Dongtai Station' ✅Bus🚌: From various counties and cities to Dongtai, take the No. 6 or No. 15 bus to Xixi Scenic Area. 🕙Opening Hours: ⌚️09:00-⌚️17:00 💰🎫Ticket Price: 🎫Free 🌟Highlights ✅Xixi Ancient Town Xixi Ancient Town features the Northern Song Dynasty style, showcasing the unique salt culture and 'Three Aspects' culture, with main attractions such as Yanyan Academy, Three Aspects Pavilion, Salt Square, and the Ancient City Tower, forming an iconic architectural complex. In the ancient town's Limu Old Street, built along the Xixi Yanyan River, with its grey bricks and tiles, every step offers a new view. Here you can watch the immersive 'Fan Zhongyan' drama, take a boat ride, and it's just perfect for taking photos in Hanfu or modern Chinese-style clothing! ✅Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies Cultural Park Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies Cultural Park, in the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, revolves around the themes of filial piety culture and love legends, featuring 24 attractions including Dong Xiaoxian Shrine, Relief Corridor, Eighteen Li Pavilion, Old Locust Tree, Phoenix Pool, Silk Reeling Well, Mulberry Field Thatched Cottage, and Cao Family Courtyard. At 19:40, the 'Celestial Love' aerial fantasy drama, with the starry sky as the ceiling and cloud windows and misty pavilions as the backdrop, integrates stage plays, music, and dance into one, offering a unique audio-visual experience that is truly stunning. The finale is a beautiful fireworks show, immersing you in a fairy-like, thousand-year-old romance. ✅Haichunxuan Tower 'Xixi tower shadows the cold mountain moon, and the ancient temple wind tolls the bell of the East Sea' - the 'tower' mentioned in this poem is Haichunxuan Tower. The three wonders: 🌸First Wonder: Looking up from the base of the tower, the eaves of each level are not in a straight line or on a flat plane, but spiral. 🌸Second Wonder: This tower was originally a lighthouse, with no foundation or underground palace, yet it has stood for a thousand years without falling. 🌸Third Wonder: Legend has it that the top of the tower is made of 'wind-dividing copper,' and with the Xixi Pagoda guarding it, even typhoons have to detour around it. ✅Grass Market Street: A street full of the atmosphere of everyday life, it's simply a paradise for foodies! There's nothing better than enjoying a variety of specialty foods with a few good friends at night. Fish soup noodles, large meat buns, roujiamo, big plate chicken, strip mud seafood noodles - which one can heal your soul and taste buds? 📌Little Tips: The ancient town is free to visit FREE, but watching the 'Celestial Love' performance requires a ticket purchase at 'Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies Cultural Park,' starting at 6:30 PM. It's currently the National Day holiday, and the park has many FREE special performances, including fireworks at night. There's a big temperature difference between day and night, so remember to bring a coat for the kids. If you don't want to be in a crowd during the National Day holiday, why not visit this thousand-year-old town like I did?