Mid-Autumn Festival Reverse Tourism Guangzhou High-speed Rail Direct to 7 Hidden Gem Towns

Where to go for a small Mid-Autumn Festival reunion? 🎑Come and see these 7 underrated hidden gem towns around Guangdong! The fastest one is only 1.5 hours away. 😃Light lanterns on the bridge, drink under the moonlight, pick stars with your hands, spend 2-4 days with your family or friends for a Mid-Autumn Festival full of ceremony. 🥰 1️⃣Huangyao Ancient Town 🚄Guangzhou South Railway Station→Hezhou Railway Station, only 1 hour 26 minutes. The ancient houses and villages are surrounded by fireworks. After the tourists leave, the lanterns are lit up, embellishing the tranquility of the ancient town. 😌 ✔️Dongmen Tower to see the sunrise, small bridges and flowing water are very ancient town style. ✔️Da Long Bridge, the filming location of the movie "The Painted Veil", is amazing for taking photos. ✔️Visit Anle Temple, the ancient town's most popular temple. ✔️Night tour of Huangyao, drink and listen to music in a bar. 🎶 2️⃣Ganzhou Ancient City 🚄Guangzhou East→Ganzhou West, 2 hours 30 minutes. The thousand-year-old Song Dynasty city wall stands tall, guarding the fireworks on both sides of the river. This is the cradle of Hakka, the Song Dynasty city in the south of the Yangtze River. 😉 ✔Cross the ancient city wall and Zaoer Alley to trace the history of the Song Dynasty city. ✔Enjoy the moon on the ancient floating bridge, very comfortable. ✔Hanfu experience is about 100 yuan, makeup and clothing rental for 3 hours. 👘 3️⃣Zhaoxing Dong Village (Note: Not Zhaoxing Dong Village) 🚄Guangzhou South Railway Station→Congjiang Railway Station, 3 hours 3 minutes. Zhaoxing Dong Village is a "village on the edge of time". The lights of thousands of households make this quiet mountain become a dream, everything is so simple, comfortable and peaceful. ✨ ✔️Overlook the night view of Dong Village from the observation deck and see the whole village. ✔️Learn Dong embroidery with the embroiderers, make rice cakes with the grandmothers, and experience the intangible cultural heritage of tie-dyeing. ✔️Taste Dong cuisine and listen to the "heavenly sound" of Dong folk songs. 🎵 4️⃣Dreamy Dongshan Island 🚄Guangzhou South Railway Station→Yunxiao Railway Station, 3 hours 10 minutes. Quiet ancient streets, clear coastline, experience the leisurely island life on Dongshan Island for 2 days. 😎There are often beach bonfire parties at night, and romantic fireworks shows. Don't miss the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing! 🎇 ✔Nanmen Bay, go to the left ear rooftop to overlook the sea and daze. ✔Sufengshan Ring Island Road, half mountain and half sea, one of the most beautiful roads. ✔Jinluan Bay Beach to take photos of the sky. ✔Wen Gong Temple overlooks the whole Nanmen Bay to watch the sunset. 🌅 5️⃣Zhangzhou Tulou 🚄Guangzhou South Railway Station→Zhangzhou Railway Station, 3 hours 25 minutes. At night in Zhangzhou Tulou, the big red lanterns are lit up, as if you have entered the home of Chun and Qiu in Big Fish and Begonia, and you may also feel like you have accidentally entered the dreamland of Spirited Away. 🎏 ✔Check in the double ring round Tulou "Huaiyuan Building" and have a dialogue with "Big Fish and Begonia" through time and space. ✔The "First Wonder of the World" Heguilou, the night view is stunning.💫 6️⃣Fireworks Quanzhou 🚄Guangzhou East→Quanzhou, 4 hours 39 minutes. Half fireworks and half fairyland, Quanzhou is the "City of Light" that Marco Polo marveled at, and it is also the "First Great Port of the East" that has been famous for thousands of years. 🌊 Here you can see the "moon rising from the sea", the deep blue sea water with the rising moon, the moonlight is like silver, especially gentle. 🌙 ✔Visit West Street, red brick ancient houses, market atmosphere. ✔Rent a courtyard in an ancient house and taste a Minnan family feast. 🍲 7️⃣Xiangxi Furong Town 🚄Guangzhou South Railway Station→Furong Town, 5 hours 34 minutes. Furong Town, the "thousand-year-old ancient town hanging on a waterfall", is as intoxicating as the night, the waterfall is colorful, and the fireworks on the mountain are like falling into the Milky Way. 🌟 ✔️Guanputai overlooks the whole Furong Town. ✔️Tuwang Palace, the palace on the cliff, is too shocking when it is lit up. ✔️Tujia intangible cultural heritage performance "Furong Flower". 🌸