Next to Hou'an Village, where you can enjoy flowers all year round, there is a "Xiao Xikeng" known as "Jiangnan Xiaojiuzhai"

Xiaoxikeng is the main tributary of Hanshan Lake

Mountain streams and groundwater converge into Xiaoxikeng Village

formed "Jiangnan Xiaojiuzhai"

due to inconvenient transportation

Xiaoxikeng still maintains its simple folk customs

▼Xikeng

·Xikeng·

·Xiaoxikeng· is located in Xiaoxikeng Village, Longxi Township, Jiejie Town, Tiantai County, Taizhou City

The traffic is relatively congested and the villagers are very simple. After driving into the small village, everyone in the village would look at you, ask us kindly if we know how to swim in the water, and look at us curiously to cheer us up on SUP.

|| How to get to Xiaoxikeng:

① By boat: Hanshan Lake Resort goes to and from Xiaoxikeng. There are two boats entering and leaving Xiaoxikeng Village every day. The time to enter the village is 9:30 am and the time to leave the village is 2:00 pm.

②Self-driving: Starting from Hou'an Village, there are about 20 kilometers of mountain roads. The mountain roads are relatively narrow and winding. When driving by yourself, you must drive at a low speed and pay attention to safety. (The yellow road section in the picture below can be driven, but it is not shown on the map)

▼Route map to the village

|| Food, drink and fun in the creek pit:

① There is no paid accommodation in Xiaoxikeng Village. You can only camp, or stay in Houan Village (self-driving) and Hanshan Lake Resort (by boat).

▼Camping in Xiaoxikeng (picture source: Tobby)

▼Camping in Xiaoxikeng (picture source: Tobby)

▼Camping in Xiaoxikeng, bring your own projector to watch the World Cup~ (Picture source: Tobby)

② There is only one small shop in Xiaoxikeng with "小店" written on the outside wall. It is not sure whether it is open every day. Therefore, it is recommended to bring your own dry food and drinking water.

③ You can wander around Xiaoxikeng Village. If you play in the water in the stream, you must wear a life jacket and other similar equipment. You need to be cautious when playing in the wild.

④ If you want to play SUP or kayak, the round trip from the pier to the nearest hill is about 5-6 kilometers. The scenery is beautiful and it feels like a paradise.

·Houan Village·

·Hou'an Village· Located in Hou'an Village, Longxi Township, Street Town, Tiantai County, Taizhou City

The villagers of Houan Village were engaged in stone mining more than ten years ago. Vigorously promote the construction of a new socialist countryside and protect the environment. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, has a beautiful environment and a developed tourism industry.

|| Houan Village:

①After years of operation and construction, the development of farmhouses and B&Bs is in full swing. It is now a comprehensive farmhouse leisure resort integrating rafting, mountain climbing, fishing, sightseeing, picking, catering and accommodation.

▼Houan Village

②This is also a good place to hang out with your kids. A pack of fish food for one yuan can kill a lot of time.

▼Sneak photo (haha)

③ Houan Village has a very developed homestay industry. It can be said that the entire village is full of people. Stay at a farmhouse. Prices range from 120 a night to hundreds or thousands, there is always one that suits you. There are nearly 10 buses from Shanghai to Hou'an parked in the village, and buses of middle-aged and elderly people come here for vacation. This time we stayed at "Moye Boutique Inn", the boss played the flute and practiced Tai Chi from time to time, and the boss's wife was hospitable and washed some fruits and put them in the living room, chatting with everyone.

▼Moye Boutique B&B (owner’s phone number: 13606767573)

|| Tour around Houan Village:

① Famous scenic spots around village include Shili Armored Dragon, Hanyan Sunset, Mingyan Ancient Temple, East China Sea Fisherman's Notes, and Jiuzhe Mountain.

▼Hanyan Cave

▼Hanyan Cave

▼Hanyan Cave

② You can enjoy flowers in Hou'an Village in four seasons: plum blossoms bloom in the twelfth lunar month (Guoqing Temple), peach blossoms in March (Houtan Taohuawu), rape flowers in April (at the entrance of Guoqing Temple), and azaleas in May (the main peak of Tiantai Mountain - Huading Scenic Area) , March to MayPear blossoms (around Tanling Village and Huangjiatang Village), July and August lotus flowers (next to Lingxia Village, Tiantai Xishan), June verbena in full bloom (Hanshan Lake), October Gesang flowers ( Zining Mountain). (I heard this from chatting with the locals in the creek, and saw the lotus flowers in person)

▼Lotus Pond (next to Lingxia Village, Xishan, Tiantai)

③ Should I go to Xianju to eat bayberry in June? You can also eat bayberry in Hou'an Village. The price/performance ratio is much higher than the sky-high price of bayberry in Xianju. At night, we wandered around Hou'an Village, and the honest farmer uncle sold it for 8 yuan per catty.

Hou'an is not only a good place to enjoy flowers, but also has a lot of fruits to eat: Eat bayberry in June. Eat peaches and watermelons in July and August. Eat persimmons in October.

▼8 yuan per pound of big bayberry