[2025 Shanghai Attraction] Travel Guide for Tianma Radio Astronomical Telescope (Updated Feb)

I've been wanting to visit the "Red Coast Base" (the Tianma Radio Telescope) for a while now, especially after seeing photos of it in the morning mist. It looks so beautiful! So, I decided to go there this morning to take some photos. But!!! I got up at 5 am and drove there, only to find that there was no mist at all 😭. The photos I took were missing that mysterious atmosphere. I hate this unpredictable weather! In the end, I ran to the riverbank opposite the telescope to catch the sunrise. At least I can say I've been there. If you want to visit, I suggest going in the afternoon to catch the sunset. Navigate to the P8 location, and you can take some beautiful photos of the sunset's reflection.

🚗 Niche check-in spot: Sheshan Tianma Starry Sky Village 🅿️: Free 🆓 roadside or dedicated parking lot Check-in features: Giant astronomical telescope 🔭, kiln-baked bread 🥖 The weather was nice on the weekend, and it took 20 minutes to drive 🚗 This is just to relax your body and mind properly, and you like to walk slowly and take pictures The village still retains the appearance of old houses 🏘️ The door grows vegetables, dries quilts, and clothes, which is a very simple rural life Recommended kiln-baked bread 🥖, roasted sweet potatoes, and coffee in the sun at the entrance of the village You can really relax for an afternoon, and your body is warm in the sun There are very few cars along the way, which is also a good choice for cycling

In recent autumns, I have been going to Sanjiezhi Village to take pictures of rice fields, and this year is no exception. It feels like a small mountain village in the south of the Yangtze River. After climbing Tianma Mountain, you can take a photo of the rice fields. Or as the saying goes, "Shanghai has no mountains, only small dirtbags." In fact, Tianma Mountain is probably the most wild and mountain-like mountain in Shanghai. It is quite steep in some places, and it is a bit difficult for me, a middle-aged man, to climb up. . Therefore, just because the altitude is only 98 meters, we must not sneer at it. - [RedHeart][Starry Sky Village Cafe] After climbing Tianma Mountain, I remembered that a new Starry Sky Village Cafe had opened near Da Guo Li. It was the season when the rice fields were fragrant. I had a cup of Rice Field Village Coffee to have a toothpaste and take advantage of the recent "Paddy Field Village Coffee" craze. With the village cafe, I no longer have to go back to the city to eat hungry after taking pictures of the pot lid. Positioning: Sanjie Village, Jiujiang Highway, Songjiang District - [RedHeart]【Rice field photo taking】 Although you can't see the rice fields from the courtyard of the coffee shop, there is a lot going on behind the village, and there is a large rice field. Looking towards Tianma Mountain from the rice fields, there are rice fields, villages, pot lids, mountains...here! With the telephoto lens raised, these elements are compressed into one picture, giving you a sense of familiarity in a small mountain village in Shanghai.

If I say this is "Songjiang Altay," I will definitely be scolded. Okay, then let's say this is a small mountain village in Shanghai (small mountain + village = small mountain village). Although there are no strange mountains and rivers like "the wind and smoke are all clean, and the Tianshan Mountains are the same color," it is fun to find some alternatives to Jiangnan mountains and rivers without leaving Shanghai. - I have to go to Tianma Mountain several times a year to climb mountains, go to the fields, smell the fragrance of rice flowers, pick chestnuts, and take photos with the big pot cover... This should be the place in Shanghai that is most like western Zhejiang, with mountains, water, rice fields, and mountain villages... Look! Now there is also a rice field village cafe. - Spring｜Visit the peach garden outside the city and take your kids to play with the newly born ducklings; Summer｜Climb Tianma Mountain and find a trace of coolness in the shade of the trees; Autumn｜Take photos in the rice fields and unlock n poses to take photos with the big pot cover; Winter｜... It seems that I can't think of anything else, so why not boil some tea around the stove?

Come for a relaxing weekend trip to Songjiang! 👉Shanghai's Songjiang District is located in the southwest of the city. With a long history, Songjiang was part of the Wu state during the Spring and Autumn period, the Tang dynasty established Huating County here, and in the third year of the Republic of China, Songjiang County was established. Below is an introduction to a travel route that includes three attractions. 🛎Attraction Route: Sheshan National Forest Park➡️Tianma Mountain Radio Telescope➡️The Origin of the Pujiang River. 1️⃣Sheshan National Forest Park: Free admission, convenient parking, both East and West Sheshan have their own parking lots, but traffic jams can occur on weekends and holidays. The main attractions to visit are East Sheshan, West Sheshan, the Catholic Church, and the Sheshan Observatory. Note that the highest point of Sheshan, the Catholic Church, and the observatory are all on West Sheshan. The Sheshan Catholic Church was built in the second year of the Tongzhi era of the Qing dynasty and also has a long history. 2️⃣Tianma Mountain Radio Telescope: With a diameter of 65 meters, it is currently the largest radio telescope in Asia. Located next to Jiujiang Highway in Sanjiezhicun Village, Songjiang District, you can drive to the entrance. It's next to a fruit orchard, there are no parking spaces, and it's not open for visits, so you can only look from the outside, but the close-up view is really spectacular. 3️⃣The Origin of the Pujiang River, as the name suggests, is the starting point of Shanghai's mother river, the Huangpu River, and is the source of the river. The Origin of the Pujiang River Park is free to visit. The Xietang River and Yuanxie Jing converge here, forming a delta. A Tang dynasty-style building was constructed on the delta, named Chunshentang, to commemorate the great achievements of Huang Xie, one of the Four Lords of the Warring States period, who dredged the river channels here. After entering, you can see a huge wood carving depicting the water system of the Huangpu River.