Leaving the Bustle of Hangzhou, Discovering the Last Zhejiang Hidden Gem – Songyang

I always hope to be able to let go of the fast-paced weekdays, slow down to feel the quiet life.

Over the years, I've visited so-called ancient villages, many of which haven't preserved their original buildings, but are renovated and newly built houses, for self-use or tourist-run guesthouses. Yangjia Tang Village is hidden deep in the mountains, a well-preserved small village.

Entering Songyang County, Tudong Village, you enter the village through a winding mountain road. During holidays, if there are many cars, be careful when you drive, especially on weekends. The road is narrow, and if you meet an elderly person who waves at you, stop your car to give them a ride.

For centuries, the rich agricultural culture and the deep fragrance of Songyang tea have been passed down.

Drinking Songyang tea can make you feel refreshed and clear-headed, which shows the excellent quality of Songyang tea.

It was a tribute product in the Tang Dynasty, and Yu Chen described the quality of Songyang tea in the Ming Dynasty with the words 'spring colors fill the golden wine, clear wind and rain, jade river and tea'

Liking tea enthusiasts come here a lot, Songyang tea has a tight and compact strand, a verdant and lustrous color, a high and lasting fragrance, a rich and refreshing taste, a clear and bright soup color, and a distinctive style of green leaves.

Tea farmers returning with bamboo baskets of tea, merchants rushing to tea for tea culture, let us see the busy rural life of Songyang.

The Zhejiang South Tea Market, Mountain Big Tree Cycling Tea Garden. Here the tea fragrance fills the garden, the scenery is beautiful and pristine, tea trees are planted on small hills, each small hill is covered with rows of tea trees, from a distance, a green ocean stretches out, as if cruising in a green ocean.

Shiyin Creek played 'Clear River Echo Bells' during the Tang Dynasty

This is the pastoral mountain and water poet Wang Wei's praise poem in Songyang, and today's 'Clear River' refers to the Songyin River. Along the Songyin River coastal greenway, you can find the most distinctive Songyang scenery, ancient villages and rural landscapes.

Riding a bike on the forest path, watching the flowers and grass on both sides, full of spring. After thousands of years, due to slight geological movement, the foundation of the tower on the left side subsided, causing the tower to tilt, and was called the 'Oriental Pisa Leaning Tower'. It was originally intended to pay homage to the local temple, but only found a small tilted tower. However, there is a mud slope outside the wall, and you can still see the entire tower from the slope.

This is a complete 'Classical Chinese' county district model.

Songyang has been awarded the title of 'China's Last Jiangnan Secret Realm' in 2019, located in a small village in a valley is an important area of the old house protection plan. The roofs of the village are very distinctive, climbing step by step, walking down the rural road and seeing house after house of elderly people chatting at the door is very leisurely.

Looking back, I remembered when we were frightened by the chickens and they ran around in a panic, shouting and screaming, and we laughed until our stomachs hurt.

Curious, we came here, and along the way, we saw many photography enthusiasts. It's a beautiful place, so we stopped to take photos from time to time.

The ancient and rustic Songyang scenery has returned. All the buildings are made of earth-colored rammed earth walls, and a few newly built houses are used to blend in with the ancient village, and they also use the same color for the exterior walls. Compared to the bustling city, I like this beautiful scroll-like countryside more.

Walking in the countryside, along the green path in the field, it's immersive to walk alone, and you can hear the distant sound of ducks, the ducks are resting in the clear river. Several roosters in front of the houses feel the night in the countryside, and they look up at the starry sky, which is very comfortable. I stand on the rural road, the air is fresh, the soil is fragrant, and the smell of crops.

The trees sway with the wind, and the leaves are unwilling to be inferior, they dance with the wind, giving a very comfortable feeling. Compared to the bustling city, I like this beautiful scroll-like countryside more. The trees in the countryside have spirituality and are the masters of the earth, even if I'm most anxious inside, seeing them, my heart will slowly calm down, and all the troubles will disappear.

The ancient and rich Songyang scenery.

Looking into the distance, you can see the endless mountains, undulating. Walking to the other end, there is a viewing pavilion, in the evening, the setting sun shines on the house golden, from this angle, it has a feeling of the Potala Palace. Oh! When visiting ancient villages and villages, you must bring insect repellent, and it's best to be fully equipped and not expose too much skin outdoors.

The clear Songyin River flows leisurely. At Eagle's Mouth Valley, you can barbecue and fish, and fortunately, we saw 'One White Egret Flies to the Sky' and the national level key protection animal – autumn sand duck. If we come again next time, we will definitely have a family barbecue and fish here for a while. Moved by this beautiful scenery, and it's not easy to come here, we decided not to go to other places today, just spend a few hours in this village, up and down, and walk through the original stone road in the village. Walking down, we found that about three-quarters of the houses here are empty. Except for a few elderly people, we saw five or six tea farmers picking tea, and we stayed in Duqiang Town, Yun Dian Cloud Viewing Hotel, which has a strong rural atmosphere.

The farmer's courtyard also showcases the rustic life of Songyang, and the weekend trip to experience rural life is a good place to stay, all of them are wanting to live in the countryside farmhouses.

Following the Wild Life, Reborn Ancient Villages

Finally, we came to the focus of the Yunhai Bookstore, the Cloud Viewing Tea Performance, which has a history of 600 years, it's a representative of suspended ancient villages, it's really amazing to admire!

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