Hold on for more than a week, there are still 11 days left, and the long-awaited "May Day" five-day holiday is coming soon!!
I don't know, where do you choose to enjoy the holiday on May Day?
Is it to explore the great rivers and mountains of the mainland, or to go abroad to experience unfamiliar cultures, to go to a bustling city to experience the fireworks of the world, or to devote yourself to nature and enjoy a quiet life?
If you haven't planned your holiday trip yet, you're still struggling with your destination, or you haven't grabbed a high-speed rail ticket...
All in all, if you still don't know where to play on May Day, why don't you take a look at Qiuqiu's "Where to Play on May Day" travel guide!
From laid-back islands to natural wonders, from secluded villages to bustling markets, from small towns full of food to open-air museums, or a little further to explore a strange country, there is always a place for you to enjoy May Day to the fullest!
Escape the hustle and bustle and explore the unpopular islands recommended island destinations
The four islands of Zelda on earth
If you want to pick a no-man's land among the current domestic islands, it must be it.
Located in the southeast of Kasumigaura County, the Sibei Islands are composed of 17 islands and reefs, including the North, South, East, and West.
The Sibei Islands belong to the open sea and have not been artificially developed. Among them, Beibei Island is the only inhabited island, and there are also homestays and restaurants to choose from. Known as the "Fourth Pole of the Earth", scattered fishing villages silently watch over the sea. When the sun goes down in the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun dyes the sea and the sky in the same color, leaving a beauty away from the crowds.
Higashibei Island is probably the most beautiful of the four islands. Looking down from the sky, the endless green lawns and exaggerated cliffs are like the continent of Hyrule in Zelda shining into reality.
Also known as "Bird Island", Hongbei Island has a unique shape like a shark's fin. Here you can see flocks of seagulls, white feathers fluttering, gulls undulating sounds, very spectacular. However, the road on this island is steep, so you may use your hands and feet together, so be sure to be safe.
Located at the southern foot of the archipelago, the pebble beach formed by the sea is the peculiarity of Nanbei Island, and it is probably the most pleasant thing to walk on such a beach.
Niche islands Shengsi Islands
If you want to say where is the best place to see the sea in Zhejiang, 98% of people will recommend Zhoushan.
Zhoushan City, also known as Zhoushan Islands, is composed of more than 1,000 large and small islands such as the Shengsi Islands, and has the most beautiful seascape in Zhejiang!
In the Zhoushan archipelago, the three areas that are more popular with travelers are the main island + Putuo Mountain, Shengsi Islands and Dongji Island. The Shengsi Islands are mainly used to play the main island and the Flower and Bird Island; Dongji Island quickly went out of the circle as a filming location after the broadcast of "The Future", with Miaozi Lake, Qingbang Island, and Dongfu Mountain as the main attractions; Putuo Mountain is a famous Buddhist mountain, and the main purpose of coming here is to go to various temples to make incense, and the Guanyin Scenic Area in the South China Sea.
Among the three areas, the most recommended is the Shengsi Islands, which are located in the northeast of the Zhoushan Islands, far away from the main island of Zhoushan, and are the island white moonlight in the hearts of many travelers who want to escape from city life and be happy islanders for two days.
There is a particularly beautiful fishing village on Sijiao Island, Shengsi Island, the walls are full of local special color paintings, which is very suitable for taking pictures, and the theme post office at the entrance of the village can buy souvenirs and send postcards.
The Left Bank Highway is a popular place to drive or cycle on the island, with the blue sea on one side and the mountains and forests on the other, and all your worries can be blown away for 108,000 miles.
Bird and Flower Island is one of the outlying islands of the Shengsi Islands, named because of its resemblance to a flying bird and the lush flowers and plants on the island.
This season, what you can't miss on Bird and Flower Island is chasing a "blue tear". At night, fluorescent seas often appear on the shallow beaches along the coast, and even the Milky Way can be seen when the sky is cloudless.
Poetry and painting pastoral, wild landscapes to feel the beauty of nature
The last secret land in the south of the Yangtze River, Lishui, lives in the mountains of southwest Zhejiang, low-key, many people may not have heard her name, it is like a boudoir lady who lives in a simple place, very beautiful, but few tourists set foot in.
The city of Lishui has many contradictory aspects in its temperament, which is also rigid and soft, Chinese and Western. The unique position of the top of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and the source of the six rivers makes Lishui not only have its own uninhibited rivers and lakes, but also have the meaning of the Yangtze River.
In Lishui, you may have just fallen in love with the tranquility of staying in the ancient village of Gaoshan yesterday and the beauty of watching the sunrise over the terraced fields of the sea of clouds; today you will be attracted by the customs of the She ethnic group, the dream of the covered bridge and the romance of ferrying the Oujiang River; and tomorrow you may be interested in the ancient skills of making porcelain and casting swords and the novel taste of wheat cake with coffee......
Guyan Painting Township is the first stop for many people to touch the beautiful landscapes of Lishui. The boat on the bank of Oujiang Lake is beautiful and picturesque, and the ancient weir painting township is the most magnificent section of the Oujiang River for 800 miles.
Xiandu is one of the most famous scenic spots in the landscape circle of Lishui. This is the favorite place of many martial arts and fairy tales, and nearly 100 film and television works such as "Smiling Proud Jianghu" and "Ancient Sword and Strange Tan" were filmed here.
The largest terraced rice fields in East China are also located here, which was first developed in the early Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and has a history of more than 1,000 years. June is also the irrigation season for the terraced rice fields, and the terraced rice fields at this time are like mirrors embedded in the high mountains, and the scenery is picturesque in the distance.
Purple romantic Xichang with flowers blooming all over the city
This city, which has more than 200 days of sunshine and moonlight throughout the year, has become a place where people who love sunshine yearn to live in a small place, and Xichang has also won many titles such as "Little Spring City" and "Moon City".
Xichang is blessed with unique climatic conditions and air, and has national scenic spots such as Qionghai, Lushan, Moonlight Town, and Wetland Park.
There are also super delicious brazier barbecue, a variety of delicious fruits, a variety of special snacks, and the Yi Torch Festival on June 24 of the lunar calendar every year, which is also very lively.
May Day can also see the street full of blooming, dreamlike jacaranda, this is the new label of Xichang, after April every year, a large area of dreamy purple flowers come as scheduled, to this small city painted blue and purple new clothes, but also let countless people yearn!
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An hour's drive from Hangzhou, Anji is known as the first bamboo township and the hometown of white tea. The name of the county comes from the Book of Poetry: "An and Jixi" meaning.
Anji is famous for its bamboo and rafting, and when you look up at the surrounding green bamboo, the average temperature here is only 15 degrees. Among them, there are 8 drops in Xianlong Gorge rafting, which is very suitable for rafting and super exciting.
In addition, Anji also has a grassland above sea level of 1,168 meters, and a chill campsite surrounded by mountains!
There are cute giant pandas and an amusement park in Zhubo Park, and you can also interact with various small animals intimately, which is suitable for parent-child travel. There is also a Hello Kitty theme park, which is full of girls' hearts and is very suitable for girls to take pictures.
A town with beautiful scenery, history, and cultural comfort
Jianshui, a niche ancient town with southern Yunnan characteristics
If you're tired of the tourist-filled ancient town, Jianshui, located in the northwest of Honghe Prefecture, will definitely make your eyes shine.
The ancient city of Jianshui was called Lin'an in ancient times, which was founded in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,200 years. Jianshui was the political, economic and cultural center of southern Yunnan in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and was known as "Zou Lu in southern Yunnan".
There are more than 50 well-preserved exquisite ancient buildings in the city, which can be called an "ancient architecture museum" and a "folk house museum".
The ancient city is not large, mainly with a few streets centered on Lin'an Road. The most famous in the city are the Temple of Literature and the Zhu Family Garden, but there are also many ancient buildings worth stopping.
To become an ancient city, there must be a city gate, and Jianshui is no exception. There are four major city gates in the east, west, north and south, among which Chaoyang Tower is the most majestic. It was built 28 years earlier than the similar Tiananmen Square.
In addition, Jianshui also retains a section of the small train built in the early years of the Republic of China, with a total length of about 13 kilometers and a total of 4 stations: Lin'an Station, Shuanglong Bridge, Xianghui Bridge and Tuanshan Station.
100 yuan to buy a ticket can go around and check in four good places to build water.
Each station was built at the expense of a Chinese squire and designed by a French engineer, with a mix of Chinese and Western styles, and is even more age-conscious today.
When you arrive in Jianshui, you must try Jianshui roasted tofu and chicken feet. The tofu is particularly chewy when roasted and dried, with a unique bean aroma and a mouthful of tofu flavor.
The chicken feet are marinated in rich condiments, which are sour and spicy and refreshing, and you will already be drooling just by looking at the picture.
The flowing Jiangnan style bones of Shaoxing
Some people say that the eyebrows of Jiangnan are in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the bones of Jiangnan are in Shaoxing.
This statement is not an exaggeration, Shaoxing, there is the tenderness of the water town with the canopy boat rocking by, but there is also the majesty and solemnity of the 3,000 Yuejia that can swallow Wu; it has witnessed the lingering love of Lu You and Tang Wan, but it has also given birth to hard-boned literati such as Lu Xun and Qiu Jin.
Bazi Bridge, Guangning Bridge, Title Fan Bridge, 12 stone bridges of different styles together form the "Shaoxing Ancient Bridge Group", which has provided convenient transportation for the people of the city for thousands of years.
Between the ancient town and the old street, what rises is the "strange" taste of Shaoxing that smells strange but tastes unique. The city, while embracing new things, has never left behind its history.
Warm a pot of rice wine, drink on the shore of flowing water, the stone bridge lying on the waves, and the bright lights on the office buildings in the distance, which is the elegance that can still be reproduced in the current era.
Going out to eat, eating and shopping is perfect, foodies must go
Walk and eat spicy hot water
Relying on a bowl of fragrant spicy tang to confuse everyone, the small northwest city of "Tianshui" can be said to be famous this year! It is an interesting choice to take advantage of a trip to Tianshui on May Day!
Tianshui was called "Qinzhou" in ancient times, its name comes from the legend of "Tianhe water injection", compared with Hexi and Gannan, Longdong, where Tianshui is located, is not considered a place full of tourists, but because it is located in Xi'an to Lanzhou, it has become an important town on the Silk Road.
Tianshui has many characteristics that are different from other parts of Gansu, it is not so northwestern, the four seasons are distinct, the climate is pleasant, and the products are rich, and it is known as the "small Jiangnan in the northwest".
Today's Tianshui is still an old city with charm, "wheat and rain" is the most famous scenery of this old city, this treasure house of clay sculpture art, and the "Oriental Sculpture Museum" is also called.
In addition, the Dadiwan site preserves a large number of early Neolithic and Yangshao cultural treasures, and the only Tianshui Fuxi temple with Fuxi statue in China, carved beams and painted buildings, ancient cypress into a forest.
Xuzhou, the barbecue capital of Jiangsu
In the eyes of many people, Xuzhou may not be considered a tourist destination, but the owner of the nest feels that it is really underestimated by tourists, and the real Xuzhou is worth talking about in detail whether it is eating, drinking, playing or history and culture~
Xuzhou has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and it has been reborn again and again, and its thick history is the most commendable thing in this city.
There is the legendary land of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu to dominate the world, here is full of the beautiful landscape of the great writer Su Dongpo to show his talents, and here has also raised high the victory banner of Huaihai Campaign, one of the three major battles of the Liberation War.
Xuzhou is full of green mountains and green waters, so the Yellow River passes through the city, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows next to the city, 72 mountains in the city are undulating, 9 major lakes reflect each other, the natural scenery in the jurisdiction has both north and south style, it is worth visiting.
The Lion Rock Han Tomb in Xuzhou is the tomb of Liu Wu. Liu Wu is a relative of Liu Bang, and the Han tomb found the most beautiful, the most well-preserved, and the most exquisite gold-threaded jade clothes in the process of unearthing.
Now this golden jade robe is preserved in the Xuzhou Museum, in addition to the silver jade robe and copper jade robe, which is very worth seeing.
However, the most talked-about is Xuzhou barbecue, which is known as the "barbecue capital" of Jiangsu and is said to be the origin of barbecue. On the portrait of the Han Dynasty unearthed in Xuzhou, the grilled lamb skewers have led many people to believe that the lamb skewers originated here.
The characteristics of the heroic and vigorous Xuzhou barbecue, the main "everything can be baked", scones and skewers, steamed bun rolls and skewers, skewers with frogfish, whether it is meat or vegetarian, whether it is a barbecue stall, or a barbecue restaurant, it is extremely delicious.
Take advantage of the holiday to complete a foreign trip abroad recommendation
Experience Europe Georgia at domestic prices
Georgia, located in the south-central part of the South Caucasus, is bordered by Russia to the north, Azerbaijan and Armenia to the southeast and south, Turkey to the southwest, and the Black Sea to the west. Although most of the territory is in Asia, and the geographical part also belongs to Asia, it is generally considered a European country for historical and cultural reasons, and the appearance of the country is full of European style.
The unique geographical location makes Georgia have the majesty of the mountains and the romance of the sea at the same time. The ancient churches and stone towers dotted on the mountain tops, the magnificence of the Caucasus Mountains and the "forgotten" villages on the plateau all combine to interpret the natural ensemble of snow-capped mountains, glaciers, forests and the sea to the extreme.
This is why it is called "God's back garden", and it is a hiking paradise in the hearts of many people.
In addition to its natural beauty, the Roman Empire, Byzantium, Persia and other countries have historically occupied this land, and the blend of religious history and multiculturalism, the collision of the old and the new, has also made this country like a cut gem - no matter which side has its own unique style.
It's also home to a variety of cuisines and one of the birthplaces of red wine, which adds a lot of romance to this small country with its high-quality and affordable prices.
In Georgia, you can enjoy the same scenery and culture in Europe at a very low price, drink wines with a longer history than Italy and France, get the snow-capped mountain church on the cover of "Lonely Planet", and play a real niche secret place.
What's more, on April 10, 2024, China and Georgia officially signed a mutual visa exemption agreement, and mainland citizens can enter Georgia visa-free for a single stay of up to 30 days, achieving absolute silky entry!
Visit the mysterious neighbor Uzbekistan
Central Asian countries have never been popular tourist destinations, and Uzbekistan is particularly unpopular, but with a little understanding, you will definitely fall for this hidden gem!
The "double landlocked countries" in the hinterland of Central Asia make it a necessary place for the East and the West, and the ancient Silk Road crosses it, and the Eurasian cultures meet and collide, witnessing the brilliant integration of cultures here.
The Mongol Empire, the Timurid Empire, the Khorezm Dynasty... Many dynasties have changed, leaving behind a story full of mystery and legend and a precious 7,400 cultural heritage.
The turquoise blue dome and the meticulous tile decoration show the world a textbook-level Islamic art, and it is also a favorite place for photographers.
This real country, which seems to have stepped out of the "One Thousand and One Nights", has aroused the enthusiasm of tourists to explore with its splendid cultural heritage, beautiful architecture, diverse ethnic culture and world-class cuisine.
As a relatively secular Islamic country, it was once rated as one of the safest countries in the world and one of the top 10 countries recommended by Lonely Planet.
And it is very convenient to enter Uzbekistan, Chinese citizens can fly in and out of Uzbekistan and stay visa-free for 10 days!
ps, visa-free is only applicable to flying in and out, if it is a land entry, you need to apply for an electronic visa, which can stay for 30 days, and the visa will be issued in about 3 days, the official website of the electronic visa application: e-visa.gov.uz/main
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