With spring snow, the spring atmosphere that has fermented for a whole winter finally spread out. When spring comes and flowers bloom, now is the best time to invite some of your friends to have close contact with nature.
Let's go and have a spring outing in Qiandao Lake!
A Fascinating Vista of Qiandao Lake
Tianyu Hill 天屿
Tianyu Hill is located near the east end of the Qiandaohu Bridge, with an altitude of more than 300 meters. It is mainly based on the original ecological landscape of Qiandao Lake and is a good place for breathing fresh air and viewing the scenery.
While walking upward, stepping on the soft leaves, facing the warm sunshine, listening to the birds and smelling the fragrance of flowers, you’ll feel extremely happy. The grass on the hillside is lush green and soft like a carpet, and the trees under the sky are luxuriant. The bright sunlight penetrates through the treetops and shines on the ground, and the scenery of Qiandao Lake is also looming through the shade of the trees. For those who like to take photos, you can also take photos of the Qiandaohu Bridge and the sunset on the viewing platform.
Location: near the Tianyu Villas at the east end of the Qiandaohu Bridge
Plants Contending for Beauty
Menggutang Cultural Park 梦姑塘文化公园
Menggutang Cultural Park is located diagonally opposite the tourist wharf in the Central Lake Area. It is a mountain cultural park taking the natural mountain forest environment as the carrier and showing the regional cultural characteristics of Chun'an County.
The walls at the entrance of the park adopt the Huizhou architectural style. The road leading to the park can't be counted as steep. As you climb up the steps, the white walls and black tiles accompany you along the way, adding a charm of simplicity and antiquity to the spring outing experience. Stop to take a deep breath and you’ll smell the refreshing scent of green leaves and grass mixed with the fragrance of flowers in the air. Everything here makes people feel very comfortable and refreshing. You can also climb the Kuixing Building (魁星楼) on the top of the mountain to have a bird's-eye view of Qiandao Lake.
Location: Opposite the tourist wharf in the Central Lake Area
Mountaintop Viewing
Dongshanjian (东山尖)
Dongshanjian is located at the junction of Weiping Town and Songcun Town, with an altitude of 978 meters. In spring, Dongshanjian is full of vitality with rushing spring water, zigzag mountain streams, and flowers all over the mountains and plains that are full of spring atmosphere. Walking on ancient roads, appreciating peculiar-shaped rocks, drinking mountain springs... The scenery along the way is constant, and each has its own charm.
If you are tired, you can also find a piece of open space to sit on the floor, chat and laugh with friends, or take photos and enjoy the scenery. It is a lot of fun!
Route: Qiandaohu Town (千岛湖镇) → Qiandaohu Bridge (千岛湖大桥) → Qianwei Line (千威线) → Weiping Forestry Farm (威坪林场) → Dongshanjian
Exercise in Spring Breeze
Qiandao Lake National Mountaineering and Fitness Trail 千岛湖国家登山健身步道
The trail is located in the urban area, starting from the east end of the Qiandaohu Bridge to the Tianyu Villa Group, and ending at the Lijiawu (李家坞) exit of Shizi Street (十字街).
The mountain path is rugged and winding, and the trees on both sides are luxuriant. Along the way, you can see clusters of dandelions blooming with yellow flowers, and the whole fluffy face sticks out in the green grass, bringing passers-by surprises. Looking from a distance, the white and pink cherry blossoms are swaying in the mountains, like waving to the tourists who are walking forward. Along the way, you can also stop for a short rest on the photography platforms, the landscape rest platforms, or the landscape ecological pavilions.
Route: Nine entrances/exits have been set on branch roads with the Tianyu entrance as the starting point. In addition, there are entrances/exits near a hospital and 9 communities along the route, including Qingbo Garden, Bishui Garden, Golden Sunshine, Maternity and Childcare Hospital, Yi Jia Shan Shui, Zai Shui Yi Fang, Dongzhuang New Village, etc.
Mountain Flowers and Beautiful Scenery All the Way
Circum-Lake Spring Outing
Spring is the most beautiful season of Qiandao Lake. The 2,200-kilometer-long shoreline surrounding Qiandao Lake features beautiful scenery and rich tourist resources. While you are driving, cycling, hiking, camping... mountain flowers and beautiful scenery will accompany you along the way; While you are boating on the lake, you’ll see that the water is rippling and the mountains are reflected on the water; In the rural farmhouses, you’ll feel that the taste of the New Year is still there; In the lakeside hotels, with a cup of fragrant tea in hand, you’ll feel the perfect fusion of man and nature.
Recommendation: It is more convenient to tour the lake by bus, while more freely by car or bike.
Countryside in Spring
Forest Oxygen Bar (森林氧吧)
The scenic area is divided into six areas: the water leisure area, the tea room leisure area, the forest negative ion breathing area, the forest recreation area, the forest camping area, and the forest science popularization area.
There are ecotourism projects that fully display the charm of nature, such as forest strolling, forest bathing, forest oxygen absorption, river trekking, rock climbing, camping, forest specimen collection, environmental education exhibition hall, fishing center, and water sports center; There are also leisure sports such as 1000-layer flying waterfall, mountain spring foot bathing for fitness, adventures for the brave, rapids circling up the river, mountaineering and scream therapy.
Location: Wangzi Mountain, Danzhu Town, Qiandaohu Town, Chun'an County (淳安县千岛湖镇淡竹王子山)
Spring in the Highland Wetland
Qianmu Field (千亩田)
It is the only highland wetland in Qiandao Lake and is a wonder of nature. On one side, there is an abyss, and on the other, a plain. Climbing up from the deep canyon, “it seems that there is no way in the front", but once you reach Qianmu Field, you’ll begin to feel "there is a way out".
Qianmu Field features beautiful scenery, with azalea flowers all over the mountains in spring, Chinese silver grass swaying elegantly in summer, flying "snow" in autumn, and snow-capped silvery snake-like mountain range dancing in winter. It has not just the special scenery seen only beyond the Great Wall featured in the verse, "under the boundless sky, on vast plains, cows and sheep can be seen when the wind blows and grass lowers", but also gives people a special feeling depicted in the verse, "Where, before me, are the ages that have gone? And where, behind me, are the coming generations? I think of heaven and earth, without limit, without end. And I am all alone and my tears fall."
Address: Pingmen Town, Yaoshan Town (屏门乡、瑶山乡境内)
Route: Qiandaohu Town—S302 Provincial Road—Changwen Line (昌文线)—Youyao Line (佑瑶线) —Yaoshan Town (瑶山乡) —Qianmu Field
The Vitality of the Thousand-Year-Old Ancient Village
Qinchuan Ancient Village (芹川古村)
Qinchuan Ancient Village is hidden in the deepest part of Qiandao Lake. Drive along the most beautiful road around the lake for an hour and you’ll find this small village with a history of 750 years. It is simple and elegant, quiet and poetic.
Qinchuan Village is a typical Huizhou-style ancient village. The whole village is mainly characterized by ancient buildings with small bridges and flowing water, especially the carved beams and painted rafters of some buildings, which are the fine works of ancient dwellings. There are about 300 ancient buildings in Qinchuan Village, of which there are 2 buildings from the Ming Dynasty, and the rest are mostly buildings from the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China era.
There are still more than 60 well-preserved Huizhou-style ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties and four ancestral halls. The building types are extremely rich, with various shapes, all of which have two stories. They belong to the Huizhou architectural style in southern Anhui, and there are waterside pavilions, towers, and ponds that are rarely seen in other buildings.
Self-driving: Depart from Qiandaohu Town along Qianfen Road (千汾公路) to Xinqiao (新桥), then turn right to enter Qinchuan Village (about 1 hour).
Public transportation: Take a passenger boat or speedboat from the passenger terminal of Qiandaohu Town to Jiangjia Town (姜家镇), then take a Jiangjia Town-to-Langchuan Town bus to Xinqiao and turn right to enter Qinchuan Village.