Are You Bored with Just Roaming Around The City? Recommended Natural Scenery Tour Around Shaoxing

Wuxie: Wuxie Waterfalls (Five Waterfalls) “Xie” means waterfalls. There are five waterfalls in Wu Xie scenic area, which are very spectacular, and the biggest tourist spot. You can see different views in Wu Xie in every season. Water sports in summer, maple leaves in autumn, ginkgo in early winter, and with very beautiful scenery. It is comprised of 4 scenic areas: Wu Xie lake, Taoyuan, Dongyuan, and Xiyuan. Take a boat and enter through Wu Xie Lake, you will pass by a bamboo forest and Taoyuan which is filled with wild flowers. Then you will reach the most exciting scenery which is Dong Yuan. Just walk up the path, and you will see how spectacular the 5 waterfalls are. WuXie beautiful, SiXie curved, SanXie broad, ErXie peaceful, YiXie mini.

JiangNan biggest Buddha in XInChang The most amazing part of the Big Buddha is there’s a 16 meters high stone Meitreya enshrined inside. The statue was excavated during the Southern Dynasty, and is the oldest in Jiangnan. It’s also the earliest stone Buddha, and was called the “Jiang Nan First Buddha”. It was discovered 200 years earlier than the Le Shan Big Buddha. Near the entry of the Big Buddha, there is an intersection on the right side which leads to the Condor Village. All the architecture in the village are imitations of sceneries in the “ The Legend of the Condor Heroes”. You can visit Yang Tiexin’s old house in Niu Family village, Lu Chengfeng’s Guiyun Manor, Beggar’s Sect Xuanyuantai to recollect the story. On the right side of the Condor Village is a wood fossil dinosaur park. The wood fossil forest is billions of years old. We still can see very clearly how it was hit by lightnings and damaged by insects. It’s the most precious paleontology remains of Xin Chang which is worth seeing.

Chuanyan Nineteen Peaks is composed of 3 sub scenic spots: nineteen peaks, Qianzhangyou Valley and the Chongyang Palace. You can also see the stunning DanXia Landform. Qianzhangyou Valley is also the filming spot of the CCTV TV series “The Smiling, Proud Wanderer” and “Divine Condor, Errant Knight”. The place that an Wuxia lover should not miss. The spot most worth seeing is the Nineteen Peaks. Scattered in 19 magnificent mountains, in shapes such as censer, cable ship, saddle, checkerboard and others. It’s like you’re riding the clouds and the fogs in the sky. Because this is an wuxia filming site, you can see manmade condor thatched houses and wolong villas. You can enjoy the scenery while recollecting the wuxia plots. On the northern side of the Qianzhangyou Village is the Chongyang Palace which is an important filming site and tourist spot. While you are enjoying the visit, you might also meet filming crew working.

Dong Bai Shan is located at the southern part of Hui Mountain, its main peak is TaiBai Peak which is 1,194.7 m tall. The sunrise of Dong Bai Shan is on minute earlier than the Nanjing Purple Mountain Observatory sunrise of the 21st century. Thus the sunrise of the Dong Bai Shan is the country’s earliest. Dong Bai Shan peak has 20 to 30 different mountains. It’s like a rolling hills, with unlimited scenery. In the mountains, you can see many black butterflies with colorful patterns. They are as big as your palm, and dance like a fairy.

Baizhang Waterfall is hidden in between the steep and lofty mountains. You will need to take a boat and pass through Moon Lake to be able to see it. Aside from the Baizhang Waterfall, there is also Xizhu Waterfall, Yuanyang Waterfall, Wudaiquan, Yixian Waterfall and 20 other waterfalls. It’s also named as the No. 1 Jiangnan Waterfalls. A lot of costume dramas were filmed here. Baizhang Waterfalls is 300 m wide from the Wangyuan Water. It abruptly comes out from the red split cliff of the Wangyuan Water, going down 60 m. The sound of the water is extremely loud, as if there were thousands of horses passing by. The view is spectacular.

Douyan Scenic Area was originally named Steep Rock. It’s well known for its peculiar mountains, steep rocks, odd shape rocks, tranquil caves, and clear water. The huge mountain is made up of hundreds and thousands of rocks. It’s warm in the winter, and cool in the summer. You can also experience the clouds surrounding you all throughout the year which makes it a mysterious feeling. Lush forests cover 72% of the area, and you can visit the hundred-year camphor trees and thousand-year crape trees. Rivers at the foot of the mountains, neatly constructed cottages, bamboos and woods, and surrounded with fertile farmland; there’s a farmhouse activity at the scenic spot. Aside from mountain climbing, you can also enjoy the rural scenery and farmhouse activities.