Didn't expect to hit the jackpot by visiting Huangling this season - a guide to winning big!

Once Huangling's harvest is out to dry, you know autumn has arrived.
As soon as the Beginning of Autumn passes, this ancient village perched on the cliff gradually takes on the most intense autumn colors.
Fiery red chilies, golden corn, persimmons hanging full on branches—
All permeate with the taste of autumn, absolutely making your trip worthwhile.

📍Location: Huangling Scenic Area, Wuyuan, Jiangxi
🕐Admission Time: 8:00-21:30
(Night tour lights turn on at 18:40)
⭐Recommended Playtime: 2 days 1 night (Staying overnight in the ancient village is the essence!)
🎫Ticket: 145 RMB/person (140 RMB if purchased one day in advance)
🚡Cable Car: Ticket includes round-trip cable car. There are two cable car lines: Line A is the Ancient Village Cable Car, and Line B is the Terraced Fields Cable Car (Line A operates until 21:30 at the latest).

❤️Recommended Itinerary
Ancient Village Tunnel → Ancestral Hall Square → Huaxi Water Street → Tianjie Street → Patriotic Wall → Sun-drying Workshop → Yixin Building → Wugui Hall → Autumn Sun-drying Viewing Platform → Strange House → Photography Bar → Luminous Forest

📷【Recommended Photo Spots】
🌾Huaxi Water Street: Misty water, dotted with lights, known as "Jiangxi's Little Lijiang," with absolutely stunning night views.
🌾Patriotic Wall: On the way to Tianjie Snack Street, this angle allows you to capture the complete Patriotic Wall and the surrounding well-arranged Huizhou-style buildings.
🌾Wugui Hall Sun-drying Platform: As a large platform for sun-drying autumn produce, various crops are neatly arranged, perfect for photos! Every photo taken here is filled with the taste of autumn~
🌾Sun-drying Workshop: Overlooks the entire ancient village's sun-drying panorama, with a three-story viewing platform. Each level offers different sun-drying scenes from every household, a popular photo spot.
🌾Photography Bar: Excellent for capturing sunset, evening glow, and night views, and you can also photograph the Patriotic Wall.
🌾Nostalgia Experience: Blacksmith shop, street barber, popcorn machine, making Mochi – instantly transport yourself back to the 1980s.

✨Night Tour Highlights:
🌠Lighting Ceremony of Ten Thousand Lights (starts at 18:30)
In the evening, overlook the ancient village from the third floor of the Photography Bar or Wugui Hall, count down together as ten thousand lights illuminate, with the sunset glow reflecting on the blue tiles.
🌠Lantern Night Tour
Bench Dragon Lantern Parade, Paper Lantern Crane Dance, dragons soaring and fish leaping – super exciting.
🌠Magic Light Show
Step into the Luminous Magic Forest, combining technology and fantasy, with mysterious cave exploration, heart-shaped ponds... 💯 interactive experience.

🚋Accommodation: It is recommended to stay at Huangling's B&B - Yishanju Meisu, where you can enjoy stunning views from the hotel. Staying at the hotel includes cable car and ticket fees, and there's a dedicated hotel channel for the cable car upon arrival, with a butler driving you to and from the hotel, which is very convenient.

🍲Dining: Tianjie Restaurant Sun-drying Feast 🌶️Average 80 RMB per person to taste the "Sun-drying Feast" - stir-fried pork with wild vegetables, stir-fried pork with dried chili shells... various dried seasonal vegetable platters, savory and chewy, absolutely perfect with rice~

Post by CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSON | Sep 2, 2025

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