Biancheng Tea Tuo: A Step into Three Provinces - A Three-Day Two-Night Travel Guide

📖 Step into the real Biancheng from Shen Congwen's writings, the "Biancheng Tea Tuo" is located at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou, and Chongqing, known as a summer retreat treasure where one can 'step across three provinces' ⛳️Location: Biancheng Tea Tuo Ancient Town Scenic Area, Huayuan County, Xiangxi 🎫Tickets: Ancient town is free, La La Ferry (Hunan-Chongqing) ¥2, Tourist boat (A Step into Three Provinces) ¥25 🅿️Parking: Parking lot available inside the ancient town ¥40/vehicle (3 days 2 nights) ✈️Transportation: 🚗1. Self-driving: Depart from Guilin, take the Baomao Expressway 🚅2. High-speed rail: Take the train to Jishou, then a bus to Huayuan County, and finally a bus to Biancheng 🇨🇳Biancheng Itinerary: ✅ 3 days and 2 nights in Biancheng Tea Tuo, average cost ¥1000 per person 💫Day1: Depart from Guilin at 13:00→Arrive in Biancheng at 19:30→Check into a guesthouse (Xiangxing Mansion)→Dinner at the 'Eat in Three Provinces' restaurant downstairs (tried Jiaojiao fish, a combination of Hunan's spiciness, Chongqing's numbness, and Guizhou's sourness) 💫Day2: 🎈7:30-9:00: Opposite the guesthouse is Cuicui Island, use a drone to capture the full view of Biancheng by the river→Breakfast 🎈9:00-11:10: Walk along the river to Cuicui's former residence→White Pagoda→Return to Tea Tuo Ancient Pier 🎈11:30-15:30: La La Ferry→Three Provinces Junction for a photo (20-minute walk), you can choose to take a small boat in the Xishui River, passing through three provinces (Guizhou, Hunan, Chongqing), take a photo at the junction, ticket price ¥25 (peak season), return to La La Ferry and stop directly opposite (Chongqing) Hong'an Ancient Town→Southeast Chongqing's First Gate→Liu Deng Memorial Square→Hong'an Old Street→Yulu Tower→Three No-Care Island→Lunch (Chongqing hotpot) 🎈15:30-16:30: Return to Tea Tuo Ancient Town→Tea time→Rest at the guesthouse 🎈19:00-22:30: Sunset glow→Dinner→Listen to songs at a small tavern 💫Day3: Check-in at scenic spots along the way→Breakfast→Hanging Wall Highway (ticket ¥68/person)→Aizhai Bridge→Guilin 🍱Food Recommendations: Sour and spicy Jiaojiao fish, oil baba, rice tofu, fried potato flowers, sticky rice crust, barbecue, beef rice noodles/noodles, Chongqing hotpot 🎙Overall Experience: Biancheng is suitable for leisurely walking tours, the scenic area is not highly commercialized, prices are reasonable, and the place is clean, tidy, and orderly. The town is naturally simple and leisurely, it is the prototype location of Shen Congwen's famous novel 'Biancheng', and the ethnic Tujia and Miao styles in the ancient town are unique. The riverside scenery on both sides of the river is like a Jiangnan ink painting no matter how you photograph it, and you must experience the 'Three No-Care Island' and 'La La Ferry'! 📽Here you have old streets, natives, a sense of life, and a slow life like small bridges and flowing water! Cuicui Island is currently under renovation and is more modernized; 🎞The true beauty of Biancheng is actually the beauty of Shen Congwen's writing, as well as the beauty of kind and simple human nature and first love in the darkness. There is a river by the town, an island in the river, and when night falls, to feel the lights of thousands of homes, one needs time to understand the culture of Biancheng Tea Tuo.