Yixian Autumn Walking Guide: 2 Days Crossing the 80s Hong Kong-Style Streets + Dragon Dance Night Banquet + Red Leaf Light Chasing

“When the firelight of the bench dragon winds along the blue stone paths of Xidi, I vaguely see a thousand-year-old Huizhou awakening in the fireworks…”

This nostalgic filter × intangible cultural heritage handicrafts × morning mist red leaf treasure route costs just over 300 RMB per person and feels like a movie!

📽Day 1: Time Travel 40 Years Back
Yuting 1981 → Luotuo Peak Book House → Xidi Night Banquet

Yuting 1981, Yuting Town: A live scene straight out of a Hong Kong movie!
At the supply and marketing cooperative with red and green colors, pose with a 28-inch bicycle (the aunties will enthusiastically teach you how to pose)

[Tiptop] Must-Photograph Spots
📸 “Develop the economy to ensure supply” slogan wall + old street lamps
📸 Lean out of the post office window pretending to send a letter

💥Thrilling Experience:
A real bullock cart passes by on the street! Capturing dynamic shots is super magical

🍲 Juanjuan Local Cuisine: Perfect with rice
Five dishes for three people only 147 RMB! Stinky mandarin fish paired with spicy sour chili that electrifies your brain, wiping out three bowls of rice with tears

🎁 Souvenir:
Yuting cake in sesame crisp sugar flavor, wrapped in kraft paper with a great vibe

📚 Yanyu Book House: Rice field coffee cures mental fatigue
☕ Order a “Rice Fragrance Latte,” sit on the terrace, and watch the reflection of Luotuo Peak fall into golden rice waves

📸 Rooftop Secret:
[4:00] Take backlit silhouette photos at 4 PM
Gently touch the tiles to make a wish (Don’t step! They’ll break 💔)

🌙 Xidi Night Banquet: A magical night you must try once in your life
[7:00] At 7 PM, get a free bench dragon in front of the ancestral hall (grab the dragon head quickly!)
🐉 Dragon Dance Tips:
㊙️ Say the secret code “Yixian Gangbazi” to cut the line
🏮 Twist your waist while holding the fish lantern for better photos

💥 Stunning Moment:
Fireworks explode among the dragons, as if traveling back to the Tang and Song Dynasty Lantern Festival!

🌄 Day 2: Morning Mist and Intangible Heritage Walk
Tachuan Sunrise → Huizhou Flavors → Bishan Artistic Side Trip

🌅 Tachuan Light Chasing: 5:30 Visual Explosion
Navigate to the “Viewing Platform,” then go 100 meters downhill, a hidden spot with no tourists!

📸 Photo Formula:
White walls × morning mist × backlit red leaves = phone wallpaper
Old farmer wearing a straw hat leading cattle across the bridge = cultural grand prize

[Tableware] Huizhou Flavor Taste Explosion
Fried fermented tofu must be crispy on the edges
Stinky mandarin fish with bright red gills
Dao Ban Xiang pork with 70% lean and 30% fat
60 RMB per person to eat until you can barely stand, remember to add sweet fermented rice dessert

Bishan Handicraft Workshop: Bring Southern Anhui Home

Yunxian Experience Hall Three-piece Set:
[One] Learn from the old craftsman while making the fish lantern frame (finished product folds and can be taken on a plane)
[Two] Carve a “Shishi Ruyi” stamp on a woodblock print (stamping on postcards is stunning)
[Three] Wax-dye scarf dyed with autumn gradient colors (indigo dye + red leaf printing)

💰 Basic fish lantern 98 RMB/1.5 hours, half the market price!

📖 Bishan Easter Egg Route
Take photos through the bookshop window frame of the ancestral hall courtyard → pray at the old camphor tree at the village entrance → wait by the stone bridge for the cattle herd to return

💡 Hard-earned Tips
🚗 Transportation: After exiting the highway at Yuting, it’s all rural roads; rent an SUV!
🏡 Accommodation: Tachuan “Autumn Charm Inn” with red leaf views from the window (book at least half a month in advance during peak season)
👗 Dress: Wear Hanfu for the dragon dance night! Rental available in the scenic area for 30 RMB/hour
⚠️ Avoid: Xidi daytime ticket is 104 RMB, but night tour is free!

Final soul question: If you could only take one thing from Yixian—would you choose the sour chili, fish lantern, or woodblock stamp?