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Take your daughter for a ride（ Deep self driving tour in Northern Zhejiang (12 days)

by Xiaoyan Wang | February 17,2022

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My husband and I both love traveling and go out whenever we have time. The craziest one was that when I was pregnant for more than a month, I went to see Namco Lake in Tibet, which made me sick when I mentioned Tibet for almost two years. After my daughter was five years old, we arranged two trips every year, one summer vacation and one national day. At the age of 8, she has traveled far and wide. Zhejiang is chosen for this summer vacation. Although we are catching up with the hottest season of the year, we are all growing up with the family taking care of each other and sharing weal and woe along the way. First of all, introduce the considerations of this design trip: 1. Route: Beijing - Hangzhou - Shaoxing - Zhoushan - Ningbo - Xitang - Qiandao Lake - Hangzhou - Beijing, a total of 12 days, with an average of 2 days for each place. 2. Transportation: fly from Beijing to Hangzhou, rent a car at Hangzhou Airport. 3. Cost: the round-trip air ticket is exchanged by mileage, which only costs 170 yuan per person for construction and fuel; It costs 2279 yuan to rent a car for 11 days; The high-speed fee is 610 yuan; The fuel charge is 796 yuan; The cost of accommodation is 5212 yuan; 2481 yuan for meals; The admission fee for the scenic spot is 1842 yuan; The parking fee is 126 yuan. The total cost is more than 14000. 4. Principle: first, I don't want to live too badly with my children, and my daughter wants to be rich, right? Second, it's easy for children to get tired on the road, so they only choose the most representative scenic spots in each place. If children like to play for a while, they will go back home when they are tired. They don't want to pursue everything, just have fun. Third, there are a lot of things to travel with children. Renting a car can reduce the burden. Fourth, try not to drive for more than 2 hours every day to ensure driving safety.

On July 8, I arrived in Hangzhou by plane. Xiaoshan airport is between Hangzhou and Shaoxing. So I rented a car at the airport and went straight to Shaoxing, about an hour's journey. Xianheng hotel is the best hotel in Shaoxing, which has the following advantages: 1. The famous Xianheng Hotel (restaurant) is the same as them, just to the left of the main entrance of the hotel lobby; 2. Lu Xun's former residence tourist area is 10 minutes' walk, Shen Yuan is 20 minutes' walk, and it's only half an hour to Cangqiao straight street (at children's walking speed); 3. The hotel has underground parking, which is very important in hot summer. 4. There is an artificial lake in the hotel to feed fish, which children like very much. I ordered it on Ctrip group buying, which is slightly lower than the direct booking price.

Artificial lake of Xianheng Hotel

Shaoxing Xianheng Hotel

"Pinwu Xianheng" comes from the book of changes, to the effect that everyone goes smoothly!

Shaoxing Xianheng Hotel

Come to Shaoxing, of course, to taste the authentic fennel beans and Shaoxing wine! Xianheng hotel is a canteen style business, you need to buy a card at the cashier to recharge, and then go to the flow counter to check out. It is said that there are a lot of people in the peak period. We are going to go at 8 o'clock in the evening, and there are very few people. The three of us ate 220 yuan, but we didn't expect that Shaoxing food was so salty. There were a lot left, so we packed it and took it back to our room. In the past 12 days, we have tasted Huangsha in almost every city, and we all agree that Shaoxing in Xianheng is the most mellow. Sipped a few mouthfuls, unexpectedly some head!

Famous fennel beans!

Stinky tofu is a household dish in Shaoxing. There is a smell of stinky tofu in the streets. It's 10 yuan a plate. It's delicious!

There are words on the sign, no comment!

I bought Shaoxing ancient city pass online in advance, including 13 scenic spots such as Lanting, East Lake, Shenyuan night and a lot of former residences of celebrities. Among them, the most valuable are the first three places. If you can't go to all of them, there's no need to buy a through ticket. Lu Xun's former residence is free of charge. You can change the ticket with your ID card in the tourist center. My daughter has no feeling for Lu Xun's former residence. Maybe she hasn't learned Chinese class yet, so the atmosphere is good. The film adapted from Lu Xun's novels has been broadcast in the Lu Xun Memorial Hall. My daughter likes the true story of Ah Q starred by teacher Yan shunkai very much and watched it attentively for nearly half an hour.

Lanting is a perfect combination of nature and humanity. Representative photos will not be posted. They are available on the Internet. Of course, what impresses my daughter most is that she had a good time wading in the river!

Lanting

In the evening, I went to Shenyuan to watch the performance. The main line is the love story of Lu You and Tang Wan, including Yue opera, lotus flower, dance, pop and other elements. It is artistic to a certain extent. In less than an hour, my daughter likes to watch it very much. This day, I learned the power of mosquitoes from the south. The mosquito repellent I used very well in Beijing was totally ineffective here. When I entered the garden in the evening, I was bitten by about ten bags in a few minutes. What a pity!

Shen Yuan

Eat near Shenyuan before the performance, and really praise the high cost performance of Zhejiang restaurant!

Shaoxing's special fried fish tastes good

Shen Yuan

Cangqiaozhi street is one of the few water towns in Shaoxing. It is a necessary project for me to choose with water town complex.

Cangqiaozhi Street

boat with a dark awning

Cangqiaozhi Street

Strong water town customs

Cangqiaozhi Street

The desserts shop on the street is opened by a lovely couple. I like this style very much!

Cangqiaozhi Street

Eat ice cream

Cangqiaozhi Street

The East Lake is famous for its steep cliffs. The garden is not big. You can go in by boat and walk out (about 20 minutes).

The lotus is red in the sun

East Lake

New souvenir

East Lake

Leaving East Lake, we drove to Zhoushan. This road is especially suitable for self driving, because it has to pass several cross sea bridges in a row, and the scenery is excellent. Shenjiamen fishing port is known as one of the three largest fishing ports in the world. It's a closed fishing season in July. Fishing boats are moored in the port. It's spectacular! It's more than 200 kilometers. Zhoushan is an urban road with lots of traffic lights. It takes about four hours. So stop at Shenjiamen to have a rest and let your daughter see what a fishing port is.

Shenjiamen fishing port

The first bridge across the sea (like Xihoumen Bridge), feel the splendor of the sea and sky.

Shenjiamen fishing port

It's nearly dusk in Zhoushan. As soon as my daughter heard that she was close to the sea, she immediately changed her bathing suit and set out. Wushitang beach is 10 minutes' walk away from our residence. The ticket price is 35 yuan on weekdays. When we enter the park after 5 o'clock, there is no one to collect the ticket. The beach is full of pebbles and waves. When the tide recedes, it turns the rocks to make a pleasant sound, which is also awed by the power of nature. Here the wind is high and the waves are strong. It's not suitable for swimming. I took my daughter to step on the water.

Wushitang

Father and daughter made a drifting bottle, wrote their little wish, and watched the bottle go away slowly.

Wushitang

What we live in Zhoushan is the participation hall, in Putuo Mountain Buddhist College. It's extremely quiet and full of Zen. When you get up early in the morning, you can stroll around the Buddhist Academy and see the monks doing morning classes. Everything is peaceful and peaceful, and your heart is quiet.

Putuo Mountain College, China Buddhist College

The reasons for choosing the hall are as follows: 1. It is located in Putuo Mountain Buddhist College, with a quiet and natural environment; 2. Drive 10 minutes to wugongzhi Wharf in Putuo Mountain; 3. Compared with living directly in Putuo Island, the cost performance is too high. The layout of the guild hall is also full of Zen. There are Buddhist materials on the bookshelves in the lobby. You can also invite monks to give lectures. I love this pond in the guild hall!

Ginseng Club

It can be seen that Putuo Mountain Buddhist College is very powerful, and many celebrities have left their footprints here. There is a picture of Mr. Qigong hanging outside the door of our room, and there are many poems left by famous artists in the restaurant.

Ginseng Club

From wugongzhi wharf, you can get to Putuo Mountain in 15 minutes by boat. But with the time of parking, buying tickets and waiting for the ship, it will take at least one hour. We came on the eve of Guanyin's day of becoming a monk on June 19 of the lunar calendar. There are many pilgrims and devout people on the island. Everywhere we can see the faithful men and women kowtowing in three steps. We only visited Fuding mountain and Huiji temple, which are located at the top of Mount Putuo, and led our daughter to qianbusha. The beach here is very gentle, the water is clear and transparent, but there is no beach, so I just soak in the water, and my daughter is very happy!

Mount Putuo

Putuo Island with beautiful scenery

Mount Putuo

In fact, there are not many interesting places in Ningbo. The main purpose of staying here is to avoid driving all night. By the way, we can see Xuedou mountain and Chiang's former residence. What we live here is a hotel style apartment with modern decoration. It has a washing machine with drying function, a toilet with washing function, an induction cooker and simple kitchenware. It's more than 300 yuan a day. It's very cost-effective. The most rare thing is that the hotel is close to Tianyi Square, with all kinds of food, drink and play. I'm here to wash and dry all the dirty clothes I've accumulated a few days ago, otherwise I can't change them in the hot and humid weather in Jiangnan.

It's extremely hot when I go. I don't want to get off the bus in the scenic spot. I only went to Xuedou temple and xufuyan, the most representative sanyintan and miaogaotai. I'm a little sorry. The great Maitreya Buddha in Xuedou temple, just looking at the steps, my legs became soft, not to mention that it was very hot that day. But my daughter insisted on climbing to the top, and my father gave up his life to accompany the gentleman, so I would take photos below! The girl is not afraid of hardship and fatigue, and her spirit is worth encouraging!

Xuedou mountain

The weather forecast says it's 36 degrees. It must be above 45 degrees in the big sun

Xuedou mountain

When you encounter something in the temple, watch it

Xuedou mountain

Xikou, Fenghua, is the hometown of Mr. Chiang Kai Shek. There are many former residences on the street, such as FengHao house, Yutai salt shop, Chiang's ancestral hall, Wenchang Pavilion, and small western style house. It seems that the Chiang family has great strength in the local area. We rented a tricycle outside the scenic spot. The coachman took us to visit house by house and made some necessary explanations. I was sweating when I pedaled on a hot day. I stayed with us for 2 hours. It was only 50 yuan. I felt that the local people were very simple.

Xuedou mountain

Outside the room where Mr. Jiang was born

Xuedou mountain

FengHao house

Where Mr. Jiang and Ms. Song Meiling lived

I like the landscaping of Chinese architecture

Wenchang Pavilion

Song Meiling is really a talented woman. She can draw Chinese paintings so well!

Wenchang Pavilion

The auditorium of Mr. Jiang's school in his hometown

Xikou

Xikou Street View

Xikou

On the Internet, I saw that Ningbo cuisine was well prepared. There was just one nearby. It really deserved its reputation and the price was affordable. Four of us (and a local friend) ate more than 200 in total, which was much cheaper than Beijing!

Tiegebi (Dongdu Road store)

The supreme drunk snail is an improved method of drunk mud snail. The wine taste is not so strong

Tiegebi (Dongdu Road store)

Steamed salted fish (strange, Ningbo food is so salty, salted fish is normal)

Tiegebi (Dongdu Road store)

The rotten skin yellow croaker is crisp on the outside and tender in the inside, delicious and delicious

Tiegebi (Dongdu Road store)

As a person who loves fried buns and can make them at home, I say that fried buns in Ningbo are better than those in Xiaonanguo and songhelou in Beijing!

Tiegebi (Dongdu Road store)

After dinner, I left Ningbo for Xitang. The journey was more than 200 kilometers. It rained all the way. The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which I had been looking forward to, fell into a storm. Fortunately, it was sunny when I went to Zhoushan.

We have a reservation on the second floor with a balcony near the water. Xitang Inn conditions are generally general, because the water, so more humid. Most of the young people come here. They don't sleep in the middle of the night and sit downstairs chatting. Their voices are clear and audible. In the middle of the night, there was a woman who was drunk and cried in the street. Did everyone come here to be dissolute? At night, Xitang is very noisy. The singing in the bar is so loud that it is not compatible with the tranquility of the water town. The night scene is not as beautiful as Wuzhen. When I was on my trip, I was entangled in Wuzhen or Xitang. Because I had been to Wuzhen, I finally chose Xitang. It seems that I am too old to enjoy the life style of young people. Fortunately, my daughter likes the small shops one by one here, and she has picked up a lot of gadgets.

Xitang romantic travel theme Inn

Using pictures to record the previous day's journey is a daily task.

Xitang romantic travel theme Inn

The noise at night makes people want to escape.

Xitang scenic spot

My daughter is deeply attracted by all kinds of creative shops

Xitang scenic spot

Lotus lamps can be seen everywhere. We put one and made a wish.

Xitang scenic spot

Blessing of three members of a family

Xitang scenic spot

Xitang specialty white water fish

Xitang scenic spot

The next day, I got up early and went out to take photos while my husband and children were sleeping in. In the early morning, the tranquility of Xitang was restored, and there was a thin layer of fog on the water. People who reveled all night last night haven't got up yet, and the streets are full of cleaning, stocking people and photography lovers. It's worth the trip.

Xitang scenic spot

Children can always have fun where you are most surprised

Xitang scenic spot

The distance from Xitang to Qiandao Lake is nearly 300 kilometers, which is the longest part of our trip. Fortunately, the expressway from Hangzhou to Qiandao Lake is accompanied by mountains and rivers, picturesque scenery and many surprises.

As we approach Chun'an, the roadside scenery turns into rolling mountains, and lakes appear from time to time.

Qiandao Lake

To Qiandao Lake, the first taste of the most distinctive fish head soup, delicious. As long as the head is 58 kg, the whole fish is 48 kg, and the body is braised. The whole fish we ordered is also very fresh in brown sauce, a total of 260. A large amount of food, take back to sit on the balcony when the food and wine to eat. I have an appointment with my husband to go back to Beijing to eat xinkaiyuan. The girl witnessed the process of the big fish being fished out of the tank, weighed and sent to the kitchen. She was a little sad and claimed that she would only drink fish soup and never eat fish. After dinner, he ran to the fish tank and looked at the last big fish for a long time. He was so lonely that he lost his friend and was waiting for his death. I feel guilty for a moment!

Qiandao Lake

It's a hotel style apartment newly opened this year, with floor to ceiling windows on the whole wall, less than 400 yuan a day. Breakfast is delivered to the room, and you can sit on the balcony and watch the scenery. Later, I found that it's not necessary to visit Qiandao Lake. Just like this, it's good enough to find a place to view the lake and take a walk every day! Walk into the room and open the curtain. What you see is the scene below. It's so beautiful!

Qiandaohu lakeside resort apartment

The next morning, after the rain, it was like a long scroll of ink.

Qiandaohu lakeside resort apartment

My daughter named the island on the left as Doubao island. There are many such islands in Qiandao Lake

Qiandaohu lakeside resort apartment

Take a walk downstairs along the lakeside plank road at dusk. Heavy make-up is always appropriate.

Qiandaohu lakeside resort apartment

The hotel is located in a resort area

Qiandaohu lakeside resort apartment

On Ctrip, there are 510 scenic spot tickets and boat tickets, including Central Lake area and Southeast Lake area (the two places can only be divided into two days. When checking in the first day, ask the staff to make a list with their ID card, and then pay 10 yuan for each person the next day to enter another lake area, but the boat ticket needs to be bought separately). The cruise ship stops at Meifeng Island, Yule island and Longshan Island, and the tour guide tells the time of return to the ship in advance at each stop, which takes 5-6 hours in total. Among them, Meifeng can see the scenery of the islands in the brochure. The other two islands are very ordinary. There is a Hai Rui temple on Longshan Island, and the fishing music is a performance of human demons and a buffet, which is purely for making money. But it's a prescribed route and you have to go. It's very expensive to rent your own speedboat. In short, I feel that the cost performance is average. It's better to have a look at the scenery on the balcony of the hotel. The cruise ship can take the first floor cabin, or you can choose to pay 35 yuan per person to take the second floor VIP. We got on the boat late, and the window seats on the first floor were gone, so we went to the second floor. The view was good. It's a pity that it rained all the time. I didn't see the green mountains and green waters.

Meifeng Range Rover