A New Retreat for Shanghai's Expats

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johnofhuangshan

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Posted: Oct 16, 2007 - 02:18 PM
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If you want to get a great relief from the your daily routine and enjoy the great nature, a Yellow Mountain trekking is strongly suggested, the red leaves and fresh air on the top with evergreen pines and the blue sky most the time in fall. I’m sure you will have had a worthwhile trip.
Day 1. You can fly here or take a night train one day earlier and stay overnight in the best hotel on the top, 1700 meters above sea level, a really cool world.
Day 2. Watch the sunrise in front of your hotel and have a trekking tour afterwards all over the mountain. Get down in the afternoon and stay by the lake side in a Ming household, De Mao Dang.
Day 3. Have a boating tour on the lake and enjoy the splendid landscape of the surroundings. Then you can either go fishing, or fruit picking on the lake side, such as tangerines, chestnuts, persimmons, or peaches and apricots if your tour is arranged in next May or June. The kitchen is ready for your fishing trophies and you can enjoy a typical local flavor at noon and then check out for some nearby Ming villages, which are also well-known hot tourist attractions, such as Chengkan, Tangmo and old town of Shexian.
Late in the afternoon you can have a stroll on the early market street in the downtown and you can try the signature dishes at the local best restaurant. Then go to the airport and take the night flight back to Shanghai.
This trip is short but programs are colorful, a tough trekking of a well-known mountain in China, a quiet lake sightseeing and some glimpse of local culture and history, which are tightly compacted within three days.
Seeing is believing. Come over and you will find a new frontier worthy to recommend to your close friends.
De Mao Tang, which means Prosperous Virtue Household in English, is a complex of ancient houses located in the green hills by the lake. It is really an ideal retreat from Shanghai’s bustling and hustling life for you to have a relaxed and quiet weekend. All the buildings have traditional outlooks of Ming style, but modern accommodations inside. The rate might be a little bit higher for common people but quite reasonable for high-end consumers. After the mountain trekking the day before, you can go boating on the mirror-like lake and enjoy the fresh cool air from the surrounding green hills. At dusk you can have a stroll on the well-paved paths around your Ming-styled accommodations and get a bird-view of the whole lake. Though, very traditional outside, the dwelling is quite modern inside, with brand-new living facilities for your room and toilet.