How to travel from Suzhou, Anhui to Fenghuang County, Hunan?

Take the train to Zhangjiajie to visit Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Tianmen Mountain). You can keep the ticket card and still enter the park the next day. If you have a fingerprint, be careful not to confuse the card with the person it corresponds to. In the afternoon of the next day, you can take a bus to Jishou and check into the hotel.

On the third day, in the morning, visit Furong Town, a thousand-year-old ancient town, and freely taste Liu Xiaoqing rice tofu

In the afternoon, participate in the passionate rafting on the Mengdong River, the best rafting in the world

Go to Phoenix in the evening and check into the hotel. Attend a large-scale Miao family bonfire party in the evening

On the fourth day, visit the famous historical and cultural city in China - Fenghuang Ancient City, Shen Congwen's former residence, Xiong Xiling's former residence, Dongmen City

Tower, Wanshou Palace, and North Gate Tower , rock jumping, boating on the Tuojiang River, Diaojiaolou Group, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, Xiangxi wealthy businessman Pei San

Star mansion - Chongde Hall, Shiban Ancient Street...) Return to Jishou for dinner, ending the happy trip Visiting Xiangxi and embarking on the return journey!

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The conventional scenic spots in Fenghuang, Hunan include: the Great Wall of the South, Huangsiqiao Ancient City, Qiliang Cave, Tuojiang River Rafting, Shen Congwen’s Former Residence, Xiong Xiling’s Former Residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, Dongmen Tower, Ximen Gorge Rafting, Sanjiang Miao Family Museum, Duluo Village

Phoenix people’s cooking is characterized by a lot of oil, salt and seasonings, and the chef would feel uncomfortable without adding chili pepper. Therefore, discerning guests must give special instructions to the boss and chef.

Local main dishes are usually made into hot pot. Bloody duck is the most famous dish in Phoenix. It is complicated to make but tastes good. It is the type that will be praised after one bite. Bloody duck in restaurants on the street It’s out of shape, and authentic blood duck can only be eaten at local people’s homes. Other specialties include fry hotpot and cured meat hotpot. In addition, the whole beef hotpot made by Phoenix people is unique, and there is a store in Jixin that tastes the best. Meat dishes include braised pork, steamed pork with rice flour, stir-fried meat or stewed meat with poor bacteria (Firth fungus - wild in southern mountainous areas), stir-fried meat with canned mushrooms (scientific name is Boletus, a specialty of Phoenix Laer Mountain, some people have adverse reactions), Stir-fried bacon with bracken and shallots.... The local side dishes in Phoenix are more exciting and have special tastes, such as tofu boiled in sour soup, fried glutinous rice and hot and sour cubes, wild onion glutinous rice and hot and sour paste, wild onion and sour soup, sour radish... with sour Special features, especially the Miao family’s characteristic sour fish and sour pork! Local wild vegetables available on the table include duck feet (wild celery), fungus, ground greens, wild shallots, etc.

The local silly rice (she rice) is a kind of meal produced from ancestor worship activities. It is made of glutinous rice, sticky rice, wild shallots, wild wormwood and bacon cooked in a firewood pot. It's delicious, but eating too much and skipping the food is really stupid if you overeat.

Snacks: There are many varieties of snacks in Fenghuang, such as sour radish (girls are often seen eating them with relish in Fenghuang), lantern nests, fried wormwood, wormwood cakes, rice cakes.... ..

Ginger candy is refined using ancestral secret recipes and folk crafts. It has the effects of dispelling cold and heat, moistening the lungs and warming the stomach, resolving phlegm and relieving coughs. It is affordable for travel and easy to carry, making it a rare must-have on the road. Local specialties, health foods and great gifts. People who have been to Fenghuang know that there are workshops selling ginger candies everywhere in the ancient city. You can also enjoy the scene of Fenghuang people making ginger candies at any time, which is a feast for the eyes. Ginger candies are roughly divided into light flavors made from white sugar, rock sugar, walnut powder, mint and a small amount of ginger, and strong flavors made from more ginger, walnut powder, and brown sugar. When buying ginger candies, pay special attention to its shelf life and packaging. The shelf life of loosely packaged ginger candies is one to two days. If you want to buy them home or as gifts to friends, you should choose sealed ginger candies. If they are packaged in tin foil, the shelf life is four days. Month; small package (with four small bags) 5 yuan/pack; large package in gift box (40 small bags) 58 yuan/box.

Fenghuang batik is primitive and simple, divided into two major schools:

One is Tujia batik printed cloth; the other is Miao batik homespun cloth. Tujia batik printing pays attention to pure color matching and pays attention to conceptual composition. The formed fabric is colorful and flowing, and the artistic style of the format is unique and pure. The outstanding technological feature is hot color; Miao batik homespun cloth pays attention to pure dyeing and does not pay attention to gorgeous carvings, giving people a natural feeling. Pure artistic sense, outstanding craftsmanship features cold colors.

Batik works can be seen everywhere in the ancient city. Generally, batik cloth has rich colors and costs about 20 yuan a piece. Batik homespun cloth is made by craftsmen using wax to draw pictures on the homespun cloth. The colors are limited to white and blue. A small piece of work costs about 20 yuan. About 20-40 yuan; the more popular batik T-shirts with Phoenix characteristics in summer (15-20 yuan/piece); the works of folk craft masters have high collection and artistic value, and are more expensive (ranging from 400-800 yuan/piece) . The batik works of masters Xiong Chengzao and Liu Dapao have achieved relatively high achievements.

Tie-dye can be called the sister art of batik, but its special craftsmanship is outstanding in hand-tie production. Use white threads to tie patterns with different images, birds, insects, fish, etc. on pure white smooth cloth, put them into the prepared blue energy solution, soak them, and put them in a ventilated and light-transmitting place to dry the ropes. The vivid images will appear before your eyes. Finally, some technical processing to prevent stripping is done, and the entire process is completed. Tie-dye is generally slightly more expensive than batik, with small tie-dye works such as headscarves (3-10 yuan/piece) and larger tie-dye square cloths (50-70 yuan). Because of their high artistic value, the art works of famous tie-dye masters Wu Huahua and Zhang Guiying range in price from 70 to 600 yuan.