Wuyuan in autumn is absolutely stunning, as rated by National Geographic
Spring comes and goes, and when spring arrives, can autumn be far behind? Let me give you an early recommendation for the most beautiful autumn scenery. Where is the most beautiful autumn in China? The ancient village of Hongcun in Jiangxi Province, rated as "the most beautiful ancient village" by Chinese National Geographic, definitely makes the list.
【2023 Wuyuan Hongcun Autumn Viewing Schedule】
☀ Sunning Autumn: Early August to Mid-December
🌾 Autumn Harvest: Mid-September to Mid-October
🌼 Chrysanthemum: Early October to Mid-November
🍅 Persimmons: Mid-October to Mid-January of the following year
🍁 Red Maple: Early November to Mid-December
🍂 Ginkgo: Mid-November to Early December
The beauty of Wuyuan Hongcun lies in its multiple dimensions: the beauty of the Hui-style architecture with grey tiles and white walls; the three-dimensional beauty of the ancient village built against the mountain; the beautiful autumn sunning scenes of each household; the beauty of the mix and overlay of many colors; the beauty of the quiet stone paths in the early morning; the beauty of the lights of thousands of homes at sunset...
🚗 Transportation: Take the high-speed train to Wuyuan Station, then take a scenic area bus or taxi directly to the scenic area, and take a cable car up to the scenic area
🎫 Ticket: Scenic area ticket + round-trip cable car 145
🏨 Accommodation: Scenic area autumn sunning lodging, with views from the window
🚡 Cable Car: Earliest entry to the scenic area at 8:30; latest exit from the scenic area at 20:30, be mindful of the time
🍜 Cuisine: Hongcun has a snack street, several cafes, dessert shops, and Tianjie Food Mansion to choose from, truly rich
📌 Viewing, photography, and experience recommendations-
【Best Check-in Spots】
✅ Wuguitang: The best view for shooting the popular scene of opening windows to sun autumn and also an excellent spot for watching the sunset glow
✅ Sunning Workshop: You can see the characteristic sunning autumn scenes with layers upon layers, and get up close to the sunning autumn
✅ Photography Bar: The best spot for shooting sunset, evening glow, and night scenes, and you can also capture the Patriotic Wall
✅ Sunning Autumn Platform: Located at the highest point of Hongcun ancient village, you can overlook the entire village
✅ Persimmon Tree: Many persimmon trees line the village roads, with the largest one located below the Sunning Workshop, full of lantern-red fruits from late autumn to winter
✅ Patriotic Wall: A wall on Tianjie, next to the cafe door, with a coffee cup that reads "Hongcun" which you can borrow for check-in photos
✅ Huaxi Water Street: Stay in a homestay in the scenic area, and shoot here early the next morning for a fairy-like feeling, suitable for wearing ancient costumes
✅ Hongcun Sunning Cottage: I personally like it very much, inside it's written with poetic, nostalgic, and small feelings about the ancient village. Located next to the steps going up from the ancient village's grand stage, if you don't know, it's recommended to ask around.
✅ Various ancient village specialty foods: Making glutinous rice cakes, printing cakes, frying oil dumplings, shaking puffed rice... These childhood memory foods are all made on-site, good for photos and tasty, don't miss out.
✅ Tianjie Barber Shop: There's a barber shop on Tianjie, just one chair, and the small house you enter next to it is a check-in spot, with the person inside and the photographer standing far away, you can capture a perfect blend of person and scenery
Come over in the off-season, there is no rape blossom to see, you can only look at the house, walk down the glass bridge, encounter a problem with the cable car, go back to queue for more than half an hour, have not been to see, there are too many people in the peak season.
It is not the peak season, there are still many tourists, the scenic spot closed the A cableway, we took the B cableway up the mountain, played a circle and returned the same way, more than 30 degrees of high temperature some can not eat, this is the only fly in the ointment. The scenery is quite good.
It’s really beautiful. It’s worth punching in and taking pictures. This season is off-season. It’s about 28 kilometers away from Wuyuan County. You need to take a taxi. It’s more cost-effective to travel with more people. I’m myself. The chartered car is 160 yuan, and the scenic spot ticket is only 140 yuan.
20231120 All day: 1. Guling is an ancient village of Shanling 38 kilometers northeast of Wuyuan County (Eastern Line of Tourism) in Shangrao City. It was built in the Ming Xuande years (1426-1435 years). The population is more than 320, mainly with Cao surname, covering an area of 7.8 square kilometers. The highest altitude in the village is 420 meters, unlike other villages in Wuyuan County. Guling Village is famous for its unique autumn landscape, and has been awarded the "most beautiful Chinese symbol" by the Ministry of Culture. The colorful crops are scattered and scattered, fan-shaped and covered with roofs, becoming amazing roof art, known as the most beautiful countryside in China, the Potala Palace in the south of the Yangtze River, etc. It is also a famous historical and cultural village in China, as well as a location for many film and television dramas. The dense Huizhou ancient buildings in the village are scattered and scattered. It is a rural scenic spot integrating viewing photography, ancient costume photo, health care, vacation and leisure. It is a must-check-in place for Wuyuan tourism. ① Address: Guling Village, Jiangwan Town, Wuyuan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province ② Transportation: direct bus, easy to drive ③ peak season: 3-4 month, rape blossoms in full bloom ④ Time: 7 hours ⑤ Ticket price: 145 yuan (including two-way cableway) 2. There are: ① cableway: 10 minutes one way ② Wumen Fenglou: Wooden pavilion-style archway, 5 holes, the is "Tiankai Guling" ③ Piaoxue Republic of China Hall: indoor retro Republic Street, interior night view decoration, high value ④ Adventure Forest: Jungle Crossing Playground ⑤ Forest Tunnel: ordinary mall, main road into the village ⑥ Buddha Temple: two connected Buddha Temple, The left is the Shemiao and the right is the Wuxu Temple. It has been abandoned ⑦ Cao's Ancestral Temple: It was built in the Qing Qianlong years (1736-1796), covering an area of 308㎡, and three into five open rooms. Cao Wenxuan (now Xiaoxu Village) of Daxuan moved to Huangling and became the ancestor of Jiancun. At first, he lived with Daxuan. After the completion of this temple, he established a separate portal. The interior is used as a folk culture exhibition hall, introducing the local customs and customs ⑧ Yutang Square: Yuwai Square, surrounded by simulated crops and agricultural tools to cultivate cattle, and the central tables and chairs are hung with the banner of "Guling Brigade All Members Conference" ⑨ Direct Drinking Water: The shape of the village pump ⑩ Zhushan College: Built in the late Qing Dynasty, covering an area of 252 ㎡, founded by Cao Wenzhi, is a place for people to read. After the collapse of the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China was rebuilt. Three days into three wells, covering an area of 300 ㎡, the interior is privately arranged, and the amount of "reading music" was written in Qing Guangxu 12 years (1886). 3. The village is mainly divided into 4 northwest-southeast streets. The altitude is from the top to bottom for Huajie, Danshui Lane, Tianjie, and the tour trail. There are 83 ancient buildings, including 1 in the Ming Dynasty, 24 in the Qing Dynasty and 58 in the Republic of China. 4. Huajie is the highest street at altitude, mainly with various homestays, and there are foot baths. 5. Danshui Alley is 178 meters long and has fewer landscapes. There are: ① Sun Workshop: one of the best observation decks, the second floor, the first floor of the interior is the introduction of autumn culture, agricultural tools, and villagers are making traditional snacks. The balcony is the observation deck; The second floor is also an observation deck. On the top of the grass shed, there are peppers hanging on the top of the grass shed. Shangyuanjing: One of the 6 wells in the village ③ Wuguitang: It was built in the Qing Qianlong period. The ancestors were Cao Yonghu and Cao Xi'an father and son during the Ming Chongxu period... The number of words exceeded the limit, and continue in the last picture.
Guling is a typical ancient village with a history of more than 500 years, characterized by Huizhou architecture, autumn culture and golden terraced fields and flowers. This village is located in the Shi'er Mountains, 7 kilometers southeast of Jiangwan Town, Wuyuan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province. It has a unique geographical location, mild climate, abundant rainfall and clear seasons. The autumn culture of Huangling is a unique agricultural phenomenon, known as the "most beautiful Chinese symbol". The architectural, cultural, natural and creative elements of the scenic area blend together, showing a rich historical and cultural heritage.
Because I went to Wangxian Valley the day before, I couldn’t get out of the scenic spot for a few hours. I couldn’t get down the mountain in a traffic jam when I got out of the scenic spot. In contrast, the same Golden Week, Wuyuan Huangling is much better. The scenic spot is arranged reasonably. Although there are many people out of the scenic spot, But there was no crowding and pushing. Guling was separated at the exit. One person lined up in an orderly manner to leave the scenic spot. Plus, the cable car was very fast. It didn’t take long to get on the cable car and go out of the scenic spot. The scenic spot is very large and has a lot of playability. My friends and I are leisurely chatting and strolling, very comfortable, ready to go to the Golden Week next time to take a photo of the autumn.
Last year, I came on a business trip and was planted by Guling. I must bring my family to come again! This Qingming, although I can't grab the ticket, I have to transfer to Jiujiang. I bought more and got off the bus in advance. We still came. Although the scenic spot is full, we have to park the car at the Jiangwan parking lot and change the shuttle bus. We still come; Although rapeseed flowers were hit by rain, we still came! The only slot is that the high-speed rail from Beijing to Wuyuan is too inconvenient, and it is not possible to make weekend trips.
There is a pursuit of relaxation; there is a feeling of amazement; there is a beauty called unforgettable life. Wuyuan Huangling, a place that has raised the upper limit of my aesthetics. Finally met it in this late spring season! Walking through Huaxishui Street to listen to the gurgling water in the stones of Lushan. Climb up the terraced sea of flowers to see the yellow rapeseed flowers. Step up the sun workshop to see the autumn family will show the harvest and joy in the colorful ripples. The charm of Huangling lies not only in the beauty of the scenery, but also in its deep historical atmosphere. The bricks and tiles here contain the vicissitudes of the world over a hundred years. Zhuxu Hall, Shende Hall was also a mansion of the Hui's fame. But I regret it a little bit. Because of work reasons, I often go to the village, I am worried that the landscape villages of Wuyuan will be no longer interested in the villages that are common. Maybe this is "Wuyuan returns not to see the village". [Transportation] There is a shuttle bus to Guling at the Repulse Bay, which runs every hour. There is also a shuttle bus to Guling outside the train station. [Accommodation] There are also accommodations on Guling Mountain, but reservations are required. People with insufficient budgets can live at the entrance of Guling Scenic Area. [Diet] There are almost all food in Guling, and those with insufficient budgets can bring their own food.